Chapter 1702 - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Iām sure they expected me to retaliate, but Iām not sure they expected something like
this
.
My chomp sucks in the gathered dust, eliminating the cloud and revealing the scrambling delvers in front of me. Theyāve got a bit of space, and a shield up by the looks of things. Hopefully, itāll be enough.
BOOM!
The forming sphere of light shatters between my jaws and the explosion sends a shockwave rolling outwards.
And, for a change, Iām totally fine! My eyes donāt explode, my carapace doesnāt get damaged, nothing happens!
Well, not to
me
.
Maybe I can deploy the empowered version without getting hurt! That will be a change of pace.
Fire rolls outwards and the delvers cry out in fear as they fall back. Light strikes at my back as the others try to distract me, pull my attention away from the vulnerable members. As if thatās going to work. You think Iām some sort of mindless monster? Iām going to attack the person who attacked me last? Get real!
My regeneration network is really kicking into gear now, winding up faster and faster, sending healing fluid roaring through my system. I have to give the delvers a bit of credit, they are doing a bit of damage. My carapace is incredibly tough and they arenāt close to getting through it, but little chips here and there are still happening, especially around my joints.
However, it simply doesnāt matter.
With so much regeneration fluid flooding my system, those small nicks are healed exceptionally fast. My HP is completely full, my carapace is effectively undamaged, and Iām not even tired. I was wondering what Granin was on about when he asked about my fatigue after I told him about the incident with Tiny, so Iām being mindful of my stamina, but itās just not going down.
With so much Will pouring into me, itās almost impossible for me to get tired, even if I wanted to. There are millions of ants in range, literally millions. I can do this all day.
Stalking forwards, I examine the aftermath of my chomp and find the delvers managed to survive, but they arenāt in great shape. Their shield wasnāt enough to protect them and they were knocked down by the blast, but they arenāt out of the fight completely. Even as I loom over them, they try to recover, flipping back onto their feet and dashing away, taking the more heavily injured members with them.
I let them go. They canāt get away from me, and something else has taken my attention for the time being. I know I said I wouldnāt get distracted, but what the heck is going on over there?
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With the dust cloud gone, I can see more clearly, and nestled between two stalagmites is a small group of three delvers who donāt seem to be attacking like the others, so Iād ignored them up to this point. Yet, theyāre suspiciously blank to my other senses. No mana is leaking through at all, which means they must be hiding it for some reason.
In fact, as I look closer and reach out with my mana sense, I can make out the layers of wards theyāve placed around themselves. Not a few either, there must beā¦ a dozen?!
Why?!
Unaware that Iām looking straight at them, the three delvers are concentrating, pooling their mana into some sort of spell that I donāt recognise. I canāt sense the mana at all, naturally, but why the heck are they doing this right out in the open? I can see you! Why go through the trouble of hiding every trace of your presence but perform the spell where I can see you?!
Maybe these delvers arenāt as professional as I thoughtā¦.
As nice as it would be to let them finish whatever they have planned, I think I might intervene before they launch a death laser to cut me in half or something.
Blows continue to rain down on me, but they just arenāt enough to crack through my carapace or outpace the runaway freight train of my regeneration. Under the manipulations of my upgunned minds, the omni-elemental construct spins and churns, pumping out dense water mana which I swiftly weave into a jet of water.
Whatever they were planning on doing, it appears as though itās difficult to accomplish while being subjected to a water cannon. Knocked down and struggling, the spell fizzles out as the groups continue to try and catch my attention, striking at my back and flanks with a sudden frenzy.
Yeesh. Lay off already. My regeneration network is going absolutely crazy! They werenāt kidding when they said the regeneration gland would only continue to ramp up. Itās not stopping, itās only getting stronger and stronger! Are there limits on this thing? Iām starting to feel pressurised from the inside!
Alright, enough playing around. This has been fun, but I canāt hang around here all day. Iāve got things to be doing, and more delvers to hunt for.
With a flex of my will, an empowered Gravity Domain is unleashed, expanding outwards rapidly to crush everything caught within its grip. In an instant, the fighting is over. No more spells, no more sword slashes, only face-planted delvers trying to breath through a foot of solid rock.
Gweheheh.
I canāt say it ever gets tiring, looking at them squirmā¦.
I whip together a mind-bridge so I can force it on them and gloa-I mean, talk to them, but something catches my eye first.
Even better hidden than the delvers hiding behind the rocks, even more concealed than Enidās retirement savings, there is
something
over there catching the light. Marching closer, I realise itās a person, smushed into the rock and struggling to free themselves, just like the others, but for some reason they are completely invisible to almost all of my senses. In the hubbub of the fight, I must have lost track of their gravitational field as well.
So sneaky!
What I find
really
interesting, thoughā¦ what
really
seizes my interestā¦ is the lovely Church of the Path robes the figure is wearing.
I snap the bridge into place.
[Iāve just been
dying
to talk to one of you.]
The priest seemsā¦ less enthused.
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