Chapter 271 - Heart of Winter (part two) (1/2)
Nix never made it to his old room. By the end of the night, his Taxidermy skill has climbed to 402 and he was left with 17 Ashobel Revenants. He had managed critical crafting twice more, without which he wouldn't have had the numbers he needed.
Nix covered a yawn. He'd been sleeping on and off while the queues cooked. ”Let's do it Raka!”
Nix placed the 8 Revenant Ashobel in the queue.
[Queue 1 Emperor Ashobel?]
”Yes.” Nix looked at the timer and the success rate. ”Better than I hoped, nearly 40 percent. It should take ten minutes, usually, failures happen before the halfway point.”
Raka was perched on Nix's shoulder, carefully watching the progress bar. Five minutes slowly passed. ”Hey Nix, the percentage is increasing.”
Nix nodded. ”As it progresses, the chance of success slowly increases. Don't get too caught up. I've had fails in the last minute before when the percentage was in the high 90s.”
Raka turned on Nix's shoulder so he couldn't see the progress bar. ”I can't watch.”
”I'll keep an eye on it.” Nix turned his head to look at the perched bird. ”These Ashobel have been exposed to your Ice Artifact?”
”I suspect so, the feel of it permeates from the pelts.”
”Let's assume you're right. Take a guess as to how it played out.”
The Ice Sparrow hopped onto the table and faced him. ”Neptiphago stole my artifact, however, she would have been greatly weakened.”
”According to the Cabal, the Dragon City Aquarius is somewhere the eastern part of Everspire. Could Neptiphago has moved it before it landed?”
”If the Ice Artifact here, then Neptiphago and her City are here also.” Raka shook his little bird head in frustration. ”Some version of her anyway. She was greatly depleted when her city began to fall.”
”Let's assume she made some sort of plan. What would she be looking to do?”
[Critical Crafting Feat: 1 Ashobel Emperor]
Nix clapped his hands together in jumped to his feet in excitement. ”F*ck Yeah!”
Ashobel: Emperor [Platinum Rated]
[Name your creation?]
”Tharaka.” Nix ignored the bird's stare when he said his name aloud.
Tharaka: Emperor
1) Self-Destruct
2) Dominate (Up to 1000 Ashobel)
3) Stealth
4) Ice Halberd
Immune to Ice Damage.
”Ice Halberd.” The Ice Sparrow hopped up on Nix's shoulder while he inspected the Ashobel-doll. ”That's a skill given by the Artifact! It can't be a coincidence, they've been exposed to it.”
Nix nodded in agreement. ”Does that mean you can wield a Halberd?”
”Of course, it was my artifact after all.”
”Let's do it then. Prey waits.” Nix started setting up the last queue. He was going to attempt to use his Tailoring skill to enhance the Ashobel-doll. ”If I tried this with the Colonial crafting interface, I'd probably blow up the entire Icecap.”
”That won't happen with the new interface?”
Nix shrugged. ”Probably not.”
”What should I do?”
Nix held out his hand and waited while Raka hopped on before placing him with the other items. ”I have to place you with the rest of the materials.”
Raka looked at the other items in the bin. ”You been killing dragons Nix?”
Nix laughed. ”Only the ones that attack me.”
[Ashobel: Emperor] [Ice Sparrow: Embibed with Ice Dragon Soul] [Ice Dragon Leather] [Dragon Blood] [Dragon Scale] [Enhanced Camouflage Clothe]
[You are attempting a new Animating procedure that combines Tailoring and Taxidermy. Do you wish to proceed?]
”Yes.”
[All costs are waived. Loss of two mythical items and an infinity soul will occur in the event of failure.]
Nix glanced at the message, his eyes watching the select icon. ”Small problem Raka.”
”I'll die if this fails?'
Nix nodded. ”Fraid so. I don't have a percentage either. It could be 2 percent for all I know.”
”Or it could be 100 percent. Do it Nix.”
”Yep. Let's go.” Nix selected the craft icon.
All of the items disappeared at once. A sinking feeling in Nix stomach. ”Mother...” A moment later the mouth of the Ashobel doll opened as he took his first breath. ”Holy Crap.”
Tharaka: Emperor
Race: Ashobel
Level 100
Strength 188
Endurance 155
Intelligence 81
Dexterity 30
Perception 115
Mana 48900/48900
Weapon Skills: Halberd
Primary: Pole Arms
Secondary: Path of the Ice Dragon
Skills
Dominate (Up to 1000 Ashobel)
Camouflage
Ice Flame Aura
Ice Halberd