"Right, and what about Tier 3 Body of Godliness?" Misery asked as he released a sweating Kiran who felt like his life had almost co to an end just now.
"Well, that one is about being able to slightly control blood - not just bloodflow - within the body. At this point, one can accelerate their healing, send blood to and from places within their body at will as well as forcibly stop their hearts for periods of ti to deceive enemies." Subli explained as she watched Misery bully Kiran with a happy smile.
"I'm not there yet, though I can feel like I'll soon reach that point if I restart my intensive training regi. I'm assuming there are higher levels?" Misery replied while gauging himself.
"Just one more as far as we know. We'll have to wait for Draco and Eva to co out of their Unique Quest to find out." Kiran answered while glaring at the smiling Subli.
Misery rolled his eyes. "Enough with the married couple antics, and give an answer!"
Kiran and Subli scrambled at that, rembering their 'issue' with a blush. Subli finally managed to answer with a defeated tone.
"Tier 4 Body of Godliness is when you have the ability to control the blood thoroughly and adeptly, as well as so non-lethal organs. One can overstimulate their blood to increase their speed, power, and intelligence for a short period of ti. It allows you to create great amounts of body heat that escapes in the form of steam and greatly reduces nutrients in the blood requiring great sustenance later."
Misery was shocked. "My god, that would be epic for battle. I could boost my physical prowess by almost 500% because my blood is that of a Lineage, so the kind of power within it is greater than the average human."
Misery then pointed at Kiran. "And that's just who has the Magus Inheritance!"
Kiran tilted his head with confusion. "Didn't you tell you had both?"
Misery rubbed his chin. "Sort of. I descended from The Legendary Hound of Culann and the Greatest Sorceress, so my prowess is not a joke."
He then sighed. "But right now, I can only officially use the Magus Inheritance. If I could access the Knight Inheritance, it would be great."
"Anyway, back to the topic. What about the last one?" He prompted calmly.
"Well, the last one is Tier 4 Void of Perfection, which is basically being able to expand the mind outside the body for an imnse range, around 8x the base at Tier 1. Psychic abilities are further perfected, being as strong as what you'd see in movies about espers, especially since one can use all five senses at that stage." Kiran began.
"However, the most terrifying aspect is that at this level, one can also peer into the atomic realm with intense focus." Subli concluded.
Misery's heart leapt up to his throat. He wanted to shout holy shit, but his brain was still trying to process the craziness of what was put forth to him. Eventually, he cald down and asked the most prudent question.
"How do we get to Tier 4 and above?"
Kiran shook his head. "We don't know. The Avatar Draco left behind only trained us to reach Tier 3. However, he plans to do an in-depth Control training session for the entire guild after concluding another round of recruitnt, so we'll probably find out more there."
Misery breathed out. "Alright well, that's enough of that. Let's begin your training, starting with Kiran. Your bloodline is a mixture of the Buddha Lineage and rlin Lineage, and you have miraculously unlocked one Inheritance for each. In my book, that makes you a wonderchild, even though the elders would call you an abomination."
Kiran gripped his fists, rembering that his special circumstances and birth led to the separation and suffering of his parents. However, he could only clutch his head the next mont when Misery chopped him on the scalp.
"Stop moping around, boy, you aren't a movie character. Tragedy happens to everyone, and so have it worse than you. Focus on what you can do rather than things you couldn't have changed even if ti reversed itself." Misery chided with an unhappy look.
Kiran felt his heart quake, then cald himself. His uncle was right, he had only been a baby back then. What the heck could he have done, acted cute to defuse the battle?
"Right, as I told you earlier, you forcibly boosted yourself to a 2nd Order Knight through a thod I have no idea of, and frankly do not care to find out. Your foundation is so bad that, in my eyes, it looks like a Jenga tower with only a single piece holding it up that is being slapped around by an inquisitive cat."
"It can co crashing down at any ti, and heh heh, you will NOT like the feeling of that." Misery smiled with amusent.
"How do I fix it?" Kiran asked with seriousness.
Misery took a swig of his rum and laughed. "Fix it? Brat, you should have thought of that before doing this. There is no fixing this, not the way you think at least. As such, there's only one way. You, with your own hands, are gonna smash your foundation apart and rebuild from the ashes."
