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Chapter 294 Powerlevel
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Chapter 294 Powerlevel
When she had again reached the maximum buff from her Form of Ash and Ember, Ilea blinked in, focusing on her target alone while she ignored the blades rushing at her. The machine was damaged already, its core not glowing but two of its legs were merely dragged along. Her mana was slowly dwindling but with it being so defensive, she was still at two thirds.
Screaming, Ilea focused on the previously dented part and delivered a fully powered punch, her arm clad in fire and ash as the machine was sent skidding back, falling down even. She only noticed a moment later that a blade was stuck in her skull and a second one had embedded itself into her neck. She stumbled back, using her arms to rip out the blades, blood quickly seeping out as her vision blurred. Ilea heard the steel hitting the floor when she sacrificed a thousand points of mana to boost her healing. Her mind barely understood just how damaged she was but a thousand felt like a good amount.
Immediately her vision sharpened again, her body moving to dodge the attacks from the damaged Centurion Ripper. One of its blades grazed her but she moved in and delivered yet another punch. This time she heard the cracking and saw the small tears forming near its core. She smiled and waited for it to progress. Come on lad time to dive. She commented, waiting from an appropriate distance as the machine turned more and more aggressive, Ilea simply blinking and moving away before finally, the Centurion turned tail and rushed towards the abyss. Ilea heard the dull explosion in the distance.
Sighing, she sat down on some machine before her hand reached up to her head, feeling the hair and bone below. It was dented in my brain was mush She couldnt really grasp it. Ilea tried to remember how it had felt but just shuddered at the thought. While pain wasnt an issue, having ones very skull and brain smashed in wasnt pleasant. At all. Would have ended me without my third tier healing. It was a wonder her senses hadnt shut down immediately but she assumed it had to do with her Vitality somehow. She didnt know how low her Health had dipped but it was nowhere near fatal, at least if one focused on the points only. Perhaps that kept her alive. What would happen if I lost my head? Would I somehow still perceive the world through my eyes if I still had health? Or would I be a beheaded body stumbling around with instincts only. Doesnt make sense without a head, does it?
Ilea decided to wait with testing until an appropriate moment presented itself. For now the Centurion Ripper had proven to be dangerous, dangerous enough to kill her if she wasnt careful. Still, she knew getting rid of the armor was the right decision. Getting stuck on its blades and having her head ripped off would have been a less preferable scenario than how it turned out. Been a while since my last near death experience. She smiled at the thought. For the first time in weeks she felt truly alive. A scary thought she found, one that would lead her to death one way or the other. Then again, without a ridiculous challenge, how was she expected to grow? The only thing she could do was prepare and train as well as she could. She couldnt help that she liked it, even if her challenges would grow more and more dangerous the higher their levels grew.
Already the Centurions had few weaknesses, the Ripper immune to her ashen limbs. Yet Ilea had scores to settle with Praetorians, a ridiculously powerful demon, an ex elder of the Shadows Hand as well as a mysterious order she knew next to nothing about. Let alone the Basilisk hiding somewhere in Karth. If she ever hoped to even challenge one of them, she had to be able to take this kind of abuse and more. I can already see the headless training coming. She sighed and smiled, the messages in her mind confirming her thoughts.
ding You have defeated [Centurion Ripper lvl 381] For defeating an enemy one hundred or more levels above your own, bonus experience is granted
ding Azarinth First Hunter has reached lvl 280 Five stat points awarded. One third tier skill point awarded
ding Inheritor of Eternal Ash has reached lvl 276 Five stat points awarded
There you go. Both classes leveled as well as the two skills that provided the highest boon in her battle.
ding Hunter Recovery reaches 3rd lvl 9
ding Form of Ash and Ember reaches 3rd lvl 3
Ilea checked out the possible third tier advancements immediately.
3rd tier skill points available [Azarinth First Hunter]: 1
Skills available for third tier advancement in [Azarinth First Hunter]:
- Azarinth Hunter Sphere
- Azarinth Fighting
- Azarinth Perception
- Azarinth Reversal
Hunter sphere was out immediately. While it could certainly provide an interesting third tier, the skill was listed as an Aura as well as a Perception Aura. Not what Ilea was going for with her skill advancements. Azarinth Fighting was purely Body Enhancement and provided her with one of the highest buffs she currently had. She couldnt really think of a reasonable third tier but the simple fact that it was such a good skill to begin with made her prefer this one immediately.
