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The Novel's Extra's Anomaly, Side Chapter 1-1: What Am I?
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[???, 23:46, March]
{PoV: C.C.}
Walking down an ancient-looking corridor all C2 could hear was the rhythmic tapping of his steps. Passing serval doors down the corridor as he continued, yet entering none of them, C2 walked with a clear motive in his eyes, coming to a stop at the end of the corridor a single door with a riddle on it stood before C2.
[On Earth I am dead, though I live on the moon. I am in no crater, but I'm in every bloom. I cannot move on my own, but I'm in each room. What am I?] Was written on the door. That's right C2 was in a Puzzle-Type Dungeon for a certain item, one that he would use to see if he can break the limits of the World, one he would use to cheat the system.
Tapping his finger on his chin C2 stood in thought, multiple ideas flashed through his mind, things like Light, Dreams, and Hope, but none of them felt right to him, too illogical for this riddle. While yes, they made some sense, it didn't fit, at least not for most of the riddle.
For example, Light, while looking at the [On Earth I am dead] part it could be argued that it refers to the Night, thus the [though I live on the moon] refers to Moonlight, but it wouldn't fit the rest of the riddle. Because of this C2 decided to look for a pattern in the way it was written.
Snapping his finger a light bulb appeared above his head(for dramatic effect). With a smirk, he opened his mouth and spoke, a single letter coming out of it. "O", as soon as the letter was spoken a rumbling ran through the structure as the door glowed with a green hue and opened. With a triumphant smile on his face, he walked through the door, and as soon as he was on the other side it closed with a loud thud.
The sound of crackling fire could be heard from the room as three podiums lit up with red flames, on each podium a sentence was written.
On the leftmost one, [The Thing That Made A Hero] was written, on the middle one, [The Thing That Started The Downfall] was written, and finally on the rightmost one, [The Thing That Killed A Hero]. The leftmost podium was decorated with what looked like a river stretching across it, the middle podium was decorated with a tree, and the rightmost podium had a bow and arrow on it.
Walking up to the leftmost podium C2 pulled out a small vial* and poured it into the red fire which then immediately turned green, signaling a correct answer, then he walked over to the middle podium and threw an apple made of gold with [ΤΗΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ]* inscribed in it into the red fire which also turned green, and finally making his way to the leftmost podium he put an arrow stained with blood* on it's tip into the red fire that then turned green.
With a rumble, all three podiums sank into the ground as the wall behind where the middle podium stood lit up with red text that read, [I am the teller of a War, one that started with the wrath of Gods. A War that brought about a Great Hero and the fall of another. The teller of a man's journey home, who am I?].
"Man, this is too easy, especially after the last one…" C2 said with a sigh escaping his mouth. "The answer is Homer." with that simple sentence the red text turned green as a small box popped out from the wall and onto C2's hand. Opening the box he found an ancient-looking rusty ring that looked like it was taken from a trashyard. C2 then quickly cast an Analysis spell on the ring to confirm that he got the right one, luckily though he got it right.
[「Homer's Ring」 [Artifact] [Unawakened]
—The ring worn by the Legendary Ancient Greek Poet, Homer in the distant past.
—May have some hidden abilities.]
With 「Denial Of Nothingness」C2 "Awakened" the ring into what it rightfully should've been, now in his hand was a Platinum Ring with a slight glow to it, with a satisfied smirk he cast another Analysis spell on it.
[「Homer's Ring」 [Artifact] [Awakened]
—The ring worn by the Legendary Ancient Greek Poet, Homer in the distant past.
—Nature Resonance
Grants an increase in Affinity with Nature Spirits(Elements)
—Homer's Experience
Increase the Invariable Stat [Intelligence] by 0.001 permanently every 24 hours when worn.
*Up to a maximum of 0.365.
—High-Rank Magic Power Amplification
Increases the efficiency of Magic Power when used as a Foci.
—Camouflage
To anyone but the wearer of the ring will seem ordinary.]
With a smile on his, he put the ring on the pointer finger of his right hand and teleported out of the dungeon to his house.
"Now to wait and see if this works…" He said as he fell asleep while cuddling one of his (many)Cheese-kun's.
