[Ding!]
[Advanced to Noble Spirit]
[Current Connection: 2 Seas]
[Crest Release capacity has increased by 10,000 units of Level 1 Spirit-type Energy or 5,000 units of Level 2 Spirit-type Energy]
[Advanced to 2nd Stage King Realm]
[A Pillar has been successfully created]
[You can now summon a Pillar in its original form or transform it into its Guardian Form]
[Note: The Pillar's Guardian Form reflects your desired form that the Pillar will take]
[Summoning Cost: 2000 units of Level 1 Flux Energy or 1000 units of Level 2 Flux Energy]
[Maintenance Cost: 1000 units of Level 1 Flux Energy or 500 units of Level 2 Flux Energy per hour]
[If a Pillar is destroyed, you will not be able to summon it again within the next 24 hours]
[The Avatar created by your Crown Skill: The King's Majesty can be enhanced by your Pillar]
[Advanced to Diamond Rank Tier-4]
[Energy Manipulation has been enhanced]
[Advanced to 2nd Stage Elemental Forming Realm]
[Aether/Void Secondary Core has successfully formed]
[Elemental Spells has been enhanced]
[Support Hero System has leveled up to 2]
[Support Bonus has been enhanced]
[Level 4 Psyche Boost: 4.5 Int > 4.9 Int]
[Level 4 Physical Boost: 28 Str > 30.4 Str]
[Level 4 Health Boost: 28 End > 30.4 End]
[Level 4 Energy Amplifier: 20% > 21% Amplification Bonus]
[Supplementary Skill has been created]
[Support Hero's Bind: Bind recognized enemies caught within your eyesight. The duration of the skill depends on the difference in strength between you and the affected enemy]
[Duration: 0.2 second (Minimum), 2 seconds (Maximum). The higher the number of affected enemies, the shorter the duration despite the difference in strength]
[Activation Cost: 2000 units of Level 1 Flux Energy or 1000 units of Level 2 Flux Energy]
[Cooldown: 2 hours]
[Upon activating your Ultimate Skill: Support Hero's Awakening, every created clone will activate the Supplementary Skill as soon as they appeared]
[Received 8 Strength, 8 Endurance, 0.5 Intelligence]
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"Unbelievable, how come your breakthrough process is that long?" Udann was confused.
At the same time as stealing the other giant statue's kill, the progress of my Mortal Pathway reached 100%. Because of that, I told him that I will be retreating for a while to facilitate my breakthrough. Being clueless while having a somewhat honest attitude of him, Udann retreated with me, leaving behind the others to finish off the regular-sized statue at that side of the Fortress.
"I don't know. It's always like this." I shrugged and never gave out any information about my Pathway. He couldn't guess that it's just a Mortal Pathway's breakthrough. Even Remilia was confused when she watched how I broke through to the 4th realm, what's to say about this guy who's still at the 1st realm of his Transcendent Pathway.
"You didn't need to watch over me, you know? You missed your chance there." I stood up and dusted myself off the rubbles and dust. I just went to the side where the statues were already cleaned up to do it.
Really, it's not even a day and I already broke through once. If I didn't know my Pathway better, I would be expecting to complete it here. However, just like how it always is, it will slow down again.
"What are you saying? What if those statues got drawn in by your breakthrough? Who will save you then?" He pointed to the unmoving statues at a distance.
I actually planned to enter the tower-like structure but the doors to it were shut tight. It's possible that we needed to clean the fortress grounds first before it unlocks by itself.
That's my guess about this Dimensional Space. Every fortress, castles or city we will encounter here can only be occupied if the mobs in its surrounding will be cleaned up.
This is just the first structure so that's still up for confirmation once we're done here. Either way, the possibility of that being true is high. And with more mobs means more chances to steal kills from them.
For now, I now want Udann to reach the 2nd Realm of his Transcendent Pathway. That way, he will be able to solo a giant statue if we ever encounter more of them after finishing the task here.
I don't care about the ongoing Dimensional Defense now. A Rank 1 Transcendent like me will not be able to influence it anyway. Benefiting from the conjured mobs here will now be my priority. With every breakthrough, my Companions and every Supported Individual will also experience growth. I haven't checked yet but last I checked, Yuko and Yumiko were already about to reach the 5th stage of the 4th realm of their Mortal Pathway.
