Chapter 461: Queen of the hill

Chapter 461: Queen of the hill

[Destroyer’s Complete mana heart of Aphenoreth]: /SSS tier/

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Imprint progress : 10000/ 10000

Small Catalyser : 1/1

Medium Catalyser : 1/1

Large Catalyser : 1/1

Giant Catalyser : 1/1

Keystone : 1/1

Transcendent ritual : 0/3

Effects (Stats will be doubled) :All stats + 170% (SSS rank base)All stats + 50%Health + 67 381Stamina + 17 900Mana + 834 719Slashing resistance + 5%Explosion resistance + 10%Explosion resistance + 15%Slashing resistance + 20%[Relocate Core]Destroyer Signature Skill ModifierSpeed shard (5)Strength shard (2)

I should have around four months left? It was hard to find so many mana imprints... At least I have all I need for the first two rituals now, I just need to make it to the marked location.

Sofia was running at full speed through the blue plains of Cerberus beta. The instructions for the ‘transcendent rituals’ had been hidden within the heart’s description from the beginning, to even Mr Scribe’s surprise, and they were pretty clear, although slightly worrying. The place where it needed to be held was somewhere on the opposite side of the planet compared to where she had been until then.

Slowly, the scenery changed from the familiar lively blue plains and forests to arid and dusty plains with countless deep faults and canyons running through them.

Finally Sofia reached the place indicated by the instructions, a small flat-topped hill with steep cliffs on all sides, standing alone in the middle of the empty arid plains. A few spiky plants grew on the hilltop, but that was all there was to be found there beside rocks and dust.

“This is it? I don’t know why but I kind of expected a special place, not just a flat hill.”

Bookie summoned himself next to Sofia and looked around. “It’s a bit special, I think,” he said, sounding uncertain.Findd new stories at novelhall.com

“Is it?” Sofia extended her mana senses and observed the surroundings but she couldn’t find anything special. In fact, she felt so much nothing that it was indeed a bit strange. “Oh, I see what you mean Bookie. There are no bones around here. None at all.”

Bookie nodded, “It’s like all the monsters never come here! There are no insects either...”

Sofia was a person of few regrets. In the ten days she had spent giving the dominus blessing to her fortifications, she had gone through all of her belongings several times, but there was really nothing else.

Pareth hugged Sofia from behind, gently patting her head.

I’m sorry, Clarice.

I will avenge you and everyone else.

Sofia turned around, Thanks for still being here, Pareth. You can let me go, I’m fine, really... The sun is setting, we need to finish the ritual fast.

Lastly, Sofia walked to the center of the altar, placed her mana heart on top, and the Chimera’s mana heart in the slot below.

Health : 6570 / 85 980

Stamina : 21 032 / 21 047

Mana : 417 100 / 417 100

If only I could heal up a bit...

Sofia’s vision switched to one of the many bone tokens she had embedded into the defensive walls, allowing her to watch the surroundings from every angle. The sun was disappearing under the horizon, the temperature quickly grew colder, and mana started to gather in clumps.

“Alrtight, Pareth, Bookie, be ready. The sun is almost gone, quickly clean up the first drones. We need to defend the heart until the end of the ritual. Three. Two. One.”

Sofia activated the ritual circle. Like a ravenous glutton, the ritual absorbed all the mana around, leaving the air dry, and preventing the usual Sunless drones to appear within the walls. The ritual circle slowly came alive, its many runes and grooves lighting up in a strange blue light. Blue flames appeared on top of the pillars, consuming the offerings, and the Chimera’s mana heart started shining.

An intense ray of blue light shot up from the Chimera’s heart, enveloping Sofia’s mana heart above it and piercing through the night sky.

Bookie looked up, stunned, “Woah! So much light! I can’t even see the stars!”

“Now is not the time to admire the sky, Bookie, we have a lot of guests.”

Sofia’s vision was jumping from one token to another, and the sight of the happenings outside of her walls was alarming. No matter where she looked, countless Sunless drones were rising from the ground, an endless sea of them, painting the landscape black.

“Pareth, you’re up, southern side. Bookie you stay here to keep an eye on the heart and manage the troops. Let’s start with a hundred Kidjikkik Soldiers to the northeast, and spread the rats all around to break up as many forming amalgams as you can. I’ll go hold the northwest for now. If we cannot manage, we will summon the templars.”