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Chapter 586 The Grind
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Chapter 586 The Grind
Isalthar sent a few waves of air at the remaining two Praetorians, breaking through their shields and nearly splitting them apart before their cores exploded.
Elfie and the rest joined the group. He gave her a sad smile and a questioning look.
“Heranuur and Seviir were there, kneeling before the Monarch. What was his name?” Ilea said.
“The Sanvaruun, monarch of Verleyna and the domain of Sky,” Isalthar supplied.
“Then they betrayed us,” Neiphato said, his voice a murmur before he stepped away, his magic wavering a little before he left Ilea’s sphere.
Wasn’t that already obvious? Ilea thought but didn’t comment on it. “I was immediately attacked by the armored elf, apparently called Noro. Couldn’t even talk to the two and that one wasn’t particularly communicative either.”
Farthorn smirked. “You survived against the Noro? Why should we believe such stories?”
“Have you lost the function of your eyes?” Asay asked. “You have seen her battle the Executioner. How is your doubt still present?”
The elf looked at her but didn’t seem convinced.
“She has certain prerequisites that allow her to stand against such monsters,” Isalthar said. “Nor is the beast undying and all powerful. However I do assume, your escape has to do with a nearby dungeon.”
Ilea nodded. “Yeah. He didn’t come inside. But I could’ve escaped either way. My teleportation is faster.”
Isalthar smiled ever so slightly. “And even Sanvaruun cannot force his will onto a powerful master of space itself. Did you battle him?”
He’s enjoying this, isn’t he.
“Battle is an overstatement. He showed up after Noro left, tried to pull me out of the dungeon with space magic. When he failed to do that, he burned me with light magic,” she explained.
Asay started snickering again. “Didn’t work either. A human of all things… he will be losing his mind!”
Ilea glanced between him and Isalthar. “Will he come for human settlements?”
“No,” Isalthar said immediately. “He may send the Noro or others to deal with you directly. But attacking a settlement of humans is too far below his standing. He cares too much about his reputation. Or so it has been, last I knew the monarch.”
“He would not have changed. He has not changed for too long,” Asay said.
“But he could just wipe out a whole town,” Ilea said.
Ben shook his head. “It would be comparable to a human king dealing with a roach infestation in the village furthers from his capital.”
“Okay, wow,” Ilea said. “You guys really thing that low of humans?”
The group was silent, glancing at each other and hissing a few times.
“Even after you’ve met me?” she asked.
“The sentiment is important for your species’ survival,” Isalthar tried.
“That doesn’t make it better,” Ilea said, raising her brows.
Isalthar looked at her, contemplating his next words. “Apologies.”
Sorry your species sucks, Ilea thought and rolled her eyes. You’ll learn too, Isalthar. When I kick that monarch’s balls into a slushie.
“He told me to let you know that he wants to see you in Verleyna,” she said.
The group looked at Isalthar but he didn’t seem to mind. “Yes. He has demanded such for many centuries. And I shall face him in due time. Our purpose however, takes precedence.”
Ilea shook her head slightly. “Wait, so he came all the way up north just to tell you something you already know?”
“He demands. But a duel in the north serves his purpose just as much. I believe he had hoped to find me, not within a dungeon. Perhaps it speaks for the young to have waited with their betrayal until we had found this place,” he said, glancing at Elfie.
“Or it speaks for their incompetence,” Farthorn said.
Elfie hissed, and he hissed back.
“A request to duel must be answered, it is fundamental,” Ben explained to Ilea. “It’s possible that Sanvaruun believes his request has simply not yet been delivered.”
Ilea just stared at him. “What? After centuries?”
“I have not declined him directly,” Isalthar said.
That’s the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard, Ilea thought and looked at the group. “That’s the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard.”
“It’s what saved you today,” Ben said with a shrug. “Except if you think you could’ve ran from them even if they had entered the dungeon.”
