The tune she plays, lit my eyes on fire. My fist clenches as my heart racing. I cast a sign, “Conjure Beast Spawn.”
And then another, “Conjure Spawn.”
One skeleton and one skeletal beast. Together, they take care of the left side of the enemies as I give a nod to Rosa to take care of the right side while I march on ward with a Sign. I cast, “Psionic Shockwave.”
A blast of wind pushes towards a dozen of Magma-rock Tortoise, killing them. I charged up my [Hex Flame] but instead of using Hex Spells, I decided to cast, “Light Spear.”
Slicing forth the many turtles trying gnaw their long neck at me. Heads were cutoff, punctured, and stabbed.
“Light Spear!”
It appears once again, it only last ten seconds, but at the last minute, I throw it but this time, without Pantheon Drive. And as expected, it’s not enough to pierce it. But the damage it dealt was able to kill it. But then, I see a lava bolt coming at me.
“Wall of Stone!”
A barricade conjured to block it.
“Mind Splitter.”
The turtle went limb after a slight snap to its brain.
I went to see how Rosa is doing, and there isn’t even a need for me to worry. Corpses upon corpses of those turtles were left in her wake. As for the skeletons, they’re no longer around.
I cast a Sign, “Conjure Beast Spawn.”
And another, “Conjure Spawn.”
We continue our march, rapidly gaining levels and exp. Though, we do try to stay away from other people’s hunting ground. Not like they are going to pose any problem to us, and considering these turtles will continue to spawn endlessly too.
“Psionic Shockwave!”
Another dozens of turtles died with just a swing of my hand.
! {Requirement has been met}
* Defeat 100 enemies of at least level 10 with less than 10 Spell Cast of the same Spell: 133/100, 9/10
! {Skill has been upgraded}
* Magi Mastery (Passive) / Level 3 / Increases all spells Potency by 30%
Rosa came up to me after she finishes her portion.
‘That said, we’re quite efficient in this farm.’
[???]: “Excuse me.”
[Siola]: “Hm?”
Three people with quite a flashy gear. One seems to be a warrior, a rogue and a mage.
[Rogue]: “We saw you two kill those things no problem and we were wondering if you guys are farming here too. What if we’re like join up?”
[Siola]: “No thanks.”
[Rogue]: “Woah woah, wait, wait? Wh-Why though? I mean all of us are level 200 here, and uhh, I think we could help each other out.”
[Siola]: “We don’t need help. Sorry but we’re a party of two.”
[Warrior]: “Oi, he’s asking you kindly. Just because you can kill a few turtles doesn’t mean you can be a jerk.”
Oh my god, here when I started enjoying myself, this shit happens. Rolling my eyes, I ignored them and proceed to the next floor.
[Warrior]: “Oi, where you going?!”
[Mage]: “You fucking bitch, listen to what he says! Pyro Bl—.”
! {Pantheon Drive}
Her mouth shut by a meter long spear of light impaling her.
[Mage]: “Gohogk?!”
[Rogue]: “Liara?”
Her eyes rolled to the back before she falls.
[Warrior]: “You fucker!”
[Rogue]: “Hubin, wait!”
I cast a Sign, “Conjure Beast Spawn.”
“Conjure Spawn.”
Their eyes widened as they bear witness to the red-eyed skeleton and its beast.
Glancing at Rosa, she doesn’t seem to be bothered by it, and is already waiting on me. And so, we proceed to the next floor.
“Graaaaaaaaaaaaagh?!”
“H-Hubin!”
“Help!”
“Heeeeeeeeeeelp meeeeeeee!”
In the second floor. Things took a different turn as we no longer be fighting one type of enemy in the area. In additional to the large turtles, there are now snake and fish too.
{Magma-scaled Python / Level 60}
{Magmaskipper / Level 50}
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[Rosa]: “I don’t think I will be able to deal with those things. My blade will melt and I wouldn’t be able to pierce those scales.”
[Siola]: “Stick to the turtles.”
