Nat stared at the floating book"Holy-"
"-Shit" I'm just as mind-boggled. That book is made from my lifeforce. I know everything about it. It holds all the Magical Knowledge I have learned. Now that book has turned Sentient. I can feel it. Its happiness is practically surging.
Here's where I get even more confused. Usually when beings like this are born from nothing. They are confused and curious. The Grimoire is is like a kid on a sugar-high. That means it had some awareness before it became fully sentient. Like it has been waiting for this moment to happen.
"OY! OY!. Can you explain what's going on Already!!!" Shukaku starts screaming like a child
Shut up for a second will ya!
I lift my hand and the Grimoire floats down and starts circling me, while going up and down.
"Well. This is a first even for me" The Ancient One comes closer and the book starts to go around her as well.
"Hmmm it seems it's not in its infancy like you said. More along the lines of a 2 to 3-year-old child." She says as she carefully studies the Grimoire.
"Can I touch it?" Nat approaches and the book settles down on her hands and starts glowing
"Wow! It's happy. I can feel it its emotions are flooding into me."
Hmmm there are changes in it, quite a lot actually.
'Grimoire of Infinity'
'Mirror World'
Just like that all of us are forcefully taken in the mirror Dimension. All it took was a thought. Even the Bald One couldn't do anything. The speed that it happened was too much.
'Gate of Babylon'
The book shoots up from Nat's hands and opens up to a certain page. From it Orange Sword Constructs shoot out at high speeds.
Yep the book can move on its own. By becoming Sentient it nullified some of the 'Rules'.
"What the hell is this bullshit" You stole this one from that Gilgamesh guy didn't ya? Man you are a disgrace you uninspired hack. Oh and I want that anime next
Shukaku is really starting to piss me off. Sigh the rules for the 'Grimoire of Infinity' are:
1. A Book will be chosen to act as a host for the ability, once the book ends, more knowledge can't be added.
2. The book must be open and held in one hand in battle. (Big handicap in a fight)
3. If the book is destroyed it can never be formed again and the user will suffer a backlash. (this one is the main risk that allows the ability to exist)
4. Once the book is closed, all abilities stop and the book disappears waiting to be summoned again
(Stones)
5. Once a stone has been placed on the book cover, no other stones may be placed until the process is completed, the process will take a minimum of 2 months of constant charging under 'Nen' or 'Eldritch magic' or 4 months of automatic charging by taking Eldritch energy itself
6. The book cannot be used during this process, the completed artificial stone will contain 50% power compared to the original.
7. The artificial stone has all the abilities as the original just weaker, but sufficient knowledge and comprehension are necessary for the stones to be used in the first place.
(Magic)
8. The book can spam the low tier spells or cast the high tear ones, the cast time and cooldown will depend on the rank of the spells, it can be shortened with practice. The more complex the spells the larger the cooldown.
9. The book is connected to my mind, any spell I learn will be added to the book. It also lessens the burden when I manually cast magic through the book
10. The more spells there are in the book the stronger the book itself gets
I thought the rules/conditions I made at the time were pretty good. But with the Grimoire becoming sentient some of the changes
The second rule got the most changes. The grimoire can now float alongside me and use spells on its own.
Well, I'm glad that rule is obsolete. I got the feeling the Grimoire wants to have more freedom.
The 5th rule changed because of my many energies. The charging time was shortened considerably.
The 6th rule changed as well. The book can be used while the Artificial Stone is being made. The spells would just be fairly weaker than normal since most of the power will be directed to the creation process. But it's still a welcome surprise.
The real kicker is the final rule. The rewards I get from the boxes usually are some sort of magic. All of that is in the grimoire right now. That thing is a lot stronger than when I made it.
Frankly, it's disgustingly OP.
I'm watching it spam all sorts of spells at the ground right now. And it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon. If I give the command it will obey me. But right now it's 'playing' in a way. It really does act like a child.
Now here is the weird part. The Grimoire did its job. It created an Artificial Infinity Stone with half the power of the original. But because of some bullshit Univeral Laws. Mortals can only use up to 10% of the Original Infinity Stones safely. That's if they have the required knowledge to do so. Anything else there will be varying consequences that may show up at a later time.
But my Luck seems to be getting better and better.
I got an empty Omnitrix. So let's say I get Thor's then Thanos's blood in it. That would raise the limit. So I should be able to use my Artificial Stone to its full 50%.
Well hopefully. I don't actually know. But I should be able to use 30% definitely.
"So what now Master Ward. Which stone will you start copying next? And are you really going to destroy the Mind Stone? " The Ancient One asks seriously.
"Well, I estimated that the stone will finish when we arrive at Asgard so I would just start on the Space Stone right after that. But my trip to Asgard is still a while away. So I think starting the Time Stone would be the best choice. And yes It would be best if destroyed the stone. Between the two of us it should be easily done. Especially when I have my Mind Stone to weaken the Original."
She stays quiet for a while "Very well. You may begin the process with the Time Stone. But once it is finished you are to open a portal and immediately return it here. We swore an oath to protect the stone. Frankly giving you the stones won't be any issue. You are a member of Kamar-Taj and are the most powerful person on this planet. If you couldn't protect the stone neither could we. But I still can't allow you to destroy it"
I expected as much. The Time Stone is the biggest pain of all the stones. Since it could be used to remake the other stone that was broken. Well, I guess the Reality stone could do the same thing.
"Fine I won't destroy it. But I suggest you hide it in a safe place after it's done. But I will be crushing the Mind Stone into dust and spreading it across the Universe. This is one Stone that Thanos won't be getting. Thor has given me permission to do the same to the Space Stone after I'm done with it. I'm hoping to do this to each stone I see, and stop Thanos from getting too strong in the first place." Only an idiot would let his opponent get stronger.
"Good. Now since you are already here. Why don't you 'flex' a bit. I want to see you at your current full power" She says with a small smirk
"I Second that," Nat says with a raised hand
" I thought you'd never ask"
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"But.. what about my anime.. Why is everybody ignoring me..." Shukaku was sulking in the corner with rain clouds above his head
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