Chapter 19: Creating Techniques (1)
Kalon sat down in his room and slowly closed his eyes. His consciousness drifted through vast cosmos-like space and arrived in a completely different dimension.
"Having too many things in my status is actually quite distracting. For the world, I am a Light-Bearer, but in reality, I am proficient in every position except the ones that are inherited through the bloodline of the Ten Great Families, called the special positions."
Kalon rubbed his chin while he muttered, lost in thought.
"System, is there a way I can merge all my positions into one? As in the end, all the positions have some similarities except for the techniques."
[Host has now reached the limit of what one can achieve through copying others' techniques. To advance further, you have to cultivate your own techniques derived from the skills you currently have.]
Huh... Was this the reason that my status was stuck on the 9,999 mark? Before, Kalon had thought that he had become strong enough that he had to go through some life-and-death event to break through.
Kalon cracked his knuckles and got to work.
"My swordsmanship is quite good for close combat, but... my Shinsu manipulation is not up to the par."
"System, can you make me an environment like an aquarium filled with Shinsu instead of water and make the concentration like what is on the 100th Floor of the Tower?"
[Sorry, host, making the concentration of the 100th Floor is not possible as you have not experienced it. But I can combine the concentration of Floor 2 to Floor 20 Shinsu in one place.]
Kalon's expression, which had disappointment written over it when he heard that the 100th Floor of the Tower concentration was not possible, softened. It was also understandable, as it would be too overkill if the System could augment every floor of the Tower. Then he could just stay for almost an eternity in this space, clear each floor of the Tower, and then emerge after many years to conquer the real deal.
But the second option was not bad.
"Okay." Just as the words left his mouth, his surroundings changed, and what appeared in his hand was a nano aquarium.
Kalon was a little confused, but a moment later, a twitch mark appeared on his head. What am I, a small fish?
"Make the whole place a huge aquarium."
Kalon did not give much attention to this small event, as he could not afford to offend the System or the entity behind the System.
His surroundings changed, and a moment later, he appeared deep inside the sea—or, to be precise, Shinsu. Kalon was experiencing the feeling of breathing underwater for the first time. Although it was not water, he still liked this experience.
The pressure slowly started building up on him.
5th Floor.
10th Floor.
16th Floor.
Thud!
And finally, reaching the 20th Floor. Kalon lay flat on his stomach at the bottom of the aquarium. He could not even moan in pain as the pressure entered inside his body, inflicting the vocal cords in his throat.
Decrease it, decrease it. Kalon roared inside his mind, and the System decreased the pressure by two floors because Kalon had only said "decrease it" two times.
Although Kalon was still lying on the bottom of the aquarium, his condition and complexion had improved a little. Even after becoming so strong, he could not even manage a meager pressure of 2 to 20 floors, and here he was asking for 100th Floor pressure.
With great difficulty, he stood up, his hands on his knees to act as strength to help him remain standing.
He used a lighthouse to make a barrier around him and heaved a sigh of relief.
Crack!
The barrier started cracking as it was unable to withstand the immense pressure from its surroundings. Although his techniques had reached mastery, he still lacked enough energy to make these techniques show their real power in his hands.
He was again forced to bend down under the assault of Shinsu.
Agh.
He got the System to create a sword for him. With the help of Shinsu, the sword started floating in front of him. He used his Shinsu control to try to command the sword to move. It moved, but its movement was quite erratic, and because of the amount of pressure around him, it already made his mind unsteady. Now, commanding the Shinsu to move the sword was quite challenging even for him.
Well, it was a technique that only skilled Rankers and High-Rankers were able to do. But Data Zahard and Data Eduan were able to do it even before they became Rankers. They were irregulars, but he was also a transmigrator. Irregulars might be rare, but transmigrators—there was only him.
"I can do it, I can do it," he motivated himself. Others might be short on time, but he wasn't. If an irregular is inherently talented, then he would train harder to reach—no, surpass—their level. After all, how could the ones chosen by the Tower Guardian be weaker than those that came from outside? His body might be from this place, but his soul is also that of an outsider.
Soul?! Right, soul. Kalon felt like someone had lit up an old bulb inside his brain.