Reaper's Resurgence - Book 1 - Chapter 59 - The Matriarch (Patreon)

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                                                         Alexia

After a couple more hours of walking, I reach the peak where I stop right outside of the small rift that I see between the monster’s area and the outside world. Meanwhile the monster inside still isn’t moving at all. It’s just sitting at the center of the large flattened and charred stone that makes up the peak.

The monster is about twice the size of the other thunder hawks with a wingspan of about four meters in length and a body of about two meters in height. It has two glowing blue eyes with blue arcs of electricity moving through them along with yellow arcs or electricity moving across the rest of its body. Meanwhile the creature is just sitting still and staring at me from its place at the center of the peak with lightning repeatedly coming down and striking the stone, making arcs of electricity move across it for a couple seconds each time before fizzling out.

I can’t seem to identify the monster from out here, but it should be level 100. And considering its gaze which clearly has at least some intelligence in it, it’s likely either a Class D or a Class C monster. Probably Class C if I had to guess.

Either way, it’ll be annoying to deal with its lightning.

Throughout my time dealing with the other thunder hawks to reach level 100, I managed to raise the levels of my skills as well. Quantum Displacement being the primary one that I leveled, making it reach level 7. Which is just three levels off of being the max level of Tier 1, where I’ll need to use the monster core I got from the final boss of the dungeon to bring it to Tier 2.

But with Quantum Displacement being this high in level, I should be able to safely teleport up to seven meters away from myself now. Enough to get close to the bird without much trouble.

Overall, as long as I can get close to it then the fight should be in my hand. I’d be more worried if this monster was a higher level than me.

But we’re the same level, and my species is a much higher Class than its.

So I should be fine.

Things don’t always work out as planned though, and the monster does have pretty strong magic by the looks of the lightning and the electricity.

I frown at that fact before shrugging my right shoulder where Luna is and telling her through our bond, ‘Fly. Keep a distance from me and the boss and focus on using your new skill.’

Luna does just as I say with a short yet rather adorable squeak as I narrow my eyes on the bird.

To test things out, I raise my hand and summon my polearm before throwing it straight at the rift in the direction of the hawk, but it just bounces off the rift without doing anything. Even though it’s using quantum energy.

Interesting. A much more powerful rift than the ones in the dungeon, that’s for sure.

After testing it out once more by sending a Quantum Bolt at it and finding that to fail as well, I take a deep breath and step past the rift. But to my surprise, there isn’t any sort of System Message telling me what I just entered, and when I quickly move my hand back, I find that I’m still able to leave.

Meaning only the bird is trapped here.

But my attacks still can’t pass through the rift.

I summon my polearm again as the large hawk finally begins to move, straightening up a little and narrowing its eyes on me.

“Hello birdy,” I tell the thing while identifying it.

{Thunder Hawk Matriarch – Level 100}

Matriarch? Guessing this was the leader of the flock I kinda killed.

I hope she’s not mad at me.

The matriarch opens its beak and lets out a cawing sound that somehow mixes with the cracking of thunder. Then it flaps its wings once and climbs up into the air with bolts of lightning flying around it.

Okay, I didn’t consider that.

I purse my lips before opening my mouth slightly when an idea comes to me.

Right when I’m about to start executing said idea though, a bolt of lightning strikes the ground near my feet, sending electricity running through me that leaves me just barely standing. And another bolt comes after that. Then another.

But to my surprise, while they do hurt a lot and are still doing damage, it doesn’t look like these are counted as magical attacks. Probably because they’re coming down here from the clouds and not being made by the hawk.

Even if the hawk is probably guiding them here.

My eyes suddenly widen as another idea comes to me and I reverse the damage done to my legs by the lightning, using up not actually that much soul in the process due to the limited damage the leftover electricity did. Then I find myself immediately opening my skills list.

[General Skills]

|Pain Resistance Level 5(16%)(T1)|

|Polearm Mastery Level 4(41%)(T1)|

|Forerunner (Unique)|

|Stealth Level 2(94%)(T1)|

|Survivor Level 2(4%)(T1)|

|Poison Resistance Level 4(29%)(T1)|

|Exploration Level 2(2%)(T1)|

|Dungeon Map Level 1(0%)(T1)|

[Active Skills]

|Quantum Bolt Level 5(31%)(T1)|

|Quantum Displacement Level 7(3%)(T1)|

|Quantum Reversal Level 4(22%)(T1)|

|Quantum Echo Level 3(2%)(T1)|

|Quantum Burst Level 4(21%)(T1)|

[Passive Skills]

|Quantum Attunement Level 3(11%)(T1)|

|Quantum Singularity Level 1(3%)(T1)|

|Quantum Infusion Level 4(6%)(T1)|

|Quantum Adaption Level 1(24%)(T1)|

|Quantum Aura Level 2(71%)(T1)|

I can’t help but grin at the sight of Quantum Adaptation finally going up a little bit in percentage.

Looks like I can adapt to lightning. Actually, Quantum Adaptation might just be one of the best skills I have now that I think about it. Since it lets me make a small adaptation similar to a resistance for each type of damage instead of just a single skill meant for a resistance to one.

Even if the skill is probably vastly limited in comparison to an actual resistance skill for an element.

My thoughts are cut off when another bolt of lightning strikes right near me, making me wonder just how bad the hawk’s control of the lightning is. Until I remember that it’s lightning. One of the harder elements to control in the first place due to its unpredictability.

So with that thought in mind, after reversing the damage of the lighting bolt that electrified my leg with its sparks, I grin up at the hawk.

Time to see if I can’t train my adaptation for electricity!

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