Chapter 1611 (2/2)
Randidly ignored the flood of notifications and turned to his next Path Choice: Greater Nether Core. Unfortunately, the Stat payout for this one was not as generous. He only received 1 Willpower and Focus for 100 PP. But since the Path cost 2000 in total, he still received 20 of each.
Congratulations! You have finished the Greater Nether Core Path! Amongst those brave travelers from the Nexus, extremely few have had the hubris to label their attempts at Nether Cores “greater”. Those who have fought the original forces of Nether understood how meek their pale imitations were and those that came after didn’t know about the true heights that a Nether Core could reach.
But you are a peculiar individual who has understood the original ferocity and heritage that is contained in a true Nether Core, although you haven’t yet seen its blazing influence. Perhaps the fact that you have wandered out on this Path is also some form of hubris. As you stand alone in the vast darkness of the night, neither moon nor stars possess enough radiation to reach your position. You have truly reached one of the remote stretches of the wilderness!
You are lost in an abyss. The Path only exists because it has led you ‘here’.
Error, unable to properly calculate the reward for finishing the Path! Please see your Village Spirit for more information!
Randidly grinned at the notification. I never thought about this before… but are Village Spirits the tech support staff of the Nexus…?
Although Randidly didn’t receive any additional stats from finishing the Path, he was still in a very good mood. Partially because he continued to receive Skill Level Up notifications for Lesser Aether Inoculation, but also because of the notification he received right after finishing the Path, which was likely his true reward.
Weight +100! Scope +100! Influence +100! The potential of your core significances have increased!
A free 10% increase in my capability is probably worth much more than even 1000 Stats.Plus, that vague reference to potential… Randidly reflected seriously on the flow of energy around his Nether Core. After his PP was sent, he wanted to spend some time improving the energy flows with his new Fidelity of the Ascendant Moirae. But in the current moment, he moved his eyes again to the Paths available to him. After twisting his mouth a bit, he was torn by several of the options available to him.
Congratulations! Your Skill Lesser Aether Inoculation (M) has grown to Level 163!
After a bit of thought, Randidly activated his Ruin is Inevitable, Yet This Too Shall Pass Skill. Immediately, her understanding spread out through an entire alliance of Randidly’s, with each of them choosing a different Path and sharing what they could of the results. For whatever reason, the Path completion notifications had the effect of scrambling some of the information between parallel lives, but he could at least get the sense of his options in this manner. And immediately, two stuck out to Randidly.
Of the two, Randidly chose the Ashes of Ulaat Path first. He poured his PP into the 1000 cost Path and received 2 free Stats every 25 PP he spent. These free points he then dumped into Fidelity of the Ascendant Moirae.
Congratulations! You have finished the Ashes of Ulaat, the Patron of Ash Path! Your Patron has long since betrayed you and been reduced to dust by the force of your conflict and his schemes. Yet within his ashes, significant power lingers. If you immerse yourself in that power, you can experience the memories and trials of Ulaat, incorporating his images and growing even more powerful.
However, be warned. The might of a Patron is not to be underestimated.
After reaching this point the Path, Randidly felt his consciousness float through darkness and encounter a pile of smoldering embers. With an unreadable expression on his face, Randidly stuck his hand deep within those glowing coals. As the flood of images and mental tests ran up his arm to overwhelm his mind, Randidly immediately used the raw power of his Conviction of the Celestial Cataclysm to smash the tests to pieces.
Randidly sighed as the Path splintered and collapsed. At this point in my growth, I would easily be able to overcome you, Ulaat. But although your image isn’t of much use to me any longer…
Perhaps as a side effect of the image preserved in stasis by the Path, Randidly found Ulaat’s significance deep within his ashes. Ulaat was a man who gained power at the cost of his own planet and his heart was ever-after wracked by that suffocating guilt. What Randidly now adroitly removed from the ashes was that deep and significant desire to protect his home planet.
Even to this day, that thread remained painfully pure.
The suppressed thread of Nether from a deceased Patron spun into Randidly’s body and assimilated with his Nether Core. The effect wasn’t immediate, but Randidly could sense how thick his Nether was becoming.
Congratulations! You have successfully incorporated Ulaat’s image! Resistance +100!
And now… the other Path that earns a strong reaction from the other Randidlys…
Randidly pressed his lips together and looked long and hard at the Glimpse of the Shallah Path.