Indomitable

*The will of the underworld is intractable, undeterred by the screams of the bound.*

## Summary

A peak-quality skill that Zac gained for his level 50 skill quest for his Undying Bulwark class. He gained the skill immediately, as he had already completed the skill quest because his Seed of Trees was high stage and counted as a defensive Dao. The skill protected his mind and soul from attacks. It initially was always on in a passive state with the ability to boost it slightly with Dao and Miasma. At F-Grade peak proficiency it gained an active state that was five times stronger than the passive state for fifty times the miasma.

It became the first skill Zac managed to upgrade manually, and he did so during his time in the Twilight Ascent. The upgrade was straight forward and other than adapting the skill to his Fetters of Desolation pathways, it just increased the skill to E-Grade. It retained both the passive and active states. There appears to be no new functionality at higher E-Grade proficiency, just greater protection.

Zac gained the Title Runebinder for upgrading this skill.

## Skill Quest

* Indomitable (Class): Attain a high stage defensive Dao Seed. Reward: Indomitable (1/1) [Complete] **Book 3, Page 215**
* Luckily, the quest seemed to count Seed of Trees as a defensive Dao since the quest was already considered finished. **Book 3, Page 216**

## Skill Location

**Mind**

* He quickly accepted it, and he felt a new fractal taking place in his mind. Zac was elated since the placement was almost exactly identical to the one of **[Mental Fortress]**, which together with its name gave a pretty clear indication of what type of skill it was. **Book 3, Page 216**

## Skill Window

* [E] Indomitable – Proficiency: Early. The will of the underworld is intractable, undeterred by the screams of the bound. Upgradeable. **Book 8, Page 288**
* [E] Indomitable - Proficiency: Late. The will of the underworld is intractable, undeterred by the screams of the bound. Upgradeable. **Chapter 898**
* [D] Indomitable - Proficiency: Early. The will of the underworld is intractable, undeterred by the screams of the bound. Upgradeable. **Chapter 1,086**

## F-Grade

### Epigraph

* *A vanguard of undeath moves forth, undeterred by the whispers of those who wish to impede the crusade.* **Book 8, Page 289**

### Early Proficiency

* It was as though the ghosts hit a brick wall when they tried to enter his mind and were then unceremoniously thrown out. **Book 3, Page 218**
* A few of them also possessed a minor version of the piercing wail, but **[Indomitable]** blocked out most of the effect from those attacks as well. **Book 3, Page 218**
* He was forced to continuously imbue **[Indomitable]** with more energy to counteract the lure of the Core of Darkness, which was what he decided to call the treasure in the center of the cave. **Book 3, Page 220**
* The same went for **[Indomitable]**, which he kept running just in case something down here could use mental attacks. **Book 4, Page 119**
* For example, **[Indomitable]** formed a formidable wall around Zac’s soul, but it didn’t help when the threat was already a part of him. **Book 5, Page 206**

### Middle Proficiency

* In fact, the accumulated killing intent of an army of the dead had been the key to upgrading **[Indomitable]**, and it had pushed to Middle proficiency during his first skirmish. **Book 5, Page 114**
* Reaching Middle proficiency on **[Indomitable]** had allowed him to infuse the skill with the Fragment of the Coffin, and the two together should make him strong enough in case another mentalist lurked in the arena. **Book 5, Page 172**
* It was far stronger than **[Mental Fortress]**, and it had managed to rebuff the false thoughts after just a second, even though the skill was still Middle proficiency. **Book 6 Page 153**

### Late Proficiency

* He was also happy to see that he had finally taken some steps forward with his undead skills, with **[Indomitable]** reaching Late proficiency, **Book 6 Page 173**

### Peak Proficiency

* Grinding his mental defense skill had been a pain in the ass and was one of the last skills of Zac’s to reach Peak mastery. The simplest way was to have Vilari attack him over and over while he defended, intermixed with meditation and expanding his understanding of the soul. **Book 8 Page 127**
* The first three levels increased the strength of the defenses, but reaching Peak mastery added a fundamental change to the skill itself. Until that point, it’d always been running, and Zac could infuse his Dao and some extra Miasma into it to increase its power by a small degree. Now **[Indomitable]** had two proper states: passive defenses and active defenses. The passive defenses were just slightly weaker compared to the previous state of the skill. The active defenses, however, cost over fifty times as much Miasma to keep running, but its defenses were over five times greater. **Book 8 Page 127**

