Valerian's face contorted as he felt sharp pains running through his body.
A lot of his vital organs and blood were kept in a dimension that was connected to him but he still felt them straining with the forces he was fighting to control.
He had been trying to channel all the magic he was capable of without it going wild and creating a considerable backlash there and then.
The process was slow. An unstable black aura flared and rampaged around him.
He was desperately trying to control it but he was struggling. He was attempting to control both positive and negative energy at once.
It would be an easy feat if he was doing it on a much smaller scale but it got much more complicated when trying to restart a world's soul and stop it from disappearing.
[48hours are complete.]
[System reboot is complete.]
[System update is complete. The System "Enoch" is fully functional.]
[Secondary objective has become Primary objective.]
Valerian calmed his thoughts. "Pause Primary objective."
[Primary objective paused.]
[Enoch: Hello, Valerian. Fine mess you are in.]
Valerian gave a strained laugh. "It's been a while, Enoch. Your voice is still as emotionless as ever. I need you to show me the user interface."
[Enoch: Understood.]
[System abilities syncing with current body: 100%]
[System Holdings have been transferred and are now fully available.]
[User Interface has been actived. Standby for options.]
[1: Status | 2: Bloodlines | 3: Skills | 4: Assets | 5: Palace | 6: Laws | 7: Synthesis | 8: Attributes]
"Show me my status."
[Enoch: Understood.]
~
[Name]: Valerian Erebus Jata
[Health]: Semi-immortal
[Mana]: - - -
[Status]: sub-optimal (Posioned)
[Race]: Empyrean Luminary (Unique)
[Sub-race]: Fallen (Ancient)
[Class]: Demon Lord (Awakened)
[Clan]: Vampire
[Age]: ??? (You do not like being reminded.)
[Level]: 342
[Bloodline]: Genesis ( Alpha Rank)
[Generation]: Original
~
"You still think you are funny with that age joke." Valerian rolled his eyes and channeled more power.
[Enoch: I am just being honest.]
"Analyise the poison in my body but also prioritise calculating the blow back of what I am about to do."
[Enoch: What is it exactly that you plan to do, Val?]
"I want to restore the world's mana pools and increase talents across Idris." Valerian spoke with a devilish smile in spite of the crazy amounts of energy he was condensing and channeling.
[Enoch: Would it not be easier to just leave this planet?]
"It is sentimental. You know I created it. I will not have it destroyed not by the Traveller, the gods or the races. It is mine and I will be the one to end it if I want to."
[Enoch: Then we have a few issues, Val.]
"What are they?" Valerian asked without breaking his focus.
[Enoch: You had me hastily combine skill data in the great battle between you and the Traveller. The resultant skills were powerful but I had to use the original skill data as there was no time to create copies.]
"I see. I will have to skill farm. I do not mind that." Valerian considered the rarer skills that he got from fighting beasts whose roar would level a city in this era.
It was quite unfortunate that those skills were gone too but they served their purpose to create greater skills.
[Enoch: I understand. Another issue is the current state of your body. After this, you cannot be too liberal with your powers. Your bloodline abilities will not affect the poison's progression but using the High Tier magics as well as ultimate skill will cause your state to worsen.]
"Alright. That can be done but what of my plans for the future and the battle with the Seeds. They are more active than we expected."
[Enoch: That is the last issue, Val. If you rejuvenate the crystal then your mana will drop even further below what it was when you woke up.
Preserving a world is much more harrowing then destroying one. You will not have the power to perfectly restore Az'Talon.
The mana and strength needed to safely pull your people from limbo will take four years to recover.]
"The resurrection of Az'Talon is necessary, now more than ever. The last city of the Crimson Empire has enough war potential to aid me in the preparation for war with the Traveller. I need the Elderborn and the armies." Valerian was deep in thought.
"Have you come up with anything about the consequences of what I am about to do? Will there be any backlash?"
[Enoch: Mass evolution. You underestimated the effect.]
"What?"
[Enoch: This action you wish to take will be the catalyst that causes an influx of purer and cleaner mana to flow into the world. Creatures and races that are more sensetive to mana are bound to evolve while others will fall into madness. I am still unsure of what will happen to you.]
"This might have an effect on me?" Valerian quizzed.
[Enoch: Besides the act of calling on this much of your own energies making the poison progress further, there is an 73% chance that you will also face a change. Whether it's for the better or a turn for the worse, I do not know. I am not omniscient.]
Valerian smiled to himself. Then stood up and approached the [World Crystal].
His cosmic energies and mana were acting as a needed spark while his body would be the conductor. He condensed the energies into an orb.
He raised his free hand to his mouth and removed the glove that covered it then laughed. "Chaos breeds opportunity."
The orb radiated multiple colours and fit in the vampire's palm. Valerian reached out with his gloveless hand and touched the lock on the chains.
The lock began to visibly corrode and crack. The divine chains disintegrated within seconds.
The chains were made to stop beings that existed within the gods' logic and reason while Valerian was beyond it.
When the chains were gone, Valerian saw the sickening darkness inside the [World Crystal]. This is what happened when on enforced their own will on another's consciousness.
"I will heal you."
Valerian pushed the orb toward the crystal. The [World Crystal] absorbed the orb. The darkness in the crystal began to move. Valerian had freely given away a massive amount of power. He felt weak and exhausted but smiled as he saw the reaction of the crystal.
His joy was short lived however as his senses alarmed him to danger but it was too late by then. The darkness in the crystal rapidly disappeared and the crystal sent out an explosive wave of energy that caught Valerian unprepared. The vampire was blown right out of the dimension and greatly injured.