“Probably not to be honest. But I would’ve had a shot at least,” she said with a smirk, cracking her neck right after. “Which means I have work to do, in case Noro shows up again. I do want to beat that fucker down. Any idea what his fucking pole is about?”
“The Blessing of Asseth. A divine artifact given to the Noro in his timeless devotion and purpose,” Asay informed. “It is said to be both weightless and… well not weightless.”
“How poetic,” Ilea mused. “That thing hit like an oil tanker.”
“You’re making up words again,” Ben said.
Asay quirked up an eyebrow and smiled brightly. “I see…,”
Ilea smiled back but didn’t say anything.
“What about Seviir and Heranuur? Will they be killed?” Elfie spoke up, looking at the ancient elf.
Isalthar looked at him. “It is possible. But their power is no challenge to him. I would not put it past Sanvaruun to hold his promises. However it is not him they will face, but the Oracles themselves. And their will is unknown. I know not of the fate that awaits those who return, seeking salvation.”
“If it becomes known that they’re Cursed, the two will be dead within the week,” Farthorn said.
Elfie nodded, cursing to himself in Elvish. “I had been sure.”
Isalthar stepped over and clasped his shoulder. “Do not blame yourself, Niivalyr Olanis. Our mark of birth is not easily overcome. It is a challenge we face each day. They are not the first to forsake this purpose but already, they have saved lives that would have otherwise been lost.”
Elfie hissed and stepped away, joining Neiphato who had sat down on a set of interlinked wooden branches.
“So what now?” Ilea asked, looking at the group.
“Nothing changes,” Asay said. “Except perhaps… for you.”
“She’s not the only one he now knows about,” Farthorn said with a sigh. “Just because you don’t care about Verleyna doesn’t mean the rest can be so casual. I’ll try to avoid leaving a dungeon for the next few years.”
“They would’ve found you a long time ago, if they cared at all,” Ben said.
“They didn’t know we worked with the Val Akuun,” Farthorn replied.
“We all work with him, in one way or the other,” Ben said.
Ilea sighed. “Well I’ll better prepare for the next battle then,” she said. “Where’s Fey?”
Seithir pointed in a direction.
Could do with being in control for a change, she thought, glancing over at Elfie but deciding to let them be for now. She spread her wings and sped off into the corridors of Izta.
Their methodical clearing of the massive Praetorian facility continued. Ilea mostly worked together with Feyrair, the two of them splitting up the enemies in the various halls beforehand and mostly doing their own thing until they were forced to work together.
Ilea found them to be quite an effective team, her being able to use her space magic and shield destroying intrusion abilities and him basically just going ham with his fires. The Praetorians had a much weaker defense against his spells than she did after all.
As the dungeon extended more and more on their various maps, drawn with higher or lesser skill, their abilities slowly grew. Those closer to level three hundred showed the largest growth of course, but Ilea and Feyrair had the advantage of facing the machines alone, gaining quite a few levels with that far more dangerous approach.
A little more than seven weeks had passed and by now Ilea thought the dungeon was simply endless. Her previous estimate of ten to a hundred Praetorians a week were likely off by a very long shot. It was no wonder that the powerful Elven domains were slowly getting overwhelmed by these machines.
Especially considering that there was an unknown number of Taleen dungeons and production facilities out there in the wilds. Most likely hidden deep below ground or in other barely accessible territories. The best way to find more was to use their existing network of gates, something the Cerithil Hunters had been doing for centuries, many never to return, still fighting, or lying dead in a forgotten facility thousands of miles away from their birthplace.
“Our weekly return is coming up,” Feyrair said, stepping over and kissing her neck, hugging her from behind as he looked at the map hovering in front of her. “Still worried?” he asked with a light hiss.
Ilea looked at the various marks, able to pick out even minuscule changes by now. The cats in Ravenhall were more lively than she had thought at first, one of them exploring the underground of the city and another somewhere in the forest outside. None of the marks had vanished yet, which she deemed at success at least.
