Temporal Pearls

Chapter 248: Aaaaahrf

She began to plead with him, Seth returned her hug with a smile without saying a thing while he tapped her back. "Come, you shall sit on your Throne."

He guided her and made her small body sit on the solid throne.

[You have awakened the Sanctuary]

"What name should I give it?" She asked softly, still some tears on her face. Seth just smiled at her and said, "Add Elevated to whatever name you choose. Besides, I don't know your name?" He asked.

She sighed and said, "I will get a name after I become independent of my father."

Seth has already realized they were still connected with the Red Ancient. From him, they absorb passive knowledge and power but that has a time limit. Before that, they need a territory where they will explore themselves and grow. In adulthood, they get a name and become independent!

The moment he removed his hand from the throne after he left her sitting, his mind felt like a hammer had struck it. Then a blurry image of him in ragged clothes, somewhere inside a large palace. He was sad, angry but also full of confidence. Around him were very important people. One thing he comprehend was that that was not Gawee but elsewhere.

Everything then vanished and he came back to normal.

"Are you alright, what happened to you!" Retina asked worriedly.

"I'm fine," he said before he burst into laughter and shouted, "I escaped!"

Two things happened now, one was he gained a very important skill, and two was that he saw a possible future.

[Congratulations, you have gained a Special Skill: Prescience!]

[Prescience]

[You, Lord of Roots Village, Noble of Gawee Continent have Coronated Retina, Red Eye Race as Queen in Ancient City]

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"Why does skill not have a description of what they do but rather information of why they came? This is the same as when I got Chronicler." Seth complained after he calmed down.

"Or maybe you don't know how to look. Father said, skills morp according to how you use them. Some will not take shape until you use them!" Retina explained. Stay tuned to mvl

"Hmm. I shall try this. Skill Description."

[Prescience]

[You, Lord of Roots Village, Noble of Gawee Continent have Coronated Retina, Red Eye Race as Queen in Ancient City]

~Skill Rank: Special Passive

~Skill Use: Ability to See one of the possible inevitable futures.

~Skill Condition: Relevant Connected Events.

~Skill Penalty: None

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"I was using the system wrong." Seth realized. "It's not my fault, this damn game is just real and so confusing that it makes people forget to even enjoy It."

Seth's attention returns to Retina still on the throne. "I just see something that increases my confidence that we will find the way out of this land. But, you know we will come back. Our mission is mostly here?" Seth said to her and she nodded.

"I'm a Queen without Subject. Do you mind if you send some people my way? I will be a good Ruler!" She said.

"Of course, even if you didn't say that." He looked at the book she wanted him to Grade up and sighed, his Crafting mind geared up thinking about how to go about it.

He also engaged in conversation with Retina about the usage of Skills, abilities, traits, and many things. She clarified things that he grasped before and never understood them well.

The First thing was all Passive Skills were active Skills that operate automatically. Just like breathing that people do unconsciously but can consciously do it. But the effect might not be as good as Active Skills.

Most Attributes operate the same way but to truly activate them, one should consciously call them out with purpose in mind.

There was one thing that Seth was doing wrong all this time and that lack of using his abilities. Attributes, Traits, Skills, and Arms were all part of him, he shall consider them as his Arms.

If he doesn't use his hand, it will become numb and will drag him down because it will be a burden. That also applied to his Abilities and Arms.

He may not feel it but the side effect was gradual and slow and soon It will be like a disease or sickness to him by making him weak or unable to level up. Yes, the lack of using other attributes makes the one he uses a lot harder to level up or rank up.

This opened his eyes to his failures.

There was also Skill Name calling while using it. This doesn't just make one concentrate while using it but it also was attaching that Skill to his slight Intentions, Willpower and Mental Power.

With enough desire in the Intention, one can exceed the output of the skill. This is true when people are furious while attacking, their output increases.

Another thing was Invoking the name of the original owner of External Items. For example, Seth using Retina Liquid while calling her name increased his control. It's not that he was praying for her to give him power but rather, the liquid has her Will inside and him calling her name made that Will follow his will and desire.

Seth has come up with the same conclusion about this before.

He also learned about Will Wrestle, Will Erase, Intent Manifestation and others. It's all about when using external items. Some of which Seth has used without knowing.

One last thing was Senior Crafter Warrealm. Seth has gone there when he crafted his First Grade Book, where he met with angry Temra. It was a War Realm where Senior Crafter battled with the Wills inside the ingredients they use in crafting.

'Her ability to gain knowledge from her genes was amazing!'

"Father doesn't spoil us, there is a price for everything!" She with a rueful smile. The duo continued to design the process of crafting meticulously until Retina was satisfied.

"We have a 135% chance of success!" She said. "Because it was a Red item we are making?" Seth asked and she nodded.

It was daytime, so they waited till night. Retina made a table made of red liquid and Seth put the items required on it.

"The thing you need to do when crafting is not to rush but to review your abilities and analyze if you need any of them!" Retina said as she eyed him.

