Day 10
6/7 > 7/7
I don't want to get out of bed. It is too comfortable. I think I should just sleep today. I don't recall anything important happening today. If I remember correctly, the entry in Rou's journal for today mainly just goes over the Rank Up System and the different possible evolutions of the Goblin Race.
I honestly have no idea what I will be after a Hobgoblin. I would probably be some kind of 'Lord' subspecies. I hope I don't become some kind of undead. The sheer irony of my skill combined with that race archetype would just make for one sick joke. The only comfort I have for that not to happen is that my current build doesn't suit any undead race, at least none that I can recall.
After some more contemplation, I wiggle myself out of the embrace of my two spirits. I go about my morning ritual and get this new information from my [Cultivative Evolution]:
{Skill [Cultivative Evolution] has purified the body of toxins and healed the body of all new damage}
{Skill [Magic Resistance] has been acquired}
{Skill [Mana Burn Resistance] has been acquired}
It seems having magical circuits implanted in my body has changed it somewhat. My skin now has a slightly brownish tint to it while still looking green. It is almost like a moss green or a juniper green. Seems like an appearance trait from EMIYA was adding on with him giving me his [Reality Marble].
Now that I think about it, skills from the Type-Moon franchise should be extremely overpowered in this universe due not having any interference from Alaya or Gaia since they don't exist in this realm, at least I don't think they do. "You don't have to worry about them affecting you." Zelretch interrupts my thoughts. I find myself back in his observation realm.
He continues, "As far as I can tell, any skills you develop from your connection to the 'False' Throne of Heroes have the potential to reach EX level. The only thing that could keep it from happening is your body." I asked him, "What do you mean?" He responds with, "Your current body can't really bear all the power you have right now. The average stats of a goblin in your world are, by its standards, average out to F, but in my world, those stats wouldn't even register. Your current stats are, in my regard, extremely abnormal in comparison to any being of the same rank as you with your dear brother trailing not far behind you. Your stats are similar to that of the lowest quality E-ranked Servant, which may be strong in comparison to say a normal human, but is utterly weak compared to the truly scary entities that exist across the multiverse."
I think about what he said and surmised aloud for him to hear, "So any skill I pick up from the Throne has some form of degradation like with EMIYA's projections when he first started his journey as Shirou Emiya." He nods and says, "That is what we can assume to be correct. Though that may change due to the variations made to his Reality Marble when it was integrated with your system." After saying his word, Zelretch sends me back to the cave.
That's right, my Reality Marble isn't [Unlimited Blade Works] but [Armory of The Mind and Soul]. Judging from what EMIYA said, I can summon defensive armaments and shields at the same mana cost as bladed weapons, instead of triple the cost like EMIYA and Shirou have to. I expect at least a degradation of rank for the weapons summoned like it is with them.
To test out my new skills, I first used [Structural Analysis] on one of the [Makeshift Horned Rabbit Spear] I had tucked in a corner.
{Analysis Complete}
{[Makeshift Horned Rabbit Spear]
Grade: null
Rank: Inferior
Ability: None
Description: Poorly-made spear made from a random tree branch and the horn of a horned rabbit by a novice spear maker with only basic techniques known.}
Ouch system, that hurts a bit in my soul. Trying to make myself feel better I use [Structural Analysis] on all my current gear.
{Analysis Complete}
{[Bull-Horned Rabbit Druidic Hooded Vest]
Grade: E
Rank: Rare
Ability: [One With Nature]
Description: Hooded Vest fashioned from a Horned Rabbit Variant made by an amateur tailor. While normal clothing to most, when worn by someone of the [Druid] class, the wearer has their presence diluted when in nature.
{[Acid-Strengthened Cloth Pants]]
Grade: E-
Rank: Rare
Ability: [Hard to Destroy]
Description: Cloth pants made by a moderately skilled tailor who strengthened the cloth material with the diluted blood of an Acid Blooded Viper with the sole intent of having the pants be durable enough to wear while hunting.
