Descend- Seeing Stars by Sean Oswald (the ebook reader .TXT) 📕

to him that he was warping the entire universe with that one skill, certainly not for a couple hundred PSI points.

      Then he realized that he must be moving through some different plane of existence. Perhaps a plane of thought. Phase Burst also worked in the same way to move him in a way that was out of sync with the physical universe around him. He wasn’t sure how the new implant named skills, but he felt it probably drew from his subconscious. His game mind became apparent as Psionic Teleportation and Phase Burst merged into Evolved Astral Step.

      All in all, his new stats and skills seemed godlike. They certainly set him apart from the others here. The thing was that he had thought he was godlike when his stats had not been one twentieth of what they were now. As he grew more powerful, his understanding of the universe and his place in it grew. He realized more clearly than ever that for all his power the universe was still a huge place.

      Nonetheless he took one last look at his skill sheet. The first week was almost up and Ava had just sent him a message that she had exciting news. So, he went running. It only took a fraction of a second but longer than if he had used Astral Step to reach her location. It was enough time for his newly partitioned mind to register the changes the sheet showed.

M1789

Level: 250

Awareness: 17,897

              Sensory Precision Mastery: 5646

      Simple Telepathic Mastery: 5891 

Durability: 16,368 (19,641-crown)

Evolved Strength Forged Body: 8159  

Evolved Astra Step: 3023 

Kinesis: 16,925

              Kinetic Manipulation Mastery: 7841 

      Genesis Modification Mastery: 6283

      Molecular Separation: 3164

      Metalmancy: 512  

             

Metabolism: 14,818 (17,781-crown)

      Primal Speed and Adaptation Mastery: 9606 

Evolved Matter Absorption and Creation: 3543

Necrotic Absorption: 2109

      Duplicate: 80

      

Formation: 15,634

              Psionic Construct: 5674 

              Evolved Temporal Sensory Manipulation: 4765 

Evolved Fire Form: 3228

      Veil of Illusion: 480       

Psi Pts: 1,632,740 (1,757,560 -crown)

 

Chapter 16- Giving Her What She Wants

 

When Jay found Ava, she was in the area right outside the spatial jump drive. It was the engine that was allowing their ship to move so incredibly quickly. All of the fused took turns helping power it. They hadn’t asked Jay to help them, and he realized it was probably just one of a hundred little things that he could have helped with but that they shielded him from.

      Another reminder that no matter how powerful he was, he was not omniscient. And no matter how he felt that he was responsible for protecting everyone, he had genuine companions who would walk the path of darkest night with him. His fuses were great, but his wives were beyond imagining. Anyone of them would have been a prize catch back home, and he had seven of them now.

      “Thank you for coming so quickly, Master,” Ava said. Then she snorted in levity.

      Jay just shook his head and replied, “Huong is rubbing off on you too much.” Of course, as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he groaned at the opening he had left her.

      “Or not nearly often enough, Master.”

      “Yes, yes. Now before I forget about sciencey stuff and just take you to bed, can you please tell me what you wanted to show me?” Jay asked.

      She said, “Sorry, Master”

      Jay was quite sure she was anything but repentant. He just shook it off. A little feistiness from Ava wasn’t really a bad thing.

      “I thought you might want to be the one to initiate the last jump, Master,” Ava said.

      “Last jump? Is something wrong with the drive?” He asked, but he didn’t detect any concern from her, so that couldn’t be it.

      “No, I mean the last jump to get to the leviathan, Master.”

      “Already? You told me that it was going to take about three weeks to get there. That was already incredible. Are you telling me that we have crossed multiple galaxies in less than a week?”

      “Yes, Master. My calculations were off because I didn’t know how to factor in the increasing stats and skill levels of everyone here. We learned how to tie in Bethany’s remote viewing skill to our sensors and that let us see much further afield. Then combined with the power increases, we were able to make much longer jumps. So, we have been jumping tens of millions of light years with each jump and only stopping long enough to get our bearings before going again.”

      “This deserves celebration. Are we safe to stay here?”

      “Yes, Master. I can even set the jump to go off in six hours if you want to get some normal sleep and relaxation time before we arrive.”

      “I would appreciate that very much, pet. But you had better set it to go off in eight hours. I am going to need a couple of hours to properly reward you,” Jay said.

      “You mean…,” Ava began. Her lips were trembling in nervous excitement.

      “Yes, pet. But I want to do this in real time. No time dilation, no rushing. And just you and me. I mean to give you what you crave. That is if you still want to have a baby, not knowing what we will face on the new leviathan.”

      “Oh yes, yes, Master,” Ava said as she jumped up against him, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing his face. Then she suddenly realized what she was doing and dropped back to the ground kneeling in front of him. “I’m sorry, Master. I forgot my place.”

      Jay was sorely tempted to order her to stop acting like he was her Master for at least tonight. He would have liked to have a regular night with this precious woman that he loved so much. But the words