She has watched him for a long and realized he has this notion that he has everything under control but the truth was he was always hasty to do things. He doesn't really think of things from a linear perspective but just uses what came to his mind fast.

He did appear to think but not in a professional way but in a childish and rushed manner. She wants him to rectify that.

Seth called his Talents and Skill first.

[Talents]

(1)~Red Manipulation. (2)~Aura. (3)~Painting [D+]. (4)~Calligraphy [E+]. (5)~Sculpture (E+). (6)~Dance.

(7)~Stoicism. (8)~Lingua [5]. (9)~Poise. (10)~Garment Artist. (11)~Scribe. (12)~Antique Appraisal.

(13)~Walker [2]. (15)~Aura Circuit. (16)~Chronicler•

(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]. (10)~Prescience•

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He listed all of them to her and they chose the one needed to use.

Red Manipulation, Aura, Calligraphy, Sculpture, Aura Circuit, Painting and Drawing Pictures.

She wrote that aside and he then pulled out the Noble Class perks.

[Noble Class Attributes]

(1)~Charisma [100%]. (2)~Trustworthy. (3)~Intelligent. (4)~Confidence. (5)~Bravery. (6)~Pride.

(7)~Ego. (8)~Ruthlessness.

[Noble Class Talents]

(1)~Chieftaincy. (2)~Communication. (5)~Observation. (6)~Savant. (7)~Crafting. (8)~Identification.

(9)~Class Transition Support.

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"I forgot I had an Identification, I would have known the name of those plants. I'm an idiot!" Seth said out loud and that made Retina laugh at him.

"That's why you should always check and use tools."

After listening to the list she asserted that he should use his Noble Attribute a lot, which will force his Charisma forward. Right now it doesn't manifest much. He shall also satisfy his Ego but not be controlled by it.

Intelligence was the only thing they needed from the attribute and then from Noble Class Talent were Crafting and Identification.

"Close your eyes and then envision what you want to identify, then shout Identification with all your voice!" Retina ordered.

Seth looked at her before he followed her order.

In his mind, he envisioned a book that can rank up, possesses the power of red and can conceal important information.

"IDENTIFICATION!"

He shouted and opened his eyes, Aura Sight activated but unlike seeing Aura as usual, the aura was moulded into a sentence that he can read.

Solid Arf, Siprit root, Barker, Tangle Leaf, Tangle Tissue, Tangle water, Origin Paper Book, Liquid Arf, Experience Essence Stone, Solid Moon Essences.

Moulded by the item's Aura came their name. Solid Arf is a Retina table made of red liquid.

"What is Arf?" Seth asked her.

"Haha, Is that what you saw? That is its true name. Aaaaahrf is correct pronunciation!" She explained.

"Be careful of saying the correct name of things, else!" She warned again.

"Repeat the name after I increase my intelligence!" Seth asked and she agreed.

"INTELLIGENT SAVANT!" He shouted.

"Aaaaahrf!" She said.

Seth was silent for some time before he pulled a bit of Arf from Red Signature Stone. And muttered, "Aaaaahrf!"

"Impressive!" Seth said as he saw he truly grasped it, it was no longer dissipating in the air. He made it float around him, made it flat, and a bit solid.

Intelligent was his Attribute and Savant had a Talent for studying. Together Seth was able to listen to the correct pronunciation and grasped it correctly and also called it with less error.

And calling it made his Red Manipulation grab onto the red liquid properly. It's still heavier than a large boulder but nothing was trying to take it away from him.

"Good. You have the talent of Crafting after all. That isn't limited to solid items but also creativity."

With correct intention and visualization, Seth shouted Crafting. Now with Identification still active, Crafting Talent became broad. Seth can now identify the reaction of the items when used together, he can see the possibility of putting them correctly or not. And also the process of doing it.

Because whenever one item was connected to another, the name may change, and based on that, Seth will know if it was what they wanted or not.

Sure enough within a single Night, Seth created his Second Grade Rank book.

During the process Seth has become daring and used dragon's parts, from Aura, scales and their blood, adding those reduced the success rate by 20% which means it was still a 110% success rate.

He also added random stones from Gawee Land, stones from the abandoned city, Red Cores from Abhorrent Monster and all his Gawee Monster Cores but kept only two when Retina insisted. Adding those did reduce the success rate.

Seth wished this was Living Roots, he would have gone around the forest trying many items.

At the end, a red book present itself and the final and main ingredient was placed on the front solid front cover page. Seth was surprised as he saw her put his Red Signature Stones.

She said she had another gift to give him but didn't know she wanted to merge the book with the stone. The moment it merged, Seth was Pulled into Senior Crafting Warrealm.

Temra, Vela, Vera, Green Thorn Dragon, Limbless Dragon, Spiky tail dragon and two others appeared, all of them furious at him. Then Retina appeared beside them with a smile. Like a mouse before a cat, they all whimpered away.

"So, this is your Crafting Warrealm. It's large and can house many things too. Hmm. There are some minor traits from Gawee Monsters core but they are all nourishment." She muttered before she looked at the dragons with a smile. Go ahead and attack him, don't wait for me. He needs to suppress you all!"