Part 1 of 4 set}
{[Acid-Strengthened Snake Scale Shirt] Grade: E
Rank: Rare
Ability: [Hard to Destroy], [Sharp Scales]
Description: Snakeskin and cloth shirt made by a moderately skilled tailor who strengthened the cloth material with the diluted blood of an Acid Blooded Viper with the sole intent of having the pants be durable enough to wear while hunting. Strengthening the snakeskin with the same blood gave the unintentional trait of causing small amounts of physical damage to reflect back to the source.
Part 2 of 4 set}
{[Acid-Strengthened Armored Leather Greaves]
Grade: E
Rank: Rare
Ability: [Hard to Destroy], [Warrior Rune]
Description: Leather greaves enhanced with an armored tanuki's carapace made by a moderately skilled leather worker and novice armorer who strengthened the leather and shell materials with the diluted blood of an Acid Blooded Viper with the sole reason intent of having the greaves be durable enough to wear while hunting. These greaves have also been enchanted by a Druidic Enchanter to give the additional effect of strengthening the user.
Part 3 of 4 set}
{[Acid-Strengthened Armored Leather Spiked Gauntlets]
Grade: E+
Rank: Rare
Ability: [Hard to Destroy], [Warrior Rune], [Piercing Strike]
Description: Leather gauntlets enhanced with an armored tanuki's carapace with the knuckles inlaid with the fangs of seven-colored bats made by a moderately skilled leather worker and novice armorer who strengthened the leather and shell materials with the diluted blood of an Acid Blooded Viper with the sole reason intent of having the boots be durable enough to wear while hunting. The fangs allow for piercing damage done with each punch. These gloves have also been enchanted by a Druidic Enchanter to give the additional effect of strengthening the user.
Part 4 of 4 set}
{Set Discovered}
{[Acid-Washed Hunter's Set]
Grade: E
Rank: Rare
Set Ability: [Acidic Touch]
Part 1: [Acid-Strengthened Cloth Pants]
Part 2: [Acid-Strengthened Snake Scale Shirt]
Part 3: [Acid-Strengthened Armored Leather Greaves]
Part 4: [Acid-Strengthened Armored Leather Spiked Gauntlets]
Description: A set of hunting gear made by a moderately skilled tailor and ametuer armorer made to be used by someone who hunts unarmed. The treatment done to all pieces with the diluted blood of an Acid Blooded Viper has given the synergistic effect of any unarmed attack made that gives slight acidic damage to the target.}
My mental jaw drops. I thought rare ranked items are crafted using rare materials and superb crafting methods. Is the fact that I used the concept of 'poison soaking' on clothing instead of weapons made my okay quality skills rank as superb to go with what some would call rare materials?
Time to take my mind off of that info dump. I wonder which weapon I should try to create using [Projection(True)]. Maybe I should summon the blades that became EMIYA's signature. I picture the blades known as [Kanshou and Bakuya]. The dual blades are known to represent the balance of Yin and Yang, and are the representation of a true love between a man and woman. Since the closest I personally ever came to holding them are novelty replicas I had in my first life, I relied heavily on the memories of them given to me from EMIYA.
{[Reality Marble: Armory of The Mind and Soul] attempts to project into reality [Kanshou and Bakuya]}
So the caveat to me having this ability isn't a degradation in rank of the item but my body's rank is the limit on what I can call into reality. I should figure out what my rank is. I decided to take a shot in the dark and use [Structural Analysis] on myself. The feeling of the analysis passing through me feels unnerving at best to describe it.
{Analysis Complete}
{~False Name: Kou
~True Name: E?R?R?O?R
~Race: Goblin (Unknown Variant), E?R?R?O?R
~Title: Transmigration 2.0, ???, ???, ???
