Temporal Pearls

Chapter 246: History Of Paperlace

"Seeking to obtain Paper Creation...!" A sheer disdain echoed from the ancient being and Seth felt his spirit almost jump out of him, "how absurd, to think you cross thousands of miles under the blessings of the Moon, Living Roots, some weak dragons of this era, Feather and Skylight, to seek Paper Creation Ability."

Seth's spirit was trembling, he could feel the anger and rage of the being but he was shielded from the raw emotion, if not he would have died long ago.

"This is surely a Lost era. Know this little boy, you will never get the ability you seek, not now, not ever in your short limited miserable life. For eternity, even in death, you will never get that ability, or any ability remotely close to that!"

That was the last voice of being he heard, before a serene silent wash over him. His mind contemplated the words he was told and came to the obvious conclusion, the being will not kill him and that was a relief to him.

Soon, Seth opened his eyes, he was in an empty large hall carved out of gold, silver and white stone, with a variety of designs depicting various animals and alien races. Seth was naked, he stepped forward to look at the sun above, it was beautiful and the blue sky soothed him.

He slumped down as he tried to focus on the Notifications that floated in front of him but for some reason, his eyes were too unfocused to read them. so he ignored them and lay on his back.

He saw Retina standing behind him with a concerned gaze before she sat beside him. "Are you alright?"

"I can't see properly!" Seth said. He was having a hard time looking at things close to him or focusing.

"It will wear off!" She said softly, underneath her tone was something sad and lost.

"You know, it took almost 60 years to create me. My father, the chief, was a talented child. At age 5 he was playing and beating down baby dragons. Against the will of the elders, he escapes the valley and goes on an adventure. Later he came back, and they managed to rope him in to marry and I was born, he intended to leave but the elders used me to trap him.

They have been experimenting on my kind and managed to make me."

"Fifty-eight years is how long my father was trapped as I'm being fueled to be made. When I was born, he was freed and almost destroyed the valley. Later he settled down and became the chief. And he loves me dearly!" She became silent.

After some time she continued, "You... as weak as you are, you fuel that Retina and in less than two months it stabilized and was born properly. You survived Moon Possession, you survived White Void, and now...!

She trailed, Seth looked at her, she seemed sad but also in awe at those feats.

"Before that, I survived Living Roots!" Seth commented as a matter of fact.

"Yeah, I figured. So, your body is weak but your soul is strong!" She asserted before she said, "I'm sorry, I left you when he pulled you to him!"

"Hehe, great risk comes with a great opportunity!" Seth said. He believed as he survived surely he must obtain something great.

"Not this one. You have faced primordials that are under the natural order contract. But not this King!"

Seth sat and looked at the notifications.

[You have become the Subject of the 'Great Bind' transference]

[Your body is Super Weak and unable to contain the Great Bind]

[You are serving as the Energy of Altering Great Bind]

[You are undergoing Transformation]

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That was the notification that appeared when everything started but then his mind blanked away and came back.

The last Notification was.

[Paperfication Complete]

[You have become Paper Human]

[You have all the weaknesses of Paper Human but you do not have the ability of Paper Human]

[You will never be able to create Paper as a Paper Human]

Seth looked at his hand and found it pale white. He touched it, he was really human but he felt different.

"You will get wet easily, you will burn easily. Your body will break easily under small forces. You can also make papers!"

"No, I have all the weaknesses but nothing of the strength. Paper creation, folding, colour retaining and many other things are all forbidden for me as asserted by...!" Seth didn't finish as he felt his heart clenched with grief.

"Don't worry, I think you are becoming normal. The Great Curse doesn't work on you!" Retina said with a smile.

Seth felt a surge of excitement as he checked again. He didn't see the difference but he trusted her words.

"You were truly made of paper days ago but now you have blood running in you. Just give it some time and you will be human again. But I suggest you rest more than you move."

Seth nodded and lay again but stood to fetch his attire but met with a large throne, it was majestic and can take on a man of 12 to 15 feet in height.

"He was big as a human!" She said before she urged him to just lie and recover. Even with the embarrassment of being naked, he looked away and closed his eyes. In a short moment, he fell asleep.

To him, it was just a moment, but to Retina, he spent a week sleeping. Opening his eyes he met with great notification.

[Great Bind has dissipated]

[Paperfocation has been nullified]

[Gawee Dots Grade 5 Level 10]

His body has become normal but the Gawee Dots seem to have formed by his moulded flesh now.

