I stood within the emptiness, deep in the vacuum of space. There was no better place for to practice my Martial Intent, as I did not need to worry about potentially destroying anything around . Just to play it absolutely safe, I wasn’t even in one of the primary realms, but rather in the realm that Tsubaki and Dana had once used for research.
Using my ki, I anchored myself to the space around , creating an improvised foothold while unleashing that sa punch again and again. I was constantly activating my Fist Will, focusing all of my effort on destroying an invisible target in front of myself. I needed to master this ability before the next invasion occurred. Having the ability to crush everything with this one punch could very easily turn into a critical tipping point in battle.
Thinking back to the last dangerous invasion I had… I wasn’t able to unleash hardly any of my power, because there were multiple gods that were constantly restraining my actions. The others were generally the sa until Mara showed up to turn the tables. If we had the power of Martial Will at that ti, the battle would have been a far simpler matter to resolve.
That was why the invisible target I was focusing on was none other than the leader of that invasion, as well as the forces that he had brought along with him. Every ti I punched, I ntally asured how many of those gods I would be able to take out at once. Typically, I averaged at about three or four, which was admittedly impressive when I considered the fact that I wasn’t using any martial arts techniques.
However, I could feel the punch constantly getting stronger. Originally, I had only been able to take out two of the targets in my mind. I knew that once my Martial Intent was really completed, I should be able to take out at least half of them with a single punch.
As I was thinking about that, I suddenly felt a new presence appear behind . A space monster? I was montarily alert, before feeling sothing familiar about the sensation, turning around and smiling at the sight of Tsubaki. Not one of her avatars, but the true Tsubaki.
Have you finished your legend? I asked ntally, given that we were currently in a vacuum.
I have, my Keeper. Tsubaki nodded her head in response. I apologize for making you wait, but I have returned to your side once again.
I gave a small smile, looking around for a mont. In the distance, I spotted an insignificant speck in the darkness, a blue planet that was covered almost entirely in oceans. Show . I told her, before ripping open space to send myself to the surface of that planet.
Naturally, Tsubaki followed along, her hands folded in front of her torso. When she arrived, she swept her gaze across the water, focusing. Green lights gathered around her, forming a large sheet of ice more than a mile across for us to land on. “This should be a good enough location for a demonstration.” She said, before extending her hand.
First, a silver sphere appeared, which she lightly threw out and into the air. Afterwards, a trace of mana and ki followed it, interweaving and forming the physical shape of the avatar. World Sight, Elental Ki, every energy that Tsubaki had mastered flew out in thin strands, piercing into the cloud of energy as it condensed into Tsubaki’s shape.
“As Scarlet said, the presence of the legend makes it far easier for to achieve the sa result again, allowing to reproduce the avatars without needing as much concentration. At the sa ti, it allows my avatars to maintain themselves with only a minor amount of focus on maintaining the balance of their energies.”
I nodded my head at Tsubaki’s explanation. “How many avatars do you have active right now? Counting the one you just created.”
Tsubaki didn’t even need to think for a mont to answer. “This is my eleventh avatar. Currently, I have dedicated avatars training the Monk, Elental Monk, Mage, Enchanter, Martial Artist, Warrior, Weaponmaster, Ninja, Knight, and Farr classes.”
“...Okay, I understood why for most of those, but why Farr? I figured you would have gone with Alchemist, Chef, or even Pilot.”
Tsubaki offered a smile, glancing at her new avatar. “This new one shall be my chef. As for why Farr, I wanted to use it to experience the new systems that you recently added to the world. Each of my avatars has their own, individual resource pools, so they are not drawing from my energy when they train. However, this also ans that they must each consu their own share of resources in order to recover their power. With the Farr class, I will be able to minimize my expenses in this regard. I plan to develop an avatar for the Hunter class as well, for similar reasons.”
“Right… what is the na of your legend?” When I asked that question, Tsubaki paused for a mont, glancing off to the side.
“It is… Restless Fox.” My eyes widened at her words, and I could barely refrain from laughing. “Be honest with , my Keeper. Do you or anyone among the Greater Pantheon decide the legend titles?”
I shook my head quickly at that. “I didn’t even know that they were a thing until Ashley ntioned it. If it’s anything like an advanced version of a normal title, it’s purely decided by the system.”
Tsubaki’s cheeks puffed out slightly at that, but she nodded her head. “I understand. If I may ask, how are you coming along with your own training?”
I smiled, proud of myself. “I managed to complete my Gun Intent, so all that’s left is my Fist Intent now. Additionally, I’ve been working on new domain powers that I could integrate into my fighting style. Watch this.”
