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After storing Apollo and getting done with this place, we decided to quickly leave, having nothing left to do. There were no more places we could visit; everything was utterly destroyed.
Of course, we managed to mine the ceiling and walls for that darkened Sunstone, which was named "Umbral Sunstone" and was quite strong by itself, possessing both darkness and sunlight power.
The core of Apollo, which I took a big piece, was named "Eternal Purity Sunstone Soul Core", it was the first material I've picked which was SSS Grade.
It was incredible, it contained so much purity, quality, and mana, that it was outstanding!
Above all, it even possessed small crystallization of divinity…
This material is perfect to upgrade Scarlet and even Sapphire! And I can use it as a core material to continue upgrading my equipment.
My tiara, my rings, my armor, and my other equipment pieces, I'll upgrade them all with this material.
I am getting so many ideas now!
If I can combine all the equipment into a single set, and then channel the combined Sunlight Divinity together through all equipment pieces, I could unleash a similar Divinity Aura that Apollo once had…
But that's just an idea for now, I need to sketch a proper set for me to use, just a big armor won't do either, I am more of a fast and nimble fighter, I need something lightweighted too.
"The ruins… They feel much more peaceful now." Pyuku noticed, his bright rainbow-colored eyes glancing around.
"You're right, this heavy feeling I had completely disappeared now." I agreed.
As we made our way outside the ruins, we felt the atmosphere of the entire area to slowly grow much calmer, now that there weren't any more souls agonizing around, the place harmonized with nature.
"I can feel the spirits… They're harmonizing with the ruins, with the sunstones…" Lara said. "They're so happy now that the place has been purified!"
Lara walked forwards and started jumping and happily dancing, feeling the harmony of the spirits seemed to make her really happy.
The Aura the entire ruins exuded was one of spiritual life and brightness… It seemed that although this was all made by the gods for terrible purposes, in the future, things have changed.
"These ruins were made to torture humans and make them into abominations…" My mother sighed. "But now, it seems they have become a nest for spirits of the world. I'm glad that at least we were able to bring something good out of all of this."
"You're right…" My father nodded.
The scene changed, as we walked through the long corridor, the sunstones began to glow brightly, sparks of golden and orange light floated everywhere, beautifully illuminating our path.
Its as if the Spirits were recognizing our strength and what we did, and were celebrating themselves…
"Make sure to take care of these ruins, everyone." I said, glancing one last time at the ruin's interiors, the lights continued shining brightly, playing with one another.
As we walked outside and faced the beautiful grassland at the other side of the Sunstone Plateau, we decided to camp in front of the ruins, no longer afraid of any frightening presence.
This place has gone from one cursed by countless agonizing souls, to a beautiful and harmonious land, a sacred temple where we felt good while being nearby.
We set up our camp rather quickly, and we started celebrating by roasting all the leftover meat we had from the two goats.
The smell of roasted meat, the laughter of our friends, and the melodies uncle Arafunn started playing quickly created a beautiful atmosphere.
The spirits were happy as well, floating around our camp, blessing us with their presence.
And in that moment, as I was roasting some meat while Aquarina was cooking some fried rice, I felt something.
A powerful Spiritual Force entering my Spiritual Heart…
FLAAASH!
Ding!
[All the Spirits of the Sunstone Plateau are deeply grateful for all the things you've done to help them.]
[They have blessed you with their own strength, a large quantity of spiritual energy has been gifted, your Spiritual Heart has grown stronger.]
[Your [Spiritual Heart]: [Tier 1: Rank 4: Rainbow Spirit Heart] has Ranked Up to Tier 1: Rank 6!]
[Your Spiritual Energy quantity, quality, and power has increased greatly.]
[Your Spiritual Magic Power has increased significantly.]
[You feel a deeper connection with the Spirits.]
I had no idea there was such a way to Rank Up my Spiritual Heart… I suppose gaining the favor of Spirits and then letting them give me a little blessing does works.
Now, I should get into the meat of potatoes of it all, the skill Scroll and the Class Advancement item…
Let's first pick a Skill!
I grabbed the scroll and opened it; it swiftly showed some options of what I could learn with it.
Ding!
[You have opened the [Apollo's Skill Scroll (S Grade)]
[Please Select the Skill you want to Learn]:
[Option 1]: [Cursed Cry Of A Thousand Souls: Lv1]
[Option 2]: [Sunstone Crystallization: Lv1]
[Option 3]: [Divine Sunlight Halo: Lv1]
Three intriguing options appeared in front of me… All three of them seemed rather strange. I couldn't appraise what they could do, so I could only judge them based on the name of the skill.
The first Skill seemed to be some sort of Curse, I suppose, charged with the anger of a thousand souls. It might be pretty strong, but I already got my own Curse of the Devourer of the Abyss.
The second Skill was the simple "Sunstone Crystallization" Skill, based in the name, I would assume it is capable of letting my Soul and Mana crystalize into Sunstones I can use to attack or transform in all matter of ways.
It is strong on its own way if it has a lot of customization, I could imbue Sunstone with all matter of elements or other skill effects and create completely new effects.
And lastly, the most intriguing and mysterious of the three Skills…
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