Chapter 10: Wisdom, Parallel Minds and Lots of Fire Dragons.

A/N:

" " : Dialogue,

' ' : Thought,

[ ] : System, Raphael,

"Italicized text" : Telepathy,

{ } : Parallel Wills,

// // : W System announcement.

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Shiraori POV

I woke up after evolving into a Zoa Ele and I'll be honest, I didn't expect to see what was around me. It was like an illusory purple tree that somehow had physical substance. All I knew was that it was created with some form of energy and that energy was from Dante. Speaking of, he is also here asleep. Ah, he's stirring awake, guess I can give him a greeting, after all he always greets me when I wake up from evolving. "Hello there." I say and he replies "General Kenobi." This causes both of us to chuckle before I ask him about the tree. "Oh, that. I made that to act as a shield and a healing and invigorating pod for you while you slept, check your SP, it should be full." He says and I check, and just as he said, it was full. "Also, you shouldn't really be passing out or needing sleep since you've got Status Condition Nullification. It's my thoughts to remain somewhat human that have influenced you to go to sleep every time you evolve, so sorry about that." He confesses, which surprises me as I did not expect that to be the reason for me always falling asleep so quickly and comfortably despite feeling energetic.

{Hah. Are you stupid, he has infinite Stamina meaning that since we got his version of Status Condition Nullification, we cannot run out of stamina, therefore we can't succumb to exhaustion of any kind.} Body-in-charge tells me after he explains himself. "Oh, so you've started communicating with your Parallel Will, huh. Well, since you've got them to help now, a lot of stuff will become easier for you especially levelling your mental skills. Also nice to meet you, Body-in-charge, I hope that you get some sisters pretty soon." He says into my mind as we head back into the middle layer of the labyrinth.

Dante POV

Her evolution brought smashingly amazing results. She is almost as strong as her LV 1 Ede Saine form at LV 1 Zoa Ele, not stat wise, but comprehensively speaking. Right now, the thing that would be the cause for any gaps in strength between her current level of power and that of her original Ede Saine form would be Wisdom and her magic skills. Moving past that, we've been getting attacked by Gunerushes for the entirety of the time we've been here, I know she's already killed 8 of them and I killed 3 to test out a the few skills I created as well as see if I could create variants of any of them, one of those being the elemental variants of the Spiral Energy Bomb. I was able to create Plasma, Fire, Lightning, Light, Dark and surprisingly Ice variants of it, not to mention I could cast multiple of each simultaneously and due to my impeccable control of energy I can keep them active as wisps following us around.

I created a few skills during our walk through the area. They were some of the defensive and offensive skills used by the Hollows, specifically the Arrancars and the Quincies from Bleach; the Hierro, Cero and Bala and the Blut Vene and Blut Arterie skills respectively. The Blut Vene and Blut Arterie skills fused to create the combo skill Blut Herz that allowed me to use the defense centered Blut Vene and Blut Vene Anhaben as well as the offense centered Blut Arterie simultaneously without drawbacks essentially making me a physical Juggernaut, unstoppable and unbreakable. As for Shiraori, she was enjoying her time killing the monsters her and leveling up. Sometime later, we eventually came across an Elroe Guneseven, a catfish shaped monster that was also a low class fire dragon, which she killed quickly, causing me to nod in approval, since she wasted no time in 'testing the waters' when it came to enemies that she could take out with ease.

After killing it, she pulled it out of the magma and tried to dismantle it. For a short while she was fumbling, but she got better, exponentially better, in a short amount of time which helped me understand that she had gotten another Parallel Will which eased the amount of effort she had to put out. After the dismantling, I threw away the bones, removed the heat resistance from the meat, collected the meat from her, brought out the utensils I had crafted and melted the fat in the Guneseven to create oil and began to fry it, finally gaining the Cooking skill. She uses her scythes to cut off some meat off the Guneseven to taste it raw first. I allowed it so that she could have something to compare it to after I was done cooking.

Controlling the amount and transfer of heat to perfectly cook the meat was easy and 3 minutes later the meat was ready for eating. I took the first bite, and my goodness, the taste almost sent me to heaven, but I controlled myself so that I didn't have the over the top reaction that my cooking was meant to cause. Shiraori also took a bite from it, and from what I could feel from her mind, the taste had affected all her Parallel Wills, and it was at this point that I knew that she would never eat any cooked food that has not been cooked by me.

