Ch. 108 Reunion

After a day of nonstop grinding of the whole dungeon and studying of the transformation skills I've already got 4 new scales and my [MistBubble] is up to 1cm³.

*Unnamed Race- MCloudWymling - Tyrant

Level: 83/83 Status: Bound

Exp: 1000%

Evolution: 4

Hp: 7234/8345

Mp: 7896/7896

Skills: [Mist Art] [Soul Art] [Draconic] [Light-1/10] [Healthy-5/10] [Sight-4/10] [Detect-5/10][Regeneration-5/10] [Weakest-10/10] [Binding- 5/10]*

Clearly it's time for my evolution. Alex you know what to do. I'm in severe pain... With a blink I have returned to my ghost like body in the void. Looking around I wanted to question what the next step in the evolution would be but Alex spoke first.

"No options this time. The last evolution could be considered a two parter so your gonna have to just continue down the tyrant path you picked." Oh ok. That's fine. But how am I gonna fix the mist production requirement I clearly don't have enough time.

"You literally just got an evolution skill to fix all things... Just fix it with a skill." What kinda skill could allow me to mass produce mist?

"Tons..." That's good to know. Welp... What's there to discuss?

"The nature of space and reality not having to be forced through by willpower?" Nah we can discuss something that doesn't make me look stupid. Maybe. No... Yeah I got nothing. I've done a lot of dumb shit.

"Correct. Luckily no one's watching." Someone watches everything. I think.

"You sound paranoid" Not at all just pragmatic.

"Pragmatism doesn't negate paranoia." That's true but for it to be paranoia it would require me to assume some sort of scheme or something that implies I'm more important than I really am or that someone is scheming against me in some way that implies some sort of jealousy or elaborate system in many cases. Which isn't just the belief that it's impossible to escape the eye of sentient creatures no matter what you do.

"You are here." Yes but so are you.

"The dungeon?" You and the sentient object.

"Nothing?" Nowhere.

"Huh, You got a point I guess. Still sounds paranoid though." Correct. This was all just a waste of time for the sake of talking with you.

"Why?" Cause I wanted to spend some time with you. Why not?

"The importance of time for everywhere but here." Well yeah I guess that is the case. Do sentient souls trapped in a void have a lifespan?

"Not yours." Ok that's interesting... Are there other sentient souls trapped in a void?

"Smaller voids or the actual void. All of them slowly dissipate over time unless they empower themselves with outside sources." And me?

"Would just sit here alone for eternity if you wanted too." Oh. That sounds insanely boring. Not to say I wouldn't enjoy your company but gotta have some sort of day to day right? Can't just sit and chat for eternity there's clearly not enough words.

"T'is the reason the universe exists." That seems poetic.

"You gonna go now?" In a bit.

Staring out into the infinite void with the company of the window I try to enjoy my little break for awhile before heading back. Yawning and stretching I pat my none existent butt after standing up and make a motion of heading to the door... No door. Luckily Alex helps me not look stupid.

Back in my own body I feel pain. Mostly pain. Looking around I realize it may be growing pains? I'm getting close to a real horses size. First time experiencing growing pains though... Looking around the body, I find no apparent changes. Status please Alex.

"Unnamed Race- MCloudDrake - Tyrant

Level: 1/83 Status: Bound

Exp: 0%

Evolution: 5

Hp: 8456/8456

Mp: 8334/8234

Skills: [Mist Art] [Soul Art] [Draconic] [Light-1/10] [Healthy-5/10] [Sight-4/10] [Detect-5/10][Regeneration-5/10] [Weakest-10/10] [Binding- 5/10]"

No major changes there... and Drake? Isn't that the half breed or inbred dragon? Well I guess my species was a degraded dragon bloodline. At least I'm not brain dead like the other drakes.

Move mist we must fight level more!!! Whilst it does that more meditation. Also I need to think about this skill to get mist. If only I could make my mist regenerate like mana. Hmm, can I just make my mist mana? or my mana mist? Hmm...

"That's called a mutation. Many species mutate their mana all the time. Especially humans. As they are born with pure mana so they have the easiest time mutating their mana. Usually it's the act of empowering your mana with something else. If you'd like to mutate your mana into mist I'd suggest developing a mana core. Otherwise your mist mana mutation may cause your entire body and soul to explode." Cool thanks for the info dude.

No chance of ever doing the mana core thing that's a sin against myself. Never gonna happen. So my best option is to find a way to do that without doing that. Can you explain how people create a mana core?

"Usually just pushing all their mana into one point before turning it into a thing and then slowly solidifying it." Ok... That's pretty basic. How do you solidify mana?

"Make it hard." Ok so I'll get my sexy underwear.

"What do they look like?" I was joking...

"Ok." Ok.

So I need to create a skill around that process while also negating the negative affects of it. I guess the vague process of solidifying the mana is what causes all the negative effects... so many... if I find a way to solidify it as a part of my body without that... Well... The only skill I have that can solidify stuff is my [MistScales] not to mention it's solid but not solid due to it binding even gasses into a solid. Hmm... However the scales aren't meant to convert mana into mist nor are they meant to make anything they only consume mist. So I need to use one of my existing scales as a template to reforge it with mana then somehow mix that with mist because I want to make it more mist then mana with mist... So gonna need a lot of mist.

