DING .... DING ..... DING .....
SKELETON ARCHERS INCUBATED.....
The notification from the mechanical voice brought me back as I had drifted off thinking about my previous life as a human being. I remembered many things, mobile, internet services, the speed in which my country was developing, everything.
Out of everything not being able to use a mobile phone did not affect me like I imagined it would.
If someone told me while I was human that they could stay without touching an electronic device or internet for days, I would have laughed at their faces.
Well now thinking about past could not take me back to the past. Letting go past is hard and painful but the pain of not letting go is immeasurable.
With a promise to myself of accepting this reality and never drifting back to my past life again, the resolve of making this life count became stronger.
In next life, if I could remember my life in Warkinels, would like to leave no regrets as my past self. Rembering my past should only have the things I did rather than the regrets of I could not do.
After the thoughts settled down, I looked at the newly incubated 26 skeleton archers. Now the only thing left was deploying them.
With a new battle plan in my mind, I divided the 26 skeleton archers in two teams.
I ordered 15 skeleton archers to join the 5 skeleton archers who were covering the skeleton soldiers and skeleton riders below.
32 skeletons were focused on attacking the enemies at front line.
I ordered other 11 skeleton archers to shoot down any enemy skeleton that respwans. Their only work is to shoot down the spawing creatures as soon as they appear giving support to the troops in the frontline.
Not having to look back to kill the respwaned enemy skeletons gave an immense momentum to my skeleton army fighting at the frontline. A huge pressure was taken off their backs making them able to show their true killing momentum.
DING ..... DING .... DING....
.....LEVEL UP ... (SHOW MORE)
DING ..... DING ..... DING
....LEVEL UP .... (SHOW MORE)
Leveling up twice at the same time, this happened after a long time. I wanted to see what was going on now but before I could open my status panel, another notice was given by the mechanical voice, listening to which made me jump up with joy. I had successfully cleared the first stage.
DING .... DING .... DING ...
STAGE 1 OF THE TRIAL SUCCESSUFULLY COMPLETED .....
THE RECORD TIME WAS BEATEN BY 24 HOURS ...
NEW RECORD TIME - 17 HOURS 32 MINS
RECORD HOLDER - 9TH SUCCESSOR
REWARDS FOR CLEARING THIS STAGE SUCCESSFULLY - 5 AP + 5 SP
ADDITIONAL REWARDS - 10 AP + 10 SP
HIDDEN REWARD - LEVEL UP EXP
RESTING PERIOD - 1 DAY 23 HOUR
So finishing up this stage before 24 hours could provide an additional hidden reward. But the hidden reward seems to be a bit of a turn down. I completed this stage in 17 hours the hidden reward should have been grand.
5 hours that I had thought should be needed previously was greatly reduced. With an addition of 26 skeleton archers, the last of the enemy fell down shortly after 3 hours, even leaving the previous record set by the first successor to dust.
And what is up with the absurd resting time. This mighty one doesnot need that much time to rest. I was forcefully dragged into the dungeon and now you are giving this much resting time.
" Do you think this almighty needs any resting time ? " as soon as the thoughts came out of my mind, the mechanical voice sounded again and this time it was not something I was pleased to hear.
TIME IS REQUIRED TO SET THE DIFFICULTY FOR THE NEXT STAGE ACCORDING TO THE DATA FROM THE CLEARATION OF STAGE 1.....
RESTING TIME IS NOT COMPULSARY BUT THE NEXT LEVEL WOULD BE SET TO MAXIMUM DIFFICULTY.....
DO YOU WANT TO ENTER STAGE 2 ?
Y / N
" Nooo.... take as much time as you want. I was just joking. Why do you have to be so serious all the time ? " I shouted to the cave cellings above me.
ENTRY TO STAGE 2 CANCELLED.....
STAGE 2 WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AFTER 1 DAY 23 HOUR 49 MINS
I cleared stage 1 thanks to my skeletons. If skeletons are useless in stage 2, would that not be me invinting my own doom ?
And to aggravte the matters difficulty of satge 2 would be set to the maximum level. 2 days are nothing. I had four days to compelete this stage meaning, I even saved two days. There is no rush now.
After deciding to take the resting period, I wanted to check on my status window to assign attribute points and skill points to get as stronger as possible for the satge 2. Setting records might be a joyous thing but it would later increase difficulty for the consecutive stages.
The enticing awards for beating the set record was a trap for next stage. This made me wonder that nothing was free in this world too. Everything had a price tag on it.
" Open status win.... " In the midst of opeining my status window, I noticed a black orb like thing drifting towards me in a speed which seemed slow. What is it ? Why is it coming towards me ? A lot of questions appeared in my mind. I wanted to intercept this orb before it could touch me.
Panic set within me as I ordered skeleton archers to bombard it with arrows.
" Make it like a seive, that thing should be riddled with holes." I ordered and the arrows were shot but it had zero effect on the orb.
Neither the orb nor its moving speed showed any effects of the arrows. The same arrows that could one shot an enemy had no effect on the orb.
Ways of how to stop the orb from coming in my direction flooded my mind. Dome of bone could surely stop it I thought.
" Dome of bone " I deployed the skill. A skeleton dome appeared covering me and some of my skeletons.
I could not see the orb and sighed in relief but the next second, the orb penetrated the dome and came towards me.
Now the thought of mechanical voice came to me. The mechanical voice could do something right ? I should call it out.
" I am sorry about the almighty thing " , without thinking much I pleaded with the mechanical voice but nothing happened.
So this is my fate now. I had no choice but to accept it. My heart started sinking seeing the unstoppable orb float towards me. The nearer it got, deeper my heart sank.
Its speed bothered me. Death should be swift but it is torturing me with its speed. I know I cannot escape it. Waiting for it towards me aggrieved me.
I wanted to move towards it and catch it but fear for live could not let me do that. There is nothing I could do.
After I waited for what felt like an eternity, the black orb finally approached me.
As soon as the black orb touched my tree body, it was absorbed and I closed my eyes awaiting my death. But the said death never occured. Nothing happened at all or did I feel nothing ?
I slowly opened my eyes to check the surrounding but was unexpectedly met with a white light.
" Is this heaven ? " as I thought.
After fully opening my eyes, a bright panel appeared before me and the mechanical voice sounded in my mind once again.
DING .... DING .... DING ...
MEMORIES OF THE FIRST SUCCESSOR GRAHAM SUCCESSFULLY ABSORBED....
DO YOU WANT TO READ THE MEMORY ?
Y / N