Star Citizen Online: Isekai Edition-Chapter 148 : Sparring and Progression of Masteries
Once the two of them returned back to the villa, Arcturus ordered the androids that were maintaining this place on the go to store the corpse of the Twin-Horned Boar as the androids would prepare a plethora of foods from the Twin-Horned Boar that they brought back with them.
After the Twin-Horned Boar was brought back to the manor, both Arcturus and Jenaiel went to take a bath, as they spent a lot of time within the wilderness of the Ziras IV, though after the bath, they decided that they would be going to train.
It really sounded weird, but after they returned from the wilderness of the Ziras IV, they rested for one hour or so, as Arcturus didn't really want to go train straight away despite Jenaiel's pestering about that.
She wanted to go train as soon as possible because Arcturus agreed to play dummy for her as she would be practicing the Holy Judgment of God. When Jeniael wanted to practice the Holy Judgment of God, she needed someone who was very powerful, Psyker or Psionics.
The Holy Judgement of God was Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability, exactly like the Dimension Empyrean, so for Jeniael, it was something that was desperately needed because only another Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability would be giving her the challenge that she needed.
Within the Imperium or the Imperial Phoenix Military Academy, there were not many people who could be appropriate sparring partners for her. The Holy Judgement of God needed a very powerful challenge that wouldn't be broken through in one hit for further development.
Due to that, the only people who could be Jeniael's sparring partners when she was using the Holy Judgement of God were the people with very powerful mutated Psionic Energy or those who had Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Abilities like her own.
Otherwise, the Holy Judgment of God would just break through everything else, as the power of the Holy Judgment of God was on this side too overbearing. When Jeniael was using the Holy Judgement of God, she could basically destroy every Psionic Technique or Psyker ability that was under the Super-High Risk Psyker Ability Level.
And even among the Super-High Risk Psyker Abilities, there were not many that could properly withstand against the Holy Judgement of God. Arcturus really marveled at how Jeniael managed to create the perfect Anti-Psion Knight.
Arcturus knew that the Anti-Psion Knights were not really that uncommon in the wider Cosmos, but there were not even that many of them.
Jeniael was born with a specific mutation of the Holy Judgement of God compared to the more usual variant of the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability that was common among the members of the House Luxford.
Her variant of the Holy Judgement of God was more inclined to the Psionic Annulment and Nullification compared to what was more common among the members of the House Luxford.
One could say that she could lay down the basis for the entirely new Aristocratib Bloodline Lineage House of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya, as her usage and fundamental aspects of the Holy Judgement of God were vastly different.
Yet, at the same time, the price was steep as Jeniael was almost unable to use any Psionics due to the Hoyly Judgement of God as the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability in her body was disturbing her ability to cast Psionic Techniques.
This was to be expected, and it was something that couldn't be really changed, as that would require removing the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability as a whole from her body because this was the fundamental part of the Holy Judgement of God.
Fortunely enough, the villa had rather well-equipped dojo.
However, this wasn't anything surprising because this was rather common for the entire Eternal Empire of the Asurya because having some sort of training room, sparring room, or dojo was something so common in the households in the Empire, like having a toilet or plumbing.
The dojo of the manor wasn't in the manor as it immediate part, but it was in the separate building due to various reasons. The main reason was the security reason and another was due to fact, that there were various shield generators across the entire building.
The dojo of the villa was rather a compact yet elegant structure made of dark oak and reinforced brass panels, adorned with intricate copper pipes running along the walls, hissing with occasional steam bursts.
A large, circular stained-glass window at the front depicts a clockwork phoenix as the national symbol of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya. The roof curved slightly upwards, reminiscent of traditional dojo styles but reinforced with riveted metal plating and spinning wind turbines that help generate energy.
A brass-plated entrance gate, decorated with engraved gears and cogs, slides open with a soft mechanical hum. A hanging lantern powered by a small steam engine flickers with a warm amber glow, which was more like a decoration if anything, because the steam engines were archaic even in most Pre-Spaceflight Civilizations.
