Chapter 458: A Poultry Dungeon
“You cheated,” Alanah said as they stood at the entrance to the next dungeon.
“Nope,” Derek replied. “You didn’t say I couldn’t use Void Shift.” Somehow, Alanah was still faster than Derek, even with his increased dexterity and his Powerstride skill. However, this time, he was at least able to stay behind the siren without losing sight of her. When he saw the dungeon orb getting close, he shifted into the void and made his move before he was broken out of it.
Even with all his stats and skills, his skill grew shaky when he got close to Alanah in her Dawn Siren form, and he was eventually broken out of it. It was a bit like when he was going up against the wyverns in the raid dungeon, but more intense. Though, he expected that which each level in the skill, it would be harder and harder to break him out of it. He was sure that if he entered Void Shift against the wyverns again, they would have a hard time stopping him from using the skill, or at least it would take them more than just focusing on his presence to do so.
He couldn’t help but wonder what the skill would be like when it hit level 20—it was already level 15, so he wouldn’t have to wait too long to see. He just hoped Alanah was still there to test it on once it did—she, and to a lesser extent, Marrick, were probably the only people on the continent able to counter the skill as it was. And he wasn’t exactly sure that Marrick would be up to the task at the moment.
“I thought it was implied,” Alanah snorted.
“If my skill is banned, then I would have to pick a skill of yours that you can’t use,” Derek tossed back. “And I’m pretty sure you know which skill that would be.” He was, of course, talking about her transformation skill.
“Oh well…” Alanah relented. “Just wait until I get my dexterity up. Then, even with that cheat skill of yours, you wouldn’t stand a chance.”
“We’ll see,” Derek said.
Once their discussion was over, the duo still had to wait for all of Alanah’s Deathsworn to join up. Alanah’s and Derek’s speed was so fast that the first Deathsworn to arrive—the elven light mage—was multiple minutes behind the two. Derek could only guess that, while the light mage could teleport to places almost instantly, she couldn’t do it many times, or at least she couldn’t go very far each time. He wasn’t exactly sure, but those were his best guesses.