After we finished eating, Shiraori still in euphoria from the taste, centered her drive for hunting on the possible taste of the food as well as the buff that would come from it. She killed a few Gunesevens, some Elroe Geafrogs which were evolved versions of the Elroe Frog and some more Gunerushes,all of which I dismantled and stored in my inventory. We eventually reached a magma pool that was considerably larger than the ones we had passed. Keeping our guards up we came closer to it, alerting it's inhabitants. The first one that came out was not what either of us expected, it was an Elroe Gunesohka, one of the few things here that actually had a draconic appearance, with horns jagged scales, a snake like body with fire coming from its mouth. It also happens to be the evolution of the Elroe Gunerave, which is already an evolved form of the Gunerush and it was the closest thing to an actual Fire Wyrm.

Originally, she would have had no choice but to run away from it, but this time, the Gunesohka would have to retreat because she has been using the one thing that a Zoa Ele could use to kill most things in the labyrinth, Rot Attack. Due to her already having the Rot Nullification skills, she could use Rot Attack without care, if she didn't care for eating its meat, of course. Most people who would hear about the Rot Attribute would initially believe that it is just normal gradual decay or rotting of the body, but they would be wrong as the Rot Attribute uses the decomposition of matter as its base which is why it is said to be the attribute of death. After 3 slashes with her Rot imbued scythes, the Gunesohka crumbled to dust. "Remind me to not do that if I plan to eat any monsters." She tells me after seeing nothing remains from the victim of her attack, to which I nod and continue on our way.

As we walk, I open up my status to finally use my Status Points, mainly to add to my WIS and INT stats. Disabling Detection and all my other mental skills, I add 12 points to my INT stat, and wait for its effects to finish taking place and look to see my WIS stat has also shot up to join it and my physical stats at the 120,000 mark, which has heavily increased my EP and EP Regen.

[Status]

Name: Dante Isvalt

Class: The Gamer

Level: 29 Next LV: 23.29%

Title(s): Primate Slayer,

Race: High Human

Soul Stage: Ascendant—Low

HP: 1,666,500,000/1,666,500,000 (111,100,000/sec)

EP: 3,027,250,000/3,027,250,000 (1,084,383,000/sec)

STR: 111,100 <+0 >

VIT: 111,100 <+0 >

DEX: 111,100 <+0 >

INT: 121,090 <+12 >

WIS: 120,487 <+0 >

LUK: 110 <+0 >

CHR: 110 <+0 >

Elemental Affinity

Earth 100 Life 100

Air 100 Lightning 100

Water 100 Ice 100

Fire 100 Darkness 100

Light 100

SP: 336

Currency: 85,110

Taking a breath, I reactivate all my mental skills and find out just how much more powerful I am. I can hear the thoughts of every living being on the planet, even Potimas and the elves, and Ariel. I can detect every single thing on the planet, the state of this planet, as well as things in the distance between this planet and the next. I can feel the remnants of Sariel's body at the Bottom Stratum of the labyrinth. And lastly I can read the memories of every living being, meaning I can use all forms of magic and every single technique on the planet from now on. While this was going on, Shiraori continued to use her skills and made mention of the skill Wisdom, making me understand that she has gotten her Detection to LV 10.

Preparing for the alteration in the system, I detect the shift in MA energy around her as she gains the Wisdom skill. As that occurs, something else happens that baffles me at first, then puts a smile on my face.

[Notice. Wisdom-related skill detected from subordinate. Linking skill to Raphael's skill core.]

Noticing this, I attempt to delve into the W System to take any skills within the system and modify them to work even better in Shiraori's and my use than in anyone else's, and my attempt succeeded. I gained every magic skill in the system, leaving Heresy and Abyss magic, and analysed them, before reforming all their formulas to work more efficiently and effectively, then I gained every attribute attack skill, enhancement skill and nullification skill that I hadn't yet gained and maxed them all out on the spot. Then I gained all evil eye skills so that Shiraori wouldn't have to spend her skill points on them. And finally I used Raphael to optimize and synthesize all the skills. "Notifications."

[Notice. New skills gained.]

[Attack Enhancement (Passive) LV MAX]:

[All Damage is increased by 1000%.]

[Status Condition Enhancement (Passive) LV MAX]:

[All Status Condition skills and attacks are enhanced by 1000%.

