Temporal Pearls

Arf was very valuable and even though he has a lot of it, it will be a waste to be using it in this trivial matter. As such, the Skill Documentation has a recipe, process and techniques to create different sets of red liquid that can be manipulated to produce a set of Skills.

That means he needs Fusiom&Fission a lot.

Seth closed the Indestructible Red Magic Book and stored it away. He looked up to the blue sky and sighed—a lot had happened ever since he began this game, at first he had the happy mind of a gamer but gradually that slipped out and became survival.

"Okay, you see this predicament you are in was caused by a Green Thorn dragon. He attacked me and I squashed him with ease and gave him a choice—to tell me his name or I shall torment any dragon that faces me, the arrogant baby refused to speak." Seth lingered as he observed his surroundings before he added, " Now I\'m in a good mood, so I will do the same with you.

What is your name and what is your true ability? If you tell me I will surely respect baby dragons even though I will take what is needed!"

~Ante Tell\'ar Tale, I\'m from Observant Dragons. Our race is good at reconnaissance and recording information. Some of us have exceptional eyesight ability, others hearing or scent or other perceiving external stimuli. My antenna is my main ability, I can mark the Conditions of a place and whenever that Condition changes to a certain degree I will immediately perceive it.

I can also sense any type of life forms within a 100-meter radius of me. I can also dull others\' sense!~

Seth immediately stood from the dragon\'s body, "Dragons are fascinating, each one is unique. I wonder if you can give me the antennas, I hope you can make new ones?"

There was silence before the dragon\'s antenna solidified like horns and fell off.

"I like honourable dragons. Here is a gift from me!" Seth said as he left Ovalmoon on a stone nearby before he grabbed the antennas.

The glass dome shield lifted and shrunk to palm size and was placed on Seth\'s chest. He then walked away. He wasn\'t far when he heard a quick wing flapping and the dragon disappeared in the sky.

Seth walked on the cracked dead land leisurely, taking in the scenery while his Chronickler was in full activation. His eyes were wandering around enjoying the scenery and his hand was moving gracefully on a book scribing the chronicles.

"Chronicling felt like preserving something alive. normal scribing that never gave me that feeling."

At sunset, Seth was engrossed when he heard a heavy voice that somewhat felt it come from an old and wise man.

"Seth Enoch, I\'m a big fan of yours?"

Seth turned to his left where the voice came from and he met with an elegant old man in golden attire.

He was 1.91 meters tall, with an average but dignified face. The old man was smiling with closed eyes, facing Seth directly.

"You are my favourite player because, despite all the setbacks and weaknesses, you crawled and grew against all odds. And now look at you, walking in Gawee Land that is full of danger but without a care in the world. I\'m very impressed!"

"Who are you?" Seth asked, he turned the Chronicler to Auto-scribe and pushed the book under the flapping green cloak that now had red stripes.

"I\'m like you, a person with a huge deformity, I was forced to crawl in sweat, blood and pain to my position now!" The old man said before he added, "There is one thing I have been dying to see. Please show me the womb!"

Seth frowned, \'How did he know?\'

"How did I know?" The old man said with a smile, "I said I have been observing you from the day you were left behind. I observed your struggle in Living Roots when you were poisoned, your first death when you came out to Gawee pressure" he explained with passion.

"I sympathized with you as I heard your bones breaking but I understand that was better than the numbness you have fought against in Living Roots. Please, show me the womb. I know it was the only one that kept you occupied for a very long time before you met Roana!"

The old man was a genuine fan of Seth and Seth can feel that but that doesn\'t mean he can trust him easily. In fact, the more the old man revealed things about Seth the more Seth was on guard.

"I\'m sorry, but you have not introduced yourself. May I know your name!" Seth muttered softly.

"Call me Golden Robe Eyeless. As you can see I\'m blind, just like your body is super weak. But I have exceptional hearing and detection ability just like you have incredible mental power. Cripples like us boost an outrageous uniqueness.

Those like us that utilize it well rise but those that wallow in despair like many others withered and died!" As Golden Robe Eyless spoke he opened his eyelids, they were indeed empty.

Even under Aura Sight, there was no aura representing the eye. The old man does not have eyes at all, it\'s just a hole.

"Nice to meet you, Golden Robe Eyeless. May I ask what you want from me?" Seth asked.

"I have been wanting to meet you from the very day Vulcan took his village away. I too was alone in extensive caves, trying to run away from powerful creatures, back then I yearned to meet another person like me—that was you. I like to meet Dave too, but I sensed a very dangerous and malevolent thing in Red Valley.

I even presumed Dave might die any moment in that Valley but he turned out to be strong-willed and capable. Still, I adore you the most because you are alone as I\'m alone." The old man was telling the story with a longing expression.

