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Chapter 770 Hunt
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Chapter 770 Hunt
Ilea flew with the Pursuer ahead of her out of the city. A void explosion was the last thing she wanted behind those walls. She ignored the blades cutting into her ash, void magic flowing around her defenses before they impacted the ground together. Trees splintered and broke as they came down, a furrow of earth, wood, and stone left in their wake before she released Embered Heart, breaking through the machine’s shield with a single strike before she melted a part of its metal.
Burning ash flowed around its entire form, eating away at its regenerating shield and metal. Ilea watched it raise a flowing arm, a void cannon charging up with purple magic. She slapped the thing away in the split second when it fired, a row of trees disintegrated to their left. Arcane power flashed up as she slammed her fists into the being. She charged her space magic and pushed down from above, its legs giving way as its large form was crushed against the ground. Burning ashen limbs reached into the melting metal, ripping out the core before she struck it with several charged Archon Strikes.
The shield was done away before the core cracked, Ilea already gone when a spherical chunk of forest was removed in its entirety, the flash visible to her as she flew back to the raging battle.
Just three days after going to Kohr. Fucking shit robot. Couldn’t stay down there and wait, could you?
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Dale slashed his sword into the leg of a Guardian, blocking two of its blades with a third scraping against his armor. A shield bash pushed him forward, the machine stunned for a moment. Just long enough for him to ram his sword up and through its head.
He ripped out the blade and watched the lights of its eyes flicker out, the metal being hitting the ground with a clatter. One of hundreds, it seemed. He waved to a group of guards nearby, one of them with a limp arm, bleeding heavily. “To the stairs!” he shouted, leading them to a section of the wall, a fire spell exploding against a nearby building, glass shattering as the force rushed through the home.
He heard a ringing in his ears when he reached the top, two machines sliced apart by a spinning woman in black robes, strange orange and purple blades flashing with magical light, flames reflected off her mask before she rushed forward, clashing with one of the larger spear wielding beings.
Dale checked for his men, yelling to another group nearby to form a line on this section of the wall. He saw a dark armored healer appear on the stairs, helping the injured with their magic. One of their own healers joined from ahead, wide eyed as he glanced at Dale. The man’s lips quivered but he didn’t say a word. “Get down!” Dale shouted, pulling the man aside as he blocked an incoming metal projectile with his shield, the thing deflected and impacting a nearby roof, tiles exploding outwards.
Out on the field there were dozens of battles going on, the small machines still moving towards the city, though their numbers seemed to dwindle. He glanced left when a bright flash came from above, a near white beam of fire lashing through the enemy lines, disintegrating all variants alike.
He saw a large scythe wielding machine defending against a group of black armored individuals, its shield shimmering with the spells all around it. Looking up he blinked his eyes against the sun, finding the source of the beam.
The small winged form flew down and towards the scythe wielding being, shattering the shield and impacting the machine behind, the momentum denting the creature’s torso as it was pushed to the side near thirty meters. By the time it came to a halt, the metal had been entirely sliced apart by the many burning limbs moving on the woman’s back. The remaining chunks appeared far above before an explosion rang through the vicinity.
When Dale’s eyes adjusted again both the woman and any machines nearby were gone, a few Sentinels and war machines rushing away from the impact zone to find more targets.
“This section is clear! Eastward!” Dale shouted, leading his men and women to where they were needed, Sentinels appearing here and there to stop people from bleeding out or to reattach limbs. There were dead, those whose heads were blown off instantly or those whose bodies had been halved or damn near flattened by the powerful machines.
Dale focused, shouting for his guards, one of them puking down into the city. “The battle isn’t over! Stand your ground! Keep moving, stay focused!” He deflected another set of projectiles before he pointed. “Mages, fire!”
A dozen spells rushed out from both behind the wall, on top of buildings, and from the people around him, all aimed in the general direction he indicated. Trees were ripped apart by fire and ice, chunks of metal falling out, unmoving. Someone raised their spear and shouted, others mimicking the call.
Burning spears rushed down into the forest beyond, explosions ringing out right after, the bright form of Ilea flying far above. She had stopped moving.
Dale watched something large appear in her arms before she aimed down. He followed the line of sight and saw a large shielded machine break through the treeline. The bright beam was focused this time, thin and fast as it sliced through the shield and machine in turn. There was no explosion, the glowing bits of metal falling apart in the next few seconds. The woman was gone when he looked up again.
