After some hours of training, Aster and Sophie decided to stop, they felt that if they continued they wouldn’t stop till morning.
*phew* “what a great training session, I didn’t feel like that since some time ago” Sophie said, the last time she trained with her tutor was a few weeks ago.
“yeah, same, the only time I fought was when an outsider wanted to kidnap someone, I intervened, and then the police appeared. At least that man was safe after that”
“huh, so, you still haven’t explored the outside?”
“yep, I was planning to do it by making a clone and make it explore it”
“......you say some things so calmly, like if making a clone was that easy, first you need to know alchemy, higher knowledge on biology and the specific materials”
“I can easily learn the knowledge and the materials will be my own flesh and bones, the thing will be alchemy, I still need to learn it”
“well, that should be easy for you, just do chemistry and evolve it, like everything else you did”
“good point, classes will start soon again, so I’ll be able to do chemistry, also, this year they will introduce us to the use of mana on machines, maybe I can also obtain a manufacturing skill without needing to pay for materials”
“well, good for you, I guess. I already gave you my number, so call me if you need anything and I’ll also call you if I need help, and don’t worry, this is my private phone, I made sure that nobody is able to spy on it”
“ok, then we should get going, you go first so the people watching over you don’t notice me”
“ok, see ya later, call me if you need anything” Sophie said while grabbing her things and getting out of the door, while waving him goodbye.
“...”
‘SPAster, can I really trust her with this?’
‘.....yes........’
‘ok, if you say so, I can trust you on this’ Aster waited for some minutes before starting to take his things and go home.
-03:07, Aster’s house, secret base-
Aster woke up in the middle of the night, entering his secret base before it became morning.
He had something important to do.
soul manipulation Lv23
“I need to give it a little push, if I obtain mana, a lot of future problems will be solved easier” he was planning to enter inside his soul to help give a final push on his soul skill and he planned to awaken mana inside his secret base to not alert his family on his house.
Aster reached the deepest part of his base, reaching it’s center, he got closer to the chairs and table made of wood and sat on one of them, closing his eyes and relaxing before entering inside his mind again.
After some waiting, he was again in the outher layer of his mind, alone.
‘everyone else must be on the inner and center layer’ he started walking, reaching the wall of the old looking library and started touching it, trying to make an elevator like MAster did.
After a bit of concentration, a part of the wall opened like a elevator door while doing a *ding* sound.
Aster looked inside, it looked exactly like the one MAster did, a normal looking elevator with four buttons, outer - middle - inner - core.
Aster got inside, pressed the button -core- and waited to reach his destination.
While waiting, Aster started thinking of skills he should try to learn and other wills he should change.
He first started thinking about his skills ‘spearmanship, gunmanship, craftmanship, trap making, alchemy, throwing.... maybe even smithing, I think there are still places where the weapons are still made by people instead of machines, I should go there and learn how to do it’
‘and I need a will who acts like a thief or assassin, he will work to steal and kill silently behind the curtains.’
He kept thinking, starting to get a ton of ideas ‘if we continue like this and make it so the other wills obtain a body, maybe we could make some kind of secret organization that works on the shadows...’ his edgy side was leaking from his mind, he stopped and started rubbing his face softly.
‘calm down, don’t think like that, just think of saving the world and that we are only hiding ourselves because our power is different’
Aster kept thinking of the organization, if he were able to make one of his wills explore the outside, maybe they could make a true secret base on a unexplored part of the world!
‘we only obtained 60% of earth that is habitable for humanity without counting the ocean, there is only 40% that its not habitable due to the propagation of monsters, the mass appearence of rifts and the state of the terrain, only strong awakeners can live there, but they decide to live on the citys unless they are outlaws, criminals or fugitives’
While Aster was thinking of that, the elevator reached the center of the mind.
‘I’ll talk with the others about this later, now, let’s complete the soul’ he got out of the elevator and entered the nucleus of his mind.
He saw the door that connected the mind to the soul and passed through it, reaching the inside of his soul.
He looked around, seeing SPAster laying down on a huge bed in the center of the soul, the soul energy around him was being produced faster and taken outside of the soul’s wall.
“hey, SPAster, how are you doing?” he said while looking at his bed, it seemed very soft and warm.
“........sleeping......”
“mmh, that’s good, you also seem to be doing very well with the soul, a little more and it will evolve!”