Just like what Yse said, everyone will be pulled up by my destiny. Maybe in the future, all of us will be equal in strength or will just have a small difference. Sofiel, Nysia and Fleur might possibly experience slow growth for a while. Nonetheless, with every increase in my strength, they will also benefit from it even if it appears minuscule because of their current progress.
"I see. You have my gratitude, Udann."
"Don't say that. I'm also relying on you so this is normal. What do we do now?"
"What else? Let's have you breakthrough as well." I grinned and pointed my Willful Sword at the unmoving statues. Afterwards, I used the new skill that I got from my Physique Pathway. The Pillar.
Just like how it was with Old Man Reol, a stone Pillar with indescribable engravings was conjured in front of me. I could control its size and length to my will but it couldn't be longer than 10 meters or thicker than 3 meters. And although indescribable, I could somehow understand the engravings in it. It says Lith. It's the name of the Pillar or more specifically, the name of its Guardian Form.
I will check its form later. For now, I will use it as it is. Even though Udann was a bit surprised at it, he didn't comment. Probably thinking that it's a new skill from my Pathway which is not wrong.
Let's see. I'll increase his share from 1 to 3. That way it will not look that suspicious. That's probably enough to push his Transcendent Pathway, right?
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"Udann, get it!" I shouted as a nearly crumbled statue was hit by the Pillar towards his direction. It's one of my intentional screw-ups to help him gain more kills.
Upon hearing my shout, Udann spun once and hit the statue with the blunt end of his glaive. Due to its state of near destruction, it broke into pieces easily and the energy from it instantly gathered to the already cloud-like gathered energy on top of his head.
"Thanks! I couldn't understand these statues. Sometimes they're as soft as clay and sometimes they're as hard as concrete."
Through my acting and the words which came out from my mouth, Udann was already sold that I'm not that strong, attack-wise.
"It's natural. Even these statues have their own slight differences in strength. The giant statues are probably the same." With a somewhat smug expression, Udann told me his own observation.
Although I already guessed it, let's inflate his ego. A sharpened tool is better than the dull ones after all.
"I see. If we can take it down by ourselves, we will be able to get the large stone inside it. Those from the Dafirae Tribe will not be able to claim it as theirs."
Although I followed up with a brighter possibility, instead of the expected optimism, Udann wryly smiled.
"I wish I'm strong enough to do that. I'm still not confident at taking it down with my strength."
Ah. So he's still not confident. Well I guess, he would only be confident confronting that once he breakthrough. For now, All I'll get from him is this.
"Isn't that easy? Let's clear these regular-sized ones and have you breakthrough to the 2nd Realm of your Transcendent Pathway."
"Heh. It's great if that will happen. My Pathway has been stagnant for so long due to being sent in that Irreverent Dungeon. Must be why until now I couldn't break through to the next realm."
This guy… Where does his previous smugness and optimism go?
"Stay positive! Even I managed to breakthrough through fighting them." I pointed at myself before using the conjured pillar to destroy the statue he sent flying towards me.
And after that, I continued to energetically move across the battlefield to reignite his optimism.
Upon seeing that, Udann's eyes regained their previous brightness.
"You're right. I have to stay optimistic. Let's continue!"
This feels like taking care of a child…
Either way, this is better than going solo. All our achievements will be attributed to him.
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Two hours later, apart from the giant statue that sat in the corner, all regular-sized statues surrounding it were destroyed. The cloud of energy on top of my head was already reduced to a fourth of its previous size. Almost half of it was used to supplement my breakthrough after all. Nonetheless, from 0%, it's already sitting at 11%.
Although the progress was slower than before, it's still significantly faster than my daily Absorption Sessions.
Udann called for a rest. After giving him a 30% share of the statue kills, he's finally about to breakthrough.
This is probably the first time I will be seeing someone from the Dark World to breakthrough. I'm going to thoroughly observe this guy's Transcendent Pathway to add to my references.
"Use some of these." I threw him a few baseball-sized stones from the statues to supplement the energy needed for his breakthrough.
Catching the stones with his hands, Udann gratefully nodded at me.
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