[Almond: When is it starting?]
[Zek: The tide is already churning, but the monsters will reach the first stronghold in three hours. After that, the mission will last until we exterminate the Griminion Tide, or they destroy everything. So, are you coming? We already have a full 50 members in our faction, and to add more, we need to raise the faction’s level. And since this is our first mission, I was hoping you could come and show your might.]
[Almond: I am coming, but I won’t spend more than necessary time there. I still have to use my Chaotic Dimension scroll and then learn an Ability before going for the important task.]
[Zek: That’s fine. Since you are coming for this mission, I am bringing the faction members to your mansion. We don’t have headquarters yet, and your place is the biggest, so…]
[Almond: Yeah, no problem.]
Almond sat down on a comfy chair and added, “And while you’re on your way, can you tell me what is this Griminion Tide?”
[Zek: You really need to learn a lot about this world…]
Zek was wryly smiled on the other side.
[Almond: That’s true. So, what’s this Griminion thing?]
[Zek: Griminion are beasts and monsters that are corrupted by Grimworld’s natural influence. You see…Grimworld the tree is believed to be foreign. Although it’s a source of Prana, there’s something more within it and whatever that energy is, it permeates to the world it is connected to and corrupts things. Now, the big shots on the third layer made it so that it would only corrupt the beasts to keep the damage minimum, which is why we have Griminions.]
[Zek: A tide of powerful monsters with some exceptionally powerful and eccentric.]
‘Exceptionally powerful and eccentric monsters?’ Almond’s eyes shone. ‘That means exceptionally power and eccentric spirits.’
‘That means ingredients for my next Spirit Wraith!’
“Great. We are going to have fun in this mission.”
Almond couldn’t wait to unleash a barrage of attacks and create assets while observing everything else.
Suddenly, a cat appeared above him and landed on his head.
“Good job, lad. You are doing great. You just need to reach 1000 Arcane Constitution so that your clone is sufficiently powered and can be controlled on the first layer despite the distance.”
“Big D,” Almond smiled. “Yeah, I am going on a mission with my faction’s members so I can enrich my knowledge and create more assets to produce more arcane circuits, which means a higher Arcane Constitution. Or is there another way to increase the Arcane Constitution?”
“Arcane Constitution is pure work and is easier for you to increase than others since you can command Prana, and it creates assets faster for you. But how it works is the same. It builds up itself based on your progress. As long as you gain more understanding of everything, it doesn’t matter how you get it; those circuits will continue to produce in your Arcane Constitution, making it stronger.”
Arcane constitution directly affected the potency of abilities as more circuits mean more powerful refined Prana, and that means more powerful his abilities.
“Alright, now another thing. Do you know about Mystic Dragon World?” Almond asked.
“I’ve heard about it, but it’s on the third layer, so there’s nothing to know more about it that’s important than other things you have on your plate.”
“Fine. Now another important thing. What to do with my Geno Gate?”
Big D jumped off Almond’s head and floated in front of him. “That’s why I am here.”
“Nice. So what do I do? Unseal my geno gate later so that it can manifest a bloodline on its own or pick a bloodline out of a bunch if this academy got them.”
“Neither and both,” Big D smiled.
Almond blinked. “Are you saying I manifest my own bloodline, but also combine it with an existing one?”
“Indeed. That’s how everyone does. Bloodlines are naturally evolvable powers established in one’s body. The first geno gate fills the last gap to exist between Body, soul, and Mind through the existence of Bloodline, making you finally complete in a sense. As such, I will gather a bunch of Bloodline orbs and let you choose one, but not now.”
“Then when? I suppose there’s an order if we want to go with this method, like I have to let my Bloodline manifest first,” Almond thoughtfully said.
“Yep. If you slot a Bloodline in the geno gate, you won’t manifest it, so you have to manifest first, and I am hearing that you don’t want to do that for now.”
“Just stop reading mind, but yeah. I want to awaken Space elemental mastery first before I manifest it.”
“That’s good, indeed. And I have exactly the thing you need to awaken your space elemental mastery, so it’s time that you do,” Big D grinned and took out a stone out of nowhere.
The stone looked magical with a hazy, almost completely transparent silver hue with utterly dark silver sparks inside that blinked in chaotic order.
“Wow…” Almond’s eyes glinted as he felt an attraction of power to the stone and grabbed it.
The moment he grabbed it, Almond went into a pitch-black space with dark silver sparks blinking.
And then, Big D’s voice rang in his mind.
‘Almond, you won’t escape from this unless you awaken your space elemental mastery, but for you, it should be easy-peasy. You just took a different angle for your space mastery since it came from Void. That’s not how everyone starts space elemental mastery, but you have sufficient understanding of it.’
‘So just observe and feel the space you’re in an-‘
*Swooosh!*
Almond returned outside as he floated with a powerful aura gushing out of him.
The spatial layer around him moved and behaved like moving and shattering glass while his eyes were closed.
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Almond entered an insightful state right off the bat. He felt like he just put the last piece together and then everything went boom. A great understanding of space element dawned on him as enlightenment hit him like a flash of lightning.
Big D floated around and looked at him with shining eyes as if scanning him.
“Wonderful. Don’t forget to open your Geno Gate after this. You are also going to the mission, so your Bloodline will manifest faster as you fight and increase your Arcane Constitution.”
Big D created a barrier around him after that and disappeared.