Chapter 604 (2/2)

Thinking of something, Randidly sent a message to Helen. What about Leveling while fighting these guys? Do they give low experience like attacking someone of your race?

There was silence for a long time, before Helen respawned. Idiot. We can’t level anymore, that’s the problem. Or it’s just extremely slow for now, and getting slower.

After a few seconds of pause, while Randidly digested this information, Helen sent him another message. Well, it’s an assertion based upon honor anyways. Considering the circumstances, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few people as high as 30 in the tournament, and the Schools will turn a blind eye. They have bigger problems right now.

Randidly looked at that message for a long time. Then his eyebrow twitched. He had been repressing himself for so long… and it meant… nothing….?

There were a few people as high as 30…? Turn a blind eye…?

And the people of this world were losing their access to Aether, so they also felt their Skills and Levels stagnating. Meanwhile, Randidly had no problem Leveling, and he was sitting at 98% experience towards Level 25.

With eyes that were glowing emerald, Randidly turned and regarded the assembling Wights moving through the dense trees towards Niergem. Although this area was more temperate than the Northern Domain, it was still heavily forested. And where there were plants, nothing was outside of Randidly’s reach.

He selected a group at the edge of one of the hosts that was stretching out to encompass the entirety of Niergem. Randidly smiled. “Spearing Roots.”

The first wave ripped up into about 20 Wights. It took them completely by surprise. They began to wail in a strange sing-song cadence and Randidly poured Mana into two more waves of Spearing Roots to silence them. The nearby Wights hurried over to investigate, and only found their compatriots riddled with holes, without any sort of apparent culprit.

Very quickly after his attack, the feel in the air around the Wight’s at the edges of the army was subtly shifting. Randidly grinned down at them, showing all of his teeth as they approached.

If you build a bridge of bodies, you may reach me. But no one man can reach up and touch a King.

And as he began attacking another group, he received the notification that he was waiting for.

Congratulations! You have reached Level 25! +5 Stats distributed between Vitality, Perception, Resist, Intelligence, and Control, +14 Free Stats! +1 Stat to a Mental Stat. +1 to a Physical Defense Stat. +1 to a Mental Support Stat. +2 Control. +20 Health, +24 Mana, +23 Stamina, +.5 to all Regenerations! +1 to Health and Stamina Regeneration! +20 Progenitor’s Influence.

Congratulations! You have learned the Skill Scarlet Burst ® Lvl 1! You have learned the Skill Volatile Ash (A) Lvl 1! You have Learned the Skill Visualization ® Lvl 1!

Scarlet Burst: Erupt in a fiery burst of energy, launching yourself 1 meter in any direction from your current position. You leave a cloud of superheated ash at your previous location. Distance traveled and speed increases with Skill Level.

Volatile Ash: The strength and potency of the energy in your body have ignited a variant kind of fire. All flames and ash produced by your Skills will infect any opponent with a virulent poison on physical contact. Damage inflicted increases with Skill Level.

Visualization: Your ability to focus and predict outcomes has increased. In addition, the effects of training and the power of your images increases.

“As long as I keep the Level gain modest…” Randidly said slowly to himself. “No one will notice, right?”