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Chapter 197: Kayafe and Safyr
🕑 Added 2022-08-20 02:12:52 +0000 UTC-
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48th Breakthrough: You have used perceptive beams to attack another's perceptive eye; this will help you engage in perceptive battles.
I got this after training with Ruluna for a bit, and now that I think about it, it may help me against those retaliatory gazers I saw in the other Layer. They’ve already attacked us, so no further harm can be done by doing so. If we can cripple their ‘eyes’, then it may delay the next attack or scare them away.
I also need to investigate my title; I should consult Safyr about it since she has one; Kayafe told me she had also just gained hers, so she may not be the best person to ask.
Title: Saintess of Mana and Magic
Through selfless acts and mastery of Mana and Magic, you are recognized as the Saintess of Mana and Magic.
Empowers your manipulative control and power of mana and magic by 3% per level of each skill based on mana or magic. You can create rituals to ensure a magical spell.
Two effects; the first is a straight power boost to my [Manaipulate Mana]. As for the second, I don’t know what it really means. Couldn’t I have done so already?
“Not really,” Kayafe answers when I ask her the question. “What it means is often referred to as a ‘ritual spell’, which can be very powerful but has a low success chance. What your title does is make it so it will always happen. Only the strength and sometimes the effect is in question.”
We are taking our morning bath, and although Kayafe doesn’t need to, since her body is made of vitality, she still joined me anyway.
“Ritual spells are cast in a similar way to the one you cast during the moon alignment.” Kayafe continues. “They can be used to instantly slay powerful monsters, grant immortality, revive the recent dead, and much more, if you make the ritual powerful enough, although those may require sacrifice or extremely rare circumstances.”
In other words, they can be used to grant wishes, although it’s still hard to do. It sounds like ritual spells is an attempt to remove the ‘cultural significance’ requirement from rituals which explains why they mostly don’t work, and my title does just that.
“So, it’s something I have to prepare; I can’t just cast them whenever I want.”
“Yes,” Kayafe confirms. “And it sounds like you have to be the one to cast it. Regardless, it’s incredibly powerful.”
I will have to explore what I can reasonably do with ritual spells, but if I find one that protects my mind, I may be able to defeat that mind eater.
“What does your title do?” I ask. I told Kayafe mine; it’s only fair she tells me.
“I gain a large power boost when defending Runalymo, and I can designate a ‘home’ that I can teleport us to. It doesn’t mention a limit, but I wonder if it only works in the same realm.”
I’m not the only one who had tests to do, but that can wait for another time.
“By the way,” Kayafe continues. “Do you plan on using the legendary point to cure your skill?” Kayafe asks.
The point I got for saving Kayafe and completing the Mana Arc at least partially counts as a crafting feat, so it’s a good candidate for putting it into my race, but is that best for me? Can I do something better by purifying [Mana Manipulation]? Since there is a healer who can heal my anima, I can hold off on [Astral Projection]. Power-wise, being able to enhance [Manipulate Mana] will grant me a ten times bonus and vastly increase the potential of my skill, and it will gain my race bonus in addition to my new title bonus.
I am looking at over an increase in power of hundreds of times greater than it currently is, and the increased level cap will only further improve the bonus I gain from my title. My title is currently drawing strength from three skills: [Sense Magic], which, although is a perceptive skill, still counts as a skill based on mana and magic, [Manipulate Mana], and [Beacon’s Core]. For a current level total of one thousand five hundred and thirteen, a title bonus of four thousand five hundred thirty-nine. By Enhancing [Manipulate Mana], I can get that close to five thousand on top of the other bonuses.
The choice is a little obvious when I break down what I can gain. Putting it into my race, once I reach exalted tier, not only delays the purification of my cursed skills but may not even grant the same amount of power I stand to gain by curing my cursed skills. Looking at it that way, I stand a greater chance to get more legendary points by getting more powerful, and I can help defend the Nexus should we get invaded again.
There’s little point in delaying the purification of [Manipulate Mana], so tonight, I should evolve and move a cleansed [Manipulate Mana] into my race. There is still a great risk in doing so, but as far as I am aware, it’s the best chance I have; plus, if the miasma in the skill is not fully removed, I can always just not evolve.
“Don’t you have a race evolution option available?” I ask Kayafe.
“Yes,” Kayafe confirms.
“How does that work with your current body?”
Kayafe crosses her arms in thought and thinks about it for a moment.
“It still considers me Runalymo, but all my options now are vitality based, all referring in some way to a vitality body. But I won’t evolve for now. I want to master [Sense Mana] first and catch up to you in that skill; that will give me the best options for evolutions, plus I may gain more knowledge into how to make this body more life-like.”
Where I have little to gain by waiting, Kayafe is in the opposite situation. Of course, we’ll be training each other in our specialized skills, her training me in [Manipulate Magic] and I teaching her [Sense Magic].
