Chapter 1275 Blasting through
Eldrin"s heart skipped a beat as he gaped at the humongous goblins but the next second everything was red. Fire! The entire forest was burning!
The beast from h.e.l.l in the hide of a cute fox opened her mouth and watched in amus.e.m.e.nt as the world around them burnt to a husk.
Eldrin wasn"t sure before but now after experiencing these flames in person he was sure of it. The beast definitely possessed a flame fragment of at least high grade.
He couldn"t help but gaze at the four tails swis.h.i.+ng behind her back and then another crazy thought crossed his mind. Perhaps more than one flame fragment?
No. That was impossible. He quickly put the thought away.
The fight was over before it even began and the goblins were no match to the notorious fox.
"Sweet Jesus holy mother of exp!" Immediately, a shriek sounded. Rey, Madan, and Lan Deming stood wide-eyed as an unbelievable amount of experience points rained on them. Clearly, there was no experience points suppression system in this Spire. Normally, when a group partied together for dungeon runs or boss raids, if the levels of the party members were lopsided then the experience points distribution would be abysmal. It was a sort of punishment for riding on the coattails of the strong.
But here the complete opposite was happening. They were being rewarded for being leeches?!!
"Don"t get too used to it!" Eldrin snorted. "It is not always a group trial. Just like the first one, we will all have to face our own demons eventually. So enjoy your luck while you can."
Despite the elf"s s.h.i.+tty att.i.tude, everyone was in high spirits as Rey, Madan, and Lan Deming had all finally crossed their level 100 bottleneck in one fell swoop. They had been stuck here forever and now they were able to make progress.
Even the tamed beasts enjoyed the rich experience points distribution. All the beasts were leveling up left and right.
Naturally, Luna and Eldrin did not gain anything from these kills and from the looks of it Dante had also not gained anything as the guy wore a disgusted expression. Luna sent the guy a growl which immediately made him shrivel up. The fox did not pay him any further attention. She licked her paws as if she were saying "You are welcome" and her eyes darted around here and there.
Rey hurried over and collected all the loot from the goblins.
"Let"s keep moving." Eldrin reminded them. This was not the time to really examine their loot as they were standing in the middle of a dense forest. More importantly, the guy they were relying on had gone poof.
The group started moving and they had taken only a few steps when they noticed something very weird. The forest around them suddenly seemed different. It looked like it was ransacked?! On top of that, they were also receiving more and more experience points continuously.
"What the h.e.l.l?" Eldring opened and closed his mouth when a gust of wind a.s.saulted them and Liam was back just like that.
Not even a second pa.s.sed after he appeared and one by one several spectral figures emerged from the woodwork.
"Of course." Eldrin bitterly smiled.
"I confirmed it. I am able to summon my army here." Liam explained. The group then watched as one by one many minions started appearing and more importantly, each one of them held one thing or the other.
Some held goblin corpses. Some held other loot from the fallen goblins. Some held herbs, fruits, and flowers. Some even held rocks and pebbles.
The minions dumped all of their finds at Liam"s feet who then casually instructed his newly acquired beast companions. "Eat whatever you want."
Everyone gaped in shock at the sight of small, cute little snakes and chicks wobbling over to the mound.
"We don"t have time-" Eldrin started but he quickly shut up as the scene in front of him was completely terrifying.
The cuteness was just a deception. These baby beasts were monsters and they proved it as they started gobbling up one thing after another in quick succession.
The sight was surreal. The small, seemingly adorable creatures transformed into ravenous devourers, consuming everything from goblin remains to natural resources with startling speed and efficiency.
Liam chuckled. Only he was not surprised as he was already used to Luna gobbling up one precious item after another non-stop.
"You guys can also help yourself." He looked at Rey and Madan who nodded and started nudging their beasts also to partake. But how could ordinary beasts interrupt the mealtime of legendary monsters?
They could only politely look on from the side. After a few minutes, when the legendary beasts seemed to have finished having their stomach filled, the other beasts hobbled over and rummaged through the remains.
On the other side, a separate heap of items was formed. On closer inspection, these appeared to be consumables for enhancing all sorts of attributes. However, they were weaker treasures that worked only on newly awakened or barely awakened beings.
While these were useless to Liam, Luna, and Eldrin, the others gasped at the sight of the precious items. "There is no time. Just eat whatever you can and absorb whatever you can." Liam grabbed one of the fruits and tossed it to Rey.
He did not need to say twice as everyone jumped to dig in shamelessly, even Dante. Looking at all of these precious herbs and fruits literally made them mouthwatering. Their bodies were craving for it.
These were the lowest of the low materials but they had all been stuck in one way or the other up until now. So this was a feast they did not dare refuse.
Even if a fruit gave half an attribute point, they still gorged down on it. Meanwhile, Liam busied himself as he channeled through all of his soul minions and gave them orders. He also scanned through everything at lightning speed to make sure that they were not missing anything of value. Naturally, he was on the lookout for anything that could heal his soul but how could something like this be obtained on the very first floor so easily?
"Ummm… We still need to finish the quest?" Eldrin reminded, interrupting his mental processing.
"It"s fine. We can leave in another couple of minutes. The quest is about clearing the trade route in the forest and it is almost done."
Huh? Eldrin was once again shocked.
And just like Liam said, two minutes later a glow covered all of them. Darkness followed as the familiar feeling of teleportation a.s.saulted the group.
The group then disappeared from the forests as if they had never existed in the first place, leaving behind only a big heap of natural resources, half-eaten and half-left behind.
Since their time inside the Spire was limited, they couldn"t afford to spend anything more than the bare minimum time required. Moreover, the higher floors would have better quality items which they would be missing out on if they spent too much time on the lower floors.
The next floor was similarly straightforward. The group was teleported to the middle of a village that was being ransacked by a group of bandits.
Liam immediately summoned his soul army that quickly took care of not just the bandits fighting in the village but also those who were staying hidden in a cave nearby, clearing out the entire gang.
At the same time, they too ransacked the village and the neighboring places searching for anything and everything that was valuable and edible.
And when they were just about done, Luna appeared to show off her might. It looked like the little fox had made her own calculations after observing the first floor. So just before the quest was done, she simply walked over and gobbled up all the gathered edible resources.
When stared at by Liam, the fox sheepishly grinned. "We should not waste food, master."
Liam chuckled at the glutton as the group was once again covered by a golden glow, darkness following as they were teleported to their destination.
The next floor was of a similar level. This time they were teleported to a beast nest and they had to successfully escape from the nest.
This took less than a second as the soul army destroyed, plundered, and pillaged the place, the group leaving just as quickly as they dropped in.
Eldrin was sweating. What the h.e.l.l was going on? This was the Spire of Ascension, not a random training field to be blasting through at this pace!
All his life he had heard about the Spire and had prepared for the Spire but never had he read one report of something like this happening! These people treated the floors of the Spire like some sort of "all you can eat" festival.
Just the mere thought of this monstrous speed made him want to s.h.i.+t his pants. This was cheating, right? This was definitely cheating? It had to be!
His body was trembling. Both from fear and excitement. What has he gotten himself into?