Since her meeting with the monarch, Ilea had been waiting for one of her friends to call. Knowing that there were creatures out there like the Ascended and now the Monarch didn’t exactly comfort her. Either could destroy so much of the life she had built here in Elos, either could kill those she had come to love.
It made her pursuit more focused, her want to reach the heights of her Classes and magic not an issue just about herself but about all that she cared about. To think she had to adhere to the whims of ancient creatures without a single regard for her whole species. It made sense of course, the more she clashed with such forces, the more she would automatically endanger those around her.
She could wait and train but she wouldn’t hide and adhere to such whims and structures. If it was necessary to become an intercontinental space nuke to make these people fuck off, then that is what she would become. Ilea knew she couldn’t do it alone and neither would this approach work forever. The Sentinels were the first part, Meadow and the gates were the second, and she could always think of more.
With high level Sentinels, they could support and heal, let alone fight forces like invading demons or perhaps even Elves. With the gates they could evacuate everyone quickly, preferably into Hallowfort where even the Monarchs would find their abilities more than matched by a certain tree.
But in the end all Ilea could do directly, was get stronger herself. She would leave the defense of Ravenhall, Riverwatch, and Hallowfort to the respective leaders, the training of the Sentinels she already left to Trian and the faculty, the students most certainly in good hands.
She had already made a name for herself in the human plains, a mention alone enough to perhaps even dissuade a military act from one of the various countries. If she could teleport around more easily and get to her allies more quickly, that name would only grow. And for that, she needed more experience.
Her worries had helped train her Huntress spell in a way, a part of her mind focused on the many marks during most of her long days. The rest was spent fighting, or training her resistances. The latter mostly with Feyrair due to the proximity, although from time to time she would look for Seithir to get a bit of Soul training in, both for her resistance and perception skills. The elves were knowledgeable in their various magic schools if nothing else.
“Do you want to kill the Executioner now? Or once we’re back?” Ilea asked, freeing herself out of his grasp as she stood up from her chair, her ash armor forming on her body.
Feyrair whipped his flowing red hair back and grinned. “We could do it now. The last one took just under twenty minutes.”
“Yes and you nearly died from the explosion,” Ilea said. “We need to get the timing down.”
Feyrair rolled his eyes. “You’re exaggerating. Just put up your portal spell and the blast won’t even reach me.”
“It’s too much of a risk. Don’t be stupid. Just transform back and teleport away. Even if you fuck up, what’s gonna happen? We can just kill it next time,” she said.
The elf hissed. “I know. But they learn and I’d rather make sure our first try is the one. I can’t have Isalthar come and save me again.”
Ilea didn’t retort, not about to have that discussion again. She liked the elf. He was passionate, beautiful, surprisingly thoughtful, and his magic was inspiring like few others she had seen. But he could just be such an elf.
She thought about their approach, quickly looking through the messages from the past weeks.
‘ding’ ‘You have defeated [Hunter Praetorian – lvl 750]’
…
‘ding’ ‘You have defeated [Taleen Praetorian – lvl 600]’
‘ding’ ‘The Azarinth Sentinel has reached lvl 463 – Five stat points awarded’
...
‘ding’ ‘The Azarinth Sentinel has reached lvl 471 – Five stat points awarded’
‘ding’ ‘Kin of Ash has reached lvl 458 – Five stat points awarded’
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‘ding’ ‘Kin of Ash has reached lvl 465 – Five stat points awarded’
‘ding’ ‘The Faen Valkyrie has reached lvl 409 – One stat point awarded’
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‘ding’ ‘The Faen Valkyrie has reached lvl 416 – One stat point awarded’
The high number of Hunters coupled with Praetorians and challenging compositions in the various halls provided a difficult fight most of the time, even as Ilea grew more familiar with the machines and their spells. Sometimes they even fled and regrouped with more machines in new locations, using the traps to their advantage and from time to time even setting up ambushes.
