"SINCE WHEN DO YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL BODY?" Selene screamed as she jumped to her feet and pointed rudely at the young lady with one white and one black colored eye.
Selene stood rooted in place for several minutes, pointing aggressively with an incredulous expression plastered across her face. However, after making that statement, neither Selene nor Tobs said a single word, although Tobs did shift side to side uncomfortably with a scrunched-up look, unsure of how to answer.
"Host Selene could you please stop pointing at me? It has been 5 minutes and 23 seconds, and although I still haven't responded to your question, you are pointing at me. Isn't your arm getting tired?" Gripping the edges of her clipboard, Tobs looked at her bare feet and wiggled her toes.
"Uh uh, no, you don't get to deflect my question, Tobs. What is going on? You have always been like a hologram projection, but now you are physically here." Dropping her arm and appearing beside the pretty young woman, Selene poked Tobs' cheek, to which the AI puffed it out in a pout.
"Please refrain from poking me, Host Selene." Looking down and to the side, Tobs quickly began dodging the incoming poke attacks with ease, which startled Selene because the AI's head seemed to blur with how fast she was moving.
Having had enough of the harassment, Tobs tapped the ground with her left foot and flashed away, leaving an after-image behind as she put a distance of 10 meters between herself and Selene.
Crossing her arms and sticking her right hip out to the side, Selene glared at Tobs.
"I am waiting; I want to know what the hell is going on."
"Sigh, fine…how do I say this? Haven't you ever wondered wher…"
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POV: Cynrik
"Get ready, you two; the Evo is about to begin," Cynrik said to Vii and Sie, who had landed beside him and tossed him a confused glance.
Just as the words left Cynrik's lips…the notifications began, and pain hit.
-You have passed your Tribulation quest with an SSS+ Rating. You will receive extra benefits upon completion of your Tier-3 Evolution.-
-Now Commencing Tier-3 Evolution.-
In an instant, the world in Cynrik's vision shattered into particles, and he found himself back inside the sarcophagus-like Aether Capsule with both his Birds curled up on either side of his head.
With barely enough space in the Capsule to sit up, Cynrik grit his teeth and, with some effort, activated [Mana Sight] to examine the process occurring within his body; what he saw left him flabbergasted.
-Continuing passed the 50% mark of your Evolution.-
-Commencing Breathing Mana Life Cycle.-
-Burning all Excess Essence stored in the Essence Pool.-
'Tsk, the fuck is a Breathing Mana Life Cycle?' For a millisecond, Cynrik's eyes flickered away from his body toward Sie, whose body was bathed in five colors representing his Affinities and Omnipoison.
Next, he checked on Vii, and once satisfied that neither was experiencing any pain and instead drifted to sleep, Cynrik directed his attention back to his body.
As wave after wave of Mana surged out of his Codex, he observed that the quad-colored stream in his body was in a state of controlled chaos. Cynrik watched as the Mana particles attacked every cell in his body, devouring it like a Savana beast that hadn't eaten all summer.
Spreading out from his chest, the bones, muscles, and tissue in his body broke down, starting from his abdomen before moving to his extremities. At some point, his ocular skill shut off, leaving Cynrik's liquidized body bathing in the glow coming from Sie and Vii.
Once the process of deconstruction was complete, the reconstruction began. Soon enough, Cynrik's eyes formed again along with his nervous system, and the pain washed over every fiber of his being.
The worst part about this process is that the entire time it was happening, Cynrik was entirely coherent. If it weren't for his insane pain tolerance or his extreme curiosity regarding his body's state, he wouldn't have been able to keep focused.
When one Cycle was completed, the next began. For the next three hours, Cynrik calmly examined the entire process from start to finish while developing his theories backed by his observations.
After the 65th Cycle concluded, Cynrik watched as his body began glowing, causing his newly formed eyes to widen slightly before his ocular nerves were disabled and his eyes melted.
'From what I can tell, the Mana particles aren't necessarily devouring my cells; instead, they are practically living through the life and death of a star, where they expand before constricting and imploding.' Following that train of thought, Cynrik zoomed in on a particular cluster of particles as the Breathing Mana Life Cycle continued.
