Chapter 165: Final preparations

Chapter 165: Final preparations

[Venerable physique of the primeval void] - Peak of the Shadow gathering realm :

The primeval void was born of the universes first shadow.

Shadow gathering realm :

A single hit cannot take away more than 99% of your maximum health.

You are 50% more resilient to explosions

You are able to see in extremely low light levels and to breathe light

You cannot be hurt by the cold and cannot be traced in the spirit realm

Shadows and light are two faces of a single coin.

Light forging realm :

Starting step : You no longer age.

First step : Your skin becomes tougher and opaque (0/1000%)

Second step : ???

Light forging realm unlocking requirement : possess ten divine essence or more.

Current divine essence (5) :

Scripture (1)Aphenoreth (1)Dread (1)Sorrow (1)Ormoncleth (1)

Ten. If you think about what each of those represents Thats an absurd number.

Thats going to take a while unless I start murdering every saint and apostle I come across. With Zereis help, I could probably get one or two from the pyramid. I have to assume that killing Scriptures Oracle could give me one. Thats still two or three of them missing.

I guess the training for this one stops here. I wonder how good the Light forging realm will be. To no longer age is middling at best. Leveling up already helps with that. Though I suppose it could help in the long run Tougher skin is nice, especially if its 1000%; but Im not so sure about the opaque part. I guess skin is slightly see-through, but why would the skill specifically want to avoid that? So that I can no longer see my veins? I guess that would also mean no light gets to my eyes when theyre closed Yeah, I dont really see the point.

Maybe the later steps will require that somehow?

Sofia shared the description around.

Too bad. I found it funny to see you do these dumb things to train. Back to watching you summon blood into the sea, I guess?

Exactly, yes, and you're back to the phasing doors; how is [Planar shift] progressing, yes?

Level 12

Sofia lost count of the weeks of training. Sometimes they would go out to train against random monsters and put into practice what they learned.

When she wasnt doing that or mindlessly emptying her mana into a new spell, she was also training to fight with Zerei. It was hell. Zerei was an efficient but merciless teacher. Sofia was confident that if she didnt need to be so mindful of her mana spending, Zerei would have her put on the runes and kill her during the bouts.

Nevertheless, the results were clear, whether in her actual combat abilities or on her status page.

Name : Sofia Aphenoreth

Age : 21

Class : [Saintomancer] The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.

Level : 199

Health : 7355 / 10995 (5*level + 5000 filter2 + 5000 Minor Health Candy)

Stamina : 28 / 3662 (5*level + 1000 filter2 + 1667 Minor Strength Candy)

Mana : 12 / 89000 (-10000 Alith) (-5000 Scribe Link) (5000 base + (500*(level-1)))

Lv.199 Pareth (Holy Alpha Ogre Eclipse Skeleton)Lv.199 Alith (Maiden Banshee)Lv.199 Book of Skeletons (Book)

Hes gone, yes. From the information I have, he left at around the same time you said the Fox Saintess should have left. Nobody knows when either of them will come back. Its too bad; I wanted to meet them both, yes. They might even be older than me.

Then were left with the plan to use this, Sofia continued while taking out the Miners scroll.

You never told me what were after with this, Alith quipped.

Because I dont know, we dont know.

Let me explain, yes. Since it lets us search for a mineral vein. If you want the rarest metals you can find without going into the more dangerous areas of the planet, there are three choices with this scroll. Either you go for Orichalcum and hope to find a gigantic vein, in which case, if youre lucky enough, we could make several armors out of it, yes. Or we go for Mithril, and the average size of the Mithril veins is much, much smaller, but its also more precious. With enough of it, we can make terrific weapons, yes. The last choice, we go for Mithrium.

Mithrium?

Mithrium is the fusion of both Mithril and Orichalcum. Its properties are stronger, and its the best thing you can get here, yes.

But? Alith asked because there was obviously a problem with it.

But its so rare that even finding a bit of it to track down with the scroll might take forever. And the vein could end up being minuscule, yes.

If its so good, cant we mix the two metals and make it ourselves?

Also a question I had.

No, Mithrium was never artificially recreated, not that I know of. And I searched while I was in Hooasow. The latest theories are still the same as in my time, yes.

Which would be?

Mithrium cannot be created anymore. We think the conditions of existence used to be different enough that it allowed such an impossible alloy. And now it has become impossible, yes.

Sofia also still had a question, Wouldnt all of it already have been found then?

A valid concern, but its properties make it hard to find unless you stumble upon it through blind luck. And also The higher levels do not care about it. Why would they when their own body performs worlds better than this ever could?

That

Is a good point

In the end, the trio couldnt decide what mineral would be the best to search for, so Sofia decided to ask Karlson. Because who better than a blacksmith to give an opinion on that?

Past the initial surprise at Zereis appearance, Karlsons opinion was clear-cut.

Orichalcum. Not even a question. Go for the pink stuff. Why? The veins are huge. Always. Theyre rare, but if you find one, youve struck it rich. Mithril comes in small pockets, geodes. Youre gonna get scammed if you search for that. And Mithrium is out of the question. Yes, its worth a thousand times more than Mithril by the gram. But thats the thing; you weigh it by the gram. Youd be lucky if your vein is larger than your thumbnail.

Its that bad, yes?

Yep. Just go for Ori; Im serious. Theres no way this isnt the option that gets you the most money. Id even go so far as to say, first go to the highest mountain in the northern chains and then use it. Since it locates the nearest, this is where they should be biggest in the area. There are dangerous monsters there, but with someone at Kulis level with you, this wont be a problem.

Is he that confident well hit a big vein?

What if the vein is small?

That basically never happens. On the off chance that it does keep digging, its pretty much guaranteed youll find at least a decent-sized one nearby. You could even get a Mithril node or two if you're lucky.

Speaking of digging Should we bring a pickaxe or something like that? I mean, we do have the Mithril weapons, but we know very well how slow that is.

Just have Ma'am' Apostle over here punch the stone a few times? Doubt some mere stone could stop her. Honestly, you could probably do it yourself too. Dont worry about damaging the metal. As long as it doesnt disappear, I can work with it.

I think I can do that, yes. Will you be available to help these two fledglings craft some armor? We should be done in a day or two at most. I will be the one to enchant them. I can teach you some runecrafting while doing so if you wish.

Of course, it would be a pleasure Just dont tell my wife Im crafting with someone else

Karin helps at the smithy too? Shes already got her hands full with the financial management.

Not as often as she used to

Karlson was right. The Orchichalcum vein they found was massive. Enough to make at least three armor sets. Dopple ate well, and Zerei covered Sofias armor in so many utility and protection enchantments there was no way to add any more, even if Knowledge Himself tried. Thanks to the shade dust, they even managed to dye it perfectly black.