Ilea didn’t fall into the same trance she had when fighting the Astral Spirits in Erendar, each and every kill more or less the same. Trying to focus on her designated enemies without the fights counting as group battles proved to be an additional challenge as well, both her and Feyrair occasionally losing out on potential experience because either of them fucked up and hit something they shouldn’t have.
They were usually far enough away from each other or in entirely different halls or corridors to make the issue a rare occurrence at least.
‘ding’ ‘Sentinel Huntress reaches 3rd lvl 26’
…
‘ding’ ‘Sentinel Huntress reaches 3rd lvl 29’
The skill progressed rather quickly as Ilea found new ways to use the marks in a challenging way. It was fortunate as well that the third tier had given her this option. She wasn’t sure a simple application of the first or second tier would’ve yielded the same results, let alone the requirements she would have needed to even challenge herself there.
‘ding’ ‘Phaseshift reaches 3rd lvl 15’
...
‘ding’ ‘Phaseshift reaches 3rd lvl 17’
‘ding’ ‘Flare of Creation reaches 3rd lvl 21’
‘ding’ ‘Flare of Creation reaches 3rd lvl 22’
‘ding’ ‘Displacement reaches 3rd lvl 16’
...
‘ding’ ‘Displacement reaches 3rd lvl 18’
‘ding’ ‘Space Shift reaches 3rd lvl 13’
‘ding’ ‘Space Shift reaches 3rd lvl 14’
‘ding’ ‘Body of the Valkyrie reaches 3rd lvl 18’
Her rather normal advancement in third Class skills was a testament to the effectiveness of her map training. Or perhaps she found the results for Huntress to be higher because it wasn’t exactly a combat skill. Not that she refrained in any way from focusing on her marks during battles.
‘ding’ ‘Identify reaches lvl 19’
‘ding’ ‘Monster Hunter reaches 3rd lvl 12’
‘ding’ ‘Soul Perception reaches lvl 6’
‘ding’ ‘Soul Perception reaches lvl 7’
‘ding’ ‘Soul Perception reaches lvl 8’
‘ding’ ‘Arcane Magic Resistance reaches 3rd lvl 19’
‘ding’ ‘Blast Resistance reaches 3rd lvl 2’
‘ding’ ‘Divination Magic Resistance reaches lvl 9’
‘ding’ ‘Heat Resistance reaches 3rd lvl 10’
‘ding’ ‘Heat Resistance reaches 3rd lvl 11’
‘ding’ ‘Heat Resistance reaches 3rd lvl 12’
‘ding’ ‘Soul Magic Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 12’
‘ding’ ‘Soul Magic Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 13’
‘ding’ ‘Void Magic Resistance reaches 3rd lvl 6’
Ilea spent fifty stat points in Vitality, fifty in Wisdom, and ten in Intelligence. She quickly checked her status, quite happy with the advancements she’d made in the short time in Izta.
