Chapter 88: Getting It Over With

“Soul Enchantment System…” Aurus could not help but look at the last line on the notification log with intense confusion. Although he remembered quite vividly in his memories that the Equipment system and its variants existed within ISE, whenever he tried to recall memories regarding the Soul Enchantment System he received, he can only remember a hazy and vague memory of it, the most vivid of which being it existed within the game.

Letting out an inward sigh, Aurus muttered to himself, “Well then, let’s see what I can do with this new feature.”

“How do I access it…Open Soul Enchantment System?”

Ding!

After hearing the magic words come out of Aurus’ nonexistent mouth, a screen that was incredibly similar to the screen used by the Existence Evolution System’s OS, appeared in front of his field of vision.

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[Soul Enchantment System]

Soul Power: 4

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Soul Sigils:

[Rank 0 — Sigils of Tempering] – 0/3

[Rank 1 — ???? ?? ??????] – Needs the Sigils of Tempering to be unlocked

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In an instant, Aurus was able to pinpoint two things that he needed to ask the system about. “System, what is Soul Power and what are Soul Sigils?”

Ding!

Without missing a beat, a screen appeared in front of the Soul Enchantment System’s interface, containing information regarding the two things that Aurus asked about.

‘Soul Power is the power of the being’s soul, shown in terms of value. A normal Animate would have 10 points of Soul Power, whereas a C-grade Inanimate would have 1 point of Soul Power, with it being increased by 1 for every evolution it goes through.’

‘Having a high amount of Soul Power would allow the being to have greater control and knowledge over their bodies. Not only that, it would allow them to become stronger in terms of stats, damage, and so on.’

‘Soul Sigils are runes carved onto the being’s soul, allowing the being’s soul to be baptized by the worldly energy, allowing the soul to become stronger without the need for Tempering or Ascension skills related to the soul, which are only accessible to Animates.’

‘Once a certain Rank of Soul Sigils are completed, they would create a resonance effect that would boost the soul’s power even further, and even become a pathway to unlocking a greater Rank of Soul Sigils.’

Even though Aurus read the information on the screen multiple times, he could still not grasp his head around it. In the end, he said to himself, “I’ll have to experiment with this system in the future.”

After closing the interface to the Soul Enchantment System, he focused back on the white energy that covered each and every Anima on his body. Although he knew what Flux was thanks to the system explaining it before his evolution, he did not know what its purpose was. So he asked, “System, what is Flux?”

Ding!

Just like a while ago, a screen filled to the brim with information regarding the thing Aurus asked about, appeared in front of his field of vision.

‘Flux is a type of energy that is neither from the environment like world energy, nor is it from within like Spirit Points (SP). Flux is something emanated from Anima that binds them together and allows them to do things that are normally impossible for a normal branch or sapling can do.’

‘Once tempered enough to the level of being controlled, it could be used as a weapon, or a shield, or anything that the user chooses it to be.’

“Hmm…” Aurus pondered about the words written on the screen for a short while. He had a hunch that this Flux thing would surely become extremely important to something that would happen to him, but he did not know where it would become important.

Nonetheless, with the allure of the Flux Equipment system, he committed the phrase ‘Tempering the Flux’ to memory. He had no idea how to do just that, but he had a feeling that it was located within the skills he obtained from evolving.

He opened up the skill screen and looked at the skill that was the most out of place when compared to other Flux based skills, [Nine Flux Transformation].

“Identify [Nine Flux Transformation].”

Ding!

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[Nine Flux Transformation] (Level 1/10)

Grade: Unknown

Flux, an energy manifested from the Animas of a Spiritas, is something that holds extreme power once one peers into its intricacies and tempers it to a great extent.

This skill allows the user to temper the Flux covering their bodies, baptizing them with the worldly energy of the environment and the Spirit Points from within, letting them evolve into a substance that becomes a myriad of colors and possibilities.

> Current Flux Rank: White (Rank 0)

> Requirement to upgrade Flux Rank: 100 SP and 1000 Wind energy particles

Note: Only when the Flux Rank becomes Rank 1 will the user have the freedom to create Flux Weapons and Armors.

