B1 | Chapter 59

Name:Ascension of Chaos Author:


Ashley

I quickly identify the ants as they march my way.

♢ Level 38 Destruction-Touched Antine Drone – 122 Potential Skills – X ♢

Oh? Actually, I could...

I count how many there are.

...not take that many of them on.

So without hesitation, now that I'm no longer bothering with hiding my stolen skills, I go ahead and let loose. First by activating Destruction Breath on them, making my mouth open wide before a powerful jet of deep crimson, almost black flames shoot out at the ants. Turning the closest ones to ash as I get new Skill Trees from them thanks to Assimilate still being active. Then I proceed to use Silver Spike to summon a bunch of spikes out of the air and ground to impale the ones behind them.

And after my breath attack runs out, I go ahead and summon a Silver Barrier between me and the ants to block them from reaching me.

Because the damned flood of ants didn't even take a dent from that attack. Despite me killing what must be nearly a dozen of them with that onslaught.

Although...

{You have been granted 3 Skill Points for killing a monster within a Unique Domain.} x11

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Destruction-Touched Antine Drone} x11

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Destructive Bite, is now unlocked for your usage.} – [ERROR – Destructive Bite is already unlocked. No skills are unlocked. New skills will now be added and made available to purchase to the preexisting Skill Tree: Destruction-Touched Antine Drone.] x11

{Congratulations, you have now reached level 40. 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.}

{Congratulations, you have now reached level 41. 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.}

Oh, uh, wow.

These things give a lot.

Both in EXP and in Skill Points.

This place may actually be a goldmine for those two things.

But...

The ants repeatedly charge at the wall, causing one dent after another to form as the what must be hundreds of ants try to push on. With even more ants behind them.

...yeah, not worth the gold in this mine.

Immediately making the drakes give up their chase without hesitation to go find shelter. Just like all the other monsters in the area.

But by now I'm panting in exhaustion, my sweat dripping down my still-dry clothes, my mana down to just around fifteen percent remaining, and gashes all across my wings and shoulders that are still healing from the drakes' talons occasionally catching me. Tearing through my clothes a bit in the process.

Fortunately the clothes repair themselves, otherwise I could very much see myself ending up damn near naked in here from my clothes being destroyed.

Thank Chaos for self-repairing clothes.

Literally, since he gave them to me.

But more importantly, I try desperately to find a cover, only to end up being stuck at a little overhanging cavern with no tunnels connected to it. With a bunch of lizardmen crouching down inside of it.

Sorry fellas, but this is my cover.

Without hesitation, I use up some of my remaining mana to fire destruction flames in their way, torching a couple of them before the last two run straight towards me around the flames. But I stop them as well with Silver Spikes mixed with Silver Barrier. Blocking them from proceeding first then piercing through them after.

Then I take cover in the back of the cavern while the boss's attacks fire down all across the Domain.

Saved by the Unique Monster.

How ironic.

I almost let out a chuckle at that thought, but I hold myself back.

Anyways, now's as good a time as any Chaos.

"Ashley! Are you okay? Do you need any items? I can send you some basic stuff if you need anything! New clothes, maybe? I can't send anything powerful unless you do a feat impressive enough that the System and Justicar agree, but maybe something to wash yourself with? Oh, and about the Unique Monster, you should avoid it at all costs until you're at least the same level as it! And-" Chaos immediately lets loose a barrage of words that has my head spinning. As if he were some overprotective and worried father or something.

And his words honestly make a very faint warmth spread through me.

A warmth that is not the rather warm temperature of this Domain.

But one of compassion.

I think.

"Oh, I forgot to mention, but your twin jumped into the Domain after you," Chaos comments after spending the entire barrage of the Unique Monster's attacks talking away nonstop without giving me any sort of time to respond.

Wait, what?

"Yeah, Blake's in the Domain as well," he confirms. "Although he seems to be on the opposite side of the Domain as you."

The fuck?