[Now, before you yell at me about attacking all the enemies, let me preface this scientific conclusion with this; after manifesting the flames, I realized the initial size was too large and unstable, soooo I had to get rid of it. What better way to do this than by splitting the original large ball into 12 micro-sized ones and doing your jobs for you, KUEKUE? Aren’t I great?”] Cynrik said while raising his nose to the sky, demanding praise.
[You…you…you’re a fucking lunatic. What the hell would you have done if you killed all the RaptorBasilisks with your little fucking experiment.] Huffing while clenching his fists tightly, Brance angrily stomped as he stormed off in his brother’s direction, wanting nothing more than to punch his annoying face into a pancake.
[But did they die? No, see, I was in full…mainly in full control, no harm done, plus I save you and Gabby 90 seconds from taking a breather.] Seeing his brother’s aggressive approach, Cynrik backed up slowly, allowing his Blue flame to circle his body like a satellite.
Luckily for Cynrik, Gabby appeared next to Brance, caught his arm, and dragged him away before the younger brother could beat the breaks off the older.
It didn’t take a genius to realize the two were arguing with their unique communication channel, so acting swiftly and intercepting Brance, Gabby was, in a sense saving Cynrik from himself.
“It’s ok, just leave him be. We both know how he gets; let me guess, he did the “I’m bored” thing again, didn’t he?” Gabby said with a pained expression as she once again remembered her poor hampster.
“Gabby, let me at him; maybe this time I can hit his head so hard I rattle his brain back into working order.” Brance spat through clenched teeth.
“No can do, honeybun; if I allow you to beat up your big brother, the fallout will not only kill all the virtual creatures, but even I could get swept up in it unless you are saying you want to see me get injured?” Raising an eyebrow and wearing a pouty expression, Gabby teased Brance with logic.
“80 Seconds, guys, ima keep experimenting, so I will leave the kills to you two.” Just when Gabby thought she had calmed Brance down a bit, Cynrik chimed in, his words causing both of them to turn red in the face in anger.
“Calm down, Gabby; it’s just Ivar being Ivar, nothing new. He is always a bit looney.” She whispered under her breath in an attempt to convince herself that there was nothing that could be done.
Meanwhile, after saying his part, Cynrik sat down on the ground and focused on the blue flame intently.
‘By condensing the fire particles to their extreme and creating friction between them, I am able to increase their temperature to their max, resulting in the flame’s color undergoing drastic changes.’ Cynrik thought as he tuned out the horrible cries of agony surrounding him.
‘Still, that isn’t enough to force an evolution, so what is it I’m missing.’ Stopping the orbiting ball of blue fire and moving it to his left, Cynrik snapped his fingers on his right-hand several times, generating the same tiny spark he had been capable of for years.
With a second snap, a slight discharge of electricity fired off from between his index finger and thumb before darting out two meters in front of his body and vanishing.
‘There is some part of the equation I just haven’t figured out, so let’s go back to the beginning. What is Lightning? Back on Earth, Lightning was created when the positive and negative charges in a cloud build up to a certain point that it breaks down the insulator or the air. By breaking the insulating capacity of the air, there is a rapid discharge of energy, which is the lightning itself.’ Wiggling the fingers on his left hand and allowing the blue fireball to float around freely, Cynrik continued thinking.
‘But that’s Earth. Here on Vinestra, things are different; there are no atoms, only Mana particles. Since I know lightning exists in two forms, I am facing the problem of how I replicate the same effect with particles and no storm or ground interaction.
Looking between the fire and the sparks he kept generating by snapping his finger, Cynrik’s eyes suddenly widened as he had an epiphany.
‘FRICTION! Friction is the answer; if I generate enough friction between the condensed Fire particles and use the heat created from it, I should be able to gener….’
Unknown to Cynrik, he had already started rubbing his index and thumb together and wasn’t aware of the sparks dancing around his fingers as he subconsciously accelerated the process.
Between his fingers were several perfectly condensed particles that had separated from the fireball as if they were feeling his hope to increase their power.
RUMBLE BUZZZZZZZZT
Before he could finish the thought, a loud thunder crack echoed through the room, forcing every virtual creature and the team of Gabby and Brance to snap their heads in Cynrik’s direction.
Several meters in front of the sitting Cynrik was a pillar with a large hole directly in the center. Thin cracks spiderwebbed out from the point of impact, and if one looked closely, one could see faint purple sparks darting around either side of the clean, scorched hole in the stone.
“Holy shit.” Was all Brance could utter as he saw Cynrik’s hair rising and quickly activated [Mana Sight]. Swirling around his brother were waves of deep purple Mana Particles.
“No way, did he just evolve his Affinity…out of the blue? What the hell?” Even Gabby was flabbergasted, yet unlike Brance, who was stunned silent by the swirling particles, Gabby was staring wide-eyed at the pillar.
Meanwhile, Cynrik, the point of everyone’s attention, was grinning like a madman as his vision was painted with the very notifications he had been waiting for years to see.