"I was slightly better because I faced some beasts and they keep me preoccupied but you are truly alone in an empty forest."

\'He knows a lot about me.\' Seth thought before he said, "Nice meeting, Golden Robe Eyeless!"

"Nice too." The old man in a golden robe said with a smile before his smile diminished and said, "I don\'t have bad intentions but after I get something I begin to search away to… I mean there is something I need from you.?"

"And that is?" Seth asked, feeling danger all of a sudden.

The old man hesitated, as he scratched his head clearly trying to come up with what to say before he sighed in defeat and blurred it out, "I need your brain, just a tiny piece. I swear even if you die there will be no side effects and you will definitely not die in real life."

"Is this a joke?" Seth asked with a frown, \'This guy is nuts!\'

"I\'m afraid no!" The old man said with a sigh.

They became silent as they stared at each other, no one moved. Before the old man looked down as if ashamed of what he just demanded but the truth was he had no choice but to seek Seth\'s brain.

"What will you do with it?" Seth softly asked.

"I\'m just going to consume it. I swear, I\'m not a carnival but it\'s just a situation that forced me into this. Please forgive me, I need it and the life of a hundred players rests on my shoulder. Including you!"

"Sorry, my brain stays where it is. If you have nothing to say I will be on my way!" Seth turned to walk away while he was muttering something.

"Ego...ruthlessness...intelligence… identification!"

He needs Ego in case the old man can deceive or manipulate one\'s emotions to do his bidding.

Clearly, the old man was very cunning and powerful. He almost made Seth feel he was a brother.

He needs Ruthlessness to have zero sympathy for whatever the upcoming battle will bring.

Intelligence to gather information with ease interpret them fast and use it during the battle.

Identification to be able to discern things that will aid Intelligence in the battle.

The moment Seth looked away, the old man dashed to Seth, his hand stretched forward.

Bang!

"Dragon Pulse…!" Seth muttered silently but then his eyes widened as he found the old man wasn\'t blasted away but stopped on his track. In fact, he was trying to hold his laughter as he quickly jumped back and held his stomach laughing while also pointing at Seth trying to say something.

"Y...you use dragon pressure on me… haha. Haha if people knew, they would laugh to death!" The old man said. Soon he calmed himself and stood properly. There was a hint of amusement on his face.

"I\'m sorry, I will take what I need!" He said seriously before he got ready to attack but a shadow appeared fast above him and slammed down.

"Wow, it Elevated Staff. I heard a lot of you too!"

The old man vanished and appeared beside the staff. Right as he was about to move again, pressure slammed at him from above but he only bent his head without being affected much even though the ground sunken a little.

"It\'s useless!" The old man said amused.

Seth was in turmoil, his Identification had grabbed many things and all of them scared him. It made him realize this fight would not be fought easily. In fact, he doesn\'t even know if he will win.

From head to toe, the old wore things that were  Grade 4 to 6 items. One thing in particular was showing ??? And that was the strange golden cap the old man was wearing.

The old man\'s long Golden Robe was Grade 5, his inner jacket was Grade 4, his pants were Grade 4, and his boots were Grade 5. There was something under his sleeves like a watch and it was Grade 4, there was a chain on his neck under the shirt and it was Grade 6.

Lastly, on his right hand was a strange glove made of chains and finger claws.

The golden glove was made of a band at the wrist that held it, then golden chains that made up most of the gloves and lastly at the end of each glove finger was a golden claw.

Apart from the items grade, none of the items gave any further description. Surely the man\'s name showed Golden Robe Eyeless and his Class is Golden Stead and nothing more.

Seth raised his hand to bring out the Red Signature book to use Arf in the fight but his vision blurred and he comprehended that he would lose the book if he showed it to anyone who could take it away.

This informed him he may end up losing the fight. In that uncertain situation, Seth smiled as his Aspectos activated.

His surroundings became hot but his shifting armour became cold, his eyes spotted lines that showed the trajectory he could possibly go. With a thought, many of them disappeared leaving the most important.

Two Drumming Scale floated inside his Green red striped cloak, they were set to capture any sound that was out of the ordinary and shoot sound if need be.

Seth clenched his fist, he was going for hand-to-hand combat because dragon pressure failed, and he couldn\'t also use his Red Magic.

While Seth was preparing in just a few seconds, his staff was moving fast, changing size, trying to slam at the old man but the golden old man was moving extremely fast, evading and observing it, marvelling at its capability.

Seth then dashed to attack the old man.

"Heat?" The old man muttered with surprise but smiled and faced Seth while evading the staff.

Roarrrrr!

