35 33 - Ascend
Chapter 33 - Ascend
Written By Curiostyx
~〈The Wyrm〉~
「The Skill ~Shell LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Acid Spew LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Acid Spew~ has been assimilated into ~Acid Attack~」
「The Skill ~Acid Attack~ has leveled up. LV raised to 4.」
「The Skill ~Acid Resistance~ has leveled up. LV raised to 5.」
「The Skill ~Acid Enhancement LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Vision Enhancement LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Night Vision LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Vision Expansion LV 1~ has been acquired.」
"Uh..." The Wyrm grunted as the pain gradually faded away...
「The Skill ~Athletics LV 1~ has been acquired.」
The black goo which solidified all across the Wyrm's body cracked and shattered, turning into dust as the wind of Stratum carried its remains.
「The Skill ~Probability Super-Correction LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Probability Correction~ has been assimilated into ~Probability Super-Correction~」
「The Skill ~Probability Super-Correction~ has leveled up. LV raised to 2.」
"Oh God, my Dick still hurts..." The Wyrm complained as his form rubbed against the hard ground.
「The Skill ~Arithmetic Processing LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Prediction LV 1~ has been acquired.」
"Fuck... My Brain feels like it was drowning in Gatorade... What the hell, man..." The Wyrm muttered as he rubbed his head in slight pain.
「The Skill ~Detection LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Magic Perception~ has been assimilated into ~Detection~」
"Woah..." It felt like his senses had just expanded a thousand times... As if he could perceive the very secrets that the World had obscured... Fucking Matrix, brother...
"So this how the World actually looks like..." The Wyrm muttered as he observed the surroundings, data leaking out of everything in his vision.
"It is, Lmao." Said another voice, an all too familiar voice.
His voice.
「The Skill ~Parallel Minds LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Parallel Thinking~ has been assimilated into ~Parallel Minds~」
"...Me?" He asked the voice.
An imaginary Clone of the Wyrm jumped out from behind.
"Yep." He responded with a simple gesture of a Claws-up.
"Cool." The OG stated.
「The Skill ~Mental Warfare LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Magic Warfare~ has leveled up. LV raised to 2.」
"So when are the notification gonna stop?" He asked his secondary self.
"I'm literally you, bro. How am I supposed to know?" The Clone quipped back.
"Fair enough."
「The Skill ~Telepathy LV 1~ has been acquired.」
"That's probably because of Psychic Brain..." He wondered.
"Most likely." His other Ego said like a yes-man.
「The Skill ~Adaptation LV 1~ has been acquired.」
「The Skill ~Teloscopic Sight LV 1~ has been acquired.」
"Neat."
"..."
"...O_O..."
Ok, that was the last notification—
「The Skill ~Mitosis LV 1~ has been acquired.」
...Nevermind.
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Ok, THAT was the last one...
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...And it was, nice.
The Wyrm looked around as he appraised the surroundings. Larry was still in the process of Evolution, though he now had parts that were of noticeably blue coloring, and uh... Big, really big.
About the size of an African Rhino...
"Are those fucking Boxing Gloves? His claws are actually becoming Boxing Gloves... Guess I'll have to call him Muhammad Tyson from now on, how phantasmal..." The Wyrm muttered as the image of two great legends overlapped with the crustacean form of Larry.
"...Dragon God, I'm starving." Chrysalis was the opposite of Evolution, the process drained his energy by an exponential percentage.
He was tempted to eat the slumbering form of Larry but was reminded of the ungodly sensation that his Kin's flesh put on his tongue.
"That damned bastard... He only left one Miliepede before Evolving..." Of course, a single unevolved Monster hadn't been enough for the Wyrn's draconic appetite.
"Guess, I'll have to go hunting... Hmm, what's that light?" The Wyrm muttered as he saw a bright light coming out of some hole in the ceiling.
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~〈The Wyrm, Upper Stratum〉~
So as it turns out, his previous theory about the Dungeon not being entirely enveloped in flaming heat was objectively true.
「Great Elroe Labyrinth, Upper Stratum, under the Berserk Sea.」
'The Upper Stratum... I guess the Monsters here must be weaker...' Which was a good thing since the Middle Stratum was filled with rather fierce Wyrms who all wanted his ass on a silver platter.
"Man this place is pretty well lit for being underground—" The Wyrm's musings were shortly interrupted as the sound of footsteps resounded nearby.
—BAM—BAM—BAM
The footsteps were pretty loud so they must have been coming from either a giant or a large group...
"What do you think, Pilot?" The Wyrm asked his other self.
Calling each other by the title of "Me" would be endlessly confusing. So for convenience's sake, they gave each other unique names.
The OG was the master of thinking, so he got the name "Sage". The Clone on the other hand was the one in control of bodily movements, therefore the name "Pilot" was obvious.
"Those footsteps are inconsistent, no way are they coming from some behemoth... We're facing a swarm, brother..." Pilot concluded as he piloted the body to move upward, climbing upon the walls until the Wyrm faced upside down, sticking to the ceiling.
"Righty, then... Let's test our new body shall we?" Sage suggested as the footsteps neared, revealing the incoming horde of Monsters.
...Fucking Gease.
—HOOONNNK~!!!***
A Gaggle of aggressive 1,5 meter-tall Gease with claws of a Raptor drew near, all led by what seemed to be a mighty and indomitable 3 meter-tall winged Raptor.
So of course, the Wyrm appraised the Gaggle Boss.
〈Elroe Goros︱LV 2︱Unnamed〉
HP - 400/400 ︱MP - 200/200 ︱ SP - 573/600 - 609/609
Offense: 400 ︱Defense: 329 ︱Magic: 200
Resistance: 100 ︱Speed: 350︱
~Titles~
Commander
~Skills~
Night Vision LV 4 • Heavy Attack LV 5 • Persistent LV 2 • Evasion LV 8 • Intimidation LV 6 • Cooperation LV 4 • Leadership LV 3
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Of course, this Appraisal resulted in the Goros immediately finding out the Wyrm's location...
But there was simply not much it could do with this information, not with an Acid-imbued Light Arrow flying in its direction.
But this battle was for another day... =)
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"Fun Fact: Did you know, Goose are actually quite nice birds, they're just overprotective parents?" -Remark
Bro, go and try to activate Audio Mode for this novel, it's funny as hell.
I have much more free time now, expect an accelerated update rate... Though you will have to give me those Stones you have in your pocket 0b0
