Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Five – 175There were plenty of notifications from his recent battles, and when Felix let the floodgates loose they poured in. A veritable storm of System energy flooded his core before being spun back out as golden flame.
Unfettered Volition is level 43!
Voracious Eye is level 43!
Meditation is level 46!
Shadow Whip is level 38!
Stone Shaping is level 40!
Wrack and Ruin is level 39!
Corrosive Strike is level 40!
Unarmed Mastery is level 40!
Dodge is level 44!
Exploration is level 35!
Dual Casting is level 32!
Oathbinding is level 21!
Influence of the Wisp is level 41!
Invocation is level 17!
So many Skills, Felix thought as the thrum of power coursed through his channels. He forgot, sometimes, how wide a net he had cast in that regard. He even had a couple that hit Apprentice Tier, a milestone that felt somewhat lackluster after all the rest. With a flex of his Will (no, my Intent), he truncated the presentation of Apprentice Tier ups. The System seemed amenable enough to changes like that, and the blue boxes merely flickered before reappearing.
Mana Manipulation is level 37!
Apprentice Tier!
You Gain: +5 WIL, INT, INE
Abyssal Skein is level 28!
Apprentice Tier!
You Gain: +10 to PER, EVA, FEL
Make an Entrance is level 37!
Apprentice Tier!
You Gain: +3 INE, MIG, ALA
There. Short and concise.
Without warning, there was a piercing pain in his core, like the tearing of a muscle that got progressively worse.
Intimidation is level 12!
...
Intimidation is level 24!
Agh! Broken Skill! Felix still had a number of those, but this was the only one that wasn't a weapons Skill of some kind. He didn't recall intimidating anyone, but supposed that was more a matter of perspective. It burned in the dark, dripping sparks of light like blood as it cut through the happy haze of leveling so many other Skills. I'll have to sunder this one soon. It's not even that useful...
Luckily, there was more to distract himself.
Ravenous Tithe is level 54!
Congratulations! You Have Reached Journeyman Tier in Ravenous Tithe!
You Gain:
+5% STR
+5% REI
+...
Felix considered his options and gripped an Essence with his Will, yanking it into his core ring of liquid flame. The sense of grim certainty that pulsed from it was a tidy match for his vast, hungry Skill.
Rare Essence Detected During Formation!
[Essence of Dustbringer]
Broken Path and Fatebreaker Titles Found! Journeyman Tier Bonus Added!
Calculating Effects...
Choose a Feature:
Annul - The Way to Break
Vigor - The Way to Be
Conductor - The Way Between
Felix, gripped by the flow of his choices, let his Mind maneuver through the options. Annul, to break, to cancel, was tempting. His current Mind was the Godeater Mind, and that suggested breaking gods themselves. Seemed fitting if insanely ambitious.
Vigor was sort of the opposite, a word that meant life and vibrancy. Yet Felix had learned a law of magic in his studies, and it was that "like called to like." Would Tempering his Hunger with Vigor mean he'd draw in more benefits from what he devoured?
The last seemed the most arcane, yet it was compelling as all the rest. A conductor could transmit energy from one place to another, like a lightning rod. But it was also the word used for those who directed symphonies and orchestras. In a world where music itself was magic, that was almost too much to pass by. If it meant what he hoped.