Chance to cause Status Condition increases by 90%.]

[All Attribute Enhancement (Passive) LV MAX]:

[All Attribute related skills are enhanced by 1000%.]

[Medicine Synthesis (Active) LV MAX]:

[The ability to create medicines for different conditions.

At MAX level, user can create All-Cure medicine, Panacea.

Medicines available:

Antidote (Poison),

Stimulant (Exhaustion),

Anti-paralytic (Paralysis),

Gorgon Repellent (Petrification),

Healing Medicine (Health),

Blessed Medicine (Curse),

Medicine (Disease),

Panacea (All).

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Fire Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate fire and flames.

All fire based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Flame,

Blazing Spear,

Fireball,

Flame Wall,

Eruption,

Heat Haze,

Scorched Earth,

Blazing Meteor,

Salamander's Breath.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Water Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate water.

All water based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Water Shot,

Water Wall,

Water Slicer,

Water Prison,

Water Dragon,

Tsunami,

Lost Mist.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Earth Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate earth.

All earth based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Earth Spear,

Earth Wall,

Sandstorm,

Earthen Hold,

Earthquake,

Meteor.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Ice Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate ice and cold.

All ice based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Ice Spear,

Freeze,

Diamond Dust,

Cocytus,

Freezing Chains,

Ice Mold.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Darkness Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate darkness.

All darkness based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Shadow Dominion,

Shadow Dimension,

Dark Bolt,

Spear of Darkness,

Black World,

Dark Hands,

Black Blade,

Black Flame,

Dark Binds,

Black Lightning,

Black Hole.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Wind Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate wind.

All wind based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Wind Blade,

Wind Spear,

Tornado,

Wind Sphere,

Tailwind,

Silencing,

Megaphone,

Binding Wind,

Sky Fall.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Lightning Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate lightning.

All lightning based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Lightning Bolt,

Ball Lightning,

Lightning Blade,

Chidori,

Kirin,

Keraunos,

Lightning Spear,

Mjolnir,

Lightning Beast,

Zeus' Rage,

Lightning God's Armor,

Speed of Lightning.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Light Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate light.

All light based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Light Beam,

Light Flash,

Light Spear,

Herald of Light,

Light Field,

Megiddo,

Invisibility,

Helios Beam.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Poison Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to create and manipulate poison.

All poison based spells are enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Poison Touch,

Poison Fog,

Poison Resist,

Narcotic Bullet,

Poison Shot,

Paralysis Shot,

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Recovery Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to help in recovery to one's peak state.

Spells Learned:

Healing Touch,

Flame of Life,

Healing Waters,

Invigorate,

Status Recovery,

Rejuvenation.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Spatial Magic (Active&Passive) LV MAX]:

[The ability to use magic to manipulate space.

All spatial Magic is enhanced by 1000%.

Spells Learned:

Coordinate Specification,

Coordinate Fixation,

Spatial Storage,

Blink,

Gate,

Mass Teleport,

Teleport,

Space Expansion,

Space-Time Barrier,

Singularity,

Space Compression.

EP Cost: Variable.]

[Spatiokinesis (Passive and Active) LV MAX]:

[The ability to freely manipulate space.

Range is affected by skill level, INT and WIS.

Consumes no resources.]

[Evil Eye Emperor (Active) LV MAX]:

[The combined power of multiple evil eyes, brought under the power of an Emperor.

Comprises of the following:

Evil Eye of Curse,

Evil Eye of Madness,

Evil Eye of Paralysis,

Evil Eye of Petrification,

Evil Eye of Discomfort,

Evil Eye of Fear,

Evil Eye of Pain,

Evil Eye of Charm,

Evil Eye of Hypnosis,

Evil Eye of Annihilation,

Evil Eye of the Elements,

Evil Eye of Soul Crush,

Evil Eye of Warping,

Evil Eye of Sealing,

Evil Eye of Stupefaction,

Evil Eye of Anti-magic.

EP Cost: Variable.]

