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The Fusionist Book 4 -- Chapter 4
🕑 Added 2023-10-16 22:33:12 +0000 UTCChapter 4
Congratulations!
You have learned 5 Fusions of a similar type for a particular Stat Boost and now understand the fundamental elements of that Fusion!
As a result, all Agility Boost Fusions will now be combined into a singular Fusion. The only functional difference will be related to Magnitude.
Fusions Lost:
Fusion – Agility Boost +1
Fusion – Agility Boost +2
Fusion – Agility Boost +3
Fusion – Agility Boost +7
Fusion – Agility Boost +10
Fusion Gained:
Fusion – Agility Boost
In addition, all Agility Boost Fusions have slightly reduced Mana Cost and Pattern Cohesion requirements, as well as a reduction in Fusion Time.
-5% Mana Cost
-5% Pattern Cohesion
-5% Fusion Time
Congratulations!
You have learned 5 Fusions of a similar type for a particular Effect and now understand the fundamental elements of that Fusion!
As a result, all Camouflage Sphere Fusions….
The progress he made in consolidating his different Fusions into a more manageable list was actually a lot faster than he expected considering his low Mana regeneration rate. The reason for this was because he many of those he had created before were a higher Magnitude and so he was able to create the lower Magnitudes with less of a Mana Cost and was able to fulfill the requirements to consolidate them all together. Thankfully, everything that wasn’t related to materials only required 5 of that certain type of Fusion in order to consolidate; for things such as Multi-Resistance Cloth, Leather, and Wood, it required 10 – but that was easy enough to accomplish with a few low-Magnitude additions to the list.
At one point in his endeavors, as he was finishing up the last of the material Fusions which was made easier as he added silver, gold, and platinum (from his coinage) in addition to cloth, leather, glass, wood, stone, iron, and steel to the materials he was creating them on, he received another notification that made him even more pleased that his efforts were beneficial for more than just cleaning up his Fusion list.
Congratulations!
You have consolidated 10 different material as part of your Fusions and now understand the fundamental natures of those different materials! As a result, Fusions on these materials…
Cloth
Leather
Glass
Wood
Stone
Iron
Silver
Gold
Steel
Platinum
…will no longer require the material(s) as part of the Effect designation to be effective, as they will be automatically be included in the process.
Fusions Lost:
Fusion – Graduated Illumination Strong Glass
Fusion – Graduated Illumination Strong Iron
Fusion – Graduated Illumination Strong Silver
Fusion – Graduated Illumination Strong Stone
Fusion – Graduated Illumination Strong Wood
Fusion – Illuminate Iron
Fusion – Illuminate Steel
Fusion – Illuminate Stone
Fusion – Illuminate Wood
Fusion – Multi-Resistance Cloth
Fusion – Multi-Resistance Leather
Fusion – Multi-Resistance Wood
Fusion – Red and White Illuminate Cloth
Fusion – Red and White Illuminate Iron
Fusion – Red and White Illuminate Stone
Fusion – Red and White Illuminate Wood
Fusion – Sharpen Iron Edge
Fusion – Sharpen Steel Edge
Fusion – Sharpen Stone Edge
Fusion – Sharpen Wood Edge
Fusion – Strengthen and Sharpen Iron Edge
Fusion – Strengthen and Sharpen Steel Edge
Fusion – Strengthen and Sharpen Wood Edge
Fusion – Strengthen Iron
Fusion – Strengthen Leather
Fusion – Strengthen Steel
Fusion – Strengthen Stone
Fusion – Strengthen Wood
Fusion – Strengthen Steel and Wood
Fusion Gained:
Fusion – Graduated Illumination Strong
Fusion – Illuminate
Fusion – Multi-Resistance
Fusion – Red and White Illuminate
Fusion – Sharpen Edge
Fusion – Strengthen and Sharpen Edge
Fusion – Strengthen
Not only did this reduce his Fusion list even further, but there was a portion of the notification that he paid special attention to regarding the material or materials used in the Fusion. When he experimented shortly afterwards using a Strengthen +1 Fusion on a spear he “borrowed” from the Protectors of Enderflow, he found that he now didn’t have to designate what materials it affected in the Effect portion of the formation as long as the Fusion was in proximity to the connected materials. In this instance, he placed the Fusion on the wooden shaft of the spear just below its steel blade, and while the formation wasn’t technically touching the steel in any way, it was close enough to be included in the Effect, nonetheless. Further experiments showed that the further the Fusion was away from the secondary material – such as when he placed the Fusion further down the shaft – it required a higher Magnitude in order to “reach” the other material.
What this advancement ultimately meant was that he wouldn’t have to worry about separating all the different materials on any objects he added Fusions to, including armor and other weapons. He found that he could also mentally exclude a material if needed, as Strengthening leather on armor that was half steel wouldn’t be beneficial; if he added a Multi-Resistance Effect into the same Strengthen Fusion designed for steel and included both steel and leather in the Multi-Resistance Fusion, then he could essentially cover an entire article of armor in a single Fusion – something that he wasn’t capable of doing before this.
It was and amazing change to his repertoire of Fusions and he could only imagine the possibilities in the future…
…if only his Mana regeneration could keep up with what he could imagine doing with this newly acquired material function.
