Lurona city [southern shores of Fuminao Legacy Kingdom], local time [1794.01.05]
As Makani and Zeph made their way through the deep snow that had covered the village during the night, he tried to make a better sense of how the people here were living.
The village was quiet and peaceful. Picturesque even, as if it was brought directly from the old Christmas postcards. Right now, the luminescent lamps were working around the clock because the sun wasn’t on its brightest today. The only difference was the lack of colors, as all of the lamps were either producing green-blue or warm yellowish lighting.
People who were responsible for the underwater pipe system, mostly the men living in the village, were already absent. The traces they left behind were already being covered by the snow slowly falling from the skies. The weather was becoming worse, with the heavy clouds moving above the land from the direction of the sea.
That could be a problem, Zeph thought, noticing that there was no wind. If I remember correctly, that should mean a snowstorm is coming… I am not sure about that anymore, though.
He did receive basic training in weather prediction thanks to his position as a scout, but things worked slightly differently on Corora. It was hard to tell if his knowledge was reliable. It was better to ask the locals, which he planned to do anyway when visiting Yarik.
As the temperatures became lower, the women and youngsters in the houses kept to their domains. He could spot a few curious glances directed at them from behind the first layer of wooden shutters, though. The people here didn’t have enough high-end materials to be able to make or acquire windows that were insulating enough to be usable without additional layers of protection, especially during the windy days. The crystal-like panels were covered by a few layers of thin skin of an unknown origin and were additionally geared with two layers of external wooden shutters. The first layer was there only to keep enough heat near the window to stifle the frost, as so they had many small openings or even dense meshes to let some light through into the houses.
Naturally, the opacity of the glass-like panels wasn’t the best, so it was no surprise that a few windows opened inwards slightly as they passed.
Heh, are we that interesting? The warm air is escaping your home, lady, he thought while smiling at the sight of a younger woman who even opened one side of the shutter to have a better view. Not like she saw his face, though. He waved his hand. If she was making such a grand sacrifice, he could do at least that much.
The woman waved back and smiled at him before she shivered and quickly closed the window.
At least they aren’t trying to speak with us. We need to hurry up. If they were to catch up with the next caravan, they should head out as soon as possible.
Looking around as they slowly traveled to the house indicated by Gahilda, he noticed another oddity. Despite the fact that every house was burning charcoal like crazy, the air wasn’t polluted at all. He knew that the firewood set by the walls of the houses for additional insulation was going through two stages of burning – the first was an almost-oxygen-free process of charcoal burning in an enclosed chamber placed directly under the house, and the second was using the resulting fuel to heat the water system heating the houses directly. But the second stage should produce much more smoke.
“hmmm… It would make sense if they had air vents around the house to not waste the warm air… well, besides their kitchens. Are they selling the soot, I wonder…” he mumbled to himself.
“Did you say something?” Makani asked, looking at him.
“No, no. I was just thinking aloud,” he said, waving his hand. Nanotubes would have to wait for now. “Anyway, how is our time looking? If we can speed up a little…” he asked instead. The Viviscale Village that the System wanted him to investigate was already on the High Peak of Brenn which was their destination. Their schedule was tight, though, because it was two and a half days of travel to reach the area and the Dueling Tournament would start on the 10th in the evening.
“You are thinking about disregarding the commission?” Makani asked, surprised slightly.
“I am just worried that I won’t be able to level up enough,” Zeph said, sighing depressingly. “I thought we would hunt more along the way, but the locals have everything under control for now and there is no migration yet.”
If the migration hit, they would be able to hunt everything with impunity. As it was, it was better to keep the local wildlife balanced.
Makani nodded in understanding. “If the windsleds here are worth anything, we should be able to hunt for two days.” He faced forward. “It should be more than enough for your recommended levels. Don’t forget your bracket.”
“Yes, yes. But I don’t think I ever managed to gain that many levels in under two days…” To stay true to their Guild’s declaration, the combined levels of his Profession and Class had to stay at or below level 50. Their Guild, naturally, wasn’t going to disclose his actual levels or other details to their competition, but the referee from the City Hall would require an Effigy to confirm the declared specializations and levels. That meant that Zeph could only get up to ten levels overall, but he was a little skeptical as to their timeframe – even if they were to leave the city the first day of the new year.