After inspecting the skills I had gained, I channeled the knowledge of these skills into Shiraori's mind and giving her every single Evil Eye skill, helping her gain every Magic and Enhancement skill that existed in the W System causing her to stop walking. Some minutes later, after she had finished sifting through all the skills and sorting out her emotions, she looked at me. "How did you do this?" She asked with her scythes shaking. "The link we have is between our souls. Raphael is a skill that is embedded in my own soul and is a Wisdom skill that is higher tier than what this world's Wisdom is capable of being. The similarities between them plus the fact that Raphael is stronger, your connection to the W System and the fact that you have ruling class privileges as a result of some of the skills you have, gave me something of a backdoor access into the W System, allowing me to use Raphael to learn skills directly from the system without me being a part of it. So I did and sent you the skills to help ease your progress." I explained looking toward a pool of magma where an Elroe Gunerave was swimming toward us. "Thank you. Really, thank you." She says while sniffling and wiping her eyes.

She eventually calms down and tells me about the prompts she received when she gained Wisdom, which of course, brought up D, the nature of this world and her role in this world. "If I had to guess, this Administrator D may have had a hand in your reincarnation, but we can't be sure just yet." I tell her, building up her suspicion and caution towards Administrators as a whole. Interrupting us however, was the Elroe Gunerave that reached us and spat out a stream of fire at the both of us, which I manipulate to join one of the fire based Spiral Energy Bombs I have hovering around us. Shiraori on the other hand, annoyed by its actions, jumped at it and and used Poison Attack on it by stabbing into its head with her scythes, killing it. But I knew that this wasn't over just yet. "Shiro-chan, keep your guard up, there's more than just that one, a lot more." I said as I had sensed 2 other Gunesohka and about 10 Guneraves coming with one and the other with 5 Guneraves, 7 Gunerushes and 3 Gunesevens. "Looks like you're going to have to start using magic, Shiro-chan. Think you can work it out?" I asked her, pulling all the bone javelins from my inventory.

"Well, there's 3 of me now, so I don't see the issue, except for the fact that my MP is not so high to deal with as many of them at a time." She says as she starts creating multiple formulas for Poison Shots and one large one for Poison Fog. "Don't worry about your MP, I've already linked it to my pool, so go crazy with it." I say as I imbue every javelin with different attributes, apart from Heresy and Rot.

Finally, after 2 minutes of waiting, they begin to attack. The Gunesohkas come out of the magma and release fireballs at both of us, to which I used my Ice Bomb to intercept causing an explosion of steam which Shiraori mixed in her Poison Fog spell, causing it to spread farther and faster, giving every one of the Wyrms a Poisoned status. The Gunesevens, unable to bear the poison died first, with 4 of the Gunerushes following after, with the rest developing Poison Resistance, and the Gunesohkas and Guneraves only receiving poison damage but not getting resistance just yet. Seeing this, she uses Poison Synthesis to create a few orbs of poison around her that she tosses on the Gunesevens killing them, before she fires multiple Poison Shot spells at the Guneraves and Gunesohkas, but they used Heat Clad to evaporate the poison. I use my threads to wrap around the joints of the Gunesohkas and immobilize them while firing the javelins into their limbs and digits. They roar in pain which gives me the chance to forcibly keep their mouths open by using threads, and Shiraori seeing the opening, pounces and directly deposits 3 orbs each of Deadly Poison into their mouths and soaks the javelins in their bodies with even more poison, but this unfortunately doesn't finish them off.

It seems that this was the straw that broke the camel's back as she used one of the more dangerous poison spells, Narcotic Bullet, on all the remaining enemies and asks me to drag them all into a line, which I do. She uses Narcotic Bullet again to make absolutely sure that they can't put up any resistance to their executions. She then forcibly opens the mouths of each of the Guneraves and deposits more poison into their mouths, one by one with a smile on her face. After she finishes off the Guneraves, she turns over to the Gunesohkas to finish them off as well. Walking up to the first one, she forces its mouth open and dumps 5 orbs of poison down its throat to make sure it cannot survive and she repeats this with the other, after which she breaks out into villainous laughter which causes me to smile. Using Analytical Appraisal, I see that she has gotten the Demon King, Intimidation and Wyrm Power skills as well as the Wyrm Slayer and Fear Bringer titles. "Hey, Shiro-chan. Ever wanted to try a Dragon Steak?" I ask her as I sit and bring out the utensils from my inventory. "Yes, please." She says in a singsong voice. I notice that she no longer has any aversion to me calling her affectionately, causing me to smile while nodding. 'Just some more time and we'll be there.' I think to myself while cooking the best meal that we'll have had since we entered the labyrinth. Today was a good day.

Chapter end.