BXBX NOVEL Chapter 247: Ancient History
Even the drops you held, it was because you are protected by Living Roots and now Lord Attire that they can\'t track you." She looked at him with seriousness, "That also means you are playing with fire when you use their blood in a fight, especially, now that you have a Curse Generator, that Hourglass Seed!"
Seth felt a chill down his spine before he looked at her strangely, "You are the one protecting me from them. Red is your domain, so you make sure they never smelt me or pinpoint me even though I used it a lot!"
She looked away with a smile and didn\'t answer. \'Is she in love with me?\' Seth wondered.
"How can I increase Bubble Escape!" Seth said. The skill was invaluable in dangerous situations.
"My father, the Red Ancient and Valley Chief refused to allow me to have that skill because it has a glaring weakness. Those who can trace you in drop form will attack you and that is when you are most vulnerable. In the future, it becomes useless because your enemies will be able to exploit that weakness. So, I won\'t recommend you rely on it. It\'s better to be a survivor than a vulnerable runner.
That means you should increase the potency of your blood with more essence and deny death. Good thing you are doing that already!"
"Oh, but… never mind."
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[Moonlight Stripe]
~Grade 4, Level: 1
~Use:
[Passive Skill]
(1)~Moon Absorption. (2)~Improve Movement under Moonlit Sky.
[Active Skill]
(1)~Moon Halo. (2)~Mirage. (3)~Moon Contractee
[Description]
[Moonlight Absorption: The stripes are constantly absorbing moonlight and the more one uses the skill the more powerful they become. Passive Skill]
[Improve Movement Under Moonlit Sky: Movements become easier and take less time the more one desires to achieve a set goal. Passive Skill]
[Moon Halo: Moonlight absorbed by the stripes will be emitted to encase you to create an Awe effect and recovery. Active Skill]
[Mirage: Create a duplicate mirage of you to confuse enemies or escape dangerous attacks. Active Skill]
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[Moon Contractee: Moonlit Stripe has bear witness when you took an Oath to take the Young Moon Dragon Spirit to the Moon. You can use Moon Crystal, Dust, and Dots as bargaining Tokens. Active Skill]
[Note: The more you use Moon Stripes skills, the closer you became to the moon]
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"You have a lot of movement buffs, you should capitalize on that. You should study all the movement buffs and propel them together then create an active skill."
"I have Walker as my Attribute. I think it was because of that!"
"Oh, that\'s good, improve on that. Also, Vela Dragon is a new class and an unknown variety. Make sure you study her Aspecto well. And make it your dominant pulse. That way the other Aspecto will be concealed."
She further explained that there were many Moon Dragons, Fire Dragons And Sound Dragons. As someone with Dragon Legacy and Aspectos, he can be traced easily and his ability can be seen effortlessly if he met any dragon of a similar race.
For example, if he met Fire Dragon, that dragon can see Seth better than Tree Dragon or any other dragon. But there was only one Velocity and Momentum Dragon thus Seth will not meet any of her kind that can read him with ease.
As such, if he makes her his dominant force, then he will mask his weaknesses.
"Moon Halo, Moon Contractee and Mirage are new. Mirage can replace my reliance on Bubble Escape." Seth commented.
"That\'s good. Let me see that Grade 1 book you made!" She said.
Seth handed it to her.
"Moon Halo seemed useless if you asked me. It just gave me great awe!"
"Haha. You are hilarious. Did you know what Halo is?"
"Ahm. A bubble of energy of superiority!" Seth said.
"A Sacred Ability only special people can get or those that are Grade 4 and above. You have had a halo since before grading up. That means you are more sacred than most now. And Halo represents Natural Order Approval, which means you are more likely to succeed in your endeavour than anyone else. Danger will come though, some monsters hunt Life Forms with Halo...
Look, Halo is the most Sacred Skill among your abilities, including Aura, Aspectos, and the others!"
"Oh. I remember it also protects the spirit!" Seth remembered.
"Yes. Can you make another Grade Rank item?" She asked.
"No, I\'m cursed by Temra to never make Grade Rank items!"
Immediately the red girl frowned and she said, "They all abandoned you while profiting from you, and yet you think the curse will stay. Bring her here, we might as well have her for dinner!"
Seth felt a chill due to the sudden change in Retina\'s temperament. This was exactly the brash Retina he knew.
[Temra Curse Lifted]
"What…. Haha. You scared her!" Seth laughed and Retina too burst into laughter.
[You can now Create Grade Rank Items]
"Good, I think I can make it!"
"Good. Finished the cloak analysis!" Retina said.
"Well, it was only the Moon Contractee. It allows me to like to use Moon-created items as a bargaining tool."
"I take back what I said, this is the most useful ability you have. But you have to tread with caution. For starters, all these items you made using Moon Crystal were somewhat a result of this skill. Because even in failure, it will increase the odds of success. To put it bluntly, these crystals are like Wish Dial, which you can use to obtain boons from the moon.