Name: Ilea Spears
Unspent statpoints: 6
Unspent Core skill points: 67
Unspent 3rd tier General skill points [2031 Total skill levels]: 2
Class 1: The Azarinth Sentinel – lvl 471
- Active: Absolute Destruction – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: Sentinel Reconstruction – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: Azarinth Awakening – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: Blink – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: Sentinel Sphere – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Sentinel Core – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Azarinth Fighting – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Sentinel Huntress – 3rd lvl 29
- Passive: Azarinth Perception – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Azarinth Reversal – 3rd lvl 30
Class 2: Kin of Ash – lvl 465
- Active: Armor of Ash – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: Aspect of Ash – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: True Ash Creation – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: Heart of Cinder – 3rd lvl 30
- Active: Storm of Cinders – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Ash and Ember Unity – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Ashen Wings – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Eyes of Ash – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Avatar of Ash – 3rd lvl 30
- Passive: Keeper of Ash – 3rd lvl 30
Class 3: The Faen Valkyrie – lvl 416
- Active: Phaseshift – 3rd lvl 17
- Active: Flare of Creation – 3rd lvl 22
- Active: Displacement – 3rd lvl 18
- Passive: Space Shift – 3rd lvl 14
- Passive: Body of the Valkyrie – 3rd lvl 18
- Passive: Space Awareness – 3rd lvl 3
General Skills:
- Dancing – lvl 3
- Deviant of Humanity – 2nd lvl 20
- Elos Standard language - lvl 6
- English Language – lvl 15
- Gourmet – lvl 5
- Harmony of the Drowned – lvl 9
- Heavy Archery – lvl 11
- Identify - lvl 19
- Meditation – 3rd lvl 12
- Monster Hunter – 3rd lvl 12
- Oxygen Repository – 2nd lvl 1
- Sage of Torment – 2nd lvl 7
- Soul Perception – lvl 8
- Teaching – lvl 6
- Veteran – 3rd lvl 16
- Warhammer Mastery – lvl 9
- Arcane Magic Resistance – 3rd lvl 19
- Ash Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 2
- Astral Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Blast Resistance – 3rd lvl 2
- Blight Resistance – 2nd lvl 1
- Blood Magic Resistance – 3rd lvl 18
- Blood Manipulation Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Bone Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 16
- Corrosion Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Crystal Resistance – 2nd lvl 14
- Curse Resistance - 2nd lvl 20
- Dark Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 6
- Death Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Devour Resistance – 2nd lvl 6
- Diamond Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 3
- Divination Magic Resistance – lvl 9
- Dust Magic Resistance – lvl 6
- Earth Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Emerald Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 1
- Fear Resistance – lvl 13
- Flesh Magic Resistance – lvl 9
- Gold Magic Resistance – lvl 1
- Gravity Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Health Drain Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Heat Resistance – 3rd lvl 12
- Ice Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Lava Magic Resistance – 3rd lvl 1
- Light Magic Resistance – 3rd lvl 1
- Lightning Resistance – 3rd lvl 9
- Mana Drain Resistance – 3rd lvl 7
- Mental Resistance – 3rd lvl 16
- Mist Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Obsidian Magic Resistance – lvl 3
- Pain Tolerance – 3rd lvl 3
- Poison Resistance – 3rd lvl 2
- Rot Resistance – 3rd lvl 4
- Ruby Magic Resistance – lvl 14
- Sand Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Sapphire Magic Resistance – lvl 13
- Silver Magic Resistance – lvl 1
- Smoke Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 3
- Soul Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 13
- Sound Magic Resistance – lvl 18
- Space Magic Resistance – 3rd lvl 5
- Stamina Drain Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Time Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
- Topaz Magic Resistance – lvl 18
- Vine Magic Resistance – lvl 14
- Void Magic Resistance – 3rd lvl 6
- Water Resistance – 3rd lvl 1
- Wind Resistance – 3rd lvl 2
- Wood Magic Resistance – 2nd lvl 20
Status:
Vitality: 1400
Endurance: 450
Strength: 515
Dexterity: 450
Intelligence: 1420
Wisdom: 1450
Health: 25088/25088
Stamina: 4203/4500
Mana: 28832/29000
“Alright then, let’s go,” Ilea said, ashen wings forming on her back.
Comments
Johannes Sauer
I feel like she should dump 50 points into dex. Her Dex is horrendous and a sizable instantaneous increse(11%) would allow her to get a better feel for the atribute and see if it is worthwhile.
Regnal
Well most light comes from or through the sky so it's not that far off. I mean the sun is in the sky so it kind of makes sense,
I just noticed that Ilea did not get a single level in Light Resistance despite getting her skin and eyes burned away with light magic by a 4-mark. Also, it is odd that the Monarch of the Domain of Sky has light magic. I would have expected wind magic, or maybe mist magic or cloud magic or something like that. I suppose he could have 4 classes, and just decided not to use wind magic in Ilea's case.
tibbish
So far it lets humans know she is a weirdo. There is some speculation at T3 it'll either give her something nifty or make her class evolutions mores interesting but that is a pure WAG
CryoHydra357
What does deviant of humanity do again?
