Author's Interjection:
Skaði is a Jötunn(Giant) and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter and mountains in Norse folklore. Her legacy falls under Lower pantheon deity category. Her powers over winter and cold landscape made it extremely suitable to Transcendental Cold Sarcony, but, was it possible for a personality of hers, as opposed to a real person, obtain the legacy on her own, instead of Sarcony?
Read on to find out.
SARCONY, DO YOU WANT TO OBTAIN THE LEGACY OF Skaði? (COLD) LET'S TALK AFTERWARDS. (SARCONY) YOU ALREADY POSTPONED THE ISSUE FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY, NO MORE DELAYS, A STRAIGHT ANSWER, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS (CHEEKY) SIS, IT IS BENEFICIAL FOR COLD SIS IF YOU OBTAIN IT, ALSO, IT IS GOOD TO OBTAIN A LEGACY FROM A LOWER PANTHEON DEITY, RIGHT? (ARIA) ISN'T IT? (COLD) DEFINITELY (CHEEKY) ~SIGH~ WHAT TO DO? (SARCONY)
YOU DON'T WANT IT? (COLD) NOPE, I DON'T. IT IS TROUBLESOME. WE CANT EXACTLY HIDE THE AURA OF A PANTHEON DEITY, CAN WE? (SARCONY) THE OLDIE COULDN'T DETECT THE LEGACY WE POSSESSED AT ALL, I BET INSTRUCTOR SOPHIE CAN'T AS WELL. (ARIA) I DON'T WANT TO DEVELOP THE WATER DANTAIN NATURE AT ALL. MOREOVER, I ALREADY DECLARED MYSELF AS A LIGHT DANTAIN NATURED CULTIVATOR TO THE CLASS (SARCONY) YOU CAN JUST CLAIM TO BE A DUAL DANTAIN NATURED CULTIVATOR (COLD) WHY CAN'T YOU TAKE THE LEGACY TRIAL, OR WAIT TILL WE GRADUATE AT LEAST.....WAIT, WHAT IS HAPPENING? (SARCONY) !!!!! (CHEEKY, ARIA)
Skaði's Legacy Trial: Trial shall commence in a Lunar unit. Seeker: Transcendental Cold Sarcony. Inheritance of Legacy shall be judged based on the performance and time taken.
TO THINK MY WORDS JUST BECAME TRUE, GOD IS MERCIFUL ON ME. ALL THE BEST, COLD. (SARCONY) DO YOUR BEST SIS (ARIA) RETURN SAFE (CHEEKY) WHY ARE YOU ALL ACTING AS IF THIS IS EXTREMELY NATURAL? (COLD) BECAUSE IT IS, SILLY. YOU AWOKE LATE, SO, YOU DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO READ ALL OF SARCONY'S MEMORIES, UNCLE SUN TALKED ABOUT ALTER EGO OF SOMEONE WINNING THE LEGACY OF A LOWER PANTHEON DEITY BEFORE. ARIA SPENT ALL OF HER FREE TIME STUDYING SARCONY'S MEMORIES, SO SHE KNOWS AS WELL. (CHEEKY) YES, SIS (ARIA)
For a month, Cold spent her time in the legacy trial and finally obtained it. The most important factor in making her victorious was divine archery and beyond levels. They helped her breeze through the Bowhunting(archery) portion of the legacy. Rest was history. She was ecstatic at the victory.
All this month, Sarcony, along with Mo'er, planned for the establishment of the association, besides the regular classes and spars. Sophie praised Sarcony for her grand feat of restraining Njord for an instant. She then became her regular sparring partner, besides Mo'er, who was now free as well.
COLD, DO YOU SPECIFICALLY NEED THE LEGACY OR JUST ITS POWERS? (SARCONY) WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO, GIRL? (Skaði) TO ANNIHILATE YOU, Skaði. I CANNOT ALLOW A FOREIGN CONSCIOUSNESS TO INVADE MY MINDSPACE. (SARCONY) HMPH! AS IF AN ORDINARY HUMAN CAN ERASE MY IMPRINT. (Skaði) JUST WAIT AND WATCH, IMPERTINENT GIANTESS (SARCONY)
Alert: Contrive applied on Skaði's Legacy, failed.
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Alert: Contrive applied on Skaði's Legacy, Semblance of Varuna, failed
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Alert: Contrive applied on Skaði's Legacy, Water [mist, snow, ice], failed
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Alert: Contrive applied on Skaði's Legacy, Water [mist, snow, ice], Semblance of Varuna, failed
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Alert: Contrive applied on Skaði's Legacy, Water [mist, snow, ice], Semblance of Varuna, successful. The imprint of Skaði erased. Obtained Providence: Aqua, Cold light, Law of elements: Water.
After about a thousand tries, Sarcony was successfully able to eliminate Skaði and safeguard Cold. if not for her Aura of Do*%@#$c!, her mind would have been taken over by Skaði, making her a puppet. This was a hidden ugly truth. The legacies served as a medium for the characters of myths to infiltrate the real world by possessing the seekers, making them marionettes, without free will. (Not all of them though)
During the tries, Sarcony almost got defeated by Skaði several times and nearly died. The tries took a month of her time, confining her to the infirmary. She screamed in pain every time she failed. The pain, akin to piercing her head with red-hot irons, became a nightmare to her. It took another week to finally turn normal. If not for the mental message that she was fine, Mo'er would have gone berserk.
