As the light finally faded, the small figure before Michael settled into stillness. The glow vanished completely, leaving behind a quiet calm. Wisdom's new form was different from before. Its feathers were a deep silver-gray.
One thing that stood out was its eyes, bright green, just like Michael's other blood servants and rank 3 undead.
Michael studied the creature for a mont, noting how the air around it twisted faintly. There was no visible aura, yet sothing unseen moved in its presence. Threads of invisible energy coiled around it like drifting mist, reacting faintly to its every motion.
Curious, Michael activated the Eye of Truth.
His gaze deepened, piercing through the layers that made up Wisdom's being.
Information poured into his mind.
"Physically weak," Michael muttered, brows furrowing. "Very weak."
This was the first thing he noticed.
Wisdom was a level 30 creature now, yet its physical strength looked like it had only tripled from its pre-rge phase.
Despite its fragility, the energy around it was overwhelming. It constantly folded and shifted, creating faint ripples that made the air itself seem alive.
Michael could see the invisible lines of space warping with every small movent the creature made.
He leaned forward slightly, eyes narrowing. The more he looked, the more complex it beca.
Wanting to test the creature's responsiveness, Michael extended his hand. "Co here," he said softly.
The Voidfeather tilted its head. It gave a low hoot before spreading its wings.
It moved.
And before Michael could even process it, the creature was already perched on his shoulder.
Michael was stunned.
Even with his perception, he hadn't seen the transition.
He reached up slowly, his fingertips brushing against its cool feathers. "Was that teleportation?" he asked aloud.
But the more he thought about it, the more he realized it wasn't.
"Move again," Michael commanded.
The Voidfeather gave a soft hoot and leapt off his shoulder. For a heartbeat, it vanished from sight. Then a blur. A flicker. Gone again. It reappeared behind him, hovering silently, then darted to his left, right, and above, all within a second.
Michael's eyes strained to follow, but even his perception couldn't fully track it. All he caught were faint distortions in the air.
He let out a slow breath. "Incredible..."
Even if a Rank 3 Awakener saw this, they wouldn't stand a chance. They would see nothing but flickers, perhaps not even that. For a being as strong as he was within that rank, he could barely follow. The average one would be utterly blind.
"You're starting to remind of soone."
His mind drifted briefly to another of his creations, Ghost, his first nad ant undead.
Michael had always suspected that Ghost was part of an irregular species. Its strength didn't really make sense, as even now, at a lower level than Beginning, the titan couldn't beat it in raw power.
Now, as he looked at Wisdom, he felt that sa faint aura of
sothing unordinary.
"Could you be like Ghost?" Michael wondered aloud, tilting his head as his gaze deepen
He narrowed his eyes, the Eye of Truth intensifying as he tried to dig deeper into Wisdom's structure. Yet even as he pushed his perception further, no new information revealed itself.
The invisible lattice of energy surrounding Wisdom was too intricate to be fully grasped. Every ti Michael thought he understood its flow, it changed, like a puzzle that reassembled itself the mont one found a piece.
After several attempts, he finally let the Eye fade.
Shifting his attention, Michael opened the hovering panels again, focusing on the details of Wisdom's new abilities. His gaze paused at
Phase Shift.
Before, the ability had been limited, barely a five-ter range. Now,
the numbers had changed drastically.
>[Phase Shift] - Perfect Mastery
Range: 100 ters
Duration: 10 seconds
Effect: Allows entry into the first layer of the Void.
Michael's brow rose slightly. "One hundred ters... and it can access
the first layer of the Void now."
His mind imdiately began tracing what he knew about that place.
There were several layers in the Void, and only those who had grasped laws could begin to access them with their body.
With his current knowledge, Michael knew of three layers. The first layer was a thin line between the material world and the
Void itself. Beings that entered this level had not truly left reality; they existed between the folds of space. Actions perford here could still affect the material world because the connection wasn't severed. It was a halfway point, a veil rather than a realm.
Wisdom being able to move within that layer freely was already beyond impressive.