Nate
Lol I'll add my voice to those saying she should use a point in deviant of humanity - she's sleeping with a dragon atm, u don't know how much more deviant you can get. :D
Tentaclour
She did and decided against taking it
Corwin Amber
I forget, but did she get a choice for a 3rd tier for Deviant of Humanity? thank for the chapters
Emma Carlin
Getting close to that sweet lvl 500 evolution! Glad she's also going to have all her class abilities maxed out. Although like many other I do hope she goes for 3rd tier Deviant of Humanity, I think one emergency point is enough for now. She'll probably be close to another point by the time she gets to 500 anyways.
Actually, 9 levels in Azarinth and 8 levels in the other two
Melting Sky
Quite simple. They aren't humans. It's like asking why a gorilla is not considered to be an elephant.
Rip Woodham
They may be able to twist in more ways, but they aren't faster. :) Ilea should be faster than most everything she comes across! Her Ash aura gives a 560% bonus to Dexterity and Speed, and the Azarinth one (which she can massively overcharge) gives a 680% bonus to Speed. Another Ash skill gives her another 585% bonus to Speed. She has multiple increases to reflexes and reaction time and an increase to dodging vital attacks too. Her speed should be mind boggling, actually....
Melting Sky
Ouch, when you see llea's terrible dexterity score in contrast with the rest of her stats like this, it really underlines just how heavily she has to compensate for being way slower than most of her high level sentient opponents with skill crutches like precognition, wings, spatial magic and ashen limbs. When fighting melee based opponents above her level like that elf, some of them must be like 4 or 5 times faster than she is.
Aapjuh
lvls in 7~weeks = 8 in azerinth, 7 in ash, 7 in space lvls till 500 = 29 in azerinth, 35 in ash, 84 in space time till 500 = 25.4+~weeks, 35+~weeks, 84+~weeks if she keeps up current full time combat and diminishing xp probably increases time still, she will need stronger opponents to farm.
Melting Sky
One thing it makes very clear is why the Beast so massively outclassed her in speed and dexterity even with the crutches of her extra limbs and precognition. She has a ton of skills and tricks to improve her evasion with spatial magic being her ultimate trump card in that respect but it doesn't change the fact that she is just WAY SLOWER than most other physical combatants at her level. When she fights a sentient melee fighter way above her level its actually pretty amazing she can even lay a hand on them at all when she has a dexterity that is at best a THIRD of her opponent's. It's a shame she doesn't shore up her dexterity more when she has so many skills that basically work as multipliers when it comes to her ability to throw punches and evade. It wasn't the Beast's strength that was truly dangerous, it was the speed and dexterity with which he landed his attacks. Even with just two arms he was able to throw attacks with such speed and precision that it completely overwhelmed both her precognition and her many extra limbs.
I really dig seeing the bold text and reading all the skill/level increases, but it's really disappointing when there isn't atleast one new tier advancement. Reading the extra little skill or enhancement that comes with a new skill tier is the very satisfying and interesting
Andrew
Thank you!
quantumsoma
Ugh, she's going to end up turning into some Guardian of Humanity, isn't she? (Or at least Defender of the Plains; it's honestly beyond me why the other sentient races are considered nonhuman)
Ato
she gotta get that deviant to 3rd tier for her evolutions, and another resistance would be good, gotta make sure to get the best options possible
Disclancer
I wonder if Ilsa will develop a cartography general skill? Then one day she can stun the elves with a fully 3D ash map with voice navigation! Bloody Elves, making fun of her map! It was a map Mrs. Swailes from year 10 geography! Not a bloody sofa!!!
We just saw the results of 7 weeks of grinding this chapter. What do you mean you can't wait to see the results?
page2
Probably at least one of them will allow to equip more class skills. Then Ilea will start on the path to become a real space fairy.
