Chapter 5-151: A Different Way to set the World on Fire... (1/2)
Gregorigori had set up the video shooting location. After all, I had hit Five. It was time to deliver on what I had promised Sir Pellier and Heavenbound Hall.
It was time for the world to go Vivic.
“Hello, I am called Traveler. You may have seen my video of The Human Tongue.” From behind the screen, The Mick couldn’t stop him from guffawing. While most people probably hadn’t watched it more than once, because they didn’t need to, in terms of videos seen only once by people, it probably broke all the records.
“I am here to disseminate some more information. Actually, there’s going to be several videos about all this. This video is the first of the series, and is a bit technical. We’re going to be going into the specifics of vivic fire.” I flicked up my Darts, festooned with the misty fire. “Before I go into great detail, this technical information will be available to everybody at Heavenbound Hall for a very nominal fee compared to its value.
“Before we begin, here’s some video of events that occurred in Mexico yesterday...”
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The video footage from the helms of the Aruan Shooters had been uploaded, edited, and were playing. A lot of people would be watching as men with guns killed undead, and the vivic flames ate at them.
“Those undead will not be coming back.
“Yes. You heard that right. Vivic fire consumes the negative energy that they are powered by utterly, and feeds it to the Land.
“We killed over three hundred thousand undead in Mexico that night. The size of its Deadzone peeled back more than a kilometer, a permanent reduction. It lost over a thousand incorporeal spirits of all sorts, the most dangerous members of its forces.
“They will also not be coming back.
“Men with vivic Weapons and Casters with Vivic spells can slowly and completely and utterly destroy the Shroudzones that have bedeviled our world. It is now only a matter of time and commitment.
“Here is the process of adding Vivic to a Weapon in the standard Denthek discourse. There are some unique Runes to this process, so pay attention as I demonstrate this...”
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“Here is the High Arcana model for Vivic Spell, the +I Metamagic that will enable you to add vivus to an existing spell. Vivus itself cannot be channeled as a pure effect, and indeed, is not really made to do so. As long as the enemy is finished and vivus can burn upon it, its job is done...
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“This concludes my words on vivus. I mentioned it several times in passing, but remember again, vivus does not harm that which is natural, and that includes most of humanity. If you are someone dealing with negative energy, it is roughly as destructive to you as fire, no greater... and there are no vivic fireballs, so it is not intrinsically overly deadly.
“But if you die, in the end, there will only be dust and mist left of you.”
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“Greetings, this is the second of two videos being posted to the Heavenbound Hall. This video is called Breaking Eight, the Helix Method.”
Helix’s eyes got very wide when he heard that.
“The purpose of this video is to lay out the methodology for humans, elves, hyn, halvyr, gnomoi, urkhar, and dhatun to break the cap of Six imposed upon you by the Shroud.
“Yes, you heard that right. It is the Haze above you that is stopping you from breaking the First Ceiling. In reality, the difficulty you are finding at Six you should not be encountering until at least Ten.
“But there are several ways to approach this problem. I will be going over the default methods used by humans, which is the Faux Seven method.
“I will then go over the methods used by the elves and halvyr, which is the Racial Method. This method can easily be used by Humans to reach Eight, if your Stats are high enough, just like the elves.
“I will review the two methods employed by the dwarves, which can be used by humans with some planning, and which do not require active spellcasting, allowing one to reach Eight if you do it right!... which the dwarves have not been.” I wagged my finger at the screen.
“Lastly, I will review the Helix Method, which is a method for Powered to reach all the way to Nine and higher if they are patient, committed, and have the Stats and Karma to do so.
“I will also be covering the Nog Mystics Mastery, which allows a person to permanently exchange unneeded Valences for the Stats to actually accomplish all this.
“The poster child for this will be Helix, a Sorcerer of completely average talent and motivations, not some incredible genius. In short, someone much like some of you. His story is quite interesting, but he has taken some steps on the road to greatness... and as he is walking it, so can you.”
Seeing the illusion of himself, waving at the cameras on Holo, Helix was totally red in the face.
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“The Faux Seven is the method by which most humans think they have made Seven. They have not, as any form of a Deep Assay will show. They merely have the Casting Ability of a Seven. This resolves around the power of the second Human Racial Level...”
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