2 days passed by in a flash . Daneel spent most of the day with his parents, enjoying their presence and the comfort of home .
He still practiced CT-1 . The white figure was getting faster, but with no new variations in movements or techniques, it was becoming easy to dodge all of its hits .
He had found a secluded forest near the slums where he made sure no one was watching before practicing .
Only, there was no ether to absorb so his level progression was 0 . He missed the feeling of exhausting his cells and then absorbing ether, rejuvenating them with vitality .
It was finally the 3rd day and Daneel woke up with enthusiasm .
Soon, the system finally spoke .
[Development complete . Mageroot Devlopment Technique-MDT-1 developed .
MDT-1: After analyzing all the data collected by the system and PAM-2, certain conclusions have been reached which enabled the development of this technique . The mageroot is nothing but the pineal gland, located in the skull between the two eyes on the forehead . On earth, it was known as the "Third Eye" due to its supposed ability to see through all things, paranormal and supernatural .
Just like on Earth, every person here is born with a pineal gland . Due to the development of the body, a 'calcification' occurs on the pineal gland, burying it . Some people are born with large pineal glands which lets them slow down the calcification unconsciously . This enables them to pass the test which is held by academies and become known as someone who 'possesses a mageroot' . In reality, a mageroot is present in all humans . The only thing in question is if it can be used to attain magic powers .
With the help of PAM-2, a technique has been identified which uses energy extracted from Ether to first decalcify the pineal gland and then increase its size, thus increasing host's mage potential .
Thus, host is advised to gather Ether and absorb it .
*DING*
New mission: Decalcify the pineal gland and attain enrollment in the NML .
Mission EXP Award: 100 EXP
Would you like to accept the mission?]
"Yes", said Daneel, feeling puzzled as to how he would go about obtaining Ether to absorb .
Buying it was out of the question . The Ether to gold conversion ratio was presently at 1:10, with 1 standard block of Ether-1, which was the most common form costing 10 Golden Lans . Around 2 blocks was required for someone with high-grade potential to go from Human-1 to Human-2 level . Of course, this meant it required 4 blocks for someone with mid grade and a staggering 8 blocks for someone with low-grade potential . Thus, the amount of money paid to the training hall for the time in the Energized Training Chamber was quite cheap .
Just as Daneel was racking his head wondering what to do, the system came to his rescue .
[System Suggestion: After analysis of data with Phenomena Analysis Module-2, a suggestion has been generated . Would you like to receive it?]
"Yes", he said, puzzled . Suggestions? This was new .
[System suggests host to consider finishing the mission, "Find the thieves' hideout" . This is because traces of high-quality Ether had been detected on the thieves at the time that they interacted with host . This was not detected before due to the absence of the module . ]
The thieves were in contact with high-quality ether? This was practically a god send opportunity!
Only, there was the possibility that there might be more thieves . Remembering his earlier fight, a faint sweat appeared on Daneel's face as it really had been a close shave .
Daneel did not want to take chances . If he went to the hideout, he wanted to be in the strongest condition possible .
Thus, he decided that it was time to analyze the technique he had received . Over the past two days, he had set it aside because he wanted to first make sure that he had completely mastered the Combat Techniques-1 made by the system . Being able to completely dodge the white figure was a sign that he had, indeed, mastered the basics .
Daneel took out the transparent fist shaped coin and held it in his hand .
[Interface detected . Would you like the system to download the information stored?]
"Yes", he said, feeling the coin becoming a little warm in his hand .
After about 5 minutes, the system spoke again .
["Fists of Justice"-first 2 stages analysis complete . The further stages have been recorded, but analysis is not possible due to insufficient level of the system .
Irrelevant material discarded .
Secret Move: Hidden Kill can be added to Combat Techniques-1 . Would you like to recompile CT-1 to add the move?]
Hidden Kill! Daneel wondered if this was the move Elanev had used on the officer back at the library .
"What is the move?", asked Daneel, curious .
[Hidden Kill: Using the techniques of instantaneous force reversal, bubbles of pressure can be formed on an opponent's body . These bubbles can be set to explode a set amount of time later by controlling the force used at impact . The key lies in an instantaneous shift of momentum when a fist or kick is impacting an opponent's body, without the opponent not being able to tell the difference between a normal hit and a Hidden Kill hit . If done incorrectly, the shift will result in damage to the user's body . ]
Indeed, it was the same technique . Finally, he would be able to replicate that cool walking away scene that was stuck in his mind since the fight at the library .
Chapter end
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