While I could use more [Psionic Shockwave], I think it would be best for me to use my [Telekinesis] instead.
[Rosa]: “A moment, Siola.”
She played another tune to hype me up.
! {Melodic Empowerment}
As the fishes took notice of us, with [Telekinesis], I push them back.
[Siola]: “Hnngh?!”
A sudden sting in my head.
“Siola?”
“I’m fine.”
I guess it’s a little straining to do [Telekinesis] when I have to deal with a lot of them at once. But then, that push actually gave me quite an idea.
Running around, catching the aggression of these creatures. The snake especially is a problem as they can quickly catches up to me. But with [Telekinesis], I round them out quite nicely as I keep getting a nasty headache, much harder than the first time I use [Limit Break].
About 40, 50 of these magma creatures combined. Chasing me as I round them up periodically while increasing their numbers.
80, 100, 125.
It’s getting a lot harder for me to maintain distance especially while dodging their attacks.
! {Requirement has been met}
* Avoid enemies attack 500 times: 503/500
! {Skill has been obtained}
* Nimble (Passive) / Level 1 / Increases strafing speed by 10%
Bure more, I need more.
180, 210, 230.
Rosa sitting on a dead turtle’s shell, watching me.
With that, it would really be embarrassing if I were to fail. When there’s about 250 of those snakes and fishes combined, I turned around and grasp my hand. With [Telekinesis], I brought them all to the epicenter. And there I felt a stinging pain, unlike any other.
My eyes twitched, but it’s not enough to stop me.
The black flame at the tip of my fingers, I cast, “Hex Pillars!”
Three 1-meter pillars of silver black flame rose to the ceiling. Burning everything in that radius, dealing 1350 damage however long they stay in it. The fire themselves doesn’t deal damage, but the curse it inflicts, that’s where the damage truly lies.
! {Level UP}
! {Level UP}
! {Level UP}
! {Requirement has been met}
* Defeat 100 enemies of at least level 50 with less than 10 Spell Cast of the same Spell: 258/100, 1/10
* Defeat 100 enemies of at least level 50 with a single Spell: 258/100
* Defeat 100 enemies of at least level 10 with a single Fire-based Spell: 258/100
* Defeat 250 enemies of at least level 50 with a single Fire-based Spell: 258/250
* Defeat 100 Fire-type enemies with Fire-based Spells: 258/100
* Defeat 250 Fire-type enemies of at least level 50 with Fire-based Spells: 258/250
* Defeat 100 Fire-type enemies of at least level 50 with a single Fire-based Spell: 258/100
* Defeat 250 Fire-type enemies of at least level 50 with a single Fire-based Spell: 258/250
* Defeat 250 enemies with Psychomancy: 411/250
* Defeat 250 enemies of at least level 50 with Psychomancy: 258/250
* Reaches Max Level with Magi Mastery
* Proper Psychomancy Utilization: 424%
! {New Skill has been obtained}
* Psychic Mastery (Passive) / Level 1 / Increases Psychomancy-based spells Potency and Range by 10%, and reduced Cost by 10%
! {Skill has been upgraded}
* Magi Mastery (Passive) / Level 5 (Max) / Increases all spells Potency by 80%
* Pyro Mastery (Passive) / Level 8 / Increases Fire-type spells Potency by 120%
* Psychic Mastery (Passive) / Level 3 / Increases Psychomancy-based spells Potency and Range by 50%, and reduced Cost by 25%
! {Innate Ability has been upgraded}
* Mana Recharge / Rank 3 / Arcane / Cast and hold to gather the surrounding arcane and converts them into usable Mana by 1 per second / Cost: None / Requirement: 8 Intelligence
* Mana Pool (Passive) / Rank 2 / Arcane / Intelligence value now contribute 5% per point of Intelligence to Max Mana. Create an additional Mana reserve
* Telekinesis / Rank 5 / Take control of Arcane Particles in the surrounding area / Costs: 60 per second / Requirement: 8 Intelligence
* Potent Mind (Passive) / Level 6 / Increases Resistance against mind-attack magic by 75%. Increases all spells Potency by 50%. Create an additional Mana reserve
* Potent Arcana (Passive) / Rank 2 / Arcane / Arcane-based Spells have increased 25% Potency. Increase Mana Regeneration by 1 per second
“Ohhhh yesssssssss!”
