Chapter 499 (1/2)
The air was hot here, and heavy. Hank very clearly felt the shape of his tongue in his mouth as he attempted to shape the words.
”I won't deny that killing may... become necessary,” Hank said slowly. This was a mission for his country, and he had to accomplish it, regardless of the misshapen tools he was given. That was his burden to bear. ”But if I find out you killed someone just to feed your Class... the next person to die will be you.”
”That would be a relief,” Ezekiel breathed. Before Hank could formulate a reply, a loud shout cut across the rocky area with such force that the ground seemed to rumble in commiseration. It was an expression that was so powerful that it was more natural force than anything else. And when Hank heard the words, his eyes widened.
”GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!!!”
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”GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!!!” Randidly bellowed, his eyes blazing. He slammed his foot into the ground, and everything trembled. That just made Randidly more annoyed; even the land here in the borderlands was annoyingly resilient. ”THAT FUCKING OGRE.”
”Limp dick, limp dick,” Neveah sang in a soft voice, skipping next to him, imitating the Ogre after it realized that Randidly, even when utilizing Inspiration, could only slay one of its three heads at once. The fucking thing was delighted. Each head was scared that they would be the eliminated one, but the loser would regenerate within 12 hours, which was shorter than the cooldown for Inspiration. It was an especially frustrating conclusion after an almost 20-hour slog through armies of lesser ogres, only to find that for all Randidly's gifts, he didn't have quite enough offense to burn through the Ogre's defenses, both Skill related and purely physical.
He supposed that the Level 70 wasn't just for show. But that didn't make it any easier to stomach.
Randidly wanted to beat up on someone to expend some of the wild helplessness he felt. He tossed Acri to the side, and his living plant spear snapped out of its rigid shape to scurry away. Similarly, Randidly reached back and grabbed sulfur, his amorphous lava plant armor that he wore underneath his bone cloak. The plant already understood and flowed around Randidly into a ball to be cast off. After relieving himself of his burdens, his eyes were sharp as he turned to Neveah.
Hurriedly, she shook her bonehead side to side and dashed off, ”I promise to play catch with Tykes. He waits for me.”
The image of Tykes' face when Neveah forced the man to play catch with her did fill Randidly with enough good cheer to chuckle. When she learned of the practice of throwing a ball back and force to bond from Randidly, she was delighted and immediately approached Tykes, curious about the ritual. Tykes was initially dismissive. How could she handle his dense metal ball that he spent every night reinforcing and pounding together?
He seemed to have forgotten that of them all, Neveah was the true monster. In terms of the physical stats, she made even Randidly sweat. Which was why she would have made a good sparring partner. But no matter-
Randidly's eyes sharpened. In his poor mood after a wasted day, he hadn't been paying attention to their surroundings. He dearly wanted to capture a Fate Crystal, to see what effect it would have. But it appeared that they had guests.
Unfamiliar ones.
The Zone that had completed their Raid Boss first? The Creature would have a hand there. Making contact was a good thing, although it would push up his timeline by quite a bit. Still, perhaps that was a good thing.
Randidly had spent the past 6 months constantly throwing himself in the most dangerous situations that he could, sharpening himself and his combat-related Skills as much as he could. And the results... well...
They spoke for themselves.
Randidly Ghosthound
Class: Planting of the Forest of Enmity (+x5)
Level: 24 (81%)
Health(/R per hour): 3001/3033 [+730] (1447 [+165])
Mana(/R per hour): 2341/3346 (684 [+9])
Stam(/R per min): 2499/2894 [+60] (472 [+45])
Vit: 312 (+15)
End: 153 (+20)
Str: 307 (+52)
Agi: 332 (+24)
Perception: 356 (+20)
Reaction: 322 (+15)
Resistance: 267 (+45)