“Lilith,” a nearby guard stammered.
Yes. Yes, we get it, Dale thought. “Focus,” he reminded the man, though didn’t assume there were a lot of machines left with Ilea already gone from the vicinity. A Sentinel flew past with burning wings, watching the guards before he moved on to another section of the wall. Dale saw a massive Dark One walk through the battlefield below with a ridiculously large hammer on its shoulder, a floating spirit following the being.
“It’s already over…” someone murmured.
And it’s good that it is. Without all of them here… He didn’t want to think about it. Though he had a suspicion the machines didn’t exactly attack for no reason either. Had they angered them with the teleportation gates somehow? Had they pushed into the wilderness too far? There were a few new settlements north of Riverwatch by now but it would be too dangerous to check on them at the moment. He assumed the worst.
“Return to your units and officers,” Dale said when nothing else came out of the forest for a few minutes. War machines were already looking through the spoils, some of the shrapnel still glowing, smoke rising from entire sections of the forest, reaching kilometers to the north.
We didn’t even see the real battle. He gulped and took in a deep breath, glad to live another day. I do wonder what crazy story she’ll get out of this one. Taleen machines attacking Riverwatch. He shook his head and started giving out orders. Many of the new recruits were bumping into each other. Most of them wouldn’t sleep tonight. He had to make sure they’d be back and ready for the next shift. “Get a move on. You heard me!”
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Ilea flew far above the city, checking for any moving bits and pieces in the forest. She teleported down and landed in the central square. “Can’t find anything else,” she said.
“We’ll handle the rest then,” Trian said, Alistair giving her a nod. “We received a report that Stormbreach is clear as well, but no news on Dawntree yet.”
“I’ll be there,” Ilea said.
“Second gate to the right,” one of the nearby Shadows informed. “Lilith.” He added with a respectful nod.
“Appreciate it,” Ilea answered before she vanished, flying the short distance to the wall before she landed in front of the gate.
The group of adventurers and Shadows split to let her through, some of them saying her name as she passed. She joined a group of somewhat uncomfortable looking fighters and mages before the gate moved them through the fabric. Immediately upon arrival, she transferred out of the enchanted bunker and glanced at the mountain town. There were no spells, no Taleen, nor did she hear any fighting. Strange.
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Alice set down her last runes before she stepped back behind the defensive lines. The banging was getting closer, the last few walls they had set up at the entrance to the Root being broken through by the emerging Taleen creatures.
“Why now?” Jaime asked. “They never came up from the depths.”
“Who knows,” Alice said. There were sometimes problems with dungeons too close to settlements, monsters coming out to attack when they didn’t have enough space anymore. This however felt different. It had been sheer luck that an adventuring team had spotted the approaching machines, rushing back through the tunnels and caverns they knew well, to warn the city guard. Well known and trusted enough to be taken seriously too.
A defensive perimeter had been set up in the city. The damage to the buildings would be substantial, and potential non combatants dying was an option, but their chance of winning the fight was higher out here. Their advantage of flying and longer ranged spells would make a massive difference against the machines.
She had never faced them herself, but she could heal at the very least. Alice gulped, looking at the Sentinels who had taken positions at the front lines, itching to get into battle. She focused forward and to the massive stone wall blocking the tunnel down into the caverns of Karth. She may not have become like her. She may have failed at times, in character, and in ability, but she was here. And she would fight.
Ziva rode to the front of the formation, the woman raising her greatsword, sunlight reflected off the blade. Heavy plate armor covered her form, perfectly polished, a few dents and scratches visible. “Whatever may come through these walls! Stand your ground!” Her shout echoed through the lower part of the city as she turned her horse towards the encroaching enemies.
A leader through and through. Alice had once been envious of the woman, the way she talked to people, the way her presence demanded respect and authority. Now she strove to mirror the qualities she saw in her.
Shouts echoed from the warriors and mages, magic lighting up as spells were being prepared. Enchanted cannons aimed downward from the high buildings of the former ruling Houses of Dawntree.
Alice took in a deep breath before her shout joined the others.
A heavy impact resounded, a single arrow fired before they realized the walls hadn’t yet broken. Instead a figure clad in ash had landed next to Ziva. Black wings spread out as the woman straightened.
She cracked her neck and glanced back, blue eyes looking at Alice.
