Chapter 430 (1/2)

Now, with dozens of ancillary thoughts swimming around in his head, Randidly found it something of a relief to return to the relatively simple issue of what Path to choose. Not only did he have complete control over this portion, but he also would benefit, basically no matter what.

Although the effects would be different, all Paths led forward, giving him more power. It was… a heady feeling. Randidly once more skimmed over a list of his most likely choices.

The Phantom’s Embrace 0/150, the First Legend 0/???, the Road to Mastery 0/500, Seed of Yggdrasil 0/150, Growth of Yggdrasil I 0/250, Crown of Yggdrasil 0/500, Lavamancer 0/300

Frustration was all Randidly felt as he looked at all the Yggdrasil Skills, though. Ultimately, Randidly decided that if he was going to do one of the three, he would begin with the one that took the least amount of PP, at least then he could get an idea of what the purpose was, relatively quickly. Perhaps his decisions would be much simpler afterward.

Lavamancer was another new addition… and it sounded very cool. Perhaps even walking down that path would lead to Lava Mastery, and he would be able to spew lava out of the ground a lot like he was able to do with his Roots, and now basically all plants now.

As cool as it was… it wasn’t something that would be able to increase his current strength very much. The potential damage there was much higher than anything else that he had, but it would take a long time to get the Skill Level to the point where Randidly was willing to use it as one of his bread and butter Skills. Right now, he had so much invested in other things, it was better to rely on those, and look for avenues that would increase his strength overall quickly.

After all, he had a duel with the Creature soon.

Just thinking about it made Randidly bare his teeth, but then Randidly snorted and shook his head. Better save that aggression for later. Road to Mastery was long, likely too long. Especially for now. Which left Phantom’s Embrace, the First Legend, and the Seed of Yggdrasil.

The First Legend could possibly be long as well, but it was a guaranteed reward Path. Although it might be an inefficient use of PP, it would still bring back a large return.

Randidly’s eyes flashed. And that was exactly what he wanted right now, a large return. He dumped his remaining PP into the First Legend Path and was rather lukewarm when he found out it was 300 PP. It would still take quite a while to reach the end of it, and receive a final reward that would likely be the real kicker, but it wasn’t 500.

And he received 2 free Stats every 5 PP, so there were benefits to going this route.

On the way, he also received another Blessing, and this one was altered too; it was the Blessing of the Fetid Growth, but he received +10 in Control and Resistance, and then a huge +50 in Health Regeneration. Randidly didn’t recall the details of his previous gains, but they were… slightly different than this. It made him worry, but there really wasn’t much he could do…

Randidly idly wondered if he should take this time to intervene more directly in his Soul Skill world. After all, he was approaching another rotation soon, so he should be ready to upgrade it a bit. However… there just wasn’t time. Now that he was in the Raid Dungeon, and there were so many moving pieces around him…

Helplessly, Randidly shook his head. His attention couldn’t be anywhere. Randidly wasn’t sure what it was, but if he figured out which Stat would give the biggest bonus to multitasking, he would dump a shit ton of points into it, so he could handle situations like this much more easily. For safety's sake, he resolved to bump his Intelligence and Wisdom up a bit with these extra bonus Stats.

After emptying his PP pool, Randidly looked at his Status screen.

Randidly Ghosthound

Class: Planting of the Forest of Enmity (+x5)

Level: 10 (39%)

Health(/R per hour): 3001/2420 [+730] (928 [+165])

Mana(/R per hour): 1960/2545 (415 [+9])

Stam(/R per min): 2499/2522 [+60] (306 [+45])

Vit: 213 (+15)

End: 128 (+20)

Str: 207 (+52)

Agi: 272 (+24)

Perception: 233 (+20)

Reaction: 219 (+15)

Resistance: 182 (+45)

Willpower: 286 (+10)

Intelligence: 216