A whole day of gathering mist and killing later I've finally got just about as much as I can gather as the whole dungeon is kinda full. Not to mention I've decided I'll use about three times more mist that is technically right next to the chosen mana reseptical. So my first step is fusing all 6 of my scales into the original one moving my progress back to 1 or maybe even 0... But it'll be worth it if I can create a mana pool with mist regeneration. I have a sad feeling due to how I'm doing this I'll lack all the negatives of the act but will also lack the infinite energy thing. If anything it may lower my energy pool and regneration speed however with my regneration ability that won't be a big deal. The process of fusing the 5 separate scales into the first one is extremely painful it's like ripping off fingernails and fusing them back on together. The hardest part was definitely the ripping off part. The fusing part hurt more but the collective contribution of 5 separate nails to rip off was worse then the great pain of the single fusing point. After that I forced all my mana into the scale while also quickly pulling in all the mist throughout the entire dungeon and mixing the mana and mist together inside the scale whilst it forms. By the time the dungeon has almost lost all it's mist I notice it's still not good enough and begin draining my health to create mist relying on regeneration to keep myself alive and looking at my health bottoming out and the mist isn't quite there yet I get kinda scared but just before it does the mana has pretty much entirely blended into the mist dispering perfect as the mist begins to glow and swirl and the scale begins to resolidify.

A new dark emerald scale appearing on my chest. Hey, Alex pull up the status please.

*Congratulations, new skill [True Scale]*

*Unnamed Race- MCloudDrake - Tyrant

Level: 4/83 Status: Bound

Exp: 68%

Evolution: 5

Hp: 356/8456

Mp: 2013/2013

Skills: [Mist Art] [Soul Art] [Draconic] [Light-1/10] [Healthy-5/10] [Sight-4/10] [Detect-5/10][Regeneration-5/10] [Weakest-10/10] [Binding- 5/10]*

Ok... so I'm about to die and have about a quarter as much mana... You gonna tell me Mp just means Mist points now?

"Correct." Right... K... Let's see the draconic skills.

*[MistScale] Level: Locked - Progress: 0/107999

[MistBubble] Space: 1cm³

[True Scale] Level 0/100 - Progress: 0%

Details: A pseudo mana core forged from dragon scales into a dragon scale.*

Hmm so yes it doesn't count the new True Scale as a part of MistScale. Then let's see how well this works... With a bit of a effort I push out this new mist points and with one point the entire heart room is flooded with mist as it continues to billow out of the room. Then I suck it all up to heal myself before I sit to wait for the points to refill. A minute later it's back up to either it refills every minute or it's 1 a minute... Attempting to create a scale I push the points out directly into the scale rather then out of my body it takes about a hundred mp to recreate a scale so I create a few more and begin to wait. An hour later I've recovered to max mana and create scales yet again. Already up to 40... This was definitely a good idea...

--- 6 Days later

With all my scales full I finally unlocked the level option of the [MistScale] and gotten my transformation ability.

*[MistScale] Level: 1 - Tempering Stage: Gaseous - Progress: 0/107999 - Three stages per level Gaseous/Liquidation/Solidification. Hidden Traits Available.

[PollyMist] Level: 1 - 20%/180% - Progress: 0/100000 The ability to change the size of the body.*

So now I'm down to small dog size again 1 foot tall. As opposed to the 5 foot I got to after getting my cap level to 100. Alex status please.

"Unnamed Race- MCloudDrake - Tyrant

Level: 100/100 Status: Bound

Exp: 1000%

Evolution: 5

Hp: 100%

Mp: 45/3345

Body: 1 - Soul: 0.1 - Mind: 0.6

Skills: [Mist Art] [Soul Art] [Draconic] [Light-1/10] [Healthy-9/10] [Sight-7/10] [Detect-8/10][Regeneration-9/10] [Weakest-10/10] [Binding- 7/10]"

Oh I've got stats now... and I cannot evolve. Well I can but not yet. Alex said I should do some more with my skills before I evolve again because I will be creating my own class and need to establish the class which has a sense of permanence to it as everything else will become the branch skills of that established part. Alex suggested I wait till my mind reaches 1 after I develop four more skills with draconic. After I evolve again though I am supposedly going to turn into the origins of my bloodline. So whatever blumests ancestor was I'll become that.

Irregardless... It was at this moment where I felt the arrival of my mount at the dungeon. Good girl my mounts coming along to pick me up. It was about this moment that I heard a voice in my head.

"Hello there little one. Could you be a dear and help me with these undead? I can take them but they could endanger my children." Uh your children? Sorry lady but you are clearly to young to pop out that many babies. Also one of them I know isn't related to you cause all her realitive died... Unless you include me I guess.

"Uh, good to know but let's not discuss the concept of my age or what's popped out of my body and focus more on the undead that count threaten the life of little Ellie." Cool cool, we will discuss the necessity of a reverse harem for you to have such a diverse group of daughters latter. As the lady rearranges her group whilst leading the undead in I quickly fill the unsuspecting undead soldiers heads with mist. Despite clearly being stronger then even the bunnies from before they seem to lack the natural mana protection but they do appear to have mana it's just apparently gathered in their armor a bit like a mana core but not quite. In sync I attacked all the undead at the exact same moment covering the front of the strange ladies group with mist as I watched her... Decimate the undead within a few seconds... All the while I'm busy dealing with the fact that she keeps breathing me in and it feels weirder then usual... Not me but the mist itself seems excited? All the while it's flowing around in her bloodstream insanely fast.