Her Contrive was hasty, resulting in her cultivation stagnating at Mid-tier Ancestor. Sarcony didn't care, but her mom, who was informed of her plight, felt odd upon seeing her daughter's aura spike to that of a lower pantheon deity before falling back to an ancestor and stagnating there. Sarcony was barely conscious and didn't register the arrival of her mom at all, unlike usual.
Species/Race: High Elf, Spirit [Spirit of the Sun, Jötunn]
Dantain nature: Unreadable, Providence: Solar, Providence: Aqua
Species-specific characteristics: (Extended youth, Extreme longevity) (Immortality, Astral body) (Gigantification, Abnormal restoration/recovery)
Quirks:
2. Race switch [High Elf, Spirit of the Sun, Jötunn]
3. Hands of Aten [Side skill: Cold Light]
7. Law of Elements: Water [mist, snow, ice]
Academy score: 5000+500(Njord's goodwill)
Legacies: none
" Mama, when did you come to the academy? " " When my stupid daughter collapsed all of a sudden with no apparent ailment and screamed in pain every day even when completely healthy. " The matriarch glared at Sarcony, causing her to cower. She was worried about her daughter's health.
" Sorry, mama. I was indeed stupid. " " Was? " " I am fine now, I'll be more careful in the future. " The matriarch, Akshara, shook her head. She was unable to change her reckless attitude. " How do you feel now? " " I am fine. Just a little dizzy. " " Rest for a while. Mo'er is sleeping in her room. She was worried sick. Looked like a skeleton when I arrived. " Sarcony felt apologetic.
Mo'er and Sarcony had an emotional reunion the next day. Mo'er couldn't stop her tears. She was happy that her sister was fine. <
<> <<~sigh~ As expected of Onee sama. You aren't the one to be controlled.>> <
Sarcony then transformed into a Jötunn. Her healthy pink skin turned pale white, her hair turned brown, her red pupils shone like gems, the very air around her turned eerily cold, she felt tremendous strength bubbling right under skin, it was an exhilarating and novel experience for her. Her body's healing sped up several fold. She felt invigorated, ecstatic and very powerful.
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Sarcony chuckled in amusement at her baby sister's face that clearly said 'no idea'. <> She then changed back to an elf detecting her mother's approach. Upon her sister's prompt, she checked her undisguised status and was surprised (as she never did such a thing before)
Name: Mo'er
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Species/Race: High Elf, Spirit [Solar Raven]
Dantain nature: Providence: Fire, Lightning
Species-specific characteristics: (Extended youth, Extreme longevity) (Immortality, Astral body)
Archives: none
Titles: Daughter of the Elder, Realm Queen's disciple, Love that transcends all boundaries, the Raven of the Sun, Enigma, Queen of fire
Profession: Special class student at Human Academy 1, Knight of the Elven princess, The companion of the Spirit of the Sun
Quirks:
1. The Protector (passive)
2. Solar Raven Transformation
3. Race switch [High Elf, Solar Raven]
4. Law of Elements: Fire [Side skills: Domain of Flames, Cold Flames]
5. Lightning strike (Rose Gold) [Side skills: Domain of Lightnings, Wrath of the Heavens]
6. Magicia manipulation [Side skill: Mana detection]
7. Reduction in water vulnerability (passive)
Physical skills: Perfect Soma (Strength), Divine Swordwomanmanship (Heavy Sword)
Academy score: 3600+1000 (Njord's goodwill)
Spiritual space utilisation time: 00:04 lunar units
Criminal record: none
Title bonuses: The Knight of the princess, The Dreamer, The Flame Maverick, The Unknown
Legacies: Surtr
Tamed beasts: none
Accessories: The 'Dwarven earrings' [Extraordinary grade Concealment item] (inactive)
Miscellaneous: Blessing of the High Sprite, Folklore of the Fairy intermediate realm, Beyond levels
" Are you done marveling? " " Mama, we are just being vigilant. " " I know, dear. " " Teacher, what do you say about my strength?? " " Strength isn't bunch of letters on a card, it is how you use all you've got with caution and wisdom. Answering your question, yeah, you are amazing, my cute children. " Akshara embraced Mo'er and Sarcony with affection and pride in her eyes.
As for Sarcony's status, Akshara could take a wild guess of how absurd it must have become in the three months she trained in the academy. She didn't have to see to believe. Her aura was enough.
The matriarch left the academy after taking care of her daughter for another day. The next day, Sophia assembled all of her 39 students in the classroom. " Students, the principal declared that the Cross-class tournaments have officially started. We are going to determine the internal ranking of the class based on all fronts and then based on the ranking, we can receive challenges from the advanced and regular classes. The rules are simple, the classes of participating students will be swapped if the winner is of a lower class in comparison to the defeated. "
" The aspects in which students are tested for them to be ranked are:
1. Energy Control
2. Strength/Mana Output/Spiritual energy output
3. Speed/Chanting speed/Casting speed
4. Precision
5. Reaction speed/Reflexes
6. Mastery
7. Decisiveness
8. Team spirit
9. Confidence/Belief
10. Behaviour/Conduct
Students will be ranked based upon the scores attained by relative performance in these 10 aspects observed over the course of six months, starting from today. Get ready. " Sophie instructed.