Eldritch Creature's Guide

The floating island Samiel was on the 5th Floor of the Tower.

While Yvraine was training with the Lord Moon Sword Elraroth Daeric Yaennernamis, Samiel was doing his own training, which was vastly different from her. While Yvriane was focusing on mastering her sword style, Samiel was learning Mana Control Method.

Mana Control Method was basically a technique to control Mana. Not everyone was using the Mana Control Method, typically for people in the Lower Worlds didn't really have a Mana Control Method or only Nobles had it. Also, based on the strength of the World, then also the Mana Control Methods would differ and in the end, the Mana Control Method and its grade was something akin to a separation line between users of Mana.

It didn't really matter if they were Casters, Combatants, Warriors, Priests or Mages; everyone used the Mana in one way or another, and without a proper Mana Control Method, one's combat prowess would be countless times lesser compared to those who had it.

Not to mention, Mana Control Methods also had various grades, and the one Samiel was learning was one of the highest grades; it was an outright Transcendental Level Mana Control Method called the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method, specifically tailed for those who had an affinity for Void.

Nuclear Void Mana Control Method was something that boosted the efficiency of Samiel's Mana Use countless times over. Having Mana Control Method was essential for anyone who wanted to become a powerful Professional. Without it, the person would be wasting too much Mana for nothing. In the longer run, it was harder to advance in Level without practicing the right Mana Control Method, as the Mana in the bodies of Legendaries was extremely powerful. Without a suitable Mana Control Method, it would be almost impossible for countless to control properly.

The reason for that was relatively simple; just the most outright benefit was saving Mana and wasting much less of it. Having the right Mana Control Method was essential for everything, and unfortunately, Samiel was lacking one for a very long time.

The reason for that, typically, most of the Mana Control Methods were based on either Class Type or Racial Type. Samiel technically had no way to gain Mana Control Method based on his Ice User Class, but with the presence of the Hall Master Menuhyutt Faulhaber, he obtained one suitable for his species.

Especially due to the Void aspect of the Mana Control Method, it was relatively compatible with the Ice User Class. It was like a heaven-sent gift, because it was suitable for both of the attributes that he had.

"After you attain at least 10% Mastery of your Mana Control Method, your Mana will obtain elemental properties of Void."

As Samiel was meditating over the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method, he heard the Hall Master's voice. When it comes to the more powerful Mana Control Methods, especially those with Elemental Properties in them, after mastering them more and more, the Mana of the user will obtain the properties of the Mana Control Method.

"Of course, Hall Master."

Samiel replied before returning back to his meditation, as he was practicing the basics of the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method. Soon enough, he felt that his precision over the control of his Mana was getting better and better.

[Nuclear Void Mana Control Method has been created.]

[Proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method has been increased.]

[Proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method has been increased.]

[Proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method has been increased.]

[Proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method has been increased.]

[Proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method has been increased.]

[Proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method has been increased.]

Instantly with the creation of the Skill itself, Samiel also tremendously increased his proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method from 0% to 6%. Gaining proficiency with such a complex Mana Control Method as this one was even harder than increasing the proficiency with the Ultimate Abilities.

The Nuclear Void Mana Control Method in terms of Grade, was on the Level of Transcendents. Now he got the skills of the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method, and his control over the Mana was way better than before.

Samiel always had problems with controlling his enormous Mana, which was very hard to control. Of course, now that he learned the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method, it didn't mean that he instantly got rid of the problem, but he could feel that his control increased several times over.

'He is getting on it very fast... that is good; not even I was getting the proficiency with the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method so fast.'

Thought the Hall Master Menuhyutt, while contemplating over some matter, before he a bluish magic circle appeared on his hand.

"Hall Master, the Azurian World has been attacked by the Mind Flyer Fleet led by Mind Flyer Holy Legendary. Cardinal Shen Long intercepted them; he achieved the Holiness and killed the Holy Mind Flyer leader."

Reported one of the Bishops of the Hall of Kadath who was in charge of delivering information. When the Hall Master heard about it, he didn't really dwell on the information that Shen Long reached the Holiness but rather on the disturbing news that Mind Flyers attacked their World.

