Repeat! RNG Strikes Again!

[ You have absorbed the blood essence of a 'Whack Mole', purification in progress… ]

[ You have obtained 119,720 EP! ]

'Finally…'

Although the number of moles within the final mini-gate was only slightly more than the earlier eight gates combined, I ended up spending over 5 hours before I managed to clear it.

Random attack patterns coupled with the 'siege' distribution did more than a small tool on me, even as I started to get used to it, I would occasionally miss one attack and end up losing a scale or two. 

Fortunately, it wasn't a thankless task. By the time the last mole fell under my spear, I could tell that my fighting style returned to being flexible, rather, I felt even more flexible than before!

Not only were the bad fighting habits that I picked up on the first floor erased, but my EP bar was also close to filling up. All in all, both the time and the few dozen scales that I 'spent' were more than worth it.

'Hmm?'