"Today you can rest! You did well." – Vlad's face was one huge smile.
"He is really happy. Anyway, I can understand him. You did extremely well yesterday, Eliot!" – Said Marian
Apart from the liberation from the training something else happened.
[Host identified as Eliot Collins.]
A mechanical cold voice sounded in min head.
[Host is 80% human. Adjusting information.]
Something was talking right in my head.
[Preparing the host's recap.]
[Name: Eliot Collins
Race: Human – 80%; Unknown: 20%
Energy level: Level 0 (23%)
- Minor Circulation Path (23%)
- Major Circulation Path (0%)
Mental power: 10
Body evolution: 1%
- High regeneration.
Skills:
- Punch#1 (43%)
- Palm Strike#1 (1%)
- Energy attack#1 (0,0023%)
- Energy Control (0,00001%)
Other:
- Parasitic Organism#1 (Level 0); Energy 10/10.
Abilities:
Enchanted Control. The energy required: 10 points.
Mental Power Fusion.
That's right. A new interface appeared in my life after the last fight.
I wasn't even very surprised. Too many things happened to me these days.
'What this thing is useful for…' I thought for a second.
[I can monitor your body, Host.]
I nearly fell from the bed as I heard the 'thing' answer my mental question.
[Also, I can help the host to control and strengthen the host's body…]
'Why…where you come from?' I asked.
[The previous host was killed by the actual host one day ago.]
I remembered the life-molders I killed yesterday. One of them coughed blood right in my face…
[Yes. I transferred myself to your body yesterday through the blood transfer.]
'Yes, like I thought…What are you useful for?' Apparently, the thing could read my thoughts.
[I can strengthen the host's body, and my mental power is added to the host's one. Now Host's mental power is doubled.]
'Only this?'
[Yes. I'm in my weakest state right now. The assistance to the host is limited.]
I thought for a second. 'What level was the previous host?'
[Level 0]
I was surprised. 'Zero? He could create bone spikes but I, at the same level can't.'
[Dead Host and Host have different genes. The host can't survive the Bone Growth Technique due to his genes.]
'Damn...' I thought. 'This ability was really good…'
'Well…what can you do right now?'
[I can monitor the Host's body condition and provide mental power.]
'What exactly are you?' I asked.
[Life-molding Assistance Parasite. Created to help my host to survive in any environment and evolve.]
'You wasn't very helpful to your last host…'
[Dead Host despised the Assistance Parasite for personal reasons.]
The information was limited but I guessed that this was something life-molders created as an assistance tool.
[Any other information is sealed due to the Host's low energy levels.]
'What is body evolution?'
[It's the evolution of your body. 1% is the threshold of evolution. Your body was purified by some source and now has the potential to evolve.]
'What do I need to do to evolve?'
[To advance the body evolution Host must consume genes. The host can acquire genes through the blood of the creatures.]
'I will basically become a vampire…?'
[This will also help me to advance and unlock new features!]
I nodded.
'These percentages…how you calculate them? How do you know my abilities?'
[I am a parasitic organism. I can read some of your memories. The percentages are the numerical representation of the success rate of your techniques. At 100% you have full mastery and control over the technique.]
'Ok…that about the energy you have and the "Enchanted Control"?'
[Energy is acquired from food, enemy's blood, host's blood (if especially requested by Host), specific energy sources. Enchanted Control is my ability. I enhance the success rate of your techniques, if possible.]
'Oh, that's a nice ability. I will refer to you as Assistant, ok?'
[Noted.]
'Hmm…a parasite…that's not very good. Maybe it's dangerous…'
With this thought, I went to practice alchemy. I decided not to tell Marian and Vlad about my Assistant. 'This is something from the foreigners…before I tell someone about it I want to discover more about these guys.'
Today I managed to go past the 10-grade variation of temperature. That was a huge improvement.
My energy control went up.
0,00001% --> 0,00009%
I remembered that the Assistant only monitors my body or gets info from my brain, so it was based on yesterday's information. 'I improved after the fight.'
After I returned to my room I started meditating.
With the spike in my energy control it was easier to move energy around my body and my progress in Minor Circulation Path also went up.
23% --> 49%
I hoped for my mental power to somehow increase too, but it didn't happen.
'Hey, Assistant, can you add your mental power to mine for a second?'
[Sure. I recommend not to try and complete the Minor Path with the increased Mental Power. It would slightly damage your body.]
I sighed. It was exactly my idea but with no surprise Assistance immediately noticed this idea.
'Ok, I just want to feel it.'
[Mental Power 10 --> 18]
It was a strange sensation. I clearly felt the raw energy around me. It was like…dust…floating around me, entering my body.
I could control it like one of my limbs.
I tried to gather the raw energy above my hand. More and more particles fused together.
At first, it was a blue-grey dot. After a few minutes, it grew to a drop.
A small orb.
I stopped at 6cm in diameter orb of raw energy.
[More will result in instability and explosion that will kill Host.]
'Can you note this technique?'
[Name?]
'Energy Orb (Small).'
[Done.]
[Mental Power 18 à 10]
To my disappointment, the orb immediately dispersed. Only now I noticed how good and intoxicating was such a boost to Mental Power. 'It's like a drug…Must be careful.'
I spent the rest of the day on how to use well Assistant in an actual fight.
'I must try how much damage the Energy Orb does. It could be a nice thing to increase my mental power, boost my success rate, and punch someone with the orb in front of my punch.'
[Host must train his body and acquire two more points of Mental Power to be able to use this combination of attacks and survive the explosion of energy after that.]
I was both disappointed and happy.
'Not now, but this still possible.'