Alsia
thanks for the chapters! My grind prediction was right, and I can't wait to see the results :D
Julien Fellegara
Before, there will be the 20 spell 3rd 30. Probably will be an upgrade.
The other DB
Thanks for the chapter. Is it just me or does the end of this chapter feel like an end of a book with hints of another to come? Or that there's going to be a time jump (months ?) in-between this chapter and the next? It could also be wishful thinking on my end to see her hit 500 before November :)
I wonder if Cless drew any porn pictures of Ilea.
tibbish
I was hoping she'd learn Diamond Magic somehow by compressing her ash (carbon) so hard it turned into diamonds. Kinda sad that didn't pan out but oh well
I'd also like to see her get Deviant of Humanity, Time Magic Resistance, Curse Resistance, and Health Drain Resistance to 3rd tier. Deviant before her evolutions since it should give her more Class options. The resistances do not need to be obtained immediately, but those three are important. Time because she may some day encounter a 4-mark with powerful time magic and that could get her killed instantly if she does not have high enough resistance. Curse magic because it inflicts ongoing, unhealable damage that could force her to leave a fight. And Health Drain Resistance since a 4-mark with health drain would not necessarily kill her by draining her, but if it could regenerate faster than she can damage it by draining her health, then she would not be able to defeat it.
Zarik0
She really need to take 1-2 days to rego to the mine with the golem with magic "mineral" (topaze/shaphire/rubis/etc) Heck she really need to take just a little time and get all her res to tier 2 (she can do it so fast with her cheat skill for train) And for what some op bonus some of her resistance to tiers 2 give her, its really a priority to get all this type of juicy bonus and she can get it fast and easy, she can hit jackpot with some of the bonus (im sure the "mineral" magic gonna give her some shit bonus for her bone) (better bone armor for her sentinel and maybe she dont get so rek in one hit of this divine hammer on her bone)
I would like to see Isalthar and Ilea together challenge the Monarch and Noro. But I'm not sure if Isalthar can defeat the Monarch, and I am almost certain that Ilea cannot defeat Noro at her current power. So Ilea at least will require some power-ups before a duel like that. Probably evolving all three of her Classes should be enough. But it is looking like Izta will barely be enough to evolve one of her Classes, let alone all three. Unless there are a lot of those mind magic creatures down below and they are worth a lot of levels. Or maybe more Pursuer Praetorians get built and they are above level 1000.
Daba
oh it is nice to see all her stats in one place like this. Brings everything into perspective wonderfully
James Sheridan
Nah she's had all those for a while. Maybe not blast, but definitely heat and light. Heats the one that lets her absorb the excess heat of heart of cinder isn't it?
Alexander Dupree
Thanks for the chapter. I love that she's got some serious fear going on here. Makes this more intriguing.
Thanks for the chapters! The 3rd tier lava, blast and light resistances are all new, right? Wonder what theirs descriptions will be.
Also, the total general skill levels should be 2031 rather than 2030. I think this is because of the error from chapter 583 where Mental Resistance was incorrectly listed as 3rd lvl 15 instead of 16 as was pointed out in the comment section of that chapter.
Her max health should be 25,088 rather than 23,296. I think GH forgot to update the gain from Body of the Valkyrie now at 3rd lvl 18 which should give a 79.2% increase to HP.
Viria
She might just get the skill from learning / understanding their hisses and non-verbal communication so well.
Null
She already have space resistance in 3rd so the only one related and relevant to it would be time resistance....for realm travel and all that!!!
Null
I'm thinking all those resistance are for her 500 evolution.... think of the past that say need 10+ resistance for X class, imagine if the 500 class would say... Need 15+ rare resistance since space/time/void/astral/death/gravity/health drain are in my opinion all too closely related to realm travel for my point of view....:D
John Scott
She should upgrade deviant of humanity before 500, that seems likely to favor into the upgrades. Actually she should spend both general 3rd tier points. She wouldn’t have the emergency point for a while, about any bonus to her evolutions would be worth it.