I spread my hand out to the side, and six figures appeared alongside , each one an identical copy of myself. “I based the idea on the clones that you were wanting to make. I can’t use them for training, but having additional beings in a fight at my level of power would certainly be able to make a difference.”
Tsubaki nodded her head in agreent. “I see. In that case, shall we return?”
I nodded my head. Now that Tsubaki was done with her training, I was sure she wanted to take a break for a mont. Well… it was more likely that she wanted to take a break to try to disprove the system giving her the title of ‘Restless Fox’.
“Tsuba!!” Dana rushed for the elevator as soon as it was triggered, almost lunging at Tsubaki. “Why did you have to take so long to train this ti?! Do you have any idea how boring it was without you here?!”
Tsubaki’s smile turned gentle as she looked at Dana, leaning down and patting her head. She knew that Dana wouldn’t be satisfied just playing with one of Tsubaki’s avatars, so she didn’t try to bring that up. Instead… “I’m sorry, Dana. Would you like to play together now?”
“Finally!” Dana grinned at the expected question. She had spent all of this ti working on her own various projects, and wanted the chance to do sothing else for a change, sothing to take her mind off of work. “What do you want to play?”
“Hmm…” Tsubaki thought about it for a mont. However, before she spoke up, another voice interrupted her.
“I have an idea for sothing that you could play together. It would also help out quite a bit.” Ashley’s voice spoke up from nearby as she stepped out of a shadow, smiling down at the two of them.
“Eh?” Dana blinked, looking at Ashley. “No way… is the new ga out already? I thought it was still a couple weeks away from the beta phase?”
“It is.” Ashley agreed. “However, I have a way for you two to perform an alpha test of it. It’ll just be the two of you in the ga for now, and it will have to be your real selves, not your Virtual selves. I’d appreciate it if the two of you could give so feedback for how the ga can be improved.”
Tsubaki blinked, but Dana imdiately nodded her head. “Sure! Should I bring my familiars along? Sienna told that she’s really looking forward to this.”
Unfortunately, Ashley shook her head. “The ga’s not ready for that yet. Right now, I can only bring the two of you in by condensing all of our current work on the ga and turning it into a divine ability through the Gas domain, given to by Blank. That’s why it can’t be your Virtual selves, because I will be using this ability on your true bodies.”
Dana hesitated, before giving another nod of confirmation. “Sure. It should be fun to give it a try. How long do we have to play?”
“To have both of you in the ga, and fully import our work… the ti limit is six hours. Any longer than that, and my divinity is likely to be stretched too thin to properly maintain the different systems. Also, you will not be bringing any of your real world powers or items into the ga, as new bodies are provided for you. This will also be true in the final product. However, the final product will allow the Digital Conversion system to be used on it to bring items in and out of the ga, once you have the proper resources.”
Tsubaki nodded at that, slowly standing up. “What do we need to do for this to work?”
Ashley smiled wide, holding out both hands. A pair of sleek, tal glasses appeared in each of her hands, and she handed one to each of the girls. “Get sowhere comfortable, and put those on. I created them with my Technology domain, so they are linked directly to my divinity and can interface with the divine ga I created.”
Dana looked over the glasses, nodding her head. Given that it was a divine power, there was no need for it to take the form of a larger visor or anything like that. Rather, a smaller form would allow Ashley to conserve her divinity. “You know, you could probably put these up on the Boundless Caravan to ask for beta testers. Anyone who is willing to pay the price you have to exhaust to keep the ga up for them can have early access to the ga.”
Ashley paused, before shaking her head with a rather bitter expression. “As nice as that idea sounds, the price would simply be too much. Each person would need to pay hundreds of black gold coins per hour. However… I’ll keep that idea in mind. If I can create a divine server to support this power, I should be able to lessen the load considerably. I’ll check if there is sothing like that in Fragnts of Acidia, and if not I’ll try to make my own.”
Dana nodded quickly. “Sure. Anyways, I’m off to try the new ga!” She said, pulling Tsubaki along with her towards the gaming room. There was a wide grin plastered across her face, eager to try out the new ga with Tsubaki.
Tsubaki simply chuckled, allowing herself to be pulled along. In the back of her mind, she couldn’t help but complain at the system. See? I can have fun… I’m not always restless.
Once the two of them got to the gaming room, Dana hopped up into her usual chair, Tsubaki taking a seat next to her. The two of them smiled at one another, before putting their new glasses on. At the sa ti, their eyes lost focus, their bodies slumping back in the chair as their consciousness left their bodies to enter the divine ga that Ashley had created.
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