Atticus chose a spot beneath the massive veinroot tree to train.
'It's hotter here.'
The veinroot had affected the entire separate continent. Its temperature compared to other parts of the world was incredibly high.
However, to Atticus, it was scarcely warm. He needed sothing more for his training and had chosen the spot with the highest concentration of will.
Manipulating the earth, Atticus created a small chamber beneath the tree and settled inside.
'What should I start with first?'
The number of abilities he had was far too much. Choosing what to train had always been one of the issues he faced in training.
'Let's take a look at my status first.'
He had to admit, it had been a ti. A very long one, in fact, since he took a look at his status. But he couldn't be blad. Coming to the middle planes had made most of his forr powers obsolete. Having only to worry about will, Atticus hadn't seen any need to check his status.
'I wonder what changed. Status.'
A holographic interface materialized in front of him, but Atticus's eyes soon narrowed.
'It changed.'
He focused on the status screen in front of him.
Na: Atticus Ravenstein
Race: Kin of Solvath
Age: 20
World Anchor: Eldoralth
World Rank: Minor (7) Will Type: True Will
Will Na: The Burning
Lineage Core: Primordial Elental Bloodline Solvath Fragnt
Attributes:
Physical Aspect (30%): Low Baron Rank
Intellectual Aspect (80%): Higher Baron Rank
Will Authority (70%): Mid Baron Rank
Presence (60%): Mid Baron Rank
Katana Art:
Transcendent Slash Godspeed Grace (10%)
Endless Strike (5%)
Vorpal Nova (7%)
Sundering Storm (2%)
Elental Integration:
Level 5:
• ??? (Fire, Air, Water, Earth): Will Attunent: 3%
• ??? (Light, Space, Spirit Elent): Will Attunent: 2%
• ??? (Darkness, Lightning, Ice): Will Attunent: 2%
Level 4:
Level 3:
• Blood Elent → 16% - 51%
Level 2:
• None
Level 1:
• None
Locked Bloodlines:
• Nature Elent - 34% - 70%
(World Abilities)
'The whole thing changed.'
The structure of his status had been rewritten to reflect the new, major power system, will.
'But why now? I've awakened my will since the lower plane, yet nothing happened…'
Atticus hadn't viewed his status in a long ti, but he was certain this rewrite had just occurred.
It ant sothing significant had occurred recently that caused this change. He didn't need to guess what it was.
'Solvath's fragnt.'
He had only just awakened the fragnt. Atticus could still rember Elderish's words back then.
'He said my talent would surpass anything I'd ever imagine when I awakened. Is this it?'
As he wondered, he focused on the new status page.
'There's a lot of new things. I can probably figure it out, but I'd prefer to get a sure explanation.'
Atticus could rember his first interaction with the system during his childhood. Back then, he hadn't been sure of what each of the terms on the screen ant. Luckily, the system had co with a manual.
He repeated what he did back then and focused on each aspect, viewing each of their functions.
The first few were self explanatory, though the sight of his "Eldorian" race changing to Kin of Solvath unsettled him.
'He's defining my entire existence.'
Without Logoth, Atticus would still be lost in Solvath's emotions. It was a thought that frightened him as well as angered him. To have so being assu control of his life made him want to go on a rampage.
'Losing control of my emotions isn't the key.' If Logoth had taught him sothing, it was the importance of being in control. The silence of emotion was an addictive feeling, and he loved every bit of it.
Atticus cald himself and continued his observations. His age was accurate, world anchor easy to understand, will type and na the sa. But the mont he got to lineage core, he paused.
'The na changed, and so did the ability.'
Lineage core was, in fact, terd bloodline if he rembered correctly. Still, it was the new addition that stunned him.
'Solvath's fragnt. Is it the power to destabilize will?'
He'd asked Anorah about Solvath's power, and she'd said the sa thing he knew: she could only destabilize will and see things normally unseen by even gods.
'No. There's more.'
Atticus had felt an innate connection to the universe as a whole since he awakened the fragnt. There was more to Solvath's power than twinkling lights, he was sure of it.
After all, its awakening had changed his system.
'Now the attributes…'
His stats, while changed, were easy to understand.
'The physical aspect represents my bodily stats…'
According to the brief description from the system, it was how well his body attuned to his will. It accounted for his strength, agility, endurance, and vitality.
'So the number in the bracket represents how attuned my body is with my will.'
Given that it was in percentage, it ant 100 was the cutoff. Atticus couldn't help but feel a bit of shock.
'So I'm still holding out on this much?'
Was this how insane his true will was? Or was this because of…
'The fragnt.' Atticus's eyes widened. Now, as he looked at the rest of his status, he was beginning to understand.
'It affected as a whole.'
Everything in his body had been affected. Before coming to the middle planes, Atticus had questioned Whisker extensively about the power system of the middle planes.
In his explanation, consisting of different etings, Whisker had never ntioned attunent of the body with will. Will was an extension of self, this was all he'd said, all everyone knew.
'You're your will.'
But this status was stating otherwise.
'The awakening influenced my power. This was why the status changed.'
Solvath's fragnt was sohow fusing him and his powers into one. It declared that his will was, in truth, separate from his bodily self, which included mana, and then proceeded to fuse them.
Still, it was a shocking affair. Atticus could rember the last ti he'd tried to fuse his mana with spiritual energy. Back then, it had been impossible, and he settled for simply making them coexist. But now, his will was fusing with mana, he was becoming one.
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