Now that that's out of the way (sorry for info dump) I get to choose which Powers I want and then have to go about making them. Now, how this is done is I need to have a crystal clear image in my head on how I want it to work and then visualise the mana forming to create the Power. Easy right?
So in short the best Powers I can go for is magic from earth media that I know very well and can visualise best. After a bit of thinking and referencing the book on Powers some, I came up with this list for the next four Powers I’ll aim for.
Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Solo Levelling necromancy skill.
Avatar (Last Airbender/Korra).
Physic Powers (Jedi/ Mob Psycho 100, other).
Now hold on one second. Necromancy is definitely out of the question for a religious MC right? (Ha, look at me calling myself a MC.)
Well while you are correct this won’t actually be necromancy, you see there is a type of monster that is extremely rare called a Mana Beast (or its translated equivalent.) where a monster or animal will die but its mana, instead of dissipating will stick around for a time. Like a ghost but not.
What I’ll be doing is making this process go from rare to common by keeping the monster's mana separate in my Well (something that can be done with practice) and then call on it when needed. Being connected to me keeps it from dissipating and it should understand me at a base level.
Shadow Clone will work similar to the show with mana being formed in the shape of a body, changing to become solid using my body as a reference/baseline and let's also keep the cool thing where memories get to come back to me.
I am gonna change it a bit, so that any mana stored within the clone and other things are also transferred over to yours truly and I can be asleep/unconscious without them going poof. So in short, only the good things will come back and all the bad stuff like injuries and such get poofed.
I also have an idea for memory re-allocation and clone organisation but i'll leave that for later.
Avatar powers will be fairly simple and basically similar to the series. Movement of the body (or no movement after special training) will result in matter moving, generating energy or changing states. For example, moving stone, creating fire and turning water to ice. I am going to expand this to go into several other “Abilities” such as Seismic Sense and many more.
Psychic Powers are kinda simple actually. Moving things only using mana is fairly common and even some people can do this without it becoming a full on Power (don’t ask me how yet.)
I can use this as a training exercise for the other ones. Speaking of training, I need to get my body into a shape that doesn’t look like I’ve lived without food for a year.
Malter (the dad, yes I know names are hard) works in the fields and has offered to bring me along to do simple stuff till I’m strong enough to properly train.
After drawing him some designs he’s willing to get a few of the farm hands together to make me a workout station right out of a gym and some speciallised training.
But the talk with Abcier is fast approaching and soon arrives. I’ve barely written down in an awesome looking notebook that the Coans have given me all my notes when Abcier arrives and we all get together for lunch. Over the week I’ve been reading that dictionary like nothing else and so I’m getting OK with the language.
Stolen novel; please report.
After eating a very nice sandwich like food with fish and a green looking mayo (it tastes good I promise) we start getting into the tricky parts.
“Well Michael, you have had a week to think things over. What have you decided or have any questions you wish to ask?”
“Yes” Replied Michael with a slight pause “I will be learning Powers and have notes on four Created Powers that I’ll look toward.
“Excellent, I cannot wait to see how you progress. I also have news for you, I can conferred with Knowledge and confirmed the movements of the Institute. You will have two years before it becomes likely they will find you. Secluded on this island have given you an excellent starting point.”
“Wow, two years… Malter, are you OK with me staying that long?”
“However long you will need my friend” he said in his rough voice “Spend this time to train and learn. I have some friends here who will also be glad to help you train.”
After looking at the Coan Family I stand up and say to them “I cannot thank you enough, this means the world to me and while I haven’t been very social or helpful recently. I will be happy to help whenever you need.”
Epego replies “Oh there's no need to help out too much. I have the housework well in hand. It must be difficult without Powers to help.”
“Sometimes, but in any case if you need a hand I’m happy to help” I replied smiling. I really like the Coans, they have been very helpful with everything so far and I’m looking forward to living with them for a while.
“Excellent” says Abcier “Dr Rath is also happy to help with your training, his apprentice completed his apprenticeship last year and is looking forward to being the main healer of the town Dr Rath is from. If you’d be happy with it Mr Coan, would you allow Dr Rath to come by time to time to train Michael?”
“I’d be happy to.” slightly turning to Michael “We’ve been friends for years, you see.”
“Excellent, and now there are only two things we need to mention. Firstly, your 3 questions to the gods.”
“Yes, I’ve given it some thought but need to think about it more.”
“That is fine, when you are ready, have Malter contact me and I'll make the preparations. You will need to travel to the mainland to visit the temples.”
“Understood, any rules around questions I should know?”
“Not really, your question can even be a small request and it will be allowed but I would suggest having a question or two in reserve. Many who go through this do.”
“A request huh.” Oh that's interesting, and opens quite a lot of possibilities. I can see a plan coming together. “Am I still able to ask general questions to them?”
“Yes, either they or the priest there will answer those questions.”
“Ok, easy. Other than that?”
“Haha, easy he says. One of the most prestigious awards a normal man can get and he says it's easy” said Abcier to smiles all around.
“Next, you will need to become registered. Now this is where most OutWorlders run into trouble. You’ll need to go into a town, preferably away from here with a good cover story to get through without being detected as an OutWorlder and get a registration, like an ID or proof of existence card as it is sometimes called. You can also sign up as an Adventurer, they normally handle OutWorlders as well, and normally better than other departments.”
Oh of course there are adventurers, next thing you’ll know I’ll be on a quest to hunt a dragon. What kind of generic fiction am I in?
“Quick question, why are you and the Coans so intent on helping me while you have a massive organisation like the Institute who actively hunts for OutWorlders. And how do they even detect OutWorlders anyway?”
“Many are not happy with how things are done these days, consider this a mini rebellion against the Institute. Don’t worry though. Once registered they will have a very hard time getting to you.
As for detecting and finding OutWorlders no ones really sure how it's done other than operatives on the ground get given a location to scout. There are also Powered Items that can detect the “unique” Mana signature of an OutWorlder, but this can give false positives.
For example, someone who's recently had a massive injury and have been healed from said injury or by Powered Items created by OutWorlders, these are quite common in history and many more fakes of OutWorlder items have been created.
All we need to do is give you a fake item to carry and you should get through the gates fine.”