Defiance of the Fall

He was also a bit surprised with the amount of Nexus Coins he amassed from the battle . He had gained roughly 150 000 from his whole day on the battlefield . While it was not a small amount by any means , it still didn’t feel like it added up . That poison cloud should have killed hundreds , if not thousands , in the valley . Only the strongest combatants had been right by the tree , while the rest were spread out through the valley . Perhaps a few of the speedier ones had managed to escape , there couldn’t be too many survivors with how rapidly the purple cloud had expanded .

Zac shuddered at the thought of having poisoned hundreds of beings to death but forcibly threw the thought into the back of his mind . Either all those kills didn’t actually improve his level or give him coins , or they all were still alive .

Zac was convinced that they died from the poison . Just one breath of the poison cloud made him who had over a hundred endurance keel over , and he couldn’t imagine normal demons or monkeys survive that . Furthermore , he had seen the horrified looks on their faces when they saw the billowing purple clouds .

Zac briefly considered trying to swim through the pond to get back into the valley , but soon perished the thought . Even if he managed to actually swim through the water now , the poison might still be up there .

Suddenly a thought popped up into his mind , and he opened the quest screen .

Active Quests

Dynamic Quests

Off With Their Heads (Unique) : Kill the four heralds and the general of an incursion within 3 months . Reward : 10 E-Grade Nexus Crystals , E-Grade equipment , unique building depending on performance . (5/5) COMPLETE]

Incursion Master (Unique) : Close or conquer incursion and protect outpost from denizens of other alignments for 3 months . Reward : 5 E-Grade Nexus Crystals , outpost upgraded to town , status upgraded to Lord . (0/3) 43 : 12 : 32 : 11]

Class Quests

Forester's Constitution (Class) : Fight in the forests , be one with nature . Reward : Forester's Constitution Skill . (8/30)

Loamwalker (Class) : Walk a thousand kilometers touching the earth . Reward : Loamwalker Skill . (0/1000)

Zac sighed in relief , as the first incursion quest finally could be confirmed as complete . This had been his goal since Abby’s warning , and it was thankfully done with after almost two horrible months . He already had been pretty sure he completed it the moment the general got impaled , but it was nice to finally see it set in stone .

He was also relieved to see that the quest said COMPLETE] instead of just disappearing , as that meant the system hadn’t spit out the reward somewhere while he was unconscious . As one of the rewards was related to his outpost he assumed he would have to get back to his camp to collect them .

The next quest had gotten a timer just like the limited quest . If he read it correctly he either had to finish it within 43 days or something would happen in 43 days .

Finally , he was surprised to see that the Loamwalker hadn’t progressed at all since he got it . He wasn’t exactly sure how far he ran yesterday , but he had been pushing it pretty hard with his inhuman stats for a few hours , so he felt that he should at least have ran a marathon on the mountain slopes . And walking on a mountain should constitute touching earth in any sense of the word .

After a brief hesitation he took off his shoes and threw them into his bag . He was reminded of the man in the vision , and could only try copying him . Perhaps his soles had to actually physically touch the earth for it to count , and if true he wondered what that meant when using the skill in the future . Would he become a barefoot warrior in the future just like the axe-man? At least his endurance was high enough that his soles wouldn’t get cut or damaged even if walking around on glass shards .

Satisfied that he had gone through everything for now he brought out some food and water . He was generally happy with the progression , but also a bit pissed off that that harrowing experience in the water hadn’t done anything except boost his Race a level .

From how precious the Fruit of Ascension appeared he thought that the fruit alone would be enough to ascend a stage , but with the harrowing molding his body had gone through he figured he should at least have been awarded some bonus attributes or a title . He wondered if the System had a complaint department he could contact , as its rewards weren’t balanced .

Internally grumbling he tore into a piece of dried meat and he was surprised to see that his appetite was simply monstrous , and he ate a couple of kilos of meat before he felt satiated . Looking at his slightly protruding belly he wondered if evolving your race meant that you got a separate dimension tucked into your stomach .