Chapter 197: An Otherworld in a Grave Situation (1/2)

Right. Something really happened. I already informed Nysia about this and she expressed her concern.

On the Otherworld where I last sent my Incarnation, I became exposed to a World where the Dark World is currently dominating.

The situation was grave enough that if it continues, the Hero will either have to run away to preserve her life or go back to Earth while waiting for the world's downfall.

My Incarnation determined that I needed to be there to resolve the current situation. And since my Incarnation is also me, I supported that decision upon going through the memories it brought back from there.

As an Incarnation, I already instructed the Hero to use the Support Recall skill to summon me there in 3 days.

That's why the operation to take over the mines will have to happen before that and urging them to become a Transcendent soon will provide extra security in this world while I'm in another world. It's a bit unexpected but I was somewhat prepared to see that kind of situation when I started sending the Incarnation to the other heroes.

”Whose Otherworld is it?”

Kazeyoshi asked. Though the 30 Heroes are being summoned in different worlds, some of them talked about what kind of world they were summoned into. Asking about that is just normal.

This World of Meta could be said to be relatively safe if they become Transcendents unless something unexpected happens in the future. However, the other worlds especially those whose Heroes I haven't added to my Support List yet were probably having a hard time defending against the Dark World.

”Hikari's Otherworld, the World of Elements.”

Well, that's not the real name of that world, it's taken from the Pathway and Source Energy name in that world.

And as if destiny is really playing with me, my hunch is correct. The Source Energy Type of that world is really the Elemental Type.

It's quite obvious when they're calling the Energy as Elemental Energy and the pathway as the Elemental Pathway.

Since I was only there for a day, I only have a limited time to learn about that world.

According to the Heroine, Akarui Hikari, it's a world which was previously consisted of 4 races. Humans, Elementals, Luxians and Noxians. However, both Luxians and Noxians disappeared or isolated themselves to who knows where. When she was summoned 3 years ago, the Dark World had taken the former territory of the Noxians as their foothold.

Somehow, it's a big world as well which summoned two Heroes. Hikari was summoned from the Humans and there's another one that was summoned from the Elementals.

Though that race calls themselves as Elementals, they more or less look like a Human except for the trait that they can only specialize in one Element.

Compared to other Energies I've adapted to, it seems that the Elemental Energy has 8 different variations and it is split between 3 categories. I don't know if every Elemental Type of Source Energy is like this but for now, that's the standard.

The Natural Elements which consist of Fire, Water, Wind and Earth.

The Special Elements which consist of Light and Darkness.

And the Incomprehensible Elements which consist of Aether and Void.

For their Elemental Pathway, of course, like the other four, it also consists of 5 Realms which will lead them to Transcendence.

Elemental Awakening, Elemental Gathering, Elemental Condensing, Elemental Forming, Elemental Fusing.

At the 1st Realm, Elemental Awakening. It's all about awakening one's Elemental Core and it also has 5 sub-stages which will lead to fully awakening one's core that will determine the Core's main element upon reaching the 5th Stage. Whatever result one gets, it means that the person has the highest affinity on that certain Element.

At the 2nd Realm, Elemental Gathering. It's all about gathering Elemental Energy to fill up one's Elemental Core. In this realm, one can finally make use of their Main Element. For Humans who made a separate title, they call those at the Elemental Gathering Realm as Mageling.

At the 3rd Realm, Elemental Condensing. It's all about condensing Elemental Energy and once again filling up one's Elemental Core with condensed Elemental Energy. In this realm, in the case of Humans, one can not only use their Main Element but also the other type of Elemental Energy to supplement their Magic, however, they couldn't store it inside their Elemental Core. Their separate title is called Mage.

At the 4th Realm, Elemental Forming. It's all about forming 5 secondary Elemental Cores which will depend on one's affinity on other Elements. In the Elementals' case, they can only get the same Element for their secondary Cores. Their separate title is called Magus.

At the 5th Realm, Elemental Fusing. It's all about fusing those 5 secondary Elemental Cores to the Main Core. Unlike the other pathways which only consist of building up strength until they reach the threshold of Transcendence, each secondary Core fused is a sub-stage. When they completely fused all 5 secondary Cores, they will only be a step away to Transcending. Their separate title is called Grand Magus

They also have a realm name for Transcendence; Elemental Transcending and Zenith Magus as the title for someone who reached it.

However, it's still unclear whether that was the name of the Elemental Type's Transcendent Pathway.

Apparently, there were Magical Academies there which provided education to every living being and they're also the ones who set that kind of title for humans.

However, according to my Incarnation's memories and Hikari's story, most of the Academies have already been destroyed by the Dark World.

What I witnessed there was the continuous defeat of both the Humans and the Elementals against the Dark World.