Chapter 169: "If You Have Not Seen Miracles, Then Don't Blink."

*frown*

Hudson, who was in his early thirties, frowned at D's statement. As a wizard, he knew the importance of Ego in their mastery. Without such an important variable, one cannot cast spells above 3rd tier. Thus he was completely unaware of the reason why D stated so. From the words, he can tell that the source was brimming with confidence.

"How can you say that?"

Hudson had to raise his doubts, even if he found the source confident. The existence of Ego was not an invention, but the revelation exposed through centuries old experimenting and analysing. For millennia, the existence of Ego was an unraveled mystery. To simply avoid it in the path of Mana mastery is highly unconventional and inappropriate.

"How, you ask? Simple. When reconstructing Lee, I recalibrated his soul alignment and directly hardwired it to the system. Now, I can freely allow him to manifest his complete Pzy or Ego without the actual need of nurturing them. Based on his affinity with elements, he can already do that to an extent."

To hear that someone had recalibrated something inside you, is not a pleasant thing to hear. Anyone would have pounced on D in anger, but not Lee. He had assumed that the upgrade can significantly influence him, as it changes the system. His guess turned out to be true, as he heard D substantiating his claims.

Hudson now had the outline of what D had meant. The complete integration of the system to the soul plane is successful, and that allows the user, Lee, to manifest his element souls in the reality via augmentation and spell. For an Official wizard when alive, Hudson wished that he had a system when he was alive.

"You may try those tricks after I finish."

D sensed Lee's desire to try out the manifestation of the element souls, but the sovereign was no fun. Lee promptly suppressed his urge to use his affinity to create his Pzys and Egos.

D continued to speak.

"Your cultivation and mastery level are still where you left them. You can advance in the progress right away, or can wait for the elements to attain absolute affinity. The decision is up to you.

Speaking of elements, you have acquired the basic affinity with the emotion 'Serenity'. Make sure you thank Gauthama in a proper way."

D turned to the screen, and waved his hand. The columns of information regarding his elemental affinities, progress and personal info vanished and the last four sections of the interface came up.

Lee saw no change in the proficiency of weapons and his skills. Thus his eyes descended towards the last two sets of information.

"Where did the scythe and the spatial ring go?"

Lee could not see the scythe, and the spatial ring he was presented for being the champion of the tournament, in the storage panel. He could recollect that those were present when the system was going offline. Unconsciously, his mouth spoke up. D had the reply ready with him, as he assumed that he would ask for his prized possessions.

"When executing the spatial modifications, the ring had to be used as an ingredient for the process. Its composition of Gargantua Rock and Vixen Phoenix's bone was perfect for the execution. Though the materials were immensely scarce than needed, I was able to pull off a successful upgrade."

Lee happily accepted the realisation that the scythe and the spatial ring have been used up in the action, and are never returning. Without dwelling in the memories of the lost, he glanced at the three names of the objects in the storage. As his eyes skimmed over the names, The panel extended to the right and showed a relatively larger thumbnail sized picture of the weapons.

The weapons did not have any changes. It was as if he had stored them in the inventory last time. Lee took out his blade and checked it. Then he took out and found it well preserved through the time. The bow was finally pulled out of the storage and Lee sensed the familiarity of a crime partner from it. With a faint smirk, he placed them all back in the storage.

"Coming to the last part of the system interface. You are very well accustomed with the Map and Quest feature. The 'Foresight' had also been upgraded with a few features. You will know them once you return to reality. The 'View' is not greatly developed, but the limitation of appraising objects and beings below a certain level has been removed. Now you can accurately evaluate all things, except for Amortals."

D took a pause, and Lee saw the two new features mentioned below them. From the name 'System Space', he deduced that it is the name of the habitable subspace created through the upgrade. But the term 'Workshop' did not ring any bell of familiarity in his head. Not only that, the absence of the Shop facility had made him concerned and frown.

"The Workshop is as the name indicates. It is the shop where you work, in order to get products. It is the hybrid child of the Shop and the Alter. There is nothing particularly special about it. Open the feature and try it out."

D finished his words, and Lee promptly opened the feature. When the Workshop was launched, all that appeared was an empty white display with beautiful geometric floral designs running along its edge. The ash grey borders decorated with black designs were a sight to behold. Lee took a moment to appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship on the borders, before staring at the emptiness.

*visible confusion*

If people could see things, then they would have seen a big question mark suspended over Lee's head. The plain whiteness of the display was good to look at, but as time went by, Lee deduced that it is not the way the function works. He turned to D, and his brows were raised. They literally meant-

'What am I supposed to do?'

D understood his confusion, and stepped forward to help him. Hudson also came near Lee, so as to see what the sovereign had in the store for him. The name Workshop pulled his attention towards their actions.

"If you have not seen miracles, then don't blink."