“You just don’t understand what we are going to encounter… Don’t worry about it and just focus on getting your PE in order on the way back.” That was another problem. Zeph still remembered Aisha’s advice to never allocate more than 15 PE at once for the ones that reached the first milestone. Of course, his Intuition was already beyond the second milestone, so that limit wasn’t applicable to it. But the quick rise of his other PE, especially the Flexibility, would cause problems for sure. “Anyway,” Makani continued, “if these windsleds are worth anything, we can try to pass the next caravan if you want. If we are going to stay in the Viviscale Village, then we can as well try to negotiate on that account. It’s true that the area is still calm… but the money won’t be the same.” Makani glanced at him. “Did something happen?”
He grimaced. “I will tell you about it later.”
Makani shrugged, leaving it at that. They continued their slow walk through the deep, fluffy snow.
A few minutes later, they came close to the second-last house in the village. Although most of the homesteads had some utility sheds or small buildings placed around the main house, this one had a long, open-front shed right by the road. Inside, he could see a multitude of sailboards with overblown sails that, evidently, were made from fish skins. The scales that reflected the light in a wild and colorful display were hard to miss.
They walked up to the doors of the house and Zeph knocked quite loudly on them.
After a moment a gruff mountain of a man opened the door and threw them a quick glance. A second later, he gestured for them to enter.
No one in the village liked to unnecessarily waste the warm air. The floor-heating system was marvelously efficient but quite hard to adjust. Or rather, very slow to adjust.
They walked inside, Makani closing the door behind them. As they started to brush the snow from themselves in the foyer, the man started speaking in a low voice.
“Unexpected visit. You are here to see my wife?”
“You, actually,” Zeph said, trying to take off his helmet. It would be rude to keep his face hidden.
“I should be on the icefield...”
“Gahilda told us you would be home today. Something about a spilling water…” Makani said, using a Spell to get rid of the snow on his backpack. The newly added zipper wasn’t helping, though.
The man nodded. “Ye, the water froze last night. Hmm… I get that you want the sleds, then?” He crossed his bulging arms. For his perceivable age, the man sure had an impressive musculature.
“Indeed.” Zeph nodded. “We have some questions, though.”
“Come inside. We can talk in the kitchen,” he said, turning around.
The house was quite typical but decorated with many hunting trophies and wood carvings. Especially the kitchen, as it also was used to host the guests. Yarik left them at the table to prepare some tea-like beverage. He slid out a few metal plates and shuffled some knobs to power the stone-made kitchen range. Most of the not-so-primitive mechanisms were still a mystery to Zeph, so it was quite interesting to observe the man as he slowly worked around the construct.
A few minutes later, Yarik put down three large bowls with a thick, green fluid on the table.
“Ask away then,” he said, taking a seat.
Zeph tasted the strange beverage and was positively surprised by how sweet it was. Meanwhile, Makani started the negotiations.
“We want to catch up with the next caravan or maybe try to overtake them. I didn’t see any horses in the village, so I guess Gahilda’s advice to see your windsleds wasn’t a bad idea.” Yarik nodded in understanding, puffing his chest a little more. “But it’s hard to tell if we can use them effectively… do you have something with a sail that resists Air-Mana? I only saw fishskin, so I suppose they are mostly Water-Mana resistant.”
“I have three with sails made from feathers of local birds, but they would cost you extra.”
Makani squinted at the man.
“Before that,” Zeph interjected. “Am I wrong in assuming that a snowstorm is brewing?”
“No, not at all,” Yarik said, shaking his head. “You will even have east wind, too. But only by the evening. It should be enough to reach the previous caravan today if you aren’t afraid of the cold.”
“The price?” Makani asked with suspicion.
“One gold for the two.”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Makani sneered. “The best you could get without us would be a few silvers. How much the kids can pay you for the rental? Two copper per day?”
The man calmly took a sip from his bowl before looking back at Makani with a hard gaze. “And what of it? That business is dead already, and you want to buy, not rent. Do you know how hard it is to get the feathers?”