“....yeah....” he still didn’t get out of bed, trying to sleep while covered with a soft blanket.
“...so I came here to help you, you don’t mind, right?”
“.....” *ZZZZZzzzzz...* he started snoring lightly.
“I’ll take that as a yes...” OG Aster sat down on the floor at the side of the bed and started concentrating on the soul.
He felt the soul energy being produced faster and directed towards the soul’s wall, producing strings outside of it getting connected on the physical body.
And he continued like that for some minutes, untill he finally did it.
soul manipulation (awakening) Lv50
*phew* “that’s good, now to evolve it” he said as he started to get up, not noticing MAster at his side.
“good, you made it, I’ll call the others to help you evolv-”
“WACK!!” *SLAP* OG Aster automatically slapped him by surprise “UGH, you scared me! try to warn me fir- oh...” he saw MAster laying down on the floor unconscious “... didn’t know you had such a weak body”
Some minutes later, after MAster woke up (with a red mark on his face) and got some EX Asters into the soul, they started getting ready to evolve the skill.
“ok, now the soul should be almost molded to our physical body, we now need to make the finishing touches, are you guys ready?” MAster said while looking at everyone who came.
“YEAH!!!” all the asters screamed.
“okay, everyone, spread everywhere and start fully molding the soul”
“OK!!!” all the Asters started running to the soul walls, softening it and smoothing the bulges.
OG Aster wasn’t any different, he was working with the other EX Asters as well.
They kept flattening the walls slowly but steady, taking some time on flattening the walls of the soul.
MAster saw that they would take to much time so he called some more EX Asters, making it take around 1 hour to finish.
And after all the hard work, they finally made it.
soul manipulation has evolved into soul unification
T3 soul unification Lv1 soul, body, mind enhancement and soul affinity +150%
Aster felt the difference after his soul fully developed, he felt his mind even clearer than before, he felt his soul refreshed and he could even feel his body felt lighter even though he was still inside his mind.
“wow, this made a huge difference, I only expected the mana storage skill... and now that I think about it, why is the skill still sealed?”
“mmmh, I suppose that you should unseal it yourself, I would recommend you to do it while outside, in your physical body” MAster told him while getting used to the new enhancement on the mind.
“ok, be ready when I do it, I’ll see some information on how to do it while getting used to it” Aster responded while getting ready to go outside of his mind.
“I’ll get them ready before anything happens” that was the last thing MAster said ber OG Aster went away.
Outside, Aster started feeling the changes the soul, he could now ``solidify´´ the soul inside his body, making it fell like his physical body got stronger! While it was temporary, because it made him feel tired faster, it was still very useful and his energy still regenerated faster so it wasn’t a big problem.
Before doing anything, he searche on how to move mana into it’s storage “and now, to do one of the most important things for my future”
Aster looked at his sealed mana storage and finally decided to unseal it.
mana storage unsealed, starting the changes
1%....5%...
Aster could feel something changing inside him, it felt very different from all the other skills, he could feel his heart getting invaded with mana while breathing, making it go through his whole body.
‘ugh! calm down and concentrate’ Aster sat down and started meditating, trying to calm down his new mana that was spreading chaotically through all his body and taking it to his right part of his chest, he planned to put the mana storage at the left side, mirroring his heart.
The mana users recommended creating a mana heart for various reasons:
* It would be better for the mage, as it would calm the mana inside the body and let it be manipulated easier.
* Later on, when the mage advanced its mastery of manipulating mana, they could create mana veins, which it would make them manipulate mana out of their bodies easier and faster, lowering the chances of failure and making it easier for the incantation of spells.
* The mana can be stored easily, as simple as that.
Aster started concentrating all the mana in his body to his mana heart that was being made, he even started cultivating so more mana could get inside his body to finish it.
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But that was not all, he went for more, he intended to also make mana veins! That would be impossible for someone who was awakening mana, but thanks to his body manipulation, he could make it happen just like his breathing skill.
He made some of his wills take care of the mana heart while he started carving very small tunnels inside his body, he planned to make the mana flow through it and make solidify the external part of it.
That was a way that no mage ever did, but he found it viable, he didn’t even get a warning from SPAster yet so whatever.
He didn’t know that the way he planned to do it was one of the worsts, not because it would bring grave consequences, but because it was one of the most painful ways, a normal mage would have to drill its flesh with the mana to make it happen like the way Aster was doing it.