Right as they were closed, a dragon roar, emitted from one of the Drumming Scales, point blank at the old man which stunned him and Seth took that opportunity to punch him.

The punch contained the impact force of the shifting armour because it covered his whole hand. From behind, the punched old man came the staff expansion faster than before to complete the pincer attack.

Right as the staff was about to collide with the old man, his body dematerialised and materialized beside Seth with a smirk on his face.

Smack!

The old man was smacked away by the green cloak that now became full Red. For the first time, he was hauled away and tumbled before he forcibly stopped, his nose bleeding.

"Ah, I shall know your cloak attack too!" He said grumpily and became more serious. White speckles permeated from his body and converged on the chain glove and it glowed golden and then he attacked.

Now the golden old man\'s body was clustered with gold dust and Seth found his movement slowing down, even his thoughts stagnating.

The old man jumped and landed on Seth\'s shoulder, his chain glove aimed at Seth\'s head.

Seth with a thought commanded the red cloak to attack, but he felt as if it had become 1000 times heavier than it was. He also felt the pressure of the dragon\'s blood it had consumed weighing on him.

What Queen Retina said came to him, he shall avoid letting his cloak consume blood directly, especially dragon because they have an acute sense of their body and can track it and command it.

Before the old man touched Seth\'s head, Staff Of Elevation attacked very fast but the golden round cap on the old man pulsed with golden light and immediately the staff fell limp as if it died.

But the old too paused, trembling as he gawked at the staff. Something scared him, this momentary pause made Seth move and tumbled the old man away and projected his aura which made the staff float to him slowly.

"What is inside that staff? Something heavy, did you….?" The old man became silent as Seth muttered.

"Moon blessing!" This was to increase his odds of winning.

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~Moon Blessing

[Whatever you are doing under the moon, the action will slightly go according to your interest and intention]

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The staff pulse with dim bright light and immediately Seth gained enlightenment. All the Aspectos increased in potency.

The hot temperature on his Shifting Armour became normal but the two edges of the staff became hot while the surrounding air became cold.

The two Drumming Scales began to emit strange sounds that irritated Seth but the old man was affected more.

Then a skill [Walker] activated alongside Vela Aspecto.

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[Skills]

(1)~Drawing Picture [8]. (2)~Scribe [5]. (3)~Painting [7]. (4)~Calligraphy [3]. (6)~Sculpture [5]. (7)~Conscious Deliberation.

(8)~ Aura [8]. (9)~Walker [2].

Skill number 9 [Walker] was two and it has room for growing

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[Walker]

~Quick Pace

~Running Pace

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The moment the two skills activated, one of the trajectories of Vela Aspecto lit up an urge to activate Quick Pace filled Seth, he didn\'t hold back, his body moved in a small but fast stride.

At that moment, the Old man Appeared where Seth left just a second ago, missing him. Even though he was faster than Seth with Vela Aspecto active.

Another possible trajectory lit up and Seth followed it at the same time, another one was shown for his staff. He followed it too and thrust the staff according to the trajectory.

It coincided with the old man reaching there and he was smacked and sent flying again but sadly the attack did no damage.

By activating Moon Blessing, Seth became on a guided path in doing things that will be effective in his situation.

The golden old man wasn\'t deterred, he stood and attacked again.

Second, before the old man moved, Seth saw two trajectory lights up. One was the one the old man was on while the other required a running pace to avoid the old man.

But his Ego denied him to run which gave rise to another staff trajectory lit up. It showed him staff spinning motions.

Your adventure continues at mvl

The old man was close at that moment and Seth just chose to clash with him. His noble ego felt at ease and soothing.

Seth following the spinning trajectory, spun his staff in hand and attacked the man\'s chest. The old man\'s body glowed golden and pressure emitted from him.

If Seth wasn\'t under [Moon Blessing] he would bent to his knees and possibly flattened to the ground.

He spun and thrust the staff, the old man vanished and appeared behind Seth. But Seth was already changing trajectory and he thrust back. Right as the staff button tip was about to touch the old man, Seth\'s aura poured into the staff and flowed to the tip while the cold around him increased sharply and the heat at the staff tip increased as well.

Burst!

A burst of heated aura blasted from the tip. The old man avoided in time and jumped away. "You look mechanical...ahhh" he groaned and fell to his knees.

Looking at him, under Aura Sight, the man\'s aura was boiling due to the skill he had just used.

At the same time, the [Moon Blessing] turned as well as the Aspectos.

As an Aura Manipulator, Seth felt he could influence the old man\'s aura and he reached for it from a distance, however, he felt a warning that prevented him from doing so. It came from a deeper part of him, the Aura Tome.