Azarinth Perception enhanced, well her perception. It was purely a Body Enhancement skill too but didnt provide an immediate damage bonus. Azarinth Reversal again was interesting but for now she decided on Azarinth Fighting.
ding Azarinth Fighting reaches 3rd lvl 1
Passive: Azarinth Fighting 3rd lvl 1:
You are familiar with the fighting style of Azarinth. Damage inflicted with your own body and related skills is 95.5% [477.5%] higher.
2nd stage: Getting used to fighting in close quarters, your reaction time is increased to accommodate your increasing speed and control.
3rd stage: Azarinth Fighting consists of more than offense alone. A true Azarinth Healer knows when to stand and let an enemy strike. You gain knowledge about sustained injuries and damage from incoming attacks as they happen.
Category: Body Enhancement
Ilea read through it twice before she nodded. So basically what Ive been doing anyway now I just get confirmation somehow. And I guess I know which hits to avoid and which I can take. Well, lets see how it works in practice.
Against the normal Centurions it wasnt a huge difference, Ilea easily able to avoid their attacks anyway. She did gain a pretty concise idea of how much or how little damage would come in should she choose to take the hit, not that it was ever worth it against normal Centurions. Further interesting was the fact that the closer the weapons or arms came to hit, the clearer her picture got. As if an additional sense in the back of her mind, telling her just how exactly her nose would be fractured, how her denting armor would cut into her flesh.
When she found the next Centurion Ripper two days later, she again ditched her armor and led the thing to the first floor. Again, it was rather defensive, again Ilea had to attack to force it into a fight. This time however, everything was different.
Its swords moved in fluid motions, Ilea dodging two of them while completely ignoring the third and fourth blade, one passing by her as she stepped to the side and one cutting into her arm. She knew the blade wouldnt get stuck, knew the injury would be minor at best while the first two blades could have ripped off her other arm by the shoulder. Her fists hit true, Destruction and Wave of Ember smashing into the creature as her ashen limbs tried to get past its wild swings.
A smirk was on her face as it targeted her directly again, Ilea neither blinking nor dodging widely, simply turning sideways and adjusting little by little as the swords cut through her clothing and into her flesh, blood drawn as they moved past. Another hit before she was forced to blink away, the blades hard to dodge and each likely resulting in a dangerous situation. She wasnt quite sure how she processed all the information, especially as quickly as the enemy attacked. Too fast to dodge when the swings were good but still she knew, simply knew to let them through or not.
Perhaps the skill worked in tandem with her second tier Body of Ash, the latter sharpening her instincts to avoid damage to her vitals when she dodged. There were likely more of her abilities involved, everything leading to the previously dangerous and chaotic fight turning into a calculated endeavor. While she couldnt match the creatures speed and the patterns of all its blades, neither her body nor equipment able to deflect or take direct hits with ease, she now had a way to let it strike safely.
Of course she was still taking damage, cuts that made her bleed onto the floor, ripped and destroyed muscles and skin but with her healing she could quickly recover what she really needed, with her absent sense of pain she could ignore it entirely. Marvelous. She thought, delivering another blow before the blades cut into her legs, Ilea hitting the machine again before she moved her legs inwards, the serrated edges of the blades smoothly exiting the wounds before she blinked away, ready to heal the damage as she meditated. The creature was destroyed without further incident.
In the coming days, Ilea started to actually scout the second floor, going as far as exploring parts of the third. As long as the stairwells were close together, she thought it a manageable risk. Too many of either Centurions or special variants would become a problem quickly but it was worth the additional time. Ilea was on the hunt for Juggernauts and Rippers as well as any other specialists she could find.
When a week had passed, Ilea lazily looked over to the gathering energy near the black obelisk, dark smoke rising as she enjoyed a warm lava bath. One moment later, Goliath appeared next to the steel structure. He opened his eyes and looked around, the two golden things dancing with joy. Human of ash you did not lie. A marvelous place, an outstanding smell the mana too is beautiful, deep and resonating.
She looked at him and smiled, Well knock yourself out. There are Centurions and worse below so make sure to stay on this layer. Stray at your own risk, Ill try to have my fights reasonably far away from here.
