The Absolute: Humanity's Second Chance
Chapter 103 Apex Foundation

Within a domain of multiple converging elements, raging winds, oppressive tsunamis, destructive flames, and cataclysmic boulders.

They raged and flew around in great intensity, forming ascendent storms of varying magnitudes and colors.

And when all the elemental disasters and terrifying storms collided, they eliminated each other, erasing everything around them to nothingness.

The soroundings were decimated to silence, and reduced to black darkness. And within the center of the created void, a beauty stood, sorounded by multiple elements.

She stood naked, with the elements covering her body protectively.

"...I am done. Unfortunately, I only had four hours for this one, and I didn't have much Affinity with it." The girl thought, as the elements around her dispersed.

Juliette Silver.

The woman presented was Juliette Silver, one with enhanced beauty and charm. She was even more beautoful than the angel they had previously fought.

[ You have finalized the training of four Elemental Affinities, and also obtained a glimpse to the Null Affinity, all in just forty hours straight ]

[ There are zero hours remaining ]

[Congratulations on finalizing your training, and obtaining Ascendent Rewards ]

[ TING!!! ]

[ You have forged an Apex Foundation for yourself. Amongst your race, you've reached an ascandent stage in all aspects, to the point of being unique compared to your roots ]

[ The path of Humanity has been opened. All humans will obtain higher exposure to all the Elemental Affinities. Their Mana levels will exponentially increase as well. Their Destiny has exploded out ]

"Oh..." Juliette marveled at the information given to her. She was surprised how her succeeding, meant humanity succeeding.

But she had no qualms. At least, she was helping Damien progress one of his many goals.

"And that aside, I have to get out of here. It's been almost two days." She thought, watching as the darkness around her tore itself apart.

Melting off like ice submerged in boiling water. And from it, a white room was presented to her, with her figure sitting criss legged, while being completely clothed.

Juliette sighed in relief, and appraised her final form after the whole training. Her skin was smoother, and more pleasing to the eyes.

Her hair became jet black, yet seemed to reflect the glow of the room as well. So were her dark eyes, that seemed like an endless darkness, full of stars.

And most importantly, there were four small droplets on her forehead, one red, one blue, one green and one brown. They were all inversed, and had their tails meet below them.

"Hm... I seem more like a cryptic entity from the past... or a god... even though I'm not sure what a god is supposed to look like." She thought, pleased about her new looks.

"I wonder how Damien would react to this? Would he finally blush at my sight?" A smile crept up on her face, lighting up her face, and making her seem like the center of the world.

Yet she was unaware of that.

At the same time, when she was enjoying the vivid image of Damien in her thoughts, a chorus of party tricks rang out, spreading out and disrupting her focus.

"..."

Juliette was forced out of her thoughts, and turned to the pixie prince in exasperation.

"Ah? You're still alive?" The pixie prince said, it's words being words that rubbed Juliette wrongly. "What do you mean by that, you dwarf star?"

"Hehe, I am a star, but not a dwarf." It laughed, and before Juliette could add more insults, it added, "Hehe, I take that back. Let me rephrase myself."

"You better..." She said, sighing to herself. Unfortunately, Damien had warned her not to go against these little guys.

But after experiencing that hellish training, she knew that somethings just had to be done. Such as insulting these little prideful pricks.

The pixie prince glanced at her, and cleared its throat. "Ahem... Why are you still alive?" And it said to her, catching her so off guard, she was left flabbergasted.

"...Excuse me?"

"Why are you still al–"

"I heard you the first time. Don't repeat yourself." Juliette said in exasperated anger, her words cutting off its own. Then she added, anger still seeping within her tone.

"So, care to explain to me what you mean by that, your highness?"

"Ah? Well... I thought you'd honestly die from Mana inflation about a day ago. But here you are, still alive. And no where near dying. I'm wondering why." It said.

"...Are you serious right now?"

"Yes. Trekking through the Realms of power is hard, very hard. Which is why the Mana for every Realm is leagues apart, and quite vast." The pixie prince said, and Juliette listened.

She knew that the pixies were quite knowledgeable creatures.

"Even the strongest of mortals, a Grand Master, has Mana within the hundreds of thousands. Imagine the power they hold... They could burn, destroy or even reconstruct entire continents with their Mana alone."

"Let alone the strongest of demigods, who can birth entire stars were their entire Mana reserves exposed to the Void. And gods? Let's not even touch upon them yet."