Like ferocious beasts, they pounce on him and Retina points at his chest. 'My will have to be stronger than them!' He noted.

So he shouted, "PURE WHITE STONE WILLPOWER!"

The dragon bodies immediately became solid white stone, including Retina before they broke to pieces and many other small wills from various items came and merged with them and transformed into a Book he envisioned.

From elsewhere, Retina crawled inside angry and said, "You don't need to destroy my will."

"Well, I didn't know that would be very effective! Haha!" Seth was happy to see that now inside his mind he got the knowledge about the material and their working together to form the book he wanted.

More than that, now he knew how to avoid getting Cursed by the will of one of the items he used and that was to erase or dominate their will during Warrealm.

"I'm staying!" She said as she glared at him when she saw her body was solidifying.

"Oh, okay!" With his approval, she became normal again. "Your willpower is very strong but be smart about it!" She warned.

Seth found himself back and a book was present.

[Congratulation, you have created Grade Rank Item: Red Signature Book]

[Red Signature Book]

~Category: Scribe Tool

~Grade: 1

~Use: Arf Storage, Red Liquid Storage, Documentation. Increased Arf Control.

[This Book has the potential to reach Grade 5 and above]

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With Smile Seth was about to touch it Retina snatched it and began to tell the story she told him about Red Ancient but it wasn't him that she was talking to but rather the book.

Seth sensed the book's aura increase as the inscription began to cover it before it began to crack and about to explode but Retina held it tightly.

"....please father!" She begged. And the book comes back to normal and hands it to Seth.

[Red Signature Book]

~Category: Arf Item

~Special Grade: 1

~Special Attribute: Indestructible. Halo.

~Use: Storage. Fusion&Fission. Skill Documentation.

[This Book has limitless potential]

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"Wow. Indestructible and Halo. That's amazing. Hehe, I can throw this book when I'm cornered by a Dragon Breath!"

"I won't recommend that!" Retina snarled but she calmed down as she thought about it more. "Well, if there is no way, you need to respect the book. It's called Arf, if you don't know what that means then my father was once called Arf."

Seth felt a chill down his spine before he understood that this book is royalty now. They discuss the book's capability and without notice, Seth hugged Retina and kissed her face which made her blush.

The reason was as long as the book halo was around him, then he can play with dragon's blood and they can't track him down.

"How many items can you give me from you many items?" She asked when she realized the brat was too engrossed with his new toy and didn't think of giving her a token of appreciation.

"I'm ashamed of myself, hehe!" Seth mumbled. He brought out Living Roots Painting and unfold it. Nature's essence spreads across the area and makes them feel refreshed. He also brought the one he painted some fruits.

Then he set Painting Canvas to paint her on her throne. Finishing that, he began to do something that scared even Retina. He painted the moon, grabbed its Aura light and infused it into the painting, then gave Retina the Picture.

It was a realistic Moon glowing blindingly on the canvas.

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In a desolate land filled with cracks and large fissures that emit black smoke and spotted no life forms except for two.

Seth sat there checking his Red Signature Book, he had just used it to store the blood of a baby dragon, his very seat now. The pitiful dragon was lying, battered on the ground trying to resist but to no avail while his aura was forcibly being sucked out from and it was becoming weaker by the moment.

There was an invisible dorm covering them that masked their presence by sight and scent while the sound was also mute due to Drumming Scale floating around Seth.

Seth has managed to fully activate the Glass Script Shield, thanks to Queen Retina when she fed it with red lightning. The rest of the Shield control was easy, except for one thing, it consumed too much energy when changing shape.

Seth also has learned a great deal from the new book and he was feeling like Red Magician to a certain extent due to Skill Documentation.

The Red Signature Book has three main uses, one was Storage, which wasn't limited to Arf but rather all-natural red liquid. Unlike the Red Signature Stone which merged everything together, the book separated them into slots.

Seth now stored 27 different blood he obtained when he was hiding when dragons fought due to Moon Crystal. At that time, he scooped a lot of blood and it turned out that they were a mix of different dragons.

"Dragon bloods are not easily mixed, with enough scrutiny one can differentiate them with sight!"

On the First Page were designs that he appeared when the book was made. The second page has storage slots of many dragon blood arranged with their respective elements. These dragons were mostly adults and adolescents.

On the third page was additional 7 dragon blood from Temra, Vela, Vera, Green Thorn, Limbless, spiky tail, and the dragon Seth was seated on, the antenna dragon.

The dragon was unusual, it has six limbs, four of them like others but the two were small human-like arms with scales. At first, Seth thought it was human but under identification, he realized that was just a special trait for the Four-hand Antenna Dragon.

Fusion&Fission was another Use of the book, they merged or separated red liquid.

At first, Seth didn't think it was useful but later he realized he was wrong. Even though dragon blood doesn't mix he can force them to merge, which will produce a different cocktail. He can also separate dragon aura from the blood and use it. He can also separate impurities from different red sources and have pure red energy.