Chapter 204 - Partial Owner (1/2)
”[Pseudo-Animate Ascension].”
Whoosh!
Bang!
At the very instant Aurus had activated this new skill, the aura radiating from his body had intensified by a thousand times, creating a shockwave that sent the Supreme Ruler of the Void, who was incredibly dumbfounded by the sudden increase in power, flying back towards the dome.
Ding!
On the other hand, a notification sound resounded within Aurus's mind, with Theresa reading the notification for Aurus as it seemed that Aurus could not check the notifications on his own, being too engrossed by the amount of power he wielded.
”Master, due to the constant consumption of [Pseudo-Animate Ascension], as well as the other skills activated before it, you can only maintain this level of power for only 15 seconds before [Pseudo-Animate Ascension] automatically deactivates,” Theresa said to Aurus.
Fortunately, after hearing Theresa's voice, Aurus finally snapped back to reality, letting out a chuckle as he commanded Theresa, ”Theresa, show me a small screen with the Spirit stat on it. Since [Pseudo-Animate Ascension] temporarily changes my existence level to Pseudo-Animate, there's no need to convert it.”
”As you wish, Master,” Theresa responded to Aurus's command, bringing up a small holographic screen in front of Aurus's field of vision not long after. It then told Aurus, ”You only have 10 seconds remaining.”
”I got it. Don't worry, Theresa. I know what I need to—” As Aurus responded to Theresa's timely reminder on how much time he had left before his current power drastically drops down, he focused his sense of vision towards the small holographic screen in front of him, leaving him at a loss for words as he could not believe the number that was written on the screen. Thankfully, since he knew that he only had a limited time to wield this power, he hastily came to his senses as he muttered, ”Is this really…my full power?”
[Spirit]: 219,156,300
With his Spirit stat at the millions, Aurus could not help but recall the first time he checked the description of [Pseudo-Animate Ascension]. In actuality, the first time he checked it was before the third stage had started.
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After Inhee told Aurus that he had a 10-minute break to recuperate his losses after the second stage, Aurus went ahead and told Theresa to set a timer for 10 minutes, to which Theresa promptly followed, not taking a lot of time to do so. With that being done, Aurus then went ahead and wondered what he could do to pass the time, eventually thinking about his plan to solidify his foundation before he evolved to X-grade Inanimate.
And so, using up 2 minutes of his time, Aurus did just that, letting out a low sigh as he muttered, ”Well, after I'm done with this trial, I don't really have anything to change about the third and fourth step. I shouldn't overthink the plan too much.”
With the plan now out of the way, Aurus then pondered on what he could do next, eventually recalling that he was going to check on the two active skills that came with the two passive skills he had received from the war, both of them piquing his interest as he told Theresa to bring up the description of those two active skills.
Ding! Ding!
And just like that, two holographic screens appeared in front of Aurus's field of vision, allowing Aurus to hastily skim through the descriptions of both skills at once. After skimming through the description of the first active skill, Aurus could not help but wonder how it could be useful to him, eventually saying, ”If I'm in a life-threatening situation where I'm pretty sure I would die, I think I could use this to at least let me live.”
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[Lesser Fate Manipulation]
Only those blessed by the Goddesses of Fate shall be able to wield such a skill, allowing them to minutely change their destinies in order to forge a new path that has not been seen before. Of course, due to the power of such a skill, a great backlash would occur when the user uses the skill. Please use this skill with caution.
FP Cost: Depends on how much of the user's destiny shall be changed.
Note: The penalty of changing fate varies on the severity of the destiny changed.
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”Let's check the next one,” Aurus said as he focused his sense of vision towards the description of the next one, hastily closing both screens not long after as he shouted without hesitation, ”[Pseudo-Animate Ascension]!”
Whoosh!
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[Pseudo-Animate Ascension]
A skill that gives the user the ability to temporarily replace their existence level to that of a Pseudo-Animate. This skill could be used to increase the combat power of a being, or reduce the presence of a being to a minimum.
> Temporarily replaces the user's existence level to Pseudo-Animate
FP Cost: 20,000 FP per second
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After activating [Pseudo-Animate Ascension], the first thing Aurus felt was that his senses had sharpened quite greatly, allowing him to see minute details on the walls of the large stone room he was in. Not only that, whenever he looked at Theresa, he faintly had an idea of what it was thinking at the moment. Of course, the greatest change brought to Aurus was the increase in his power. Since a single stat point for a Pseudo-Animate was equivalent to 1,000 stat points for an Inanimate, that meant that the efficacy of a single point of Aurus is now equivalent to 1,000 points.
”Master, since you have temporarily changed your existence level to Pseudo-Animate, the efficacy of a single stat point of yours is now equivalent to 1,000 stat points of an Inanimate,” Theresa said, to which Aurus became greatly bewildered. He pondered over it for a bit, eventually getting to a conclusion as he asked Theresa, ”In other words, you're telling me…that my power has increased by 1,000 times?”
”Pretty much, Master,” Theresa replied to his question before adding, ”Since temporarily changing your existence level is not part of amplification, your body would not implode, Master. Of course, since your power has increased by 1,000 points in such an abrupt manner, you can only maintain this state for a certain amount of time.”
”How much time do I have left before it deactivates, then?” Aurus asked Theresa, to which it replied with a chuckle.