The danger is, if you wish too hard then you may bind yourself too hard."
Seth was about to speak when she shook her head, "I think I explained wrong. Let\'s say, in the contract you bargain to use 10 liters of Moon energy with no repercussions. Then you must not exceed that 10 litres. If you do, then it was like seeking beyond the contract and that means the moon can also demand something more. And I know exactly what the moon will ask of you!"
"That\'s why I\'m afraid of all these boons from the moon"
"You shouldn\'t, you just need to know the limits of what you can get that is within the contract agreement!"
Seth nodded while he made a mental note about how to quantify the Limit Value of his contract.
Softly, Retina began telling him a story, "You know the Red Ancient was old, even he doesn\'t know how old he is. Time seems too blurry in his mind. Long ago he made many enemies that sought his death!"
Seth grabbed his Scribe book and began writing using his own hand.
"They tried many things but failed. However, through their search for knowledge, they come across a solution—because he sat on the reign of Red Power, why not erase all red from existence and kill him!"
Seth\'s scribe as he nodded, he was already having an idea of what would happen and that was a massive failure.
"They succeeded!" Retina said and Seth looked at her surprised. She smiled and continued, "They converted every red colour, including blood and red light to something else and then attacked him. Sadly, by erasing Red, he somewhat became too powerful even for the world to contain. Now they can\'t even confront him let alone kill. That was the side effect of erasing Red."
She sighed as she caressed the BVB she wanted Seth to turn to Grade Rank before she continued, "The world forced back Red and he became normal again. But they didn\'t stop, they devised a plan and did it again. This time they employ another Chromatic Dragon that rules over another colour and does the same. The other dragon and Red Ancient became very strong again and they fought.
Father was tired, he wanted to just rest, he never intended to kill the other and such he was killed! In that era, almost everything became Red for years."
"And the other won, the group that planned it won!" Seth said.
"For a moment, yes. Sadly, after many years a story of a young red dragon that breathed red fire echoed in the world. Soon, it was revealed that it was the Red Ancient rebirth again!"
"It\'s expected. I take him to be the embodiment of Red and as a primordial colour he can\'t be erased."
"You are wrong. Father told me, he was a normal fire dragon when he was young. In his adventures, he realized most of his enemies are immune to fire due to the habitat being volcanic and fiery. Everyone has some kind of protection. So, he decided to just try some Miracle using his Dragon Tongue and began playing with red colour to move red lava and the alike. Before he knew it he ruled over Red Power.
He was sure of it that he wasn\'t born as a manifestation of some Red Primordial force!"
"Interesting, so he ascended there. Hmm. That Paper King said something that we are in the Lost Era because we do not focus on one thing but many. I think back then people focused on one thing till they reached greater height!"
"Well, yes. The rebirthed young Red Ancient lived till he reached his former power again. During that time he truly tries to survive the assassination attempt and death traps. However, his enemies realized that there was a way to stop him from reviving. He sat on the Red Throne that he created and now it was a Primordial Seat in the world and must be occupied.
If no one sat on it, then the World will never allow Red Ancient to perish completely!"
"So, they try again!"
"Yes, they killed him. Then began creating Red users across the world and elevated them fast. Few managed to approach the throne. About a millennia passed, a person sat on the throne and many more vying for it. At one era a genius was born that grew fast until he killed the Red King and sat again. The moment he sat, his past memories returned and he recognised he is Red Ancient.
And some of the people that aided him to win the war and contest were the very people that killed him and wanted him to stay dead."
"Interesting. Perhaps he indeed became part of nature!"
"No. My father said, there is true Primordial Nature and he was just an overpowered being that stood beside some of them. He isn\'t unkillable, just he doesn\'t know how to!"
"Is the mo…" Retina closed his mouth.
"Don\'t speak about other ancient beings if you are not connected with them or have some mutual understanding. You have the moon but I don\'t." She added, "You will come to know that pointing at who is Primordial or not is a game weaklings like us should not do."
"Some people believe that he is the Throne, so it must destroy and reforge new one but that was like destroying the world. Some believed that someone more powerful must be produced of the same domain to kill him. And when the new red ruler sat on the throne they must keep becoming strong until they reached a certain level to erase the Red Ancient!"
"I kinda think it was him playing around!" Seth commented that due to the Memory Fragment, he obtained and saw how the dragon was super bored with weaklings around him!
"I asked him that but he said, he wasn\'t!" She shook her head, "But it\'s true that he wants an heir that will surpass him and take his place."
She was silent before she added, "That\'s what Retina races for. We are meant to surpass him. But it\'s impossible, even the previous Red Races failed let alone us. Anyway, I will give you my final gift. The story I just told you is like a spell for red control."
Seth looked down and found that all the things he wrote had been erased. \'It\'s a heavy knowledge.
