MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 930: A Lofty Suggestion



Whoosh!

After feeling like he'd been whizzing through the air inside the cocoon for minutes on end, Valyr eventually felt the cocoon make contact with hard ground.

Thud.

At the very moment the cocoon made contact, the young man let out an exhale to compose himself, watching the cocoon gradually disappear before his very eyes as they turned into motes of Shadow Energy.

Within seconds, what was once a vessel that allowed him to safely return to where he

intended disappeared as if it wasn't even there in the first place, finally allowing Valyr to view the Shadow Plane he was familiar with once more.

After confirming that he and Noel had appeared yet again in one of the many forests the Shadow Plane had, Valyr shifted his attention towards the old man before him, his expression frozen at the instant where he'd just passed the rift.

"Well, I definitely wasn't expecting this." Waving his hands in front of Noel to see if the man would react, Valyr eventually gave up on his attempts once a couple of minutes had passed, his actions eliciting no response from the man whatsoever.

Confident that Noel would return to the way was as long as a bit more time passed, Valyr decided to go over the rewards he'd gotten from the Serpent Maiden, specifically the one that was more vague than the others.

'With how tangible the first three are, I already understand that she gave me those rewards to both solidify and further the path I'm currently taking,' thought the young man to himself, recalling the titles and the subclass he received.

'As for the last one, I only began to understand what it was after she clarified it for me,' Valyr continued going through his thoughts. 'What was once suspicion and speculation turned into confirmation because of that.'

If the first three rewards had something to do with either Azure Energy, the Four Azure Paths, or the Shadow Plane, then the final reward would be considered a reward that was sorely out of place.

Why?

"I was only able to improve my shadow Energy reserves by 10 points..." said the young man, murmuring his words near the end.

Though Valyr spoke in a murmur in a bid to somewhat confuse the old man, Noel seemed as if he'd heard the young man correctly, nodding in satisfaction as a response. "10 points may not be a lot... but it's still better than not improving it at all."

"Anyways, if we consider the remaining time we have left before sunset strikes in Veldanyr, we could stay in the Shadow Plane for around two more days before having to leave."

"Let's make most of that time to improve your Shadow Energy even further, shall we?" At those words, Valyr nodded in response, prompting the two to start moving through the forests in search for beasts that the young man could kill.

"Considering the difficulty in killing one in proportion to the amount of Shadow Energy you'd gain from it, I suppose we should start looking for adult Shadow Serpents," said Noel whilst the two were on the move.

"After all, you were able to kill a juvenile Shadow Serpent on your own while you were still at the peak of Rank 2. I'm sure you'd be able to handle them just fine."

"Could we hunt other beasts instead, Elder Noel?" Though Valyr definitely agreed with Noel's words, the memory Sellifer shared with him was still fresh in his mind after recalling it while with the Serpent Maiden, causing him to look at Shadow Serpents differently.

"What? Are you scared or something, brat?" Of course, Noel did not know this, instead looking at the young man as if he were a coward. "You? Someone now at the peak of Rank 3? Someone who's gone through the Four Pillars' Inheritance, is scared of Shadow Serpents?" "That's not it." Valyr shook his head as the gears in his mind turned as fast as they could. "I was just wondering if we could hunt beasts that give more Shadow Energy than the Shadow Serpent instead."

"Is that so?" Noel raised his eyebrow at that answer, slightly dubious of the young man's claim. "And what beast would you like to hunt instead?"

Pondering over the amount of damage he could deal at his current level, the young man eventually recalled a brief encounter he and Noel had with a beast back when he entered the

Shadow Plane in the first time.

Feeling as if he now had a shot at killing that specific beast, Valyr decided to voice his thoughts out, prompting Noel to become silent.

"If it were possible..."

"I would like to hunt Shadow Rabbits."