It seems like arcane Primary classes are on the nu, and I'm here for it. I might have been hoping for sothing along those lines, but the fact that none of my options are below arcane ans... Well, a lot of things, really.
I relay the ssage through our link and ask Tess to keep an eye on surroundings while I look over my options.
Mana Reforger (Arcane)
An advanced class specializing in augnting and transforming one’s body and equipnt through precise energy manipulation. Mana Reforgers push the boundaries of physical and magical enhancent, all the while forging powerful artifacts and refining themselves into dangerous combatants.
Your dedication to self-improvent is extraordinary. You've modified and strengthened your body beyond your level and crafted multiple mid arcane items. You have modified your body extensively. Acquired Bone Knitting. With Mana Manipulation at level 60 and a mana stat exceeding 1,200, you've showcased exceptional skill in enduring and reshaping both yourself and your tools. Your fortified physique alone allows you to withstand attacks that would be fatal to others.
Mindshield Guardian (Arcane)
An advanced class focused on ntal fortification and resilience. Mindshield Guardians possess unparalleled ntal defenses and are therefore capable of resisting ntal manipulation and enduring the strain of powerful abilities and advanced ntal calculations.
Your mind is an unbreakable fortress. With passive skills like Mana-Fortified Mind (Low Arcane) and ntal Attunent Loop (Mid Arcane), you've strengthened your psyche to withstand any assault. Your level 60 skill [Focus] allows you to wield potent abilities without faltering.
Primordial Kinetic Master (Arcane)
An elite class specializing in the mastery of primordial kinetic energy. Primordial Kinetic Masters harness primordial forces to perform feats that defy conventional magic and physical limitations.
Your journey through the study of primordial energies sets you apart. Under unique teachings, you've begun to master primordial kinetic techniques, demonstrating remarkable degrees of control and understanding. With skills like Eclipse and constructs such as Vortex Core, along with your mastery of [Mana Manipulation], you've unlocked a set of powers that few can comprehend.
That already makes for a good start, and while they don't compare to the latter two, I still like reading the descriptions. Particularly with the system being the way it is, even these small bits of information tend to contain so important clues.
Though it leaves wondering if it's supposed to be this way, lining the offerings up from worst to best to hype up as I read through the increasingly exciting list of primary classes.
One of these days, the system is going to present with three offerings and extort for shards with the promise of more, lest I be forced to wait out a tir. In exactly the sort of vile cliffhanger, this asshole system seems to love.
Anyway.
It’s easy to see how I wound up with Mana Reforger. The system must have really liked my body modifications and crafting experints. As with every class I’ve been offered thus far, I can’t help but wonder what skills and passives I may be passing up.
Then there’s Mindshield Guardian, which is interesting in its own right. Seemingly an intensely specialized class built around straight-up ntal enhancents. I don't like the na very much, but the description clearly hints at a powerful mana-based class with extre ntal resistance. That also reminds that I’ll have to ask the others how many arcane classes, if any, they were offered when they reach level 300. With all the shit I went through to get here, it had better be less than . Anyway, Mindshield Guardian very nice, but maybe next ti.
Primordial Kinetic Master sounds more interesting. Though I’d probably like it more if I were Whitey. Hell, it even sounds interesting to . Defy conventional magic and physical limitations? What kind of man wouldn't be enamored with that description? I want to defy physical limitations.
It would seem I have Whitey to thank for this one. For the system to acknowledge him that much... the guy must have had a truly incredible talent for kinetic energy, and so far, I haven't t anyone close to him.
And I still have two to go over. Options I never would have expected to see.
Kinetic Mana Harmonizer (Unique Arcane)
A unique class granted to individuals who have taken their first steps towards harmonizing kinetic energy with the manipulation of mana, enhancing their magical prowess through kinetic augntation. Kinetic Mana Harmonizers utilize kinetic forces to refine and empower their mana-based skills, achieving feats surpassing conventional applications of magic. ṙÅ𝐍ꝊᛒЕ𝐬
Your body is a lethal weapon. With your exceptional understanding of primordial kinetic energy and mana, you’ve begun to grasp the potential of combining these forces while exploring the many ways kinetic energy can support and amplify mana based techniques and grasping at the vast array of possibilities for elevating your magic. You have acquired at least one unique epic passive allowing you to transform kinetic energy into mana, you’ve used mana and body modification to create a core to store and compress kinetic energy, modified your heart to convert mana into kinetic energy, received teachings and techniques from a powerful kinetic user and received the teachings of an Absolute detailing mana control and manipulation techniques.
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Mana Weaver (Unique Arcane)
An unparalleled class for those who have harmonized their mana’s wavelength to achieve ultimate control over its flow. Mana Weavers wield mana with such power that their very presence influences the flow of magic around them.
Your unrestrained power is a sight to behold, and you've accomplished feats only witnessed by a select few. You have killed Champions. Have beco a Champion Candidate before receiving a primary class upgrade. Have received a unique passive skill. Have studied under an Absolute. Have mana reserves far exceeding your level. Have a second stage, Mana Wavelength Iris. Have mid-arcane passive, allowing you to endure the strain of powerful skills and see mana in a way that few can match. Have reacquired the Mana Manipulation skill multiple tis. You have used mana far surpassing your body's capabilities countless tis and survived. Through sheer determination and focus, you reign supre over your mana.