“You have no idea how lucky you are to have a title already,” Kayafe says, playfully splashing some water on me. “You will be as strong as I was in your soon-to-be [Manipulate Magic] before I got my title; I’m a little jealous.”
“Aren't you getting a powerful bonus too? I’ll still be behind you,” I ask.
“Yes, I am getting a one percent bonus for each year I spent in the Mana Arc, but you can still cast ritual spells! Under the right circumstances, you can cast a spell far more powerful than I could even dream of!” Kayafe complains.
“Ah yes, I only have to wait for the once in a thousand years event to do that, just another average day!” I retort sarcastically.
“That’s fair; I suppose” Kayafe takes the loss for this argument.
“Let's go see Safyr,” I say, getting out of the bath. “She seemed like she wanted to meet us yesterday.”
I weave a mana silk dress around me, noticing how easy it is now, with my title bonus, and Kayafe does the same; we then fly to Temple Island to meet Safyr.
“Thank you, Safyr, for protecting my people,” Kayafe bows gratefully.
“I have fulfilled my promise, and for that, you owe me,” Safyr says.
“Of course. So what do you plan on doing now?”
“For now, I still have a reason to remain,” Safyr says, glancing at me. “But I will find a new purpose elsewhere; I believe my son needed help with something.”
“You’re going to leave?!” I had never considered the possibility that Safyr would leave; if she does, the nexus will lose its most powerful defense!
“Dragons rarely stay in one place for so long, Alysara, but worry not, your people are still hardy, able to rebuild even after so many disasters. With the dungeon reopened, your airships, trade with the Lunaley, and the completed Mana Arc, you have more means of survival than before, even if you must temporarily abandon your homes.”
“Do you think Kayafe could have defeated those eldritch invaders?” I ask Safyr.
It might have been a little offensive to question her abilities, but Kayafe is no dragon, and we need to know what we are capable of.
“Individually, she is more powerful, but if she were to try and fight all four, she would not have been able to slay them. Fortunately, you have your airship, and the mana arc, as it is now, will be able to defeat most invaders; it is possibly one of, if not the most powerful item I have seen.”
That endorsement does put my heart at ease a little, but what if another dragon decides it wants to evict us? What about another nation with powerful items or even a hundred legendaries? If I remember correctly, the Humans had over eighty legendary beings, and that is confirmed because that many died; they could have way more.
Then there’s the fact that what if something does happen to the Nexus? Where will our people go? There’s one more thing I need to know.
“How valuable is this Nexus?” I ask. “How likely is it that another country or monster will want to remove us from this place or take it over?”
“Nexus are very valuable to people; lots of rare materials can be found in one, but due to the mana mostly being redirected, this one has less material value, and what was here has long since been exploited. However, where material value lacks your people more than makes up for it in technology and powerful items like the Mana Arc. In other words, your best defense is the reason for invasion.”
We need allies, powerful allies. There are monsters and things out there that can’t be slain by the Mana Arc, and they have more than enough reason to take it. Not to mention there’s my Library, which only adds fuel to the fire. Safyr has shown great interest in this knowledge, so it is for sure that others will too.
Secrecy is our best defense. The fewer people know, the less we will be invaded, but that is only effective until it isn’t; once the cat’s out of the bag, you can’t put it back in.
There are also more problems as we start exploring the world; people will start asking where we come from, and they will start looking. As long as people know that this location is secret, they will be suspicious that we have something worth taking; the best secret is one that no one even realizes that there is one. So, should we just not explore? Keep it only to the Lunaley, and remain isolated?
No, eventually, someone will want to leave and explore, and airships give them the means to, or someone will stumble upon us. Plus, we need to train people capable of at least stalling invaders, and we can’t do that by staying here, the dungeon will help, but I’m not confident that it will be enough. The last thing to consider is that our culture doesn’t fit well in a militaristic environment.
A mental weight presses down on me as I realize what I must do. The Lunaley are stronger, have a longer history of war, can be a refuge if we have to leave, and there are relatively powerful people, items, and opportunities for growth.
In order for us to be safe, I must unite the Runalymo and Lunaley, and the best way to do that is by becoming an Empress. I will gain a powerful ally, secure a refuge, have a place to redirect curious people that try to look for us, and secure a military that can defend or stall enemies for us.
I must take Klaman up on his offer, but first, I am curious about how I will measure up against a specialized tracker.
Comments
Andaconda Nation
Yaaaay. Empress Alysara, history will mark her as one of the most successful rulers of the world.
Jemini
Kayafe has better experience, but not the right personality. It's been mentioned that she has a difficult time speaking her mind due to the time she spent as a slave. She would make an absolutely excellent head advisor though.
