The team was left in the office as Third Valkyrie just left.
She just… left.
She didn't ask if they had any more questions or anything like that.
She just fucked off.
'Yeah, well, she's probably busy with her own training. If she's a True Crusher in the Array of Stars, she must be outstanding.'
A moment later, Kyle looked at Manny.
"You heard what she said," he commented. "If you keep being a comedian, I will have to deal with you."
Manny just nervously looked at Kyle. "Don't worry!" he quickly said. "There won't be any issues."
"I sure hope so," Kyle commented. "On another note, how useful is your Complex Law against beasts?"
"It's amazing against beasts!" Manny shouted in excitement. "They rarely question their perception, which makes it very useful! I can even use it on Crusher Beasts to a great effect!"
Kyle furrowed his brows.
That was really strong…
If Manny didn't lie.
However, it also made sense.
The strongest aspect of a beast was its body, but its weakness was its mind.
Sadly, it was very difficult to attack someone's mind or perception.
Since there was a Law of Body, there also had to be a Law of Mind, Center, and Soul.
However, these Laws were much more elusive than the Law of Body.
Looking at a body wasn't difficult. One could look at it while it was still alive, and one could also experiment on one's own body.
Yet, experimenting on any of the other Aspects of Power was quite dangerous.
One wrong move, and one might change themselves into a completely different person.
'Maybe that's why he's so weird,' Kyle thought.
It was more than clear that Manny was not normal.
Sure, Kyle also wasn't normal, but Manny was on another level.
During their confrontation, it had been more than clear that Kyle had the power to kill Manny, and yet, Manny just kept "attacking" him with his Complex Law.
His sense of self-preservation seemed almost non-existent.
Additionally, his joke was in very bad taste.
"If that's the truth, you will be in the backline, together with Swamp Dragon," Kyle said.
"If that's the truth?" Manny quoted in shock. "It is the truth!"
"We'll see," Kyle said while Swamp Dragon just sighed.
Swamp Dragon was exhausted by this troublesome new teammate.
"Let's just try our best, okay?" Swamp Dragon asked. "We had a bad start, but this doesn't mean that it has to end badly. Meteor Hammer, just give Manny a chance."
"I already did, which is why he's still breathing," Kyle said. "I will still risk my life for him since he's my teammate. He will get the same protection from me as you get."
Manny just smiled widely. "Thank you! I won't disappoint you!"
Kyle looked at Manny for a bit before nodding.
For the next few minutes, the three of them planned their future partnership.
They talked about what everyone would do and how they would search for valuables.
Manny wasn't very strong, physically, which was why it wasn't easy for him to get the valuables inside the Planets or Moons. He would be focusing on the valuables scattered across the surface.
Good examples were Primal Beasts and their Beast Cores. Alternatively, there were also things like Vortexes.
Vortexes were dense gatherings of certain kinds of Energy.
The Ether Essence in the Tertiary World was just a gathering of Neutral Energy Vortex, but there were also Elemental Vortexes.
These were often used as supplements for Law Comprehension, Energy Conduits for Formation Arrays, or just advancement food.
In a way, one could also call a valuable piece of ore a Vortex since it was a dense gathering of Metal Energy.
Extremely dense Vortexes could even act as their own Law Wells.
While Laws Wells for Laws like the Law of Yin-Fire or Law of Yin-Wind were easy to find and even create, the same thing wasn't true for every Law.
Things often became troublesome when it came to the Level Three Laws.
Sure, Kyle could go to a Planet that had powerful wind, but the wind on these Planets only showed individual aspects of the Level Three Law of Wind.
It wasn't showing what happened when Wind Energy was focused on a small point, for example.
Different Wind Vortexes showed different aspects of the Law of Wind, and if Kyle got one that showed the focused parts of the Law of Wind, he would be able to comprehend this part of the Law much faster.
One Vortex could already go for a lot of money, but if the team found a Vortex on one of their targets, they would get seven!
After they were done talking, the three agreed on a good split.
Manny would mainly be dealing with any beasts that appear. He would kill the weaker ones while making the stronger ones fight each other.
Swamp Dragon would be searching for Ethereal Vortexes, which were Vortexes for the Laws of Light, Darkness, Wind, Fire, Water, and Lightning.
Kyle would be shooting right into the Planet to get to the valuable metals and stones while keeping an eye out for Vortexes related to magma.
Of course, there were a couple more valuable things, but they were either rarer or not very important.
Eventually, the three of them split up to deal with their own things.
For Kyle, this meant going back to comprehending metals.
'The Mid Primal Metal Fragment took me around 20 years, but I also didn't have all of the ores. Sure, the Metal Moon was big, but I had to find the rarer variants first, and I also had to theorize a lot of the parts.'
He looked at the huge pile of ore in front of him.
'This would probably take me about 50 to 80 years usually, but since I got all the different ores already, it should be much faster. Also…'
Kyle looked at a couple of machines that had appeared.
Naturally, it wasn't easy to manipulate such powerful metals.
While Kyle could break and damage them, melting them wasn't easy.
That was where all of these machines came into play.
These machines did the manipulation for him.
'You know, you could technically comprehend all the Laws on your own, but you could also do an equation on paper. However, just because you can do something the hard way doesn't mean that you should do it that way. Why not just use a calculator?'
Kyle resumed his comprehension and worked all the different machines to manipulate the ore.
His progress was quite fast.
However, from time to time, he also looked through the shop on his communicator.
When he had seen the shop, he had found a couple of interesting things.
For example, there were Formation Arrays that increased the Energy density around Kyle.
With more Energy around him, his mind would feel fresher and faster, allowing him to learn Laws even faster.
There were even pills that could put someone into a temporary state of heightened comprehension, but these things were a double-edged sword and wouldn't be useful for his current kind of Law Comprehension.
They were more useful for creating new Complex Laws.
And then, 23 years later.
"NEW PLANET!"
Energy composition:
25.5% Water Energy.
19.6% Metal Energy.
18.5% Lightning Energy.
11.2% Wind Energy.
…
Intensity: High.
Profitability: Medium.
Size: Big.
Dimension of Origin: Beast Dimension.
Time until departure: 10 Seconds.
'What the fuck?!' Kyle thought as he saw the stats.
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