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Ebony's Fable
Chapter 358: Ejection

Chapter 358: Ejection

Ebony’s sales increased since he was capable of selling more modified items. It helped a lot that once he moulded them, the recharging didn’t take much time. Only mana.

Boundless Serenity Geyser - A boundless source of energy has taken root in your mental world and mana chassis, breaking your state of mind is nigh impossible regardless of consciousness increasing Mana and Stamina rate by 3000% + 25.0% per level, Perception by 1500% + 25.0% per level. Chaos reigns, your calm sustains.

Once again, the skill description doesn’t say much and it didn’t even change much from Perpetual Tranquility Spring. But Ebony felt a world of difference. It was no wonder they had zero chance of beating some of the Emperors here and why the differences between individuals were so large. They must have tier 5 and 6 skills be it passives or actives.

‘Also, what’s with the last line? Who wrote that silly line? The ubiquitous providence?’ On the topic of the Ubiquitous Providence, his complete Unique skill seemed to have been recorded as Echelon 2 and Order 3. Ebony had no idea what that could mean but he received a notification saying he was bestowed the equivalent value of Natural Potential that he supposedly gave the Ubiquitous Providence.

This led him to believe that the ‘system’ gained something when he made a Unique Skill and he gained Natural Potential in return. He couldn’t feel or sense Natural Potential so he had no idea the quantity or quality of Potential he gained.

Xin stopped him once more when he tried to bring up the topic of Unique Skills again but less urgently.

Since knowing about Unique Skills didn’t exactly give her the ability to create one, he figured it was not a big deal but he did want to inform her before she evolved. Trusting her intuition, he remained silent on the topic.

The effects of weight reduction were useful in many areas and his services marketed themselves. Either through the results that transport had increased in efficiency by a few times or that certain mercenary groups were speeding through the wild lands like no tomorrow.

Ebony’s prices were fair, he charged an equal value of what his mana would be worth if it were in mana ores. The only service with higher prices was the initial moulding. There was a limit to how many items he could recharge with coagulated mana, so he reduced his daily equipment moulding and even raised his prices to discourage new customers.

He currently had several thousand pieces of singular items that had to be recharged every 3 to 4 days with the humans. And several thousands with the Ferroquads. The only ones missing out were the Cinderash.

Not everyone came back for recharge, especially for the Ferroquads. They had to wait for him to go to them, and they only used it if they needed to be on the move since they were more cargo-focused. The humans had more farming equipment moulded which meant they kept paying him when they found out it increased their productivity. They could till more lands in a shorter period and in the Golden Fields they had control over, they had more land than farmers. Same with the quarry miners, jewellers, herb gardeners.

Because his rune work was under scrutiny of some particularly sensitive people, they rated his work to be below average for Grandmasters. He took it as a compliment since he was not a crafter or specialist with compounding runic skills. The reason his work was even sold was because it was effective on Teheil while others were not.

Xin’s cookhouse did well too. Her meals increased stats and she had far more customers than he did. Though a single sale earned her a lot less money after deducting the cost of ingredients.

There was no way it wouldn’t do well.

It seemed like the Mirellans and Veilarans had no good advancements in culinary arts. Unlike potions, eating her food had zero side effects and even nourished energy. Her cooking had come pretty far because the old effects only lasted hours but the current ones could last days. That was also due to the ingredient quality of Teheil being unreasonably high so it wasn’t just her skills.

More importantly, her food managed to get people coming back even if they already had a buff. Just because it tasted good and no proper chef thought it was a good idea to invade a planet with soldiers and farmers. New breeds of ingredients were funnelled to alchemists more than chefs.

There were army chefs but their goal was always feeding the stomach before satisfying the tongue. Humans safe behind city walls always searched for greater comfort and luxury. That was food’s magical hold on humans.

Xin learned a lot about maintaining a business or her open-air cookhouse would’ve made a lot more. Adjusting her meals to the tongues of Mirellans and Veilarans was the easiest task. Doing the math, logistics and deciding on a permanent menu was the challenge she faced. With limited stoves and tools, it just didn’t make sense for her to have an excessively large menu.

Barely, they just barely made enough money within 8 months for two tickets. As a man, he was happy he had the basic ability to bring more money to the table. He didn’t know he had that kind of pride or bias in him before.

Their jobs hadn’t been enough. Ebony took part-time jobs in construction. It was not a secret that he could use magic. Gravity magic made construction a lot easier. Xin took jobs that required cutting.

Since Emperors were all fighters, having people with similar levels of physical strength without mana augmentation was hard to find. She sliced massive overgrown tree roots standing in the way of cavern digging. Sliced stones and ores into precise shapes.

Ebony came across skirmishes between the Altarbound Kin and other races during movement to and fro Ferroquad lands. He did not interfere.

He wasn’t able to sell his services as a wall builder to the Ferroquads. They didn’t like walls.

