Chapter 156 - 1 Month Later

After I had escorted the three of them to their location and left after realizing there were no more assassins, I went back to the teleportation hub and took the "1 Person" line rather than going to the carriages again.

I went through the same experience again where I would be mesmerized by the scene while completely tuning out all the rings and notifications that would show up, and to my dismay, Analysis had decided not to tell me anything about what was happening after I left the teleportation hub.

A few minutes later a passerby would be able to see a golden laser-like light shooting through the forest at speeds where, by the time one would realize what had happened, they would only be able to see the golden trail left behind.

'I never knew reaching 50% in the divine energy assimilation would bring out this kind of effect' I thought while feeling an enormous amount of energy being circulated within my body.

Now that I had reached 50%, I had become able to use a fraction of the divine energy I have without the use of my eyes.

While before arcane energy would be considered my secret weapon due to it having remnants of divine energy in it, now it had become the trump-est of trump cards. This is due to the fact that arcane energy is able to bring out pure mana instead of mixing it with an element. While yes, one might have a certain attribute of mana, an example being Olivia's Fire and Air mana, arcane magic would simplify it to its purest form, that being pure mana.

In my case, my 'pure' mana was actually just divine mana, therefore concluding that I could use my divine mana in the form of arcane magic.

So you might be asking "Hey Atlas, what is arcane magic?"

Well, I have the answer for you little boy! Arcane magic is the purest form of mana like I had explained before, but that is not it. Due to it being pure mana, it means you can use it to do things such as runesmithing, making spells more efficient an example is instead of using 100 units of mana on a fireball, you could use 80 instead because the spell had become more efficient.

The simplest way to remember it is the rule of energy, and this is where there will always be wasted energy in whatever you want to do. An example is a light bulb, and while it may use 70% of its energy to give light, the other 30% would be the heat emitting from the light bulb, therefore being regarded as wasted energy.

This is also the moment where I had an epiphany of sorts.

When I had teleported almost 3 years ago when I had awakened, I was using the purest form of divine mana, therefore concluding again that I had used a form of arcane magic.

This meant that arcane magic was being used in the day to day life, an example being the teleportation runes, enchantments, and many other things in our day-to-day lives.

The final thing I had found out about arcane magic is that with it, I can control mana to a very high degree. An example would be creating those tentacles from before, a golden blade or even spikes made out of divine mana. At the same time, I can inject arcane magic into other spells to either take control of them or disperse them by reversing the flow of mana within them. Of course, taking over a spell would take an enormous amount of mana, something I do not have while dispersing them would also take a lot of mana, but not as much as taking control of the spell.

Anyway, I finally reached the city, went to Rose's home, and flopped on the bed while closing my eyes. Yes, I might not be tired at all, but sleeping was always good for the brain, right?

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*1 Month later*

In the middle of the ocean stood a significantly short man with tones muscles and tanned skin. He had no beard even though he looked like he needed one while at the same time he held a blade of his lovingly while striking it every now and then.

However, this did not take away from the concentration within his eyes as he looked at an enormous sphere that seemed to be made out of the blood and souls of different monsters, animals, and beasts combined.

Blood-curdling screams of different pitches came from the sphere, making everyone who could hear it feel constant shivers down their spines while shuddering to the core of their souls.

"Lord Chowdar!" A man walked along with the air towards one of the larger boats that had just arrived. There were only two people on it who looked mildly similar, that being Kaif Chowdar and his brother half brother, Melomo Chowdar.

"L-Lord Melomo! I did not see you there! Forgive me for not greeting you too" The man stopped mid-air and bowed with respect in his eyes. Both their gazes sent powerful waves of pressure onto him, making him feel even smaller than he already was.

"Is this it lieutenant?" A grumbling voice came from Melomo as an unpleasant expression shone on his face.

"Y-Yes my lord. We had expected you to come to a lot earlier in case something were to happen, but since everything had been fine so far, there shouldn't be many problems between you and the General." The man spoke sternly.

"Hehehe! Of course, I would be busy when I have such a beautiful wife" Kaif stroked his blade while sticking his finger at the hole at the bottom of the blade which made Melomo grunt in disgust and the man grit his teeth lightly.

"So why did you call us here?" Asked Melomo trying to change the subject.

"Oh, uhm, should we not wait for the rest of the group to come?" The man looked at Melomo with a hesitant expression. Melomo always had this dominating aura around him. His expression was that of a fierce king while even though being a dwarve, he had a large stature standing at almost 5ft 9. If that was not terrifying enough, over his bald head filled with bulging nerves, one could see a giant war-axe looming over, as if waiting for the next person to behead.

"Those guys? Give them a few more weeks, especially Kosmos.. I'm pretty sure he became a pot addict a few years ago. Poor him" Melomo shook his head lightly