'Each particle pulls in all the surrounding energy it can get ahold of, and since it is drawing in too much, it collapses, deteriorating. It also seems that the law of conservation of matter still applies to some extent, as the particles never truly die or disappear.'
Unfortunately, before Cynrik could continue his observations, he was sucked into the SOC following a string of notifications.
-Breathing Mana Life Cycle has been completed 120 times.-
-You have reached the utmost limit of times the Cycle can be completed until you advance to a further Stage.-
-Your Mana Body has been entirely constructed.-
-Zero Flaws or Anomalies found with Mana Body Construction.-
-Transferring Host to their Sea of Consciousness.-
Appearing in his SOC, a world of lightning, flames, dark mist, and hurricane-force winds, Cynrik found himself sitting with one knee propped up and both Ravens resting on the ground beside him.
"Tsk, well, that sucks; I wanted to observe more of the changes; it looks like this is as far as my Will Power Stat takes me," Cynrik said as he got up and rolled out both his arms before motioning toward the scrolling notifications floating in the right of his vision.
However, the moment he stood up, Cynrik was hit by a wave of nausea that he had to fight through due to having experienced an insane amount of pain.
He had learned some time ago that all the Will Power Stat did was allow him to ignore a decent percentage of incoming pain while keeping a level head.
-Since you have completed 120 Breathing Mana Life Cycles, your Mana Body has Evolved into a Supreme Mana Body.-
-You have received an Additional 1.25 times increase to your HP, MP, and STAM due to your Supreme Mana Body.-
-Your Will Power Stat has increased by 100 points.-
"The fuck is a Mana Body…wait, the over-saturation of Mana must have merged with my Cells, restructuring and changing them to turn me into a non-Carbon Based lifeform."
"No, that doesn't make sense; technically, I already was a Mana Based Lifeform, although I wasn't something as extreme as an Energy Creature. It seems I will have to grill that old fart Norik when I get out of here." Pushing that thought aside, Cynrik went back to scrolling through his notifications.
-Distributing Rewards from the completion of the Grandmaster Ranked Tribulation Quest.-
-Tier-3 Resource Stat Modifier has increased from 40 HP per point, 20 MP per point, and 20 STAM per point, to 90, 50, 50.-
-You Will Now receive 30 Free Allocation Points and 4 Skill Points Each time you increase your Primary Level.-
-You Will Now receive 3 Free Allocation Points and 3 Skill points each time you increase your Class or Sub-Class Level.-
-Your Tier-3 SAG Dark Affinity has Evolved into one of its Mutated Branches, Umbra.-
-Your Tier-3 SAG Umbra Affinity has Evolved into Tier-3 Umbra Manipulation.-
-Your Tier-3 SAG Lightning Affinity has Evolved into Tier-3 Lightning Manipulation.-
-Your Tier-3 AG Fire Affinity has Evolved into Tier-3 Fire Manipulation.-
-Your Tier-3 BG Wind Affinity has Evolved into its AG form.-
-Your Tier-3 AG Wind Affinity has Evolved into Tier-3 Wind Manipulation.-
-All of your Manipulations are presently at the Initial Stage.
-The Titles Perfect Foundation and Reforged Body have been recognized and changed to Perfect Evolution.-
-You have broken the restraints holding you in the Mortal Stage and Advanced into the Supernatural Stage.-
-Your Mana Veins have fully formed.-
-Your Mana Codex has grown immensely.-
-Correcting the Impurity located deep in your Distribution.-
-Your Distribution has increased from 2 to 3 points per level.-
-Your profile has been upgraded to Tier-3.-
-Your Primary Level has changed from Level 35 to Level Zero; the new cap is set to 50.-
-Due to the presence of your Bloodline, your Resource stat increases will be subject to the previous Resource Stat Modifier.-
-Your Strength and Vitality Stats have increased to 1875.-
-Your Dexterity and Agility Stats have increased to 3500.-
-Your Intelligence and Mind Stats have increased to 2800.-
-Your Stat Cap has increased to 7850 points.-
-You no longer can use Standard Essence to Increase your Level; you are required to use a higher form of Energy, SPN Stage Essence.*SPN-XP*-
-One point of SPN-XP is equivalent to 10k Essence.-
-The conversion of XP to SPN-XP can be done, but it is time-consuming and must be done within the SOC.-
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