~Status: Stat Sealed, Mana Sickness
~Strength: F+ (E+)
~Endurance: F+ (E+)
~Agility: F+ (E+)
~Intelligence: F+ (C+)
~Magic: E- (B-)
~Luck: E?R?R?O?R}
What the hell is with this appraisal? Half of my information can't even be viewed and what is with this status? I focus on my status to see if it gives an in-depth explanation.
{Status (Expanded):
-Status Sealed: Your body is unable to fully exert it's true power. Ranking up may remove this status.
-Mana Sickness: Your body is containing too much mana for it to handle. If the problem isn't resolved, the excess mana will burst from your body at once. Time limit left: 3 Days 13 Hours}
So apparently I am a walking bomb if I don't Rank-Up in the next few days. The only issue with that is that the [Structural Analysis] didn't tell me my level. I think back to how the story the world is based on.
How do Rou and others check their levels?
I smack myself in the forehead. I am an idiot. My level is on the opposite side of my vision as my soul counter. It turns out my level is 90. If I remember correctly, Rou's level should be around 86 about now, with Kichi being level 78 and Mi being level 55. I wonder what level Jii is at or if he even leveled up since I got him to learn [Hamon]. I should really take him with me on some hunts, but I should rank up first to prevent the [Mana Sickness] from being a threat to anybody else.
I look back to my soul counter. Should I summon another teacher or should I just waste today's soul charge? Hey Zelretch! "Yeah, Little King?" Do I need to spend a soul charge on each new Servant spirit or is the connection forged from summoning EMIYA strong enough to summon another? There is a period of silence that lasts longer than I was expecting. "Better to be safe than sorry. Use a charge on the next teacher you summon from the Throne and strengthen your connection with the Throne itself."
Since I couldn't figure out who I should summon, I decided to try and experiment with my reality marble some more. Instead of trying to project something from it, I decide to enter the Armory to see what the bounded field it generates. In place of the empty field filled with different swords, I see a mountainous valley with a variety of what I only see as doors randomly placed about.
I walk up to one of the bigger doors that is on the ground and see it says something in gibberish but I shortly understood that it said 'Weapons and Armor of Fate (Archer EMIYA)'. I try to open it but the door is too heavy. I go to another door and see it says 'Weapons and Armor of Terra JJ (Tonpetty) and the door doesn't move. I go to yet another door that says 'Weapons and Armor of Blue Sea (Shanks)' but there is no handle on it.
Seeing what each of the doors said made me realize what my reality marble actually does. It allows me to pull weapons and armors from any world I have a connection to. I walk around looking at other doors that are chained up, probably worlds that I know of but have no connection with. "You are correct in that regard, Young King of Souls." I turn around to see The Truth standing behind me.
I ask the embodiment of God in the FMA universe, "Why are you here in my reality marble?" The Truth responds, "There was a door that appeared in my realm so I entered it and I came to find the Little no so Green King of Souls wandering through a nexus realm. Here I thought you might need a map or directions back to your home, but this nexus realm exists within you. Interesting to say the least. How come that bag of blood has shown you around or told you about the guide?"
"I prefer the term Librarian, dear guest." a voice says behind me yet again. I turn around and see the most generic looking young female librarian. She made herself look average in every regard. The Librarian turns towards me and says in a serious tone while kneeling to me, "I am so sorry you had to wander about so long without me to act as your guide. Your arrival wasn't meant to happen until you were in a later evolutionary form."
She turns back to the Truth and says with barely disguised disgust, "I take it that you and that cavalcade of misfit wanderers you are a part of is the cause of this." The Truth backs away in fear, something I am surprised to even think of let alone see. "I know when I am no longer needed, Record Keeper." The Truth fades away and his world's door shuts and is chained shut.
The Librarian stands up and says "I would like to once again apologize for my tardiness." She pulls a large book out of nowhere and continues, "Judging from what I can see from your book, you are in need of a proper weapon for you to use while hunting, but you can't think of a choice that fits your current power and the restrictions you have on your body."