From the inside, the dojo was made from a mix of traditional wooden flooring and mechanized training equipment. The walls were lined with leather-bound scrolls containing pictures of the martial moves, while brass pipes carried steam to various parts of the room.
A central sparring area featured clockwork training dummies, which rotated and struck with mechanical precision, their movements adjustable via a large gear-driven control panel on the side.
On the floor were tatami mats and some other clockwork training gadgets that served as the testing method for martial artists to test their reflexes and strength. In one corner, a steam-powered meditation chamber emits a soft, rhythmic hissing sound, filling the space with a calming mist infused with essential oils.
There was also a gear-driven calligraphy station where one could inscribe their progress on parchment, using a mechanical quill that moves via a small, programmable crankshaft. On the walls, there was a semi-concealed weapons rack, where swords, staffs, and gauntlets were displayed on a rotating gear-driven stand, locked behind reinforced glass.
If the person wanted to train in the weapon arts because even though this dojo was rather advanced, its shielding technology wasn't really at its best and couldn't handle the strongest and most devastating attacks.
According to the description that Arcturus read, the materials would be able to withstand anything at and below the Beta-Grade in terms of Psionic Energy. A rooftop had retractable railings, offering open-air combat practice, while miniature steam vents helped regulate temperature.
This dojo seamlessly combines the elegance of traditional martial arts with the precision and ingenuity of steampunk mechanics, like the architecture of the entire manor. Arcturus found it rather weird, yet at the same time, it really suited his tastes, and he would ask the Governor-General of the Ziras IV if he could buy the villa.
"So, are we going to start?"
Jenaiel asked, as she was already eager to start the training, as they had something around six hours until the dinner would be ready.
Neither of them was using real weapons in the fight because there was no need for that, and instead, they were using the training weapons from the reinforced alloys that should technically be strong enough to withstand the power of the two Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Abilities like Dimension Empyrean and Hoyl Judgment of God.
"On your mark."
Arcturus stated, as he started circulating the Nuclear Chaos Formula in his body, that this would be the perfect time for him to train both the Nuclear Chaos Formula as his primary Psionic Energy Cultivation Method and also the Dimension Empyrean at the same time.
For him, this was, once again, probably as useful as for Jeniael because using the Dimension Emyprena against something like the Holy Judgement of God was far more surreal than using it on nothing or on just some random Psyker Abilities, Psionic Techniques, or physical obstacles.
At the same time, he could even further refine his control over the Empyrean Power because he noticed that after the prolonged usage of the Dimension Empyrena, his control was slipping a bit, which was unacceptable.
This was something that he had noticed during the time when they were fighting against the bugs, and when he was using the Dimension Empyrean under duress for a prolonged amount of time and in more dangerous situations, it could be fatal to him if he couldn't properly control the Empyrean Power.
Soon enough, they started their spar, which continued in a rather monotone activity.
Every single time, Arcturus would use the Dimension Empyrean in small objects and send them to Jeniael, who would then, in turn, use the Holy Judgement of God to break them apart.
After every ten minutes, Arcturus would be increasing the power of the Empyrean Power... both in the aspect of the density, strength, and amount of the Empyrean Power that he was using to create the objects from the Empyrean Power.
During this time, Arcturus also had a much better opportunity to practice his skills at shaping the Empyrean Power, which was much easier said than done. Due to the volatility and overly destructive / aggressive nature of the Empyrean Power, it was extremely hard to shape.
The easiest thing would be just to throw it around randomly and hope that he would hit something with it.
But that would be extremely ineffective because through that way, he would be wasting an enormous amount of Psionic Energy that was used to feed the Dimension Empyrean in creating the Empyrean Power.
[Proficiency with the Skill Nuclear Chaos Formula has been increased by 5%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Nuclear Chaos Formula has been increased by 9%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Nuclear Chaos Formula has been increased by 7%.]