Jeanean
Kayafe would be better because she is basically the the Progenitor of the Empires bloodline. But, I think it would be a little unfair to push that job onto her RIGHT after she woke up after 10.000 years stuck in a magic Item. Ultimately though, I'm hoping there are going to be two Empresses XD And thanks to Kayafe's shape-shifting magic, they can even have heirs!
Jeanean
All but the first Class are build around a single Skill. Just because it isn't a General (Or cursed) Skill anymore but a Racial one, doesn't mean she can't use it as a seed, I would assume. Even better, if it is part of her Race, she gets all her Racial bonuses to affect the Skill, and once she makes an Ultimate Class absed on it, it probably won't take up a Skill-slot in that Class, allowing her one more Skill to even further enhance it.
David Brims
I agree. I also think Kayafe is the better option to unite and protect the Runalymo/Lunaley, especially since she's already a Legendary.
Nobody
Wouldn't Kayafe make the better empress? She's kinda the progenitor of both the Runalymo and Lunaley.
Demerval Augusto da Cunha
I think you're skipping some steps, it's a fact that allysara has accomplished great things, but one thing has nothing to do with the other, in a society that abolished the monarchy system over 1000 years ago don't go back to that overnight . The most important thing is you can be grateful to someone without having to become that person's underling.
Demerval Augusto da Cunha
but then everything would continue like this (as was said before, the empire is full of poverty, slavery and misery) which would be quite disappointing, from everything we've seen so far allysara has a great sense of responsibility, if she actually took over the position of empress I think she would not be negligent.
Demerval Augusto da Cunha
at least there was no other global announcement about it, otherwise we would know from safyr
vaurwyn
I agree with a lot of comments that she will make a terrible empress, but trying to go against her nature and realising it doesn't work has a lot of opportunities for character conflict and development. I also agree it was rushed, but as long as you take the time in the future to have her discuss with kayafe, the elders, her parents... Or at least consider other solutions, I don't think it will feel too forced.
vaurwyn
I admit I never considered the possibility of her truly becoming empress, but I think it has huge story potential and she can grow a lot like this.
Luboš Hemala
Wasn't her wish to have an ultimate class based on Magic Manipulation? To absorb it into her race seems little bit rushed. Or why is it better than not to wait for a class slot available? Also, why not make Kayafe empress? If her concern is the safety of the Runalymo, there is no one better.
Jake Conway
I'm a bit iffy on her becoming empress. I mean. I like a good bit of political intrigue. But I feel this isn't the kind of story for that. Plus, hasn't Alysara sacrificed enough?
megahellreaper
I mean, they basically already are her subordinates, they just haven't realized it. Literally everything they've currently got going for them right now has been built up and is dependent on Alysara, all the diplomatic relations they've formed are entirely the result of Alysara's hard work, all the technology they've developed they HAVEN'T developed, Alysara has, now that Kayafe's released, something done entirely through Alysara's efforts btw, the only reason Safyr's staying around is so she can mooch off a little bit more of Alysara's knowledge and future discoveries and, most importantly, the only reason the Runalymo are even still around, at least now instead of however many years in the future, is because of the great sacrifices Alysara undertook after that one disaster.
Jeanean
Finally a new chapter. I can't wait for her evolution and the healing of her Skill. Though, I'm a bit sceptical about that whole Empress thing. She should at least talk about that with someone (Kayafe at minimum, every single Elder maximum.) The problem I see is that, Alysara is extremely powerful and important to the Runalymo, and more or less has Kayafe on her side. If she becomes Empress of a country on a different continent for the sake of protecting her people in the Nexus, she kind of automatically declares herself Empress of those as well.The Elders can basically only chose to make her the defacto leader, or "banish" her. It probably won't be causing bad blood between them, and more of a formal thing than anything. Hell, her parents could probably still stay in the Nexus and not get bothered more than they are already. But the problem is, the relationship between the Elders and Alysara will change from "Village Elder and Village Genius Mage" to "Rulers and decision makers of two different countries" No matter how good they get along on a personal level, on the political Stage, the Elders will simply owe her far too much. So, the Elders would have to decide whether to end their personal relationship, make it a pure business one, and "banish" her, or keep the personal relationship, and basically become her subordinates, because she is an Empress and has more power over them than they do over her. (And I highly doubt that the Empire would become a subordinate nation of the Nexus, because Klaman wouldn't let that happen. (Anyway, thats all gonna get messy.)
Nematrec
There's also no details of how they "cured" the skill. They may have simply found a way to expel the skill entirely, rather than purify it.
Nematrec
I expect Alysara to run the empire a lot like how Klaman is doing so now. Handing off all the boring work to the steward and advisors.
Demerval Augusto da Cunha
it do, her point como from freeing kayfe, the announcement happened last chapter.
