Ascension of Chaos

B1 | Chapter 82

Ashley

The two Primordials end up bickering like an old married couple for the entire ten minutes of the disabled broadcast before they vanish. And for some reason I get the feeling that they continue their arguing even after they leave. Just in person instead.

After they leave, Blake and I are left to discuss our plans going forward. Along with what we've learned from the recordings.

Which generally comes down to all of the successful hunts using the items infused by the True Damage skill of the UM, the territory of the UM slowly shrinking throughout the span of its two months of being open, and the progression of the monsters' strength through the domain.

The first part of the plan is to go after the two mini bosses that were part of the death march. The drachne lord and the alpha dracoraptor.

Since they are probably almost dead by now. If they're not.

At the very least, one of them should still be alive.

I hope.

Then the second part of the plan leaves the two of us quickly planning attacks against various different fortresses. So that we can gather the King of Destruction's gunpowder and put it in special storage rings that Blake learned how to create through Etheria's teachings. Something I'll have to do myself.

And the third part of the plan is to hunt down mini bosses from other parts of this outer territory. Since we should be strong enough to fight them with the benefits from the last mini boss and these next ones we plan to hunt.

After getting the plans all decided upon, Blake teleports me out of the cavern before we use his tracking spell to head towards the drachne lord first. And the very fact that the tracking spell works in the first place proves that it's still alive.

Except, the moment we make it a few dozen meters from the cavern, the King of Destruction chooses to go on a rampage again. Leaving the two of us taking shelter in a ruin until it blows over and we continue traveling towards the drachne lord.

The trip ends up taking an entire hour before the spell leads us to a large cave. One of the larger caverns that isn't an actual spider or ant nest.

I share a glance with Blake, then we both nod and enter the cavern.

What we find are a bunch of spiders and webs in the cavern, implying that the drachne lord is rebuilding a new nest instead of fixing its old one. But it's still too early for them to be a threat against us. So much so that, when I test my new High Destruction Resistance on the spiders, the basic ones can barely even scratch me. At all.

One of the lowest ranking spiders at around the mid-level forties that tries to slash its claw through my shoulder but doesn't do more than a tiny little scratch. Startling the creature in the process.

And when I test it on a level fifty-something spider, the thing manages to do a small cut. Bigger than the last one but still not very large.

I find myself rather pleased with every flash of the crimson cracks that emerge across my body the moment the attacks land, only to fade again seconds later.

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Cocoon of Destruction, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{Congratulations, you have now reached level 80. Your PHY and MEN have increased by 1 point, and your MAG by 2 points. Please choose where you wish your 1 Free Point to be allocated.}

I quickly allocate my free points before opening the description for the new skill.

{Cocoon of Destruction – Allows the user to surround themselves with a cocoon made purely of destructive mana in a special way to the destructive-touched drachne lords. This cocoon is self-regenerative and destroys everything that touches it except for the user of the skill.}

Not bad. Not bad at all.

"Get something good?" Blake asks, making me glance at him before nodding.

Both those one hundred Skill Points and the new Skill Tree.

Actually, on that note, I look at the skills branching from the root of the tree. And immediately find the corners of my lips quirking upwards a bit in the barest hint of a smile.

One of the branches is silk generation and I get the feeling that it's going to be a mutation skill, so I'm going to avoid that branch entirely. But the other three branches are good.

There's a skill branching off of the root skill that is an improved version of the poison that the other drachne gave me. A skill that is the usual High-Stage Destruction Mana Manipulation. And a new skill that is actually called Mana Vision.

One that lets me directly see the mana within a person along with their aura.

Too bad the skill is five hundred Skill Points.

So I can't afford it right now.

Which is unfortunate.

I sigh at that before looking at Blake and asking, "Next?"

He nods his head, and after we dump the drachne lord's body into a storage ring, we leave the caves and begin heading towards the dracoraptor through another tracking spell.

But I can't help but glance at Blake as we fly.

His spells sure are convenient...