time.
It's finally time.
A long journey that lasted for hundreds of years has finally come to an end.
The rock saw its destiny.
A gleaming city nestled in the shadow of the mountains. Hundreds of small buildings are lined up behind the circular wall, like a waiting crowd, anticipating the arrival of the boulder.
Shouldn't let them down, right?
If a person is going to a long-awaited party, he should go there in style. This is one of the most important qualities of a true hero. Don’t do it halfway – when a task is about to be completed, it should be done correctly.
That way no one can argue about the consequences. No one can doubt that, yes, it was a hero who did it.
So before embarking on its final journey, the Rock first took a look at its mission counter.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 1823 meters
It has enough space to work. At an altitude of less than two thousand meters, a strong team was gathered to move forward together. Because...this stone will not come alone. It took another look at its new skills.
Get new skills!
avalanche
Gather other rocks and rocks around you and take them along the way.
A skill that brings other stones in, a novel concept. But the rocks love it. If it's going to be the biggest and greatest of all rocks, of course it should have the right amount of followers following it!
It has seen how the Party of [Adventurers] operates, a group of four with the purpose of uniting. But their mistake was poor coordination. Rocks are better at teamwork - just push them all off the cliff and they'll gather more and more support as they go.
So the rock finally stopped braking along its path—started accelerating—and started looking around.
Now in the forest. Trees, grass, bushes, animals - all kinds of new things can be observed, but it also has to constantly [turn] this way or that, swinging and weaving among the trees.
However, this is not a pure green forest. The rock feels its nurturing, it has a sense of the germination of the next stage - what will happen after the core is formed. There is a shift of focus, from the rock itself, to its environment.
So, it reaches out for the embers of slowly building feeling and throws out a presence - in search of its kin. Other rocks.
It finds them. The whole forest - under moss, under shrubs, either forgotten by time or new - is full of rocks. Big, small, medium. Different shapes and sizes, different materials.
The rocks got a vague sense of their location and set off towards the largest set, activating its new abilities and slowly starting to form a true [avalanche].
Pursue:
Current altitude: 1425 meters
First, it passed through a gravel field, and the debris began to tumble around it, creating a growing storm. The rock attracted more followers and moved on, looking for the next target.
It carefully uses [Steering], [Pivot Point] and [Energy Transformation] to deftly move through the woods, the gravel cloud following closely behind, thinning slightly in the undergrowth.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 1215 meters
Next, the stone passes three huge rocks and collides with them, activating [Diamond Skin]. The first one was struck and broke into smaller pieces, and the rock turned on the other two, shattering them as well.
Smaller stones, about the size of a head or a torso, were left behind and they all joined the pilgrimage of rocks. A steady march of gravel and stone approached the town below. Already sensitive animals sense the growing rumble on the ground, while smarter animals flee to shore before the tide rises.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 1128 meters
The forest cleared a bit as the rock entered a clearing of exposed bedrock where miners would spend long hours prying the stone away to work. It's the weekend and the quarry is abandoned, a pile of freshly crushed stone waiting to be retrieved.
Rocks rolled by, the surrounding herd grew larger and larger, and [avalanche] sirens sounded. The new rocks shifted slowly, almost hesitantly, but then the congregation moved up to them and the momentum swept them over.
The tribe keeps growing.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 1000 meters
This was another dense forest, with avalanches of rocks crashing against trees and bushes, stumbling but still moving forward under the iron will of gravity. It’s not just the bigger or more famous rocks that join the ranks, but also the lone traveler, the lost. There were strange rocks everywhere and ended up in a lonely spot in the woods with only greenery around.
Gradually, all these sleeping warriors were swept up by the hero's momentum and left their resting place with sharp swords. Like an army of the undead, rising from the grave to challenge the world once again.
Many of them have rolled once and felt the intoxication of that sport. Something so ephemeral and fragile. A moment of blinding speed and power, all ending in an unfortunate moment on the wrong side of the gravity well.
But the level 9 [Rolling Stone] won't stop. It will lead its people to their final destination.
That gleaming city is no longer far away. The city of golden dreams that many stones once dreamed of reaching.
So close, so far.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 811 meters
The avalanche broke through the tree line and reached the cliff in front of the city. Like prisoners stepping off a gangplank, they bravely walk over the edge of the cliff, heading toward the unknown depths below.
Because there is danger ahead. Even Rock, who was leading the charge, knew it.
This is where heroes come from. Even though the devil's flag will soon be raised over the city, this is still a city under a big mountain. A city accustomed to facing flying dragons.
There are defenses.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 650 meters
The rock hit the first of them - it sensed it 100 meters away before hitting it.
Rock has a growing sense of how magic and energy works in the world, so it can outline an outline. There is a small brick wall to protect against the dangers of the mountain.
It seems small.
The rock can feel the magical shield emanating from it and knows that special measures need to be taken here. It might be able to break through on its own—but its followers are different. Other gems do not have the power of [Collision] and [Diamond Skin].
So the stone focuses on its sense of mana, looking for the source of the shield's energy. Feeling like a dungeon core, The Rock has plenty of time to analyze the ramifications of this aura.
