As much as Eldrian wanted to ask what Ziraili ant, he was in no condition to do so. While he had suffered no injuries in the fight—physically—that did not an he wasn't tired and drained.
By using Tranquility as he had, he had expended a vast amount of energy. Yes, this energy was the XP he had in excess. It did not touch on his soul world: The manifested world with form—excess XP is the void extended past the 'physical' world within Eldrian's soul.
Having the excess lifeforce in the from of XP helped. It was like fat Eldrian could burn before needing to burn his own muscles. However, using it still put a drain on him.
While he might have the energy to burn, that didn't an he could use it without repercussions. This tired state of his was the cost of overly drawing on a power he had yet to learn full control of.
Before, this point would have him in complete loss of control or unconscious, but that he was still awake and conscious was a clear indication of his growth.
His current state was similar, perhaps, to magical fatigue. Sothing Eldrian had long since outgrown, and now only rarely showed itself if he pushed himself too far for too long.
"Rest. We will talk more later." Ziraili said, and the next thing Eldrianknew, he was awake on Earth. Still as groggy as before. The cabin roof welcod him with its soft lighting to simulate the mind.
While Eldrian had so serious questions about her sending him back here, he was too tired to complete his thoughts.
So, he climbed out of the cabin (the one they had ordered had arrived around two weeks ago—despite Eldrian's complaints, he was using it) and into bed.
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"Is he doing alright?" Nikki asked.
The group of friends had been slowly moving to make their guild and their play in ANW their work. While they still had their jobs as fallbacks, they were spending more and more ti in the warehouse they had bought.
Currently, two of them were there, Erik and Nikki—and not online in ANW. They were resting after a long day of fighting, or in Erik's case, healing. With reinforcents from Phallos scheduled to arrive, the north had to be cleared.
As a result, the kingdom sent all their spare soldiers to fight back the monsters who ca from the Chaos Lands. The players had all joined in on the quest. Taking many minor quests to further their XP and money gains.
As for the warehouse they were in, it was starting to look like a type of remodeled open-plan house.
For now, they only had one cabin—due to how expensive they were. Not to ntion how difficult it was to buy one; they flew off the taphorical shelves faster than they could be made.
Still, it was getting there. They hadn't installed walls yet; outside of the walls for Eldrian's privacy, his bed was surrounded by makeshift walls, and there was a bathroom that obviously had walls. But their rest was all in more or less the sa room.
A place with tables for laptops (or PCs); after all, ANW wasn't their entire world, unlike Eldrian's case.
They enjoyed the occasional other ga, enjoyed watching series and ani, and also sotis just wanted to surf the web. There was also a lounge area, where they were currently watching a show together.
Now, of course, this place wasn't equally close for everyone. Zyviss had the longest commute if he wanted to visit. And, for now, only the core mbers of the guild knew of the warehouse.
The plan was to, at so point, make it an actual office. For now, as they shifted from having ANW be a ga they play to their jobs, it was more of a second house for them all.
"Who knows? You know how he is." Ca the obvious reply from Erik. "He doesn't share much. Not that I can bla him."
Most of what Eldrian had to share was simply not sothing the others could follow. When he talked of magic, they could sowhat continue the conversation. But if Eldrian talked about things beyond that, they just didn't get it.
Erik tried his best, but it was just like when he was trying to understand Akarui's struggles. Since he didn't have the sa experiences, he simply couldn't.
There was a massive difference between knowing and understanding. A chasm that separated them.
It was a sad reality that he had to accept, and in both situations, he tried his best to accommodate the other. For Akarui, he tried to be a foster parent, and for Eldrian, a friend who was always welco to listen—should he ever open up.
"But is he doing okay?" Nikki followed up.
Recently, Eldrian had been living a seemingly more healthy lifestyle. The cabin was also designed with the knowledge of extended gaplay. It had various functions to ensure its occupant's health for extended sessions.
Sure, it wasn't healthy to fully rely on it, but it was better than the headsets. In fact, normal headsets disconnected players due to health risks after a ti period of 16 hours.
Only Eldrian's, perhaps not only his but only he, according to their knowledge, could extend past that limitation.
Originally it hadn't been because of Eldrian's affinity or anything. But Miracle themselves having altered his gaming limitations while he was working for them. Their aim had been to give Eldrian more ti; and let him find himself in more desperate situations.
Their hope had been simple, that he would do sothing which would give them so better insight. And it had worked.
But they could do it only because they had been ready to give Eldrian dical care when he entered extended sessions. Normal players couldn't be allowed such a luxury. As terrible as a forced log-out could be, it was better than suffering so sort of other complication from gaming.
Once the cabins were designed, Eldrian had been shifted onto them. In fact, he had been the first to test their prototype. And even with a cabin, players couldn't play indefinitely. The soft limit was two days, and the hard limit was three. And only once per week was that allowed.
It wasn't supposed to replace your need for food and all other life necessities. But to give you so more ti to play with when the situation demanded it.
"Physically, he is fine. As baffling as it is. His body shouldn't be doing as good as it is considering all he's been through." While Erik hadn't gone to d school as he had once planned, but he was learning so, so much.
When he had ti, and the energy, he studied online. When he was in ANW, he studied under Alicorns. With the situation cald, Zamia was helping Akarui, and guiding Erik while she had ti.
Agamas was instead readying the others for war. They were not happy with being invaded.
Back to Eldrian, considering all he's been through and his abandonnt of his physical body to stay longer on ANW (even before the cabin and without a headset). Honestly, he should have been skin and bones.
That he still looked like an athlete was baffling to Erik. His only conclusion is it had to be because of magic. How, he had no idea.
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