Chapter 352: Ring the bell

Chapter 352: Ring the bell

Sofia introduced her bird squad and even got to try her new design for Eternams transmission ritual, which she had embedded on a bone coin with a mana battery ritual on the other side to have the birds give a live view instead of just their position.

The coin didnt work at all, Sofia lost the connection as soon as the birds turned a few corners, still, under the watchful eyes of Astelia and the students, the three dimensional map of the entire dungeon quickly took form in Sofias hands. The 100% bonus in processing she got from the Order form of March of the Envoy allowed her to flawlessly keep track of all the birds and sculpt the map at the same time.

This makes it almost too easy, Astelia commented, looking at the work-in-progress map, I can already tell that the boss is probably in that isolated deeper section.

It helps in that way but if you want to be a treasure hunter you have to explore the entire thing anyway. The good stuff in a dungeon isnt always anywhere near the boss. Though I guess it will be less of an issue when the transmission tokens work. It also doesnt work as well in places where the birds get killed by the monsters.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

How much health do they have?

A few hundred points each, varying depending on which birds I use, Sofia answered, The Crows are slower but have a bit more health than the Turvins and are smarter. The rats are also an option sometimes, theyre better for places with a lot of closed doors since they can fit in small holes or quickly dig their way around.

How many different skeletons do you have? Shaily asked curiously.

Im Not sure. Actually. I lost count, but I have some good variety. I even have things like a bunch of carnivorous fish that I have never used. Oh, the last few birds are done. Here it is, thats the entire dungeon.

There is no exit? one of Astelias students asked as he perplexedly observed the map.

It looks to be that way, if the map is accurate Astelia answered, Maybe the boss guards an exit, but most likely the way out was the collapsed section behind us when we were teleported here.

The exit does not really matter anyway, both me and Astelia can get us all out of here if needed. Anyway, just give me a second to equip all my things and lets clear this place out.

Right youve not been wearing the crown and the saint set, Astelia noted.

Your plan seems fine but be careful, Astelia whispered back.

Good, she got the message. Alright, for now, lets give some love to my most neglected skill.

[Spine of the Black Sun]!

The explosion has a radius of almost four meters now. The only thing is that I need to stop using it as a whip, to make the explosion stronger, I need to leverage all my strength bonuses and strike with the sword form. It also heals me for 20% of the damage dealt Actually more like 35% with [Radiance]. Now that I have a proper health pool, it would be stupid not to use it!

Sofia and Astelia rushed into the room. The trees awakened, each six to eight meters tall, a few meters wide, and each worth their own several tons of wood and sickly red sap. The trees were stupendously fast. Before the two women could engage the fight, the largest two trees had uprooted themselves and rushed up to the frontline, acting as the vanguards for the smaller ones.

Sofia was first to make contact. March of the envoy just switched from the Order to the Chaos state, her senses narrowed and her body was strengthened instead. Diving straight through the raised branches of the tree, and taking a few glancing hits. Her scepter-turned-bone-sword hit the tallest tree, leaving a large dent in its bark and sending electricity coursing along its trunk. Then the solar burst triggered, engulfing the entire upper half of the large tree. Sofias health shot back up to full as the tree burned and shrieked, sending dozens of its burning branches after Sofia like creaky wooden tentacles.

Astelia engaged the other vanguard tree, using her specialization, she simply gestured as if she pushed the tree away. With loud tearing noises, the countless roots of the tree ruptured at once, and its massive trunk was sent flying toward the other side of the room, barrelling through many of the smaller trees, destroying them on the spot, and finally exploding in a rain of wooden shards and blood-like sap against the far wall. The entire dungeon shook from the impact.

Holy shit Astelia youre not joking around!

Sofia kicked against the trunk of the tree to get some distance and quickly checked through Pareths eyes that everything was fine on his side. Reassured, she quickly started channeling a piercing bolt over the Spine and charged in again. The normally very blunt Spine of the black Sun tore through the rough bark thanks to the Angel Bolts raging plasma. It penetrated deep into the tree leaving charred marks on its path, and as the swing stopped, the solar burst triggered from within the trunk. A large portion of the vanguard tree blew up from the sudden accumulation of energy within. Sofia was blown away by the burst and flew right back in, the second internal explosion burned away the last sparks of life within the tree.

You have defeated [Blackbark Hallowed Purifier - lv. 243]

Further in the room, Astelia was smashing the smaller trees against the walls one by one while under a deluge of physical and magical attacks as the branches swung and the leaves flew, sharpened by the concentrated mana on their edges.

I need to speed up or therell be nothing left for me!