Levi hummed as he drafted possible real time applications of [Creator's Descent]. While it's uses via economic and deific standards is pretty much obvious, Levi felt that he had been downplaying the skill too much as the skill had no direct damage nor debuffs that it could accelerate battles specially during critical moments.
Though if you think about it, Levi was a summoner, it was natural for him not to have the burst he needed this early in the game. His summons are slightly stronger yes, but unless they were created from bosses like Crea, it was natural for them not to hold a candle against real damage dealers who have undergone multiple strategic threshold breakthroughs and system assisted skill and class development.
For all he knew, he should be trying to find ways to better implement defense and detect ambushes using the skill rather than actively using it in battle...
Then again, he was far from defenseless unlike other summoners.
Also, the skill he got is comparable if not more complex than majority of the End game skills he played. In fact, the skill was too 'flexible' to strategically incorporate it in battle.
Step by step.
Levi had to test how he himself would react to having the skill available. Visually descending on one of his creations, Levi practiced jumping from one consciousness to another while fighting himself.
He subtly increased the number of visions he had been working with, completely shutting of Mana Sense to force himself to guide and save creations using his own body that was nearby the shared vision.
Gradually, he expanded, full descending on one body, while engaging on a battle of his own.
Refighting bosses in Hytheria Barrens using three partial consciousness along with his own body.
Attempting each boss raid with an aim of taking no damage for both himself and his minions without mana sense turned on. Hours passed as he shuffled between eating, resting and fighting.
He and his summons got burnt and smashed a couple of times, but he soon got the gist of it.
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Grasping timings for when it's safe to split focus...
Adjusting expectations based on the body he is controlling...
Getting better at adapting to changing orientations...
Effectively using his skills among four different bodies...
Bone Telekinesis, Bone Weapon Summoning, Skeletal life form storing through his kingdom, Skeletal summoning through his kingdom...
Storing Skeletal lifeforms, in one of his consciousness then resummoning through to a different consciousness to divert army composition...
Reactivating mana sense, and incorporating all visions, bodies, sending commands, hearing communications from his summons, effectively using his skills, redirecting commands to his squad leaders...
Everything blended into a hot pudge of a mess, but even so Levi laughed and continued his challenge of perfection.
Levi knew himself that Mastering all of these skills will require a year or more to successfully embed enough muscle memory to perfectly control them each aspect, but that didn't stop him.
He would atleast get a perfect clear of the Elder Hytheria Dragon before his VR allocation was up.
Levi continued to persevere.
Then finally, Levi and the Skeletals cackled, as they stood in front of the dead Rathairma, unblemished.
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"Arise."
The Elder Bone dragon roared, before kneeling it's head allowing Levi to pat it.
With the bonus 1% from the offerings as well as Levi constantly slaughtering dragons while training, he had inadvertently reached level 35. Just summoning this hytheria dragon was enough to drop him to five levels, but he didn't care.
He proved himself worthy and his new friend seems to agree so.
*Roar!*
The large elder bone dragon roared as the Skeletal lifeforms danced and drummed. Levi wanted to join their celebration, but his VR allocation time was up. Making a promise for his creations, he quickly jot the reminder to join next time before closing his eyes and letting himself fall on the ground.
Again, one of his Skeletal guardians held up a bone to catch him only for Levi to vanish as he had already logged out.
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Back in reality, Levi stared at the ceiling for a few minutes, before getting up to review his current plans.
The remaining Statpoints and the threshold breakthroughs? He would have to make do with them while on the march.
Levi really did fuck up his timeline big time, by getting carried away with testing. He should've asked his Skeletal Crafters to make bone carriages or something. Yet he was so drained by the time he logged out, the only thought that came to his mind was to create a Skeletal from the elder before logging out himself.
Alas, there is only regret, he can only hope that those tri-eared Elves would still be alive by the time they arrive.
'I should still have time...'
'Right?'
'Maybe...'
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To be continued.