Chapter 99 - A Tremendous Opportunity I
I kept in mind the Grand Assembly that would be taking place sometime later today as I made plans to go back to the Skypeak Nest.
The full information I received let me know that the last time a LEGENDARY beast arose in the nest and led an insurrection was decades ago when the kingdom was in its early beginnings. It took the strength of the powerful king along with the help of the EPIC Battalion Commanders to quell the beast’s insurrection and slay the most powerful one, pushing the beasts back onto their floating landmass.
The only beasts currently propagating the dungeons were EPIC ranked, their numbers most likely not that high. The other two nests that were located further away from the kingdom were between frozen mountains that had a similar level of beasts, but were worried less about because of their locations.
Occasional checks were still made to be sure that no powerful beasts were rising and consolidating forces. Since I had already taken down one of the powerful beasts in this nearby nest, it would be easier to take down more of them, so this would continue to be my target. I would get as many EPIC skills as I could before all hell broke loose.
As for the assembly that I would most likely be missing, I could make better use of my time getting stronger than listening in. I’ll know all about what was discussed when I got back anyways. Amassing more strength before the battle fully starts was crucial.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.
Now, my full focus was placed on how to utilize the EPIC ranked skills I had to efficiently and safely hunt down the beasts that I could sense yesterday. I had already absorbed the EPIC cores that the beast dropped, giving me a significant boost in my attributes. The skills I liked the most currently were [Corrupted Sword Saint’s Incarnation] and [Absolute Zero]. This was simply because their combination was killer.
My body received a huge buff and became exceedingly huge after calling down the incarnation, and I couldn’t even begin to explain the thrill of moving around in it. As for why the skill had the corrupted tag in front of it, this was likely due to the powerful jewel the mercenary absorbed before she was about to transform.
My reminiscing came to a stop as the blade on my hands struck the thick skin of the dark walrus.
THUCK!
Like it met a layer of fat, the sword sank in just a bit, the Freezing Touch effect from [Absolute Zero] activating and causing a blooming flower of ice to bloom from the struck location, but its damage was reduced with the tough body of the beast that had the cold as its home.
The walrus retaliated with a quick swing of its hairless flippers that condensed cold spears as they smacked into my large body. Even with [Flash] still activated and my large body maneuvering in the air, the speed was too fast to evade.
BOOM!
The impact sent me to the side, where the large white wolf was waiting with its jaws spread wide open. Terrible energy was being collected in its mouth as a blue beam shot out towards me.
[Instant Transfer] was quickly activated as I faded away and appeared in the air, looking to the three beasts below. The Emperor Penguin that should have been kept busy with the Plague bearer had formed a hazy gray light on its flippers and smacked them into the body of my summon, and I watched with a surprised expression as the Plague Bearer disappeared from sight, the connection I had with it informing me it was now a few miles into the nest.
[Saint’s Return] was already healing the damage my large figure received from the walrus and the blue beam of destructive energy that barely grazed me as I cast [Summon Plague Bearer] to call back the summon, when the Emperor Penguin on the ground shouted with a stern expression...and disappeared from my sight.
An alarm rang out as I felt [Flash] automatically activate to move my body out of harm’s way as the large penguin appeared in the air. A hazy gray light was already covering its entire flipper as my body couldn’t avoid it in time. The light just barely grazed me, but it was more than enough as I felt my body disappear, and it wasn’t due to [Instant Transfer] this time.
When I reappeared again, I found myself in an extremely large and dark environment with barely any light. Ancient frozen and broken structures were all around me, but that wasn’t the point that gave me the biggest surprise. The biggest surprise was in this large environment I was transferred into with that attack from the [Emperor Penguin], I was not alone. Multiple auras that were in no way less powerful than ones I had just been fighting honed in at my position.