The Guardian System: The strongest Summoner's quest to save his family-Chapter 395: City Like a Corpse (12)
A month had passed since Reidar killed Zhen-Gora Thenn in the palace ruins.
These had been thirty days of searching, traveling, and fighting. Thirty days of hunting monsters that could kill him in seconds if he made one wrong move. Thirty days of scanning every ruin, every collapsed laboratory, and every building for any sign of Mara.
Unfortunately, Reidar had found no single trace of the woman, which was starting to worry him.
He sighed and looked at the Ignis corpse below his feet. The creature had been Level 530, the same level Reidar had just reached after the fight ended.
But despite the last level up, Reidar didn't cheer. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and dismissed the notifications about his level-ups and loot.
He was tired. Thirty days of walking through the desolate, grey wastes of the Ignis homeworld had not been easy on him for multiple reasons. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
The dead monster at his feet was the tenth threat he had neutralized since leaving the laboratory ruins where he found the journal.
Ten monsters. It didn't sound like a lot for a month of work, but out here, quantity wasn't the problem. It was the monsters' level.
Every single one of them had been a raid boss in its own right compared to the creatures on Earth, a creature that would have required a full party of high-level survivors back on Earth, if not an army. The difference in strength at high levels was too high. That was mostly because monsters had more skills, and creatures that were once intelligent still kept that form of intelligence, which made them incomparably harder to kill compared to other creatures.
It was a mix of things, really.
Reidar sat down on a piece of debris and looked around. The capital city of the Ignis civilization stretched out in every direction in front of him. After a month of traveling—flying, really—he reached the place.
This city was called Kilovar, based on what the journal said. It was as massive as he imagined it to be, far larger than any of the other cities he'd seen.
The buildings here were taller, the streets wider, and the architecture more elaborate. This had been the heart of their kingdom, country, or whatever the Ignis had. It was the center of their government and culture.
<Now it's just ruins.>
Reidar pulled up his status screen.
—[<<STATUS>>]—
Name: Reidar Miller
Level: 530
Health: 34980
Mana: 144596.15
C.L.A.S.P.: 2765954 / 3114800
Available Attribute points: 0.00
Skills: Storm-Wyrm's Ire, Summon: Mana-Forged Dreadmaw, Dreadmaw's Corrosive Mist, Tetra-Lion's Cataclysm, Sovereign's Absolute Carapace, Overmind Consciousness, Apocalyptic Catalyst, Summon Vorathid Sky-Hunters, Summon Undying Legion, Summon Apex Menagerie, Summon Shadow Sovereigns, Summon Spectral Quadraginta, Summon Archon Rift-Lords, Touch of the Eternal Sovereign, Genesis Garden, Yggdrasil's Grasp, Emperor's Decree, Event Horizon Javelin, Chaos Storm, Presence of the Sovereign, Gaze of the Pariah, Sovereign's Aegis, Wellspring of Vitality, Aura of Absolute Purity, Summon: Twin Obsidian Siege-Breakers, Summon: Verdant Sovereign, Summon: Avatar of Primal Convergence, Summon: Void-Claw Pack, Primal Resonance
Equipment: Ignis Cinder-Core Wand, Ignis Pyre-Crown, Ignis Molten-Heart Robe, Ignis Scorched-Strides, Ignis Ember-Grips, Ignis Ash-Walkers, Ignis Vambraces of the Flare, Ignis Smoke-Cloak, Ignis Cinder-Link Belt, Ignis Heart-Amulet, Ignis Spark-Band, Ignis Eternal-Flame Ring
Proficiencies: Velia's Regional Map (64%), Velia's Monster Compendium (72%), Advanced Spellcraft Mastery (12%), Warrior's Sovereignty (5%)