“Well contained,” she heard the familiar voice in her mind. “I’ll take care of it.”
“Our defensive line is here, Lilith I assume,” Ziva spoke, her horse stepping forward to block the woman’s way. “We can’t let anyone go in there, it’s too dangerous. Besides, there are enchantments in place to block teleportation.”
“I’ll make sure to be careful,” Ilea said as she walked past the horse and woman without a concern in the world. Ziva tried to follow when Ilea’s form burst out with white flame and she vanished.
“Where… she got past?” Ziva asked.
The sounds changed instantly, the heavy impacts gone and replaced by more frequent but weaker vibrations.
Ziva jumped down from her horse. “We can’t let her face that horde. There were hundreds!”
Alice took in a deep breath. “She’ll be fine.”
“Alice?” Ziva asked, the woman glancing her way.
She had rarely offered a contrasting opinion, mostly in agreement with what the experienced Paladin did and said. But if she knew one thing better than Ziva, it was Ilea. She had gone and fought Taleen monstrosities long before her name was known throughout the Plains. Alice only had a glimpse at the power of Azarinth magic, and yet she was one of the more powerful fighters in the council, despite their higher level.
If the stories were true, and she had no doubt in her mind that they were, it was not Ilea they had to fear for. It was whatever stood in her way.
More fighters joined their line in the next ten minutes, some telling of a large scale battle in Riverwatch, others hailed from Stormbreach. Why so many had come to their aid was as of yet unclear. Dawntree had dealings with the Accords but they were not yet a part of it.
Alice assumed there was a reason Ilea herself had come to deal with it. Perhaps she had roused some ancient evil deep below the mountain, or one of her dungeon delving adventures had released a set of ten thousand machines. She didn’t know, though she would be lying if she said she hadn’t been glad to see her.
She tensed up when the wall broke inward, the stone crumbling with chunks flying into the tunnel.
Out walked Lilith, her form covered in ash before she spread her wings, the last signs of white fire dying down in the tunnel behind her.
“All clear,” her voice resounded in Alice’s mind before she flew up and away, teleporting out of the city and towards the gate bunkers.
Alice looked down the tunnel, a few magical lights flickering to reveal the bits and pieces of dull green metal left behind. The entire floor was covered. Some machines hung from the ceiling or walls, half embedded, their bodies dented, heads flattened or melted.
“She seemed angry,” Jaime said.
Alice glanced over to the man before she looked back down into the devastated tunnel, an entire wiped out Taleen army littering the depths. “You think so?” she said, raising a brow.
Ziva motioned for them to move forward, her sword raised as she called for light mages to help illuminate the tunnel.
“Don’t half of those explode when you destroy them?” a nearby Sentinel asked as she and her team walked down towards the entrance.
“Not if you destroy them fast enough. Mana intrusion destroys some of the enchantments,” another said. “I’ve done it before.”
“No you haven’t,” their third member said.
“I would’ve shown you, but you see, our enemies are already dead,” the man said again.
“Shut it,” the woman said and made a few gestures with her hand, the team quieting down instantly before they moved down into the depths as one, alongside groups of adventurers and guards.
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Ilea returned to Riverwatch, joining up with Trian, Sulivhaan, Alistair, and plenty of officers, administrators, and people associating with the Accords.
“Yeah. I think it’s time,” she sent to Trian.
“Did you do something with those keys you’re collecting?” Trian asked.
“Not in a while, no. Maybe they just figured out who I am, or where they could find me. At least it seems likely that this has something to do with me. I doubt they suddenly consider all humans their enemies,” she said. “How many died?”
“I’ll spare you the numbers,” Trian said as he looked at her. “They defended their home against an invader. It’s not your fault.”
Ilea took in a deep breath. “I’ll finish the job.” She gave a nod to the others before she activated her third tier transfer, appearing next to Ben a moment later. “It’s time.”
“I… what happened…” He considered her for a moment before he hissed. “Never mind. Then let us be on our way,” he answered, hissing once more as he joined her.
A gate formed next to them, the two stepping out on a mountain overlooking the Still Valley. Ilea summoned her locator and looked at the arrow coming to life as she activated it. “Nobody has escaped before?” she murmured the words.
Ben remained quiet for a few seconds, a thoughtful expression on his face as he regarded the expansive valley. He looked at her. “None I would know of. But then you are human.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Ilea asked.