Usually, a mage would increase their mana affinity so their body was cappable of making the mana veins naturaly.
And the ones who did it the way Aster was doing it were two kinds of people, the madmans who wanted strength over anything else ignoring the pain, and the lab rats, people who would be experimented on by outsiders and outlaws to make artificial monsters.
And Aster wasn’t any of them, he didn’t even feel a bit of pain because he was already accostumed with his flesh changing form, that was one of the very advantages that brought his strange power.
He continued like that until his mana heart was already full and his mana veins were already carved, after that, he connected them to his new heart.
The moment he connected it, he felt all the mana flow like a river through the carved path, filling it all and returning into the mana heart, flowing continuously truly like a normal heart.
100% unseal completed
skill mana storage obtained skill mana veins obtained skill mana manipulation obtained
mana storage has evolved into mana heart
T3 mana veins Lv1 enhancement on all mana skills +150% T2 mana manipulation Lv1 mana affinity +25% T3 mana heart Lv1 mana capacity 500/500
Aster laid down on the floor, mentally tired of what happened.
“...I did it...I finally DID IT!!!” he began to flail his arms in the air while still laying down.
*phew* “oh man, this is the best! I feel so happy, even if this is only the start, it feels great” he stopped his movement as he started calming himself down and started stabilizing his mind.
“ok, let’s test this now” he got up and sat down on the wooden chair that was on the center of the hall.
He moved his arm and made his hand point upwards, with only his index finger straight, and then, he started moving the mana inside his mana heart into his index finger, he moved more specifically the red mana, the element of fire.
After acumulating it on his finger, he let it out while thinking of only one thing, FIRE!!!
At that moment, he large fire being produced from his finger, like an out of control lighter.
skill lighter spell obtained skill chantless incantation obtained
T2 lighter spell Lv1 produces a small fire on the user’s hand, enhancement +0% T3 chantless incantation Lv1 capable of producing spells without saying anything, spell manifestation +150%
“w-wow.....wait a moment, why am I getting higher tiers instead of tier one?.... wait, obtainment said I could get the essence of everything, so that means that I’m not obligated to evolve them from step one, I can skip tiers thanks from the quantity of high tiers skills I have helping me obtain more, that’s great!” Aster felt very happy from all the things that were happening that night, from awakening mana to knowing more about his power.
He started thinking about something else “I’ll create a new archive for all my mana skills, so its more tidy in there”
After he made some changes, he decided to go to sleep, going up stairs from his secret base to entering his room silently.
And then, he put his pajamas on and went to sleep.
...
While Aster was sleeping, he entered his drem and found something he didn’t expect.
“CONGRATULATIONS!!!” all the Asters were making a party with some cake on a table.
“...” OG Aster was surprised.
“good job, we are one step closer to saving earth, but now we need to concentrate on what things we will do with it and to obtain all mana skills possible” MAster started talking with him.
At the side there could be seen some EX Asters who were eating some snacks and were talking with more EX Asters, there wasn’t a difference in their appearence from each other.
“man, we deserved some rest, always working all the time on taking care of new memories”
“well, at least yours are memories, I have to work non stop with the thoughts! Every single thought...”
“at least you have more people to help you, I only got two more guys! It’s a pain in the ass”
“hey, what did you say to me!?” an EX Aster screamed from the couch.
“nothing and shut up!”
“heheheh, my job is so easy, I only have to use some support skills while the main body needs it” *SLAP* he was slaped on the head.
“you shut up and don’t show off!” (x2) the two EX Asters yelled at him.
-Meanwhile, on a training room-
FABL was training with an EX Aster, they didn’t go to the party.
“so, why did a normal EX Aster want to train with me?” FABL asked him.
“MAster told me to do it, OG Aster was thinking of another changed will so he made me go train with you”
“mmmh, okay, and what wil you be?”
“well, they told me to act as an assassin and thief, so I’ll do that” he put on a defensive stance with two knifes made of blood on his hands “let’s go”
FABL started grinning “okay, let’s fight” after saying that, he launched himself at the EX Aster.
Before FABL could reach him, he blinked a few meters away at FABL’s back and stabbed his neck, but he was stopped by some bones that grew ove his neck, fastly making a bone armor with small veins over it.
“now, what will you do?” FABL looked at him while lightly smirking.
The EX Aster stood silent, trying to find a way to attack him, after a second of thinking FABL launched at him again and as EX Aster blinked away, bone spears flew at him.