“Look here, you bastard…”
Zeph sighed. It seemed they would stay in the village a little longer than planned. He just hoped that Makani could get under 60 silvers.
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He opened his eyes suddenly, woken up by the loud voices of haggling citizens coming from the outside.
After sitting up, he quickly checked his surroundings. Thankfully, the crates that he piled up around himself were still unmoved; his hiding spot undiscovered.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Going by the angle of the rays of sunlight peeping through the few gaps, it was already a late morning.
Even though he slept for more than he would like, he still felt depleted. At least the cold wasn’t so bad. Shielded from the winds as he was, it was easy for his body to ignore the freezing temperatures. He touched the closest crate. It was warm to the touch.
He clicked his tongue silently. At least six hours of sleep and I am still this tired?
His contamination may have been useful in keeping him warm, but the abundance of low light that his body was producing was troublesome if he wasn’t consciously controlling it. Thankfully, nobody noticed yet that the interior of the wagon was warmed up. He did a good job in choosing the one filled with kitchenware – no one seemed overly interested in the appliances.
Time to get to work. How to proceed, he thought, scratching his chin. I would like to sleep some more.
Going into a full-fledged assassination mode was hard as it was, even without having to trace his prey. And he wouldn’t underestimate the Nether-infected this time. He received enough heavy injuries the last time to know that going into battle unprepared was only asking for trouble.
Mercenary scouting coming from the north… Seems good enough. I can get my sleep and information at the same if I join the caravan for a day. Someone had to notice Einar, even if going by his armor alone. He nodded to himself. He couldn’t proceed anyway if he lost track of the man. Right now, it was more important to make sure he didn’t make a mistake in his assessment.
He silently packed his blanket and started to slowly shuffle the crates above…
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A violently swirling cloud of snow was getting closer and closer to the village as the sky turned red, painting it in a bloody color.
But the locals stayed calm.
It wasn’t an everyday occurrence, but they could easily distinguish a natural storm and artificially raised dust. Also, it was coming from the direction of the road, so the only logical explanation was that more wealthy or stronger people were rushing their travel.
No one expected two Manacasters going wild, though.
“So, you didn’t have a vision?” Makani asked in a muffled voice. The Stabilized Sound-transfer tendril was just above Zeph’s ear, but the wild howling of winds wasn’t helping in the communication. He had another one near his mouth so he could speak back.
“I don’t even know what you mean by that. I just felt like speaking with myself? It’s… actually hard to explain. Wanna test some Soul-memory sharing?”
“I would rather not. Give me a moment to think about it… And renew the Stabilization tubes, they’re starting to fall apart. I need to strengthen my Spells, too.”
Zeph concentrated his Will to, once again, constrict and thin out the Mana-L tendrils that Makani used to transfer the sound. Keeping them stable was a pain in the ass, but they weren’t actually moving that fast. By Zeph’s estimation, their speed would be similar if they sprinted. But it was still a better solution than trying to run, and the caravans moved slightly slower while making breaks at each village, so they were still saving precious time.
As for why they were still behind the next caravan and why it was getting late – what they were doing wasn’t easy. Learning how to drive the sailboard was actually easy. At least as long as they moved in a straight line. It took them a while to learn how to turn the contraption, but the windless conditions were quite good for the experience, as all that mattered were their Spells.
But the Spells proved to be the main problem. It took them entirely too long to find a working combination. The worst part was that they couldn’t efficiently construct more than two Spells at once – one from the Matrix and another manually. Makani had it even worse since he wasn’t able to construct anything manually really. Thankfully, the ‘channeled’—as Zeph called them—Spells could be just formed and then controlled. At least as long as they were stabilized – moving around really wasn’t conducive to the Spell’s stability.
Anyway, what they finally used was a combination of constant Gas-thinning and Gas-thickening cantrips used in conjuration with the Airflow Control by Makani, and Lesser Telekinesis used along with the diffused Force-Beam that Zeph was using periodically by disengaging and inserting the main components of the Spell back and forth into the construct. If he were to use it constantly, his Veil would deflate in seconds, after all. He also was using the Heat and Air Bubble cantrips constantly to strengthen the effects of Makani’s Spells, especially because he could construct them nearly instantly and without conscious effort.
