Chapter 94

Chapter 94

While Tom was being interrogated Ajax was already on his way towards the pond. With his recent showing in the middle of the camp he had nothing to hide so he was using his mana at a conservative rate to go faster.

Unlike with the bear, finding the fish was not something he could do. Sure he knew that it was somewhere in the pond but the exact place wasn’t something he could point to even if he was less than three feet from him standing on the shore.

A small plan did start to form on how to solve that problem as he slowly got closer and closer to the pond however. If everything worked out the way he thought it would, this fight would be a lot easier than the bear one.

Ajax P.O.V

The pond opened up in front of me. But I was still busy looking behind. It had only been a week since I took out the bear but it seems the message had gotten across to well... everybody. I almost ran face first into a wolf pack, there were herds of deer and boars everywhere all moving closer and closer to the pond. This would probably prove to be a good training section for any of the guards that come to clear it out and secure it.

Unlike the rest of the forest the shore of the pond was free from any and all animals, though many it was heavily stained here and there by decently fresh blood as well as marks from where the fish must have used his powerful tail to ambush the first newcomers to the area.

Before approaching the edge myself I took out two arrows and started infusing large portions of my mana in both . In total I spent around one thousand split into a seven hundred and three hundred arrow, each with their own element. Once the infusion was complete I approached the edge and carefully looked at the water for any indication that the fish was approaching.

The water’s surface didn’t give anything away but one of the small shallow waves just reached about two inches higher that the ground was wet. I didn’t even fire the first heavily infused arrow, just tossed it towards the water as I pulled the second one back and waited while making sure I wasn’t standing in the lake.

As soon as the arrow hit the water it shattered while releasing an electric current from all the lightning mana I had pumped into it. The electricity had the desired effect as it not only broke the fish’s camouflage but also sent it into an uncontrollable spasm.

The initial plan was to use the second void arrow and go for the brain, after all a fish’s skull was thin enough that I could kill it despite the reinforced scales it had there. That plan fell through quickly as despite it spasming around ten feet in front of me it was doing so underwater. I forgot to take into account that water messed with my perception of position because of how light enters and leaves it.

This was made abundantly apparent by the odd looking angle that the tail had as it thrashed about the surface. Thinking about it I fired the arrow towards the base of the tail, knowing I had no more than a moment or two before it would regain control of its body. As the arrow connected with the base of the tail a horrible amalgamation of a roar and squeal resounded from the fish.

To say that it hurt would be an understatement. I even now still wonder how Fluffy had managed to look so peaceful curled up in a ball for an entire night as she probably suffered something comparable to this when she ate the bear’s core. A few seconds later I lost consciousness.

I came to as the sounds of flesh rearing rang out. Despite the headache and the way every muscle in my body protested I sat up to see a few crowlike birds tearing into the fish. They used the same entry point I made to take out the mana stone to bypass its scales. Seeing I was in no immediate danger I spent the next ten minutes in pain crawling over to have my back lean on the trunk of the tree.

Now that I could look out for anyone looking to do the same to me as the crows were doing to the fish I turned my attention to the blinking icon in the bottom of my vision that had been bugging me for the last ten minutes.

Notice : Mana Poisoning

Due to deep foreign mana infusion Vitality is permanently reduced by 5 points.

Resistance to future mana poisoning decreased, future exposure will be more costly.

Seeing as how that was all it told me and how it didn’t mention anything about the pain I was in I hoped that it would be temporary. I also lamented how stupid I was and how I had just wasted five stat points because I thought I was in one of those xianxia novels.

My bad mood was quelled by the next notice however.

Achievement : Survive mana overload

Increased all stats by 10.

Warning : any future mana overloads will result in Punishments!