"So... What are we going to do with this much Spirit Stones?" Philip asked Chihaya, Yuze, and Lyre
"I don't know... The amount is too much that it's a waste if we leave it here." Lyre said with sad eyes
Chihaya also had the eyes of an obsessed person. She didn't want to leave any of the True Spirit Stones behind and, if ever, she wanted to keep it all to herself so she can become more powerful
This didn't escaped Philip's eyes, so he proposed an idea
"Chihaya... If you truly want these True Spirit Stones, why don't I show you how to get them all without doing too much of a work?" Philip said as he was sure he got Chihaya in his hands
"Really?" Chihaya fell for Philip's plan
"Yes! And you get to keep it! Just promise me that you will share some to Yuze and Lyre over here." Philip said as he also found the Spirit Stones beneficial to Yuze and Lyre
"Tch." Chihaya clicked her tongue, she expected for Philip to give her everything. "Fine! But I'll only share if they asked for it."
Philip looked at Yuze and Lyre as if they should answer through the conditions
"How about you?" Yuze asked Philip. She noticed that the conditions did not include him
"I'm fine, I don't need the Spirit Stones." Philip declared confidently
This made Chihaya and rest confused. If Philip didn't need the Spirit Stones and the stones amplify one person's ability and power, how strong is his abilities?
The three once again questioned his abilities
Nonetheless, the three of them agreed to the conditions and Philip nodded
"So, you have to ask this yourselves... Why is the quantity of these stones are so great that an absurd amount of Mana is only needed in one stone? Why hundreds or thousands in quantity?" Philip askes with mysteriousness
The group paused and thought to themselves
"Is it because that's the only shape and size that it can form into? Since that's the case, the formation process just made multiple of the same shape and size, and not anything bigger?" Chihaya answered as she was thinking critically
Lyre couldn't follow and Yuze could only listen to their conversation and process the information she's receiving
"Correct! It's because it can't form bigger shape and size!" Philip affirmed Chihaya's answer
"So, what does that have to do with me carrying everything?" Chihaya asked
"So, in order for the formation of the Spirit Stones have a bigger shape and size, it needs an external help to form it. The pressure of the Earth is not enough to form these bigger stones since we are still in the early years of the Mysticism Age." Philip explained in confidence
Chihaya's eyes then widened as she was enlightened by Philip's logic
"Okay, how are we going to do that?" Chihaya excitingly asked
"Oh? You already figured it out?" Philip teased Chihaya
Chihaya was jittery from excitement, not just from getting all of this True Spirit Stones, but from witnessing the birth of a new kind of Spirit Stones
"Here, let me show you... Yuze, Lyre, I need your help with this." Philip stood in front of a mountain of Spirit Stones and called for Yuze and Lyre
Yuze and Lyre walked closer to Philip with interest and confusion doning their full transformations. As they walked closer to Philip, he could feel the powerful energy coming from them
He thought that if they would fight against each other, he would certainly lose. Unless he used Fate Control and probably Future Vision. He has no offensive abilities except for the newly acquired yet unpredictable Sword ability
Up till now, he could not even guess or comprehend the sword ability he has. Not even with Fate Control or Future Vision
"What are we going to do?" Lyre asked as she was clueless from the conversation earlier. However, Yuze knew the gist of it
"It's simple, I want the both of you to use your Magic, I mean Mystical Energies, and surround this mountain right here. Then compress your Mystical Energy so that the Spirit Stones will come together." Philip carefully explained the instructions
"Ohh! Why can't you do it?" Lyre asked Philip
"Well, both of you are in your transformations and you want to turn back to normal, right?" Philip said like he was offering a deal, "The absorbed Mana might get depleted and you will go back to your normal self"
"How do you know so much?" Lyre asked the most important question
"Lyre, just let him be... It's his secret." Yuze turned her down and answered for him
"Aww... I see..." Lyre's face drooped down
They both then stood straight up and stretched their hand forward. The ethereal being, Sonar, also stretched her hand forward
"Like this?" Lyre asked for assurance
"Yes, like that. Make sure to cover the entire mountain and compress it." Philip assured Lyre and repeated the instruction
A few minutes later, the mountain of True Spirit Stones has been entirely covered by their respective Mana and Magic
"Now, compress everything!" Philip said excitedly
Yuze and Lyre then clenched both of their hands as hard as they can but their hands were only half closed. It's as if there was an invisible object that were halting their hand to close to a fist
It was the same for Sonar
"Hnnngh!" Yuze struggle
"This is so hard!" Lyre also struggled
"You need to keep going!" Philip urged them
They then clutched their stretched arm with their other hand as their clenching hand started to shake violently
"Keep going!!" Philip shouted to encourage the two
"Hhhnnngggh!" Yuze flexed his body as she can't handle the pressure on her arm
"Aaaggghhh!" Lyre shouted as her body started to shake. Sonar had to stretch both of her hands to control the concentrated energies
[This is not my forte! Why am I doing this!]