The second layer, often called the True Front of the Void, was a different story. Those who entered it had completely left material space behind. Nothing from the physical world could reach them unless it carried spatial authority or a law mark. Only experts who had begun to weave law into their essence could survive there. It was a place where distance could loop endlessly.
And then there was the third layer, the one Michael had once thought was simply space. In truth, it was the threshold of the universe itself, where the endless darkness and drifting matter between worlds began. To exist there ant to walk the boundary of the cosmos.
Michael glanced at Wisdom, who preened its silver feathers lazily. "You can enter the first layer freely now... aning you're standing at
the edge of what only law users can touch."
He then thought of sothing else.
"If you continue down this path, does this an when you advance to
rank 3, you'll get a space law?"
The thought sent a thrill through him. It wasn't just an evolution. It
was a step toward understanding a domain most supernatural beings only dread of.
Michael's lips curved faintly. "Looks like I'll have to start looking for
more materials for you. But first, let check out your new skills." Though Phase Shift was useful, it ca with a small annoyance. Michael had copied it from Wisdom long ago, so his Phase Shift still sat at Basic Mastery. To match Wisdom's Perfect Mastery, he would need to copy the skill again. A better workaround flickered through
his mind, but that could wait.
For now, it was ti to check his new skills.
> [New Skills Acquired]
1. Dinsional Shroud (Basic): Temporarily cloaks the user in warped
space, rendering them invisible to physical and spiritual perception for a short duration.
2. Fold Blink (Interdiate): Instantly shifts the user through folded
space. 3. Singularity Pulse (Interdiate): Condenses unstable spatial energy into a single point before releasing it outward.
Michael tapped the owl's beak lightly. "Activate the Dinsional
Shroud."
Wisdom's green eyes seed confused at first, but after a mont,
he seed to understand. The air around him tightened, as if an unseen skin drew inward. Then the bird was gone.
Michael opened the Eye of Truth. Threads of perception dove in, and still he found only hollow distortions.
Whether this was the limit of the Eye of Truth or his mastery of it,
Michael didn't know, but if the eye could only see this much, the
skill's effect was indeed genuine.
"Move," he ordered.
The hollow slid three paces to the left without stirring a grain of dust.
Several undead raised their heads in unison, eyes unfocused, then
settled again.
"Closer."
The hollow obeyed. It reached his front and hung there for six
breaths, then eased to his right shoulder. A whisper of cold brushed
his neck, nothing more. Even at arm's length, he could not see it.
"Drop it."
Wisdom faded into view on his shoulder again.
Michael exhaled quietly. "So that's Dinsional Shroud."
For a mont, he just watched the owl preen its feathers, replaying
what he had witnessed.
A skill that erased presence. It was the kind of ability assassins would
kill for. Even now, Michael's mind raced with the possibilities of its
applications.
He could already imagine himself using it.
That skill alone could change the way I fight, he thought, a faint spark
of hunger flickering in his eyes.
"Not bad," Michael muttered at last, a faint smile tugging at his lips. "If
I can't copy it now, I'll find another way."
He patted Wisdom's head gently. "For now, let's leave it at that. We
still have two more skills to test."
His tone turned calm again, his thoughts returning to the present. There would be ti later to study Dinsional Shroud properly. After all, there was still Fold Blink and Singularity Pulse waiting to show what they could do.
Michael's eyes fell on the next line of glowing text.
> [Fold Blink - Interdiate] Instantly shifts the user through folded space.
This was the ability that had caught his eye the mont he saw the
description. Based on the explanation, it wasn't like Phase Shift at all. Phase Shift was a temporary step into the edge of the Void, a skill that phased the user between reality and unreality, allowing movent through the boundary that still connected both. It was powerful, but not true teleportation.
Fold Blink, however, was different. Michael's mind visualized the theory behind it.
"This ti," Michael muttered under his breath, "it really should be
teleportation." Michael looked at Wisdom. "Alright. Let's see what you can do, Fold
Blink."
Wisdom blinked, as though understanding the command through their shared bond.
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