Chapter 51 - Level 27 [p7]. Control? (2/2)

”True, but this Universe is already on our side. The progeny also lost a lot of positive points with the 'actors' of 'The Script'. If they ȧssume he is a bad guy now, we will have more freedom in the future. We can hunt him down, like a dog he is and can be ȧssured they won't stand in his defense.”

”Huh... We will use his home territory to our advantage. Can work...”

***

”Finally! Greece. Took me some time. Now, I need to get the Bucky.”

'Ups. I started speaking out loud. Need to keep it together or even better keep it inside.'

I took out the amulet connected to the one I made for Bucky to track him down. Using enhancement on it like a GPS of sorts, I started going in his direction. It took me some time to get to him. Plus, using broom is not exactly my specialty.

After reaching him, we had a very nice reunion. Plus I bought some high-quality fish specifically for this occasion. I, Bucky and Blacky had a very good dinner. Well, Blacky probably happy to have anything. It's a black hole after all. And I must say it's really convenient. The best garbage bin is the one that decomposes trash to quarks indeed.

Obviously, it didn't increase that much, because just upkeeping his current mass is quite hard because it burns it with insane speed. Well relatively speaking. During our travels, Blacky has grown to approximately 100 kilograms from 23 micrograms, after feeding him literally everything we didn't like.

Anyway, progress was good, but not substantial, because, for a black hole to be threatening on its own, without my enhancement, it needs to have at least mass of one Earth or be close to it. That's a lot by the way (5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg = 5.972 * 10^24 kg).

I also non-stop practiced and improved Occlumency skill, because I expected it to be crucial with all that 'Order and no-load' crap.

Also, decided to take a look at the abilities provided by the skill. After all, shielding my mind now became of utmost importance.

What's more, I noticed that speech and occlumency are intricately connected. Occlumency is all about controlling thoughts and speech is greatly connected with that notion. Great speech requires exquisite control over both mind and body. That explains why most masters of occlumency were so good at lying, manipulating and speaking. Snape, Grindewald, Crouch Junior and Dumbledore are just a few examples of masterful talkers and liars.

The 1st-tier ability for Occlumency was pretty basic. One of the reasons why I ignored the whole tree until now. Skillpoints will get only harder to get with time, but now was not the time to be stingy.

『 Occlumency 』

〖Your mental defenses are unbreachable for those whose skill in mental offense is lower than the half of your mental defense skill.〗

In short, it is useless for current me. So you see now why I didn't want to even invest in this tree. I mean my mental defense is currently at 35 so only people who have at least 18 in mental offense can try breaching me. That is so useless at my current level of skill. But now I have no choice. I am investing in hopes that the 2nd-tier ability(-ies) has more use.

Thankfully, my pleas were heard, because there were two 2nd-tier abilities and both were quite useful.

『 Occlumency 』

〖Control of emotions〗

〖Skill now affects your emotional control. With a rise in skill level, you will have better control over emotions.〗

This ability only further proved my suspicions about the connection between occlumency and speech.

『 Occlumency 』

〖Control of imagination〗

I can now faster improve my occlumency skill and that will even improve my speech 'checks'. Although, obviously these skills were not super omega powerful, especially with my current skill level. But it is something and currently safekeeping my mind is of utmost priority for me for now.

As for physical safeness, that is something I can only further train. I could have invested in magic chanting and gesturing, but then I would be probably left with no skill points at all. And I really need them for extreme situations. You never know when you may need those. Plus my magic channeling and theory are already high, so I should be alright in terms of escaping and raw power.

*Sigh*

So many concerns, yet I can't stop.

After finishing dinner, we should continue the search for manticore and then we should leave Europe. Maybe China? Or possibly Japan. Any place would be fine. As long as it is as far as possible from the plot.

Suddenly, the amulet on my neck started vibrating, which heavily surprised.

'Hermione?'

*Progress*

『 Alchemy 39 | Sneak 29 | Speech 37 』

『 Studying 47 | Wand Making 32 』

『 Herbology 39 | Magic Channeling 61 』

『 Magic Chanting 42 | Magic Gesturing 42 』

『 Magic Theory 58 | Astronomy 35 』

『 Riding Expertise 20 | Crafting 32 』

『 Playing Games 16 | Enchanting 40 』

『 Cooking 26 | Training 26 | Physical Activities 18 』

『 Programming 25 | Dancing 0 』

『 Legilimency 29 | Occlumency 34 ➔ 35 』

『 Drawing 10 』