## E-Grade

### Upgrading

* As for the skill he’d decided to evolve: **[Indomitable]**. Mentalists were a lot more common in this place compared to back in Zecia. ... An F-grade skill wasn’t enough to block out a Peak E-grade Mentalist’s attack, and he couldn’t trust a series of fortuitous encounters to save him every time he ran into someone like Vilari’s predecessor. **Book 8, Page 284**
* It should be one of the most straightforward evolutions since Zac didn’t want to change a single thing with the skill except its grade. **Book 8, Page 284**
* Zac lit a set of incense and sat down in the middle of the **[E-grade Fractal Framework Array]**. **Book 8, Page 284**
* He didn’t need to change any functions, so he could simply increase the density of patterns in the skill to allow it to exhibit greater strength. **Book 8, Page 286**
* It looked 90% like the original pattern, ... A series of imperfections along with the need to adjust the pattern to his E-grade pathways forced him to add the new sections to retain the functionality. ... The only downside he could spot was that it would take slightly longer to activate the stronger state of the mental defense skill, and it would cost a bit more to run. **Book 8, Page 287**
* However, Zac noted with some interest that the flavor text had changed. **Book 8, Page 288**

### Late Proficiency

* In fact, most of his skills were evolving, proving just how powerful the altar was. That was not to say it was all thanks to this temple. Many of his skills were long overdue for an upgrade, ... After having been through two tremendous epiphanies and getting blessed by the altar, they were all bursting forth at once. **Chapter 897**
* *No other textual information.*

### Peak Proficiency

* By this point, almost all of his skills were already pushed to E-grade Peak Mastery, **Chapter 978**
* *No other textual information.*

## D-Grade

### Upgrading

* The Soul Defense skill on his Undead side barely required any adjustment. He'd simply made some alterations that would let him bolster its effect with both Daos of his Inexorable Path. **Chapter 1,086**

### Early Proficiency

* Before, it only gained durability from his Branch of the Pale Seal. Now, it would also push back with the help of the Branch of the War Axe, which would strengthen the defenses further while having the chance of eliciting a backlash on spiritual attacks. **Chapter 1,086**

## Commentary

* Unfortunately **[Deathwish]**, did not work in synergy with **[Indomitable]** as it did with **[Immutable Defense]** [*sic*]. **Book 3, Page 218**
* And it seemed to be even sturdier than **[Mental Fortress]**, even though that skill was at late mastery. **Book 3, Page 218**
* He had kept **[Indomitable]** going through the whole ordeal, but the mental defense skill seemed to be completely ineffectual against the insidious urgings of the Splinter of Oblivion. **Book 4, Page 128**
* His only idea to improve **[Indomitable]** was to fight enemies using mental attacks, but those didn’t exist among the underworld incursions. **Book 4, Page 316**
* He had initially thought that the only way to improve the skill was to be hit with mental attacks, but he realized he had been completely wrong. **Book 5, Page 114**
* The fit of his skills, especially **[Undying Legion]** and **[Indomitable]**, had worsened in compatibility since evolving, but they were still useful. **Book 6, Page 173**
* For example, Janos was able to break through **[Mental Fortress]** on his human side, but not **[Indomitable]** when Zac was a Draugr. **Book 6, Page 431**
* Each one released a sharp burst of sound, and together they formed a tremendous Aural attack. Even if Zac was prepared and had already turned on the active state of **[Indomitable]**, he still found his mind a mess. **Chapter 904**
* But it still exuded incredible waves of Spiritual Energy, and Zac had to activate both a soul-warding talisman and **[Indomitable]** to withstand its aura. **Chapter 1,006**
* The sensation only lasted a fraction of a second before it was ripped apart by **[Indomitable]**and his spinning Soul Cores, and Zac heard a groan from the Mentalist. **Chapter 1,007**