A generous gesture. He said and bowed, going on to touch one of the forges, I will need time to study this an incredible facility truly, a wonder. The smith completely ignored her afterwards, floating to one machine or the other, dipping his hands into molten steel as well as adding mana to random enchantments.
Ilea remembered she hadnt tried out his armor yet, summoning the humongous thing promptly. Around her. The first thing she noticed was that she couldnt exactly move. Not the arms of the armor but her own arms and legs. The whole thing was a tight fit. She was impressed the smith knew her proportions so well after simply using a mold to create her armors. The next thing she noticed was her lack of sight. Her eyes were obviously unable to penetrate the thick steel but her Sphere as well seemed to have difficulties getting through.
She did have a vague idea about her surroundings but it definitely felt muffled, subdued. Her auras didnt help her in the slightest, even with her enhanced strength, she was unable to move any part of the thing even an inch. Sacrificing five hundred health, she tried again but found it still impossible. There was no space to create any ash. Blinking, she found herself outside the thing, not moving with it on her. As if the skill knows I cant use it or the fact that its just a massive piece of steel.
Giving up on it for now, she put the armor back into her necklace and decided to try again once she had gotten stronger, or anything else to try. Wait there is something , Summoning the armor, she used her Embered Body Heat to make herself as hot as possible. This time something did happen. Tiny runes lit up within the armor, adding to the light coming from her Form of Ash and Ember. So heat can do something at least. Trying to add mana didnt do anything, the enchantments either rejecting it or simply ignoring her intention. Sighting, she gave up again, still unable to move the thing or find out anything about the runes.
A little annoyed about the immovable chunk of steel, she continued with her daily business of destroying killer machines.
With Goliath around and her new ability to fight the Rippers, her time down in the Taleen dungeon flew by. The week turned into two, then four until finally two months had passed of Ilea following her routine. It was getting more and more difficult to find special variants in the second and third floor, to the point where she questioned if any of them still remained. While she could absolutely wreck normal Centurions now, a couple minutes of fighting at most, the experience they provided was minimal at best.
At this point they were only ten to twenty levels higher than her and apparently the system expected bigger leaps from her. Not that it wasnt possible. In the last two weeks, Ilea felt like most of her leveling came from the Rippers she destroyed. The Miststalkers were still too dangerous but she was starting to think about an alternative.
Three weeks into the training, she had reached level two eighty in her ashen class, giving her another third tier point to spend. The options and final decision were similar to her last Azarinth third tier skill.
3rd tier skill points available [Inheritor of Eternal Ash]: 1
Skills available for third tier advancement in [Inheritor of Eternal Ash]:
- Wave of Ember
- Body of Ash
- Ashen Warrior
- Embered Body Heat
The likely good perk for Wave of Ember was desirable but it was after all an ashen magic skill, making her focus on other avenues. Ashen Warrior was the equivalent of her Azarinth Fighting which made her ultimately decide to get it to the third tier.
ding Ashen Warrior reaches 3rd lvl 1
Passive: Ashen Warrior 3rd lvl 1:
You are familiar with the fighting style of Ash. Damage inflicted with your own body and while shrouded in Ash is 70.5% [352.5%] higher.
2nd stage: Shroud your weapons in ash to produce various effects. Shrouded weapons deal additional damage. Affected by Ash and Ember Manipulation.
3rd stage: Your mastery of Ashen Warrior allows for more efficient movement. Reduces stamina consumption by a static 25%.
Category: Body Enhancement
The difference was noticeable but Ileas mana had always been the more important factor when it came to sustainability during battles. Neither did the perk provide for an actual change against any of the machines she was facing like Azarinth Fighting did. If only I could have gotten reduced mana consumption somewhere along the way.