Sonar shouted inside Lyre's mind
Chihaya, who was watching from afar, looked at them with empty eyes and flushed cheeks, 'I don't know if they're doing this on purpose or not but... I don't even want to think about it'
A few moments later, the mountain of Spirit Stones started to glow brighter. Brighter to the point that it's almost blinding
Yuze and Lyre closed their eyes but they kept clenching their hands. Chihaya's eyes widened after she saw the Spirit Stones glow brighter
Then, the whole cave was filled with blinding light. The bright light even escaped through the tunnels and two or three people only noticed this
Several seconds later, the blinding light began to dim down and the mountain of Spirit Stones disappeared. Yuze and Lyre was seen sitting on the ground while catching their breath
Their transformations were undone and Sonar also disappeared back into Lyre's mind. Philip approached both of them and lowered himself to pat them on the head
"Good job, you two!" Philip complimented both of them
A small blush appeared in each of their cheeks. They felt that their fatigue disappeared after Philip patted their heads. They then lowered their heads as if they were embarrassed, different from when they were daring back in the classroom
Philip then smiled at their shy attitude and stood up. He turned around and looked at the product after fusing all of the Spirit Stones in on mountain
Chihaya then came running closer as she panicked when the mountain of True Spirit Stones disappeared
"Where did the stones g--?" Chihaya asked only to stop after seeing the object in front of her
"This is the next level of Spirit Stones." Philip declared as Chihaya's eyes became incredibly widened
Yuze and Lyre's eyes also widened after they came closer
"What are these?" Lyre couldn't help but ask
"I would like them be called as Spirit Gems, the superior kind of Spirit Stone." Philip claimed after examining the appearance of the gems on the groun
From Spirit Stones being ellipse and oval in shape, these Spirit Gems are the shape of a terminated crystal. The sides were evenly cut and symmetrical. It's like they are small batteries that are stones. The Spirit Gems glow brighter than the Spirit Stones and the color of blue is more intense and contrasting
"Let me see... The amount of Spirit Gems is... Maybe around a thousand!" Philip said after estimating the quantity with his Supreme Sense of Measurement, "We need more"
From the big mountain of Spirit Stones, it was reduced to a small mountain of Spirit Gems
"What do you mean more? How important are these Spirit Gems?!" Chihaya couldn't believe her ears after Philip said that they needed more. Yuze and Lyre shook after hearing that they need more, which means they need to repeat what they did earlier
"Don't worry, I will do it this time." Philip confidently said after sensing that Yuze and Lyre didn't want to transform once again and do the entire procedure
Philip grabbed one Spirit Gem and held it in his right hand. He walked to the center of the cave and faced the dozens of mountains of Spirit Stones
"What..." Chihaya muttered but she stopped herself and watched patiently
Yuze already had an idea of what Philip will do, while Lyre was listening to Sonar's shouting voice as she was warning Lyre of what Philip is about to do inside her head
Philip then raised his right arm and clenched the Spirit Gem inside his hand. Suprising the others, a wave of energy visible to the naked eye started to condense around Philip's right fist and orbited around it
"Aaaaaaahhhh!" Philip exclaimed as the rampaging energy was flowing through his body rapidly. The excess energy is also circling around his fist and endangering his fist to get ripped apart
This is the consequences after trying to absorb one thousand Spirit Stones in one go
The ratio of turning Spirit Stones into Spirit Gems is 1000 is to 1. One thousand Spirit Stones is needed to make one Spirit Gem and what Philip is holding is equivalent to one thousand Spirit Stones and he is absorbing it
As he was absorbing it, pain filled his right arm. His Pain Denial ability acted making him clench the Spirit Gem inside his hand harder. As he clenched harder, the more the energy is rampaging
After a few seconds, the Spirit Gem was depleted and the energy around his fist disappeared and was sucked inside his fist. His arm then lost strength and fell to his side and lost his grip on the depleted Spirit Gem as his arm dangled on his side
The depleted Spirit Gem rolled on the ground and cracked. It then shattered into dust particles