It found its source. Behind the barrier was a single brick house with no windows.
Rock took aim and picked up speed even more.
Flow speed: 35.7 meters/second
Pivot point activated!
direction:
Rotation:20°
Diamond skin activated!
Power:100000w
It hit the magic barrier—feeling the resistance of the air against it. But one side of the rock has and.
Collision activated!
Causes 13.2 * 16706.7 / 4 = 55132 damage to [Strong Mana Shield]
New speed [unnamed]: 21.3 meters/second
The shield broke, unable to withstand the kinetic energy of the stone, which penetrated directly and walked towards the hut.
It hit the wall, still retaining its [Diamond Skin], and the cabin didn't stand a chance. It was blown to pieces, the rocks hitting the rich magical crystals within, absorbing them.
They will be processed later, but planting can wait for now. The rocks have their own thing to do.
The avalanche followed.
Walls and sheds were washed away by the torrent of rock, and the broken bricks were scattered into fragments, growing in size as the rock slid.
Rock saw the outskirts of town. The walls were not wide enough to accommodate all the people who needed housing inside, so shacks and loose houses were hastily cobbled together outside, perched high on the cliffs.
Slum residents saw rocks breaching the barrier and landslides ensuing. Mass panic broke out, and people fled toward the walls in despair, abandoning their humble homes.
Rock felt victorious.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 405 meters
The stone didn't bother aiming at the panicking people - it just focused on moving forward, toward that eternal goal. It now has more precise estimates. The city wall is on the other side of it. This is Altitude 0 - its target.
The rock moved forward, and the avalanche followed.
The Rock doesn’t need to kill—because its congregation is a willing bunch of predators. After years of rest, Lao Shitou finally took action. Faced with class and fighting ability, he rushed towards the massacre eagerly, creating a bloody carnival worthy of the arrival of a hero.
Experience gained:
23 x [civilian] & 89 x other
Add to……
Pursue:
Current altitude: 200 meters
Shacks were destroyed, people were crushed to pieces, bones were split in half—but Rolling Stone only saw the front. It abandoned its congregation and left them to complete their bloody mission
Experience gained:
89 x[Civilian]& 231 xOthers
Add to……
The rocks crossed the moat and now saw horrified citizens lining the walls. Its sudden attack only took a short two minutes, but the entire city had already begun to react, and people poured onto the city walls, led by a wizened old man wearing a billowing giant wizard's cloak.
There was energy in his veins and he stared at the rock with disdain.
But the rock didn't see him. Only numbers. about there.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 78 meters
[Supreme Archmage Oldivar] pointed at the [rolling stone] and began to cast a spell. The stone flew up on its own, using up all its energy, spinning and jumping over the wall.
Pivot point activated!
direction:
Rotation: 60°
Pursue:
Current altitude: 62 meters
The rock could see the other side of the wall, and it was like an invisible hand was guiding it—it knew the exact spot to land. A small square with a fountain and a jade sculpture of a beautiful woman. But the rock did not see the beauty of the woman, only the light of emerald.
The fifth level [practitioner] finally saw the real jade beauty, and it was eager to land—and eager to be rewarded.
(Supreme Mage Aldivar) collected the energy and began to cast spells.
Pursue:
Current height: 35 meters
The end is in sight.
Pursue:
Current height: 25 meters
(Supreme Mage Aldivar) began to speak.
Pursue:
Current height: 20 meters
"[Greater reverse gravity]."
The stone felt a huge jolt pass through it - all the built-up momentum suddenly hurling it upward.
Pursue:
Current height: 60m
It saw that the land beneath its feet was shrinking, so it desperately used all its strength to reach the promised land. But the spell is stronger and even (Pivot) doesn't work.
Is this the system's ultimate revenge?
Pursue:
Current altitude: 200 meters
But it will only accelerate upward. Every movement brought the rock higher and higher, and it felt the energy draining away.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 600 meters
It's too fast, it's accelerating too fast. Everything is ruined.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 1200 meters
The rock cried out in despair, stretching out its missing hand toward the land farther and farther below it.
But it's still accelerating.
Pursue:
Current altitude: 2400 meters
It eventually gave up and became dull - just watching blankly as the numbers climbed higher and higher.
Oh, how high it is...
Pursue:
Current altitude:15000m
Now that it was high on the mountain, the rock finally understood that the peak it stood on was just one of many peaks, just a small point on the huge backbone of the continent. It finally realized how small it was and collapsed.
It's waiting for something to happen. Surely there will be another chance?
Pursue:
Current altitude: 200,000 meters
It's too far away now...but just be patient - patience will definitely pay off, right? Surely it will get another chance in the Promised Land?
It can now see the curvature of surfaces and understands that much of what it knows is just an illusion. A brief spark of adventure begins to illuminate a desperate soul. If it keeps rising, what will it find?
Can it find a way to become stronger, face that horrible person again and laugh?
Then - as if a plea had been heard - something answered.
Career upgrades unlocked!
Conditions met!
You are now eligible for the profession: [Meteorite]
Upgrade career [Rolling Stone] to [Meteorite]? Y/N
The rock saw something new. a chance.
A new branch of this journey.
Complete status:
