Villy didn’t even give Jake and Vesperia a chance to respond as he teleported all three of them into the living room, where the tea set from before was still present. The god waved his hand and cleared it, only for it to be replaced with new tea – and cookies – right after.
”So, as always, Jake, you underestimate the impact of your actions while I purposefully don’t make you aware of them before after the fact because I think it will lead to a more entertaining outcome,” Villy started out saying. ”And I will say that this time around, you truly have gone above and beyond. A Genesis Cosmic Worm and a Sylphian Hawk are both very interesting species, but they both have in common that they were not known, so they didn’t really attract that much attention. A True Royal of the ectognamorph race, on the other hand, now that is something people will notice.”
Jake wasn’t quite sure what to say. He could complain about Villy spurring him on, but that would seem rude to Vesperia, and he had ultimately wanted to do the ritual himself.
”What are you getting at?” Jake asked.
”I assume the Lineage Knowledge you inherited already made you aware of the importance of your existence to the Endless Empire?” Villy asked Vesperia, ignoring Jake.
She nodded respectfully in response.
The snake god smirked. ”Well, I will be nice and give Jake here a recap as he doesn’t. You see, he has this tendency to do things because he can, not because he should. He rarely considers the consequences, even when made aware of the potential significance of what he is doing, and-”
”I think she gets it,” Jake cut him off.
”That your Chosen displays such outstanding abilities and potential, even allowing him to do what was once thought impossible, is only a cause for celebration, is it not?” Vesperia also cut in, surprising Jake.
Her outburst seemed to surprise herself, too, as she quickly bowed.
”I apologize for my disrespect, Malefic One; I meant no offense,” she said apologetically and slightly afraid. Jake put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down.
”It’s fine,” he said, looking at Villy. ”Right?”
”Mm,” the Viper just hummed, keeping his attention on Vesperia. ”Interesting, isn’t it? You should have noticed by now that something is absent, shouldn’t you?”
”I… the presence of the Malefic One feels…” Vesperia also finally seemed to notice herself.
direct connection during the creation or the Records gained, who can tell?” Villy shook his head. ”Ah,
the room suddenly changed as Jake felt everything distort in his vision. An almost tangible pressure fell upon the room, Jake feeling himself be suppressed for but a fraction of a second. Then, in the very next moment, he felt his own heartbeat as his own presence flared in defiance, dispelling the
the couch move slightly. Looking to his side, he saw Vesperia shaking, her eyes dilated, and blood running from her lips from biting down too hard. She seemed utterly incapable of moving, making Jake frown as he pushed his own
but he still managed to cover Vesperia, and just as he did, she stopped trembling. Her eyes were still wide,
”What the hell, man?”
of you, and it worked just an intended. Except there is one stark difference. While the True Royal had resistance, the moment that resistance was overcome, she had nothing to fight back. As for
but when intent also gets involved, you need your own innate intent-infused presence to truly fight it off. Something only I have at this moment, but that
comes off,” Villy
”Rude,” Jake commented.
deal in a multiversal context. And can I just say it feels good to finally be able to give you a speech like this when it comes to your odd creature-creation extravaganza? This time I actually know why it matters, while the others had left me clueless. Anyway, do you have any idea what a
for a bit and gave it a shot with what he had put together. ”A categorization of ectognamorphs spawned directly by the system at some point, with there being a
eyebrows, and he also felt Vesperia beside him react. She stared at him weirdly as Villy just ended up shaking
hundred ectognamorphs, all born within a hidden realm during the first era, with this hidden realm now being the heartlands of their race. Each of them was born at
several True Royals among them, and one True Royal of a particular vairiant does have some faint overlap with similar ones that allows them to also exert pressure against their less royal cousins. The same is true for Vesperia here, who is also partly related to ants, though it is weak and
Endless Empire still has True Royals from the ant Lineage even now, so my royalty towards these ants is mostly
then the connection is weak… both ways. This will become relevant later as to why a Vespernat
his finger as two of the hundred
is filled with danger. Two of them died without leaving any spawns capable of becoming True Royals themselves being born, ultimately resulting in only ninety-eight reaching S-grade during this era.
”With
Villy shook his head. ”Plus, their method of reproduction to spawn more True Royals is far from ideal. Vesperia,
if the last True Royal of a particular variant dies. This is because a True Royal can only appear in one of two ways. Well… outside of the system or
that as a
a powerful enough partner, they will spawn what is known as a Quasi-Royal. Quasi-Royals can also spawn naturally if a Hive Queen is particularly talented, though those of a severed Path will never be able to become True Royals themselves, as intersecting with the Records of the connected True Royal is a requirement. In other words, they will have to meet the True Royal themselves or be given something by a still-living True Royal. Many True Royals send out treasures into the multiverse to try and allow Quasi-Royals to be born and potentially even help them on their Path to true royalty. They naturally also do
second
Royal holds for their Lineage, there are ways to ensure one is born. We all hold a skill allowing us to effectively rebirth ourselves at the cost of our own lives by creating an egg of a True Royal. Naturally, this can only be done once, and the egg will spawn at the beginning of whatever grade the True Royal was. Moreover, this egg will never hatch naturally but will need intensive nurturing
lot of rules and restrictions. The Endless Empire has done many things to overcome these restrictions throughout the ages, and the one thing they did that proved most effective was to team up and
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