ushernet Chapter 105: Thunderbird Guild's Stance, Whispers in Dark
Chapter 105: Thunderbird Guild's Stance, Whispers in Dark
After leaving the dungeon, Almond, Nikki, and Anton returned to the GAA branch in Thunderbird City and then promptly departed in the private jet of GAA, returning to Firefly City in half an hour.
On the way to his beautiful and aesthetic courtyard, Almond stopped by a fancy restaurant to eat and made a task list of things he wanted to accomplish before the Rising Star Tournament started.
1—Master the Lightning Dragon skill set.
2—Come up with a good name and disposition for his 9th spirit wraith that was long ready to be summoned.
3—Combine 1st Floor Boss spirit with 19 Dungeon bosses' spirits.
4—Unlock the Guaranteed Super-rank forge option.
The restaurant was a tree-house type, and he had a corner table with nice wind and weather, so he chilled there while thinking about some things and also talked to Admiral Rudra about everything that happened in the dungeon since he happened to pick up his call this time.
He called him on the way to Firefly City, but some kind of signal problem appeared instead, indicating that he was in a dungeon or some other area that blocked signals.
It was 7 p.m. in the evening when Almond finally returned to his courtyard as he spent a few hours at the restaurant eating slowly and making plans.
He let out all of his summons to chill and relax in the courtyard, giving them freedom with some rules like not breaking things.
He also took out Spirit Items that he forged. He got more rare-grade items this time because the monsters were high-level gold-rank ones. Alfred knew how to use the website and submit the items, so Almond put him on that work to let Silverbird Services know that he had a new batch of items for sale.
'Since I am still freshly filled with lightning, I should at least try to finish creating the skill runes of Lightning Dragon skills today,' Almond nodded to himself. 'But before that, I need to bathe.'
Almond took a shower and wore a comfy white robe before he arrived outside and started training to learn the Lightning Dragon skills.
According to the book, he had gained Lightning Elemental Mastery and even reached S-rank, so he would be able to follow the steps and learn both skills rather quickly.
-Skill 1: Lightning Tailwhip (S)
—Effect: Conjures a lightning dragon tail anywhere within 10 meters of the user to deal devastating lightning-attribute damage. Causes shock and paralysis.
-Skill 2: Voltron Edge (S)
—Effect: Infuses a melee-type weapon with crackling lightning energy, increasing the weapon's damage significantly and granting lightning-attribute to all attacks released through the weapon.
Almond planned to modify these skills a bit in his way since he had knowledge of skill rune structure by now and also Lightning element's variant to play with!
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Meanwhile, there was an emergency meeting being held in the Thunderbird guild.
Only the guild's leader, vice-leader, and executives attended the meeting.
They watched Almond's recording through Romez's lenses—from when Zoren and the other two arrived on the giant's tree middle-field and tried to provoke Almond. It didn't show them everything that happened in a clear sense since the camera was on Romez's center, but it was a great shock to them to see Romez and Thamus losing in 2v1 and Almond beating up Zoren while playing with them.
"Who is going in then? I heard that entering the Labyrinth forcefully while it is closed will result in death."
"What do people of our world know? We've never entered because we couldn't, but Hollowstar Emissory knows. We will be able to enter using Void-breach stone. Putting it over a Labyrinth gate would forcefully keep it open for 2 days."
"So we only have 2 days to prepare everything and trigger the Floor Boss? If so, most of us will have to enter together."
"That's right. I am not entering unless at least 20 of us enter."
"Not twenty, but everyone. Every single platinum-rank adventurer affiliated with us will enter for this goal."
"But what will be the result after this goal is accomplished? Did Emissory of Hollowstar say anything, Darius?"
"Just know that if we want to rule the world, then many people need to die. Let the hiding old monsters and top guilds sacrifice themselves to defeat the Floor Boss. Whether they succeed or not, we will be set."
"And I hope nobody suddenly gets any funny ideas. All of us have received powers and benefits from the Hollowstar Emissory, so prevent any foolish ideas from popping into your head, or there won't be any head left on your shoulders."
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Almond first learned the skill execution by following the steps in the book--how to control Mana and how to control lightning's attributes in a way such that it would bring out the intended skill's design and effects. Afterward, he moved to forming skill runes, in which he fiddled with them a bit.
By the time he was done with skill runes, it was midnight.
Almond was exhausted then because it was a long day. His mind needed rest, especially after the stunt pulled in the Labyrinth. When he hit the bed, his consciousness drifted into a deep sleep in mere seconds.
When he opened his eyes, it was ten in the morning. Feeling fully refreshed and raring to move his body, Almond went outside after washing his face and started some heavy and intense physical training while listening to the news via his wristwatch.
Julian and Roken arrived half an hour later as Almond had called them right after waking up.
Once they arrived, he also told them to join in the training.
"We aren't doing normal training here. Use your Mana to make your body heavy, and then train. Once we are done, I'll give you some important swordplay points, Julian. As for you," Almond looked at Roken and grinned. "I'll have you train in your side-class mastery."
"With pleasure, young master Almond," Roken broadly smiled.
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The following text isn't counted towards the chapter price because I published the chapter first and then added the text (as the price doesn't change once the chapter is published). Please read below regarding the book's first event :)
—[Event: 9th Spirit Wraith]—
-Basically, Almond has yet to decide the name, disposition, and personality of the 9th Spirit Wraith, as it is a sentient, humanoid one. Below are the "attributes" of the 9th Spirit Wraith, so I will allow one reader to give their desired suggestion regarding the disposition, personality, and name of this spirit wraith (and one skill also if they want to)
-This one reader will be the one who has the highest contribution among fans—current no.1 is Joseph_Akiyama. This event will last until the end of 22nd November. Whoever has the highest contribution by then will win.]
—[9th Spirit Wraith's attributes]: Mainly Ice and Light as all boss monsters and smaller monsters in the creation of this Spirit Wraith were from the area that had Ice and light-attributed monsters.