It was too bad there were close to no wild monsters or they would’ve been hunters.

Packed and ready to go, Ebony shared his bag space with Xin. Outside of all the rare materials, it was just food and Teheil-only ingredients. This spatial bag his clones got was smaller than their original bag but they had to settle for it.

“This is the vehicle?” Ebony asked the bald ticket seller. A merchant, non-Mirellan. He was a man that had no connections with any of the races present, just another merchant and the highest-level person he met besides Gearhart himself. He wore a uniform under the banner of the sector’s space station and introduced himself as such. The same group of people handled the transport out of Teheil for the Cinderash and Ferroquads.

Despite how rich the Mirellans were, they did not have this vehicle meant to get out of certain planets with extreme gravity or conditions. But the ‘vehicle’ in question…looked sketchy.

“Ebony, this is just a white metal cone…” Xin nudged him with equal suspicion.

“I can see that.” Beside them were other would-be passengers.

“Indeed, this is our region’s class 3 ejection shuttle. All it needs to do is get us out of the atmosphere and we’ll portal to the space station. For Teheil, the trip would take 2 standard days on average.” The merchant kindly explained, unlike the snickers and giggles they got from other passengers.

Ebony and Xin were bumpkins who had never been on a shuttle that looked like a pure white metal cone, they had never been to the space station and the proof was that they didn’t have an Eidolon Nexus account.

A seamless door opened on the large cone and they entered one after the other. Climbing stairs the moment they passed through the door before arriving at a…airport lobby?

Metallic, modern.

Xin was acting like a bumpkin but this was a nostalgic scene for him.

There were three hundred seats and Ebony’s mana senses were wiped blind. More blind than Teheil could ever hope to blind him. He was left with his 5 physical senses.

After every headcount was accounted for and tickets were confirmed, they were asked to be seated before the take-off.

Stolen story; please report.

‘No windows, a shame.’

“We’re taking off, in 3, 2 and off we go.” The announcer did not count down to 1.

Unshaking, Ebony couldn’t even tell but the shuttle was supposedly moving and flying into space.

“Okay people. Safe take off. Please stay seated till the green lights near the stairs light up. We’ll serve two meals a standard day, you can check the menu on the wall to the left. Our chef is quite the professional. If you have any queries, feel free to raise them to my assistant attendant, Leqor who’ll be right there with you once you are free to walk around. I know I know, our Lexi has two modules so those who are in a rush to connect to the Eidolon Nexus please take a queue slip.” The voice of the pilot of Lexi, the shuttle was that of a cheerful young man.

Not being able to see the view of flight into space was a real bummer.

There was a small screen in the cramped space that played the news but Ebony didn’t know the terms, the planets, the forces that were being reported. Xin fell asleep beside him because there was nothing to do or see and mealtime would have to wait till they could leave their seats.

The seats were placed in rows of two but it was not a wide room when 300 people were packed together. Ebony’s cube had to stay near the ceiling. He was lucky the shuttle didn’t seem to manipulate gravity or wasn’t doing that currently and his control of the cube didn’t affect the flight.

‘I should take that queue slip.’ Ebony found that there was a button for him on the armrest for that purpose. He reached over to Xin’s side and helped her press the same button. From the looks of it, the internet wasn’t something anyone could connect to with a phone.

‘Getting out of Teheil was so easy, it’s a little anticlimactic. Is Gearhart just letting me grow and can’t be bothered to get me? He is adamant not to give any orders or information to his own soldiers about me? Haha, maybe he’s just waiting at the station.’ Ebony could name 3 to 4 Cinderashian who might have made life very difficult for him on Teheil alone much less Cinderash as a whole.

Although he had the advantage of near endless stamina and even a bit of magic usage, it probably wouldn’t have been enough if they tried to kill him. As long as they weren’t trying to kill him, capture was going to be a lot harder. Mr Guru should be well aware.

Through the two of their challenges across Central Teheil, he did not find any Saint around. Either he couldn’t sense them, or there wasn’t any of them present at all times.

Ebony heard a soft electronic voice reporting their queue numbers. They were 299 and 300 respectively, he clearly underestimated how much these people wanted to get onto the net. Each person had 30 minutes and they had to take another queue slip if they wanted another turn or more time.

There was idle time, he ought to check what’s changed since he’d left Elcra.

