The Transcendent Trials of Ezyn and Yse as well as the four Elites ended without much fuss.
Except for one of them being too affected by the Transcendent Mind Trial, everything went well.
Among the Human's side, the ones who became new Transcendents were Old Man Elmer and Arland's relative, Armel.
On the Elemental's side, the twins, Almira and Mara. They're the only two left among their Elites after Boris became a Transcendent a lot earlier than them.
In the end, among the five Elites I was training back then, only the human Elemental Fusing Realm woman, Isabel, had yet to reach the threshold.
She's already close to it though. Perhaps in a week or two, she would reach it alongside the Luxian Elites who joined the training later on.
With the addition of six Transcendents in this world, the change in density of the Source Energy could now be clearly felt.
Every new Transcendent would always result in a few steps of progress towards the evolution of a Mortal World.
Nonetheless, it's still a mystery how many Transcendents were needed for a Natural World to evolve.
After the congratulations and letting them be aware of our plan to go on different worlds, none of the four native Transcendents refused, or rather, all of them volunteered to join in.
Although brief, they're still grateful for what I did for them and this crusade to help others in the Mortal Worlds was a good opportunity to repay it.
In any case, they understood the risk. Although we made it look like it was too easy for us, it's only because of my Companions' overwhelming advantage and various skills as well as my Support Hero System, enhancing them like a cheat code.
If a normal Transcendent like them fought against a Dark World Transcendent, they would need to be extra careful and not underestimate their opponent.
Hours passed and the girls who went out to close some of the Dark World Zones came back through Fleur's Teleportation spell.
Looking at their bright faces and satisfied grins, they probably had a great time testing their strengths.
Inside some of the Zones, there would either be a hiding Dark World Transcendent or a good number of Rank 5.
During that time as well, Irja, Erin, Nysia, Reinys, Noelle, Leianne, Elise and Lunaria assimilated the Elemental Energy and created their first sets of Spells which they used on their assault on those zones.
Irja's Main Elemental Core is Light while her Secondary Cores are the four Natural Elements as well as another Light Element.
Compared to Yumiko who got all four Elements and 2 Special Elements that would probably give birth to Aether once she finished fusing them all, Irja was short of Darkness Element.
Erin's Main Elemental Core and all of her Secondary Cores are Darkness. She became like a Darkness Elemental which was somewhat rare even among the Elementals according to Fleur. Darkness Element was more prominent among the Noxians after all.
Back then, if a Darkness Elemental was born or a human with a Darkness Main Elemental Core appeared, the Noxians would deem those as a bane in this world and more often than not, they would send assassins to kill them. They believed that only Noxians were allowed to get the Darkness Main Elemental Core. They're already hateful even before the Dark World arrived. That happened before their seclusion and I only heard about it from Fleur and Fleur heard it from the older Elementals.
The Luxians weren't as extreme as them, nonetheless, they would still not look favorably upon a Light Elemental and a human with Light Elemental Core. And that was also before Sofiel took over their whole race. Now, they're just devout believers of the Great Protector.
Nysia's Main Elemental Core is Earth which reflected her Transcendent Pathway. Her Secondary Cores are three Earth and one Fire and one Water. Fire and Water although contradicting, it probably corresponds to her Defense Manipulation
Reinys's Main Elemental Core is what I expected, Fire. And her Secondary Cores are three Fire Elements, One Wind and One Earth. A bit off on what I expected of her being a pure Fire Elemental.
Noelle's Main Elemental Core is Light and her Secondary Cores are a mix of Light and Water. It is still geared towards her role as the Healer of the group.
Leianne's Main Elemental Core is Water and her Secondary Cores are a mix of Water, Wind and Darkness. Perhaps those three Elements were what she needed to enhance her Ice properties.
Elise's Main Elemental Core is Fire, like Reinys, and her Secondary Cores are a mix of Fire and Light. It's for her Golden Flames. She could probably create a Spell that could supplement her ability.
And lastly, Lunaria's Main Elemental Core is Light and as I expected, her Secondary Cores are a mix of Light and Darkness. Her Moonlight Control that was sounded like it would be weak during the day would be enhanced by her Spells.
While waiting for the Principal to arrive, all of them except Irja and Nysia went to the Library of both the Great Protector Church and Serenia to look for Spells to learn.
Well, I advised them to do so since creating our own Spell was tiresome. Look at me trying to enhance all my Spells to 9-nodes and was still at 8-nodes for the Cure and Curse Spells.
