Chapter 259: Blood runs Deep

Chapter 259: Blood runs Deep

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Sofia was having a hard time, forcing the monster out of the elfs body had been a mistake. Before then, it was still quite slow when it walked, and predictable, it used to follow the rat Sofia used as a lure without fail. Now its behavior had completely changed. It had never stepped into the trapped room again, and didnt follow the rat. Instead, it ran around the corridors, fleeting from hiding spot to hiding spot. It was impossible to keep track of it and it had just ambushed the rat.

Shit, I lost connection.

The book of skeletons shivered in her hand, it opened by itself, showing the page of the rat. The page burst up in smoky blue flames and burned down in an instant.

The rats page was gone.

No! My skeleton!

Thats not They can do that?!

I was right to be wary from the start. What now? Does that mean the rat is a beehive thing too now? I hope it didnt keep Suns blessing if it is.

Dealing with a single one is hard enough

This better have been worth it.

The rat getting caught wasnt a simple byproduct of Sofia inattention, it was actually another experiment of hers. The skeleton rats in general had no combat skills whatsoever, but they were very smart, fast, and uncannily aware of their surroundings. It was no coincidence it had managed to evade the Deep creatures grasp until now.

Though I would have liked it better if I didnt lose it.

The goal of the experiment was to try coating the monster with some of the black shade dust that had been in her storage ring for a while. It seemed attacks like the angels bolt went straight through the monsters iridescent body, but the rot-spreading holy light had actually been reflected by its skin when it was in the trap room. So if Sofia could just cover its skin with something more conducive to the light, she might be able to cover the monster with rot.

In her downtime while the rat worked in tandem with the engineer skeleton to create powder splashing traps and spread them around, she had been practicing to get the spell version of [Heal Undead]. To have more control over the rot spread would allow her to avoid hitting the temple by accident, and might also allow her to use it in restricted spaces. It wasnt quite there for now, but there was progress. In Sofias opinion, both her experience with tampering skills and the effects of the Processing pills were helping her progress fast. Fast enough that she had good hopes to get this done in just a few more days instead of months.nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

It also helped that the magic behind [Heal Undead] was quite simple, but thinking about that would lower her sense of accomplishment.

So far the shade dust traps had all failed. At first she thought the monster was simply too fast to get hit, but by going herself and exploring from as far as she could stand, she had seen why her traps never worked. The powder simply flew through the monster like the angel bolt had. As if the creature was not of this world, a ghost, of sorts.

[True Shade Dust]: The remains of a purified True Shade killed by holy light. Can be used to fuel rituals, brew potions, or dye clothing and armor. Does not reflect any light. Highly flammable while in powder form, store with caution!

I still have plenty of the white version, but it says that it scatters all light instead of not reflecting any. Thats the exact opposite of what I want to do. I just need them to absorb the light.

As it is, I can probably have engineer skeleton to make three more traps, maybe double that if I go around trying to sweep the remains of the previous traps.

Maybe I could use the carbon thats left behind by the rot. It wont consume the bones Ive touched but I can still eat the blood from [Summon Blood], so I can technically get an infinite amount. Its a black powder too, but its more shiny. Perhaps it would still work as a good replacement.

In fact maybe just covering the monsters in blood could work.

Its kind of funny that I killed the shades by splashing them with silverwater, and used their remains to throw at other monsters to kill them. If I collect the Deep blood, can I throw it at something else to kill it? Keep the chain running?

Hmm

Is that the kind of thing I find fun now? I used to be into reading books. The stress is getting to me I think

I really, REALLY hate the damn silence of this place.

The sun is like a big giant explosion for hell's sake. It has no rights being so silent!

These last two years really did some damage to my personality, didnt they?

Well Actually it was weird from the start. I never exactly had what Id call a normal life.

I should take a break after this.

If Saria is safe with a Dragon then she can wait a bit. If anything, she should be the one coming to help me. She's not the one who's gonna die in a few weeks.

She probably would come, if only she knew

I hope the others are doing better.