"It's amazing how you recover this fast!" Retina said with a smile. Seth ignored her and ran to his attire and wore them.

His attire too immediately underwent some change as lines and dots moulded on them that resembled those on his body.

"Gawee Dots, they make people immune to decay at base level, but now that they are better I don't know what their effect will be!"

She commented.

"You know a lot. But why Azure, I'm in Living Roots, it should be Green Cape!" Seth complained.

"Your original Home is where Abuhe Vulcan came from. And it was your core colour. It was actually impressive for him to manifest his village in Living Root, not many have that guts!"

"So, the moment I grade up, it will too?"

"No. It will grade up when you better your village. The number of people, security, social amenities, knowledge, culture and many more, that grade the cape up. And you should be the cornerstone of most of it or the great contributor!"

"I understand. Does that mean if I'm lacking and there's someone better in the village the cape will leave me?"

"I don't know!"

"It didn't show me any ability, only a question mark, then my Green Hooded Cloak," Seth said again.

"Well, you might have been using the ability without knowing but I think it was because your village is dormant now. But I don't know. What about the Green Cloak?"

"It's good, very good. Most of the things I know but some are new!"

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[Green Hooded Cloak]

~Category: Living Root's Resident Attire

~Grade 2, Level 7

~Chromatic Stripes: Red, Moonlit.

Use: [Passive Skills]

(1)~Improve Health. (2)~Reduce Pressure. (3)~Plant Respect.

[Active Skills]

(1)~Forest Camouflage. (2)~Stripe Concealment. (3)~Trekking Against The Odd.

[Improve Health: Your Health will never reach critical health due to minor injury or injury that misses vital points. Passive Skill]

[Reduce Pressure: You and anything you want will experience less pressure due to external influence. Passive Skill]

[Plant Respect: Thorns, spores, vines, barks, poison and plants will avoid injuring you unless to alert you of something. Get to know the plant to improve its effects. Passive Skill]

[Forest Camouflage: You can hide your presence in a place that has more than three plant life, the bigger and more numerous the better. Active Skill]

[Stripe Concealment: You decide which stripe to show or hide. The hidden Stripe ability can't be activated. Active Skill]

[Trekking Against The Odd: Your foot trekking joinery will be improved especially in harsh conditions. Active Skill]

[The attribute of the cloak increased by 500%. Upgrade the cloak to have more Aspects]

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"Improve Health and Reduce Pressure" is old but its description changed a bit. And I can turn them off even though they are passive. Plant Respect is new to me. And now I felt that maybe the reason I'm not affected by most Living Roots plants was this Skill." Seth commented.

"Living Roots as a whole accepted you but individual plants didn't. But respect for you as they feed off your mental energy. That's why I pity you, I feel like the forest will not allow you to escape this Land!" Retina said.

"Don't jinx me. I will escape!" Seth said with certainty.

"Plant respect is good. The fact I kept studying them also made me see them properly!"

"Yes, I'm happy for you!" She said softly with a smile. Seth has found her manners strange ever since he woke up but her strangeness increased. She seemed shy, and sad at the same time. She also spoke so softly that made him wonder if she was the brash woman that threatened him all this time.

He stole a glance at her and found her eyes looking down as she played with Red River Stone and Red Signature Stone. He ignored her for now and read the rest.

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[Red Stripe]

~Grade 2, Level 1

~Use:

[Passive Skill]

(1)~Bleeding Effect. (2)~Absorb Natural Red Liquid.

[Active Skill]

(1)~Dragon Pulse Halo. (2)~Bubble Escape

[Description]

[Bleeding Effect:The more your enemy bleeds the less you bleed and vice versa but the bleeding will increase your perception and cognitive ability. Passive Skill]

[Absorb Natural Red Liquid: Any naturally red liquid will be absorbed into the red stripe to increase movement. Passive Skill]

[Dragon Halo Pulse: This is using your halo, amplified with dragon pulse aura to suppress any dragon that is weaker than Floating Feathered Dragon. 5 use per day. Active Skill]

[Bubble Escape: Your Cape will become a bubble and burst while a drop will escape with you. 3 Use per day. Active Skill]

[Note: The Red Stripe can only level up by absorbing red liquids in intense situations]

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"I can use 5 Dragon Pulse a day"

"You should change that to your Pulse. Dragons hold a grudge and one with relevant ability can give you trouble when you use that ability!"