Chapter 70: Greed’s gambit
Clayton stalked the Forgotten Atlanta Expanse’s ruins, Shedskin’s fungal chitin plates shimmering with adaptive camouflage, thorned vines coiling like a ranger’s cloak.
His Regalia of the Verdant Warden hummed in spear form, Heartseed Core steady at 12 Genesis Embers, Aspect Strain moderate.
His Architect rank Aspect, divine-like with a 6,000 Embers cap, pulsed through Shedskin’s enhancements; 80% physical resistance, and 70% mind/soul resistance, stealth affinity sharpening his hunt.
His Aphid Network; 26 minions, including the Spore Plague Lord (Luminous Seed), Ashbloom Stalker (Luminous Seed), Spore Husk (Luminous Seed), and 23 Initiate Ember (Thorn Strays, Sporelings, Thorn Hounds, Howl Shriekers, Ash Sprites, Spore Drifter) all trailed, cloaked by Veil of Verdant Shroud, 60 kilometers east of his Rootsite.
The Plague Sovereign’s spore storms roared dozens of kilometers south at Ironhold-3, its Verdant Warden rank wrath cowing Behemorphs, fueling Clayton’s hunt.
He targeted another Luminous Seed Spore Crown. Most of them in the Forgotten Atlanta Expanse were of the spore crown.
The new guy was 12 meters large, with a fungal halo and a Toxic Veil, cowering in a tramp it.
Core Maw snapped, devouring its spores, Spine Bloom thorns piercing its core, Symbiotic Command binding it.
A rogue Initiate Ember Ash Wraith, 3 meters and with flaming tendrils resisted, its flames snuffed by Shedskin’s resistance, Regalia skewering it, yielding 3 more Genesis Embers.
DING!
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