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Chapter 18: Caverns of Chaos X
Gotta drop my important items above the floor below! The message "the air reeks of ozone" is accompanied by periodic electrical impulses that can damage equipment once you enter the temple itself.
Assorted tension room! But this is the least of my worries.
Welcome to the air temple!
Immediate enemies are vapor rats (weak), chaos servants (so-so), and air demons (strong). I'd rather spend as little time here as possible.
Going invisible!
I found a spellbook of Fireball during my stairscumming, so I'm using it as a basic attack spell now.
Thanks to my invisibility, the monsters on the second half of the temple have yet to notice I'm here!
Level up!
Learned about Fire Bolt!
Next level at 4,424,068 experience.
More violence!
Stupid mistake earlier - I forgot to drop off my scrolls of chaos resistance, and lost two of them.
All the meaningful outside monsters destroyed! Now to enter the core.
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Yulgash, the Master Summoner
In this world, there are two kinds of powerful mages, the good archmages and the bad chaos mages. Unfortunately, Yulgash belongs to the latter. His face has been twisted by anger unknown to you, his hands are crippled but full of magic. His face is wrinkled yet full of power, his robes torn yet chaotic and terrible. He eyes you steadily, thinking about who you are, but whomever you are he does not care; he made the armies of of chaos for domination, and he would not hesitate to make more of them in order to destroy you!
Threat Level: 9/10
Special: Corruption, magic, random summoning, immune to lightning
Corpse: Massively corrupts
This is not a time to play with minions.
100% of my effort, whenever possible, is going towards killing Yulgash himself.
I'm constantly bouncing magic missiles to hit Yulgash - any gaps that open in that room due to monsters dying are immediately filled as he summons more monsters.
The fool made the mistake of entering melee range!
TIME TO BRING OUT THE SHORT RANGE ANNIHILATION.
Really kind of a pansy compared to the Ancient Chaos Wyrm!
And worth half the exp, but there's some nice monsters in here to make up for it, like that berserker emperor.
CHAOS ORBS
Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
Excellent.
Let's get the hell out of this temple.
This message implies the presence of a forge on this floor!
I don't give a shit about forges.
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Black unicorn
Threat Level: 6/10
Special: Teleports, regenerates
Corpse: Massive corruption
Asshole.
In the 40s, corruption rate is 0.2 per step. Getting intense!
Another ominous floor message!
TIME FOR DIG
The entrance is hard to find - many of the walls are undiggable in this place!
Before I can find it, I am beset by earth elementals, which can walk through walls.
Via kicking walls and listening to the response, I found an entrance!
Welcome to the Earth Temple.
Earth monsters don't especially resist anything! No weakness, either. I can use whatever elements I want.
Today I'm feelin' ice!
With no further ado, towards the center!
The way is blocekd to me, but the monsters are pouring in through the very walls!
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Ancient Stone Beast
Buried beneath the roots of the mountains, chaos has awakened this unholy perversion of the elemental powers of earth. To you it appears like a vaguely humanoid shape sculpted in dark stone. Its feet stand within the floor and move inside the ground as it walks; the head does not merely touch the ceiling, it seamlessly connects with the rocks above. Cracks widen and narrow as it moovs, seemingly slowly, but purposefully and with long strides, ignoring all obstacles between you and it. A crack stretching all around what must be the head opens on one side, showing an array of sharp rocks in several rows. These teeth might not be good for biting, but they probably can grind everything to bits.
Threat Level: 9/10
Special: Chaos guardian, ignores walls, regenerates, corruption
Corpse: Massive corruption
LEVEL UP
Maxed courage!
Great Learner for even more EXP!
Next level at 5,056,077 experience.
Pulling a tactical retreat back to the left side of the floor!
Still fighting enemies a bit, but mostly luring the ancient stone beast over to the left.
More corruption while I'm recovering my PP!
Grown a total of 12 eyes
Appearance -6.
Perception +6.
Not bad, as corruptions go!
Now, to lure the beast off of his home floor!
And hit him with about nine million bolts.
The beast has no ranged attacks, and is slower than me, but it has over a thousand hit points and regenerates.
In short, this is way easier than the Cat Lord was!
Stupid other monsters can wait! I have priorities.
DESTROYED
I'm running out of skills!
Learned about Web. Mana increased. Next level at 5,778,373 experience.
And now, back to the temple, because the elementals and the grues both are work 20k+ experience each.
GOOD GUYS BAD GUYS AND EXPLOSIONS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
By the time I actually reach the center, it's pretty empty!
Level up and a new class ability! I can now recharge wands with my mind.
Learned about Magic Missile. Next level at 6,603,854 experience.
Okay, enough of this for now. Time to fall back!
CHAOS ORBS
Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
Next: Prelude to the final dive!
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