“I know none like you,” the elf said with a smile.
“Not the time to hit on me,” Ilea said. “Any last suggestions?”
“You know what I know, and you learned from the Hunters. I don’t suppose wishing you good luck will benefit your chances of survival,” he said.
“Been lucky enough to survive thus far,” Ilea said. If it’s a hidden stat I might as well have it at the max.
At least the last few days in Kohr had provided a chunk of levels for both her Classes and skills. She had managed to fell four additional floating mind magic void tentacle island fortresses of flesh. Enough to get to level six twenty one in her main Class.
Might as well use the core points then. And see what I can do with it.
‘ding’ ‘You have unlocked [Mythical Title]’
Right. So what’s available? And how do I choose?
‘Available titles for [Mythical Title]’
- Wanderer [You may go unnoticed when in places unfamiliar to you]
- Giant Slayer [Large beings may fear and avoid you]
- The Seen [Your aura instills madness over time]
- Realm Traveler [You learn languages in other realms at a 100% increased rate]
- The Beheaded [You do not experience fear. You instill it.]
- Friend [You may seem more friendly to other beings]
- The Survivor [You gain 15% more resilience]
- The Enduring [You gain 1% additional resilience for each resistance skill you have unlocked]
- The Immortal [You gain 2% additional resilience for each resistance skill you have unlocked]
- Queenslayer [Rulers are more wary of your presence]
- Deviant [You may learn to understand previously incompatible magics]
- Gourmet [You learn to spot ingredients that would suit your tastes]
- The Violent [Beings will know what will happen if they piss you off]
- Living Flesh [You may seem different. Strange. Eerie.]
Comments
yannick schwende
I want her to learn more languages, so Realm Traveler it is for me. :-D All of them are awesome though. Thanks again for the chapter
S T
With Realm Traveler she might get Elven Hissing as a language General Skill.
I imagine Ilea simply entering the valley with The seen, anyone who wanna battle with her slowly going mad... (doubt she'll do it now, maybe when she is royally pissed and without allies near) The wanderer reminds me of the fae, how they like to travel unknown places and see new things... it may have unexpected good effects... one hunter recognized the flames of creations before and if I don't remember wrong the fae is respected even by the elves
Dantalia
nice title choices!
jordan
Empress outranks Queen. So, underling-slayer not so impressive.
James Hamlyn
Nice!
Hydrabogen
I can also totally picture Illeah taking the Queenslayer title just to mess with Empress of Lys when they meet next time
Narf
After reading these past two chapters I need to change my underwear. Amazing stuff, enthrallingly told. And now Ilea is pissed... May the gods have mercy with any elf dumb enough to step between the key and her.
Vortozan
Welp, those last two chapters blew my mind once again. Gotta love this amazing adventure Thanks for the read!
Fluffywolf
Or in some cases they do too much and things become needlessly convoluted and complicated. Azarinth healer strikes a nice balance imo. The perfect system doesnt exist, so just make sure it adds to the story, would be my advice to litrpg authors.
Fluffywolf
I am also artial to the friend title. Part of me would like it to be awe inspiring, but friend just fits. But since she can change once a week, we can get both. ;)
Jonathan Caselli
Besides the comedic value gained whenever someone ID'S her, there's also the fact that it fits with her third class and her personality. She makes friends with OP monsters. She was even doing it before meeting the Meadow. The dreaming whale thing in the decent and Violence, as well as the Fae Collective. If she doesn't pick Friend, I think it would be cool if she picks her first title based on how she wants to be known, not just combat utility.
Jonathan Caselli
I know that The Immortal title is the best pick Stat wise, but just imagine this. Your a level 10 adventurer, complete noob. Your In your first dungeon and you see this girl in casual clothes just walking around with 20 plates of food floating around her. You identify her expecting either no info, or some awesome title or name, since the monsters that see her literally shit themselves and run away. What do you see? "Friend ???"
Deviant sounds good, Audur wanted her dead for her ash and fires of creation
Jed Wolfgang
holy shit those title perks are impressive.
Håvard
She payed 10 for an buff slot. Thise are the buffes that goes in that slot. She can freely swap between them once per week.
Matthew D
Obviously the wanderer title is going to be useful until she is discovered in the ice valley. Than I guess the one that adds 2% per resistance would be the next best for when she’s under attack
Chopper
Obviously...
