Chapter 23
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'Sage's Wisdom, would it be possible to gain experience with my Avatar . ?'
<Any experience gained by your Avatar is indeed valid . However, if the level of the opponents is too low, it will be a negligible amount . >
It was an answer which followed common sense .
'Then what happens if my Avatar dies?'
<When the Avatar dies, the spell is permanently deleted, but there are no negative effects on the main body . >
The fact that it could experience death without any risks was a nice advantage . I now had to focus on my important questions because wasn't sure how many I had left .
'Sage's Wisdom, what are Identities in the Status page ?'
<Identities are character choices that you can swap between . In order to gain a new Identity, you have to kill a reincarnator and absorb their Karma . >
'Karma? It seemed to have mentioned it the first time around . Hmm… maybe it was the reason Soleste had three Identities, he must have killed at least two other reincarnators . Explain Karma . '
<Karma is absorbed when you gain experience . It affects the direction of your evolution, acquisition of skills, titles, etc . >
'Explain the effects of titles . '
<You can choose to have an Active title, once in use it can affect what karma you receive . >
'Karma… I still didn't have a good grasp on what it was, but it appeared to have an impact on almost everything . I should keep trying to get a better understanding of it . Oh right, I learned that I could choose an Active title, that's new . '
I took a look at my Status page and decided on my skill .
[You have learned Avatar Lv1]
'I wonder what my Avatar would look like? Sage's Wisdom, explain the appearance of an Avatar . '
<The Avatar's appearance can take any form you visualize . Once determined, barring some specialized skills, the appearance is usually fixed . >
<The power of Sage's Wisdom has been used up, it will now enter a period of hibernation . >
Although this time around the explanations were a bit better, I was still left disappointed and wanting more .
'I'll have to be even more cautious in my selection next time around, I still have so many questions . '
I brought Gwyn over to the teepee Ian was sleeping in, and then headed back to the termite's nest . On the way, I took a look at my Status page .
Name: Chompy (Johra) Gender: N/A Status: Average Race: Golden ArchLich/ Undead Class: Wizard Rank: C- Level: 1/666 HP: 3122/3122 MP: 31324/31324 Attack: 3111 (+2499) Defense: 1411 (+2) Agility: 107 Intelligence: 2122 Luck: 10 Charisma: 9 Unique Skills [Resurrection Lv 1] [Night Vision Lv1] [Falling resistance Lv1] [Magic Chanting Max] [Fire Shock Max] [Lesser Slow Max] [Fireball LvMax] [Acid Resistance Lv2] [Identification Lv1] [Sage's Wisdom Lv2] [Weapon Enchant Lv4] [Armor Enchant Lv3] [Sunlight Resistance Lv1] [Physical Resistance Lv2] [Inferno Lv9] [Water Sphere Lv4] [Necromancy Lv7] [Lifesteal Lv3] [MP Regeneration Lv3] [Corpse Explosion Lv8] [Possession Lv1] [Stun Resistance Lv2] [Telepathy Lv1] [Mind Reading Lv1] [Spiritual Connection Lv1] [Death Stare Lv4] [Gravity Control Lv3] [Physical Immunity Lv4] [Magic Research Lv3] [Meteor Lv5] [Flame Mastery Lv3] [Chain Lightning Lv4][Avatar Creation Lv1] [Avatar Flip] [Avatar Remodelling Lv1] Titles (Active) [Wizard of the Pit] Titles (Inactive) [Rat Trapper] [Hit-and-Run] [Savior Lv3] [Coldhearted Lv2] [Dragon Slayer Lv1] [Ant Exterminator Lv14] [Spider's Bane Lv3] [Giant Killer Lv2] [Specter's Grief Lv5] Magic Research [Life Steal]
I decided on Wizard of the Pit as my Active title, keeping the rest as Inactive .
'Hmm… what kind of Avatar would I want? Oh, how about that?'
I kept the image of the Avatar I wanted in my mind and cast the spell .
"Create Avatar!"
I felt my mind drift outwards, like a first out of body experience, I felt like I was floating among the stars .
"Amazing!"
When my conscience finally awoke within the Avatar, I saw a golden skeleton lying down on the floor before me .
"What… My body . . can I really fall asleep on the floor in such a position?"
The pitch of my voice was slightly higher than usual .
I felt around with my hands, exploring my new body .
"It's big and soft…"
I opened my Status page .
