Chapter 1268: Greatest Hegemon of Sorcerous Mana

Chapter 1268: Greatest Hegemon of Sorcerous Mana



When Skullius first created [Infinite Sword God] by combining a collection of skills, its unique, compound nature - how it had multiple sword styles packed into it – had prompted the guidance field to advise Skullius to make it into a Hidden Class.

(A/N: Refer to Ch.991)

The Hybrid Warmoth, after learning that that was still an option for the skill an hour ago with his alter memories, had immediately decided that [Infinite Sword God: Primordial Sword] would work better in the hands of Pherdanta.

Before, when the Unlimited Stars were simply the Unlimited, she had been the only one to not have a Hidden Class. Hers was an Advanced Swordsman Class that allowed her to seamlessly merge two or more swords to create a single, unique one provided that she fully understood the properties of all the swords. The Class also had the added quirk that made living things oblivious to Pherdanta's existence until she interacted with them.

Even though Pherdanta had grown so much with just this, Skullius knew she would be much better off with a Hidden Class, especially one of the calibre he was granting her right now. Pherdanta instantly felt the skill sink into her. She was alarmed and amazed at the same time. She hadn't expected to receive a skill on top of Skullius' two swords.

The two swords were already artefacts she had considered exceedingly unique, not to mention extremely dangerous. She had never seen them in action, but when Serenity had explained all of the possessed Skullius' abilities and weapons to her master within the Timemould Mirror Box, Skullius had shared all that information with the Unlimited Stars as well, just in case.

Pherdanta felt that the skill her master was giving her was likely the same one Skullius had explained to them before.

She barely managed to contain her excitement. She was eager to protect her image as the Commander of the Stark Troops.

The Stark Constellation on her forehead sparked furiously.

Skullius smiled. He felt Pherdanta's intense gratitude and joy.

'Thank goodness giving skills isn't so hard for me anymore,' he thought. 'The old me would have been stuck with all these skills better suited for my subordinates.'

With [Wealth of Spoils], Skullius had never been able to give skills freely to anything other than objects. But after his experience in the battle across the Central Boundary, and his battle against a master of souls like Actuass, he learned to imprint skills on the soul rather than on the body. As the body learned from the soul, it would quickly learn the information of the soul - in this case, skills.

In the last two months, Skullius had discovered that the more compatible a skill was with the receiver, the quicker the body of said receiver extracted the skill and branded it on itself; the longest it had taken for a compatible skill to be branded to a yearning body from a soul was two hours!

'Pherdanta should be able to use it soon,' he thought, 'but then again...'

Skullius did something else while he was still in contact with Pherdanta.

'I might not be as efficient with Exora Amras yet, but I can still cheat as much as I want with mana!'

With a grin, Skullius activated [Greatest Hegemon of Sorcerous Mana]!

Once again, the Stark Troops were left stumped.

They were shielded from adverse influences by the Stark Constellation; their souls,

particularly.

Their bodies were reinforced by the Intemperable Shell, a makeshift Immortal Physique.

And now, they had tremendous reserves of mana to use for attacks? Pherdanta nearly faltered when she felt the mana cores within her blaze in gold.

Her physical qualities instantly became far more formidable than before.

Withholding tears, she grabbed the swords still suspended in the air, waiting for her to claim.

"I... We will not disappoint you, Master! Even in death, we will serve!" she cried passionately.

At once, all the other Stark Troops chanted the same, their bodies radiating with vicious volumes of mana. A fire was lit in them that even they didn't know could burn so fiercely. Even Timmit was chanting, giddy about the recent boons. Bubbles joined him in his jubilance.

Skullius smiled.

Thirty-nine minutes later, he began walking towards the exit of the Empyrean Hatcher,

Beyrmir following after him. His Troops made way.

Midway, Skullius beckoned Elita and Kintar to him.

When the latter reached him, he grabbed her head and simultaneously performed two actions:

he used a Creed to duplicate [Greatest Hegemon of Sorcerous Mana], and gifted the copy to

Kintar.

The short, wide-faced woman felt the skill swim through her at once.

Skullius gave a chuckle and said:

"Make sure you cheat as best as you can out there."