Chapter 1250 (2/2)

Meanwhile, Helen had shown him that it was possible to preserve that unity. It simply required effort and focus.

Now, with city hall lightly shaking beneath him, Randidly thrust and swept and dodged and jabbed while steadily working the principles of his images into the simple movements of the spear. There were times where he would be stumped for a short amount of time, but Randidly did not lose his patience. He gracefully gathered his images within his body and perfectly performed the moves.

If there wasn’t an answer in his mind, Randidly trusted that he would find one within the images and the moves.

The World Tree became a spear style that was powerful and full of life. The Ignition Essence became moves that were unpredictable and flawless. And the Grim Chimera… between those powerful spear Skills that Randidly already possessed, a dominant style of a predator slowly came into being. His spear moved ceaselessly, proceeding through each move with deadly grace.

Notification after notification appeared, signaling that the System rewarded Randidly for his focused efforts. His method was rather forceful, but it appeared clearly to be correct.

Congratulations! Your Skill Spear Mastery has grown to Level 225

Congratulations! Your Skill Spear Mastery has grown to Level 226!

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Congratulations! Your Skill Spear Mastery has grown to Level 248!

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Congratulations! Your Skill Spear Mastery has grown to Level 301!

As Randidly slowed down, he was surprised to find that his body was steaming. Almost the entirety of the rooftop was shrouded in the thick mist as his overheated body met the cool air. When he ceased moving, the surrounding area went very still and silent, as though everything nearby had been suppressed by Randidly’s movements in the past several hours. No noise penetrated into the depths of the mist.

Which, due to the emergence of mist and ghastly images Randidly now found swirling around him, everything probably had been suppressed by his activities. Awkwardly, Randidly could only scratch his chin and be glad that the mist obscured his form standing smoky-armed on top of city hall.

Still, no matter the… side-effects, it had been an extremely fruitful training session. Not only had Randidly largely rid himself of the mental stress from looking at reports for several days, but he had also finally cashed in on his Spear Mastery potential that he had left by the wayside for the past two or so years. All in all, it was an extremely satisfying day.

A twinge through Randidly’s Grim Intuition had him look over toward the stairwell to the roof. Standing there was Tatiana, her arms folded across her chest. The mist had dissipated to the point that it was only a light fog in the surrounding area. “Are you finished? We had to send some of the weaker employees home early. Your energy… is a bit much for people to withstand.”

Randidly winced. “Sorry. Next time I’ll train somewhere where it will be less distracting.”

“Honestly, it was a nice break. We’ve all been working ourselves to the bone recently. This is your town, Randidly,” Tatiana waved at him in a friendly manner and turned to head back down the stairs. “If we are so weak that we can’t be near you… likely it’s us that should be forced to leave Kharon.”

Randidly watched Tatiana go with a frown. Because it was something that he had never really considered before, but Tatiana was probably right to point out the issue. Looking down at his hands, Randidly sighed. One goal of Kharon was to create a town that had enough strength to help the Earth develop in the right direction. Randidly had never really considered the problem of making sure the town was able to endure the pressure of staying near him.

Idly, Randidly remembered the way that the forging the metal for his replacement arm had left a deep mark on the image of that wild area within the Alpha Cosmos. The people of Kharon had to endure that with every day that they spent by his side. They would be forever marked by swimming in the energy that Randidly produced.

But while it was likely somewhat difficult, there were also benefits. The dense energy that Randidly released into the air would mean the people here would develop that much more quickly.

Lightly, Randidly picked up his Philosopher’s Key and tasted the karma in the air. Doing so immediately reminded him of a meeting that he had today, so Randidly hastily stored his key away and loped across the nearby rooftops toward a bathhouse.

As he traversed through Kharon’s upper level, Randidly was pleased to note that people had expanded their use of the moss spirits immensely. Although Randidly only produced about fifty platforms that the moss spirits could grip a day, the people that bought those platforms used them tirelessly.

A floating ‘street’ just a little bit above the line of the rooftops was now mirroring the street below in a lot of places, filled with glowing emerald platforms carrying supplies without cluttering up the thoroughfares that were increasingly crowded as the population of Kharon shot upward. Around the edges of these floating supply caravans, individuals streaked past on sleeker platforms shaped like surfboards.

It was a good feeling to know that some of the preparations for Kharon’s arrival at the Zones was proceeding without a hitch.

Very quickly, Randidly snuck into the Order Ducis private baths and cleaned himself off and then returned to city hall. Today, he finally had a meeting with Antonio to talk about how the group from Chicago was settling into Kharon.