***(24 hours later)***
With a big (definitely not evil-looking) smile on his face, C2 looked at the screen before him.
[MONUMENTAL ACHIVEMENT! You have managed to thoroughly BREAK the rules of The World and have increased an Invariable Stat beyond its absolute limit!]
[Intelligence - 10.001/10](LIMIT BROKEN)
Looking at his Invarible Stats he let out a (definitely not supervillain) laugh as he felt himself become something MORE, something BETTER.
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▷Stats
*Variable Stats
(Natural Increases Labeled as ↑0.001)
[Strength{Mid-Intermediate: Grade 10} - 11.96]↑0
[Stamina{Mid-Intermediate: Grade 9} - 12.4]↑0
[Speed{Mid-Intermediate: Grade 2} - 15.7]↑0
[Perception{Low(High)-High(Intermediate): Grade 1(9)} - 36.6(21→29+7.6)]↑8
[Vitality{Mid-Intermediate: Grade 4} - 16.424](+4 When stomach is full)↑0
[Magic Power{Mid(Mid)-High(High): Grade 9(10)} - 87(27.66→80+4+3)]↑52.34
*Invariable
[Intelligence - 10.001/10](LIMIT BROKEN)
[Perseverance - 6.89/10](+2 when in battle)
[Luck - 8.543/10]
[Charm - 8.965/10]
▷Gift
「Magecraft」[Growth]
[High Rank][Null][Grade 7→6][Proficiency: 97%→15%]
—Alchemy
Allows the use of all kinds of Alchemy Spells.
*Transmutation spells cannot be permanent
*Increases Magic Power by 4.5
—Element Magecraft
Allows the use of Element Magecraft.
*Elements: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Metal, Wood, Lightning, Ice, Light, Dark
*Increases Magic Power by 3
—Magic Perception
Allows for an even greater level of Magic Perception than most Magic Speciliced Gifts.
*Increases Perception by 8
—Memory Partition
Allows the user to split their mind into different "rooms" increasing the processing speed of the brain.
*Current Number Of Rooms: 6(46,656)
—Thought Acceleration
Increases the speed at which the user thinks.
*It can increases from 2x up 20x.
「Code ?f I?????a????」[Static][18%]
[???][???]
—I Am ?t????l
You're the ??a??? of the Code.
*You H??? from all ???????? no matter what.
*You ?????? ???.
「Geass」[Growth][Locked]
[High][Soul][Grade ???][Proficiency ???]
—????
▷True Magic(3/5)
「Third True Magic - Heaven's Feel」[Static]
[Authority][Origin]
—I Was, I Am, And I Will Be, Therefore I Know
You can watch the Past, Current, and Future.
*Note that the Future is always subject to change
*Requires massive Mental Capacity to use(Requirement can be reduced by watching a smaller area)
—I Drink From The Chalice
Take a drink from the Chalice and recover your Magic Power.
*Once every 1 minute you recover all your Magic Power
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Note 1: An extremely small amount of Water from the River Stryx.
Note 2: The Golden Apple that started the Trojan War. [ΤΗΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ] means [For/To The Most Beautiful], but could also be translated to [For/To The Fairest].
Note 3: The Arrow that was used by Paris to kill Achilles.
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Well, well, well, look who came crawling back(It's me). What? Don't tell me that you got hit with writer's block, tsk tsk. Hmm? What do mean by adulting is hard? It's just a skill issue on your part. What do mean by you owe taxes? That sounds like an excuse for a dumbass who hasn't paid them…
In all seriousness though, I've had a lot of shit on my plate other than just Writer's Block for the last, *checks notes*, FIVE MONTHS!? What the FUCK, it felt like two at most on my part… Hopefully, I can get into my rhythm again and start posting somewhat regularly again, but we'll see. Now then I recommend that you listen to [Left Behind Generation] By KAT, it's a great song that explains a lot about how it feels to be Neurodivergent in a school system that's designed against you.
Welp, that's all I have for now, see you either next chapter or on another fic I've been working on but still haven't decided on whether to post yet. Bye-bye!
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