Chapter 79: Unexpected encounter
The group made slow progress through the bowels of the underground complex, treading uneven ground strewn with black sap, broken shells and chitinous debris. The slightest step could trigger an ambush. Since the Megamant’s brutal elimination, the monsters hadn’t become less numerous - just more cautious. And more violent.
The mutant insects they now faced no longer charged in disorganized packs. They harassed, flanked, hurled jets of corrosive acid into blind spots, then retreated, crawling along the walls like shadows. Some spat clouds of paralyzing poison. Others possessed hooks that vibrated at supersonic frequencies, rendering mages unable to concentrate.
And yet... the team held together.
Roland took charges with tank-like precision, his mana solidifying his skin like basalt. Ivy conjured impressive walls of ice to trap the most aggressive or slow them down before Isaac or Jonah could cut them to pieces. Nael would emerge from invisible shadows to stab acid glands before they could project their venom, then disappear as quickly as he’d come. Sanae, stoic, chanted healing songs and diffused her regenerative halos even under pressure.
And Isaac?
He moved like a living blade. His katana split the air, his mana blending with his movements. He linked Shidensen to strike the joints, then Raijinzan to pierce the shells. He used [Vol] to leap above assaults, and as soon as the creatures’ poison got close, his system intervened.
[Ding]
[Would you like to absorb physical stats or a physical skill?]
Isaac selected [Physical skills] without hesitation.
[Venom Skin - Partial immunity to poison (Lv1)]
-Oh Nice!