Chapter 98 - A-G-22097 Part 5 (1/2)
”[Shadow Sewing]” the shadows around Cynriks body began to move as if alive, swirling around like a turbulent ocean.
Brance's eyes flicked towards the large grey Fanged Rat, the target of Cynriks attack, and sucked in a sharp, cold breath. An inky black shadow churned slowly under its feet, making Brance doubt that it was even standing on solid ground. The unsuspecting Fanged Rat didn't even understand what was about to happen, as five sharp tendrils erupted from its shadow and violently stabbed into its body, causing blood to spurt out from each new hole.
The rat's eyes shot wide open in both fear and rage as it began screeching in pain, sending tremors through its entire body. But, as it soon found out, no matter how hard it screamed or struggled, its body wouldn't obey the commands its brain was sending.
-You have inflicted the negative status: Bind on a Level 15 Tier-1 Grey Fanged Rat.-
A creepy smile spread across Cynrik's face as he read the notification for his successful Bind. He couldn't help but be amazed at how practical his new skill, which he obtained from his Evolution, was. As he admired his handy work, out the corner of his eye, he spotted Benny moving about, casting small one-meter tall waves of water around each of the confused rats.
Benny articulated his fingers like a pianist creating small pens of water confining each of the rats while he and Brance went about chipping down their HP so that Gabby would be able to deliver the decisive blow. Then, as the timer for Gabby's [Confusion] was about to wear off, she fired a single arrow at the heads of all six rats, reaping them of their lives.
From start to finish, the poor Fanged Rats had no idea what even hit them, and they fell silently and humanely.
-Your Party has killed 6 Brown Fanged Rats.-
-All Party members have received 7900 XP-
-All Party members have received 3 AGI and 3 DEX-
-6 Affinitiless Tier-1 Codexes have been located-
-Due to the restrictions in place by the Alpha Egress Core, you will have to manually remove the Codexes.-
-Sliver of Skill (2) has been located.-
-Due to the restrictions in place by the Alpha Egress Core, you will have to manually remove the Slivers of Skill.-
{Cyn, do you need me to grab the Codexes and Slivers?} When the last rat fell, Brance looked over and noticed Cynrik hadn't moved an inch from the position he stood when he had activated his [Shadow Sewing].
{Sigh, yeah. As it is, I cannot move when I use this damn skill. What a drag. -.-} Quoting a character from a popular anime that had a similar skill to what Cynrik currently had active, he informed Brance about the single flaw, which it seemed to also share with that character.
Unable to leave so long as his skill was active, Cynrik stood like the statue of an edgelord, with his right hand shaped in a claw and grasping the air just in front of his face.
Benny and Brance snickered at the older boys' expense, leaving only Gabby, who raced over to Cynrik's side and admired how cool he looked in her opinion.
The entire time this was going on, they were serenaded by the chorus of screams and growls coming from the shadow-bound grey Fanged Rat, but no one seemed to be bothered or even paying attention to its agony.
”Ok, this sucks. SCREW THIS MAN!”
{TOBS, HOW MANY FUCKING POINTS TO I GOTTA POUR INTO THIS THING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE!}
Fed up that he couldn't show off or even swat the buzzing fly known as Gabby, Cynrik screamed into the mind link, drawing a loud chortle from Brance, who nearly fell over laughing.
-The Tier-1.5 Dark Affinity Skill: Shadow Sewing has three stages of Evolution. The first occurs at 25 points; in this stage, the Host will gain the ability to move your upper body while the skill is active; there will also be an increase in the durability of the tendrils to 3000 HP.-
-The second stage comes at 50 points; you will gain the use of five other tendrils, the cost for activation will be reduced to 20 per Shadow Tendril, and the cost of sustaining the skill will be reduced.
-The third and final stage of Evolution will allow the Host free range of their entire body while the skill is active, and the activation cost will be reduced to 15 MP per tendril. Also, the sustenance cost will be reduced to 2 MP per second.-
{FUCK IT, take the damn points away, Tobs.}