Irja refused since she could do that easily by referencing on her Vibrant Spirit Pathway.
Moreover, being the first one to assimilate a new Source Energy among my Companions who were already treading their Transcendent Pathways, I got the feedback that I was looking for.
Nysia also refrained from going because she's the same as Irja, albeit at the beginning parts of her Transcendet Pathway.
According to Irja, her Elemental Pathway only synched with her Vibrant Spirit Pathway until the end of the Mortal Pathway.
Her Transcendent Pathway involved her to assimilate Elemental-type properties. After having completed her Elemental Pathway, she told me that she could now progress a lot more easily on her Transcendent Pathway thanks to the Elemental Pathway. Instead of assimilating the Elemental-type properties, she was certain that she could gradually fuse the two. Her Vibrant Spirit Pathway as her main Pathway. Through the completed Elemental Pathway, she already understood the Elemental-type properties that she needed to assimilate and she could now do it easily.
To prove that, Irja produced a hill of Energy Stones and lined it up in front of her.
Abruptly doing her Absorption Session, we became witness to the incredible speed at which she broke through to another stage of her Transcendent Pathway.
Amidst the fluttering of her vibrant hair due to her Vibrant Spirit Transformation being triggered, Irja's UPL shot up close to 600.
And according to her, she's still only at the 4th Stage of 2nd Realm of her Transcendent Pathway.
She could now easily breakthrough to the next stage thanks to the Elemental Pathway. The only problem would be gathering the necessary Energy to fill it up.
Thinking about what has just happened, I arrived at the conclusion that one cannot tread on two Transcendent Pathways.
Moreover, when I completed my Mortal Pathway, there's a possibility that I wouldn't be able to pick which among my five Mortal Pathway will carry on to become my main Transcendent Pathway.
However, the good news about it was that it would now be easier to breakthrough due to how I already understood all the other Pathway's properties.
If what happened to Irja was also applicable to me or us… The path towards reaching Rank 5 Transcendent had just become clear, not just for me, but also for all of my Companions.
To test her prowess, all of my Rank 2 Transcendent Companions entered the virtual simulation to spar against Irja. Nysia also wanted to test it before copying what she did. Perhaps she could complete the 1st realm of her Transcendent Pathway as long as she had the necessary amount of Energy. We're not lacking on it so I would help her later.
Since there's a lot of capsules, everyone who didn't go to the Library also entered the Virtual Simulation to spectate.
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"Even Sister Yuko and Sister Yumiko lost…" Avelin and Dannae muttered in concert after seeing the result of the fifth match.
Among all of my Companions there were now six Rank 2 Transcendents; Yuko, Yumiko, Sofiel, Fleur, Irja and Nysia.
And through this sparring, all five lost against Irja in a one-on-one duel.
Nysia's Defense Manipulation was somewhat useless when she couldn't close in to hit Irja who's like a colorful fairy as she darted around the generated dueling stage.
Fleur who has the same specialty as her of being a long-range expert also got overwhelmed with how fast her colorful Energy Attacks could be shot. Even with her Aquatic Barrier to dampen their strength, the machine gun-like Energy Attacks of Irja pierced through it.
Sofiel who's both an expert on melee and ranged battle through the use of her expertise in Light Element was also toyed with when she couldn't find an opening to Irja's defenses. Even if she could wave her arm to deflect Irja's attacks or endure the machine gun, she knew that she'd end up full of holes before she could approach Irja by powering through it.
When it was Yumiko's turn, she called Yuko to fight against Irja as a tag team. Of course, they asked that tsundere if it was fine which she confidently answered with a dazzling grin and a yes.
With the two tag-teaming her, Yumiko and Yuko provided the real challenge to Irja. The randomness of Yumiko's Spirit Channeling coupled with her Earthly Angel Transformation as well as Elemental Spells made Irja seriously consider her choice of action.
When she managed to repel Yumiko, the girl tagged Yuko. Through Yuko's Foresight, Hero System as well as her Jewel Skills and Pillars, Irja finally brought out her Vibrant Spirit Transformation to cope with her.
Due to that, the duel tipped over her favor once again and ultimately won against five strong Rank 2 Transcendents even without my buffs.
When Yuko and Yumiko went back to my side, what I expected happened.
"Daisuke, your turn." With a smug face, while gesturing to me using her lean forefinger, Irja smirked and called out to me.
This girl… She's now riding a tall horse. She also wants to defeat me. Let's see. Will I be able to win against her?
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