Neropol
At least she will be the youngest
Skia Elafris
Not all points are equal, both for specific uses and general quality level.
Skia Elafris
She is likely only sacrificing one of her many minds and the mana to upkeep a clone on the throne. She can class up her distant summon class at any time, just needs 2 levels and her current limit for good bond leveling allows for another 100.
Robert Mullins
There were rumors that one of the elves discovered how. But they haven't been confirmed.
Pawzom Lz
We will probably see it after her upcoming racial evolution.
Colm Ryan
I hope we get to see Alysara's status soon! I'm interested in seeing what it looks like now that she's got a Title and 2 Classes
Nematrec
First, her teleport is a bond skill. Second, according to a sidestory, most teleport abilities have built in safeguards
Nematrec
Aly also has teleportation, and Kayafe's seems to be one way.
RedWolf17
I think another reason she wants to be empress is to make the other countries think her main operations are in the Lunalejan lands and keep the Nexus more hidden. I also doubt Klaman would prevent Alysara from continuing to travel and grow stronger. It is only in his best interest for Alysara to grow as strong as possible and reach legendary, especially as an Heirloom race. I expect Klaman to handle a lot of the decisions required to run the empire, at least at first, and Alysara will likely just keep a clone for appearances.
Mercury313
Oooh then it is gonna get interesting as to who is going to be the next Emperor. I like that, but the nobles are so going to try and pull something stupid even though Klaman, Alysara and Kayafe are way out of their league. *rams head trough a wall because of the upcoming stupidity*
Neropol
How likely is it that she will be the first person in this realm to purify a cursed skill?
D
I agree to a part. The previous comment mention of kyafe becoming empress, or twin empresses sounds better. The part i disagree with it the 'current emperor' - as klaman already said he will be 'de-throned'. He only promised his old friend to protect his bloodline, not that they will sit on the throne. :)
Mercury313
I hope Alysara doesn't become an Empress or at the very least only in Name, as I think that her personality isn't made/fitting for an Empress's position. (She's just too free spirited.) The current Emperor is also somebody I wouldn't want to let near Alyssa. With a different Emperor that she likes and who supports her it might be feasible and wouldn't end in possibly endless squabbles with the nobility.
Osloo Mortan
TFTC
Fate Hydrax
Her reasons for becoming empress seems a bit forced imo
Dantalia
Please allow Alysara to sea that her people and tech are more powerful than the Lunaley. I really want to sea her do her own things instead of selflessly sacrificing her entire life for her people.
Michael Melendez
Alysara's concern over how to use her legendary point seems moot. I don't see how she won't get another legendary point for purifying her cursed skill.
Jemini
Well, her last conversation with Klaman did basically end with "If I win, you become my empress. If you win, you become my empress in order to get a legendary point." In other words, she's accepting his deal at straight up face value.
Guthan
Question for author. Can Alysara simply teleport someone’s head into another layer, or is that beyond her current mana manipulation skills?
Kenneth Baxter
Don’t legendary actions get announced to the world? Or are some actions not important enough for such an announcement despite the point? Will the cursed skill be healed, advanced, and a new evolution take place soon(fourth tail🤞🏻)?
Andrew
Thank you!
Hpez
Agreed. He wants her to be empress because of blue hair and because she's skilled with mana. Despite having 0 actual qualifications for running an empire, and 0 support from the people seeing as she's not even Lunaleyan. It's just silly. Stories usually change pretty drastically once the 'I inexplicably become emperor' arc comes to pass and this is also solidifying my dread for when she's going to have to have children, the idea of which I kinda hate. Also, would it not make more sense for Kayafe to take that role instead?
Kenneth Baxter
I think Kayafe would make a better empress. With her teleportation skill she can easily travel back and forth. Having twin empresses would definitely be more interesting.
deus vult
people should already know about the mana arc, it was kinda in the message. though, it could be delayed, since nobody knows who the runalymo are...
Dragonkinn
Many thanks
Robert Mullins
If she's planning to take charge either way I wonder what conditions she'll set for her challenge with Klaman. Regardless, based on last conversation with klaman I'm guessing she'll go for a cultural/economic victory rather than military.
Robert Mullins
The child requirement was removed.
Ex Caseus Fortis
Hmm, she is submitting herself to a game of hide and seek with her virginity on the line. Beyond that, she would actually have to bare child if she loses. I like her chances to win, but the penalties are really high.
Douglas
No offence but I am not the biggest fan of the whole alyssara becoming empress thing i think it just feels sudden and could be pushed down a bit or done in a diffrint way mostly because the empire dosent seem like the best of people and Klaman is the direct opposite of alyssara and a bit of a creep but that's just my opinion
Maury
oh. neat. like a dummy headquarters.
Silverlight
Thanks for the chapter!
AClassroomSpider
thank you for the chapter!. .