Checking the messages again, Ilea thought about how to breach the last ten levels.
ding Azarinth First Hunter has reached lvl 281 Five Stat Points awarded
ding Azarinth First Hunter has reached lvl 290 Five Stat Points awarded
ding Inheritor of Eternal Ash has reached lvl 277 Five Stat Points awarded
ding Inheritor of Eternal Ash has reached lvl 288 Five Stat Points awarded
ding Destruction reaches 3rd lvl 7
ding Destruction reaches 3rd lvl 8
ding Hunter Recovery reaches 3rd lvl 10
ding Hunter Recovery reaches 3rd lvl 11
ding Hunter Recovery reaches 3rd lvl 12
ding State of Azarinth reaches 3rd lvl 10
ding Blink reaches 3rd lvl 9
ding Azarinth Fighting reaches 3rd lvl 2
ding Azarinth Fighting reaches 3rd lvl 3
ding Veil of Ash reaches 3rd lvl 9
ding Form of Ash and Ember reaches 3rd lvl 4
ding Ash Creation reaches 3rd lvl 5
ding Ash and Ember Manipulation reaches 3rd lvl 4
ding Identify reaches lvl 8
ding Meditation reaches 2nd lvl 20
ding Heat Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 7
ding Heat Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 12
ding Health Drain Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 19
ding Health Drain Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 20
ding Mana Drain Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 18
ding Mana Drain Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 19
ding Mana Drain Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 20
ding Mist Magic Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 2
ding Mist Magic Resistance reaches 2nd lvl 5
Nothing had revealed itself upon reaching the current highest point in some of her General skills. Neither for Meditation nor for her Mana and Health drain resistances. The Miststalkers were out as potential enemies to bridge the remaining gap to three hundred, their numbers simply too high. Centurion variants would be enough with time but Ilea was aching for something else, especially because for each special Centurion, she had to wade through dozens if not hundreds of normal ones.
The Blue Reapers were an option, her newfound third tier abilities would help her survive and deal the necessary damage but she still considered it dangerous, her mind likely not able to tank the collective magic coming from five or ten of them. That left plenty of other options but Terok showing up in the facility looking for her brought an end to her pondering. They decided to move the group to Tremor to train with the knights instead, the low numbers would allow them to work together. Ilea didnt mention that she could pull single Centurions from the lower layers and said she would come with them. Kingsguard, Undead Knights, Soul Ripper well we will see what it will be. She smiled at the thought of facing any of them with her newfound power. Except for the Soul Ripper, that thing still haunted her dreams.
Comments
mike batsaikhan
All this talk about resistance reminds me, if general skills works like class skills is it possible that only way to unlock 3rd tier general skill is to have 10 2nd tier Gskills maxed?
Blaublue
Thanks for the chapter Nice with a melee fight again. Also, her 3rd tier Azarinth Fighting should make melee heavy fights against higher-lvled opponents more viable again. I'm liking the direction in general, and looking forward to her lvl 300 evolution
G. Harthane
Ye but just for those skills. Compared to Destruction and Wave of Ember they didn't use much anymore in the first place.
ArturScott
F5 mode activated
Viktor Larsen
well all the centurions killed in the factory jump off the edge so it doesnt even reach her most of the time
Lomie0
All those centurions killed 1 by 1, and not a single lvl of blast resistance /pepehands
Baka
Ilea should find that Basilisk and provoke it into attacking her. Just before it eats her she should put the armour she was given on, so she doesn't get hurt very badly. Think of Ilea as a giant pill the Basilisk cant digest haha. While she is inside it she can heal herself fully, put the armour away. Then attack it from the inside similar to how she killed that giant whale.
Baka
I thought this would be the one she went with as well. I bet when she upgrades that she will find another hidden room at the Azarinth temple.
Grond (James)
I love the leveling! The one thing that really bothers me, is that she didn't level her sphere to the third tier. It seems like a no-brainer to me. Yeah she's trying to increase all of her body enhancement, but if she loses her ability to sense all around her she becomes crippled.
Jonathan
"If only I could have gotten reduced mana consumption somewhere along the way." Um, didn't the third tier of her aura skills in both AFH and IotEA eliminate the mana cost for having them active?
Zachary Smith
Avatar or azarinth?
Michael
"That left plenty of other options but Terok showing up in the facility looking for her brought an end to her pondering. They decided to move the group to Tremor to train with the knights instead, ..." - Beginning the second sentence with "They" is misleading, the first 3 times I read it I thought you were talking about Ilea and Terok, not Terok and the elves, which doesn't make any sense, when combined with how the paragraph continues. "... and said she would come with them."
levon
Fist and tentacles are both weapons if im correct
j0ntsa
The Asskicker?
