Chapter 504: New Batch (1/2)

▪︎ Palace within the Crown Space.

”Alright, everything I need is ready.” Raven murmured, his eyes then gleamed with a profound shine as he said: ”Let's start.”

Walking inside the floating nebula of Equinox Waters, he went into a meditative state for a bit in order to clear his mind off of distractions. Once his focus was sharp enough, he then reviewed the methods for the 4th Stage of Myriad Incarnations Scripture just so that he won't make a mistake in the process. He only has one batch of materials he needed, if he messes up then he'll have to accumulate Merit Points again.

After memorizing the methods by heart, Raven relaxed for a bit and then started the process.

A series of profound chants and runic images started emanating from him. The ingredients he needed for this process had been prepared and was already being consumed from the moment he started chanting.

Raven felt a tinge of headache assaulting him but he didn't dare to lose focus. This headache is caused by more thought partitions emerging, which means the process is working as intended. As the materials gradually disappear, several silhouettes started manifesting around him.

There were 18 in total. At first, they started as a mere outline but as time goes by, they started looking more and more like Raven until they became an exact copy of him.

Although the body of the new batch of Avatars were ready, the process isn't done just yet. The additional thought chambers in his brain are still in the process of being created, only when 18 more thought chambers finished manifesting and connecting to each Avatar, would this process be done.

The creation of additional thought chambers took the longest. Raven sat within the Equinox Water Nebula for five straight days just creating them, the headache he's experiencing was getting stronger as time passed but Raven wasn't fazed by this even in the slightest.

At midnight of the fifth day, the 18th thought chamber was created. With the difficult process out of the way, it would be smooth sailing from now on.

Raven formed link after link, connecting each Avatars to the newly created thought chambers. This process took him half-day but that's because he's taking it slow. Once he formed his connections to all of his newly created Avatars, all of them - including the original Raven, opened their eyes at the same time.

The Avatars looked at each other and received a mental command from Raven to get acclimated with their new existence. The following tests went on without a hitch and only then did Raven breathe a sigh of relief.

He let the new Avatars do mundane tasks for now while he, the original, grabbed himself something to eat and recover his mental fatigue by sleeping.

Even though Raven was sleeping, his connection with his Avatars allowed him to be informed of what they were doing. Most of them were just relaxing and taking their time while the others were either stretching and touring the Palace.

Raven slept for two whole days, once he woke up, he gave out orders for the new batch of Avatars and started profiting.

With a total of 27 Avatars under his belt, Raven was almost at a loss on what to do. The Avatars were divided into several groups. Some worked on refining his pre-existing skills, while the others were trying to gain further enlightenment for his Laws. Others focused on the many seals he had to study while the rest was divided into other menial tasks.

As Raven relaxed and ate his fill, he was receiving feedback from his Avatars. The stream of knowledge and deductions stumped him at first but he managed to bear with it until it's no longer giving him headache.

By the end of the day, Raven calmed down and was well rested. It was then that he began mastering the rest of the techniques written on the 9 Cleansing Plume Records.

Speaking of Cleansers, Raven was thankful that his previous conjecture was correct...

As a seed bearer himself, he had the responsibility to remain in Tartarus so that the flames he left on the chapel continues boosting the strength of the regular Cleansers. Although he wasn't truly restricted, he was encouraged to do so.

Going inside the Crown Space was a bit risky since, like he was told previously, the farther away he is at the flame, the weaker his connection with gets. And the connection is weak enough, the boost to the other cleansers will diminish as well. At first, he was debating if it was a good idea to go into seclusion within the Crown Space since he's just informed that the Cleansers will be busy due to the return of the Crusade.

But then, he had a gut feeling that it would be okay and he trusted it, so he dived in and was relieved to know that, even though he's technically in another world, his connection with the flames he left remained stable and strong. This relieved his worries and thus allowing him to whole-heartedly focus on his seclusion.