Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Skullius found it difficult to calm down until a considerable amount of time had passed.

Seriously, he didn't think he would have another blob of worry to pester his peace of mind, especially from his own abilities. What were the repercussions of this?

While the second sun in the sky was absent, the Diviners could possibly track down Red Rage. Or maybe they could not. Perhaps the job of the Diviners wasn't a twenty four hour gig. But the night...

The night was when most of the heinous activity took place right?

The Eternal Storm Veil Penetrator slapped himself in the skull.

"Is this it? That lovely stroke of horrendous luck?" Skullius asked himself.

Maybe. Maybe not.

The Penetrator looked around and found himself on the stout mountain. He had appeared exactly where he had been before he exited Fortune in order to go and look for Red Rage seconds ago.

With his mood simmering down from a rage filled high, Skullius decided to use this time in a more beneficial way than figuring out ways to chew out Red Rage whenever he eventually found him.

"I had rechecking my spoils as part of my objectives. Didn't get enough time to properly appraise them all. Might as well do that now," he said as he shot out a burst of hot air that coiled in the atmosphere while releasing thin bursts of Levin.

The Penetrator began to scale the stout mountain in order to reach the top which was saturated with multiple high level concepts.

During the night of the previous day, before the Premium Age Royale's commencement, he had setup and researched superficially all his gains from the battle with the Grand Flame Bringer.

Right now though, before the three hour cooldown of [High Cosmetic Body] came off, he intended to explore two, less complicated spoils that came from that.

It would do well to pass the time.

As Skullius reached the top of the mountain, on his bones cold mana heavy with unnatural effects registering, familiar prompts began to appear from his guidance field.

[High level concept detected. 'Distorted Gravity'. To learn the lesser fundamentals, an investment of 15,100 Null Life Essence is required]

[High level concept detected. 'Spatial Lightning'. To learn the lesser fundamentals, an investment 24,900 Null Life Essence is required].

[High level concept detected. 'Stagnant Space. To learn the lesser fundamentals, an investment of 31,700 Null Life Essence is required]

The skill [Epiphany] registered the high level concepts present atop this mountain, one of which Skullius could now learn the lesser fundamentals of provided he drew Null Life Essence from Ferex and coupled it with his own; if the Apostle had the full 3000 he could hold right now that is – with an additional 100 on top.

Skullius had recognised this opportunity when he came here yesterday and it was only a matter of time before he made his Hybrid Luman form stronger by learning more about Distorted Gravity but that wasn't what he was looking to focus on right now.

With another stretch of steps, the gravity that used to bully the Penetrator being significantly less aggressive because of his higher stats, Skullius reached IT.

His fury was quelled just by seeing this thing.

This was undoubtedly a contender for the greatest thing he could have looted from his latest Cluster raid.

A large, magnificent throne surrounded by a pool of ever boiling lava stood before his sight, looking to not fit as well with the chaotic atmosphere and messy design of this platform – the fractured and torn pillars of stone, some of which shot into the sky randomly around thick bolts of lightning that caused the disappearance of some of them.

This Legendary object, along with the large sword stuck within the hot pool around it... these two misfits gave a powerful presence.

On the back rest of the throne, two dark scaled eggs could be seen wedged within its thick, solid material – one of the eggs twice the one to its left and evidently the one that would have been to its right.

Skullius emitted a proud burst of hot mana.

He walked up to the pool and used [Greater Mana Crafter] to lift himself up with mana and sit on this throne that he didn't fit on at all. Still, his arms reached the armrests. That was enough.

The Penetrator languidly rested his back and relaxed, Levin bursting from the mass of clouds that would spontaneously appear around him, its streaks smashing against the throne constantly.

"Ah...."

As he sat, he felt it.

A massive surge of familiar essences being drawn, condensed and fed into him in relatively safe proportions.

Tinges of white, light blue and grey ran over the surface of the throne and streamed to Skullius and the eggs above, feeding them the essence contained within four concepts – Spatial Lightning, Distorted Gravity, Stagnant Space and Grand Fire.

The thick mass of power within the boiling pool was yet to wane and it was the source of the last, one which wasn't on the level of the other three given that it wasn't exactly a concept. The unbelievable resilience of the energy within this pool was exactly why Skullius had looted it along with throne after all.

Speaking of the throne...

~~~

[Kindling Heath]

<Legendary>

A throne forged from the remnants of the voracious flames spat out of the land, their pursuit to devour everything fused with the sediments of the power of gods to form a seat for a long awaited king.

-Durability-

71,230/120,000

-Special Effects-

• Increases any affinity by one rank.

• Increase Mana by 12,000 with absolute conversion

• Absorbs any energy form nearby and feeds it to the user with cautious guide

• Increase ability to receive and comprehend complex energies by 50%

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[Skill: Genuine Womb]

The throne is a protector of its user and the perfect bearer of his new kin. The throne will nourish anyone the user wills with the essence it absorbs.

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[Skill: Unlimited Utility]

The throne saves 20% of absorbed essences to use for other functions that the user may desire – flight, defence, attack and per the user's will, giving allies a boost along the lines of the aforementioned aspects.

~~~

The more Skullius thought about this throne and its previous owner, the more he realised that it was underutilised.

Or maybe it was just that the Grand Flame Bringer hadn't used the throne in the final battle. He couldn't.

Whatever the case may be, Skullius was going to use this thing to the fullest. In fact, the concentrated surge of mana with 'spices' made him feel a little overwhelmed but this feeling was offset by [Epiphany]'s passive ability to slowly dissect these concepts.

The process was much faster now as the essence wasn't scattered anymore. In a few minutes, Skullius could get the equivalent of what he had attained days ago when trying to find the core of Distorted Gravity but for all concepts that he was exposed to.

The only problem would be that he didn't have a convenient conduit to exploit in order to utilise the little he gained from these concepts like before - with a new core that wasn't imprinted with a Refinery.

He needed to work harder.

Looking up, Skullius saw the egg directly above him. The largest one.

The space between its scales was beginning to turn from the bright shade of red to a greyish white hue.

It seemed the creature within was slowly graduating from Grand Fire to one of the high level concepts contained here on the stout mountain.

'Whatever the creature born from this is must be really greedy. I probably shouldn't use [Unbound] on this egg otherwise I may impede the birth of something phenomenal,' Skullius thought with hints of excitement burning in his four sockets, one of which held an absurd power that he was proud of. One that he wouldn't expose unless absolute necessary.

Piggy backing on his growing enthusiasm that slowly chased away his anger, the Penetrator focused on the next thing on his agenda.

The new guidance field functions.