Chapter 228: Dreamscape (2) (2/2)
Though it was possible for someone to jump power levels within a shared Dimension, doing so across Dimensions was impossible. This was a qualitative difference in strength.
Think about it… Did you need to struggle to crumple a piece of paper?
However, Camelot took a different approach, and this was Crystallization! One might not struggle to rip a single piece of paper, but what about two? Three? A hundred? A thousand?
Instead of leaping to a qualitative change in strength, they consolidated the strength they did have and evolved it with a quantitative change instead.
This also explained why his supposedly Fifth Dimensional spirit was still so weak. How could it be considered true Fifth Dimensional Soul Force when it was formed with Third Dimensional Force?
It was no wonder Elys and even Aliard had mistaken his spirit for being at the level of a Three Star Magus. In substance, his spirit was lacking in comparison to theirs. But, in potential, his far surpassed theirs. The average of the two opposing ideas landed him right in the middle…
It was only now Leonel realized how truly flawed his stat system was…
'It's a shame. Though they take this approach, it has no use at the next level. All this hard work of theirs would have to be dispelled the moment they want to truly enter the Fourth Dimension…'
Leonel realized that this was only a case of short term benefits. Since Third Dimensional Force had to be dispelled in favor of Fourth Dimensional Force, any Crystallization one's Third Dimensional Force underwent would be useless in the future.
After a moment, an arc of electricity suddenly bolted through Leonel's Dream World. Leonel knew what this was immediately. It was a phenomenon that occurred when his Dreamscape made a connection.
With Leonel's every passing thought, these arcs of lightning would connect the various Dream Sculpts within his Dreamscape, almost like the real synapses of a brain. However, they were usually ignored by him unless… an arc of lightning had a particularly wide set of branches.
The more branches an arc of lightning formed, the more ideas it was connecting, and thus the more complex the thought it was forming was.
Leonel's eyes shone. Just what idea had his Dreamscape stumbled onto?
Leonel began to meditate on the connected Dream Sculpts. After a few seconds, his eyes snapped open once more, burning with a fierce light.
His previous thinking was too naive. Force had other uses aside from the power it output. For example, hadn't Leonel's physical stats improved with each Node he formed?
There was a limit to this once he reached the Ninth Node. However, what if he Crystallized his Force? Wouldn't the benefits to his body be much greater?
Leonel looked at the central Dream Sculpt that hung between all the arcs of lightning. It was book by the title of 'Knights and Mages: The War of Ideologies'.
Leonel suddenly saw a bright light at the end of a dark tunnel. All this time, he had been worried. After so long, all of his calculations concluded that his Tenth Node formation would end in failure. However this… changed everything.