Chapter 408 (2/2)
The world of your Soul Skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. Time has passed, and the peace between the original races and the monster peoples has grown even stronger. Even the staunchest supporters of the war are changing their tune as the lure of coin draws them towards trade.
Again, the Weave is being created, with the Weavers doing their best to piece together portions of the past that have been forgotten. For they fear that as the monster threat has left, more sinister forces among the four races begin to simmer, as greed and corruption spread among the upper echelons of the Spriggit and Earth Golem peoples.
The Monster King has disappeared, the body of his mount found, drained of life. There are whispers among the monsters about foul play, but the Monster King was the most powerful warrior that they have seen in this world since the great Earth Golem Emperor. They know not who might have conspired against him...
The Spriggit Thief has grown from a young girl into a woman, bearing the Progenitor’s weapons, acting as a Ranger throughout the land. She assists those who need it and arbitrates disputes. But as more and more energy rises out of the strange core of this land, a new threat is emerging. Mutations of normal races, warped by powerful emotions and the addictive energy that flows from the strange cracks in the earth.
This Ranger has taken it upon herself to find and seal these cracks, preventing the spread of mutation. But the road is a lonely one, and sinister forces begin to experiment with ways to use this power for their own twisted ends...
It has been seven cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a Skill. A single Skill Level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).
After chewing on his lip for a minute, Randidly added both the Touch from Beyond and Four Shaded Domain to the Soulskill. The former because he was curious how it would influence it, and the latter because Randidly assumed he only had that Skill due to the Soul Skill, so paying it back for what was given would do no real harm.
The Touch from Beyond descended into the Soulskill and spread into several large clumps, sinking in the ground in certain places, creating mineral deposits of some strange, unusual mineral. Randidly suspected that if it was based on the same principle that the Skill was, it would be highly dense and valuable. When the Spriggits found it, they would be frothing at the mouth to obtain it…
Randidly rubbed his head. Perhaps that… wasn’t the best choice then… another reason to go to war…
Meanwhile, the other Skill split into four large clumps and fell through the populations, sinking into four individuals, empowering them in some small way. What interested Randidly most of all these happenings was that the Spriggits didn’t receive one of those split blessings, but theirs appeared to go to a monster boy, curled up in a small crib. He was based on a variant of a duck, and his wings flapped weakly as the force of energy inserted into his body.
Sighing, Randidly pulled his perception away. The way the Soul Skill moved was interesting to watch, and it gave him a chance to gather more Progenitor’s Influence, but for now, it was just a distraction. But as he put the rest of his PP into the Path he had chosen, the next notification he received made him frown.
Congratulations! You have received the Blessing of Cleaning Rain. Wisdom +7, Free Stats +10! You have learned the Skill Child of the Rain (Un) Lvl 1.
Child of the Rain: Receive small bonuses to vision and stealth while it's raining. Gain a slight boost to Agility. These effects grow with Skill Level.
Randidly tapped his lip. A small bonus, most likely, but one that would be useful enough in a raining scenario. The problem was that the boost he received from the Blessing seemed to have shrunk somewhat, even though he had gotten a Skill out of it. It was a strange trade and one that didn’t really make much sense to Randidly.
How had him getting a Class pushed him towards receiving Skills from his Soul Skill…? After all, he only had a few Skill Slots remaining. This Child of the Rain took up one of his remaining 10 spots…
Sighing, Randidly shook his head. There wasn’t much time left. Then his eyes flashed emerald in the darkness.
It was time to see how some of his new Skills worked before he took them into the Raid Dungeon.