At Dinner.
Ken, Nagumo and Yue sat at the kitchen eating a variety of meals but was noticly lacking in meat protein.
"Mmmm! I've missed the taste of vegetables and fish that does not try to kill us so much!!"
" This taste good Ken, but it will taste even better with your blood"
"Please Yue, let me enjoy this moment blissfully. For the week we've been here I've eaten the Hydra's meat to gained all I could to the best of my will but now I can eat a normal dish "
"....."
"Nagumo, your silence is becoming unbecoming....So this world is a death chess game of Ehit and we were summoned to play the game till death but who cares. You do remember what you said the moment you killed the bear right?"
"... Yes I do... anyone who stands in my way is the enemy and must die!"
"Yue, does what he said bother you?"
"...Not really. My place is here…others I don't care."
She snuggled up to Ken and took his hand. Yue tried to convey her true feelings as she grasped his hand. In the past, she devoted everything for her country. Betrayed by those she trusted and not a single person saved her. For Yue after her long imprisonment, this world was just a prison to her.
Ken was the one to save her from her prison. That is why being beside Ken was her everything.
"…Is that so. Yue has said her piece.
All you have to do is to take care of Shirasaki Koari and get the other useful ancient magics if not all of them. With it we can go home after defeating Ehit "
"You say that like it's a piece of cake"
"He not really a god. With all the ancient magics even I could defeat him, and Oscar didn't force us to do anything"
"Looks like we have a guideline from now on. To conquer the other 8 Great Labyrinths when we return to the surface."
"That's the spirit, Nagumo. Here, I've finished reading Oscar's diary and book collection, so now it's your turn and here's your gun which you can now use with both hands"
Nagumo's prosthetic arm is an artifact, and it could make like a real arm with the direct manipulation of mana, and lightning clad and waves. The arm had a pseudo neural mechanism, it allowed the touch sensation by using magic to send small electric signals to the brain to perceive it.
For its appearance, the arm had a silver luster with black lines running along it. In certain parts of the arm, there were magic formations and patterns engraved in it. With Ken and Yue helping him with the feeling sensation through the arms, he was able to create this final results.
"So you're creating a new one?"
Ken and Nagumo have been taking turns to read the book collection of Oscar in the second floor. They decided to be fully prepared if they're going to conquer other labyrinths, so they each built a workspace to create their own equipment and proposed a show off to make things exciting.
With creation magic's ability to change, and interfere with and grant powers to inorganic matter in addition to matter manipulation, Ken could do what a transmutation master or class can accomplish and with that, wants to create the simplest and coolest creation ever.
"Oh!. We have to create a containment facility here to house some of our classmates who have been influenced by the craziness of this world. There are families waiting for them, so we'll capture them and bring them here till we find our way back. We could also create bindings from seal stone to stop their powers"
Ken stands up to leave with Yue in tow after making the suggestion since a golem will take care of the cleaning. He has to plan and work extensively if his creations will come to life.
"Sounds like a plan " replies Nagumo who leaves in the direction of the bath with renewed determination.
After dinning, Ken walk to his work space which out the main building with Yue following behind. The size and appearance from the outside was like a mechanics garage and so did the inside. Ken injected mana in the magic circle near the entrance and the whole place is lit up with fire and light from green light stone. The room was filled with less equipment than one would expect from looking at the building.
There was a lot of incomplete stuff; a two wheel and four wheel vehicle, two mannequins with incomplete clothes on, a few firearms, swords and shields and a few gadgets, but the most noticable thing was the big crystal orb mounted in the middle of the space. This is a sacred crystal but was entirely different from the one Nagumo found.
"...So it's finally ready. You wasted a week reading all the books in Oscar's library just to create this which I still think is unnecessary "
"...We won't know yet, Yue. It's created as a backup plan for if my world lacks any magical energy to fill our abilities and not Iike we'd get hurt; we're the strongest after all"
Yes, this crystal is not only bigger but artificially created to imitate the original. The original was rapidly drained by the continuous usage of three strong people and was divided between Nagumo and Ken for it's ability to absorb mana. The last water from it only filled 24 small vessels which was agreed for only emergencies.They tried to pour magic into the God's Crystal, but wasn't able to extract sacred water. Maybe after many years of concentration it would flow again.
