[Strength: 54489.6>108979]
[Agility: 29543.8>59086]
[Constitution: 92899>185798]
[Vitality: 70216>140432]
[Intelligence: 27748>55496]
[Perception: 57986>115972]
[Extrasensory Perception: 29855>59710]
[Luck: 207>329]
[Aether Stats: 3815>12386]
[Grade 4 Aether Core: 5719>64389 points.]
[Reiga Core lvl 3>4.]
This was his progress since the onset of his training with Vexa, but half of the growth had taken place in the last few hours alone. The dramatic increase in his Aether stats, Aether Core and Reiga Core were almost entirely due to the forced absorption of all that Aether.
As for his Body Stats, they had increased significantly, but it was his Bloodline that was the greatest winner. It was already a little closer to its next evolution even if there was still a long way to go.
But the most astounding thing by far was his Aether Core and Reiga Core. This was the first time Jake had been in this configuration. Namely, having an Aether Core that gave him by default an Aether stat amplification so much greater than that of the local Aether density.
The last time this had happened was during his first Ordeal when his Aether stats had reached the cap of 100 in a world limited to an Aether density of 8. With such Aether stats, Jake could even tackle his Sixth Ordeal right now and he wouldn’t necessarily be at a disadvantage to the average Player.
“Unbelievable… So that was all I had to do to break the game.” Jake laughed sorrowfully as he explored his newfound power.
Quickly, though, he noticed a subtle change in his surroundings. The Aether density next to him had dropped. Instead of the 1000 points it had been before, the value was now 999.9 and was slowly but surely dropping.
He was appalled when he saw this. Until now he had always believed that the amount of Aether in a world could only go up and never down. Hade and Asfrid had long since noticed this anomaly while their leader was getting tortured and their expressions showed a certain urgency and concern as they flew over to him.
“I think it’s from the Grade 6 Aether Cores.” The Fluid Grandmaster gravely deferred.
“What makes you think that?” Jake arched a confused eyebrow.
” Just come and see…”
The trio flew to one of the three Aether Cores and Jake observed for the first time in his life a phenomenon that was only possible to witness on rare occasions: A lack of Aether.
To be exact, upon reaching Grade 6, the Aetheric pull of an Aether Core would become so strong that all Aether for kilometers around would be siphoned off at an ungodly rate. Until now, an inexhaustible source of Aether had always seemed to replenish the absorbed or consumed Aether in real time, making it impossible to notice any difference.
They had come to believe that Aether was unlimited. The Aether was, but the amount available at any given time was not. A Grade 6 Aether Core was enough to locally drain the Aether of a Fourth Ordeal World with an Aether density over a thousand times less.
Still, Jake noted that this was a slow process that would take several days. Thinking fast, he immediately came up with a quick fix: Keep the Aether Core moving, so that it would never siphon off the same location for more than a few seconds.