Chapter 501 - Stop Laughing And... (1/2)
Leonel sighed a breath of relief. Once again, the speed of Aina's recovery shot up again.
Sitting in the pool, Leonel allowed her to rest against his chest. Soon, her breathing stopped hitching and became calm and her head fell back against Leonel, the light sound of snoring coming from her parted lips.
Leonel smiled.
He quite liked this feeling. The way he could envelop her small frame in his arms and protect her, it made him feel at peace.
Leonel chuckled lightly. As expected of Aina, rather than wearing delicate female underwear, from what Leonel could tell, she actually wore male boxers. Her reasoning was probably that it was more comfortable, at least for battle.
Of course, Leonel was too much of a pansy to actually look with his eyes. He could just tell by how the fabric felt on his thighs.
Had Mordred been there, she would have most definitely rolled her eyes.
Leonel cast a silencing array over Aina's ears and brought out the dictionary once again, his expression becoming more serious.
”What is a One Star Mono-Layer Curse and how does it compare to a Four Star Tetra-Layer Curse?”
[ *Ping* ]
[ A One Star Mono-Layer Curse is a curse with just a single layer of complexity. It is not necessarily more or less complex than a Four Star Tetra-Layer Curse, though it is much easier to cure ]
Leonel frowned. What did it mean by not necessarily more or less complex? What was the point of the divisions, then?
[ A One Star Mono-Layer Curse can only take root in a Third Dimensional existence. However, a Four Star Tetra-Layer Curse is effective even against a Sixth Dimensional existence ]
Leonel's frown deepened. Aina was dealing with a curse that powerful?
”What did you mean by Aina's curse was almost as effective as a Four Star Tetra-Layer Curse?”
[ *Ping* ]
[ A curse's effectiveness is based on two factors: its complexity and its level of integration. Aina has a curse with a simple complexity, but an elite growth rate. This allows it to display more strength over time ]
The more the dictionary spoke, the more Leonel felt it wasn't giving him the answers he wanted. It took a while, but Leonel finally understood what he needed to know.
The growth rate of a curse referred to its Integration Potential. Over time, some curses weakened, but other could grow stronger. Aina's curse, the Nine Segmented Blood Leach Curse, was a simple curse, but its growth rate was frightening.
Though weak against adults, if implanted into an infant, the Curse would be able to root itself deeply. This would result in a Curse no weaker than a Four Star Tetra-Layer curse in effect as the infant grew into adulthood. It could even grow beyond this.
Technically, if this was a curse with a poor growth rate, just breaking into the Fourth Dimension would have been enough to dispel it. But now, if Aina wanted to break this curse without outside assistance, it would take her breaking into the Sixth Dimension.
But, by then, the curse would have grown even more powerful. Who knows if even breaking into the Seventh Dimension would be helpful by that point?
And, from Leonel's understanding, the greatest known powers in the Dimensional Verse were only of the Seventh Dimension, including the Morales family. So, if the Curse became any more powerful, it would become next to impossible for Aina to ever think of dispelling it on her own.
”Can Cleansing Water dispel this Curse?”
[ *Ping* ]
[ Yes ]
”What level?”
[ *Ping* ]
[ Extended treatment with Fifth Dimensional Cleansing Waters or one drop of Sixth Dimensional Cleansing Waters ]
”Will the Segmented Cube produce Fifth and Sixth Dimensional Cleansing Waters?”
[ *Ping* ]
[ Yes. Upon reaching the Third and Fourth Phases respectively ]
Leonel sighed a breath of relief hearing these words. This was perfect, that just meant he had to find a way to upgrade the Segmented Cube like he had helped it reach the Second Phase.