Chopper
Obviously she's going to kill a dragon and get a Dragon Slayer title that lets her do a fires of creation breath attack...
Felipe Andrade
If the titles are fixed after choosing, most of them seemed very very underwhelming by the amount of points they cost
Zarik0
I wonder but i think she pay 10 points and can use/unlock this new function and can switch what she want after, and gain new title too later Im curious how long and how it work when she want to switch title, if its insta and can use it in a fight its really good, she got the everyday most usefull title for her actual environnment and if a new situation arise or a unexpected thing happen (fight or other) she can insta swicth to the title best suited to counter this particular situation happenning (its like a cooldown adaptable skill of 1 week she can insta activate, so when she explore a new environnement she can have two available adaptable and switching title depending of the situation if she prepare a little before or not in colldown)
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter. Gourmet clearly.
Beowulf
Awesome chapters! Thank you!
EBAWER123
Being seen gives you a title, I really wanna see her meet the weird divination monster.
I think the crippling was that they don't last long, and it's painful. Taleen going on a suicide mission don't care if they only have an hour. And beyond that, Awakened beings are a bit weird. After all, Ilea is 621 and operates in low mana with no issues at all. Meadow was very unhappy in the Plains though - as were the other beings from his Realm. They had to make it North very quickly - but they didn't immediately die.
Camelopardalis
I wanted to let this go, but it's been nagging me. Weren't powerful monsters like the lich and the higher-tiered Taleen machines supposed to be crippled in the low-manna-density human plains? Am I missing something, or does G. Harthane have another world-building opportunity? (Does manna leak through the new gates?)
fbt
wow, the name of that ability didn't sound great, but yikes that's a nice one. I like that (like many things in this system) the options are tailored to all the things she's done. Most authors do an incredibly superficial version of this w/ a single class unlock, if that. It's a nice touch that makes this system really fun and adds a lot to the story.
Doodlyboy15
I assume it's unlocking, it costs 10 to 'unlock" one and she can 'equip' whichever unlocked one she feels like. Or maybe only the most recent is displayed but all effects are used?
Joel Bullock
Damn I like the titles
Forrest Minter
I have to wonder whether changing titles costs points. For instance she could take immortal before a tough fight, then switch to deviant when she's trying to train her skills, or realm traveler if she finds herself in a realm that isn't an apocalyptic hellscape.
tibbish
Deviant, Immortal, and Friend all seem like the best. -Deviant should help her learn magic stuff faster. -Immortal is a straight boost to her survivability which is always good when fighting 4 marks. -The Friend would help her in dealings with new entities and people in her travels. Living Flesh sounds cool but is probably bad. Same thing with Seen. Becoming a shoggoth or turning everyone insane is a no no in Ilea's book most likely.
Julien Fellegara
Living Flesh is the best way to form a god cult. I like it a lot but i think she will not touch it soon. Need to know how all this add before anything.
Melting Sky
It's a tough call between the Wanderer and the Immortal. The ice in this place is the greatest threat so greatly increasing her resistance will be of immediate help. On the other hand, if you are sneaking around where you shouldn't be in the garden of giants that can swat you like a fly, then going noticed is much better. It really comes down to what's waiting for her. If there is something akin to a dragon down there then wanderer could be best.
Psy
Her second class gave her a bunch of cool abilities due to her training with incomprehensible beings, the Friend Myth could easily help with more of that
SunderGoldmane
She destroyed the ones she knew of. She didn’t actually fully and completely scout the entirety of its depths and corridors.
SunderGoldmane
The seen could also be fun in a hostile environment. Everybody knows you are there and they are also slowly going insane and killing each other.
Chad Hagner
Ok cool titles! Liking were this is going!
jordan
She should probably use Deviant for Still Valley, since she has Minor Ice Manipulation and if some new Ice Magic manages to immobilize her, then Deviant may allow her to understand that magic and use her Minor Ice Manipulation in combination with her Space magic in order to escape. While Wanderer would not be a foolish choice, what are the chances that she is going to actually manage to get in, grab the key, and get out without having a fight? Virtually zero. So better to have the option to understand previously incompatible magics when she inevitably gets hit with them in the Still Valley.
Kalahatze
As others have said, Wanderer is the best for the current situation, Immortal is the best for combat in general, Deviant seems really good for training, and The Seen is by far the coolest. The others are kinda meh. Unfortunately I doubt we'll ever see The Seen since it seems like something Ilea would hate.