Throwing away the God's Crystal would be a waste. It had saved their life…their lucky stone. Good luck piled up with good luck, they would be dead if they didn't arrive at this crystal.
This one was made with the noticable material fusion of; small piece of the original, grantz stone, shtar ore and various rare magical plants with the aid of his alchemist abilities and Yue who engraved; energy concentration and magic compression formation.
"...We'll each take turns with Nagumo to pour in our mana. Don't worry Yue, it's very necessary and the results will prove it"
"...Hm"
"Thank you for your help and understanding,Yue. Now all that's left is to use our renewed knowledge of magic and formations to finish up"
" Yes!"
In the next two months their abilities and equipment will be enhanced; they wouldn't be anything like their previous selves. Ken's current status.
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Name: Kiyama Kenshiro
Age: 18 Years Old
Gender: Male
Level: ????
Class: Alchemist
Strength: 14,101
Vitality: 16,500
Dexterity: 16,400
Agility: 16,740
Magic: 17,100
Magic Resistance: 17,100
Skills:
•Atomic structure comprehension
+Material probe
+Material appraisal
+Material fusion
+Material separation
•Language Comprehension
•Mana manipulation
+Mana emission
+Mana Compression
+Mana Conversion
+High speed mana recovery
+mana enhancement
+Mana transfer
Potion making> Potion master
+Compression Synthesis
+Replica alchemy
+Precision alchemy
•Matter manipulation
+Reconstruction
+Deconstruction
+Change state of matter
+Decomposition
•Swordmaster • Lightning clad
•Steel stomach •Vajra. •Hive mind
•Parallel Thinking. •Accelerated Thought
•Restorative Healing. •Terrain Manipulation
•Wind claws • Toxic touch. •Night Vision
•Hide Presence. •Long sense •Steel skin
•Greater steps
+Flash steps > Light flash Steps
+Soaring steps
+Crushing steps
+Ghost steps{zigzag footwork+light flash step}
+Reaper steps{Ghost steps+ hide presence}
• Perception
+Elemental Perception (Elemental as in subatomic)
+Mana Perception
+Heat Perception
+Life Breathe Perception
•Resistance
+Physical Resistance
+Toxic Resistance
+Petrification Resistance
+Abnormal Status Resistance
+All Elemental Resistance
•Shock and Wave Manipulation
+Remote Control
+Link Thoughts
+Psion Waves
+Echolocation
+Shock Transfer
•All Elemental Affinity
•Composite Magic
•Titan Strength
•Coercion
•Limit Break
•Blood Conversion
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Levels showed the current degree of growth and the limit was 100 for a person. However, did his body change so much after eating too much monster flesh? The level stopped changing but his stats kept going up. Finally, it displayed those ??? for his level.
Ken and Nagumo's growth after they consumed monster flesh was a very abnormal, if you think about their initial values and their growth rate. When Ken's body went into its alteration it seems his growth limit also increased; just like his stats increased. He guessed that the Status Plate was no longer able to measure his limits.
By the way, the limit of Kouki's Hero class was 1500 for all stats. He could temporarily triple his stats with "Limit Break", but it still was ? of Ken's stats. Moreover, Ken could quintuple his stats with his skill and magic manipulation.
For comparison, the normal humans of this world had stat limits of 100-200. If they had a class then it could be 300-400. The Devils and Demi-humans, depending on the tribe traits, could range from 300-600 as their limit. If a Hero was cheat, then Ken was more or less a monster. This wasn't really a mistake because his body and mind had changed…
'Blood conversion?....Ah right, might me when I accidentally swallowed Yue's blood when we were fighting the Hydra. Cool ability but useless to me –unless....' thought Ken with varying expressions that looked weird to Yue who saw him.