After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World-Chapter 1254: [Elemental Integration]

Arrays were lines of controlled and concentrated aether, but most of them would work better if there was a concentration of a particular element.

For example, the arrays in the System walls were mostly made of Earth elements. If she were to somehow recreate the array (which she was still far from doing) using the 'unfiltered' aether all around her, the effect would've been less because it was 'impure'.

This was something she and the team had theorized after months of staring at her notes.

If the theory was correct, then this skill could mean a step forward in that direction.

That was something from the far future, of course. She hadn't even been able to use the skill for its intended purpose yet.

No, she hadn't even learned of it.

For now, Althea continued to read on, memorizing everything. Even with her eidetic memory, she was still required to reread things over and over to be able to truly familiarize herself with the content.

That said, she did get a few insights and opinions every time she reread.

Inheritances of this world were incredibly interesting. When they get triggered, it would let the knowledge appear in people's minds. The person would study, absorb, and integrate it.

However, it was not guaranteed that triggering an inheritance would immediately let the person use it.

It was more like an access to deep, intimate knowledge, but it was still up to the person if they could use it at all.

It was also admirable how Hoffen managed to write all these things… despite never actually applying the skill.

She looked at the parchment, which should be decades old. She also looked at the ink of varying colors and ages.

He really studied this intensely, though it had to be noted that there was no data on the actual experiments he had conducted, nor was there any information about how exactly he thought it could be applied.

However, she did learn that he tried various things, but nothing had happened. There were also notes of certain materials and elements, as if they were hints. It was reminiscent of what alchemy looked like in movies, actually.

She read the contents over and over until she fully memorized and absorbed the theory, and it was only then that she realized she had missed a newer and smaller piece of parchment tucked within the pages of the parchment.

In her excitement to open the scroll, it seemed like she didn't notice that there was another smaller parchment rolled with it.

She blinked and unfurled it, realizing it was a recent note from Master Hoffen.

And it was directed to her.

As she read, her fingers ended up gripping the paper a bit tightly. Most of all: Her heart was warm.

Hello, apprentice. It is I, your great Grandmaster. Now that you're reading this, I'll assume you're finally ready to study this skill. It is something I had never awakened, but studied for a good portion of my long life.

It's one of the few inheritances I received. I wasted many years in my youth figuring it out. In the end, I found out you have to be an elementalist yourself to be able to awaken it.

Sadly, I am not an elementalist so it wasn't of any use to me.

As for how it even triggered in the first place, I may or may not have been playing around with various materials associated with the elements during my experiments.

At some point, after finding out I can never use this skill, I regretted that curiosity of mine. Now… I am glad I pursued it.

In any case, I do have some notes on my theories about how it can be used, but I will be withholding most of them, for now. I do not want you to be trapped in that way of thinking.

I hope that within the next few months, you will study this well using your own framework and way of thinking. We will study our findings after that.

I hope this helps you grow, and may I truly be part of your path to greatness.

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As predicted, Althea locked herself in her lab for the next few days, pausing to rest and eat and see her family, but otherwise every other time was with this experiment.

In order to learn a skill outside of inheritances, one had to at least reach the skill's 'entryway' on one's own. That was to say, she had to at least succeed in condensing her elements and binding them into a solution, even if just for a millisecond.

She had done something similar a few times with her wood ability, which gave birth to the Eye, which allowed her to see arrays in the first place. However, integrating it with a liquid or a solid was something totally different.

For instance, although it wasn't too easy to create water balls or earth balls, they were at least of the same element. It was comparatively easier to get each element to attach to each other.

In contrast, the Skill had to do with combining elements with other fluids or media. At the molecular level, she had to combine them, and she also had to take note of the material, ingredients, and even conditions like its temperature.

According to the notes, and also from her own observation, certain materials had one or two elements prevalent to it.

For example, a plant called Undeground Lotus was a land-based plant the goblins found on the mountain while hunting for springs.

It only grew in the places where there was some steam coming from underground. Other than wood energy, it also had a lot of fire energy.

She wasn't a fire user, but she could make use of its wood affinities to experiment. Thinking of this, she took a pile from the Warehouse, and it appeared in front of her as if it had been in her personal space.

She had an extractor in her laboratory. She handled it with varying heat and pressure. The device applied gentle heat to release the volatile compounds but maintained the plant's integrity at the same time.

Soon, she had a test-tube filled with the liquid. She looked at some of the indoor plants she had and raised her hand, attracting wood energy from it, condensing it in front of her. With a few flicks of her hand, she surrounded the test tube with it.

It didn't work in the first try, or the second try, or the tenth. After the 15th try, nothing happened.

However, she was never the type to do the same thing over and over and expect the same results. Each time, she'd vary concentration, or speed, or her own control.

Even if it was the most subtle of variation, she would do it.

Eventually, after about half a day of trying—

[Created! Emberwood Essence. Activated by warmth, it provides heat to anyone who consumes it for 12 hours. It also has a slight effect of reinvigoration. Helps recover spirit by 5%.]

[Learned! Elemental Integration (B). Ability to integrate one's elements into inanimate objects. Effects may vary. Mana Consumption: 50 Mana]

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And then, before she could celebrate—

[Congratulations! You have now upgraded to Class C Pharmacist!]

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