A smaller door compared to the ones that I have a connection with appears behind her. "The world connected to this door should provide an adequate weapon for you to use until your first evolution takes place." I walk up to the door and ask "How do I unlock this door for me to use the weapons inside?" The Librarian responds, "Just place your hand on the door and focus a soul charge into the lock to forge a connection between the door's world and yourself." I do as she says and the lock dissolves showing that the door says 'Weapons and Armors of Terra DS (null)'.
The Librarian says, "You now are connected to the world you have known in your first life as 'Demon Slayer'. A nichirin blade from that world should suit you at this point of your life." The door opens and emits a blinding light.
When the light faded, I found myself back in my room in my full gear holding a standard sized and shaped Nichirin katana that is deep blue in color. The katana's hilt is hexagonal shaped with a bronze core and with an overlapping fuschia border. I recognize this particular sword, but I use [Structural Analysis] on the blade just to be sure.
{Analysis Complete}
{[Nichirin Demon-Slaying Blade of the Water Pillar]
Grade: E+
Rank: Rare
Ability: [Hard to Destroy], [Water Blade], [Anti-Demon]
Description: A katana forged from Scarlet Crimson Iron Sand and Scarlet Crimson Ore with the unique trait of being fatal to those of demon blood. This particular sword was used by Giyu Tomioka, also known as the Water Hashira, to the point that the element of water has been permanently infused into the blade itself.
Requirement: Water Affinity}
I am surprised that a nichirin sword is only a top tier E-grade weapon. A lot of fans of the series would probably pull a fit if they knew. I swing the sword around going through what I remember of the Water Breathing Style.
{Skill [Human Soul] has been activated}
{Class [Swordsman] has been acquired}
{Skill [Swordsmanship has been acquired}
{Skill [Pressure Edge] has been evolved into Composite Skill [Water Breathing Swordsmanship]}
[Human Soul] has really got to be one of the most broken skills I have ever seen. The vague knowledge I had of the Water Breathing Style has become ingrained into my body as if I had trained in it for years. I gained the ability to use all the moves of the style, even the 11th one Giyu created himself. I then go out to hunt to test out everything new I gained. I go out through my entrance so as to not arouse suspicion from Rou and his group.
I really don't want to reiterate this but I am WAY too overpowered at this stage of the story. I was able to kill everything I came across in one shot while barely trying, though I wish I came across something new to truly test myself. I believe I should be able to rank up either tomorrow or the day after.
Realizing that I may have over hunted just a bit, I decide to dismiss my sword back to the Armory. I then take what I could carry home while scattering what I couldn't into different graves for the poor creatures I came across. I really need an inventory like skill if all my hunts are gonna be like this.
When I get back to my cave section through my entrance, I walk in to see both Cardea and Talise staring at what can only be assumed as daggers at me. Talise then says to me in a chilly tone of voice, "And where have you been master?" Cardea is right by her side nodding along. I responded, "I wanted to test out my new equipment and skills I gained."
As Talise was about to lay into me with self righteous anger, she pauses and smells the air around me. She then blushes and gushes, "Aww master, you didn't want me to see you practice your abilities with water and you wanted to surprise me. Thank you." She then gives me a giant bear hug dragging Cardea along with her flow, nearly causing the stone child to explode from the physical contract. She then drags the both of us back to the bed and we lay there until we all fall asleep.
POV Change Record Keeper
After the Master found his weapon, I sent him back out to his world. I wonder how long it will be until he unlocks me completely. His perception only allows him to interact with me verbally. The day he fully unlocks me is the day he gets to the Root of his origin.
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Author's Note: I really had no idea on what to right for day 10 because nothing really happens on this day in the OG story, but a comment from reader Patryk_Sikorski, which it seems like they deleted, in which they pointed out how broken the abilities from the Type-Moon franchise truly are. So I did a chapter to get my character some weaknesses to his already overpowered self and to set up some not so subtle hints for the future of the story.