Inflame (The Completionist Chronicles Book 6) by Dakota Krout (best romantic novels in english TXT) 📕

Beginner six, and the Knowledge skill itself up to Beginner four. “It’s funny, I have so much theoretical knowledge right now, but no way to implement it.”

“Maybe I could summon something that has a fiery body, and use it as the basis for a small forge?” Joe wondered aloud as he considered the Planar Shift spell that he had yet to try out. “It’s doubtful that I could get it right on the first try, but I have this book… is it worth a try? Who am I kidding? Of course it is! Worst that happens is I blow myself up, but at least that would get me out of the cave.”

“To do this normally, I need all of these?” Joe ran a finger down all the various components on the book, and shuddered at the thought of having to figure out how to acquire them while trapped in a cave. “Tatum… this is a divine skill, right? Is there any way you could… update this so I can actually use it?”

There was no reply, but Joe felt the book shift under his hands. When he looked again, the recipes had been translated into ‘Aspect Requirements’. “Yes! You rock, Tatum. Hope you get free soon, deity bro… I can’t believe those words just left my mouth.”

He completely forgot to look at the quest to see how it was progressing, so excited was Joe to try out a Planar Shift. “This looks like what I need… Extraplanar Forge Entities. Looks like the basic Novice version is a Coal Demon… not a huge fan of summoning evil things. Let’s see… Beginner is a Flame Imp, still evil. Apprentice is a Slag Elemental? Seems like a neutral creature at least. Let’s go with that.”

The preparations seemed slightly odd, as he didn’t need to lay anything out. The Reductionist just needed to form an Inscription tool out of Uncommon Aspects and start drawing out the modified ritual diagram that worked as the summoning target. Before he began, he looked over his aspects to make sure he would have everything he needed.

Aspects gathered

Trash: 11,314

Damaged: 10,431

Common: 8,850

Uncommon: 6,789

Rare: 1,909

Special: 100 (Zombified). 100 (Anima).

Unique: 570

Artifact: 112

Legendary: 0

Mythical: 0

He bound a Common Core to the beautiful silver quill that formed, and started drawing. An hour passed, and Joe felt pleased with the brilliant silver circle that formed the largest outer ring. He checked his aspects again, and his smile faltered as he realized that he had used nearly twenty percent more Uncommon aspects than he should have. There was nothing he could do about it, so he simply started working on the inner diagrams. They were easier to create, both the innermost dark-and-light gray and second bright white ring taking a combined total of thirty-eight minutes to finish.

Aspects gathered

Trash: 10,879

Damaged: 10,383

Common: 8,760

Uncommon: 6,789

Rare: 1,909

Special: 100 (Zombified). 100 (Anima).

Unique: 570

Artifact: 112

Legendary: 0

Mythical: 0

Core energy: 1,755.5/1,958 (Common)

Once more, he read through the aspects. This time, there was a wastage ranging from fifteen to thirty percent. “Enough of that, what in the abyss is going on here? I know I didn’t make that many mistakes. Even the Core lost thirty percent more than the recipe says it should!”

A new tutorial has become available: Proper Aspect Storage Containment Creation! Would you like to experience this tutorial? Cost: 3,000 reputation with a deity of your choice!

“Sorry, Tatum. Hope this doesn’t hurt our relationship in the long term.” Joe slapped ‘yes’, and was instantly submerged in a world of fog.

Reputation with Occultatum: -3,000. Current reputation: 2,042. Current Reputation Rank: Friendly.

Joe chuckled nervously when nothing appeared right away. “I really hope this was worth it.”

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Words made of wispy Trash aspects appeared in the air, narrated by the same calm tone as every other tutorial that had played. Joe sighed in relief, turning his attention fully to the training.

Welcome to the Proper Aspect Storage Containment Creation Tutorial! This section is designed to demonstrate the proper creation of Aspect-specific storage devices.

While it is possible to use any bound storage device to store aspects, there are many negatives that come with using non-specific storage. The most obvious and glaring of these issues is the loss of aspects during transfer. Whether it is during initial storage or practical usage, aspects are lost in the inefficient process.

Let’s begin with the creation of an ‘Aspect Jar’. An aspect jar is exactly what it sounds like: a jar-shaped receptacle designed to hold a single type of aspect. Contrary to its name, the jar is not actually hollow. In front of you is a finished jar, a recipe to create the jar, and all the materials needed to craft the jar! Start by inspecting the finished product, and do your best to create the jar on your own by following instructions.

Joe looked at the glass container, picked it up, and tried to find anything special about it. It looked like a growler, a jug used to hold about forty ounces of liquid. There was a small opening at the top, but the opening was only a small indent into the solid… glass? Crystal? It was hard to tell for certain. “Jar-shaped something or other. Got it.”

He read the recipe next, took note of the materials, then the recipe again. “Glass, diamond dust, magna… um… System? I can’t make this. This is clearly a crafting thing, and I can only craft using aspects. Wait… does that mean there are other paths to getting access to aspect usage?”

There was a long wait as the text hovered in the air. Joe wasn’t certain that anything was going to change. With no other options available, he took the time and tried to make the item by following the recipe, but each time he put even two things together… they would break into multiple pieces and a warning message would appear telling him that he could only craft with aspects. “This is clearly not working.”

Tutorial upgraded for free*. Welcome to the Proper Aspect-Created Aspect Storage Containment Creation and Usage tutorial!

“Long name, amazing results.” He laughed in