Philip then raised his left hand as it was shaking due to the amount of energy he currently have
An audible sound reverberated throughout the cave once again as he snapped his left fingers
Chihaya, Yuze, and Lyre looked around and checked if there was a difference. They did not find anything. They kept quiet
After a few moments of silence, all of the mountains of True Spirit Stones began to shine brightly. It immediately filled the entire cave with blinding light
After several seconds, the others removed their hands and arms from their eyes and they were met by bright Spirit Gems on the ground. There were no Spirit Stones left and the cave was filled with Spirit Gems
"Wow!" Lyre couldn't help but exclaim after seeing the sparkling Spirit Gems
Yuze only smiled and tried to approach Philip after seeing him in pain earlier
"Mine!" Chihaya was about to dive on the mountains of Spirit Gems only to be stopped by someone
"I'm not done yet!!" Philips shouted after he raised his left hand higher
An audible sound reverberated throughout the cave after Philip snapped his left fingers. This time, a wave of energy travelled through the Spirit Mines which was felt by everyone in the vicinity
The others couldn't help but cover their heads from the sweeping energy from his snap as they immediately closed their eyes after the cave was filled with blinding light once again
After several seconds, the blinding light dimmed and all of the mountains of Spirit Gems disappeared
Instead, a cube shaped crystals greeted the other's eyes. The size was a little bit bigger than the Spirit Gems and the color blue is even deeper and brighter in glow. This kind of Spirit Stone is semi-transparent and they are in small mounds
The three girls was about to take a step forward and seek for Philip's answers, only for them to stop once again
"One more!!" Philip shouted as he raised his left hand lower
An audible sound reverberated throughout the cave after he snapped his left fingers. This time, a deafening sound ringed in everyone's ears. The students outside of this cave could only here a static sound
Instead of a blinding light filling the cave, a flash of light covered the cave and disappeared immediately
The girls panicked as their reflex told them that they were attacked but it was for naught after everything ended instantly
The looked back on the ground to see the cubic crystals but they couldn't see any. They only saw solid spheres of deep blue scattered across the floor. These spheres were not glowing but they emit an aura of blue
Before they can come closer to these blue spheres, Chihaya asked Philip first
"Are you done?!" She shouted across the cave
"This is the final one!" Philip answered back and snapped his left fingers with no time wasted
An audible sound reverberated throughout the cave. This time, nothing absurd and ridiculous happened
The blue spheres slowly levitated into the air and slowly moved towards each other. As two blue spheres touched and fused, they became white, like a floating ball of light
The ball of lights then converged closer to Philip, towards his struggling right hand that was rising on his side
Seeing this spectacle, the three girls were unmoving as they wanted to see everything in their eyes. They didn't realise that there was someone sneaking behind them towards the other side of the cave where there is a tunnel leading somewhere else
After a few seconds, all of the balls of light has completely converged in one spot, above Philip's right hand
The light on the sphere dissipated as violet glow started to devour the sphere. The sphere then turned into a cubic shape, similar to the previous blue cubic crystal but this time, it's glowing in violet color
Philip held the violet cubic crystal om his hand and raised it above his head
"I can't believe it actually existed!!" Philip shouted
The three girls then came running towards him. They wanted to check out what Philip has made
"What can't you believe that existed?" Chihaya asked with suspicion in her voice
"This!!" Philip excitedly shouted as he reached his right hand towards them that is holding the violet cubic crystal
"What is this?" Chihaya asked
"Oh yeah, let me tell you." Philip humbly said as he figured that the three girls had no idea what was in his hand
"Remember all those Spirit Gems earlier? I used an ability of mine to fuse them one more time and it made those blue cubic crystals, correct?" Philip asked them
The girls ignored the part of where he used an ability and focused on the subject for now
