Chapter 9 – Life 3.5 – Year ??? – The Green

You have died as a Rank 2 Light Seer (Yin).

You have killed 58 Water Demons in this life.

You have killed 173 Earth Demons in this life.

You have killed 147 Metal Demons in this life.

You have killed 204 Fire Demons in this life.

You have killed 105 Air Demons in this life.

Calculating…

Your connection to Earth, Metal, Fire, and Air will be improved by 150% in the next life.

Your connection to Water will be improved by 100% in the next life.

You have killed 2 Light Demons in this life.

You have killed 3 Sand Demons in this life.

You have killed 1 Magma Demon in this life.

You have killed 2 Steel Demons in this life.

You have killed 1 Storm Demon in this life.

Calculating…

Your ability to form a Rank 2 Element containing Fire will be increased by 10% permanently.

Your ability to form a Rank 2 Element containing Air will be increased by 10% permanently.

You have killed over 100 Demons in total.

You have fought 10 Rank 2 Demons in total.

You have killed over 500 Demons in a single life.

Calculating…

You permanently progress through the first Rank 25% faster.

You permanently progress through the second Rank 5% faster.

For each life, you may select one Rank 1 Element to increase affinity by 100% for the duration of that life.

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*Sigh*. On the one hand, the benefits given to me by the Light Sage were almost immeasurable compared to the other two. On the other hand, I hated judging these lives solely by the benefits they gave their… parent? Original? …Creator? I wasn’t sure what ‘I’ was to these people, just that I could remember their lives almost, but not quite, as if I had experienced them myself.

Another thing that bothered me was why all lives were measured exclusively in terms of how many Demons they had killed. Was whatever force behind this against the demons? But then who made the crystals that summoned them? Or were they the same force, pitting us against each other for some reason?

Questions upon questions. I suppose I was still a scientist at heart, even if I was now also a young hothead, an idealistic archer, and an old wise woman. I did share some of the hopes that the Light Sage died with. The messages I was getting all but confirmed that the combined elements were much more important than single ones, so her story reaching other people was very important for the future of humanity. I wondered if anyone else had approached the same discovery… but I couldn’t say either way. Without electricity and satellites, the world was much larger, almost insurmountably large.

The Light Sage’s final act, perceiving as much as she could, had given me some beautiful glimpses of it. But with that much perspective, human camps, villages, and cities were almost nothing. Still, perhaps in time that would change. The Demons outnumbered us, but there was little intelligence among even the higher ranked ones. The Silver Arrow’s idealism was creeping in a bit here, but I felt like she was right, human ingenuity would bring us through the Apocalypse faster than the words “Demon Invasion” would have someone believe. And if I could speed along the process, I would.

To that end, I thought of an interesting fact I had noticed, reviewing the memories of my past (or was it future?) lives. Not all the new moons had an equal presence on the planet. Yellow and Blue? Sure, all over. Red and White? A decent amount. Brown? Not as much, but some places had more than others. But then… then there was Green. What the hell was up with Green? Not only had nobody gained any powers by focusing on it, but green crystals were basically non-existent. I could drag up exactly one memory from the Light Sage, of a bedraggled man who spoke of creatures made of green flesh that could heal any injury. Zombies of some sort? Did that make the green moon… Death?

No, that didn’t really make sense. All the other elements had colors at least tangentially related to their actual existence. Plus, green flesh didn’t necessarily mean ‘undead’. After all, water creatures were often blue, but that didn’t mean they were choking!

So, what did green mean then? Perhaps… Life? That would explain the healing factor. Plus, it would be the sort of opposite of metal, the way fire had water and earth had air. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made. Earth and Metal were two very similar elements, some would even say they should be the same thing, but if Life was involved everything got a bit clearer. 6 elements made of 3 equal and opposite pairs.

Except they weren’t equal, were they? Metal crystals and powers were relatively uncommon, but at least they EXISTED. People had HEARD of them. What happened to make Life the odd element out? Honestly, if its related power was to heal people, that made it debatably the most important element of the whole lot! Or at least, the most important for humanity. Think of all that could be done if warriors like Silver Arrow or the Inferno weren’t always one bad fight away from death!

Choose your next Focus: Yin or Yang.

Oh, hi there, buddy. Almost forgot you were here. Well, I’ve had 2 Yang lives and 1 Yin life, so another Yin life sounds good to me.

Focus Chosen. Choose a Rank 1 Element to enhance by 100%.

Nice, the reward wasn’t bluffing. You know what kind of IS a bluff, though? Not listing the Rank 1 elements I can choose! I’ve seen messages about 5 of the 6 elements, but you’ve literally never mentioned Life. But I’m onto you, buddy. Enhance Life by 100%!

…Wait a second. Wait. Shit. SHIT. If Yin means you absorb your element… and Life means you can heal… wouldn’t this next life be someone who absorbs health? That’s the literal opposite of a healer!

Don’t do it kid! I don’t care if you remember anything about me or your past lives, but don’t go vampire on me. Do NOT suck people’s blood! DO NOT-

Element Chosen. Reincarnating…

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-suck… people’s… blood? Woah, why did I wake up thinking THAT? What the hell was I dreaming?

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Eh, probably nothing to worry about. Shouldn’t affect my Affinity Testing, right?