Cecil realised that it had been a while since he animated the Spawner.
The only sense of time Cecil had was the decreasing number of Silk Snakes and his MP recovery rate.
Mostly his MP recovery Rate.
[Mp - 125/370]
(Wait, I can spawn my OWN Silk Snakes!)
Cecil made the new Spawner fly near him and tapped the eye shaped rune with Blue Blitz. He could use it to reach things too.
[SPAWNER]
[LV 50]
• Silk Serpent [X]
• Belid [X]
• None [✓]
He immediately pressed the box beside Silk Serpent.
And then realised that one Silk Snake was coiled around his arm.
Its tail was chopped off, and it was apparently trying to choke Cecil's arm.
Red Rager just floated around it awkwardly, unsure how to kill it without harming Cecil.
It was actually very easy to do that, but Red Rager, as Cecil Noticed, was always angry and violent, so doing a clean decapitation was out of the question.
Cecil let Blue Blitz go, and grabbed Red Rager.
"I should teach them normal stuff one of these days."
Cecil sighed, and didn't seem to find anything strange with his words.
He cut the Silk Snake's head like vegetables.
Cecil Looked at the Spawner again.
The building was mostly empty now, with Blue Blitz rapidly destroying the remaining Snakes with Green Guardian.
He pressed the Rune again.
[Silk Serpent]
"System, show me the scan I did on these snakes
[Silk Snake]
Cecil squinted his eyes.
Unnecessarily.
"Why the hell are their names different?"
Logically, Breach Spawners and his Scan Skill are both part of the System interface everyone has.
So why is there a discrepancy here?
(Only one way to find out)
Cecil waited a few moments.
And something popped out.
It looked Identical to the Silk Snakes.
But was Greyer.
Longer.
Faster.
Better.
It was Better.
It looked like a snake without scales, but Cecil guessed that it might get them after a few levels.
"
[
Silk Serpent, Lv 50
Race- Golem
Atk- 10
Def- 10
Spd- 10
Mag- 170
Sentience- Infantile
Suggestion- Spawns from Breach Spawner Cubes. Can hijack corpses.
]
This was an upgrade in every way.
"... Wait Infantile?!"
An Infant's intelligence was clearly less than a Beast whose very nature is to kill.
"Is this for real?"
The Silk Serpent looked kind of dazed.
"Go attack the Silk Snakes outside."
Cecil commanded it.
The Silk Serpent Dashed downstairs immediately.
Cecil looked kind of dazed.
"Is this what coaxing a child feels like?"
And then Cecil looked around.
The three Daggers and the Chunks of Rose Gold.
(Alright, Next stop.)
Cecil grabbed the Spawner and walked downstairs.
Cyrus was still blocking the door.
But the Snakes outside were significantly lesser.
Not because the other 7 Buildings were trying to hoard them.
Because outside, Strange Creatures were killing the snakes.
Floating Wheels with spikes on them, and teeth in the center.
There were about 10 of them now.
"I... Guess I shouldn't have drawn their designs myself."
It's not that they looked bad.
They did look bad.
But they also looked Nightmarish.
Because they seemed to be moving slowly, yet most of the Snakes were unable to contend.
(...And they have better teamwork than these three.)
Blue Blitz' tip was pointing at Cecil's head, as if daring him to repeat himself.
His own Creations, Belids.
And whatever the fuck the Silk Serpents are supposed to be.
So far, Cecil can't see a difference between his Silk Serpent and the Silk Snakes trying to siege it.
"Alright Cyrus, to the next building."
Cecil said as he walked out.
His 130 MP was still breathing down his neck, but progress.
On and another Silk Serpent spawned.
These guys seem to have genders.
The one spawned Earlier had a thinner tail than the newly born one, so the first Serpent was Female and this one is male.
(Unless these don't behave like normal snakes and do their own thing.)
To be fair, they were not even snakes.
They were Golems.
So maybe they don't even have Genders.
*ROOAARRRR*
Cyrus Roared at him.
They had cleared the path a few meters ahead.
Cecil rushed ahead, and the Rose Gold transformed into bullets again.
———
At the Cyan Garden Academy, a single man stood outside the non binder's dormitory.
The Guard looked at him, and the man flashed an ID card, before going in.
At the Reception, the old man glanced at the newcomer.
"Hallo."
He said in his 'light' German Accent.
"I'm here to talk to Cecil Velhana."
The Newcomer said quietly.
"It's 11:30"
"I know he's awake. Just send someone to check."
The old man sighed, and knocked on the door behind him.
A younger looking man walked out.
"Check Floor 26. Knock once and ask if he's awake. Send him down if he replies."
The newcomer stood still as the young man went upstairs.
"Why the boy?"
The Old man asked.
"Just a reminder that every flame has to be doused one day."
He whispered.
———
[
Name- Cecil Velhana
Age- 16
Role- Promising Puppeteer
Race- human(100%)
Morality- +20
Class- Mastermind
Exp: {•••·······}
Lv:33
Hp:320/320
Mp:132/370
Atk-33
Def-33
Spd-33
Mag-133
Persuasion(Public)-10.05→10.15
Persuasion(Anonymous)-10.15→10.25
Skills-Deus Ex Machina(G)(5 subskills), Dagger Release(F)
]
The first thing Cecil Noticed in his full status window was that the Exp Bar was absolutely horrendous.
Like, it only updated at every 10% of progress.
(Is this why Binders always look pissed?)
To be fair, if a Car's speedometer was digital and one digit was always 0, it would be more than a little inconvinient.
The third building was helping a lot.
He has reached 30% in here.
That's atleast a 1% increase.
Or a 9% increase.
"Cyrus, don't use that Skill indoors."
Cecil said, watching Cyrus crank his neck towards the sky.
Speaking of which, they were inside a cave.
And Cecil didn't have no problems seeing things.
(Where have been getting light from???)
Cecil then realised one thing.
He had a major problem.
Not the low level.
Not the fact that he was being besieged every second.
(The problem is tha—)
*RRROOOOOAAAAAARRRRR*
Cyrus is loud as fuck for some reason.
He points his tail towards the Ceiling.
And Golden Thunder starts dancing throughout the tail.
And Cyrus cleaves The space ahead.
*WWWOOOOOSSSSSHHHHH*
Floor wiped clean.
Not even bundles of Silk remain.
Just charred black ashes.
And a Beast Fuming.
Lion Head.
Elephant Legs.
Eagle Talons.
Serpentine Tail.
And a Thundering Presence.