Chapter 201: Collecting Eyes

Chapter 201: Collecting Eyes

Astrid couldn’t help but marvel at her opponent's stealth abilities. To constantly live between a fabric of reality, within the shadows, seemingly without even having to come out, was incredible. If she was able to do that, then unless one had a specific scouting ability like Brett had, they would be undetected.

Although her current mission needed speed, she bolted to the side of the monster. Astrid wanted to experiment a little as the ability the Shadow Dimensioner had could be a game changer.

She yanked out its eyes, and awaited for the good news.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

Dominating Sovereigns Eye has extracted the Active Skill - Shadow Claws - From the Shadow Dimensioner.

Shadow Claws: Channel the unique power of the Shadows, and send out a claw of darkness. Scales with Dexterity.

Would you like to merge with - Shadow Claws Y/N?

Astrid shook her head. It wasn’t something she needed. She wanted the camouflage the monster had, not the attack as any attack it could create, Astrid already had better.

Pouting, she quickly followed behind the others, and fell back into her position in the centre.

The building they entered was massive, the ceiling was high, and up above there was a walkway that spanned the entire floor. It looked like it led to an assortment of luxury shops. In the centre of the room, high above on the ceiling was a glimmering crystal chandelier.

Just from the ornament alone, it was easy to see the wealth that Apocrypha had at its disposal.

“I can’t sense anything,” Brett said as he scanned the area.

Noah also shook her head. “They must be above.”

“That’s a lot of floors to get through,” Daniel said.

“We’ll need to split up, It’ll take too long clearing the floors one-by-one,” Noah turned to address her soldiers. “Havel, take Brett, Astrid, and her team, and a few others, and start with the lower floors. I’ll start with the latter floors.”

“Right away,” Havel accepted his orders, then turned to the group he was given. “Everyone follow me.”

Just like they had before, they walked in the same formation, only it was smaller in number this time. Astrid didn’t really like the notion of splitting up, but it seemed there was nothing she could do about it.

Noah was right; they were in a race for time. If they spent too long away from the bubble wall, they lost any sort of information network to relay vital details of their mission back to Rebirth. But that wasn’t all. They also had to be there as backup in case the vanguard called them.

It was a gamble, and one that Astrid intended to win.

Travelling into the staircase, while Noah took the other, Brett spotted two shadow dimensioners.

Naming her new detection skill: Matter Field, she sent it out, scattering in the surroundings, and after notifying the others of her newly formed ability, it allowed the other warriors in the party to get in on the action.

Along with Brett being able to accurately tell where the shadow monsters were located, it allowed them to deal with them without much problem thanks to their low constitution. Once a spotlight illuminated them, they were like wet paper towels, even Astrid’s pinky could tear it.

Once they were killed, Astrid plucked their eyeballs once more in hopes for its camouflage ability.

You defeated a Shadow Dimensioner - Level 283!

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| Extra experience is granted for defeating an enemy many levels above!

Lisa’s arrow shot through the darkness, impaling the shadow dimensioner that fired the spectral claws. Astrid followed it up by taking its eyes, but once again, the result was nothing.

Astrid had killed dozens of them now, and now she wasn’t even gaining any skills to speak of. It probably meant that she had exhausted their natural skills, and only one of them was left.

Defeating the rest of the monsters, Havel ordered Astrid, and the others to check on their system. As a leader, he had to make sure that he provided time to those that had levelled up. If one was to gain a new skill, or hit a milestone, then it was important to take the time, and select it, or at the very least look at it; understand it.

Astrid herself had levelled up a few more times, and that wasn’t all.

You defeated a Shadow Dimensioner - Level 283!

You defeated a Shadow Dimensioner - Level 289!

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| Extra experience is granted for defeating an enemy many levels above!

You have Levelled up!

| Oculus Witch Level 195-> Oculus Witch Level 202

| Voidmare Level 195 -> Voidmare Level 202

You have gained 70 stat points.

| You now have 1786 Intelligence.

Title obtained - Mage Adept: Congratulations Astrid, you reached Level two-hundred! That’s a big achievement... how many levels to go, I wonder?

| Intelligence +100

| Wisdom +50

| Constitution +50

| Gain Experience 5% faster.

Astrid looked at the title for a couple seconds before waving it away. The stat bonus was nice, but it couldn’t scratch what her other titles were at. After all, for those, she had to go through a lot to obtain them.

The others were taking a few more minutes sifting through their system, and it seemed like Losef especially was taking his time.

Oh, he got something nice? Astrid was happy for him, but being impatient, she decided to keep herself busy. By eating. Apocrypha snacks, to be accurate.

She took out a yellow package and read the contents: Fried potato crisps, cheese and onion flavoured. Astrid tilted her head, opened the bag, pinched a few inbetween her fingers, then shoved them in her mouth.

Her first thoughts were that they were a little stale, but thanks to the magical properties of the bubble, some freshness remained. The crisps were a strange combination, but they worked perfectly well with each-other. Almost like a harmony against her taste-buds.

A few seconds later, and they were all gone.

Astrid was wanting to try another snack, but Havel ordered them to continue moving. Losef shrugged his shoulders, feeling his body, getting used to whatever skill he had just learned.

Astrid and the others opened the door from the staircase, and walked into the seventeenth floor. Unlike the others, this one was different. Something... powerful, was looking straight at them.

A massive explosion rocked the building. It came from where Noah was located.