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Lyra shook her head sharply No of course not SheÆs gone from Earth for now She didnÆt put the Dungeon in your Path

You just said Randidly began but Lyra pointed to herself

I did I had the information left from when Yystrix and I were in contact There were several such variants that the Creature discovered in her travels she made it her job to study such things Considering your reluctance about our deal I wanted to give you a taste of how dangerous the Nexus and its ilk really are What better way than to put an individual who had been crushed by the System before you

Randidly regarded Lyra for several seconds letting that information slowly percolate through his mind To RandidlyÆs senses Lyra appeared completely honest He wasnÆt sure which was the more intimidating truth that she was deceiving him and the Creature was still around or that she was honest and had been hiding the capability to somehow arrange for him to enter into a very specific Dungeon

Had she manipulated him or had she somehow moved the Dungeon

Scratching the back of his neck Randidly shook his head He had certainly learned a lot from the Dungeon It had given him perspective on a lot of things How under the System people were forced to devour each other to grow in strength or accept their doom at the hands of the System He had seen the truth of the SystemÆs eternal pragmatism in how ChulroonÆs world was treated after he had been wounded

But could Randidly trust that it hadnÆt all been arranged

Perhaps not but Randidly had immersed himself in the aura of timelessness for quite a long time It was an image that had been created by Chulroon and wasnÆt something that could be easily faked And there was no dishonesty in that image Chulroon sincerely believed his own story was real

The deal with Lyra was simple she would provide information about ShalÆs result and in exchange Randidly would arrange for her to receive a Class He would receive more information about the System and about Shal while he gave her another lever of influence that she could use to affect Earth

To even affect EarthÆs image

It was a worrisome possibility but RandidlyÆs sharp nose sniffed out that something was very different about LyraÆs and the CreatureÆs goals

Previously their main goal was simply to find a way to hide from the System Escape from the constant pursuit but now IÆm learning that the SystemÆs main goal is a war with Nether If itÆs truly putting all of its efforts into fighting this war does the System really have the time and attention to search for a single person Were the memories I obtained from that clone of the Creature lies What am I missing

Randidly looked down at his right hand Despite the SystemÆs healing there was a patch of skin at the center of his hand that was discolored to look as grey as slate It was the spot where his newly evolved NetherÆs Caress manifested

What changed As I recall the Creature was grooming my Soulskill to be a bomb And now IÆve been handed a knife Is it just a distraction ThereÆs too much that I donÆt know

And it wasnÆt like there were many avenues that Randidly had to gain more information But he suspected he would learn a lot soon from his final Judgement but having more information prior to that obvious exposure to danger had quite a bit of value RandidlyÆs Crown of Upheaval and Gloom buzzed in his chest For the first time Randidly felt his loyalties split

Creating a Class for Lyra might endanger the Earth but it might also give him enough ammo to protect his Alpha Cosmos It would allow him to guard those that followed him Erickson Steel would benefit from that protection

A fraction of tension fell from RandidlyÆs shoulders Some decisions would echo for quite some time after the fact and every time they needed to be made over and over again or everything you had gained would be lost fine I agree to your terms In two weeks come find me and IÆll make you a Class Make sure you bring a strong image or IÆll just overwhelm your will and make your Class something like Servant of RandidlyÆ

HA Lyra bellowed out a laugh then regarded Randidly with obvious affection I would love that you know Not because of the stupid titles and associated benefits that would come with that role but because it would be a joke Like between between what we used to be to each other

Randidly looked at Lyra Then he turned away We havenÆt walked that Path for a long time Lyra And I hope for your sake that the information you give me is worth it Because otherwise

Lyra disappeared without waiting for him to finish with a sigh For several seconds Randidly remained still and waited for anything else to emerge from the surrounding air After five minutes he swept the area with a thick curtain of Aether Truly she was gone Randidly tapped his lips and wondered whether he should do something to address that Aether construct that would observe her after the Class was made

Probably not If she had to deal with her own Judgement that would at least keep her distracted

Sighing Randidly turned back to his own issues Unlike most things under the System image training was a return to a pre System world You continued to work at something barely able to feel the small changes you made every day Sometimes it felt like for every step forward you took you inadvertently took a step back in another area It was like building a sandcastle on a beach with frequent waves where you are too busy frantically digging ditches to view how high youÆve managed to get your towers

Still Randidly enjoyed the daily struggle of savoring his images As he realized the vast space for images inside of himself they had spread slowly out to fill a larger area which in turn let him improve further on the individual details

In addition to images Randidly flexed his hands Need to keep working on the plans and Engraving ItÆs time to get to work

Chapter 1011

Let me go North to Zone Eleven Helen said with a determined expression

Randidly was honestly rather amused No Let Alana have her own fight with a Dragon how would you feel if someone came barging in to steal your prey

Helen was clearly grinding her teeth but there was nothing she could say to that With a snort she walked away from RandidlyÆs assembly location muttering something about assisting with the RiderÆs training Randidly prayed for his Riders but let Helen go The low clouds drifted in front of the sun covering the surrounding area in a much needed veil of shade

It had been five days since Randidly had returned to Erickson Steel During that time Tatiana had found the initial deeds to the land that Randidly had originally obtained and realized that Erickson Steel had already expanded to a size that was significantly beyond the limit of the land that he owned But no one had made use of the surrounding area so it had never been a problem up to this point

Of course Tatiana took the news like ghost that had been blasted to oblivion by salt She drifted around her office pale and listless But honestly Randidly didnÆt seem the problem Since they were already past the limits no need to act shy about it now

Not that he particularly wanted to steal land from anyone but he certainly needed space right now And as talks were already underway with this Halloway character might as well add a couple more demands to the request list If the government of Zone 1 wanted to create an addition on Erickson Steel a request for additional land seemed like an obvious choice

But the Zone 1 government also had some rather annoying inspection demands Which put operation moving city into a time crunch

So Randidly was now handling the thankless task of moving the hundreds of tons of extracted raw materials he had obtained from the Dungeon and storing them in a vast warehouse that had been set up to the South of the Erickson Steel compound Nearby a crew was hastily assembling several workstations that Randidly and the other highly Skilled members of Erickson Steel would use to assemble parts over the next few weeks

While all this was going on there was another group that was responsible for sorting the materials that Randidly produced Already two of the assistants that Tatiana had given him were reduced to blubbering idiots as they inventoried the resources Randidly just hoped they wouldnÆt try and