Even if it was a relatively unimportant Middle World, it was still a world under the rule of the Hall of Kadath, and the Mind Flyers had never attacked one of them before, or rather, this was a sign for the Menuhyutt that the new Great Game was approaching.

"Fucking parasites."

Menuhyutt Faulhaber cursed at them, showing no love for the Mind Flyers, despite their seemingly or suspected connections to the Outer Gods. Among the higher-ups of the Hall of Kadath, it was no secret that not all Gods, were "allies", because a heavy majority was basically a grave threat to the Cosmos if they were left to wander off from the Azathoth's dream; it would spell wave of the endless trouble for the every living being.

The Primordial Dreamer let everyone do what they wanted to do, because he was more like a neutral observer, and due to that single fact, most of the Outer Gods were divided into three groups. The first one was the one whom the Hall of Kadath served, the Azathoth's Courts, which consisted of the progeny of the Nuclear Chaos.

Then there were the others, which wanted to escape from the Azathoth's Dream and enter the reality of the Cosmos, and for that reason, they were using various means, and because Azathoth didn't seem really care, some of them were indeed successful in their endeavors.

And the last group were called the Rogues. They were the ones who were mainly natural, wandering through the Cosmos, or were not related to Azathoth at all, and were Edlrtich entities from the long-forgotten times when the Cosmos and Tower were just forming or didn't properly exist at all.

Hall Master Menuhyutt knew that the primogenitor of the Mind Flyer Race and the one who created them, the Greater Brain, belonged to the third group. An Eldritch Entity or rather an abomination from a long-forgotten past, almost as old as Azathoth himself.

"I will send a word to Lord Inquisitor to destroy a few of their Fleets that don't have any Transcendent Level Mind Flyer in them."

Stated Hall Master severely.

If the Ecclesiarchy was the official face of the Hall of Kadath, and the Holy Templar Order was its military branch of the Hall, then the Inquisition was the strongest branch, filled with countless experts that acted as brutal executioners of all enemies of the Hall of Kadath.

The Inquisition had only a few members, not even a hundred, but they were extremely powerful and ruthless, often tasked with carrying out missions that involved exterminating entire worlds and the local population when they did something which offended the dignity of the Hall of Kadath.

Subsequently, he cut the call with the Bishop before calling the Lord Inquisitor Ardyn Tiberrius, a mighty Holy Legendary, who was very close yet far from achieving the Transcendence, but contrary to the Hall Master Menuhyutt Faulhaber, Lord Inquisitor preferred to play in the Material Plane, as by his words, it was fun here.

Ardyn Tiberrius was tall, a young-looking man with dark red hair, wearing pitch-black clothes, and on them, he was wearing a long leather trenchcoat. He smoked a cigarette while he was talking to the Hall Master with a bored expression on his face.

"What is the mission, old man?"

Menuhyutt's brow twitched a little at the blatant disrespect of the younger generations towards the older one, as this was already the second person of one of the highest positions in the Hall of Kadath who was not bothering with protocols a bit.

"Take a few of your squads, and destroy several Mind Flyer Fleets that are not led by Transcendent Level Mind Flyers, afterward find one of their breeding worlds and destroy it... entirely."

Ordered Hall Master Menuhyutt, as Lord Inquisitor Ardyn Tiberrius puffed out some smoke as he put a hat on his head, the mission was issued, and it was indeed a pretty interesting one and challenging at the same time, as the Mind Flyers are not easy opponents.

Especially targeting their breeding world, which would be for sure protected by more than two Holies, made the blood boil in Lord Inquisitor's veins, as that was something he welcomed.

"Consider it done."

Lord Inquisitor stated as the call ended.

"At least this will give those fucking parasites some payback for the attack on one of our World."

Hall Master Menuhyutt cursed among the Mind Flyer Fleets as a collective, the majority of them without the Transcendent Level Mind Flyer, but contrary to others; Mind Flyers were one of the most populous species across the Cosmos.

They were very similar to Orks, a plague that spread across the Cosmos, infecting world after world, and it was almost night impossible to get rid of them. The only good thing about the Mind Flyers is the fact that their inner politics and their fundamental nature prevented them from working together and creating something like a unified Mind Flyer Fleet, or else, the entire Material Plane would be long ago lost to them.