"Yes, they were beautiful to the eyes." Lyre said
"They are called Spirit Crystals and one Spirit Crystal is equivalent to one thousand Spirit Gems and one Spirit Gem is equivalent to one thousand Spirit Stones." Philip carefully explained
"You don't mean..." Chihaya mumbled as Philip interrupted her
"Yes, those Spirit Crystals is equivalent to one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and the blue spheres you saw earlier? They are Spirit Cores!" Philip explained excitedly
"Let me guess, one Spirit Cores is equivalent to one thousand Spirit Crystals?" Chihaya asked
"Yes! Now you're following!" Philip complimented Chihaya. Lyre couldn't follow and Yuze only listened like she usually do when she's learning something that she hasn't learned before
"Then, what is that on your hand?" Chihaya went straight to the point
"This is the same as the Spirit Crystals, but unlike Spirit Crystals which are blue, this is violet in color as you can see." Philip said mysteriously
"Go on." Chihaya was intrigued by the violet Spirit Crystal in Philip's hand. She could feel immense power and energy coming from within it. She almost feel like wanting to steal it and take it for herself but she held herself back
"I would like to call this, the Mystical Crystal. One Mystical Crystal is equal to one thousand Spirit Crystals." Philip said calmly
"What makes it so great?" Chihaya asked
"With just this crystal, it can power a whole country's electricity within several years!" Philip revealed the potential of single Mystical Crystal
Chihaya was shocked by revelation, it was the same for Yuze and Lyre as they can understand this much
Then, Chihaya's demeanor became deep and serious
"How did you know about this and how did you come to this?!" Chihaya asked Philip in a deep tone
Yuze and Lyre was about to stop Chihaya but they stopped themselves since they also want to know the answer
Philip's joyful face froze after hearing the question, his expression then changed into a deep and serious one as he immediately manipulated the emotion of joy away. He got too carried away and became excited
He looked at Yuze and Lyre and this made them flinch. It was as if Philip wanted them to stop Chihaya because his answer will lead to him revealing his ability to them
Anyways, he decided to go around his words and reminded Chihaya
"Remember when you asked me about my abilities when me first met?" Philip asked with a sinister gaze
"!!!" Chihaya remembered but she couldn't utter a word. She didn't believe at first but after today, her mind started to swirl
"Yes, now you know those are true and not just made up." Philip said carefully as to not accidentally say the specific ability to Yuze and Lyre
It's not that he doesn't trust Yuze and Lyre, it's just that he doesn't want for the information to spread. Plus, the absolute future has been decided, there's no need to tell them his true abilities. Perhaps, if he mentioned his true abilities to them, the absolute future might change since one of his abilities deals with Fate
Chihaya subconsciously covered her mouth and took a step back from the shock. Yuze and Lyre was extremely confused as to what's happening. They figured that Chihaya already know something that they don't
They were sad that they didn't learn anything from Philip, but they still respected his decision and decided to move on from it. Besides, they might learn about it in the future
"You want this Mystical Crystal?" Philip asked Chihaya and reach the crystal in his hand
"No, you can keep it..." Chihaya hesitated at first and decided to not accept such a powerful object
"Philip?" Lyre called
"Yes, Lyre?" Philip gladly answered her call
"Is there a reason why you didn't let me and Yuze compress the Spirit Gems into Spirit Crystals this time?" Lyre wanted to know badly
"Oh, it's because both of you are not strong enough to compress it by yourselves, even in your full transformation and constant supply of Spirit Stones. It just wouldn't work." Philip explained
"Oh, I see..." Lyre's face drooped down, as well as Yuze
"Don't worry, even though I made this Mystical Crystal with my ability, both of you are still stronger than me!" Philip tried to assure both of them but it's not working
It's like telling them that they are stronger than him when he is clearly stronger. It was like a pity assurance
"Haah..." Philip sighed. "Let me tell you this... I can't tell both of you what my abilitily is but, it's like a cheat ability, of course I can wipe the floor with the both of you. If i don't have that ability, both of you will destroy me."
