Chapter 721 (2/2)

Progenitor of the Fourshaded Evolution.

In the darkness, Randidly looked calmly up from the impression in the stone. Randidly activated Visualization and the inky darkness above him exploded into Aether shapes and images. Even though he had a theory, Randidly patiently went through all of the connectors of the pillar to find the flaw. It was an illuminating experience just to touch the bedrock of what he was within the System. Perhaps now was not the best time, but Randidly was beginning to realize that there were a lot of problems that he had put off addressing in himself. Now, it seemed, those issues were coming to a head all at once.

The Crown over Randidly’s head was heavy, but Randidly’s gaze did not waver. It was time to meet his weaknesses.

The flaw in his Class was due to the fact the addition was based off a previous Soulskill. Perhaps because it was ultimately an evolution, the Class could continue to advance for a little while. But now the differences in the current weight of his Soulskill and the framework that it originally contributed to his Class was showing the signs of strain.

Randidly considered a lot of methods to address this. None of them were simple. Mostly it involved repurposing the previously used Aether. But ultimately, every time Randidly thought through a theory, he was reminded of his original failure; the first attempt to create a Class had gone well enough, but when he looked at the ultimate product he had realized it wasn’t enough.

Somewhat at a loss, Randidly reached out to Neveah. Her response came almost immediately, but it made him blink.

Because the message through their Soulskill was, as Randidly should have anticipated, just a string of Aether. Chuckling cost Randidly several hundred Stamina, but it was probably worth it. On his next message, Randidly changed his tack. Instead of asking a question, Randidly sent an emotion.

Hesitation. Pressure.

Neveah took longer to answer this time. Likely, she was mulling over the strange form of the most recent messages. But three minutes or so later, the reply came.

I believe in you.

In spite of himself, Randidly smiled. Fine then.

But Randidly had learned from his prior attempt to create his own Class. He didn’t truly need to break this Class down and create another from scratch. No matter how Randidly resented its influence on his life, the bottom layer System that all of this ran on was a magical thing. It took meaning and image and allowed it to change the world.

So what Randidly needed was a strong image. More than that, Randidly needed a new shape for his Class to work. Effectively, Randidly would be attempted to simultaneously start a change reaction in all six pillars of his Class while providing a complementary shape to them so they would be able to combine once more after the process was done.

It was an ambitious project. Honestly, before being trapped here, Randidly wouldn’t know where to begin.

Now, however, Randidly was finding that this mind addressed these problems with much more aplomb. This was curious in a way, but Randidly supposed it made sense in another. In a way, this functioned as an isolation chamber. By effectively removing Randidly’s body from the equation, all he had to address was his mind. When brought to the fore, all the Mental Stats that Randidly put into himself were showing their value.

Therefore, Randidly quickly generated a few ideas on how to change his Class. Still, that would ultimately need to wait.

Even now, his chest burned with light pain. Randidly’s eyes flashed. He needed to get into his Soulskill and figure out what was going on with that before anything else. Otherwise, Randidly suspected that this shift would collapse in on itself before it could even take hold.

Randidly checked the time since his arrival: Five days and eight hours.

Time enough.