The next part of Act V was annoying and even confusing. I was given a bunch of side quests that I could not find after many attempts what was needed to finish them off. I’d even clear out entire side zones and not find the one or three things the objective wanted me to get.

The place I seemed stuck in was called Rumbling Depths. It should have been called the Pits of Hell instead. Lots of winding caverns and me running around lost trying to find where I can get anything done at all.

At one point I was supposed to find the Bone Den. I suspected it would be in the Bone Pit. I however cleared that place out and did not find it so I spent far too long exploring elsewhere down there.

I swear I ran around that zone a dozen times clearing out any single trash creature I somehow missed the first time around. I searched, and searched, and searched some more. I did not find another zone in there.

I would even leave the Bone Pit to go explore furthermore parts of Rumbling Depths. However, every time I passed by the Bone Pits stairway I just knew since the zones named were colored for the way forward in the main storyline that what I needed was down below.

I still however was not in the Bone Den. I still had further to clear, things to kill, and yes anger to clear out of my system for now finding this path forward sooner.

The next area was The Bone Pits Lower Depths. A bone-filled place surrounded by lava. I was hopeful I was at least getting close and I was. I however became distracted with a side quest.

It however was not the best zone to be trying to do so. Lots of narrow corridors and sharp turns. I ended up staying down here long after I got my 200 kills before I returned to Bone Pits Lower. I just love exploring.

One thing that gets me every time in a game like this is landing massive critical hits. Some ARPGs out there try and tone down the numbers. Chronicon on the other hand is holding nothing back. Even at level 72, I was already landing 25k critical hits on things. I have no idea how much health these creatures have but they were instantly gone off my screen that is for sure.

The Molten Sea was another zone I decided to do a full clearout. It seemed like I’d be doing quite a few things in here. There was also some amazing creature density down here in certain spots.

The objective forward in what I was supposed to do was also not so clear. It just wanted me to push forward. That could mean all kinds of things. So I started to look around for perhaps another zone I had to go into for further progression.

It turns out things however were not going to go to plan. Not to spoil what felt like a big moment in the story unfolding I’ll skip over exactly what had transpired. It was something I was not expecting.

What I can say is I now had to work for what looked like the grim reaper himself a Hooded Figure. I was now tasked with finding three guardians in the Molten Sea and killing them. They would each be on their little islands that were surrounded by lava. I now had a gateway to take me onto the islands themselves to do battle.

The next guardian was some kind of Harvester. After that, it took me a while to find the final island surrounded by lava. They were all in a rather close area to each other. I just found it hard to look at the map and find my tiny icon on it to get a sense of where I was in this zone.

Even the final guardian Katla that shot area of effect damage and explosives of fire all around me was not much of a challenge. I did not even bother using my ultimate skill in this one. I wanted to save it for movement speed to get back to the Hooded Figure of Death and the final gate quicker.

I still however had a lot of levels to go. You can level up to level 100 in this game and I’d be needing to do that before trying to get some of the best gear in the game and get my setup and skills all in order. For now, however, I had something bigger to do.

It was finally time in what felt far too long to do battle with the final acts boss. It was simply called the Beast Below. She would light the entire screen up with lines of fire and other types of damage. I avoided getting hit the best I could.

I also unloaded everything I had on the creature. I quickly burned through all my mana and popped mana potions as quickly as they came up. It took some time and me dancing around the arena to avoid taking damage from piles of fire on the ground. I however got the win in the end.

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