Zeph was also responsible for shielding the Gas-thinning Magicules up front and forming the Mana-L ‘tubes’ that connected the two ‘surfing’ Manacasters. However, the second one took a while to master as they had to synchronize their Spells for the communication to work properly. It was a good training nonetheless, especially for Makani as he had to keep four Spells active at the same time, even if three of them had passive effects. Or rather, were ‘channeled’.
The Advanced Mana Manipulation was finally showing its worth, either way. Zeph was pulling most of the weight of their travel.
The howling of the wind was actually the result of his Force Spells. Their momentum couldn’t be produced by the Spells directly. At least not efficiently. The Force-Magicules worked either as a force-transferring medium or produced an omnidirectional force by disintegrating. Zeph was using those properties to their maximum efficiency, redirecting the push of air from the front to the back of the sails through the Telekinetic barriers. There, the Air Bubble and Gas-thickening cantrips were allowing that transferred-over force to push at the sails, strengthening the effects of the difference in the air pressure. At the same time, he was putting additional pressure on the whole construct and the sails using Force-Beam. It was actually more important to keep pushing on the Stabilized Spells than to push the sails – especially the Telekinetic pipes redirecting the air resistance because the pressure wasn’t perfectly dispersed and was messing with the Mana-L keeping the Spell together. Anyway, the results were the upturned snow behind them and a strong wind produced by the dislocated air.
As expected, this system couldn’t work before achieving a certain velocity. Which was another, although old by now, issue.
“I think I remembered something,” Makani said suddenly. This time his voice was much clearer. “Even with the Mental Medium, you shouldn’t have any Memory-related episodes. Your Intuition is just too high for that, and your Memory too low for you to be able to read the memories from your past life. But…”
They both leaned to the right, moving the sails a little to the left at the same time. Both concentrated on keeping their Spells aligned with their changing trajectory, which caused them to focus for a moment on rebuilding the damaged Mana-L constructs that kept their Spells in shape.
“Ugh… it would be more fun if we were moving down the slope…”
“You don’t need the sail for that,” Zeph chuckled. “I am more interested in the coming storm… Anyway, what were you saying?”
“Right. There is this folktale about the intelligent denizens of the deep. Not proven, mind you, but there are a few old stories that align with the belief. They all talk about a Siren’s song.”
Oh wow, that translates quite literally…
“It’s believed that the underwater races can use some kind of Telepathy. It’s difficult to tell how much of it is true, though. Their society would look much different, and—”
“Stop with the theory-crafting and go to the point,” Zeph said, grimacing.
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“Ahem… well… With the residue Mental Medium down in the sea, it would be possible for something to influence you through the algae and other organisms, but I don’t know of any similar occurrences that were confirmed…”
“Maybe because they are all dead or crazy at this point? It’s not like I would be able to resurface without Gru… At least, I am not sure if I could. And I don’t know what would have happened back then if I didn’t,” he said. Maybe Cthulhu myths aren’t that far from the reality here? That would be… disconcerting.
“You are sure that you don’t know if it was Will-related? That would actually explain much.”
Zeph shrugged lightly. “No idea. It could be a Soul influence, for all I know. The two major points are that my Willforce reacted to balance things and that my body was least involved in the process. Gru didn’t notice anything, but it’s hard to tell what’s going on in the Soul when the effects are this subtle.”
“Um, I think I understand now why you decided to speed things up. If it was something intelligent, we should be far enough by now…”
“Let’s hope that’s the case.”
