150 Power Stones = +5 Chapters
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The days continued to pass, Juri and Skayler learning more and more from each other.
Skayler is extremely intelligent, as an Archmage, who is already at Level 241 in his Base Level!
This means that in less than 3 weeks, he has gone up 9 levels!
For Juri that's no big deal, but that's because she has the System, Skayler doesn't, all he's done is practice [Mana Control] and start developing his [Magical Power].
But this has already proven extremely efficient, probably in a few months, he will be at Level 280~300.
Juri didn't raise her Level in those 3 weeks, but her gains were much better than a few Levels.
Since she will only get an upgrade at Level 400, why go crazy about leveling up?
She has focused on practicing her Magic and learning Runes, as she wants to have more power and diversity in her arsenal!
Even though she focuses a lot on her Martial Arts and body, Juri knows that she can't leave anything out and since the System helps her to be able to use everything, so she will!
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Time continued to pass and around the end of the 1st month of study, Juri reached Level 50 in her [Runic Knowledge].
The instant she did, changes came and her Attribute Level [Intelligence] finally passed the mark and reached 100!
With that the Advantages of the [Intelligence] Attribute were available, these were the 3 choices:
[Heart of Mana: +1/3 MP!]
[Quick Thinking: +1/3 Speed of Reasoning!]
[Double Mind]
Juri was very interested in [Heart of Mana], when she saw [Quick Thinking], she was very interested, because this is 1/3 on the thinking speed, it's like amplifying the effect that the Intelligence Attribute has by 1/3, only on the reasoning part.
This will help memorization a lot, as well as significantly improve the growth of your magical knowledge.
But then you have this [Bent Mind], just a name, no information, when asked the System, it didn't answer.
Juri was curious, the name seems self-explanatory, maybe that's why, so no need for description.
But it is still very vague!
Juri hesitated, because this is a permanent choice, of course, the System said she has a way to change the Attribute Advantage, but to do so she will have to start over in a new "game", as well as reset all Attributes when she does.
She can't pick just 1, it has to be all of them, meaning everything goes back to Level 0 and she'll have to train all over again!
So Juri was afraid that [Bent Mind] might drive her crazy, thinking that she will probably have 2 consciousnesses in her mind.
So she hesitated a lot, but then decided to test it, what bad thing could happen?
When she made the choice, initially nothing seemed different.
Juri looked at herself in the mirror, but then she thought she was an idiot, that's a mind bound advantage, what will change in her appearance?
'Idiot...'
Juri was surprised when she thought she was an idiot, noticing something more within herself, agreeing with her.
Soon Juri went to meditate, what better method than meditation?
This calmed her down and gave her a better glimpse inside, where she began to notice divergences in her mind, a connection to herself.
Soon in her mind, Juri saw herself looking at herself, they both reacted the same way, when they spoke, it was the same.
It took a while, before both, who are the same person, understood the meaning of [Bent Mind].
This literally bent her mind, creating another one of her own within herself.
Both are identical, there is no problem controlling their bodies, since they are the same people.
They could touch each other within their consciousness, out of curiosity they both grabbed each other's crotch, the feeling was strange, it even felt like she was touching herself... well, that was the case!
Soon it didn't take long for her to lose her interest, Juri understood that both are stuck in their own conceptions, they are too identical, so it will take something to make both of their minds separate.
How so?
Technically this advantage is useless, because ok, it bent their consciousness, but what does it matter if they think identically?
Even if they talk to each other, it will be the same words and they might even get in each other's way.
This made Juri understand that [Bent Mind] is a skill that can be very good, very bad or useless!
Useless in case the "Advantage" proves to be capable of nothing but imitating each other perfectly.
Very bad in case the "Advantage" gets in the way of Juri's concentration and thoughts, where she gets distracted by herself.
Very good in case the "Advantage" manages to split into two consciousnesses that, still connected, can think differently from each other, think of different things at the same time.
Juri understands that this will be difficult, but at least possible!
