The unexpected developnt of a Solar System filled William with joy. It seed that comprehending his Elents had yet another bonus that would only appear after the Elents reached Ascended C-Rank.
The more William comprehended an Elental Affinity, the more control he had over its Magic. When the comprehension reaches one hundred percent, William gains access to the Elent's Primary Law, Definition as Law.
After this point, turning his intent into a simple phrase allowed William to use Laws that were nearly invincible unless they were countered by another Law. To deal with a Law using normal Magic... it would require too many resources.
After the Primary Laws ca Secondary Laws, which were still a mystery to William. He could only speculate.
But it turns out that there was sothing in between Primary and Secondary Laws! The Solar System! And its developnt ca with a wave of one hundred and fifty Ascended Points!
Comprehension is too good! William watched the three Worlds adapt to their new Sun, which acted as both a source of light and Mana.
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The best part is, William didn't need to feed his Mana to the Worlds anymore! The Fire Source was tapped directly into William's Mana Reserve, so it could simply take his Mana and expel it towards the three automatically. There was no need for him to get directly involved.
The Fire Source even passively produced so Mana of its own, though William didn't understand how that worked.
The existence of a Sun raised so questions in William's mind. Most importantly, how did the Worlds have a day and night cycle before? Where was these Worlds' original sun and moon?
He decided to spread out his perception and check. He scanned the surface of Efretta first, then turned on Mana Mode to track the rays of sunlight that contained hints of Mana. He traced one of the rays up into the atmosphere, towards another Sun that wasn't part of William's Solar System.
About halfway between Efretta and the second Sun, William's senses suddenly lost track of the trace of Mana. In front of his consciousness, a shimring wall appeared that prevented him from moving forward, but not because of its defensive strength.
It was an illusion! The Illusion Elent had recreated a version of the Sun, and probably the moon too, that simulated a day and night cycle! William moved on to check Reius, and the situation was the sa!
Only Sunrise didn't have any sort of simulated environnt, aning soone had manually set up the illusion beforehand. If he had to guess, Efretta had set up Reius' illusion, and either she or the Heavens had established the one on the World sharing Efretta's na.
Well, I don't have a moon, but these guys don't need two Suns. William thought as he manipulated both illusions to remove the Sun.
Next, he reoriented the positions of the two Worlds and adjusted the rate at which they rotated so both would have an appropriate amount of dayti. He noticed several other illusions and even the existence of artificial seasons, but he left those in place for the ti being.
The lives of billions were at stake, and William couldn't carelessly treat Reius and Efretta like they were so sort of sandbox. His Humanity Statistic would need to be much lower before he reached that point.
William spent half an hour asking the System several questions that helped him understand the functions of his Solar System, avoiding the responses that required him to spend Ascended Points.
Aside from what he already knew, William learned that the Solar System quadrupled the rate at which his Worlds grew, until they passed the formation stage and entered infancy. Since Sunrise was the only World in the formation stage, it was the only one affected by this feature.
He also learned that the Solar System could not be separated once ford, aning it would be much harder to hide his other two Worlds if soone breached his other ntal defenses. This also ant the Solar System would act together when defending from ntal attacks, and it was many tis stronger than the individual Worlds.
Lastly, the more William developed his Solar System, the more bonuses he would gain, though the System didn't specify what kind of bonuses. Either way, there was only one downside to having a Solar System, and too many benefits.
William checked the date on his ntal calendar. It was the 15th, just 9 days until his Elent Farms could be harvested on the 24th. Afterwards, William planned to use all five of his empty Farm Slots to plant more Elent Fruits.
Outsiders might wonder why William wasn't just purchasing the Farms imdiately, and that was a great question. Quite a reasonable one at that.
The answer? OCD.
Nothing would irritate William more than if he had to harvest eight Farms on the 24th of every month, then another five on the 15th. The numbers didn't line up, and worst of all, 15 was an odd number. Disgusting.
-So humans regard the number five as an honorary even number.
My point still stands. I'm not doing anything with the Elent Farms until everything is in sync.
The System took a long ti to respond, but William could sense mixed waves of confusion and annoyance that developed into what he perceived as a sigh.
-If it bothers you that much, I can delay the automatic harvest of the new Farms until the 24th of next month.
William's eyes lit up. You'd do that for ? You're the best, System!
-And you're an idiot.
***
"Senior Su Mian, I have a ssage from the Family Head for you." a young man wearing robes of the Riverveil Family approached a cold-faced boy and perford a deep bow while holding out a sealed slip of paper.
Su Mian cast a downward gaze on the ssenger, "I'm not taking that. Read it to ."
"B-but senior, the Family Head said it's confidential. Are you sure I should read it?" the ssenger stamred. It was obvious that he'd encountered Senior on a bad day.
"Snap!"
Su Mian snapped his fingers together, causing a thick barrier to envelop both him and the ssenger. He crossed his arms in front of him, "No one can eavesdrop. Now... read it to ."
"Ahh... It says..." the ssenger carefully unsealed the ssage and started reading. "Su Mian, you have done well to infiltrate the Slightveil Family's territory unnoticed, but the situation is growing increasingly dangerous and I ask that you be cauti—"
"Are you fucking kidding ? He sends a letter asking to be careful?" Su Mian threw his hands in the air. "Keep going."
The ssenger wasn't surprised at Su Mian's attitude, which was blatantly disrespecting the Family Head. Among the younger generation, though, Su Mian was the only one qualified to act in this manner.
He kept reading, "I ask that you be—"
"Skip that part. I don't want to hear his stupid worries."
"Ah, yes Senior. I've sent another team to et up with you, and I want you to take a few days out of your schedule to join them. It will be good experience. I've listed the details below."
Su Mian almost exploded with anger, "A babysitting mission? What about the five thousand babies I'm already dealing with?"
"I assu he wants us to stay here while you're gone, Senior."
"Did I ask for your opinion? Also, that's dumb. Tell , what are the details that make this worth my ti?"
"An assassination target. His na is William, and he's in his early twenties. Ascension Realm Cultivator."
"Pfft!" Su Mian was so angry he wanted to laugh. "Is he sending a group of teenagers after him? This is a joke! I thought the Family Head acknowledged my strength, but he's actually giving chores."
"It says his combat strength might be approaching the Deity Realm."
Su Mian paused for a mont, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly. He disabled the barrier surrounding him and the ssenger, then swiped the letter into a Space Ring.
"Send a letter back to the Family Head. Tell him he better not be wasting my ti."
The ssenger's eyes flashed with fear. Like hell I would match your words to my handwriting!
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