BXBX NOVEL Chapter 109 Final Steps
5th Floor, a floating island where Samiel was located.
With the addition of the Ice and Frost Mana Qualities, Samiel's usage of the Level 3 Ultimate Ability Winter Ruler got even more power. The moment he obtained the Ice and Frost Mana Qualities, the efficiency of his Level 3 Ultimate Ability Winter Ruler increased several times, because his Mana contained the attributes of Ice and Frost.
On top of that, Winter Magic got much smoother, and the spells got even more potent and stronger. Essentially the same thing which happened with the Winter Ruler happened, and right now he could cast the spells of the Winter Magic more easily than before.
Samiel was practicing some of the Winter Magic Spells, as he managed to learn every Winter Magic Spell up to the 3rd Level included already, especially with his new Mana Qualities; the sheer power of his Winter Magic Spells got boosted up several times over.
The Winter Magic was not one to cause to large-scale destructive effects right from the start, especially in the lower-level spells of the Winter Magic are not particularly strong. Though in the later Levels, it was possible to freeze entire worlds, but Samiel wanted to obtain such power as soon as possible.
Certainly, this showed itself in its proficiency when it already reached 10%, standing proudly at 8%. Of course, in the aspect of Magic Theory, Samiel was far ahead in the Winter Magic and knew the theory even behind the Advanced Magic.
With his brain functioning like an organic supercomputer, there was practically nothing that couldn't be learned or memorized for him; everything was just a matter of time. Of course, this didn't really stop Samiel as he was absorbing the knowledge at an alarming rate.
Not only Magical and Arcane Knowledge, but everything. Be it the information about the political landscape of the Cosmos and the Tower, the history of the most significant Higher Dimensional Worlds, Tower and Principal Worlds, together with the history of various factions.
He learned about the cultures of the Cosmos, various species, and notable individuals and even mastered several types of widespread languages across the Cosmos; he even learned how to speak Orkish if he ever needed to lead a conversation with the greenskins.
Samiel, though seriously, doubted that he would ever need to converse with the Orks, as those brutes knew only power and nothing else, though it may come in handy. Orks barely conversed among each other, as they solved everything with their fists and weapons alone; for them it was enough.
Specifically when it was regarding their Shamans because those were more inclined even to lead conversation than just attacking somebody outright. Shamans were usually the most intelligent Orks from the entire Clan or Tribe, and often in Orkish Clans or Tribes, Shamans were the ones who handled the foreign affairs and communicated with the other factions if there was a need for that.
Contrary to their warrior caste.
One of the last things, Samiel planned to do on the 5th Floor before he would go to the 6th Floor of the Tower was to practice the Star Mind Protection Technique. The basic premise of the Star Mind Protection Technique was to create imaginary fortifications around the user's mind to protect against mind attacks or mind control abilities.
This would come in especially handy against Psionic Species like Mind Flyers, Githyanki, Githzerai, Swarm, or other abominations that were living in the depths of the Cosmos. Or even various types of spells or curses that specifically targeted one's mind.
Thus Samiel wanted to learn it, and create at least the first two stars, which he could before he left for the 6th Floor. Due to these being the last days he was spending on the 5th Floor, even his Master told him that it was time to go.
Furthermore, he decided to do it right now.
Currently, he was sitting cross-legged on the huge boulder in the plain, surrounded by lush green grass that was high several meters, as he was following the instructions from the Star Mind Protection Technique to conjure the 1st Mind Star.
Unfortunately for Samiel, he had already failed the third time in a row, and that was the moment he realized that he was missing something in the great scheme of things because he followed the instruction written in the Star Mind Protection Technique to the utmost detial.
Only when he read the entire Star Mind Protection Technique several times over he realized that to conjure the Mind Stars properly, there were two things needed for that. One of them was pure and strong Mana, and another was the Psionic Energy.
Psionic Energy was something that Samiel lacked.
But as he read further, he realized that the unique combination of those two, when fused together in the Mind Star, would create a peculiar and powerful method that was able to stop Magical and Psionical types of Mind Attacks altogether. This was something that made the Star Mind Protection Technique unique and powerful at the same time.
In the end, he decided to ask his Master for help because he hoped that an ancient fossil like Menuhyutt Faulhaber would have a solution to his predicament. Samiel found his master petting his Familiar, who was enjoying the undivided attention.
"Master, I have encountered a slight predicament."
Samiel stated while Menuhyutt's eyes looked directly at Samiel as he started explaining his problems with the cultivation of the Star Mind Protection Technique because he lacked the Psionic Energy.
"Hmm... you are still pretty lucky and yet unlucky."
The old man stated as he took a small green crystal from his Dimensional Ring and threw it to Smaiel, who caught the little crystal with great interest, especially sensed the tremendous power in that crystal.
"That is Primordial Psionic Energy Crystal, which is just a more primal and uncontrollable form of the Psionic Energy, but it should be able to weigh out your Eldritch Mana to create the Mind Star. This one should be enough for you to create three Mind Stars, for Iron-Tier, Steel-Tier and Bronze-Tier, respectively."
Hall Master summarized while Samiel was inspecting the Primordial Psionic Energy Crystal and after several seconds of inspecting the crystal, he gave out a bow of gratitude to his master before he left to his previous place to conjure the 1st Mind Star of the Star Mind Protection Technique.
