Chapter 322

Analyzing Titania’s soul was a challenge, which was why I invested most of my Purified Spark into my stats.

[-8,645,700 Purified Spark]

[+45 All Stats]

But, even with my increased capability, analyzing it was a challenge.

As we studied the mysterious elemental energy — which we decided to name Elemental Spark — that had been infused in Titania’s soul, we reached a conclusion.

For all its similarities with the Divine Spark, It was impossible to remove, and almost as impossible to control. Worse, it didn’t react to Tantric, removing most of my tools from the play.

Luckily, Titania was still stabilized, preventing a potential disaster. But, it was only temporary.

“It looks like I’m going to have to take the risk,” I said to her with a sigh.

“Are you sure?” Helga answered. “Her situation is still stable. Maybe we could find a solution.”

“Maybe, but I’m not as hopeful,” I admitted. “For all the similarities, the Elemental Spark has none of the features that make it easy to bond with the human soul,” I said. “It’s clear that they come from the same source, but without the filtering that the Divine Spark receives during its creation process, it’s far more volatile.”

“Still, we’re making progress —” she started, only for me to silence her.

“No, you’re making progress,” I admitted. “Let’s be honest, without the Tantric working, I’m not exactly a good researcher. It’s far more efficient for you to stay here while I finally try to infiltrate the Eternals,” I said.

“How are you going to do it?” she asked.

“Easy, I’m going to infiltrate one of their recruitment teams,” I said. “The other soldiers that I tracked already revealed a few bases, and infiltrating them is very easy. I had already walked around the bases easily,” She looked at me doubtfully. “Well, it’s easy if you can fake soul spaces instantly,” I corrected. “Most of their access points are reliant on checking a specific soul-space signature, and I can fake it easily enough.”

Which was a big security gap, but I didn’t blame the Eternals for it. After all, who would have guessed that their unique achievement would have been invalidated?

“Are we sure that we’re going to find the answers about the Elemental Spark there?” she asked.

“Inevitably,” I answered. “There has to be a reason why the elementals are desperately trying to invade this plane while not bothering with the others,” I said, revealing my approach. Then, after one last kiss, I teleported away.

Right in the middle of one of the recruitment bases, an illusion already covering my face perfectly. After my improved stats, the illusions I used looked real ... not that it mattered. The guards at the teleportation room just checked my identity through their artifact, and a tendril of mana touched my fake soul space, which perfectly copied the soldier I had replaced.

I didn’t care much about the base itself as I moved forward. A turn through a corridor, and soon, I was at the room where the new recruits had been held. A little adjustment to the paperwork, was an illusion, and I was among the crowd.

No one even noticed it. After all, the new recruits consisted of hundreds of people, all waiting to be transported into the main base to expand their soul space forcefully. And, once they leveled up, they would be brought to one of the trial grounds — like the one I had stumbled on when I met with my dragon friend — to see which ones would survive the transformation without going berserk.

A journey I wouldn’t be joining them.

I needed to reach their base.

At first, I thought it to be accidental, that whatever Eternals using to control the mana lacked control, but the more I examined, the more I realized the problem had a different source. There were two controllers for the mana.

One controller did its best to stabilize the flow, while the other did its best to turn it into a destructive mess, trying to destroy every single System user.

I already had a feeling about the identity of the second controller ... but, I realized that it was not a one-way process.

YOU’RE HERE, SAVE ME! FREE THE ELEMENTAL LORDS!

The words echoed in my mind, showing that I had been detected. That would have been bad enough ... if it wasn’t accompanied by a sudden shift. The city teleported again, but this time, we weren’t anywhere at the main material plane, but floating in Primordial Aether directly.

The creatures rushed forward, while at the same time, a huge army of elementals rushed from all directions, flooding from the primordial aether, and forcing the city to defend.

Fuck.

{Strength: 160 Charisma: 160

Precision: 160 Perception: 172

Agility: 160 Manipulation: 170

Speed: 160 Intelligence: 220

Endurance: 231 Wisdom: 192}

{Purified Divine Spark: 725,291}

{ADDITIONAL SPARKS

Twilight - Chosen 30

Nature - Chosen 10

Knowledge - Chosen 10}

{GODDESSES

Elven Goddess

Goddess of Knowledge

Twilight Archangel

Goddess of the Forge}