Name: Ebony Rime

Core Skill:

Boundless Serenity Geyser Lvl 1148 (Ⅴ)

Arsenal of Will Domain Lvl 1012 (Ⅲ)

Accelerated Corporeal-Illusory Battleforge Lvl 1042 (Ⅳ)

Unique Skill: Mireloom Chassis Engine Lvl 738 (Ⅳ)

Class: Frigid Tranquility’s Martial Grace - Lvl 500

Class Skills:

Phantasmal Shade Sovereign Arts Lvl 977 (Ⅴ)

Phantom’s Flicker Lvl 1032 (Ⅳ)

Ice Mana Decree Lvl 967

Woven Frostblaze Augmentation Lvl 899 (Ⅲ)

Ethereal Arctic Rivertide Art Lvl 788 (Ⅳ)

Woven Frostblaze Melding Lvl 843 (Ⅳ)

Perennial Everfrost Armament Lvl 863 (Ⅳ)

Ethereal Fluid Blitz Lvl 772 (Ⅳ)

Frigid Tranquility’s Martial Grace Conditioning Lvl 494 (Ⅳ)

Entity Evanesce Lvl 1291

Veritable Ice Clone Lvl 951 (Ⅲ)

Blossom of Shimmering Chill Lvl 700 (Ⅲ)

Stalactite Sunder Lvl 809 (Ⅲ)

Frigid Distorted Refraction Lvl 899 (Ⅲ)

Frostweave Vital Bolster Lvl 760 (Ⅲ)

Sub-Class: Oppressive Resonance Lvl 500

Sub-Class Skills:

Resonant Battle Hymn Lvl 742 (Ⅲ)

Extreme Mana Vibration Lvl 758

Gravity Mana Command Lvl 825

Tempestuous Lull Pelt Lvl 710 (Ⅳ)

Sonic Reverberation Lvl 748 (Ⅲ)

Torrent Path Lvl 825 (Ⅲ)

Gravity Quelling Vortex Lvl 715 (Ⅲ)

Quake Kick Lvl 758 (Ⅲ)

**** ******** Pseudo-Imitation Roar Lvl 702 (Ⅲ)

Empty Skill Slot

Profession: Mana Adjudicator - Lvl 500

Profession Skills:

Runic Mana Shaping Lvl 777 (Ⅲ)

Coagulated Mana Repository Lvl 1008 (Ⅳ)

Tolerant Stalwart Foundation Lvl 780 (Ⅲ)

Mana Chassis Implosion Lvl 910 (Ⅲ)

Empty Skill Slot

Health: 20,722/20,722

Stamina: 21,040/21,040

Mana: 22,531/5,588,723

Unallocated stat points: 0

Strength: 1200

Vitality: 1300

Constitution: 1500

Endurance: 1100

Agility: 1500

Intelligence: 3506

Wisdom: 4350

Perception: 800

Generic Skills:

Appraise Lvl 32 (Ⅱ)

Extreme Cold Resistance Lvl 232 (Ⅳ)

Running Lvl 220 (Ⅰ)

Mental Mapping Lvl 208 (Ⅱ)

English Lvl 8

Elcrian Lvl 14

Housekeeping Lvl 142 (Ⅰ)

Sustained Optimum Condition Lvl 315 (Ⅱ)

Advanced Mana Tracking Lvl 115 (Ⅲ)

Game Processing Lvl 96 (Ⅰ)

Extreme Heat Resistance Lvl 326 (Ⅳ)

Sheer Divination Resistance Lvl 12 (Ⅱ)

Gardening Lvl 122 (Ⅰ)

Cooking Lvl 109 (Ⅰ)

Integrated Trance Speed Reading Lvl 215 (Ⅱ)

Korun Lvl 282

Slumber Survival Instinct Lvl 154 (Ⅱ)

Immense Hunger Resistance Lvl 108 (Ⅲ)

Immense Exhaustion Resistance Lvl 226 (Ⅲ)

Lightning Resistance Lvl 160 (Ⅰ)

Sheer Blood Resistance Lvl 110 (Ⅱ)

Wind Resistance Lvl 153 (Ⅰ)

Poison Resistance 20 (Ⅰ)

Preservation Bubble Lvl 280 (Ⅰ)

Sustenance Regulation Lvl 115 (Ⅱ)

Lightning Mana Manipulation Lvl 234

Adaptable Bow Mastery Lvl 91 (Ⅰ)

Sheer Mana Poisoning Resistance Lvl 51 (Ⅱ)

Swimming Lvl 46 (Ⅰ)

Lightning Tether Lvl 299 (Ⅰ)

Electroshock Lvl 305 (Ⅰ)

Soul Resilience Lvl 49

Lunar Bio Clock Lvl 88 (Ⅱ)

Gia Lvl 14

Will Relay Buffer Lvl 268 (Ⅲ)

‘Now that’s a proper mage’s mana capacity. And my mana’s beginning to trickle back in even though I had been using everything to lift Hefty. We must be leaving the range of Teheil’s grasp. I can’t believe it’s been over ten years since my body had a full pool of mana.’ Ebony’s mana chassis revitalised as every crevice of his ‘factory’ began to be lubricated with mana.

It felt like a wave of pleasure that intensified throughout his body as they got further from Teheil.

“Ugh…prisoner what did you do to me?” Pieces of metal unfolded and grew around his wrist.