Kiran's entire body shivered. Given the way his uncle had described it, he was not too keen to experience it, yet he now asked him to be the one to lead to that miserable outco. Truly the IGN was a perfect fit…
"Hey, it's either you do it yourself, on your own terms, and rebuild what you can under the guidance of soone who knows what they're doing, OR you can play around and wait for it to inevitably collapse in battle and leave you crippled in mind and body. If you're fortunate your enemy might show rcy and kill you." Misery concluded with a cold smile as he shrugged.
Hearing this, Kiran's face changed and then he hardened his will. "Teach how to do it, Uncle!"
Misery smiled with gratification. "That's a good lad."
"It's not that difficult. Here, let help you out." Misery walked over to Kiran harmlessly, who was expecting the other to show him sothing.
So he was naturally not ready when Misery suddenly punched him right in the sternum, where his heart was. Kiran took three steps, wobbled, and then spat out a clod of black blood.
He fell to his knees gasping for breath, wanting to ask his uncle why. However, Misery had pulled Subli away as he started counting down.
"Three… two… one…"
Suddenly, Kiran froze, his face showing horror and incredulity. White light manifested around him, stacking twice as it grew brighter and brighter. He looked holy and righteous at this mont, but Kiran understood what was going to happen next, and he couldn't believe it.
He raised his head to gaze at Misery and Subli with disbelief, then smiled wryly. The next mont, the white light stagnated before erupting, exploding forth from Kiran's body in a huge do shape that spun rapidly.
(Author's Note: Kiran basically did Majin Vegeta's atomic explosion.)
Subli's expression changed as she had not expected this, while Misery's expression remained neutral as he clapped his hands together in a prayer-like position.
"By the power of rlin, I command thee: Magic Ward!"
With his cast, white light manifested and ford a colorless do-shaped barrier around himself and Subli that completely blocked out the shockwave and heat from the explosion.
Soon, the fanfare settled down, and Misery walked over to the crater where a blackened and charred body lay limply. Subli wanted to run over to him, but Misery placed a hand on her shoulder gently and shook his head. The adult man walked beside Kiran and touched him. After a while, Misery stood up and raised an eyebrow.
"I an, I already knew it, but that Buddha Lineage bloodline is fucking sick. Only his exterior suffered from that, his internals are completely fine. I don't even need to use a healing spell for fucks' sake. He's healing like so superhero in a comic." Misery reported with a deep swig from his bottle. Having emptied it, he threw it to the side and grabbed another from his Inventory.
Subli saw that he was right as the black skin flaked off Kiran, revealing new, perfect skin underneath. Not only that, but his Epic-grade Daoist robes still remained intact, though they had lost a significant amount of durability, so there was no sudden nakedness.
In a matter of minutes, he pushed himself up off the ground and wobbled into a standing position, the last of the impurities being blown off his skin and hair. Apart from a dull look in his eyes, he looked as good as new.
"Well, well, this is fucking amazing. Your recovery is absolutely stunning, and I'm not just talking about the speed. You should have suffered so damage to your bloodline source… but that doesn't seem to be the case for you."
"Your fucking Buddha bloodline is supporting your rlin bloodline like they are the tightest of brothers. When it recovered you, it also provided its own energy to the other bloodline to recover itself instead of stealing that spot to expand itself. Your existence is…" Misery was just in utter awe of his nephew this ti.
"I think I have to agree with my Little Princess calling you Protagonist Haircut. Putting aside the fact that you do look like a generic protagonist, dress like one, cut your hair like one and even think like one, you might as well actually be one!" Misery finished the entirety of the second bottle this ti, quaffing most of the third he procured.
Kiran and Subli shared a look, understanding that there must be sothing special about Kiran to agitate Misery like this.
Misery himself put his drink aside and laughed. "However, this also ans that you'll be able to handle the toughest of training regis. What I previously thought up is no longer applicable."
Misery tilted his empty bottle over with a devilish smile. "You're out of luck. If what we planned was gonna be hard mode, then we're gonna enter impossible mode."
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