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“Hmm…although it doesn’t say it from its name, it seems that my species still affects my skills, being inclined towards the Wind element no matter what,” Aurus muttered to himself as he looked at the requirement needed to upgrade the Flux covering his body.

With his Anima Creation at X-grade, he already had over 2000 SP, which meant that he had twenty times the amount of SP needed to upgrade the Flux covering his body. Nonetheless, he would still have to absorb 1000 Wind energy particles, which is not really a problem due to the two passive skills he evolved to X-grade before evolving to S-grade.

Deciding that he would take a look at the other skills he obtained later, Aurus activated [Tempest Levitation] before heading out of the secluded room he was in for almost two weeks. He flew outside the Sparring Tower where his secluded room was and looked at the surroundings, letting out a sigh of contentment afterwards. “Ahh…nothing much has changed after my seclusion.”

While looking at the small ecosystem of the Tempest Branch Alliance, even going so far as to travel around it, a past memory crept up on the surface of Aurus’ mind and made him stop in his tracks. He closed his sense of vision for a bit before opening it once again, radiating an aura of firm determination while muttering to himself, “I’ve delayed this for a pretty long while now. With my current stats, I’m pretty sure that I can kill that being in just one shot.”

“I can also use the time during my journey towards that place to experiment with the new skills and features I obtained.”

“Alright, that settles it, I’ll do that for now!”

With the past memory sticking ever so tightly to the surface of his mind like glue, Aurus activated [Gale Hover], which increased his movement speed even more for a temporary time, before heading towards the large hall near the entrance of the Tempest Branch Alliance.

Whoosh!

Due to his multiple passive movement buffs and his X-grade movement skill, it only took Aurus a few minutes to head towards the large hall and land on the ground before calling out, “Horell, where are you?”

Fwoosh!

At the instant Aurus was finished with his question, a silhouette appeared in front of Aurus, which radiated an aura of cheerfulness around it. This silhouette was none other than Horell.

“I’m right here, what do you need?” Horell maintained a cheerful tone as he examined Aurus from head to toe…well, from one end of the trunk to the other end of the trunk. “Also, before I forget, congratulations on evolving to S-grade.”

“Thanks,” Aurus replied to Horell’s congratulatory remark as he radiated an aura of cheerfulness around him as well. “Anyways, Horell, I want you to tell Herellia that I’m going out for a bit. As for the location, that I cannot tell.”

“That’s fine, we all have our own little secrets we like to keep,” Horell radiated an aura of affirmation to Aurus’ favor as he replied. “Don’t worry, Aurus. Just do what you have to do, I’ll tell Herellia that you went out for a bit.”

Whoosh!

Hearing the words of affirmation from Horell, Aurus activated [Tempest Levitation] as the aura of cheerfulness around him intensified by a few times. “Thanks!”

Whoosh!

And just like that, Aurus disappeared from Horell’s sight in the blink of an eye…well the amount of time it would take for an Animate to blink their eyes anyway.

Looking at the silhouette of Aurus’ body for a bit as it gradually disappeared, Horell let out a sigh as he sensed that Aurus was already far away from the alliance base.

He looked at the large hall of the alliance base he resided in for a long time before muttering to himself, “In the end, it seems I have to part ways with you, huh?”

“…All for the sake of greater knowledge.”

After which, Horell’s silhouette disappeared from the large hall. He was going to do what Aurus told him to do before he had to part ways with this alliance.

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While Horell was lamenting over the fact that his time of parting with the Tempest Branch Alliance was almost coming, Aurus, on the other hand, was currently zooming towards a place that he could not help but reminisce as he thought about how much he has gone through after leaving that place.

“Although it’s basically overkill for me to kill that thing, it would still give me Genesis Points. I might even head to its stronger counterpart and kill its boss as well before activating the Genesis Tree,” Aurus muttered to himself as the plan he formulated from before surfaced in his mind.

No, this was not the plan he had before evolving to S-grade, for this was the plan of killing the boss of the Lesser Experience Haven!