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Name: Zeph Einar Perk: Precise Soul and Mana perception t. a. Race: Human (type 6671: 'Earthling') Passive Enhancements: Power 60 Intuition 196 Flexibility 29 Memory 67 Regeneration 50 Greater Willpower 68 Basic properties: Resource: Total: Available: Reserved: Matrix Space: 194 33 161 Mana Capacity: 807 795 12 Mana Generation [/s]: 127 98 29 Class: Level: Unallocated points: Matrix space taken: Force Generalist [Seeded] 6 0 141 Profession: Level: Unallocated points: Matrix space taken: Shaman 34 0 9 Soul contamination: Details: Space (type: B5001) 5.22%, slightly increases [Matrix space] Will (type: H1) 8.71%, enhances interaction between Will and Mana Iron Isotope Alloy (type: ZW1) [Synhronization] detected! [Soul contamination] is shrinking! 5.06%, stabilizes I.I.A. ZW1 in Mana environments
Universal Points available: 1.240.272 Total: 21.602.939
Class Skill Matrices (CSM): Skill: Tier: Level: Activation Reserved resources Time: Cost: Channel: Matrix: Electrify 0 1 1 s 63 M 10 M/s 1 Lesser Ignite 1 60 0.52 s 4 M 1 M/s 2 Lesser Condense water 1 50 1.75 s 2 M 4 M/s 2 Lesser Humidity detect 1 50 3.5 s 4 M 8 M/s 2 Lesser Sound detect 1 51 1.24 s 1 M 1 M/s 2 Lesser Harden 1 53 1.23 s 4 M 2 M/s 2 Lesser Telekinesis 1 85 3.20 s 5 M varies 3 Lesser Grinding 1 56 1.47 s 2 M varies 2 Stabilize 1 37 1.23 s 50 M varies 3 Lesser Life ward [P.S.S.] 1 61 8.1 s 5 M - 3 Primitive life detection 1 53 0.5 s 4 M - 2 Lesser Life detection 2 12 1.13 s 6 M - 4 Lesser Air sphere 1 1 3 s varies varies 12 Lesser Tremor detect. 1 1 1 min 1500 M 100 M/s 14 Lesser Magnetic scan 1 37 2 min 1200 M 50 M/s 32 Lesser Force weave 1 2 0.5 s 300 M varies 25 Lesser Mana beam 1 82 15 [11] s 120 M - 13 Lesser Mana bomb 1 1 5 s 150 M varies 17 Profession Skill Matrices (PSM): Skill: Tier: Level: Activation Reserved resources Time: Cost: Channel: Matrix: Mana Highlight [Spell] 1 51 44 s 957 M - 2 Lesser Light [P.S.S.] 1 52 0.75 s 1 M 1 M/s 2 Flashlight [Spell] 1 61 0.27 s 3 M 3 M/s 3 Flash [Spell] 1 68 0.32 s 10 M - 2 Passive Skills [Streamlined]: Skill: Tier: Reserved Matrix: Reserved Mana: Primitive enchanting 1 5 0 NOTEBOOK General Skills: Skill: Tier: Level: Type: Resource taken: Unusable or Level-irrelevant Interface 1 50 Inactive None Tabu 1 100 Inactive None Memories of the Earth N/A N/A Internal [variable] Mana, Will Position of materials N/A N/A Knowledge [10] Mana/s Knowledge Ancient Civilizations 3 13 Knowledge [523] Mana /s Universal Cir language 1 91 Knowledge [92] Mana /s Corora lifeforms 1 36 Knowledge [37] Mana /s Corora herbarium 1 13 Knowledge [14] Mana /s Survival 1 100 Knowledge [101] Mana /s Leatherworking 1 32 Knowledge [33] Mana /s Exotic Metallurgy 1 6 Knowledge [7] Mana /s Knowledge of Physical Actions Mixed Enchanting Arts 2 31 Crafting [316.6] Mana /s Earth’s methodology 1 34 Science arts [35] Mana /s Explosives 1 98 Crafting [99] Mana /s Wood carving 1 12 Crafting [13] Mana /s Javelin and atlatl 1 76 Martial arts [77] Mana /s Spear [Enchanted] (style: E2M1) 2 50 Martial arts [480] Mana /s Close combat (Mima) 1 52 Martial arts [53] Mana /s [Enchanted] [Module] 3 1 Technique [271] Mana /s Mixed arts Willforce 2 49 Technique [471.4] Mana /s Resonation Suppression 2 5 Technique [93] Mana /s Extended Empathy: Feedback stimuli 2 13 Martial arts [161.8] Mana /s Related to Will and Greater Willpower Will contamination 1 61 Mixed [unknown] Mana, Will Will 2 75 Knowledge [695] Mana /s Will manipulation 2 87 Knowledge [798.2] Mana /s W.P. Mana manip. 2 80 Knowledge [738] Mana /s W.P. Soul manipulation 2 15 Knowledge [179] Mana /s W.P. Soul perception 2 65 Knowledge [609] Mana /s W.P. Soul whack 2 48 Technique [462.8] Mana /s W.P. Soul Memory access sharing 3 13 Technique [523] Mana /s Related to Mana Soul 1 66 Knowledge [67] Mana /s Ambient Mana 1 80 Knowledge [81] Mana /s A. Mana channeling 2 1 Knowledge [58.6] Mana /s Mana manipulation 1 48 Knowledge [49] Mana /s Mana perception 2 15 Knowledge [179] Mana /s Mana rapture 1 16 Technique [17] Mana /s Mana masking 2 3 Technique [75.8] Mana /s Life Energy 1 39 Knowledge [40] Mana /s