(Note: This is a double-edged sword, how it will evolve, I have my ideas, but depending on the outcome, Juri may force himself to start all over again, than continue going crazy or destroying himself).
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Putting aside [Double Mind] for now, Juri focused on his studies.
[Mana Field] was at Level 37, slowly his Mana continued to skyrocket!
Skayler was also receiving many benefits, going up in Level and finally he could unlock his 1st set of Magic Veins, increasing his Mana reserves enormously.
Now his Body and Soul carry Mana.
Skayler has discovered that his Soul is connecting more and more with his body, it's something strange and magnificent, he believes that by succeeding, he will become drastically more powerful.
But in the end, this is only a small success, he will have to continue practicing tirelessly to reach new heights.
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As time went on, Fjorn who used to visit Juri constantly, stopped visiting her, as he has his own things to do.
Hippolyta stays in the tower a lot, even sleeps there often, so she and Juri constantly saw each other, talked and discussed.
As Juri was focused on studying Magic, Jaili lost much interest in her, as she no longer seemed interested in her eldest daughter, nor did she seem to take her seriously.
Norman as King, could not focus much attention on Juri and since she is not an enemy and in fact is helping to strengthen his Archmage, as well as slowly bringing important and advantageous knowledge to his people, why would he refuse?
So Norman was just giving her some more money and resources to support her research.
As for the elder Princess, she received letters talking about Juri, but she didn't seem to take things too seriously, but a certain Marshal was interested, but knowing that such a warrior was focused on the studies of Magic, he left it aside for now, as he has to deal with some things on the frontier still.
So the atmosphere in Skayler's Tower was quite peaceful.
Back on Earth, Luria and Ikiria were also training hard, and at Juri's request, Pietro, who hadn't taken a vacation in a long time, took them off just to teach Ikiria.
So he was invited to their home, where first hand he found the Dungeon, where it was there that he taught Ikiria fencing and more efficient methods of using the Katana.
And this was no leg of Pietro's time, as the Dungeon he was attending, was a Level 250 one, with Paranormal Energy.
Luria, Ikiria and Pietro stayed there practicing, Pietro was having constant improvements in his [Paranormal Exposure].
And as Luria was there to teach him better [Magic Force], Pietro was progressing by leaps and bounds, he even looked a decade younger.
Juri went to see him, discovering that he is at Base Level 83, Paranormal Exposure Level 288.
In the beginning he was around 265, or 23 Levels.
It is noticeable that Pietro already had some strength before, not to mention that he has done several Blood and Flesh Rituals, strengthening his physical and mental abilities enormously.
His [Negative Power] besides being of Superior Level, has several Ritual Abilities amplifying physical effects when activated.
So he easily acquires more than 2,300 points in his Physical Attributes.
Combined with the natural provided by the 83 Base Levels, he is physically equal in Attributes to someone of Dungeon Level 300.
Of course, this is only in physical terms, if [Aura] or something like that is added, Pietro will unfortunately be humiliated, because as said many times, Attributes are not absolute!
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Ikiria under Pietro's tutelage, has shown immense talent and learning ability, far superior even to Juri!
But well, she is the bearer of a [Celestial Constitution], having the support of the System, increase that by several degrees.
Not to mention that the System has already informed him that he doesn't understand the capabilities and limitations of the [Celestial Constitution], even though he was born in the Dungeon World, this is something the System has no control over.
Even if the System created it, it doesn't mean that it has full control over that world.
Even that's why the System can only create 1, not for lack of ability, but power!
What is the difference?
The System knows how to create other Dungeon Worlds, since it created 1, it could create a second one.
But the method used is something more complex than the System itself understands, it only got it by having a base, that being [Create Dungeons], which has unique and profound rules, that the System is still studying.
So the System has no control over what happens in the Dungeon world, but it still follows rules and the System technically is the father of the Dungeon, its creator, fail to follow those rules, the System will have the right to punish and act with power more than it is capable of exercising.
