Chapter 110 Larva Stage

I launched at the first platform, and the roots were on me, but I cut through them like they were paper, and I spun like a drill. I landed, and my roots assisted my spring forward at the Goblin that had reappeared, and I slashed through it.

Launching forward to the next platform, more wall roots dove at me, and I spun, slashing the roots that attacked in a barrage. I skidded onto the next platform, rolled, and launched my body at the Orc with a cross slash.

I jumped up, but a root grabbed my foot, and I had to spin down to cut myself free, slicing other roots at the same time. I dropped back down, but I launched back off the platform and landed on the next that was now filled with Goblins that all had knives and clubs.

I commanded my roots to fight the wall roots as I ran at the goblins as the first jumped up and cut it in half. More of the little green bastards went for my legs, and I spun to slice them apart, my roots assisting me while deflecting roots that I also had to cut.

Soon, all the Goblins were dead, but the vines kept coming. I was already feeling gassed as I had to jump and slash the roots that assaulted me from the walls.

I tried to jump to the next platform, but the roots from the walls suddenly got thicker. I tried to cut them, but I couldn't make it through, and it grew back around my weapon.

I was pulled back into the middle before I could react, and the vines were waiting for me. Spinning, I sliced the vines, letting go of my stuck blade, but the vines grew back just as fast.

Again, I was ripped out of the air and into the mess of vines, only to be spat out back at the start. I groaned as Katie hopped down to join me at the start.

"So, that looked painful but pretty cool to watch!" Katie laughed, and I rolled on my face.

"Those wall roots are relentless!" I mumbled with my face pressed to the ground.

I had just got my ass handed to me on a silver platter, and I was feeling a bit sore about it. I had made this damn thing, but this wasn't even the most challenging level, and it mopped the floor with me like I was nothing.

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"You know, if you would just listen, you would not be lying face down. The floors only get harder as you progress," Sofia said as she grew out of the ground and sat down in front of me with a smoke between her fingers.

"Yeah, I get it, but I never imagined it would be something like this! I am going to have to become a god to be able to fight with the walls going ham on me!" I complained as Katie came over and mounted me, sitting down on my back.

"That is because you don't know how to listen! I tried to warn you, but I have to say that you did pretty good, considering what you faced. I am glad I didn't have to deal with the roots, or I wouldn't have even made it to the first platform!" Katie laughed but then squeaked as my roots lifted her off my back, and I got up.

"Alright, I get it, but I think that is enough for me for now. I had to fight much harder just now than when I fought the Villains in a new body!" I said as my roots sucked back inside of me.

"That is the way it is supposed to be. I also sealed off the top floor since you can't even complete the first room of the first door on the fourth level. The top-level could be considered deadly to pretty much everyone, including you, at this point. The point is to have a place for us to train, right? I wanted to make sure that it could handle when you and the rest of us got stronger. I think that we are still in the larva stages of our powers," Sofia explained as Katie came over and hugged my arm.

"I still had a lot of fun, and having my house at the center of all this is pretty unbelievable. If you had just tried to tell me all this, I wouldn't have been able to understand this, nor would I have believed you. From the outside, it looks like just a massive dome, which is cool, but inside here is like something out of a fantasy," Katie said as she looked around the long room, still holding my arm.

I turned and looked at the platforms and the roiling vines below and smiled. I might not be able to handle this yet, but I would get to a point where I would be able to do this with ease.

"This was a good reality check for me. I had cut through the Villains like there was nothing compared to this. It just shows that I have a lot of room left to grow from here," I said, and Sofia nodded.

"We are still learning things about your abilities. You have hardly scratched all the other abilities that you have at your disposal because of us girls. The more you use them and learn to use them in different ways, the more you will grow and get stronger," Sofia explained and then sunk into the ground.

Kaite and I walked back through the door and started down the stairs, both of us looking up and around the massive half-oval room.

"If this is only the beginning, I wonder what the end will look like?" Katie asked, and I laughed.

"Who said there has to be an end? I don't ever want to stop finding new ways to grow and have fun! At the rate we are going, there will hardly be anything outside of our grasp!" I laughed as we continued down the stairs.