Chapter 50 (2/2)

Then it stretched in a very catlike manner, and began to walk towards him, its eyes gleeful.

Breathing in and breathing out, Randidly looked down the shaft of his spear towards his opponent. It blinked out of existence, and Randidly relaxed, waiting for the sign. Then he felt it, and abruptly looked up.

It had teleported above him, and several fireballs shot down towards him.  God, he wished had had a higher resistance right now. He shifted his stance, raising his spear and spinning it in a Spear Deflect. The fireballs crashed against his defense, almost causing it to falter. And he felt his arm being covered in burns, lowering his health.

But he simply willed his spells into motion, Spearing Roots shooting upwards in the area obscured to him by the flames.

“Gah!” The sphinx spat, and Randidly grinned.

About time the fucking thing didn’t do that dumb three of the same words thing.

He rushed through the smoke, seeing several long scratches left on the sphinx’s side as it hopped backwards, and Randidly pursued, rushing forward.

The Sphinx teleported a dozen meters backwards, but Randidly just used Phantom Half step, covering most of that distance, his spear lashing out.

Roaring its fury, The Sphinx spat several more fireballs at him and reared up onto its hind legs, ready to meet him.

But Randidly had immediately teleported backwards with Phantom Half-Step, hopping behind a rock to drink several potions and avoid the vicious flames.

“You… You… You….” The sphinx said, seemingly amused.

Ignoring it, Randidly drank the potions and then opened up his menu.

Spear Mastery up 1, Eyes of the Spear Phantom up 1, Spear Phantom’s Footwork up 2, Phantom Half Step up 3, Dodge and Block both up 2, Haste up 1, Spear Deflect up 3, Empower up 2, Spearing Roots up 1, Root Manipulation up 1, Mana Strengthening up 3, Physical Fitness and Running up 1, Sprinting up 2, and Fire Resistance up 1.

26 pp all told, and he dumped it all into his path, finishing it off.

Congratulations! You have completed the The Meditation Path! +5 to Perception and Reaction. Your mind is clear and your eyes are focused. That path lies ahead may be fraught with difficulties, but you will meet it directly. Effectiveness of Meditation improved. Regeneration has increased to +1.5% per skill level.

There was a slight hesitation then, as Randidly considered what to put his PP into next, but that horrible voice spoke again. “My, my, my…. What is taking so long? Don’t you want to play? Play? Play?”

Grim eyed, Randidly looked towards the Frontrunner path. ‘Reward path, huh…? Well here goes nothing…”

He had 17 PP left, and put them all into it.

To his surprised, he received 8 distributable stat points, one every two levels. If this continued, this path would be worth 50 stat points, without even including the completion bonus!

But then Randidly heard movement, and dumped all of it into agility. He needed the edge in speed or he wouldn’t be able to handle the teleportation.

Rushing forward, Randidly was wearing a crooked grin.

He had missed this. Hanging on by a thread, fighting for his life…

In moments like this, he forgot how much life was lost due to the system, and just enjoyed the primal simplicity of it.