Chapter 374: Suitable Pathways (1/2)

Most of my Companions who haven't completed their Mortal Pathways yet reached Transcendence during the 2nd Stage of their 4th Realm. And after completing it, their progress was instantly raised to the 4th stage. Save for Yuko and Yumiko who already broke through once after becoming a Transcendent, the others are currently at the same stage. Now, Avelin and Erin that lagged behind before are sitting at the same level as Zerina and Jayna.

”All these… Don't you need to use these for your progress as well, Dai-kun?” Yuko picked up one of the basketball-sized stones that were dropped by a giant statue.

Compared to the baseball-sized ones, the energy contained in it was exponentially higher. I actually haven't tried consuming either of the two stones yet. However, after last hitting a lot of giant and golden statues, I'd estimated that the gathered energy from each kill probably amounted to half of what's stored in the stone.

Meaning, if I used it all to myself, it will not produce the same result if I let my Companions use it.

As of now, I'm currently ahead of all of them but with these stones, they will be able to catch up and pass by my current strength.

It's more important to power them up than hog everything all to myself. I don't want a day to come that I will have to leave behind one or two of them because it's too dangerous for their current power level. I'm their Support, that's why I will continue supporting them to make sure that no one will be left behind.

I will also set aside some stones for the Heroes, especially those connected to me through my Support System. They're my greater source of bonus stats after all. If their average stats rise, I will also get the benefit.

”Don't worry. You all noticed it. I got a lot of progress during the past week in the Dark World.”

Since it's a System-related Skill, every time I broke through, they were being notified of the increase in the Support Bonus.

”His growth is too absurd. No. I still can't wrap my head around the notion that all of you haven't completed your Mortal Pathways yet… Even more so, this guy who's treading on five different types of Mortal Pathways.” Irja sighed.

Among everyone here, she's the only one who's already at the 2nd Realm of her Transcendent Pathway.

Since becoming my Companion, I naturally included that info about our yet-to-be-completed Mortal Pathways as well as everything I showed back in that space was from different Pathways. That's why it looks so diversified compared to her who just naturally had created a lot of skills through her Energy Molding capabilities.

”Now that you're my Companion, you'll also be able to do that albeit you'll be restricted to three. By the way, Yuko, Zerina… What do you think about Brute Energy or rather the Physique Mortal Pathway of this world?”

”I find it a little lacking if I consider my current Rune Knight System,” Zerina answered.

Her Rune Knight System allowed her to draw runes that have different effects. However, most of it is geared towards enhancing her Knight attributes. There's even a Heavy Armor Rune that can somehow transform her currently black light armor into a heavy one.

Well, not only that, her Runes was the closest thing to Formations. In her case though, Runes consists of words and it's too complicated that not every word, if mashed together, will work.

Even though I already observed her System multiple times before, the core principle of it still eluded me. Nonetheless, Zerina clearly understood the strengths and limitations of her System.

”Really? Can you try applying Runes to these guys?”

I focused my Flux Energy and conjured the four Pillars. And after pouring more Energy, I transformed all of them into their Guardian Form.

Although they already saw them in action earlier, when Avelin and Erin saw my four Guardian Pillars again, the two had their mouths open.

Their Pillars' Guardian forms were already realized.

Avelin's Pillar Guardians all appeared to be beasts. There's a gorilla, an elephant and a giant falcon.

Erin's Pillar Guardians appeared to be Shadow Assassins. Everything about them appeared dark that no one could see their faces, even Erin herself. Nonetheless, they were all swift and could hide easily when it is dark.

Upon seeing my diversified Pillar Guardians once more, they scrutinized every detail of it, especially Lith's.

She looked like a seductress after all. So they all had weird looks upon remembering that the Guardian Forms were all influenced by me. However, since there's also Kael and Delian, they saved me from further scrutiny.

”Do you think my Runes will be able to enhance the Pillar Guardians?”

”Of course. They're from a different Pathway, although I cannot buff them using my Jewel Skills. Enhancing them through some other Pathway's skill is possible. I can attach them with Molded Energy from both the Meta and Spirit Pathways. Surely, it will also be possible to cast buffing Elemental Spells to them. The catch is... there's possibly a limitation.”