Nate
So my assumption is her massive multiplier to, what was it, [Body Enhancement]? Should apply to the titles as well, meaning her 100% resilience boost should become like 10x that. The Deviant title is also incredibly good with how much fuss was made over Ilea learning new elements with her Arbiter evolution, but with how little she's actually done with those elements I'm not sure how much she cares.
Jonathan Walker
Thanks for an amazing chapter I look forward to what you do on Saturday with this set up
APlankOfWood
Wanderer or The Immortal would be the best for the Silent Valley, Wanderer to remain undetected, The Immortal to buff resistance to the point that resisting the cold is actually plausible.
Nate
Zoy's with the elves and I don't think she wears a mask. I also don't recognize the description, though..
Jeanean
[Beings will know what will happen if they piss you off] The description is kinda hillarious XD Though, for Illea the best is probably The Immortal. just another 108% resilience
jordan
Every single example in Azarinth Healer has the individual percentage bonuses adding to a total bonus. There is not a single example where an additional percentage bonus multiplies an already existing percentage bonus. So if this were meant to be an additional multiplicative bonus, the wording should have been a lot more explicit than an ambiguous analogy of word choice with some randomly chosen game.
Sean
Ok, the wording on the titles makes me think of POE so allow me to guess on the difference between additional and more. Additional, or increased in poe, is all part of the same pool. So all sources of additional are added and act as a sum. More in PoE typically means it's a multiplication. So if she has the 15% more title and her skills said she has 5400% additional resilience then the equation would be whatever her base resilience is * 5400%* 1.15. Again this is all just if the wording has similar meanings to a game, if so then Immortal would only add 106% to 5400% since they're all additional sources( they may read as more I've forgotten)
Veronica
The immortal seems like an obvious choice tbh
Blackmoon11
Hold the phone, didn't she destroy the Taleen teleportation gate in Dawntree the last time she was there ? where did the machines come from then , were they just the ones already inside the dungeon ?
Serina Tsukaya
It honestly depends on how the Wanderer works. If it makes it so no one can recognise her as lilith when she enters that's one thing, but if it's more of a stealth, cant be actually noticed thing then she really needs that.
Serina Tsukaya
She can only have one at a time tho for now.
PlasmaticPi
Definitely going to be The Violent, Wanderer, or Immortal for now, but at least half of those she will take eventually.
SunderGoldmane
The violent!
Crushow
"Spinning woman in black robes, strange orange and purple blades flashing with magical light, flames reflected off her mask." Anyone familiar with the description? Cant really remember someone like that, perhaps the human Cerithil Hunter named Zoy?
Rainer
[The Immortal Battle Healer ???]
Rainer
If I remember right, didn't the much have some control over ice as well, to a lower degree?
Etez
It's obviously going to be "The Immortal" lmao
David Brims
You forgot Gourmet! Though to be fair, I think the description could be funnier: Gourmet [Everything you see is a potential ingredient! You will know how tasty it is! (May induce Fear in certain monsters)]
ShadeByTheSea
idk I could see her take Wanderer, friend, The Immortal, The Violent(just because she's currently mad),... or Gourmet.
Vega
I feel the violent title not paying homage to violence is a tragedy without compare. I like the seen, the deviant, the immortal and the wanderer the most!
thkiw
the "immortal" seems like the obvious choice, given how many she has. the friend is a little bad, and mostly useless unless she plans on talking to purely antagonistic beings. on the nature of these being, to communicate with them the "deviant" sounds like a better choice. the other choice being deviant so she could understand space magic better, and most importantly, talk to violence. the wanderer sounds like exactly what she wants right now though. to go unnoticed. but it's too costly for not being an immediate benefit.
bob barker
...unless the language skills include Ilea's language: speaking with your fists
ManKyYen
Will be interesting to see if she can change between unlocked titles for free once per week or if she has to spend 10 Core Points every time she wants to do that.
M van Dongen
The immortal obviously. Immediately usefull. Reinforces what is most succesfull about her. Deviant has interesting long term ramifications. But the Immortal would be the most usefull now.
bob barker
Can the lich even kill machines? Does she hold onto the souls of the deceased so that they can be re-implanted after their dead bodies are restored?