-Due to being in an enlightened state, your control over Fire Mana has reached its maximum, and by enacting your own method of creation, you have forced the Fire Mana particles under your control to warp and undergo a drastic evolution.-
-The Particles have felt your Will and heard your call to empowerment, and with your aid, have evolved from Basic Grade into Advanced-Grade Fire.-
-You have Awoken an Affinity for the Tier-1 Special Advanced-Grade Element, Lightning.-
-Your SAG Lightning Affinity has gained its own subcategory under your AG Fire Affinity.-
-Since you have Evolved your Fire and Acquired the Lightning Affinity by your own effort, Your Tier-1 SAG Lightning Affinity will not fill up one of your Affinity Slots. Also, it has been Automatically upgraded to Adept.-
-Due to your Affinities Evolution, you have grown stronger and have obtained several benefits.-
-Your Codex has increased in strength to Tier-3, Stage 5.-
-Since your Codex has reached Stage 5, you will receive a Bonus of 5k MP.-
-Your AG Fire Affinity has Grown to Tier-3-
-You have received 50 Points in all basic Stats.-
-You have received 30 Free Allocation Stat points.-
-You have received 50 Skill Points.-
-You have learned the Tier-0 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Charge].-
-You have learned the Tier-0 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Discharge].-
-You have learned the Tier-0 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Lightning Javelin].-
-You have learned the Tier-0 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Shock].-
-You have learned the Tier-1 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Lightning Armor].-
-You have learned the Tier-1 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Flash Step].-
-You have learned the Tier-1 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Lightning Wall].-
-You have learned the Tier-1 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Pulse Wave].-
-You have learned the Tier-1.5 Lightning Affinity Skill, [Shattering Bolt].-
As a fourth small particle vortex within his Codex formed, Cynrik burst out cackling like a mad man, exhaling shakily and feeling a new surge of power. Ever since he obtained the Lightning Affinity Orb, he had dreamed of the day he would unlock it, and now, he had finally achieved that goal.
Standing up and deconstructing the blue flame, Cynrik excitedly snapped his thumb and index finger on his left hand while slashing the air toward the pillar with a hole in the center.
TTTSSSSSST BUZZZZZT BOOOOM
Instantly a thin bolt of electricity flickered from his fingertips and slammed into the pillar, completely exploding it into fragments before emitting a thundering boom.
“HAH, HAH HAHA! CHANGE OF PLANS, GUYS!” As if possessed, Cynrik tossed caution to the wayside. In a moment of insanity and riding the high he was experiencing from his increased stats and new abilities, he started firing off lightning bolts, instantly exploding the heads of every one of the 12 RaptorBasilisks.
|You have successfully Killed 5 Level 10, Early Tier-2 Virtual RaptorBasilisks.|
|You have successfully Killed 4 Level 9, Early Tier-2 Virtual RaptorBasilisks.|
|You have successfully Killed 3 Level 11, Early Tier-2 Virtual RaptorBasilisks.|
|You have received 120 Obelisk Kill Points.|
|You have received twelve KCPs (Kill Counter Point).|
|Total KCP = Seventeen points.|
|You have received 12 10000 Essence, XP Crystals.|
|You have received 72 Merit Points.|
|You have triggered the Respawn Timer; (24) Virtual opponents will be generated in one minute.|
“Hehehe, boredom is gone; time to go fucking ape shit on these DINOS! Oi, Little Brother, Little Sister-in-law, go into the confinement area; I need to flex my newfound muscles for a little bit. I don’t want you guys getting in the way, and don’t worry; I will leave plenty of scraps for you guys to rack up some points.” Cynrik roared while looking at the particle storm floating above the room.
“What…what the hell have you done? Damn it, at this rate; the entire plan is fucked to hell.” Brance said as he struggled to stay calm. It was one thing to go a little crazy, but his brother seemed to have entirely lost his mind after gaining his new Affinity.
“I.. I…Ivar,” Gabby could feel the sting of tears threatening to spill over as she watched the person she had known all her life seemingly lose total control of himself for the second time in her presence.
She couldn’t help but shiver as she remembered the lifeless and menacing look in his eye from the time he nearly attacked her in the Egress.
Beside Gabby, Brance quickly collected himself and noticed his girlfriend about to have a mental breakdown as she was clearly scared that Cynrik was actually out of control.
Cupping her cheeks with his hand and turning her face toward him, Brance smiled at her.
“Gabby, it’s ok; big brother is just being a weirdo; there is no need to cry or worry. He’s just a bit overly excited right now because he’s got a new toy; that’s all it is.” Brance said while shooting an angry glare at the giddy Cynrik.
[YOU DUMB FUCKER, YOU ARE MAKING GABBY CRY! GET YOUR STUPID FUCKING NUTCASE ASS OVER HERE AND APOLOGIZE RIGHT GOD DAMN NOW! SHE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ANXIETY ATTACK BROUGHT ON BY YOUR ACTIONS! MAKE IT RIGHT!] Brance roared in the mind link, bringing Cynrik out of his delusions and making him look over and notice that Brance was practically holding Gabby up and quickly rushed over.
“Hey, hey, Gabby, look, I’m still me, see, still me.” Dropping onto his knees and stretching his cheeks into a funny face, Cynrik degraded himself in total fear of his younger brother.
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