『 Request for intervention has been successful 』
『 Hm? 』
『 Intervention has left? 』
『 Assessing patched notes... 』
『 Confirming... 』
『 Affirmation of desired outcome has been considered... 』
『 Unexpected revelation of the variables has been known... 』
『 Variable artifacts has manifested... 』
『 Unexpected early manifestation of the Shards of the Five has been known... 』
『 Elevated connective bonds, destiny of lovers, and pronounced fate between host and Tenshi Hikaru has reached its peak and limit 』
『 Third death has been confirmed 』
『 Fourth lifetime has been confirmed 』
『 Ultimate Skills has been confirmed 』
『 Ultimate Titles has been confirmed 』
『 You have earned several Ultimate Titles! 』
"Hm? I have Ultimate Titles of my own?"
『 ... 』
"Hm, I guess you won't be able to easily reply casually and have normal conversation now that you've reverted back, huh?"
『 ... 』
"Meh..."
Philip shrugged as he couldn't care less after what the system tried to do with him
"Emily? Are you there?"
「 Yes 」
"Are you able to speak during that by the way? When that personality overtook the system?"
「 No... But I could hear and see everything 」
"Then that makes it easier..."
Philip began to speak, but to Tenshi's eyes, he looks like he's just talking to himself. Though, she is plenty aware that there's a voice inside his head, a personality that he system placed to maintain Philip's sanity. She knows this because she could almost hear Emily through Philip's thoughts
"It's time to get down to business..."
「 Right, what do you want first? The features of the Regenerative Ivory, the Fifth Negative Exception, or your Ultimate Titles? 」
"Regenerative Ivory please"
「 Very well... The one special feature of the Regenerative Ivory is that it's adaptive... This means that whatever items or artifacts that you wear, it will assume that form and reinforce the artifacts 」
"How would it work?"
「 Equip the Shades of Logicity 」
"Okay..."
The [Shades of Logicity] manifested back into the material world. He put on the glasses and white lines immediately crawled out of his neck
The white lines thickened and solidified up the side of his neck, towards his jaws, around his ears, and around his temples. The white lines became a surface of white ivory, similar to the texture of elephant tusks or cow horns
The white ivory rearranged themselves and formed segmented platings that protects his side neck, wide thorns that looked like his beard across his jaw and sideburns and then smaller spikes around the front and back of his ears
He looks like a hairy white beast, but instead of white fur, it's white spikes, thorns, and plating. The [Regenerative Ivory] only grew on his neck above
Just then, the white spikes also grew and seemed to connect through the temple tip and towards the temple. The once black shades became slightly white as the [Regenerative Ivory] grew towards the hinges
The white spikes looked like parasites or corruption, but it only adapts to the shape of the artifact that Philip will wear
「 By the way, this is only exclusive to the Variable Artifacts 」
"Oh! That makes sense... The Regenerative Ivory only reinforces and armors them, right?"
「 It also empowers them to their limits 」
"Hm? Really? Then the Regenerative Ivory is a concept that's supposed to compliment the Variable Artifacts? Is it coincidence that I had the seed in the first place? No, there's no such thing as coincidences... I was expected to receive the Variable Artifacts the moment I obtained the Seed of Regenerative Ivory... Isn't that right, Emily?"
「 I can't confirm nor deny 」
"Then that means it's true... Are there any other more features that the Regenerative Ivory have that I should know?"
「 So far none... There is other features that aren't noteworthy though, like you can't detach any mass of Regenerative Ivory and use it as a ranged weapon. When the Regenerative Ivory's shapeshifting ability is high level enough where you can shapeshift and shapes and forms, the Regenerative Ivory will dissipate the moment it leaves your body within one meter in distance 」
"I see... That makes sense. Regenerative Ivory is a living armor after all, not some kind of limitless ammo for ranged weapons"
「 Though, there are some conditions that you can do remove those limiters and you can actually use the Regenerative Ivory as a projectile shooter living armor 」
"Ah..."
Philip didn't expect that the [Regenerative Ivory] could actually become a ranged weapon at all, considering the possibilities and limitations
Of course he wanted his living armor to eject or release some sort of ranged attack like shurikens, arrows, discs, and many more, but for some reason, he doesn't know how he would meet those conditions to unlock it
He knows that he has to grow the ⟨⟨ Plant of Regenerative Ivory ⟩⟩ into a tree and into a forest or a mega tree, at best a World Tree or Universe Tree, but he doesn't know where to go after that, even with the use of [Shades of Logicity] since there's a lot of possibilities to meet those conditions
"I see, if I would ever achieve that... I would be very very powerful"
「 Indeed! Imagine all the possibilities since the Regenerative Ivory could almost infinitely regenerate according to your own form and body 」
"Yeah... I don't know how that's possible though since all things have to come from somewhere. Like how Mana Actualization works where it is fueled by mana and my imagination, though let's not talk about how the Pureblood can generate blood unlimitedly since it will just hurt my head..."
