Chapter 309 (2/2)
Congratulations! You have recognized your inner bond with L#()@#NKL. You have learned the skill Soul Bond Lvl 1. Due to previous unrecognized accomplishments, the skill level has increased to Lvl 49! 48 PP has been gained.
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98098i23jkln? Y/N
You have selected yes! You have gained the skill Aether Detection Lvl 1. You have gained the skill Aether Manipulation Lvl 1. You have gained the skill Living Aether ® Lvl 1. You have gained the skill System Interference (A) Lvl 1.
Warning! Due to the nature of your skills, your Heretic Path has progressed! You have gained access to the System Transgressor Path 0/1.
Your bonded being currently is only a soul! It is possible for it to assimilate with another body, to obtain a physical form. Please choose carefully before you make your selection.
Randidly’s expression darkened. Well, it can be considered a good haul of skills, but it seemed that it came with a host of problems. The System Transgressor Path… Randidly grimaced. If this was just an upgraded version of Heretic, that would already be difficult to handle. But… unlike the Heretic, which was numbered, this was simply a path. That cost a single PP.
Ominous, and confusing. Probably wouldn’t bother to investigate that for a while. Randidly turned his attention to the various skills he had gained with this… bond.
Aether Manipulation: Allows one to control Aether. This includes the ability to purify Aether and “set” Aether, instilling it with your own meaning. The degree and strength of control increase with skill level.
Aether Detection: Detect Aether. This also includes the ability to generally sense any information and meaning from “set” Aether. Degree of detection increases with skill level.
Living Aether ®: You have forged a bond that involves access to Aether. As such, your Aether is much more pure and resilient than others. Increased effectiveness of Aether. Increased recovery to damaged Aether. Increased affinity to your own Aether. The degree of all attributes increases with skill level.
System Interference (A): Ability to understand and subvert the System. It is now easier to reproduce or change various aspects of the System on your own. Abilities will increase with skill level.
Past that was simply more notifications on skill level increases, mostly Living Aether and Aether Manipulation, which were both likely the reasons that Randidly was able to recover to this point. The Living Aether kept the worst of the damage at bay, and that being he bonded with likely did the heavy lifting, while Randidly’s subconscious did what it could with Aether Manipulation.
Speaking of which… The notifications said that the being needed a physical form…? Which made sense, because that was the second “price” that the being had insisted upon. Not that it would be easy, Randidly suspected, finding a good body for it, but… it would work out.
And just as Randidly thought that, he could feel it, the warm, familiar presence, now out of that deep well of Aether in his chest, flitting around his body curiously. Now it was in Randidly’s right hand, which was gripping the vial Simon had given to him. It was strangely delighted, seeming to enjoy the physical feeling of touch.
Well, Randidly supposed it had never really existed, so it really was a delight. Randidly grimaced. Imagine how excited it would be when the body it was in wasn’t rattled almost to death and aching…
Randidly breathed out a sigh, and stood, feeling his joints crack and pop. He massaged his neck, and turned to the people standing in front of him, feeling slightly uncomfortable.