Tales of the Endless Empire Chapter 93: A bit Unlucky (2)

Thalion was tired. He had fought nonstop since parting ways with Chloe and Eddie. Over the past days, after killing countless foes, he had managed to reach level 46, which was very slow if you took into consideration all the beasts he had slaughtered. Currently, he was fighting a screechfin, level 67.

This fucker tried to kill its prey with sound—more accurately, with its screams, which sounded horrific but oddly interesting. The fish was infusing its voice with mana, transforming it into a very effective attack that hit everything in the surrounding area. The good thing was that it had no defenses, and one hit with Water Slash was enough to kill it.

This was sothing he should learn. It could give him the upper hand in a fight, since the opponent would most likely never expect that. Before that, he had to hunt a bit longer. He wanted to reach level 47 before he would fly back. He doubted that the position for city leader was up for grabs without any competition.

He could only hope that they were not already on their way to level 80, because that would make things very difficult, if not impossible. One positive aspect of staying for so long in those depths was the progress in his body cultivation. He could now perfectly interpret the vibrations carried through the water, which was very helpful against surprise attacks. Before, he only had his title, but now it was impossible to sneak up on him.

Not that no one had tried it. There were many fish and sharks who tried to ambush him. Those were the easiest kills, since the beasts never anticipated that he would blast a Mana Slash or Aqua Lance at them without looking. From ti to ti, he tried to infuse his voice with mana, and thanks to the title, he made great progress.

He was far from dealing damage with it, but it was damn cool, and he could feel the power in his voice. It was more elegant than flaring his aura if you wanted to flex with your strength. Good thing he had always loved swimming and being the tidecaller serpent his nuclear weapon. Sothing he had often dread of when diving.

Now he would have to massacre a few more beasts before he could start his journey to Kael’s camp. It was risky. If Maike and Kaldrek had changed their opinion of him, this could be a trap, and there wouldn’t be an ocean he could escape to.

He had used his spying crystal to watch so of Kael’s etings, but he didn’t find anything truly important. One eting was about what weapons they should buy if they had to attack the undead bastions. Another was about when Evelyn and Kargul would co back from their long hunt. It seed like no one had considered the possibility that soone would secretly stay behind and not advance to the next stage, or they didn’t speak of it in Kael’s chambers. Anyway, he needed to get so levels in.

There was a fight to co that he would very much like to win. The main reason to be the leader of the humans Kael would leave behind was credits. Information or extra pentagrams for those outsiders must be expensive. Depending on how much he could boost himself, now might decide his future. If he were able to fight level 80 beasts or even low E-grade ones, he might level up fast enough for a future fight with his forr friends. With that, he put out another corpse. “Co here, fishy, fishy,” he said with his mana-reinforced voice.