Chapter 185: Breathing new air (2/2)

Shingi found a way to persuade him, though. By bribing him, of course.

He found out that it could eat Mana Gems, especially Air Mana Gems. But, of course, it wasn't actually eating them but consuming all its Mana, and even if he didn't break it for some reason, the design didn't work anymore. Those designs worked similar to Runes, meaning they needed Element to embed in them, but it wasn't a Rune. So it was easier to do so; that's why even Zhen's slimes could make them.

Shingi promised to give him a few to eat if he helped them in this situation. Shingi didn't want to waste them like that but had no other option. They also seemed to increase his Mana Control of the element that the Mana Gem he consumed was. So Shingi planned to restock on materials he needed soon to make more Mana Gems.

One floor they would soon visit had a mine with this kind of mineral needed, but the Dark Guild would most likely cover Players, as those minerals were precious. But he needed them either way, as Mana Gems was a precious resource for many of their projects and items. Furthermore, he had started a war with them already, so he wasn't afraid of fighting them; he just was going to be smart about it.

Since the Players were out of the picture, he started their way up the stairs but had to dispel some of the traps as they were placed in a way so that they couldn't go around them. His understanding of Enchantments and Runes helped him on dealing with them at a quick rate.

They reached the end of the stairs and went through the portal at the end.

The next floor was actually another floor in the clouds like the one with the Angels, but this one wasn't under control by any of the Gods. All the monsters in here could fly, and most could use Air-based Spells. Again, no signs of Players, but they kept their guard up just in case, as they kept their INVISIBILITY on when teleported to the next floor so that they didn't have another fight like on the previous floor.

This was a good floor for Dark Shadow to study how creatures with Air Mana fought, especially those that could fly. He could also use the experiences.

Shingi and Dark Shadow would be the only ones getting experiences from these monsters, as after one had their class evolved, they had to fight monsters of power similar to level 60 or more. They would find those after floor 40, but Shingi and Dark Shadow still needed some levels to reach their Evolved state.

Shingi didn't know how many exps Dark Shadow's class needed for each level, but it couldn't be as much as Shingi needed since Dark Shadow's class wasn't a True Class. Since he never heard of the Skymage class, he couldn't be certain, though. Shingi had to see how quickly Dark Shadow leveled up, and that way would make an estimation of his exp bar since there wasn't anything like that in the status window.

There were some Harpies like the ones on the floor with the Sphinx but stronger. There were also some Air Elementals, Giant Eagles, and some Sky Giants. Sky Giants were almost the top in strength among the Giants. Not only because of their physical strength but also because of their natural ability to control the weather to a degree.

Some of them had developed their mana to have Storm Mana, similar to Aella's, but only the Boss of this floor seemed to have it completed at the same degree or at least close enough.

Sky Giants were as huge as all the giants and as heavy, which even if they could use Air Element to cast spells, they couldn't cast FLY or even LEVITATE on themselves but could make themselves jump pretty high.

Shingi normally wouldn't fight the Boss, but Dark Shadow and he needed as much exps as possible, and that Giant was an enormous source of it.

As usual, they cleared monsters before heading towards the boss, as they didn't want it to have any help to get to the boss when the battle started.

They didn't fight any giants, as all of them were at the fortress in the middle of the floor, where the Boss was.

So after making certain that all the monsters outside it, they made their way in the fortress, and to the throne room where the Sky Giant Boss would be. They faced more monsters on the way there, among them some Sky Giants, giving the chance for the group to become familiar with them.