Chapter 18, The Kreuvian Aspect System
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Having successfully passed his trials, Agustus and Jack were both sent back to Asterisk to mingle with the True Gods.
He would go back and speak with Jack eventually, but as of now, he had more important matters to attend to.
He warped through realities appearing in the Abyss.
In this vast darkness lie only two buildings, Lokreum's massive technological facility, and the test arena.
He stepped through the door of the facility, its molecules parting as he entered.
"The true unification of the three characteristics of life…" He muttered underneath his breath, striding through corridors until he reached a room, its title above the door.
"Lab-1." He exclaimed, the nanobots of the door making way for him when he entered.
He stepped towards a large table, a holographic keyboard appearing under his fingers.
His fingers typed away, calculations appearing on the wall opposite of him.
"…" Looking at all his work, he backed away from the table, his mind running on over drive.
"Yes…" He whispered, turning away from the table and walking towards the elevated platform in the center of the room.
Climbing it's steps, he sat down in the lone seat at its top, his arms sitting on their rests.
"The soul." He flicked a finger, a cerulean orb of light appearing a few meters in front of him.
"The mind." An ethereal brain materialized above this light orb.
"The form…" A translucent human body appeared around the two objects, the soul resting within its chest and the mind in its head.
Looking at all three aspects, Lokreum could see the natural connection they held.
"This is not enough." He said, his hands rising towards the model.
With a mental snap, Lokreum realized the creature before him, giving it actual life.
And with actual life, came thought, which sparked the production of brain activity, which in turn created mental energy.
Even though the amount of mental energy was so minuscule that it wouldn't be capable of affecting reality at all, it was a starting point for the basis of power.
"A section of the Natural Law of Life states that a living creature needs vessel, mind, and soul to live. The Natural Law of Soul states that the soul is a construct that stores the natural personality of a being within its shell, and their energies within the origin." He said.
"The Natural Law of Mind states that the mind is the aspect that is responsible for intelligence, wisdom, and the storage of knowledge and mental power. The Natural Law of Form states that the form is what allows one to interact with reality, it is the shell that stores both the mind and soul." Lokreum refreshed his brain, his gaze alternating focus between the three.
"With the upgrade of soul comes the slight upgrade of the body, and the upgrade of the mind. With the upgrade of the mind comes the upgrade of the soul, and with the upgrade of the body comes the upgrade of mind, and its connection with the soul." He ran simulations of his words.
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"But these are individual upgrades… If you let them grow together, you can reach qualitative evolution points in which the changes undergone are unbelievable!" Many things were displayed in the space before him, and he couldn't help but marvel at it.
The 3 Laws of Soul, Mind and Form were all things living creatures were born with. So these Law's essences ran deep within their existence.
Knowing this, there was a specific route that was opened up to Lokreum.
"Living beings are born with an imbalance in their characteristics of life, with the soul being much more powerful than the mind and body."
The graph appeared next to the model, showing the amount of Soul Essence within a being compared to their Form essence and Mind essence on average.
"Despite Mind essence and Mental power being two different energies, they are capable of mixing and amplifying each other. As long as a being tempers their mind, their Mental power will increase, allowing for easier manipulation of reality, and their Mind essence will increase, bringing the unification of Characteristics closer." Lokreum said, watching as the model before him meditated, increasing his brain activity, producing more Mental power and in turn increasing his Mind essence.
"With an increase to the health of ones body, alongside their physical strength, Form essence is created." The model switched to intense workout, its muscles growing more chiseled.
"Once the Form and Mind essence has caught up to that of the Soul…" The graph evened out, the ethereal body exploding in light, as if it had just broken out shackles binding its power.
"They reach resonance… Their kreus exploding and reaching the first vital evolution point... This is where the changes truly happen."
Lokreum's fingers twisted, the characteristic essences that ran through the beings body all shooting towards his origin.
They easily pierced its outer shell, resting inside his soul in a clump of energy.
*Snap*
The 3 energies melded together, creating an essence filled with power similar to that of a supreme Law.
"Aspect… Kreuvian Aspect... Aspect Energy... Kreuvian Essence!" Lokreum muttered the possible names of this newfound energy, watching as it made the model's Origin its home.
This energy would be a pure, natural essence. It could be materialized, and it would take the form of a cerulean blue energy.
The model released kreuvian essence from it's Origin, letting it travel from it's soul within its chest, to its palm.
*Shhii*
A ball of light crept out of its hand, floating in the air.
The model could only sustain it for a few seconds before running out of energy and the ball collapsed.
"With the complete exhaustion of your Kreuvian essence comes mental, physical, and spiritual fatigue, which could even cause death in serious occasions." Lokreum narrated.
"The speed of regeneration, alongside the maximum capacity of Kreuvian essence, depends all on the beings power." He said.
"Though, with the unification of the three Characteristics, a beings power can now be easily increased!" It was an incredible capability!
Just by meditating and tempering the mind, both the form and soul would gain power, to maintain resonance.
This would only happen because of the newly created Natural Law Lokreum formatted!
The Natural Law of Aspect!
The only Law in existence without a Law Essence...it is what guaranteed the fact that the soul, form, and mind would forever maintain resonance after having reached unification.
It created never before seen capabilities.
By working out and strengthening the body, both the mind and soul would too increase in strength.
With the strengthening of the soul, and the addition of essences to the Origin, the body and mind would too rise in power!
It was incredible!
Just by meditating, one could strengthen their bones, empower their mind and quicken comprehension of Laws, and expand their Origin to allow for the storage of more Law essence.
And now, with the existence of Aspect, one could lace their Kreus with Law essence, to lessen the strain on their Origin even further, or even amplify the power of the Law when manifesting the supernatural energy.
It would even allow for more control, and even faster output as the essence wouldn't be anywhere near as untamed.
"[Firebolt]." The model said, energy rushing down it's arm as a bolt of fire struck a far wall in just a few moments.
It was Kreuvian essence, the culmination of combining Law essence with unified kreus, specifically Fire essence.
"Haha!" With the creation of this new system, beings within the Apocryphal Domain would be able to reach whole new realms of power.
"The Kreuvian Aspect System." Lokreum muttered, a smile on his face.
Aspect was a vast, and wide source of power that was currently unexplored, only the basics being laid out by Lokreum.
"Now, for the reworking of the Firmaments of Power." He smiled, swiping the model out of existence.
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