Ding
[Congratulations, you have met the condition to obtain Special Scribe Talent: Chronicler]
[Chronicler]
[Recording important events, detailing important figures, beings, and location lore have earned you to become Chronicler]
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"Hmm. I gained Chronicler Talent. It seemed very handy when it came to Event Documentation!" Seth muttered. He then checked the books that he used for Scribe and found the storytelling of events has changed compared to Scribe.
Scribe is more like writing whatever comes up in Seth\'s perspective mechanically with no insight into what the other person\'s emotions, intentions and state of health were. But now Chronicler expertly captures some traits that make it more appealing in storytelling.
Another thing was, Scribe slammed everything that happened, that was why his books filled a lot but now all unimportant parts were squeezed away and left the more important factors. Not only that as Seth read it, his mind began to vividly envision what happened.
"I might as well focus on the event with Takardaniya and the King!" Seth muttered.
He understood that the woman was shocked by what happened and so she rushed to the king to ask for an explanation. It turned out she was Royalty too.
Even after the King conveyed that Seth will be used for their freedom she refused to let go and tried to argue that he shall not be sacrificed. She held onto a tradition that guests are respected and must not be harmed. Seth was her guest and that means she was responsible.
Alas, she held no power, as she was forced to leave. She did contact other elders for support but they all apologized as they can\'t do a thing. That was when she felt the Presence of their true Lord awakening.
After that, anything about the Paper Lord was incoherent scribes.
"You should know whose event to record and to avoid." She warned before she handed the empty 1000 Base Virgin Book to Seth and asked him to turn it into a Grade Rank but using her as a main source of power.
Seth stood and stretched his limbs before he checked there was nothing wrong with his body. He checked his items and they were all intact but hoped to see the devices Takardaniya promised but there was none.
In all the danger he survived Seth gained a lot of reward but this one he got nothing.
He survived Living Roots and obtained Greencloak and residency. He survived the moon and obtained moon-related skills in his staff, cloak and himself. He survived Dark Sanctuary and obtained another Wandering Self. He survived Red Valley and obtained Red Manipulation, Red Stripe, Tangibility Worm and others. But here he got… nothing!
Seth walked out of the palace and observed the vast city carved from stone. There was no one, not even a bird but the whole Kingdom waiting to be claimed.
"At least I finished my quest!" Seth smiled before he realized what Retina was feeling.
She knew she would own this place but that means her adventure with him was no more.
Having those thoughts, Seth frowned, \'That\'s my own conjecture right!\' But his attention was pulled toward the floating book beside him. His Chronicler was active and as he read, her behaviour somewhat became transparent to him.
The first was her fear that he would die without her to protect him when he 2qw messing with the dragon\'s blood.
There was also the fact that she grew attached to him. His body was weak but his power was beyond comprehension. If he died that was a great loss.
Seth sighed before he brought the Script Marker and said out loud, "I might as well Mark this Kingdom as mine."
She chuckled and said, "Yes, your majesty!"
Seth bent and stuck the sharp point on the solid ground. It didn\'t enter but aura poured out from his body into the Marker to the floor. There was a slight tremor on the ground.
[Congratulations, you have Established Paperlace City as your Sanctuary]
[Script Marker has Grade up]
[Iron Marker]
~Grade 1, Level 0,
~Category: Script Device
~Owner: Seth Enoch
~Use: Establishment, Territorial View
[Description: A growth-type device that can mark or establish new Settlement]
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Seth\'s eyes flicker as he saw hazy Root Village, Temra Canyon and Vela Cave. At the same time, he saw the full view of the City from aerial sight.
"Retina Daughter of Red Ancient, daughter of Red Valley Chief," Seth called out with a thunderous voice, his Noble authority taking over his manners, "do you accept this Land as a home, a place you will dwell!"
[You wish to relinquish ownership of the Land?]
Retina sighed and she bowed, saying, "Yes, Lord Seth Enoch!"
Seth collected the Red Signature River Seed she took from him and he walked directly to the throne.
\'He is possessed by the Nobility he acquired again!\' She thought.
He reached there and placed it on the large marble throne and echoed.
"From this day forth, this Land, this City belong to, Retina, Red Eye Race, first of her kind and daughter of Red Ancient, The creator of Primordial Red Throne"
Ding!
[Retina Quest completion]
[The first of her kind, Red Eye Race, birth from the powers of Red Ancient. She is lost, afraid and in search of a place to belong. Beware she is kind to her friend but vicious to her enemies. Never cross her]
~Try and plant her river seed in Living Roots without it being consumed!
~Alternatively: You have given her a city.
[Note: It\'s recommended to do this after you have transitioned to the new class]
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The Seed sank into the throne and the pulse of Aura radiated. Then the Marker serves as the conduit that spreads the Seed Energy very fast, in doing so, it Grades up to 3 in a short time.
Seth felt his mind returned to normal and Nobility manners were gone. He turned and met with a sad Retina before she burst into a cry and ran toward him and hugged him.
"Don\'t leave. I will be strong enough to protect you. Together we can grow powerful."