The Class S System Hub
One person appears after another within the Class S System Hub as more and more people learn about the current events on Val. The events revolving around the Successor of Chaos.
And her skill that has now finally been discovered publicly.
But the King of the Sil Gray Kingdom simply stands at the very back of the hub with his arms crossed as some of the other top Class S rulers quietly discuss amongst themselves about the Successor.
"Who would've thought that rumor was true?" "This will be a problem." "How close do you think Chaos is to her? Do you think he would care if she were killed?" "She's a threat."
But King Arnos Sil Gray just flips through the System Forums as he looks at the reactions of the public. Just glancing at one particular System Forums thread.
[LukeSk459] –
{This is crazy. It's fucking crazy. How could someone with a skill like that even exist?!}
[Art12Lex4] –
{At least it explains why Chaos chose her as his Successor.}
[UrlStar7] –
{True.}
[DawnPawn8] –
{Yeah}
[LukeSk459] –
{But I wonder how the people whose skills were taken by her feel if they saw?}
[Ninja_Stick8] –
{Do they keep their skills after?}
[LukeSk459] –
{Obviously. Unless they died for real, of course. Otherwise the Sil Gray Kingdom would've already declared war on the Successor of Chaos by now.}
[Ninja_Stick8] –
{Right, forgot one of the people she took the skill from was a prince.}
[UrlStar7] –
{How likely do you think it is she'll be hunted down by Class S hunters?}
[LukeSk459] –
{Unlikely. Not with Chaos and the Tower of Chaos supporting her.}
[DawnPawn8] –
{True.}
Even if it takes the entire two months before the Gate breaks to do that.
Not that I can see it taking that long.
"Chances are the Unique Monster will leave its volcano long before that," Chaos says, making me tense up a little. "Unlike most other monsters, Unique Monsters actually have sapience to a degree. Even if it is very limited and sealed away by the System."
That's... sad.
And I'm not particularly happy about the idea of the King of Destruction leaving his volcano.
But that's a problem for later. For now I go ahead and quickly get to work building up walls around the cavern, blocking off the entrance from anything else. With the exception of a single hole I leave closer to the top of the cavern entrance for me to fly out of and into.
From what I saw, the only monsters here who use these small, wide open caverns that have nothing more than a single rounded inner wall along with a ceiling for cover are the lizardmen.
The kobolds stay in their fortresses.
The ants in their nests
Spiders their hives.
The drakes go wherever they go. Not sure, actually. But it's not these alcoves, that's for sure.
And the dracoraptors hide in some other caves that I didn't get a good look at.
Although the process of making this little bunker for myself ends up taking almost the rest of my mana. Leaving me completely drained.
But it was worth it as I don't sense any monsters outside trying to get in with my Enhanced Perception skill. And the ones that get close all turn away after sniffing at the metal plates making up the wall.
Fortunately it wasn't exactly difficult to figure out how to make the walls in the first place.
I collapse onto the ground in a sweaty heap, just staring up at the ceiling as I breathe in and out. Wondering what the hell I'm going to do from here on out.
At the very least, food and water won't be an issue.
Water I can just get with my magic. Simple as that.
As for food, it doesn't really matter what I eat. With Incorrigible Appetite that I got from the zombies out of one of the Gates on Val I can eat anything and be fine.
I could even eat rotten meat if I wanted to and not have any issues.
Other than gagging to death.
Because it probably doesn't taste very good.
On that note, you able to send any food, Chaos?
"Unfortunately not," he answers, crashing any hopes I had of not eating poorly cooked monster meat down the drain. "I'm only able to send System recognized items through the Successor Menu. And that doesn't include food."
Damn.
Guess it's cooked lizards, spiders, and ants for me then.
But for now, it's time for a nap.
I don't think I can keep my eyes open for much longer, and Enhanced Perception should make me instantly aware of any monsters trying to sneak in.
So I let my eyes droop closed before I fall asleep.