Chapter 155: B2: C55: Research Spiders
Jokes aside, I think I’m missing something, Zarian thought, becoming more serious as they drew closer to deathly danger. I faced multiple challenges where warp energy was involved. It feels like there’s a lesson I’m supposed to learn, but I keep missing it. I bet Ruvaria is trying to teach me something in a very roundabout and brutal way, but I really can’t see what it is yet.
He’d missed some opportunities to copy the High Warp Manipulation skill from the Warp Fey. There were bound to be a few still zipping around somewhere. But Zarian hadn’t focused on that for two reasons.
The Warp Fey were fairly decent at defending themselves from direct aura manipulation, at least while in combat. And it was easier to kill them than to capture them while he and Naomi had rushed toward the heart of the lair.
To be fair to me, I’m not in the mood for more Level 0 skill copies right now. I got a bunch of other stuff to work on first. He could also ask Hannah to help him. She was great at using warp runes and enchantments. That way, he could get in extra study without juggling more powers.
Zarian kept unpacking the warp problem in one part of his mind while descending into an even denser field of warp energy. He landed at the start of a spacious bridge that was covered in layers and layers of ancient dark blood.
After scanning the area with Aura Mastery + Identify multiple times, Zarian concluded they had to start from the beginning of the bridge. That way, they could avoid triggering the wards that were all over the place, even in the air. Each ward linked to something so devastating, it could wipe out a small country.
This was the true danger of a world boss, a Tier 4 creature that was a threat to hundreds of thousands to millions of lives.
Zarian placed Naomi down. As she settled her feet on the blood-caked bridge, the two scanned their surroundings with their eyes.
The setting light of the twin suns could barely reach down here in the cavernous pit. When Zarian looked up, he noticed how all light dimmed down to near black because of the inherent dark magic of the black citadel.