David Brims
She killed 4 more large tentacle fish. :-) They'll probably stop giving her core points when they're not double her level.
Michael Weis
How did she go from 6 core points to 10 after 1 chapter?
Alex I
It was at the beginning of the previous chapter, once a week.
Michael Weis
Agreed.
Blackmoon11
Wanderer seems to be the best choice given the situation, I think being friendly would probably be construed as a weakness given how elves think, Immortal has the best combat bonus but is not useful here, deviant is probably helpful in training her general skills. The Seen is probably my favourite, people who look at her probably start hearing voices in the black speech whispering about some "ring" or the other.
David Brims
Awesome! So, Wanderer first? Then The Immortal if she has to fight? I wonder how often and quickly she can switch though.
I think I'll go with the Queenslayer, fun with the elves can't be avoided anyway so why not spit in the monarch's face?
Derze
probably because she hasnt maxed the skill yet?
Derze
Wanderer ,Friend, Immortal and Deviant seem the most useful. Wanderer for Exploring, Immortal for Fighting and Deviant to train new magic. Interested to see how some of the Titles will affect her and others. ( Seen and Gourmet )
Drendude
I'm not so sure. She has 50-60 resistances, so it's about a 100% bonus. Considering that she has more than a 5400% resilience bonus from her classes already, it sounds like a really low impact choice to me.
Straven
Oh now those were some interesting titles! Thank you for the chapters.
Tsaimath
For the Still Valley, Wanderer might be the most usedul
Camelopardalis
“Friend” would be an interesting and unexpected way to approach the elves.
Pierre Steiner
She can change every week, which seems ridiculously OP if you ask me, she can basically tailor her build to different situations
Call0013
Sage of Torment(The Sage of Torment) is Missing as a title.
Jack Trowell
I too am made from living flesh, meaning I share some weaknesses with vampires like having a wooden stake pierce my hearth of being decapitated after having my mouth filled with garlic
Adam Daw
Oooh Immortal!!
dakota downey
I don't know knowing what she could add if she ever cooked probably wouldnt help
MacDB
Deviant is probably the most useful, but not very flattering. I think she should go with The Immortal, looks badass and is a nice bonus.
Cirex123
„floating mind magic void tentacle island fortresses of flesh“ ah, classic mobs!
Bobby B.
It does my heart good to see Gourmet in the same lineup as realm traveler, immortal, and queenslayer
Deinos
Well the choice seems quite obvious, nothing fits better than Gourmet.
Jon
The Immortal seems to be the best choice by far.
buca117
Pretty sure the 10 points account for the freedom to switch whenever. As she pointed out, thats a pretty expensive upgrade. Besides, she earned those titles through her own actions and effort. All this upgrade does is let her apply what she's earned.
Vin Reisling
Immortal and deviant seem like the ones. Deviant for learning any new elements she gets, immortal for moar survivability.
Daniel
Wanderer suits what she is doing right now. Friend also maybe? Immortal suits her overall, the only question is does the 2% play a part before her classes or after? (There are 53 resistance skills. Currrently so you don't have to check. 106% currently assuming pain tolerance doesn't count.) Will more than one title be in play at the same time?
Woronve
Awsome chapter, can't wait for what's to come! Knowing Ilea, Wanderer, Friend and Immortal are good contender, whereas Giant Slayer would be a Troll title to someone like her
Han Pol
The Immortal Titel seems good. On the other Hand a Dragon or the like may take offense and the Wanderer is b better to avoid notive.
ramir
So does she need 1 point for 1 title or she already has them unlocked and can choose/change anytime?
Ollie
I agree, but not for the current fights/exploration. After she’s done with the elves, the yes change it in a week
Rory
*Violence!* "Yes, yes, I see it too, settle down."
Am I the only one looking at Deviant? New magics, new resistances...
Oxykon
Welp the immortal seems perfect for Ilea but I still wanna see what The Seen, Deviant and Living Flesh do.
Alexander Dupree
Oh yeah. Gimme this action. Mmmm. Immortal for this adventure then queen slayer for the monarchs
Amelgar
enduring? isn't immortal it's upgrade? but yeah I agree
dakota downey
Yea I'm voting immortal or wanderer
IWannaBeATiger
Wonder which title she'll go with? Tanky or unnoticed?
Patrick Schuldt
The violent 😍
Gian
a great start to my day! thank you
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