Arcturus ignored the notification from the system as he proceeded to increase the output of the Dimension Empyrean because they had already been sparring for half an hour. As the power of the Empyrean Power in his attacks were getting stronger and stronger, Jeniael was forced to use the Holy Judgment of God more and more.
During the time that Arcturus practiced with his master and even afterward, he developed several techniques in controlling the Empyrean Power, and he could already control more than ten objects that were conjured from the Empyrean Power like they were extensions of his own body.
If he pushed it, he could control several tens of them, though his control wouldn't be that superb, and it would be slipping from time to time.
[Proficiency with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability - Dimension Empyrean has been increased by 10%.]
[Proficiency with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability - Dimension Empyrean has been increased by 15%.]
The growth in proficiency in the Dimension Empyrean was growing relatively fast because Arcturus was progressing very smoothly in the arts of shaping the Empyrean Power, which was something that his master was teaching him personally.
Due to both of them possessing the same kind of Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability, as the Destruction Authority that he mastered possessed was from the same dough as Dimension Empynrea, he was rather insistent on teaching Arcturus proper techniques when it came to shaping the Empyrean Power.
Arcturus was controlling the projectiles made from the Empyrean Power; all of them were shaped like round spheres; as he was using them to attack Jeniael, who in turn was using the Holy Judgment of God to destroy one sphere after another.
This continued for some time until Arcturus started increasing the amount of the Empyrean Spheres that he was controlling to his limit. This proved to be rather challenging on all sides because it was mentally, physically, spiritually, and all-otherwise tiring.
Still, the results were paying rather off because once Arcturus overcame the initial pain and dizziness that he was feeling from the pressure on his mental state, he pushed for harder control over the Empyrean Spheres.
[Proficiency with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability - Dimension Empyrean has been increased by 30%.]
[Proficiency with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability - Dimension Empyrean has been increased by 25%.]
[Proficiency with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability - Dimension Empyrean has been increased by 35%.]
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[Proficiency with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability - Dimension Empyrean has been increased by 15%.]
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[Proficiency with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability - Dimension Empyrean has reached Level 9 Apprentice - 0%.]
Arcturus controlled right now more than twenty Spheres of the Empyrean Power as his proficiency with the Dimension Empyrean reached Level 9 Apprentice, and the proficiency was still growing at a staggering rate until it reached Level 10 not long after.
There was also a good possibility that proficiency in the Dimension Empyrean would be at the Adept-ranked Proficiency Level. If he reached the Adept Rank in the Mastery of the Dimension Empyrean, then it would be skill or ability with the highest-ranked attained Mastery.
Aside from the Basic Swordsmanship, which was on the verge of attaining the Grandmaster Realm. In regard to that one, Arcturus really wanted to reach the Grandmaster Realm in the basics because that would put him, leagues, ahead of any other swordsman in the entire Cosmos, as the number of Grandmasters was low.
Arcturus decided to borrow a page from his master, and when he returned to the Imperial Phoenix Military Academy, he would be acting as the assistant teacher in the Swordsmanship Class as well...
Not even the professors attained such high Mastery in the art of basics.
Though for now, he returned his attention to the Dimension Empyrean Spheres that he imploded to Jen-Jen's face as she used the Holy Judgement of God to create a huge shield to nullify the aftermath of the explosion of the Empyrean Power.
It was a rather interesting cycle because the more the proficiency in the Dimensions Empyrean increased, the more objects from the Empyrean Power he could control, and thus, he continued creating more and more as Jeniael continued destroying them.
However, for better results for both of them, they even clashed in the contact between the Dimension Empyrean and the Holy Judgement of God. Every single time, when they clashed, it would create a minor explosion as they were using their Psyker Abilities to overpower the other one.
[Proficiency with the Skill Nuclear Chaos Formula has been increased by 11%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Nuclear Chaos Formula has been increased by 15%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Nuclear Chaos Formula has been increased by 15%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Nuclear Chaos Formula has reached Level 6 Apprentice - 0%.]