"But then... there's you. An Apprentice, with Mana so dense, it could even rival the divine power of even powerful gods standing above the universe. Basically... you're full of something that's not supposed to be in you... and that's not a baby."

"..."

Juliette felt lost for words. Her anger dissipated, and she also ignored the last joke that the prince added to its statement.

But the pixie was not done yet. "Not only did you shatter one understood aspect of Reality, you also obtained four Affinities, while still being an Apprentice... breaking off another aspect."

"Yeah, I figured about that one. Then if that was the case, then why did you send me here?" Juliette asked, a bit perplexed and vexed.

"...No reason. If you died, then we would have revived you. No need to thank us, you're welcome." It said, almost shattering her strings of sanity.

"...Alright. What else do you have to say, your highness."

"Oh? You broke two understood aspects of Reality, and I'm wondering why that is possible." It said, not feeling her wrath within her tone.

Juliette calmed herself down, and also thought about it. Yes, why. Why was she able to hold so much Mana within herself?

One, it could be because of her Affinity with Mana. She knew about this during the trials she went with Damien, and he also affirmed that she had superior attainments in Mana as well.

Or two, it could be related to Damien. Since her total reserves of Mana were connected to those of Damien's, then that meant that their Mana veins had the same level of purity.

Or three, she had no idea as well.

"Could be because of Damien, uh, my husband." She said, and the pixie prince found her words to make sense.

"Hm. An anomaly is a different matter altogether. Ah, you're an irregular, so I guess it makes sense too?" It said, and Juliette opted to just ignore it.

Instead, she opened up her Template, and made a review of the changes that occurred.

[ Name: Juliette Silver ]

[ Mana: – (Nigh-Infinite) ]

[ Epithet(3): First Blood(Grand), Grand Pioneer of Mana(Myth-1), Dragon Slayer(Myth-1) ]

[ Class: Lvl 6 Classless (0/90) ]

[ Sub-Class: None ]

[ Excess Life Essence: 18,195,389 units ]

[Alignment: Chaotic Neutral ]

[ Stats: STR - 100,0 || AGI - 100,0 || END - 100,0 || WIS - 3 000,0 || INT - 3 000,0 || AFF - 300,0 ]

[ Stat Points: 0 || Ability Points: 1 ]

[Ultimate Abilities(1): Spirit Source(1) ]

[ Unique Abilities(6): Spirit Zone(1), Spirit Medium(1), Mystic Magic(1), Mana Magic(1), Spirit Magic(1) Elemental Magic(1) ]

[ Extra Abilities(4): Self-Hypnosis(1), Dark Vision(1), Underwater Breathing(1), Float(1) ]

[ Techniques(1): Mana Incorporation(Unique) ]

[ Natural Resistance(3): <Fire: 50%> <Water: 50%> <Wind: 50%> <Earth: 50%> ]

[ Spells(23): Spell Creation(2nd), Rune Casting(2nd), Symbol Inscription(2nd), Magic Manipulation(2nd), Personal Magic: Mana(2nd), Mana Control(2nd), Mana Enhancement(2nd), Mana Construction(2nd), Mana Aura(2nd), Mana Creation(2nd), Spirit Summon(2nd), Spirit Grooming(2nd), Spirit Communication(2nd), Spirit Empowerment(2nd), Spirit Fusion(2nd), Fire Ball(2nd), Fire Blast(2nd), Bubble Prison(2nd), Water Dragon(2nd), Haste(2nd), Hurricane Burst(2nd), Mountain Wall(2nd), Meteorite(2nd) ]

[ Equipment(0): None ]

[ Resources(0): None ]

She went through everything, and saw two major changes. Her Mana, and her Stats. "It seems like you're right. I have quite the hefty amount of Mana in me."

"And my Stats seem to have increased by ten times statistically. I wonder how powerful I am now." She thought to herself.

At the same time, something strange, something she never expected to occur, occurred at this very moment.

[ TING!!! ]

[ Congratulations on forging a path towards becoming the very Derivative of Mana ]

[ You have obtained Mana so high, it eclipses your Existential Level greatly. You have thus awakened 10% of your Class, "Mana Derivator" ]

"...huh?"

"Oh?"

Both entities responded in shock, as one never expected this to happen, and the other was just blatantly intrigued at the ever increasing drama sorounding the former.

Yet unfortunately for her, this was just the beginning of her day. More wonders were still come for her.