Name: N/A Gender: Female Status: Normal Race: Amazon Class: N/A Rank: G- Level: 1/30 HP: 94/94 MP: 30-30 Attack: 2544 (+2499) Defense: 8 (+2) Agility: 31 Intelligence: 11 Luck: 10 Charisma: 9 Unique Skills [Telepathy Lv1] [Mind Reading Lv1] [Spiritual Connection Lv1] [Double Slash Lv1] [Physical Resistance Lv1] [Magic Resistance Lv1] [Avatar Flip Lv1] Titles (Active) [Wizard of the Pit] Titles (Inactive) [Rat Trapper] [Hit-and-Run] [Savior Lv3] [Coldhearted Lv2] [Dragon Slayer Lv1] [Ant Exterminator Lv14] [Spider's Bane Lv3] [Giant Killer Lv2] [Specter's Grief Lv5] [Decoy Lv1]
'Amazon… I like it but,
what's Decoy?'
I had found an unfamiliar title so I tried to activate it . '
'What?'
I could see that for the most part my skills had changed but my titles remained .
'Oh, what is Decoy? Is it possible to hide my status?, I feels like it could be quite useful . '
I looked carefully for a long time before messaging Alpeon telepathically .
'Alpeon, come alone to the room with the World's Roots . '
'Yes, Lord'
'Tak Tak Tak, Kieeek'
When she walked into the room, she saw my golden skeleton body lying awkwardly on the floor, with a stranger standing nearby . Immediately, she began emitting hostility and was ready to pounce, but I held up my hand and messaged him once again .
'Stop it, its me . '
'Lord?'
'Don't worry, this is my Avatar . '
'I see, forgive me Lord for the misunderstanding . '
Not a problem, that's why I called for you first . Please explain the situation to the others .
'Yes Lord'
I walked to the corner of the room and sat down before using "Avatar Flip", allowing me to regain control of my ArchLich's body . I could see my Avatar's body sitting down motionless .
'Alpeon, move my body to a safe location, and arrange to feed it the golden nectar once a day . '
Shortly after a giant termite came in to carry my Avatar away .
'Good, now gather the troops once more . '
'Yes Lord'
In but a flash, my minions were assembled within the room and we were ready for our second expedition .
'This time I will kill twice as many . '
"Inferno!"
This time around I jumped in fearlessly, Already confident in my ability to deal with the Void Scuttles . After passing through the whole, I was greeted with a Swarm of those critters . Countless of the were amassed before my eyes .
'Just how many of them are out there? Well, it doesn't matter!'
I used my Flame Mastery to widen the AoE of Meteor, stretching it out to its maximum .
Quazik! Quazik!
Hundreds of them had approached my body and attempted to nibble at me . I Wasn’t particularly worried because while looking at my HP bar, I had established that one bite from them only caused me -1 damage .
"Meteor!"
The only problem with the spell was its long cast time which was about 3~4 seconds .
"Chain lightning! Chain lightning! Chain lightning! Chain lightning! Chain lightning!"
All the Scuttles which had engulfed my body now littered the floor, sprawled on their backs .
"Meteor!"
Because of my MP regeneration and incredibly vast Mana pool, I could keep spamming my spells like this for hours, and had just killed hundreds of these critters .
[+10,478 experience points] [Acquired ⦅Title: Void Scuttle's Grief Lv6⦆] [+20,956 experience points] [+41,912 experience points] … [Acquired ⦅Title: Void Scuttle's Grief Lv9⦆] [Level increased 1 114]
IAn incredible number which would be far too difficult to spell out appeared before my eyes . Still, I had only achieved level 114, my level didn't rise as easily as I had expected .
'Just how many monsters did Soleste hunt?'
I continued on like this for some time, and after 2 tireless days of massacring the Void Scuttles, I hit level 410 .
'Lord, Bianca has informed that outsiders have been detected along the border . '
'Is it the League?'
'It is still unclear, they are camping at the edge of the cliff . '
'Okay, then block the hole, Is it nighttime now?'
'Yes'
I was encountering less and less Void Scuttles . At first there had been thousands of them but after having killed so many, there were only a couple hundred left and they were mostly scattered about . The amount of experienced I received was becoming progressively smaller, and it was hardly worth the grind .
'Oh right, I still haven't settled the evolution for my termites and spiders . '
I felt a bit bad, I had delayed their long awaited evolution just to satisfy my selfish need for experience and leveling up .
'Well, that's it for hunting the Void Scuttles . '
I gave the remaining critters a mocking bow, they had after all been a great source of experience points .
With the help of my flying termites, I returned to my Pit, and proceeded to plug up the hole with little trouble .
'Let's get going Alpeon . Have a squadron of Flying termites carry our new guests over and have some fetch Roslin and reunite her with Matilda .
After becoming an ArchLich, my level was now what I considered satisfactory . Of course, I was still not qualified to be Soleste's opponent, but I was confident in dealing with just a handful of League members .
If I had been thinking carefully, I would have remembered that Soleste who was still much stronger than the current me, was also saled by them . However, everything had been a smooth ride for me so far, and my arrogance led me to underestimate these newcomers .
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