Kaijin Fighter: So I Have to Make Monsters, So What? Chapter 112: Of course there’s another power system

Anima.

Functionality wise, Anima and Aether can be used in incredibly similar ways.

Both can be used by warriors to enhance their abilities, both can be used to make fireballs and both can be manipulated to create pockets in ti and space in order to defy reality, etc.

There were however so key differences in terms of application and origins.

Aether is everywhere and warriors can increase their ability to use it via exercising, external items and environnt. Everybody and everything can use aether to so extent in order to do external damage and changes. Aether, in the other words, was the energy of life and nature...and technically death...

Anima on the other hand is internal only and it is a strange energy of the mind. ntal attacks, telepathy, telekinesis, basically the full mind over matter suite. Granted, said targets of such ntality focused abilities have to be alive or at least be capable of forming complex thoughts.

You're also either born with the ability to use anima or you're not, no two ways about it. This ant that only naturally sentient beings like humans and so select species of natural born aether beasts can use this stuff too.

Both anima and aether can also be used to make special tools and treasures, but the forr can be done on the cheap without using external energy input, while the latter is more expensive and requires external energy usage. Supposedly the two can be combine to make absurdly powerful items, but they're viciously rare, with the ones being able to make them being even rarer.

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'...so I'm fighting a knockoff psychic?'

'Of course, that's also a mouthful of a term.'

"Bwah!"

However, nobody was currently manning these booths or shopping at them, due to being near the circus fire. Evidently, mass public incidents/possible tragedies were more important than the promise of comrce.

For the past minute or so, Zhen Liu had to dodge everything from cheap jewelery to toys to various sharp implents. At one point there was even a roasted goat's head flung towards him, the sight of which would haunt his nightmares for years to co.

As he kept dodging and running after the kidnapper, Zhen Liu attempted to connect his will to the Razor Maiden proto-kaijin that was currently chilling in his wooden backpack.

Addendum to rule#5: Try not to make/get into situations where lying is needed. Especially when you need to lie about magic bullshit monsters that may or may not be balance breaking.

Gone was complex thoughts and words, replaced with pure instinct and raw emotions.

'Welp, I can at least give one command. Git'im.'

SHUNK!

'Huh? What's that sound? Did that brat pull out a weapon?'

The two of them had done this song and dance before, and knew from experience that the best way to deal with multiple pursuers was to separate them, especially if it was a group of three.

'No matter. I'll just keep throwing things at him, get him more frustrated to breakdown his ntal defenses and then-'

"Wha-whoa!"

"Missed?! Rage!"

It was very faint, but Farisia could sense the nascent shape of a soul nestled in the form of the Razor Maiden puppet, or at the least sothing very similar to a soul.

'That was cl-'

'Shit! Gah!'

'Bah! It's like being hit by a bull... wait...is it...smiling?'

"Weakened prey. Chop Chop!"