"I was born with an Earth and Water Affinity, and I have received an artificial Affinity for Yin-Biological Energy," Swamp Dragon said.
"Wait, there's Yin-Biological Energy?" Kyle asked.
"You didn't know?" Swamp Dragon asked. "You've seen how my abilities attack Biological Energy."
"Huh, makes sense," Kyle said.
'Shit, I just thought about swamps and poisons, but I'm not on Earth. While many things work similarly, there are also many differences. Acids and poisons are different things on Earth, but they are just the same thing here. I mean, I can see why. Both of them destroy stuff. But then, wouldn't fire also be part of that?'
'I guess it's just more of an anti-biology thing or something.'
"Earth and Water are the best Affinities you can have to create life and to support life," Swamp Dragon said, deciding to explain a bit more for Kyle's sake. "That means they have a great affinity for life itself. Yet, if you just change one simple part, it turns into something that easily interacts with life but with detrimental effects instead of supplemental ones."
"I created a Complex Law out of the Level One Pure Laws of Earth and Water that's related to life. I used this Law to become a Transcendent."
"Afterwards, I focused on the Law of Yin-Biology, which is a Level Two Pure Law. After I understood that, I used it as a base and recreated my Complex Law. My new Law allows me to use the Biological Energy of my target to create hostile life for them. The only way to get rid of my Law is to get rid of the affected body part."
Kyle nodded, impressed. If Swamp Dragon hit a space close to someone's Center or head, things could turn very problematic.
'He's one of those guys who bring business to Medea and Karmic Redemption.'
If someone got affected by Swamp Dragon, they might be able to halt the infection for a while, but they quickly needed help from someone experienced in dealing with these kinds of nasty attacks.
"Then, I'm next!" Kyle said with a smile.
The other two looked at him.
"I kind of cheated a bit, I guess," he said. "I have a natural Affinity for Fire and Wind, and I got an artificial Metal Affinity."
This made the other two raise their brows.
Usually, one got an artificial Affinity that supplemented one's natural Affinities.
In Kyle's case, an Affinity for heat, kinetic energy, or movement would help.
By heating stuff up, one could make it move. That's how combustion engines worked. This would push the Fire Affinity more towards the Wind Affinity.
However, one could also use movement to create heat, which would push wind closer to fire.
Kinetic energy would just be the sweet spot between them.
Giving Kyle an artificial Affinity for kinetic energy would make it much, much easier and faster for him to create Complex Laws related to the concept.
Giving someone another typical Affinity as an artificial one was very unusual.
Sadly, Theodor hadn't known that. He had just wanted to give his inheritor the ability to work with golems and mine ores.
"I comprehended my Complex Law by mixing the Level One Pure Laws for all three Elements. That made a Level Two Complex Law, and I broke through with it, technically making me a Fulfilled Transcendent immediately."
"That must have been difficult," Swamp Dragon said. "You must have fought a lot of battles."
"Oh, yeah, quite a few," Kyle said. "Anyway, my Law essentially uses metal as a fusing agent that pushes my fire and wind forward. Of course, it's been quite a while since I learned that Law, and I already augmented my power a bit more since then."
The other two weren't surprised.
They had both realized that Kyle was stronger than they were.
The two of them were new Fulfilled Transcendents, while Kyle was already working on becoming a Unique Transcendent.
"What other Laws do you know?" Swamp Dragon asked.
"I got Yin-Metal, Yin-Fire, and the Law of Body," Kyle said.
Silence.
Three Pure Level Two Laws.
This…
Didn't this mean that Kyle already had everything he needed to become a Unique Transcendent?!
He just needed to combine them!
He could fuse the Essences of Yin-Fire and Yin-Metal. After that, he just needed to infuse his body with the new Essence, and he would be a Unique Transcendent.
While the two of them just looked at him in shock, Kyle just smirked. "I only need Yin-Wind, and I can get started on my Complex Laws."
"Why?" Swamp Dragon asked.
"Why what?" Kyle asked.
"Why are you not working on your Complex Law right now? You already have everything you need to become a Unique Transcendent," Swamp Dragon asked.
"I mean, why not?" Kyle asked with a shrug. "I want to combine everything."
"Do you have any idea how long that will take?" Warp Space asked. "That's way too much. You will run out of longevity."
"But I wanna try," Kyle said.
Warp Space frowned. "The chances of you succeeding are exceedingly small, and there's nothing to be gained from trying it. My teacher said that there can't possibly be a reward for going even further since that would send people to their deaths. If the people knew that there was a reward for becoming a… Super Unique Transcendent, it would lose many Unique Transcendents. They would be biting off far more than they could chew."
"So?" Kyle asked.
Warp Space blinked. "What do you mean, so? You're wasting your potential."
"So?" Kyle asked. "It's what I want to do. I wanna try, and if I fail, I fail. So what if I advance as a Fulfilled Transcendent? At least, I've tried."
Warp Space furrowed her brows. "You're playing games with your very existence."
Kyle showed a shit-eating smile.
"So?"
Warp Space took a deep breath through her nose.
"It's your life," she said.
Kyle nodded with a grin.
"I believe it is my turn now," she said.
The other two looked at her.
"I was born with a Space and Time Affinity," she said, "and I have received an artificial Affinity for Spacetime. Since the Space and Time Laws are of such a high level, I am using Fragments to create Pseudo-Complex Laws."
"How does that work? I haven't heard of that," Swamp Dragon asked.
"Space, Time, and Gravity work on fundamental principles, and their distinction vanishes as you advance in power," Warp Space said. "Because of that, it's possible to combine Fragments into Pseudo-Complex Laws."
"I used the Fragment of Space Expansion, Space Compression, Time Acceleration, and Time Slowing to create my current(Fart power) Complex Law. All of these Fragments are as difficult as Level One Laws to comprehend, but since they are only Fragments, their powers are not as significant."
When Kyle heard that, the image of a line changing color appeared in his mind.
'I see,' he thought.
'Wouldn't you know? Being nice and trusting actually has some more benefits.'
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