Or not, depending on what the stance of the Higher Dimensional Worlds would be, but even if they interfered, then the war would ravage the Material Plane to an extent where even Great Cataclypsms would seem like child's play to that.

After dealing with this matter, he returned his attention back to Samiel, who finished all rounds of the Mana Controlling exercise that he imparted to him so that he could increase his control over his Mana.

While this wasn't the first time when the elderly Hall Master was teaching somebody, it was the first time he had a disciple because before, nobody came close to fulfilling his criteria for becoming one.

"I have finished everything, Master. I can right now feel that my Mana is more controllable than before, and I am also wasting way less than before."

Samiel stated, to which the Hall Master nodded, fulfilling his expectations.

"Master, may I ask you a question?"

Samiel wanted to ask him about the Ability Seed that he obtained by killing and devouring the crumbling soul of the Transcendent Daemon that he fought on the 3rd Floor, who was possessing the body of the Forest Troll Chief.

"Go ahead."

The elderly man said.

"How can I fast germination of the Ability Seed?"

Samiel asked because he didn't really have a clue about how to fasten the germination of the Ability Seed that he obtained from devouring the soul of the Transcendent. It was obtained by a fluke of luck, especially due to the state of the soul itself and a little bit of recklessness.

"Ohh? Did you manage to obtain an Ability Seed? Those things are pretty rare; I guess the one you obtained should be from devouring the soul of Transcendent."

Samiel just nodded, not really surprised by the fact that the Hall Master already knew. With his experiences and, most importantly, superior senses, it was highly possible that he had already sensed the Ability Seed inside Samiel's body.

"Germinating the Ability Seed is a bit tricky; it usually depends on the type of the Ability Seed itself, which I presume you had no idea about. So the best thing would be the identity of the Transcendent; it could give you more clues on what to do... but generally, even if you know his identity even after devouring his soul, then you have only two possibilities."

Hall Master Menuhyutt explained as Samiel was listening attentively.

"The first choice is to wait until the seed has matured naturally or then there is also a choice of feeding the Ability Seed with the Soul Force Crystals, and thus with nurturing greatly reducing the time needed for the germination of the Seed."

This opened a new possibility for Samiel, though he didn't really want to part with his Soul Force Crystals because he had only around one hundred of them, and he planned to use them to create another Higher Undead.

So he wasn't really thrilled at the idea of using the Soul Force Crystals to germinate the Ability Seed, but clearly, there was no other possibility if he wanted to obtain the Trasncendentla Level Ability as soon as possible.

"By leaving it naturally germinate, how long could it take?"

Samiel asked curiously.

"For Transcendent Level 4 Ability? If you are lucky, then only a few centuries."

When he heard that, he decided to use the Soul Force Crystals because there was no way he was waiting a few centuries or possibly even several thousands of years for the Ability Seed to germinate on its own.

Of course, from Menuyhutt's point of view, the timespan of a few centuries was no different, like a few years or perhaps months, to ordinary humans at the Mana-Less Worlds. Yet for Samiel, who was still adjusting to the becoming long-lived creature, it was still too much.

"I think I will be using the Soul Force Crystals to hasten the process... perhaps by some chance, won't you have some in your possession to part apart with?"

Samiel asked, trying to get some free Soul Force Crystals, as the Hall Master frowned at his shamelessness, but in the end, he took out a few of the Soul Force Crystals and threw it at Samiel.

"These ones are made from the souls of mortals of Mana-Less Wolds; each Crystal is made from 1 billion souls."

The Hall Master explained as Samiel stared at the Soul Force Crystals in absolute wonder. Of course, the people from the worlds that were not touched by Mana or any of the supernatural energies, such as Psionic were not awakened as Class Bearers, and thus their souls were way weaker.

An enormous number of souls was needed to create Soul Force Crystals out of their souls, especially the high-graded crystals; fortunately, typically, the Mana-Less Worlds had a very high population, sometimes even higher than that of the High Worlds.

"Don't absorb it right now... save it for a later time; right now, we need to focus more on the controlling exercises; our first goal is to achieve flawless Mana Control through the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method."

The Hall Master said; Samiel then put away the Soul Force Crystals into his Dimensional Ring, as they focused on controlling Mana to achieve the Flawless Mana Control, meaning when he was suing Mana, he won't be wasting anything.