Han Pol
Well I think part of the overall resistances were also importanant for getting a good class. she has curently 16 resitances at the 2nd tier. and 29 resistances over all I didn't count Veteran and harmony of the drowned, but if they work, than she would have 31 resistances I think it sounds pretty good for a tanky build type to have have requirements like 15 resistances as the second tier and 30 over all resistances. It would actually be fun if the system said something like, you have exceeded all previous Azarinth classes, the system provides a new fitting name for your new class. Some of them are actually below level 5 or below level 10 so maybe she only get's something like 25 resitences over level 5 Veteran Dust, Wood , Dark, Silver and Harmony of the drowed are all below 5 the later four only at 1
G. Harthane
Around 10 months I think so far.
opunk
I was super pumped after seeing a title of power leveling. Hope she hits 300 at or before chapter 300, but it does seem like she needs to fight something better or it will take a grind to hit 300. I think it would add more meaning to the 300 achievement if it is against something more substantial then mindless robots. How many months has she spent in the north now>? I think its getting closer to her third year in Elos.
PloofDoodle
I think body of ash will be the next one she gets
Ato
tbh when I first read that 3rd tier I was like, this is gonna be mediocre... but it seems really op after reading the rest of the chapter
Seb
I say that she just tries to fight kingsguard again. As she gets close to 300, i really think that she should try to focus on pushing her limits to get some extra-rare class evolutions. And with her new t3 skills, she should atleast be able to better judge whether she can fight them yet or not.
Rip Woodham
Azarinth Fighting, cool beans. Should help even more against the Kingsguard with their troublesome attacks. Though sad that Illea is weighing her aura ability so low. Ashen Warrior..... lame! Though maybe it's for in the future when her ash lends her more maneuverability? At least she doesn't need to put points into Endurance anytime soon I guess. Her Azarinth class seems much better optimized. As someone else mentioned "weapons" does apply to her fists too, it's just that it's never stated she's using that.... maybe since her fists still have to connect every time for Destruction, I dunno, it's just always been an empty and uninteresting skill. A couple of other Ashen passives have wasted stat allocation for her too with the weapon addon. Thanks for the chapters! :-) Got to read them with coffee. Mmm.
You are the best. So thankful for your continued efforts, keep it up!
BigBuckler
I'm surprised she didn't advance Body of Ash. Especially after advancing Azarinth Fighting, and talking about how well they synergized.
Torbjørn Nilsen
The hypetrain is real here :) Great chapters as always!
Tony Gilbert King
So glad that she got azarinth fighting third tier it was the one I wanted most outside of blink and meditation from the start followed closely by sphere and sight
Maybe get Terok to set up a big(ish) area with sound wards in the dark zone where she can lure undead knights one at a time. That Azarinth 3d tier seems like it would be enough to try fighting a ??? one.
Solarlancer
the hype for class evolution is getting bigger and bigger
Tommy Littlefield
Will also make the leveling relatively quick too 😜
Tommy Littlefield
Also glad she’s gonna use level 500+ enemies to level going off the last class evolution that will grant her way more rare and better class options for having the achievements of fighting and killing those solo
Tommy Littlefield
So close I can taste that class evolution haha 😂
levon
Ignore everything I wrote in my previous post. I am an idiot. Forgot it is a 400% increase not working on 400% effectiveness.
Nathanuel Vine
Thanks for the chapter
levon
Couple questions about the bonuses. 70.5% [352.5%] for Ashen warrior should be incorrect. 70,5 *400%=282. 282+(41*2.5)=384,5. Same for Azarinth fighting : 95.5% [477.5%] —> 95,5*4= 382. 382+(41*2,5)=484,5. Not 477,5
fuble878
Yea... Ashen warrior is a skill I thought she would consider dropping. It only gives her damage and the second tier is only for weapons which is not her focus at all.
Jonathan Walker
Finally a good jump in power I can't wait to find out what happens at 300 ahhhhhh this is soooo exciting.
Corwin Amber
thanks for the chapters
Arkeus
The Saurians dungeon is also a possibility, especially with Azarinth Fight 3rd. Really hoping Ash Warrior evolves at 300, because yikes that was disappointing. Too bad Ilea is under-estimating the advantage of perception or speed skills.
Anyway can't wait i have quite a few chapters to read, i came just for the title
Is she going to reach 300 at chapter 300?
