Chapter 583: Bolts

Chapter 583: Bolts



What fascinated Sylas the most about this technique was that it didn't work with a unique Aether. It used neutral Aether, and it was also an advanced application of Aether skin.

Sylas had to learn how to apply Aether skin himself by observing others and had never really had systematic training. But looking at the concepts in <Vortex Capture>, he realized that he had quite some room for improvement.

'I should also change the way I view Aether as well. It's not just a separate energy of the world; it is the world. It's the very energy that decides even how much particles vibrate in the air.

'When I expel Aether from a region, I form a vacuum because all the air in the region is Aether and Aether is the air...'

That made Sylas realize something else.

In that case, if space was a vacuum, then there was likely no Aether between planets.

By extension of that conclusion, that must also mean that there was something special about planets, or most accurately, Summoned Worlds, that allowed them to create or store Aether. 'Maybe this is related to what I'll need to help Earth complete the Summoning...'

Sylas' gaze flashed as he remembered something else important.

If the Ninth Summoning failed, a planet wasn't just booted into eternal damnation. Instead, it was forced under the leadership of another world.

Sylas was very curious about how that process worked. Maybe if he could observe it, he would be able to find the answers he needed without paying the Madness Key.

But if he was in that situation, all hope would be lost anyway. So in all likelihood, he would never get such a chance.

'Hold on...'

A flash of inspiration hit Sylas in tidal waves.

'Overlord Races! There has to be some sort of connection...'

Sylas stood in silence, his mind mulling over several things.

Overlord Races were chosen by the system to lead a planet into their new age. Because they were favored by the system, they could level up with ease. All Sylas needed to do to reach Level 1 and beyond was just absorb a Demon or Beast Core. It wasn't difficult at all, though depending on his Class it might take many more than others.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The reason this was important was that it felt so analogous to the situation with worlds.

If Earth failed the Ninth Summoning and became a subordinate to another world, then they would surely lose their Overlord Race status.

By extension, didn't that mean that the favoring of the system was inextricably linked to the successful Summoning of a world?

[Explosive Bolt (F+)]

[Level: 20]

[Ability: Explosive Surge]

[Damage is doubled]

[Limit: 2000 Attack]

[Durability: NA/NA]

[Cost: 2,000]

[Ice Bolt (F+)]

[Level: 20]

[Ability: Ice Surge]

[Ice encasement forms in a 10-meter radius with Defense equivalent to Attack]

[Limit: 2000 Defense]

[Durability: NA/NA]

[Cost: 2,000]

Sylas bought the most of these two bolts.

They were designed to be used with ballistae and scaled as such. Explosive Surge, for example, was meant to scale with the Attack stat of a ballista unit. If a ballista unit had 1000 Attack, the bolt would allow it to exhibit twice that and do 2000 Damage instead.

As for the Ice Bolt, it froze everything within a 10-meter radius within an ice prison that had a Defense that scaled with the Attack of the ballista unit. That meant that if a ballista unit had 1000 Attack, then the ice prison would also have 1000 Defense.

Unless someone could generate 1000 Strength or Attack while frozen in place, it would be impossible to escape, and they might even die from the chill itself.

Sylas didn't hesitate to buy 10,000 of each, plowing through an entire 40 million Coins in a

single sitting.

But these were just meant to be his most basic and frequently used ballista bolts.