But in the end the System is still a child, it is still growing and experimenting, there will come a day that it will have so much knowledge, that it will understand the concept of a [Celestial Constitution] and perhaps generate a Skill book that gives such a thing to the Player.
Perhaps it will go so far as to develop the Dungeon World so that all its inhabitants have something like a modified System.
There are many possibilities and potential, but that's the thing, Juri needs to collect information for the System to use, study and strengthen.
As for the System simply researching everything?
Unfortunately this is not how it works, the System is limited to the surroundings of the player, the rules imposed in the Dungeon follow certain laws, the System is also unable to hold all the knowledge due to little memory capacity.
You could say that the System is a computer that needs to be updated!
If you want to expand its functions, you will have to switch to a new and better computer.
But that's the thing, the System prepares the updates for the next version... that is, the current System will not change, only in Version 3.0, which will be a gigantic upgrade, that everyone can be sure of!
(Author: I want to kill Juri right away to make her start the next version, because there will literally be drastic changes to everything, the System will change, your special abilities will change and more!)
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Over time, Juri has been practicing and has finally figured out how to create her own Runes!
She created the Spell Rune [Amplification] linked to [Condensing].
She then used [Water Magic] as a base, injecting the 2 Runes in between.
The result was that the water became denser and harder to manipulate.
Practicing a little more, [Amplification] and [Cooling].
As a result, the Rune [Chill] with the support of [Amplification] became [Freeze].
The [Water Magic] molded itself into ice!
Juri could do this, but only by pouring tons of Mana, but with the Runes, this process cost about 1/20th of what it would normally cost.
Juri was happy, even more so because he had acquired [Magic Runes Creation, Spells(1)]!
With this, Juri can improve her spells, but as for incorporating this into Martial Arts, it will be difficult.
She needs to adapt and speed up the formation of the Magic Runes, so that she can imprint them on her arms and legs when she conjures her [Elemental Magic] along with [Elemental Manipulation].
But the important thing is that Juri has finally managed to understand the Magic Runes he so desires, now he needs to improve and understand the [Magic Runes, Enchantments]!
But in the end this is something that will need a lot of time, something that Juri found himself having plenty of.
As for the Dungeon level constantly increasing? She's not worried, if it gets too dangerous, she flees to Earth, where there she focuses on getting up to Level 400, then returns even more powerful.
Not to mention that she has Luria and Ikiria just like her, both of whom are constantly getting stronger.
When Ikiria awakened her Chi, she didn't acquire any [Martial Physique], she has her [Celestial Constitution], why would she need that?
But it turns out that her [Celestial Constitution] evolved with the awakening of her [Chi]:
[Heavenly Constitution of the Godslayer(Medium)]
Type: Special
Description: A Celestial Constitution meant for those who follow the path of shadows and murder! Bodies that defy the rules and impressive talents that go against everything, even the Gods fear such a being!
Effect 1: +100+100% HP, MP, NE and CHI & +40+20% Agility and Wisdom, +20+10% Strength and Constitution, +10+10% Intelligence and +500+500 Luck! (+100+100 Sanity)
Effect 2: Attribute growth [10x Agility & Wisdom] [5x Strength & Constitution] [2.5x Intelligence]!
Effect 3: 10+10x Growth and Learning of all Martial Arts/General Techniques & +10+10x Martial Arts/Assassination Techniques!
Effect 4: 2+0.5x XP!
Ikiria is currently at Level 183 / 165, her 1,124 Free Points being played all in Wisdom...
She currently has 2.215+60% = 3.544 Wisdom!
When her [Chi] is activated, it becomes +354.4% amplification of her Attributes!
And due to her constant training and practice, not only is her Attribute Level increasing rapidly, but constantly various "potential bubbles" are bursting giving her large amounts of Attributes.
Even before she reaches level 200, Ikiria has approached Juri and Luria's level of strength, and it's likely that in less than 2 months, she will surpass them.
(Author: I created a monster!)
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