Kingdom Building: Civilization Starts with Divinity-Chapter 115: Mimic Invasion(6)
"Okay, now that’s metal..." Alchemy lamented, looking at the attack launched at her.
The Flesh Butcher shot its nails like harpoons, using a sinew-like material as ropes.
Alchemy hopped on for the ride when he began retracting them and quickly jumped onto his arm.
The rough surface gave Alchemy plenty of footholds, but running up it without reinforcing her feet hurt like hell.
Each step had the numerous parts of his rough, bone-like skin stab into her soles.
The large demon slammed his free hand against his arm to squish Alchemy, but as she saw the arm coming, she leaped toward a small gap between his fingers before jumping up again.
As she soared, she flipped and kicked the creature’s chin up. Before it could look down, Alchemy grabbed hold of his neck before tearing a piece of it off.
|<Skill: Phantom Knife has been activated!>|
The creature let out an agony-filled scream that caused Alchemy’s ears to bleed.
"God. Shut up!" Alchemy shouted in response.
Just as he did earlier, the mimic’s muscles expanded to close the wound, but suddenly, three more opened up across its body.
One on its leg, one on the stomach, and another on the back of his neck.
Losing balance, it threatened to fall onto Alchemy, but she wasn’t at an angle where she could escape the radius.
"Oh god." She allowed herself to fall, hoping that she would fit the ground and be able to run first.
Unfortunately, 10 of her wouldn’t fall as fast as this hulking piece of muscle.
She tried to push off of his falling body, but that didn’t work either.
"Nonononono! Get off of me! Don’t make me waste my Authority!"
"Master Alchemy! Grab on!" A familiar voice shouted out.
Following that voice, a crystal tree began to sprout from below.
"Sapphire!" Alchemy cheered.
She grabbed the crystal as her daughter ordered and swung herself around to safety.
The giant, still falling, had his shoulder impaled on the crystal, but he still fell to the ground.
With a chance presenting itself, Nera flew upward and prepared a heavy swing behind her shoulder.
"King Slayer!" She shouted.
Her blade was engulfed by a silver energy that extended its reach by leaps and bounds. She swung the sword downward, and the blade decapitated the Flesh Butcher like its neck was butter.
|<Notice: Wave 3 has been completed! Wave 4 will begin in 10 minutes! Please prepare in the given time!>|
|<Notice: Your Score is being saved! It will be recorded to the leaderboard before rewards are granted!>|
|<Notice: Wave 4 will consist of 1 Type 2-1 Mimicry Disaster!>|
|<Notice: The Portals are being forcibly closed! Prospects: this will be the final round! Hold out a little longer!>|
And for once, the system gave good news.
Alchemy fell flat on her back and did not attempt to get up.
"Finally! A break!"
"Sapphi! Mother Goddess! Are you two okay?" Nera inferred.
"I... am now." Sapphire let out a nervous chuckle.
"My everything hurts. Aside from that, I’m doing great." Alchemy gave a thumbs up.
"Can you still fight?"
"The bell hasn’t rung yet, has it? Now that we’re onto the final boss, I don’t gotta worry about conserving my SP." Alchemy said.
"That being said. Nera. Take the Verminae into the Holy Water River. We need to regain what we can in these 10 minutes."
"Yes, Mother Goddess." Nera bowed before flying away.
"As for us... Let’s head to the hut. I also need to heal."
"Right, Master Alchemy!"
The young Goddess and little deer quickly rushed back so Alchemy could heal. The moment they reached their destination, Alchemy let out a massive sigh.
"System. You have SO much explaining to do."
|<Notice: You will naturally be compensated for The System’s error.>|
"Compensation? That’s not the issue here, system! Did you think I didn’t notice just because I’m not looking at my kingdom tab? I’ve already lost a couple dozen Verminae! If you let me prepare properly, I could have cleared this shitty stage without casualties... No, I definitely would have!"
Alchemy slammed her fist against the arm of her throne as she lashed out against the System.
"Do you think what I want is compensation, you stupid fuck?!"
"M-Master Alchemy?"
Alchemy’s face shot toward Sapphire, revealing tears. Her face quickly became a waterfall.
She had hoped that pretending everything was fine would work. The world around her felt cold and dull, yet ironically, the loss of her people and the blood of her enemies warmed her up.
Death was all around her, and she couldn’t stop it at all.
"They should have never fallen... Not when I could’ve prevented all of it..."
Somehow, it turned out that Mental Destruction was helping her keep her composure.
|<We understand how you feel. We’re doing everything we can to assist you behind the scenes.>|
Alchemy squeezed her hands so hard with her nails digging into her palms that her own blood began to mix with the many foes she had killed tonight.
"Yeah, yeah. It’s all my fault for not preparing for every little situation. As it’s always my fault." Alchemy scoffed.
Alchemy wiped the tears away with her bloodied hands as the room fell silent.
’Just one more. I can handle just one more opponent. Status.’
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|<Kingdom Tab 1/4>|
|<Name: Alchemy Ennis’s Nameless Territory>|
|<Tier: Colony(Tier 2)>|
|<Alignment: Neutral>|
|<Type: Theocracy>|
|<Ruler(s): Alchemy Ennis>|
|<Population: 212>|
|<Happiness: 22%>|
|<Land: 60 Acres>|
|<Divine Power: 3972>|
|<Build>|
|<Destroy>|
|<Move>|
|<Upgrade>|
|<Ascend>|
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|<Traits Tab 2/4>|
|<Name: Alchemy Ennis>|
|<Faction: Seraphim Verminae>|
|<Title: Monarch of the Myriad>|
|<Level: 50/50>|
|<Progress to Next Level: MAX>|
|<Idol: Clausura Aeternum>|
|<HP: 2001/8117>|
|<SP: 1211/5590>|
|<KP: 1615/2955>|
|<STR 237(+45)(+30%)>|
|<INT: 256(+55)(+30%)>|
|<CON: 323(+50)(+30%)>|
|<FAI: 93(+50)(+30%)>|
|<AUR(I): 31(+30%)>|
|<Skills: [Miracle Generation LV 3] | [Supplication LV 2] | [Nature Manipulation LV 2] | [Ruinous Bloom LV 2] | [Advanced Alchemical Theory LV 1] | [Skill Synthesis LV 1] | [Strong Body LV 3] | [Robust Mind LV 2] | [Powerful Strikes LV 2] | [Razor Surge LV 1] | [Insect Communication LV 1] | [Arachnid Communication LV 1] | [Phantom Knife LV 1]>|
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|<Evolution Tab 3/4>|
|<Evolutionary Stage: 2(Pseudo-Perfected Divinity)>|
|<Evolution Requirements: [Personal level 50] | [250 Faith] | [Civilization Tier 3]>|
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|<World Tree Tab 4/4>|
|<World Tree Name: Alchemy Ennis’s Nameless Territory’s World Tree>|
|<World Tree HP: 4377/5000>|
|<World Tree Growth Stage: 3 - Skyward Reaching>|
|<World Tree DP Until Next Stage: 9,817>|
|<World Tree Authorities: [Divine Catalyst] | [Ferocious Vitality] | [Sovereignty Aura]>|
|<World Tree Curses: [Tree’s Sorrow] [Caustic Decay] | [Shattered Reality]>|
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"212... 22%," Alchemy mumbled to herself.
Nothing else entered her vision except those dreaded 2s. It was as if they were taunting her.
With a furious swipe, she discarded the panel. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
Without another word, she silently watched the timer tick. There was nothing else she could do. Nothing else she wanted to say.
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