Almond finished reading his entire body down to the information in cells and genes with his All-Seeing Eyes, comparing it with the ethereal body provided by Big D in the next 28 hours and completed the puzzle.
The method for forming the Arcane Constitution emerged from the part where the puzzle was solved in the ethereal body. Almond read it and finished assembling it after one and a half days.
“That was fast, boy. I am impressed. You went and done it quicker than my expectation.”
“Piece of cake.” Almond smiled, but his eyes had no light.
*Thud*
“But this was something I could expect,” Big D said as he looked at the fainted Almond and covered him in a barrier. “Tenacity, eh? This one’s scary. Your will to never give up on something you decide provides tremendous power to your arcane eidos and allows you to break limits like no other.”
One minute later, the bubble burst silently and scattered into micro-droplets that dispersed.
Almond got up and stretched his arms, groaning a bit in the comfort he was feeling.
“Damn, that was a good slumber,” Almond stood up, feeling refreshed.
“How long was I out for, Big D?”
“One minute here, but you slept for 12 hours.”
“Eh? Wait, that reminds me, what’s the time flow difference between layer two and layer one?”
“Hmm? There’s no difference. Time flows are the same in all three layers, but time flow can be changed in separate spaces, like pocket dimensions. You must know because Grimworld’s Tutorial rewards you with some things like that.”
“The insight stones, skill scrolls, imprint, and stuff send us to different dimensions with no time flow difference, but we got Time-Chamber Capsules which send us to time chamber where time flow is different, but while we are there, we can’t use insight stones, skill scrolls, and this kind of stuff.”
“Of course, because after using Time-Chamber Capsule, you are already not in the main framework of Grimworld, and pocket dimensions of various elements and powers are also not in the main framework. Both have separate time domains. Your body will experience more time since it’d be in a time capsule’s dimension where it’s set for time to flow slower, but your consciousness would be in an insight stone’s dimension where time flows the same as the main framework of the Grimworld.”
“I see… so there’s no way to train in the mysterious dimensions to learning the power with slower time-flow compared to the main framework.” Almond felt a bit disappointed.
“Indeed, unless the Grimworld decided to set the time slower in a dimension for you, but even if this doesn’t happen, people have created alternate ways, and you will experience them in this academy,” Big D grinned.
“You can train in chaotic spaces filled with powers for you to comprehend, should you be capable of it, with time-flow difference as big as 100 to 1. One day in the real framework but 100 days in the chaotic dimension.”
“So those dimensions with powers are called chaotic dimensions?” Almond blinked.
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“Indeed. They are chaotic, as you may have seen, but by comprehending their nature and order, we make them ours. We plant a source of their origin in us, in order.”
Almond nodded, “Gotcha. So, let’s talk about the main topic now. I created my Arcane Frame, so where’s the Arcane Board?”
“You learned to observe your arcane eidos with the task I gave you. Arcane Eidos is a complete body of information about the interconnections of your physical body, mind, and soul in a single structure. By reading your Arcane Eidos and connecting the Arcane spots to each other, you created the Arcane Constitution.”
“Yes,” Almond grinned.
A tail slap hit his cheek.
“But it was a half-ass work. Look, this is your Arcane Constitution’s value, which represents its power.”
-Stats:
— Body Constitution: 20
— Mental Constitution: 40
— Soul Constitution: 10
— Arcane Constitution: 64
“Hey, isn’t that high?” Almond pouted.
Another tail slap struck his cheek.
“…”
“It’s not high for you. Based on your fundamental-applied assets, your Arcane Constitution should be at the very least 106. Arcane Constitution is important because that’s the end game for your abilities’ upper ceiling. Your Arcane Constitution decides the maximum potency of your abilities.”
“Okay, but what fundamental-applied assets?” Almond frowned.
“This,” Big D pointed at the mirror, it appears. “The number means how power you can derive from Prana if you use possible application of your body, mind, soul, and will.”
-Fundamental-Applied Assets:
—> Body: 91
—> Mind: 118
—> Soul: 10
—> Will: 200
“Your Arcane constitution should at least reach an average number of sum of these four, or higher. Preferably, yours should be higher than 106.”
“Well…” Almond raised an eyebrow before grinning. “I’ll have to work harder and unveil my arcane eidos more, I guess.”
“You have to create. Understand your Arcane Eidos and create more technical assets!” Big D said before a familiar leaderboard suddenly popped before Almond, an ethereal and powerful frame of magic, overflowing with the concept of mystery.
-Almond Crowshade—137th.
“You are currently the 137th person who has his name on the leaderboard of Arcane Champions of Eternal Will. There are gazillion people and worlds, tiny, small, big, in the entire Grimworld, but the Grimworld’s most mysterious natural power created this leaderboard, and it doesn’t just favor anyone, as you can see.”
Almond gulped and nodded. ‘I’m pretty badass, I know.’
“You can use something only these 137 people can use, and that is, commanding the arcane.”
“Commanding the arcane… so what exactly is arcane? You said Arcane is mysterious, so how do I command it?” Almond curiously asked. “And by the way, I know this seems like a very rare thing, but there are three more Arcane Champions on the first layer, and all three of their worlds are in contest with my world.”
“That’s a crazy coincidence, right?”
“What?” Big D was dumbfounded and then deeply frowned.
‘Cat frowning looks horrible.’
“That’s not a coincidence. Something must be happening above the third layer. Without a big shot’s support, supervisors can’t do that,” Big D’s eyes glinted.
“Not to mention that some Hollowstar freaks are trying to destroy our world,” Almond added as he rolled his eyes. “I really need to send my clone and be in its control so I can help there.”
Big D shook his head. “I wish I knew more, but we of the second layer can’t do anything about the first layer. The first layer is in control of the Girmworld’s seven thrones, and this Grimworld tutorial is their creation, so it is run by people of the third layer.”