Defiance of the Fall

That was the disadvantage of the illusion array , and why it was so cheap compared to many other defensive options . Anyone could simply walk through it if they desired as it provided no stopping power . As soon as someone knew where to look or just was passing by it simply had no value . Also , it didn’t work on stronger individuals , as they could sense something was wrong with the cosmic energy in the area . However , it was a cost-effective alternative right now which left Zac with more coins for other buildings . Later he would see if he could get some physical bushes transplanted at the edge of camp to dissuade any roving animal or monster from taking a path through the camp even further .

Zac was not done with that though and he made another purchase which spawned a box similar to the first one , but slightly larger . Inside were 12 poles , this time white but still engraved in gold . They were slightly larger than the illusion flags and had a different fractal engraved , but obviously they had the same purpose – to create an array . It was the F-Grade Small Scale Mother-Daughter Gathering Array] and cost Zac a whopping 7500 Nexus coins , almost cleaning him out . The gathering arrays for sale in the shop was designed to gather cosmic energy from the void and increase the density of it within its borders . This would improve the cultivation speed of the cultivators , and was likely a must for any town of repute in the multi-verse . This normally was of no use to Zac , as he wasn’t a cultivator and instead had to kill monsters to gain levels . However , the array he had bought had a special function which was highly desirable to Zac . The Mother-Daughter in its name referred to the fact that it actually was two arrays .

One of them was the normal gathering array , which was referred to as the mother array . The other array was actually a necklace which looked a bit like a small ship’s wheel from a medieval ship attached to a silver chain . The unique function of the Mother-Daughter Gathering Array was that most of the energy that the mother-array gathered did not increase the density of cosmic energy within the array , but was actually transferred to the daughter-array .

As long as Zac wore the amulet and was within 50 kilometers from the mother-array , cosmic energy would continuously be transferred to the amulet , and from the amulet into Zac . In other words , the array essentially turned him into a cultivator who continuously drew energy into himself , as long as he was on the island .

The downside of this type of array was that the gathering efficiency was far lower compared to a similar F-Grade Gathering array , which would result in a far more sparse concentration of cosmic energy in a town . However , this didn’t matter to Zac as he had no citizens that he needed to take into account , at least not for now . He quickly followed the instructions and placed the 12 flags around the camp .

This was Zac’s main plan to have a chance to get strong enough to survive against the incursion . He had no experience of combat from his earlier life and needed to gain power from stats and levels to simply be able to overpower his enemies , at least he gained some actual combat experience .

There were more things Zac wanted to buy , but he simply had run out of coins . Finally , Zac Took a look at his status screen once more and saw that even though it had been a harrowing experience , killing the snake had not given him another level .

Name Zachary Atwood

Level 16

Race Human

Alignment Human (Earth)

Titles Born For Carnage , Ultimate Reaper , Luck of the Draw , Giantsbane , Disciple of David , Overpowered , Slayer of Leviathans , Adventurer

Strength 31

Dexterity 25

Endurance 27

Vitality 27

Intelligence 29

Wisdom 29

Luck 44

Free Points 30

Nexus Coins 600

After checking out the menu he looked down on his battered and bruised body and felt embarrassed with himself . He had 30 stat points he still hadn’t allocated . If he had done that this morning he might not have been in such a precarious situation as he was .

It was time to upgrade .

Chapter 12 - The Warrior-Route

Initially Zac had wanted to hold out on spending his points until he understood the class system better , maybe even waiting to allocate until level 25 . He now realized that such thinking was naïve . He needed every advantage he could get the coming months if he wanted to survive . He was supposed to kill 3 more Heralds somehow but had almost died twice to low tier monster at the edge of the island .