Traits: Mana incompatibility
[Race] You were born in a world without Mana. Your body is able to operate normally without Mana. On the other hand, Mana is toxic to your cells. Weaker suboptimal irregular Prana Metabolism
[Race] Allows you to live in Prana environment, giving a miniscule boost to your metabolism.
External Energy Dependency: None.
Reserved Energy Regeneration: None. Greater Will
[Race] Your Will can energetically interact with Mana and Soul.
Effects: Enhanced Mana Generation; Enhanced Manipulation; Enhanced Resistances; Specialized Soul Contamination; Greater Willpower; Greatly decreased Will dissipation; Ability to contamine Soul with [Will, type: H1]! Grants alternative method of sharing [Soul Memories]. Soul dissipation resistance
[Race] Powered by Will. Instinctual reaction when exposed to Soul damage. Hard Trained (HT) Intuition [Completed Achievement] You have spent your whole life without Mana. Even without an intermediary, Mana being one of them, you managed to connect with your Soul. You trained your intuition almost to its natural limit. Multiplies Intuition enhancement effectiveness by 2 until the next milestone. Soul fragmentation (10.00%)
[Diagnostics] You are lucky! Normally, at around 15% a cascade effect destroys a Soul! You managed to slow down this process significantly, but it was stopped only after you entered this world! You.Are.Welcome! You were right
[Reward] MS calculated that another mutagen had 94% chance of successfully implementing desirable changes to the [Garuan]. It Failed. The probability of your choice working was less than 5%. You were right, you have permanent access to Ancient Civilizations Database. Well-informed
[Reward] The Mighty System (MS) decided you are worthy communicating with. For some time, at least, and mostly because you will die prematurely otherwise. Second life
[Reward] You should be dead. Two times over, actually. Yet, you are still the first of your race to come. You have one reviving option (MS sends its regards), assuming prerequisites are met. Advanced and independent improvements: Energy Enhancements: Details: Willforce
[Extended Will shielding] Basic [Energy component] of [Willforce Morphon], the complex [Modification]. This [Micro-structure] allows for advanced applications of [Will] and is acting as an intermediary in [Energy exchange]. It is permeating the [Body] and [Soul] and possesses [Unknown] manipulation applications.
Cost: Reserved 15% of [Mana Generation], Reserved [??%] of [Will Regeneration]. Enhanced structurized force transfer
[Power Milestone] Skin [Energy Enhancement]. Forms external Mana of the user into energy-transferring structures, spreading the force used in a wider area. Burns external Mana. Compatible with Spells. Incompatible with external Mana manipulation. Effectiveness depends on the amount of Mana around the user. Homeostasis defense
[Regeneration Milestone] Body/Soul [Energy Enhancement]. Passively prevents extreme metabolic reactions. Strengthens homeostasis in a body by negating macroscopic effects. Those functions can be negated.