Attributes: (S.H.I.E.L.D.: 70 + 248), (A.C.U.M.E.N.: 142 + 750), (F.L.A.I.R. : 25 + 227), (F.L.I.P.: 42 + 140)
Minions: #N/A
Survival Points: 102,754,662
Trait: Skill Sharing
Perks: Hardened Resilience (5/8), Endless Endurance (4/4), Efficient Scavenger (6/6), Stealthy Presence (8/9), Environmental Adaptation (7/6), Item Durability (7/7), Intuitive Navigation (5/10), Arcane Potency (6/6), Mana Attunement (5/5), Mana Font (6/6), Focused Mind (5/5), Rapid Learning (5/5), Mana Regeneration (10/10), Arcane Resilience (4/4), Empowered Effects (5/5), Arcane Leech (5/5), Spell Control (5/5), Familiar Bond (10/10), Pack Tactics (5/5), Elemental Infusion (5/5), Resilient Constructs (6/6), Grave Calling (24), Boundless Legion (10/10), Legion's Fortitude (5/5), Volatile Essence (1/1), Ethereal Anchor (5/5), Mana Siphon (10/10), Shared Resilience (1/1), Generous Soul (1/1), Master's Aegis (7/7), Crushing Presence (9/9), Legion Commander (5/5), Unsleeping Sentinels (1/1), Enduring Summons (5/5), Anchor Point (1/1), Coordinated Assault (5/5), Mana-Efficient Minions (4/4), Territorial Dominance (9/9), Adaptive Evolution (10/10), Symbiotic Regeneration (8/8), Soulforged Armor (10/10), Legion's Onslaught (8/8), Inspired Creation (8/8), Master Gatherer (8/8), Systemic Salvage (10/10), Deft Hands (9/9), Blueprint Genius (9/9), Production Efficiency (6/6), Resource Purity (10/10), Item Durability (7/7)
Perk Points: 0
Titles: The First Killer, The First Apprentice, The Pioneer, Creature Slayer IV, Rift-Sprite Hunter IV, The Exterminator, Guardian of the innocents, Adept Learner, Abyssal Caller, The Apex, Titan Breaker, Mana-Forged Will, Demi-God Slayer, Giant Slayer
Profession: Tailoring (LVL401), Woodworking (LVL423), Enchanting (LVL507)
—[<<END>>]—
Reidar stared at the numbers.
He had climbed forty-six levels in a month. It was an absurd rate of growth, the kind of power-leveling that shouldn't be possible without a massive support team feeding him kills. But the experience scaling on this planet was broken, likely because the monsters themselves were anomalies.
Health was at 34,980. Mana at 144,596.15. His S.H.I.E.L.D. attribute was at 70 base with a 248 bonus from equipment. His A.C.U.M.E.N. was 142 base with a 750 bonus. F.L.A.I.R. was 25 base with a 227 bonus. F.L.I.P. was 42 base with a 140 bonus.
He'd put twenty-five more attribute points into F.L.I.P. earlier that day. That was a massive boost, the biggest single investment he'd made into the attribute since he started leveling.
He didn't know if it would actually help because nobody really understood how F.L.I.P. worked. The interface just said it was "Luck" and left it at that.
But Reidar needed every advantage he could get. He turned to look at the city.
The capital was crawling with monsters, so having that boost of luck, even if little, was going to help.
<Let's hope it was the right choice. I basically sacrificed levels' worth of attribute points to do this.>
One of the reasons Reidar chose to invest in the attribute, rather than in something else, was because the Ignis here were stronger than the ones in the outer cities.
Most of them were around Level 530, the same as him now, but there were also titanic monsters here, roaming the city. His Sky-Hunters had spotted them from a distance—Level 600, Level 620, and one of them was even Level 650.
Reidar couldn't fight those things. Not yet. Maybe never; hence, it became imperative he had enough luck to avoid the monsters completely, and, of course, to find Mara before one of those monsters found him. Twenty-five points in F.L.I.P. was a gamble, but it was the only move that seemed to have more sense now, especially given what F.L.I.P. did for him in the past.
He sighed.
<Let's hope this works.>