Now that he had both components, he started once more following the instructions in the Star Mind Protection Technique and, at the same time, drawing out the energy from the Primordial Psionic Energy Crystals, which proved itself extremely hard to control.
Even though Samiel spent a lot of time polishing his Mana Control skills, if not for the immediate activation of the Architect's capabilities, he would have long ago injured himself several times over. Instantly, over several seconds worth of time, Smaiel felt a tremendous pain in his head because while the Mind Star was primarily conceptual things, he could sense that a miniature star-like object was growing in his brain, and it hurt like hell.
Samiel had to do a lot not to scream out of the torturous pain he was undergoing. Soon enough, around twenty minutes later, the entire process was finished as Samiel conjured the 1st Mind Star, and one similar star-like crystal of pure condensed energy grew in his brain.
[User Samiel Zentaur has created 1st Mind Star of the Star Mind Protection.]
He then heard the notification from the Akashic Records as he caught his breath before he decided to continue with the process and create the 2nd Mind Star that corresponded to the Steel-Tier. The Primordial Psionic Energy Crystal was still largely okey, relatively untouched because Samiel used only 10% of its content for the creation of the 1st Mind Star.
[Proficiency with the Star Mind Protection Technique has been increased by 1%.]
[Proficiency with the Star Mind Protection Technique has been increased by 3%.]
[Proficiency with the Star Mind Protection Technique has been increased by 2%.]
After practicing the Star Mind Protection Technique for a while, Samiel got a notification from Akashic Records about the increasement in his proficiency with the technique. After meditating for a few tens of minutes, he started the process of creating of 2nd Mind Star.
Seconds later, Smaiel started the process of the creation of Mind Stars once more, just this time, it was slightly different, as he read the instructions of the Star Mind Protection Technique, though the only thing that changed was the pain, which was even more intense.
And, of course, the time required for him to condense the 2nd Star was longer than the 1st one, approximately twice, but in the end, he relented, and after one hour and something, it was done.
Another star-like object appeared in his brain, not to mention that he felt his mind was getting stronger; it usually would not be so noticeable, but the addition of Level 4 Transcendental Ability Architect was strengthening the effects of it. Or one could state that the addition of the Star Mind Protection Technique was strengthening the effects of the Architect.
[Proficiency with the Star Mind Protection Technique has been increased by 2%.]
[Proficiency with the Star Mind Protection Technique has been increased by 2%.]
After the process was done, Samiel again got some increasement in the proficiency of the Star Mind Protection Technique with the condensation of the 2nd Star.
"With this, I have completed all of my goals on the 5th Floor; even if it could have been better, the longer I spent time here would be rather contra-productive."
Samiel muttered to himself while he could just hole himself up here, but that would be bad for him because this was essentially a place for the old hermits. Meaning he would have grown to the peaceful lifestyle and lost his sharpness, something that couldn't be allowed at any costs.
Afterward, he opened his status screen in the Akashic Records because it was a long since he had seen it personally.
[Name: Samiel Zentaur
Title: Blessed by Azathoth
Age: 26
Race: Old Deus - Eldritch Creature (75%) / Human (25%)
Class: Knight of Niflheim (29%), Grand Necromancer (17%)
Sub-Class: Apostle of Azathoth (Sealed)
Magician Level: Basic (Void, Necromancy, Winter)
Mana Quality: Void, Ice, Frost
Records Points: 5,640
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Tier: Steel
Level: 22
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Abilities:
Winter Ruler (31%) - Ultimate Ability
Soul Devour (35%) - Ultimate Ability
Architect (1%) - Transcendental Ability
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Techniques:
Nuclear Void Mana Control Method (10%)
Star Mind Protection Technique (9%) - 2 Stars
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Necrosis Magic:
Necromancy Arts (27%)
Void Magic (16%)
Winter Magic (8%)
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Skills:
Undead Creation (40%)
Swordsmanship (14%)
Trident Mastery (2%)
Metamagic - Spell Fusion 2nd Level Spells (34%)
Metamagic - Spell Control (3%)]
While it had already been long since he saw his record, many things had changed there. Not in terms of the raw power he possessed, not that one still remained the same. His Level remained the same as it was since he arrived on the 5th Floor, and in truth, the growth in his Level wasn't even that important to him right now.
What he obtained was something more precious.
He obtained several essential skills and capabilities during his stay on the 5th Floor, from which the most prominent ones being the Mana Control Method, the Metamagic, and of course, the Trident Mastery.
"Be careful on the higher floors... there are many mysteries in the Tower unspoken."
Menuhyutt appeared behind Samiel and stated with a grave voice, not saying anything else to his protegé.
"Before you leave, let me show you the power of the peak Holy Legendary."
The Hall Master said as he brandished a crimson sword with a menacing around, which had a dragon-like pattern through it, and looked at the ocean down below them. It was evident to Samiel that he planned on fighting one of those sea monsters that were living in the depths of the ocean.
Suddenly, out of the coldest depths of the ocean, something started nearing upwards. All the birds that were flying around the ocean instantly panicked and started running far away while the surface of the ocean began shaking.
One of the sovereigns of the seas on the 5th Floor, Charybat has arrived.