Chapter 879 (2/2)

It would be that Randidly didn’t care to use those Skills he possessed that possessed an overwhelming quality. His spear Skills were sharp, but… they were ultimately just spear Skills. Randidly could create an overwhelming offense from just utilizing thousands of spearing roots, but that was simply compensating.

Perhaps his Deific Mien of Yggdrasil or Cruel Indignation of Yggdrasil would be considered overwhelming, but they were largely just Skills used to influence others. It would work well against the Squads of Donnyton, but it was just pressure. It wasn’t true power.

His Breath of the Spear Phantom had a certain sort of moral crushing component, but that was ultimately a utility move too. You could restrict other’s breathing so as to gain a mental advantage. But it took quite a bit to squeeze the air out of their lungs as Randidly had barely managed with Aegiant.

No, what Randidly wanted to add to this arm was something much more direct and satisfying. He wanted the ability to strike or stab with a spear or throw a punch with enough force to just level a building. Which, considering how high his Strength stat had already climbed, likely wasn’t very far off.

Of course, that Skill wouldn’t grow with him. It would be a crutch that Randidly could use for the current challenge against Donnyton. A part of Randidly felt like it was a bad idea to learn to rely on something external like that, but another part of Randidly was extremely practical; what Randidly needed now was to show them the stark difference between what could be accomplished with an image versus without.

This Engraved Skill was something that he would carefully make out of an image. Therefore, it was appropriate to use. It would drive home his point.

Besides…

Randidly gritted his teeth. In his heart, he still remembered the sorrow he had felt when he realized he wasn’t able to stand against the best of Donnyton without resorting to deadly force. Which simply was an admittance of his own weakness. Of how desperate they had made him.

Now, he wanted to show all of Donnyton how strong he had grown.

It was perhaps childish. But it was also true. And sometimes the hardest thing to do was just allow yourself to admit those immature truths to yourself.

Randidly wanted to shake the town.

Based on his previous thought processes, Randidly had settled on an evolved version of the Wild Phantom as the basis for the Skills. But to reach that point, Randidly planned on following the exact same path that he had taken to create the Sea of Emerald Flames Skill that had been on that random fellow’s equipment.

First develop a pattern, then find a base Skill that fits within that pattern. From there, extend the pattern outward and create a higher tiered version of the Skill. Ideally, this would rather easily result in an offensive Skill, but Randidly couldn’t discount the possibility that an evasive Skill would come from this process.

The Wild Phantom’s Embrace was Randidly’s highest ranked Skill in that subset and might exert some influence over the result. But as long as that interference could be prevented… well, even if it turned out that way, it would just mean that he would need to shelve that Engraving and work on a different tack.

Which would mean he would need to start over to develop a pattern that was more aggressive. But Randidly believed that as long as he concentrated on the Inevitable Phantom Arrives he should be able to create something that would focus on offense. As to the time that would take…

Randidly grimaced. So many things to do.

After checking the time, a powerful anger gathered in Randidly’s chest. Twenty four hours have elapsed since I sent those most recent five out to retrieve their predecessors… and nothing? Well then… Just you wait, Riders…

With that malicious glee as a weapon, Randidly began to prepare his engraving pattern for his armor. If the basis was the Spear Phantom, then he would need something… amorphous.

Randidly blankly looked at the dirt ground, waiting for the genius idea he was going to use to create the overwhelming offensive Skill. Then he groaned.

Of course, it wouldn’t be this easy every time… but Randidly really wished it would have been…

Guess he should take some time and lay out some iterations...