「 ... 」
"So, next topic... Let's make this quick! I'm getting bored here and I want to leave... It's been taking so long"
「 The Fifth Negative Exception... Due to unexpected meeting with the Witch of Beginning, the exception has been known! 」
「 The system couldn't find a suitable compensation for you after meeting such a being... So, now that you have unlocked the Ultimate Skill System... 」
『 Ultimate Skill has been recognized! 』
『 You have received the Ultimate Skill: Bullet Time 』
"Bullet Time..."
「 That's the ability that you received the moment the system lost contact and connection with you. Of course, without the Ultimate Skill attached. It now became an Ultimate Skill because it has been deemed worthy of the system itslef 」
"Then, what will it become? If Ultimate Skill: Save and Load became Lawyer of Checkpoint: Soteriartóno, then what will become of this?"
『 Ultimate Skill System has been used! 』
『 Ultimate Skill: Bullet Time has been removed 』
『 Lawyer of Premonition: Argósensus has been obtained! 』
[Bullet Time] is one of the most well known abilities across all fantasy and power entertainments. It is an ability that automatically activates when danger comes towards the person that possess the ability
It is derived from a shot bullet from a gun and the targeted person is able to perceive the bullet's trajectory and completely dodge it. This also isn't limited to bullet, it could also ranged from a shank, a punch, or a speeding vehicle, as long as danger is about to hit the person that can cause him harm or death
It has three variations or kinds as to how [Bullet Time] works
One is it speeds up and heightens the person's perception and every other physical aspects, including sensory aspects, mental aspects, and emotional aspects. Second, [Bullet Time] slows down time to a degree where the person could move freely through space in relative to the slowed down concept
Then the third variation is the extreme version of [Bullet Time]. Other than the literal meaning of it, according to Theory of Literallity and Law of Definition, which could mean one of the most horrifying ability to ever exist
The third variation is the combination of the first and second variations. Not only time will slow down to almost a complete stop, it will also enhance the person's power to stop that impending danger that will come to them
This is the kind of [Bullet Time] Philip has received with an additional specialty
In addition to that, the Ultimate Skill System has applied and [Bullet Time] became even more powerful. If Soteriartóno deals with reality manipulation and time control, then Argósensus will deal with time manipulation and power control
"Bullet Time, huh?"
「 Yes, quite an ability 」
"Bullet Time activates automatically, right?"
「 Yes, as long as you're in danger or you're about to die 」
"Then, when I received this ability on the Fifth Negative Exception after meeting the Witch of Beginning, why did Bullet Time not activated when I was about to die before I opened Vanessa's door to her room? Not to mention, before the Shard of Imagination opened the Imagination Realm to which I couldn't handle and I died?"
「 Hm... I wonder... Perhaps the Bullet Time back then doesn't consider anything harmful to you since you have the Resurrection ability? Nothing can kill you, so maybe that's why? 」
"Hm... Then this ability is worthless?!"
「 Maybe? Well, since it has become an Ultimate Skill that's lawyered by Argósensus, surely it has improved and leveled up! 」
"I hope so... If it would be useless to me, I hope that it will be useful to when someone important to me is about to face that kind of danger... Well, at the very least if they're near me and within my vicinity or presence"
「 Yes, that would be good 」
Philip didn't try to ask why [Bullet Time] didn't activate when Tenshi was also influenced by the deathly fumes. He thought that the ability deemed that Tenshi will survive due to Amatsuka or that the specialty of activating for the impending danger for his loved ones was just added by the Ultimate Skill System
"So, why did you hide this from me?"
「 I thought we'll never talk about that after I tell you everything? 」
"I'm just curious..."
Philip was still angry by the fact that Emily tried to keep a secret from him and that secret was supposed to be known to him. He has no choice but to let it go and he hated this trait of his
Rather than confronting the issues that he encounter and fixing them, he would rather let it go and ignore it. The pent up negative feelings and emotions that he had during that are going to be drained down inside of him. Compressed, condensed, mixed, and blended
This is how his negative emotions became very potent and dangerous
"So about that Ultimate Titles..."
「 ... 」
"It won't be something casual like Fate Controller, 104th Pureblood Inheritor, Seventh Generation God of Darkness, Sword Concept, Spear Concept, Twin Blades Concept, or Disastrous Hero would it?"
「 Not at all! Those are only normal titles 」
"I see... Even those titles are no much for the Ultimate Titles, huh?"
「 ... 」
"Alright, what are they?"
『 You have earned the Ultimate Title: Draconic Disastrous Hero 』
『 You have earned the Ultimate Title: Apostle of Unknown 』
『 You have earned the Ultimate Title: The Fated Omega One 』
『 You have earned the Ultimate Title: ??? 』
"...?"