221 Flowing Spiri (2/2)
”The person that will be subjected to this Art must endure the tearing of their soul and spirit for that to be placed successfully in another vessel... If I'm not mistaken, the missing part of this Art was a secret method to ensure the safety of the subject.”
”You are not completely wrong... The missing part included a method to lessen the burden of the subject when his soul was being torn apart when it is being placed in another vessel. But the most important part was compatibility with the vessel...”
”I won't show the missing part yet... I will give you a test.”
”Will that be done here?”
”No, I'm already preparing something outside... Your test would only let us know about your attainment in both Soul Arts and Spirit Arts. If we deemed that you have the skills, we'll go ahead and let you learn the complete Flowing Spirit”
”I will be tested first? Hahaha! I haven't heard that for a long time... Very well, I'll take that test!”
”Alright. Before that, we'll have to sign a contract. It includes the non-disclosure agreement and payment about this job. If you fail the job, you will not pay anything but we would like you to keep a secret about our possession of Secret Arts.”
”Mhmm... That's fine for me.”
***
On the third day of Wallace's seclusion, Charles was in a secret room somewhere in the villa while Yumi was just playing the VR game to pass the time.
Although she hated that she can't use her Body's Secret Art inside, there was nothing else to do so she can only try enjoying herself inside the game.
But suddenly while she was playing the game, an earthquake occurred outside and the system of the VR Pod warned him about it inside the game.
[ An earthquake with magnitude 4.1 has been detected in the real world and your location was found as the epicenter. Confirm your body's safety outside. Your progress will be saved and you'll be forcefully logged out in 5... 4... 3... 2... ]
”Eh?”
Yumi came returned to the real world but the earthquake seems to have ended... He checked the surroundings and everything was in place and no cracks on the ground whatsoever.
'As expected of his house...'
Yumi commented since this is a Magician's house, light earthquakes like that won't affect the entirety of its magic formation protecting it from external attacks.
As she was about to ignore it and re-enter the game, another earthquake happened. It felt stronger than magnitude 4.1. Unfortunately, no automaton of Avalon can be seen so she can't ask.
”An aftershock?”
It didn't take long as well and the shaking stopped. She waited for some time and it no longer happened...
”Well, that's it?”
Yumi then returned to the game forgetting about this incident.
***
There was a forum online stating that playing the currently popular game called Alien Invasion would reward people a rare item that will be given in the real world.
No one believed in this at first but several proofs were shown online.
A screenshot of the in-game announcement and the item itself was posted on the internet and various platform.
Some people weren't sure whether it was a marketing strategy of the company desperate to have people purchase their VR pod or it was just a promotion in limited time.
”Hey? Do you think this is real?”
”Yes! Of course, some of the researchers had even confirmed that the theory for those lasers and other advanced tech weapons were entirely possible!”
”That's right! Didn't you realize that many unknown weapons and super engines can be used in real life!”
”I support that! The engine used in Stratos Falcon Fighter Jet can even surpass the speed of sound by three times! There was nothing like that before! Engineers and other magicians didn't even think that surpassing the speed of sound was possible! No one had that line of thought but this game defied that! Blueprints and other pieces of knowledge like these kept appearing to the lucky people...”
”Hmph! I got a blueprint of F-22 Mustang and P-51 Raptor! Although they weren't strong fighter jets compared to what the Dorssian Empire uses, it was a good foundation to learn more about their technology. I wouldn't share that too!”
”Yeah! There were people like this receiving amazing blueprints of various weapons but they wouldn't dare to reveal it. Some only show incomplete data and avoiding its most important part, the engine that was used... I thought it wasn't real at first but ever since I got one on my own, I realized that I wouldn't want to show it to others too. I work hard for it you know!”
Discussions like these were happening everywhere and even caught the attention of various groups.
After all, the Bottle of Mana Rejuvenation was extremely rare. They were not aware whether this is a one time reward or it will happen again. There may even be better rewards since the game was just launched not long ago.
In short, the powerful groups couldn't let the opportunity pass! A lot of unknown blueprints of mystical weapons, engines, aircraft, and even a rare item in the real world were within their reach! They must buy the game pod immediately and have their people play the game and get all those for themselves!