[Spell] Energy Enhancements: Body/Soul [Energy Enhancement], details: Heat Tier 0 Reserved: 2 Mana capacity, 1 Matrix space. Fog Tier 0 Reserved: 2 Mana capacity, 1 Matrix space. Air bubble Tier 0 Reserved: 2 Mana capacity, 1 Matrix space. Stiffen Tier 0 Reserved: 2 Mana capacity, 1 Matrix space. Space lens Tier 0 Reserved: 2 Mana capacity, 1 Matrix space. Scrubbing Tier 0 Reserved: 2 Mana capacity, 1 Matrix space. Implants and symbionts: Details: Phleya (type: 3.07)
[By Grumgurg the Fast Falling Yellow Rock; modified by the Mighty System]
[Soul-linked] A type of Slime Mould maintaining a chosen alloy environment to acquire a safe structure to live in. Genetically modified to be able to live inside [Garuan]. Genetically modified to support
Traits: Living, Sentience potential, Soul-linked, Symbiotic, Genetically enhanced, Functional duality, Armor modification. Modified cardiovascular micro-plating
[mixed sources; no prototype] Strengthening mechanical micro-implant. Material used: Planaria Ferrium Fullerene CON8795-XA65 [redition by Ghrughah]. Core improvements to the cardiovascular system: internal Mana manipulation (+72%), internal perception (+76%), functionality (+216% on average), shielding (+24%). Modified Neural implant
[mixed sources; no prototype] Mechanical coating framework, applied in accordance to the [Kehayah Medical Academy: 'Brainworks' project]. Material used: Planaria Ferrium Fullerene CON8795-XA65 [redition by Ghrughah]. Core improvements to the nervous system: shielding (+136%); regeneration (+29.8%); functionality (+492%). Compatible with [Willforce Morphon]. Garuan (type: M1)
[by an Unknown Ancient Civilization TRA404]
[Soul-bonded] Able to crystallize surplus Mana of the host. Integrated with all circulatory systems and the digestive system.
Traits: Modified, Mutated, Growing, Living, Basic Sentience, Soul-bonded, Symbiotic Parasite, Lowered efficiency [69%].
Reserved: 10 Mana regeneration when not oversaturated "Cellular Energy Subsystem", Mitochondrion-like v.501
[by Maddening Aurenus]
[Soul-linked] Allows cells to metabolize Mana. An outstanding efficiency and a final creation of Aurenus.
Traits: Modifiable, Living, Soul-linked, Symbiotic. Mutagenic Bacteria B652H81
[by Maddening Aurenus]
[Soul-linked] Host-dependent microorganism specialized in enhancing and assisting the immune system in energy-enhanced environments.
Traits: Modifiable, Living, Soul-linked, Symbiotic. Modified "Source Net v.21.31",
[Imperial University of S&T: IG, IC, IMG, Kendroleiskie] The newest version of the funneling system, integrated within a body. A little stiff.
Traits: Best choice, Modifiable, Mana Siphoning, Self-maintenance, Lowered efficiency [60%]. Enhanced symbiotic microbes
[Soul-linked] You are in a symbiotic relationship with a number of microbes. Your organism is not able to operate normally without them. They were already enhanced to be able to operate normally in Mana environments. Further upgrades are possible.
Traits: First batch, Modifiable, Living, Soul-linked, Symbiotic. Mutations and structural modifications: Details: Modified Metabolism
[Symbiotic Parasite] Expanded toxin resistance, extended intestinal digestibility, lowered blood metal levels, click here to expand. Willforce Morphon
[Extended Will shielding]
[Growing] Will/Soul/Body [Enhancement] integrated into Soul-Body metabolism and ‘information cloud’ of [Will]. Powered by [Willforce], applications can be further strengthened by spending [Will]. Shields [Body], [Soul], and [Will] by linking their [Energetical Resources] in new exchange pathways.
click here to expand Other sources: Details: Living armor
[Prototype; Unique; by
[Soul-linked] An armor based on a high-tech blueprint from Earth, fashioned from Planaria Ferrium Fullerene CON8795-XA65 (Ghrughah creation). Contains Phley (type 3).
Traits: Living, Soul-linked, Genetically enhanced, Self-maintenance, Functional duality, Symbiotic.