Cadastral
14 skills st the end of the 2nd tier, and only two 3rd tier points... that bottleneck is getting serious.
Russell Todd
Once she hits 500 and evolves again, I’d really love to see her return to her sentinels and have elite armor crafted from her upgraded bones. Also a long shot, but she might be able to convince feyfey to donate some fangs for their weapons
Sebastian Prue
Thanks for the chapter!
Luciaron
Thanks for the chapters! Looking forward to meeting more monarchs
MacDB
Still a long haul from that big 500
Tyler Babcock
Before she gets to 500, she for sure needs to get her Ash Magic Resistance to max 2nd tier. And maybe because she has such affinity with Ash, she might be able to tier it up to tier 3 without having to face a Ash Elemental.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter. Come on 500.
Joshua Little
Same. I don't know how that hasn't increased naturally after living there for so long.
Martin
I like that long overlooked Identify is so close to upgrade. Also what do you think will be unlocked after next evolution? Skill gain or something better? Core points [3rd tier Class Skill Point] [Stat Gain] [Skill Boost] [Locked] [Locked] [Locked] [Locked] [Locked]
Sebastian Viller
Several of her skill tier upgrades and evolution upgrades already address this. Similar to how her int and vitality are exponentially affected by her main classes, her basal dexterity/etc. is improved exponentially via the tier upgrades of several of her body manipulation skills overlapping % improvements
tibbish
Phoenix of Ash
Redbeard
Valkyrie class should be level 416 after the level ups, status wasn't updated.
Sebastian Viller
This was addressed a while back. The overall benefit of her dumping points into Int and Vit specifically ended up being way more worth it point-for-point because of the effect on her dps and regen than putting points in her other stats.
Han Pol
there was one something about understanding the framework of space magic. It helped her to link others to her blink skill and to slip past space lock enchantments.
Tera
I am hyped for the second tier Identify!
lenkite
That [Dexterity] stat is getting rather low. If she wants to avoid strikes from high-tier/divine weapons, she will need to increase that. Or find a way to manipulate her body's muscles via magic alone - like an avoidance puppet.
Monika Djomi
Why is she completely neglecting her strength and dexterity stat???. I can get around the fact that she doesn't really need the endurance stat since she can easily regenerate which by the way is not all powerful as shown from her fight with the queen but why completely neglect dexterity since it helps tremendously for close combat. It's part of the reason she could barely track the elven staff warrior.
Tera
Easy: Bonus chapter!!!😂
Tera
I hope she can't face the monarch at level 500. That would break the balance quite hard for a power up
Tera
Core point
Chris Rose
I'm waiting for Illea's status to hit the word count for a chapter. What will you do then? lol.
Deinos
Can't wait to see what level 500 entails
Svensonsen
Fuck I'm so hyped for LV 500 and her demolishing the monarch. Hell yeah!!
Max Scherer
Soon!
shillbear
wonder if she gonna evolve her spesis next evolution maybe becoming ash human or maybe phoenix as she basically can review and a phoenix rises from the ash
Darcy Lessard-Patola
Didn’t she get a 3e tier skill point for facing the monarch? It’s still say 2 in her stats.
Jonathan Walker
DUDE!!!!!!!!! That would be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish bruh
Jonathan Walker
So happy she is getting it on with Fey they are both maniacs and deserve each other lol love that she is sooooo close to the next evolution please make it happen before she leaves this dungeon though that would be awesome.
BeepBoop
Every time I see that her Elos language skill is lvl6 while her English is lvl 15, I can't help but think that she sounds like some hillbilly when speaking Elos
BeepBoop
"The cats in Ravenhall were more lively than she had thought at first" What are the chances, that the long term exposure to her marks turned the cats into sapient ash-cats?
I'd imagine at some point one of the elves might help Ilea learn Elvish. Is that not going to happen?
Alexikon
I don't remember that there was a description of what the third tier space awareness does.
Morzul
Thanks for the chapter
Vegetables
Thanks!