Philip tried to cheer both of them up. The cheered up a little
"Let's see..." Philip thought for a while. "Let's do this instead... I want both of you to train your abilites and become more powerful than me, okay? When I get back, I'll evaluate your growth and compare both of our abilities, okay?"
Philip patted both of their heads
Yuze and Lyre's cheeks flushed but their ears caught something
"You're going to leave??" Yuze voiced out
"But you said when you get back?!" Lyre then voiced out after Sonar confirmed Philip's words
"Look, I won't be leaving okay? I might stay here and live here." Philip made an empty promise
Yuze and Lyre held to that promise as they really like him and wanted to be with him
Philip continued to pat their heads with empty eyes. He was sad that he deceived this girls and made an empty promise
According to the absolute future, he would certainly be leaving, he just don't know how he will be leaving
Pain spread out around his chest as he realized that he may have broken this girls' hearts already. He was extremely sad
With sadness filling him, comes the start of the conflict
He knows this after he felt the air in the cave become stagnant. He looked at the other side of the cave where there was a tunnel deeper inside
Chihaya was clutching her chin as she processed the information about Philip's ability
Philip then looked up at the ceiling of the cave. He looked past it and past the barrier of this place towards the sky and the atmosphere
Extreme heavy rain was pouring down hard in the Mystical Academy
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Yozu looked in front of him as he became extremely wet instantly. He couldn't see in front of him because of the zero visibility of the rain. A lightning then struck his head and it was deflected to the ground. He only scratched his head from the heat
"Where's the door..." He looked around and tried to find the Door of Recognition like an old man, he couldn't immediately see it because of the zero visibility
Meanwhile, next to Yozu, is Sunstone and Tanzanite along with a few disciples
Sunstone looked to his right and Tanzanite looked to his left. They recognized the voice of this person
"ACTIVATE THE DEVICE!!!" Sunstone shouted in panic after getting close in contact with the Headmaster
The disciples then jumped around while sensing the surroundings since they can't see anything in front of them
They then threw transparent crystals around Yozu. In a split second, the transparent crytals stopped in mid air and transparent lines connected each crystals to the other
Yozu was trapped inside a transparent box l. His movements and thoughts were stopped inside the box. The device that the Night of the Waning Gibbous used are Time Crystals that was created by the higher ups to use in this mission
The device was supposed to be used against the most powerful person in the mission, but Tanzanite deemed the Headmaster to be the second most powerful and the most powerful was still inside the Core Academy
"What are we going to use against that other person now?" Tanzanite asked through the heavy rain
"I'll deal with it!! Besides! This is an opportunity we can't miss! There one less to worry about!" Sunstone shouted through the rain. "Tanzanite, do your thing!"
Tanzanite nodded and placed her hands to her right waist. She then waved her right arm and lifted her hand above her head
A blue orb formed in her hand. The orb kept growing bigger and became black. She then lifted the black orb and threw it to the sky
The dark atmosphere became even darker as Tanzanite just turned noon into nightime
"Now, we start. Let's enter the Core Academy!!" Sunstone shouted loudly enough for every disciple to hear him
The disciples then rushed towards the Door of Recognition and dared to destroy it
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Meanwhile, at the Student Council Room, Aoyuki abruptly stopped his paperwork and sat up straight as he looked straight in front if him
His eyes vertically slit and the circular pupil widened. His eyes is like a circle that was sliced vertically in the middle
His fangs elongated and small horns grew deep on top of his head, inside his hair
"What? No?" Philip said unconvincingly