Chapter 1495 – More Chomp is More Fun

After spending an hour burning mental energy trying to figure out just how this new spell form works, I give up for the time being. Well, sort of. The nice thing about having multiple brains is that I can have the others continue the work while the main mind gets on with other business.

Gweheheheh. Yes, sub-brains, work hard for me!

I know I’m technically laughing at myself, but it still feels like I’m passing off the work to someone else, which is always a lovely feeling.

Reading through my extensive list of Skills, I have to wonder, how long have these things been maxed out? I’m going to say… not long. I’m not basing that on anything, but if Granin were to ask, I’ll make sure to tell him I’ve been diligently monitoring my status sheet as a good Ancient prospect should.

The next big Skill I take a look at is, of course, Void Chomp.

It finally reached level ONE-HUNDRED AND SIXTY! Which is a heck of a lot of levels. Turns out smushing all these fifth stratum monsters between my mandibles has paid off after all! Void Chomp is one of my most potent Skills right now, a rank six physical attack that, when empowered, absolutely detonates anything but the strongest monsters. I’m super excited to see what it turns into at rank seven!

In fact, I’m so excited that I upgrade it immediately, spending the Skill Point and confirming the purchase with Gandalf.

Void Chomp (VI) -> Starcrusher (VII)

Uh, what? Starcrusher? Excuse me? That sounds super deadly! I mean, Starcrusher? It crushes stars? What will happen if I empower it?

As the knowledge of the new Skill trickles into my brain, I wait eagerly, my mandibles quivering in anticipation. I need this Skill to be amazing since I’ll be using it for a long time, a full three-hundred and twenty levels until it reaches rank eight, but I certainly don’t want to be improving this any further until I evolve. Granin warned me that my Skills shouldn’t outpace my evolutions, lest they become stronger than my body can handle.

The moment I’m finished learning the rank seven ability, my mandibles fly open, but right on the verge of activating it, I look around at the newly completed cavern that I’m occupying. Right now… it’s probably not a good idea to let it rip here in the fortress, which hasn’t even been finished yet. If I use it and blow up a few rooms, the carvers are going to be… a little upset. I can wait. I can hold it.

Probably.

For now, let’s distract myself and look for more Skills that I can upgrade, and there’s a ton of them:

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Tunnel Compass (IV) -> Tunnel Compendium (V)

Master Stamina (IV) -> Grandmaster Stamina (V)

Layered Mind Magic Affinity (V) -> Multi-Layered Mind Magic Affinity (VI)

Guided Acid Shot (V) -> Pinpoint Acid Shot (VI)