Chapter Five Hundred And Five – 505
FELIX!
The ooze burst all around him, rendered into stinking vapor before streaming down into Felixs gullet. Below, Beef still blazed too brightly to look at, but all around Felix the once omnipresent ooze had gone. His own core space felt stuffed full to bursting, but he couldnt think on it. The way out was open, and that voice was Vess. She was in trouble.
FELI
Pit! To me! He barely paused as their visualized forms Converged once more. Felix hauled on the Link back to his Body. Blinked open his real eyes.
Just as an entire lake fell on his head.
Sunken Ward!
The spell ripped from Felixs channels, slipping across his allies with the ease of long practice, even as panic gripped his Mind. Pressure and icy darkness rolled him and Beef together, limbs smashing into root and stone hard enough to rip them asunder. Direction became meaningless, the world nothing more than the howl of roaring waters, furious spray, and the shadow of something vile and gargantuan bearing down on them all.
Sunken Ward is level 33!
Sunken Ward is level 37!
The sheer force of the water on him and his allies pushed Felixs spell to the limit, instantly consuming all of his Mana. If it werent for the oozes overwhelming energy then that would have been it; his friends would have been smeared along the tunnel's walls.
Sunken Ward is level 38!
Sunken Ward is level 42!
The ward held, cold and pressure held at bay, but it did nothing against the shadow in the waves. Claws tore through the tunnel, ripping more of it apart with arms the size of the Abundance Animas branches. Felixs Perception was awry, too overwhelmed by everything to piece it all together, but he definitely noticed as the padded paw of a huge monstrosity seized him by the torso. He was hauled up as ice burst across his chest, through the broken tunnel and into the wide expanse of the lake bed.
This isnt good, Pit murmured inside his Spirit. This isnt good at all.
Felix had to agree. Pulled up into the greater dark, Felixs Perception finally had a chance to catch up. His senses spread outward, pinging off of countless shapes in the murky water, many of them familiar. Voracious Eye confirmed it, noting hundredsperhaps thousandsof Broodvipers and Drakin. No mere Hatchlings, each one was strongat least on par with a high Journeyman Tier warriorand in their eyes was a maddened glint that could have lit up the waters with its intensity.
Far more pressing, however, was the creature that had their claws around Felixs chest.
Moontouched Lindwurm. Just as the first Depthwurm he faced, they resembled a mix between a snake and wurm, except this one had sprouted a dozen arms, each tipped with two-foot-long talons. Their body was a mix of scales and swirling, faintly luminescent fur, most of which framed a wedge-shaped face and a pair of stunted horns. The monster was absolutely massive, twice as big as any Manaship and strong enough that his Voracious Eye struggled to read their details. Dammit. Tier V. Thats equivalent to a High Adept.
And there were six of them.
This is what has our monarch so worried? one of them rumbled. Its voice shook the water like a subwoofer, all but slapping Felix in the face. It is but a single morsel. I could end it with nothing more than the snap of my jaws.
Their deaths are on you, mage, the Lindwurm rumbled. Their tone of delight was unmistakable, even if they had bothered to veil their Spirit from Felixs senses. As are your other companions if you do not heed my words. The spell!
> Felix hissed, Mind whirling as he fought his rising emotions. Images and impressions flitted about, organizing themselves in a wild, almost incoherent order. Red-gold flame escaped from the corners of his mouth, turning to boiling bubbles where it met the water. >
Adamant Discord!
Lightning erupted in a perfect circle around Felix, the connections he had established with the water and even the Lindwurms themselves serving as battering rams for his Intent and Will. The Lindwurm squawked in surprise, its paw blasted open along with shards of its own icy spell.
You dare! I will freeze the blood in your bones!
Rime Shaping!
Felix pointed at the Lindwurm and unleashed a Chant boosted ice Mana spell, conjuring a huge, blunt chunk of ice to crash into the beasts chest. The draconic Type was huge, bigger by far than anything hed fought recently, but it was still in the water. Leverage was hard to find. The Lindwurm was blasted back, a look of reptilian outrage on their face.
> Felix said as the spell faded.
The outrage on the Lindwurms face turned to a deep amusement. Their laugh was deep and throaty, enough to send chills up Felixs spine. You cannot make demands of us, morsel. You are prey, and we are predators!
They lunged forward, wedge-shaped jaws agape as if to swallow him whole.
Sovereign of Flesh!
The song of it wobbled, its Transcendent pattern too large and complex while he was also still maintaining Fiendforge. Immense familiarity and burning far too much of the Ooze Behemoths Essence did their magic, however, and the Skill stabilized. Before the Lindwurm could even reach him, Felix hurled his Willpower against them.
N-no! the Lindwurm cried. Release me!
With a scream of effort, Felix laid claim to the Lindwurms very flesh. The moment he did, skin, scale, muscle, and fat were flensed from its bulky frame. Sovereign of Flesh sang within him, a ruthless melody that surged with buzzing atonal beats.
Felix ripped their fucking bones apart.
Sovereign of Flesh is level 83!
Sovereign of Flesh is level 84!
You Have Killed A Moontouched Lindwurm!
XP Earned!
Chthonic Tribute!
> he said, letting the ichor and offal flood into his channels before turning to the Lindwurm that held Vess and Beef. >
