Towers Of Heaven - 65 Book 3 Chapter 60

Mana, Essence, Soul Force, Holy Energy, Battle Energy, Illusion Energy. It was difficult for Jason to understand the fundamental differences between them, yet if he could apply one trait to Battle Energy, he felt sharpness was appropriate. Only after the dust settled did he realize a critical flaw. The blade was sharp, true, but it lacked a certain weight. It only had enough durability for a single blow, but Jason felt that it was possible to increase that number if he experimented some more.

A notification broke him from his thoughts.

Congratulations! Your Battle Physique and the M-serum have allowed you to create a new skill!

Guillotine

Split the earth with a massive blade. Deals 10,000% damage. Ignores 90% of the target’s defense. Consumes 5,000 Battle Energy.

“Interesting,” Jason muttered as he contemplated the implications of the skill. Did this mean if he used Battle Energy in a specific way, the tower would recognize it as an ability? Ever since becoming Aros’ champion, Jason only ever used the skills given to him. After all, it was a known fact ascenders couldn’t create a skill without some extraordinary circumstance. Now, however, Jason needed to start thinking outside the box.

Roy and the other M-serum users needed to be informed, but first, Jason walked over to where Sethess died. Surprisingly, the hydra didn’t drop essence like every other monster on the floor. Instead, three hieroglyphs floated off the ground. Although the images were crude, Jason could make out a dagger, a pair of shoulder pads, and a shield.

Lavos approached from behind and explained, “I’ve heard when the strongest pure demons die, they have a chance of leaving behind their runes. On some occasions, their essence will fuse with parts of their body to create equipment-type runes.”

“Oh,” Jason held back from rolling his eyes, finding it silly the tower was trying to explain why items suddenly dropped. It had no reason to, yet did so anyway.

After focusing on the dagger, two notifications popped up.

Consume / Store

Sethess’ Fang Tier 10 Rune

This rune summons an item with no duration.

Damage: 4,000

+150% Attack Speed

+40% Agility

+20% Strength

20% Chance to deal 300% Damage

Passive Ability 1: Each successful attack adds a stacking debuff which corrodes the target’s armor, reducing their defense by 5% per stack. Maximum of 5 stacks. Lasts 10 seconds, with each new stack refreshing the duration.

Passive Ability 2: Each successful attack adds a stacking debuff which poisons the target. Each stack causes 1% of the target’s current life in damage every second. Maximum of 3 stacks. Lasts 3 seconds, with each new stack refreshing the duration.

Jason whistled after reading the dagger’s information. Not only did it boast considerable damage and attack speed, but it also came with powerful abilities. As much as Jason hated to admit it, this weapon was a bane to all tanks. Next up was the shoulder pads.

Twin-Headed Doom Shoulders Tier 10 Rune

This rune summons an item with no duration.

-10% Damage Taken

+55% Intelligence

+25% Vitality

+20% Magic Damage

-5% Skill Cooldown

-5% Skill Cost

Active Ability 1: Upon activation, each head spits out an elemental beam in a frontal cone. Damage dealt is based on your Intelligence. 30 second cooldown.

Remark 1: The beam’s element is chosen randomly from fire, water, wind, lava, and lightning.

“Do you want this one?” Jason glanced at Lavos as he pointed at the shoulders. The active ability was excellent, but the item’s stats were for a mage, not a tank. The minotaur was the one who dealt most of the damage to Sethess, so it was only fair to let Lavos take his pick.

Lavos answered by consuming the rune. In the next moment, a pair of life-like hydra heads appeared atop his shoulders. Eerily, each head was alive. Their eyes glanced around menacingly, and they even let out low growls.

Jason thought this was the coolest pair of shoulder pads he’d ever seen. How awesome would it have been if the stats were for tanks? Alas.

Moving on, Jason inspected the shield.

Serrated Abyssal Shield Tier 10 Rune

This rune summons an item with no duration.

Defense: 300

-70% Physical Damage taken on a successful block

-90% Magical damage taken on a successful block

-20% Damage Taken

+15% Strength

+25% Vitality

+20% Fortitude

+20% Endurance

+35% Tenacity

Active Ability 1: Upon activation, reflect 50% of all damage taken for 10 seconds. 1 minute cooldown.

Passive Ability 1: When attacked, deal damage to the attacker based on your Fortitude.

With numerous skills and top-tier equipment, Jason had around 70% damage reduction. As the calculation was multiplicative and not additive, each additional point was excruciatingly hard to raise. The shield before him was a significant upgrade to his current shield, but before taking it, he turned to Lavos, “Can I have it?”

Lavos shrugged, “Take both. I do not need them.”

“Thanks, man,” Jason held out a fist for Lavos to bump, though he immediately knew it was pointless. Contrary to his expectations, Lavos completed the gesture. It appeared the minotaur learned many things from humans over the past few weeks.

Giddy with excitement, Jason consumed the rune, making it his sixth one. As if by coincidence, the rune appeared over his left hand, the one he held shields with. After activating the rune, a massive tear-shaped shield sprang into existencethe thing covered over half of Jason’s body. Flipping it over, Jason discovered the shield was a red scale, much like the ones Sethess had. The surface looked like a shark’s mouth, covered in hundreds of sharp points.

Jason performed a few acrobatic moves to get familiar with its weight and shape. After a few moments, he recalled the shield and stored the dagger in his inventory. Olivia would love it.

It was only then Jason realized Lavos had been staring at him with a brooding expression. Gulping, Jason forced a smile, “So, uh, what now?”

“Yes, what now?” Lavos folded his arms and leaned on one foot. “I suppose an all-out war is inevitable.”

“Oh, that’s not good,” Jason scratched his cheek sheepishly.

“No, not at all,” Lavos scowled.

The two fell silent as Jason avoided eye contact as Lavos glared at him. Why was he taking all the heat? Peter was the leader, right?

After what seemed like an eternity, Lavos snorted, “There is perhaps another method.”

“There is?” Jason asked joyfully.

“I could announce I killed Sethess in combat to take his place. Other tribe leaders have done so in the past,” Lavos explained.

“Doesn’t that mean we can grow freely within your territory?” Jason thought if this worked, the benefits were endless.

“You can, but my tribe won’t,” Lavos’ tone was sullen. “The monthly tribute a general has to pay prevents them from growing in strength.”

Jason dismissively waved his hand, “Oh, that’s no problem at all. I can instantly kill thousands of demons once or twice a day.”

“Really?” Lavos was skeptical.

“Yeah, yeah,” Jason explained the specifics, including the ability to loot the drops telepathically. After alleviating Lavos’ concerns, the two then went back to the haven, so Lavos and Peter could hammer out the details. Besides informing Peter what he learned, Jason asked Peter to keep the fact he killed Sethess and the demon army a secret.

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