Unique.
Rarely does the system use this word. The last ti I saw it was when I combined two upper epic passives, creating a skill that, in certain situations, is the equal of an arcane skill. Which I’m finally seeing confird in the description of Kinetic Mana Harmonizer.
Unique ans it was made for , a new thing, modified, changed, or created based on my performance and stats. At least that’s what’s been implied.
The sa goes for these two Primary Classes. They’re probably modified forms of more basic arcane classes, unique to , and the related skills and passives will probably be the sa.
I think it was Lissandra who once told the system doesn't like to give you options to cover your weaknesses. No, the system strengthens and builds upon what you’ve accomplished.
Since then, I’ve been thinking about the two starting skills I got: [Focus] and [Mana Manipulation]. It's almost as if the system pulled them out of us rather than giving them to us, and we’ve been building on them with the system’s help ever since.
Each of these skills feels important and telling and often reveals a lot about us. The twins, constantly seeking so form of [Connection], Tess gaining [Farsight] because of the way she liked to watch that group of friends play, Lily, gaining a healing skill despite all the anger she carries with her, twisting her wrath into [Disintegration].
And , acquiring [Focus], allowing to ignore my emotions to a greater degree than I ever did before.
Even now, almost two years into the tutorial, there is so much I don't know. How the system ca into being. Who made the tutorial, which even seems to predate the Rulers who learned how to influence it slightly. What is the First Dungeon, and why did the Rulers build Beyond over it? Why did they connect Beyond to the tutorial and the real world?
Why, why, why, why?
"Nat. We need to move. There is a group of twenty heading our way," Tess says, tapping my shoulder and pointing off into the distance.
Obviously, I don't see anything, but I believe her.
"Need to slow them down?"
"There is no need for the mont, but be ready to defend, they seem to have long-range attackers as well."
So we move, running as quickly as we can.
Sophie leaves behind so of her webs to make us more difficult to track and does sothing to the air around us, making it more challenging to establish visual contact.
I use [Eclipse], expanding its reach beyond our small group and dissipating the mana we leave behind.
We don't head back; no, we delve deeper, and the mont I go to reread the descriptions, Tess shouts a warning.
Screaming through the air over our heads, a bone javelin two tis the length of my body passes by with a red light glowing inside. The incredible amount of mana packed within begins to expand as cracks spread across its surface.
A quick teleport brings in range, and I grab it with my outstretched hand. The colors of the world fade around as the red light shines ever so much brighter. But even that light starts to dwindle, pulling back and dying off as my [Eclipse] surrounds and suffocates it, as my Mana Wavelength Iris observes the whole process.
When I finally let go, the javelin crumbles, mana potent enough to equal my tricolored orb explosions fading to nothing.
My kinetic energy surrounds , and another javelin slows to a crawl. I fly towards it, grabbing it, surrounding it in [Eclipse] once more, as the mana within fights back, threatening to destabilize around , but in the end, even that dissipates into a mist of fine particles.
When I grab the third one, the light simply blinks, slowly changing and beginning to glow a pale shade of blue. The javelin becos mine, and I throw it into the air, boosting it further with kinetic energy.
It only takes a few seconds for to see the explosion rippling out from the place the javelin ca from.
Resonance Flow expands even further as I fly just behind our group, covering a wide area around us, slowing six more of the bone javelins slowing to a halt in mid air.
More and more mana funnels its way into [Eclipse], and my eyes move to read the wavelengths of each incoming weapon. I modify my frequency, adapting to theirs, and then I take over, overriding the enemy’s control and making them my own.
Ley Lines connect to each of the weapons, pumping each one with an increasing flood of mana as I return them to sender, severing my connection in the process.
Six more explosions ring out, still miles away, but this ti, I can feel the vibrations of the explosions even without the kinetic senses.
[You have defeated Reanimated Marauder - lvl 306]
[You have defeated Reanimated Marauder - lvl 301]
Seeing no more javelins heading our way, I boost myself in the direction of the others, catching up to the group after taking a mont to deploy so traps triggered by mana threads, along so extrely dense mana threads to cut through the weaker monsters while snaring the stronger ones for a bit. Landing near Tess, I boost my body with kinetic energy and break into a run at her side.
"There’s another group to our left and a smaller one ahead of us," she warns.
"Is sothing attracting them like it was in the previous zone, or is this normal?"
"I already asked Sophie, Luna, and Leticia to look into it, but they couldn’t find anything, and Leticia said there shouldn't be anything attracting monsters like we attract lurkers. It seems like they have scouts tracking us and sending them our way."
Then, she speaks through our link to keep the others from overhearing. (Are you going to upgrade your class?)
(To be honest, I'm already starting to get impatient. I already have my choice all lined up. But I don't know if it won't give so stuff that could make unconscious in the process, and I don't need a new class to deal with these guys.)
(So yes?)
Damn it.
(Yes.)
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