Chapter 1350 (2/2)

And during that time, Randidly planned on training. Specifically on a way to beat Kaan Swacc. And the training was a bit dangerous in the long run, but for now…

With a small smile on his face, Randidly produced the Dreamcatcher of the Long Night. The reason that he ultimately took the risk of exposing himself to the Special Investigator wasn’t just to determine whether he truly wouldn’t attack without proof of deviant behavior from the people of Earth…

Randidly’s grin widened as he focused on Kaan Swacc and a single chiming moment appeared in the depths of the Fatepiece. Seems like it was pretty easy to accomplish my third goal for today…

Congratulations! Your Fatepiece Dreamcatcher of the Long Night has grown to Level 44!

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Congratulations! Your Fatepiece Dreamcatcher of the Long Night has grown to Level 51!

“Just over halfway, huh…” Randidly said out loud, his mind briefly going to the third piece of his Fateset that he had already obtained from Yystrix’s tomb. If he continued at this rate, he might have access to it after another month or two. Then Randidly shook his head. The third Fatepiece could wait until later.

Randidly burrowed his perception into his current Fatepiece and aligned himself with the chiming moment that it had recorded. There was a swirling sense of blending to the surrounding space and then things started to settle back into definitive lines around him.

At the moment of that frozen moment in the Fatepiece, Randidly was stepping through the portal of the Philosopher’s Key and seeing both the figures of Lyra and Kaan twisting around in shock as he arrived for the second time in five minutes. After seeing him head into the Dungeon, they clearly weren’t prepared to see him walk out from behind them.

This time, however, Randidly took advantage of the opening in a way he hadn’t in the original memory. He raised Acri and used Man Is Proud But the Chimera Takes. He had barely stepped forward onto the sandy ground on the other side of the portal when his body blurred forward and the sand beneath him exploded in a huge cloud of debris. Lyra was sent stumbling backward by the concussive force.

Kaan reacted quickly, but he reacted exactly as Randidly had expected. As Acri zipped forward to impale Kaan, the shiny man threw himself backward. And truly, Randidly was impressed with the speed of his reactions. But Randidly also noticed that he wasn’t relying on his image at all. It was only his Stats and Skills that moved him.

And when it came to those two factors, Randidly was very confident in his significant advantage. Randidly flexed his muscles, conscious of Nether Brawn slowly surging to life in his every movement. Acri made contact with Kaan’s hands that blurred upward to deflect the thrust.

BOOOOOOMMMM!

It was quite enjoyable actually to see Kaan’s face twist into shock as his two hands slapped upward and caught the pyramidal tip of Acri, only to realize that he was inferior in Strength to Randidly. In fact, Randidly had quite a bit of advantage on that front. The two figures were shooting across the sand, Randidly shoving Acri further and further forward despite Kaan’s best efforts.

Of course, even without his image, Kaan was a powerful humanoid trained by the Xyrt Brigade. There was no way that his Skill Levels were low. So the next time his skidding feet found enough of a dune beneath him, his legs flexed and his abruptly twisted Acri and slammed its tip downward.

Even though the plant lance unraveled itself as soon as it felt the Special Investigator’s movements, Acri’s bulk still caught in the sand and flung Randidly forward. Kaan spread his arms wide and released a strange noise from his mouth that caused the air to shimmer and hum. Yet Stillborn Phoenix image appeared above Randidly, devouring the Skill before it could land.

It was a silent cry of hunger from the collapsed star that wished to be born again.

And then, when Kaan prepared for another move, Randidly exploded like a veritable volcano of Nether. The powerful negative energy that he had been cultivating in his Nether Nebula seethed over the surrounding space, instantly cause the air to bend and ripple as the fabric of the System was disturbed. The edge of the area became the bubble and the entire interior that was soaked in his thick Nether became the core.

Kaan’s eyes began to glow a baleful silver color even as Nether set his skin sizzling. “I knew it.”

Randidly felt Kaan’s image surging to the fore in response, but Nether had already seized the initiative in the area. In addition, Randidly instantly pulled back on his Nether, rapidly making it flow through the same pattern that he and Neveah designed to flatten it. So abruptly, all the Nether in the area smashed downward, exerting a heavy binding influence in the surrounding ten meters. Kaan staggered under the force of the sudden suppression.

Randidly had been careful to know Kaan far enough away that Lyra was clear so that he could oppress the Special Investigator and see what he really was capable of. But honestly, this was a bit disapoint-

Congratulations! Your Skill Aether Detection has grown to Level 193!

Congratulations! Your Skill Aether Detection has grown to Level 194!

Suddenly Randidly’s Nether was gone. His Aether Detection Skill screamed at him as he felt several strange Aether constructs lock down the surrounding area. In fact, suddenly the surrounding hundred meters appeared to have been cut out of Earth and brought to a strange area. Any other attempts Randidly made to generate Nether saw that energy ripped out of his body without the slightest change in the surroundings.

Kaan showed a wide grin without any teeth toward Randidly. A strange, howling noise seemed to emanate from his body. It was a powerful image that gave Randidly pause, and it was only getting started.

“Got you, traitor.”

In response, Randidly shrugged. Then he exited the Dreamcatcher of the Long Night before Kaan could do anything that would permanently injure his Nether.