He rapidly stopped them with his daggers and dodged the punch of FABL who got closer, EX Aster rapidly blinked away as he activated his stealth while making pillars with the ground.
After activating his stealth, thanks from the pillars, he could hide pretty well.
He went from pillar to pillar with blink while having his stealth activated, he was untraceable, he continued doing that searching for a weakpoint on FABL, who was destroying the pillars after noticing what he was doing.
After examining his whole bone armor he didn’t find any weak point, he didn’t have strength enough to pierce it with his daggers! He thought how he could even defeat FABL, and then he came up with something, a crazy thought and interesting idea.
He thought how to do it succesfully and started with his plan.
After hidding for some time, he jumped out from behind a pillar and threw one of his daggers, after the dagger hitted FABL on his boney shoulder, it classed with it and didn’t even penetrate it, the EX Aster went behind a pillar again and jumped out from a completely different pillar, repeating the process again and again, and after some minutes, FABL tried to hit him every time but he was too fast and dodged his spears the he launched.
FABL tried to concentrate on the pattern in wich the EX Aster was moving, trying to predict where he would come out and when he decided to attack at the next pillar he predicted he would appear from, but he wasn’t there, he didn’t appear from any pillar! At the next moment, he felt something grabbing his heart.
The EX Aster used steal to make his hand intangible and grab his heart “I won...” he slowly pulled his hand out after realising his heart and laid against a pillar while panting slightly.
“...heh...hahahaha...HAHAHA! That was a good one, I didn’t expect that!” FABL started laughing “so, how do you want to be called?” FABL asked while looking at him.
“..... ATAster, Assassin Thief Aster, in the future outside you can call me ATA”
After saying that, he felt an instantaneous change on his body, after looking at himself, he saw that he was now suddenly wearing a butler’s clothing, was slightly taller and had a softer skin and face.
“w-wow, I didn’t expect this, but why do I look like a butler?” ATAster asked, confused by his new clothes.
“oh oh, maybe is like those storys, a royal butler who helps his master with anything, even killing people in the shadows if asked for it!” even though he didn’t read any of those stories, OG Aster did, and FABL was able to read them through the memories.
“oh, well, at least I changed and it also doesn’t feel that bad” after fully looking at himself he talked some more “well, I already did what I wanted to do, how about we go to the party again?”
“wait, there was a party?” FABL asked with a blank face.
“...” ATAster looked at him “you weren’t told?”
“well, I was training when you appeared and told me that”
“...” ATAster put a hand to his face and sighed “let’s go there, they should still be there”
“okay brother!” he put his arm around ATAster’s shoulders and said “let’s go do some partying!!!” he said while smiling.
ATAster couldn’t do anything with FABL’s physical strength and went with him, grabbed with an arm around his neck.
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skills Lv-
obtainment
skill silencing
skill library
skill sealing
passive skills
T3 pore breathing
Lv2
T3 unique blood
Lv2
T3 knowledge keeper
Lv2
T3 absolute senses
Lv2
T3 multi-will
Lv3
T3 mind archival
Lv3
T3 blood swordsmanship
Lv2
T3 blood footwork
Lv2
T3 calmness
Lv2
T3 lucid dream
Lv2
active skills
T3 scripture making
Lv1
T3 energy rush
Lv2
T3 hyper thinking
Lv2
T3 examination
Lv2
T3 super jump
Lv2
T3 hyper speed
Lv2
T3 blood control
Lv2
T3 body control
Lv2
T3 monster roar
Lv2
T3 energy punch
Lv2
T3 energy kick
Lv2
T3 energy slash
Lv2
T3 blink
Lv2
T3 future sight
Lv2
T3 ground control
Lv2
T3 earth destroyer
Lv2
T3 wood changer
Lv2
T3 soul unification
Lv1
T2 cultivation
Lv9
T2 disguise
Lv15
T2 evolving bowmanship
Lv7
T2 evolving hammermanship
Lv7
T2 evolving daggermanship
Lv7
T2 stealth
Lv5
T2 steal
Lv1
T1 simple programming
Lv14
T1 simple AI production
Lv1
Mana passive skills
T3 mana veins
Lv1
T3 chantless incantation
Lv1
T3 mana heart
Lv1
Mana active skills
T2 mana manipulation
Lv1
T2 lighter spell
Lv1