A Plan In Mind

"Hah..." After over half an hour, Aurus finally assimilated all of the unsealed memories he obtained and let out a sigh of relief afterwards. "To think that there has been mistakes in my ways."

After reclaiming all of his old memories and then cross-referencing it to his current form, Aurus couldn't help but feel disappointed. Of course, his current form was plenty strong but...

"If I stayed at the B-grade for longer, I might've unlocked a Unique class instead of a Rare one."

Since ISE was a game that held infinite possibilities for stick evolution, that meant that one could stay at a certain grade and accumulate enough power to evolve to a higher grade with a class of the Rare or even Unique level.

"Well there's no medicine for regret so I'll just have to be the best Spiritas there is," Aurus said to himself as the plan he formulated before part of his memories were unsealed gradually changed to a better plan.

"First off, let's check my current stats."

But before he opened his status screen, he then remembered, "I forgot that I haven't formed any fruits yet. Wait, it's better to call them Animas at this point."

Without delay, 16 Animas the size of walnuts hovered around Aurus' body as they glowed a faint green color while the faint sound of wind could be heard surrounding them. They also had a mysterious connection to Aurus' body, wherein Aurus will never find out.

Ding!

'[Revitalising Anima Creation] has leveled up.'

"Hoh." Aurus let out a smile. "I guess my investment wasn't in vain." With the skill leveling up once more, he formed another green Anima.

"Now with all of that done...Open Status Screen!"

Ding!

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[Aurus] (Level 1/10)

Experience: 0/10

Species: Wind Walnut Spiritas (Rare)

Existence Level: Inanimate

Grade: A

[HP]: 70/70

[SP]: 90/90

Stats:

[Tenacity]: 15

[Vitality]: 20

[Spirit]: 25

Synchronization Rate: 40%

Unused Experience Points: 150

Unused Genesis Points: 0

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Aurus looked at his current stats before lightly smiling. "As expected from a Rare class, the stats are definitely higher than a Special or a Normal class."

"It seems that the stat distribution is leaning towards [Spirit]. Does it have something to do with me being a Spirit-as?" Laughing at his own pun, Aurus continued to look at the status screen before being awed by his HP amount.

"70 HP...for an A-grade Inanimate, that's already high. The highest HP I've ever seen from a newly advanced A-grade Inanimate was only around 40."

Aurus pondered for a bit before a thought crossed his mind. "Might it be because of the Class Seed?"

The Class Seed, the passive skill that differentiated B-grade Inanimates from A-grade Inanimates. If an offensive skill alone was enough to become a gap for C-grades and B-grades, then the Class Seed was the gap between B-grades and A-grades.

Class Seeds usually boost HP and then other things according to the player's class, but sometimes, there were extremely special Class Seeds that allowed players to rule over others of the same grade.

"Enable 'Short Skill and Evolution Info'. Identify [Spiritas Seed]!" Aurus promptly commanded.

Ding!

'The option 'Short Skill and Evolution Info' has been enabled.'

Ding!

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[Spiritas Seed] (Lv. 1)

A Class Seed that grows with the user's level, specifically tailored for the exemplary energy manipulation of the Spiritas, which could be considered as an elite mage class.

> The Spiritas' HP is boosted by 50 HP (User's Spirit x 2)

> The cost of magic spells have been halved (further halved by the Spirit Energy Core (Wind Variant))

> All skills and spells deal 10% more damage

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"Hah! As expected. It was the Class Seed!" Aurus looked at the details of the seed and couldn't help but compare it to the Class Seed he used in his previous life as an A-grade Inanimate, a Werei Seed.

"The Werei Seed only doubled the amount of HP the player had while at max level it quadrupled it. But this seed though, if I reach the max level of being an A-grade Inanimate and this seed follows, who knows what kind of things I can do?"

Of course, this Class Seed was the reason why the Branch Formosus Aurus fought against had extremely high HP when compared to the Sakura Tamer Aurus also fought.

As he continued to read the skill description of his Class Seed, another skill catched his eye.

"[Spirit Energy Core (Wind Variant)]..." Aurus muttered. "Is that the reason why my SP has been reduced to 90?"

Before he evolved, Aurus had an amount of SP that was over 150 at least. Now that he has evolved, he expected to retain the same amount of SP, but instead it was halved. Was it because of this skill?

"Identify [Spirit Energy Core (Wind Variant)]."

Ding!

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[Spirit Energy Core (Wind Variant)] (Lv. 1/3)

Grade: C (Mortal)

As a Spiritas that can wield energy like it was a sword, the purity and power of SP (Stick Points) is lacking. Thus the Spiritas has decided to transform this SP into a more condensed and purified version of SP, naming it SP (Spirit Points). This SP is stored within the Spirit Energy Core located above the Spiritas' SP Vessel. Although the amount of SP usable has been halved, its power has amplified the effects of skills. Imbued with the element of wind, all attacks have the Wind element attached to them.

> All skills and spells that use SP now utilize SP, thus dealing 5% increased damage

> All skills and spells that use SP now have the Wind element attributed to them

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Aurus couldn't help but let out a sigh in wonder. "15% increased damage, if I had that back then when I fought that Branch Formosus, how much damage would I have dealt?"

Noticing that he was still thinking of the possibilities of the class while in a dangerous place like this, Aurus snapped himself back to reality and then started to head towards a direction with his newly modified [Tempestuous Spiritas Glide].

"[Tempestuous Spiritas Glide]! Damn that's a mouthful."

Whoosh!

In an instant, his movement speed that was already at a rate of over 260 meters per hour came into effect and allowed Aurus to move at a fast speed...although still not fast when compared to human standards.

"Open map!"

Ding!

In an instant, a screen showing the entirety of Tempest Cliff appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision. Looking at the whole area, he then placed a marker on a place he was sure that he would survive in thanks to his newfound strength and memories.

'Would you like set a marker to the Tempest Cliff's Tempest Ruin?' The system asked.

"Of course I do! With the help of my memories, this is nothing!" Aurus replied with brimming confidence. Since he has recovered all of his early-game memories, the Tempest Cliff that looked impossible to him back then now looked like a peaceful park. This was because his early-game memories didn't just encompass his memories of his God-tier account, it also encompassed the memories of his other accounts that played different classes. Luckily, one of those accounts traversed to the Tempest Cliff as well.

Ding!

Within seconds, a blue path overlayed on the ground within Aurus' field of vision and a blue triangle started to hover over Aurus' body with the number 10,000 over it.

Aurus looked at this and grinned. Although it may look like a lot at the moment, this would change when he entered the Tempest Ruin.

"I came to this place to enhance my [Wind Affinity] skill, but since that thing is also in this place, I should grab that as well."