Chapter 80: A Chaotic Start To A New Long Loop
Time had the tendency to pass quickly when one was doing something they greatly enjoyed. Consequently, Orodan went through many loops of stealth, training in light magic and slaying wicked creatures all across Inuan.
And as these loops went by, so did numerous battles against Alagameth and that Living Crystal which always hunted him down. Though, as the attempts continued. he began noting how the Embodiment-level spider interrupted his Teleport with less and less urgency. Mainly because Fate Disconnect steadily gained levels and his effects upon the tapestry were lower and lower.
To most, even other time loopers, fighting a Living Crystal which could control the mind and forcibly assimilate other beings sounded like a nightmare. Far too risky a method of training. For Orodan, it was the first day of his never-ending week. Even if he was slain in a singular strike, these battles were excellent training and a source of steady skill gains across the board.
A hundred and fifty-seven loops of this grind had passed. Orodan had slain vampires, cultists and necromancers galore. The number of repeats had allowed him to memorize the exact locations of each group of vermin at the start of the loops, so he usually went about dispatching them right away without needing to involve Silestor at all.
His light magic steadily improved, but besides the slaying of wicked creatures, Orodan also worked on something else from time to time. Especially since he began to get quicker and quicker at wiping out the separate groups of monsters across Inuan.
A recently acquired skill which had provided unexpected assistance when he most needed it.
“Hey, wait! That’s my rope-laying shed!”
“I know,” Orodan declared.
“You… mean to lay rope now?” Belina Botterson asked, surprised. “First you fix my broken fence and install an entirely new coop, and now you want to weave rope? Selric wasn’t wrong… you’re an odd one, aren’t you? Since when does a militia man know Woodworking?”