I didn’t expect that it actually got me screaming in joy.
All these increases are crazy. And thanks to that, more and more magma creatures fall victim to my [Psionic Shockwave] as I cleared the path to the third floor.
Rosa catches up to me.
[Rosa]: “Fine work, Siola. All those experience points, to think I would get stronger simply by watching your rampage.”
[Siola]: “Well, we’re not stopping here. Look forward to more levels rising up.”
[Rosa]: “You sure you don’t need rest?
[Siola]: “Sure I do, but not now.”
On the third floor, the environment becomes much hotter than before. One where we can directly feel impacting our body.
[Rosa]: “At this temperature, I think it’s safe to say that we are ill prepared for this floor.”
However, there is another problem that also poses a challenge. This place doesn’t have those smaller creatures but instead, medium to large creatures exist. Hard scales, eyes that can rotate in every direction. These creatures stick to the walls while the other camouflaged as a boulder.
{Magma-rock Tokay / Level 90}
{Magma-rock Chameleon / Level 90}
The walls are literally covered in Tokay while you can’t go further without bumping to a boulder that is the chameleon.
[Siola]: “Stay close.”
[Rosa]: “Need me to do another one of that tunes?”
[Siola]: “No need. That’ll attract their attention.’
There’s probably a thousand Tokay in the walls alone, much more so in the ceiling. I was also expecting to see another player, but ever since the first floor, we haven’t found any.
Upon reaching two boulders, I cast a sign, “Psionic Shockwave.”
It hits the mind of those two. I expected them to fall after revealing their disguise, but then their eyes opened and soon retracted themselves.
‘Not enough?’
I cast a sign and chopped, “Mind Splitter.”
Consecutively using twice, and that’s when they fall.
*Brmmm*
[Siola]: “Goodness me. Looks like you’re about to see me being silly, Rosa.”
[Rosa]: “Oh?”
[Siola]: “Mana Recharge.”
Restoring my MP back to full, patiently waiting.
[Rosa]: “…”
[Rosa]: “Is this the silly thing you mentioned.”
[Siola]: “Shush! But no.”
[Rosa]: “…”
Waiting, patiently.
Back when I was with Minty, I was fine with it, but now that I’m with someone who actually knows me. I can’t help but blush about what I’m going to do. Taking this time for my MP to recharge, so that I can prepare myself mentally.
I take a deep breath, and started chopping, “Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“…”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
“Mind Spliiter.”
The silence hurt but I had to keep going for the both of us. These creatures surprisingly give an enormously large Exp, and using this method, it’s the fastest and safest way to kill them.
Because of the increases I’ve got, [Mind Splitter] is my second highest damage dealing spell I’ve got, and it’s insane how I got this number and I’m not even using a weapon yet.
Original:
* Mind Splitter / Tier 3 – Advanced / Psychomancy / Cast Sign to inflict mental attack that disrupt the target’s thought, dealing 200 damage. Has 20% chance to cause a stun / Cost: 120 Mana / Requirement: 30 Intelligence, Psion Class
Adding 50 Intelligence and Psychic Mastery, then a double back-to-back modifier with Magi Mastery and Potent Mind. It resulted in this
* Mind Splitter / Tier 3 – Advanced / Psychomancy / Cast Sign to inflict mental attack that disrupt the target’s thought, dealing 1485 Has 20% chance to cause a stun / Cost: 90 Mana / Requirement: 30 Intelligence, Psion Class
And then, with Rapid Spell Casting, reducing by 80%, the cost after the initial cast is only 18 Mana at every cast. And considering my massive multi reserve Mana.
I have just made a wonderful memory so beautiful that I physically am crying right now, this is the kind of memory that I will not forget whenever I asleep.
Wish I never made it…