Nevertheless, only a day before his service obligation to the town was up, Larek managed to finish his Fusion consolidation. He looked at the list and was happy with what he saw.
Mage Abilities:
Spell – Bark Skin
Spell – Binding Roots
Spell – Fireball
Spell – Furrow
Spell – Ice Spike
Spell – Lesser Restoration
Spell – Light Bending
Spell – Light Orb
Spell – Localized Anesthesia
Spell – Minor Mending
Spell – Rapid Plant Growth
Spell – Repelling Gust
Spell – Static Illusion
Spell – Stone Fist
Spell – Wall of Thorns
Spell – Water Jet
Spell – Wind Barrier
Fusion – Acuity Boost
Fusion – Agility Boost
Fusion – Area Chill
Fusion – Body Boost
Fusion – Camouflage Sphere
Fusion – Extreme Heat
Fusion – Flaming Ball
Fusion – Flying Stone
Fusion – Graduated Illumination Strong
Fusion – Graduated Parahealing
Fusion – Healing Surge
Fusion – Icy Spike
Fusion – Illuminate
Fusion – Illusionary Image
Fusion – Intellect Boost
Fusion – Intellect and Acuity Boost
Fusion – Muffle Sound
Fusion – Muffling Air Deflection Barrier
Fusion – Multi-Resistance
Fusion – Paralytic Light
Fusion – Paralytic Touch
Fusion – Personal Air Deflection Barrier
Fusion – Pneuma Boost
Fusion – Red and White Illuminate
Fusion – Repelling Barrier
Fusion – Repelling Gust of Air
Fusion – Sharpen Edge
Fusion – Space Heater
Fusion – Spellcasting Focus Boost
Fusion – Strength Boost
Fusion – Strength and Body Boost
Fusion – Strengthen and Sharpen Edge
Fusion – Strengthen
Fusion – Temperature Regulator
Fusion – Tree Skin
Fusion – Water Stream
Not only was he able to clean up his list, but his frequent creation of Fusions – while none of them were particularly powerful because of his Mana limitations – also managed to increase his related Skills to their current maximums.
Multi-effect Fusion Focus has reached Level 20!
Pattern Recognition has reached Level 21!
Spellcasting Focus has reached Level 21!
Mana Control has reached Level 37!
Pattern Formation has reached Level 37!
Fusion has reached Level 37!
The Skill increases also netted him another personal Level, which gave him an additional 18 AP to spend – which he immediately shoved into Intellect, giving him a total of 98 Intellect. When it was doubled by his existing boost Fusion, he had a total of 196 with a maximum Mana pool of 1,960. This wouldn’t have been a large increase to Larek when his regeneration was still incredibly fast, but now the additional 360 Mana in his pool made a huge difference in creating slightly stronger Fusions. That didn’t mean he’d be making anything over a Magnitude 3 or 4 anytime soon, unless he wanted to wait hours for his Mana to regenerate, but a higher starting Mana pool was always beneficial to get the job done much faster.
Overall, his efforts were well worth the time he put into it, and he was looking forward to working his way back to the Kingdom soon. Not only did he want to acquire more Aetheric Force, but being unable to create the Fusions he wanted to because of the low ambient Mana density was quite annoying. In addition, while he could’ve made himself another mage staff with offensive Fusions on it, though with a lower Magnitude than the one he left back in the Kingdom when he was captured by Chinli, actually carrying it with him or using it would be a mistake if anyone saw him. That would likely reveal that he had made it, which was something he wanted to avoid at the moment.
Strangely enough, during the last few days of cleaning up his Fusions list, Larek also noted that his Mana regeneration was gradually starting to increase in speed. It was barely noticeable at first, and he initially thought he was mistaken when his pool refilled a few seconds before he had estimated it would. By the time he finished with the list, what had normally taken just over 4 minutes to refill his new Mana pool of 1,960 at his regeneration rate, now took only half that time; at about 16 Mana per second now as opposed to 8 Mana, that was a significant increase. His first assumption was that his Acuity was finally helping to speed things up with his regeneration, but that was only until he looked around with a focus on the air in his room and noticed that the Mana density had also increased.
That’s great! If this keeps up, I’ll be back to normal in no time—
He interrupted that happy thought as he realized what that meant. If the Mana density was increasing in the area, then that was likely to mean that it was increasing everywhere. And if it was increasing everywhere, then the ambient Mana pouring out of the Kingdom was increasing significantly as a result. Moreover, if it was increasing as fast as it seemed to be, then that could only mean one thing—
Larek was suddenly knocked flat on his back in his bed when an invisible shockwave of force spread through his room and beyond. As he sat back up and tried to make sense of what had just happened, he noticed that the ambient Mana density jumped yet again; it wasn’t to the point where it was close to the Kingdom’s density, but it appeared to be slowly getting there.
More than that, however, he heard screaming coming from all over the town, but it was impossible to determine what exactly what they were yelling about. The main reason for being able to determine why was because his focus was on something else entirely.
Somewhere on the very edge of his perception to the east of the town of Enderflow, the impossibility of a Scission appearing in the Empire of Sealance had just occurred.
