Chapter 493

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If only there was a chance to save the day, Izay would surely give it his all.

Unfortunately, what has happened cannot be undone or salvaged.

Back in the days when he wasn’t even an adventurer, just a powerless child, the Asteria Familial Group had already encountered misfortune.

The time gap felt like an insurmountable chasm that made Izay sigh as he could only think towards the future.

Dwelling on the past does not align with the spirit of adventurers.

Adventurers must first learn to look forward.

However, upon reflection, despite the scars left by the past, today’s gains were quite commendable, enough to satisfy him.

And seemingly following the principle of good things coming in pairs, long-awaited news from the “Life Seed” arrived.

The energy obtained from mass killings of beasts in the apocalypse world and the star deity power received from Ilko have finally been fully digested.

The overwhelming power feedback through the “Life Catalog” granted Izay new abilities.

[Verifying…]

[Confirmed individual exclusive skills ‘Celestial Favor’, exclusive skill ‘Heart of the Earth’, exclusive skill ‘Star of Enlightenment’, exclusive skill ‘Moonshadow Ode’…]

[Confirmed individual inherent abilities ‘Starfall’, ‘Wall Rising to Immense Heights’, ‘Celestial Movement of All Things’…]

[Confirmed individual miracles…]

[…Verification complete]

[Determined, individual meets awakening conditions for ultimate ability ‘Astrology of Reason’]

[Asking, shall we proceed with ultimate ability awakening?]

From the “Life Seed,” a sudden message was transmitted into Izay’s mind.

In short, the “Life Catalog” currently possessed ample spare energy (PT points), sufficient to support Izay learning many abilities on the system tree.

However, the “Life Catalog” did not recommend him spending this energy to learn scattered abilities.

Because Izay’s current personal condition was extremely suited to one ultimate ability.

To the point where even if the current energy (PT points) was far from enough to awaken an ultimate ability, Izay could still exceptionally obtain one ultimate ability.

It’s like a skill tree in an online game.

Learning skills requires PT points; lower-level skills cost fewer PT points, while higher-level skills cost more.

Ultimate abilities are akin to ultimate moves.

To directly learn an ultimate move, the required PT points would be astronomical.

But if the prerequisite skills for this ultimate move have already been learned beforehand, the required PT points would be significantly reduced.

Izay was exactly in this situation.

He had prematurely met many prerequisites for awakening the ultimate ability ‘Astrology of Reason,’ allowing him to acquire it at a discount.

After receiving the information, a choice was presented before Izay.

And such matters didn’t require hesitation; Izay immediately conveyed a “yes” response to the “Life Seed.”

Upon receiving the response, the “Life Seed” began to activate the power of the catalog.

[Confirmed, ultimate ability ‘Astrology of Reason’ beginning awakening…]

[Ultimate ability awakening in progress…]

[Notification, awakening failed, analyzing reasons for failure…]

[Confirmed, individual strength insufficient to bear the demands of ultimate ability]

Izay: “???”

[Notification, awakening process irreversible, beginning necessary ability derivation…]

[Detecting individual strength level, followed by successful derivation of unique ability ‘Pseudo Astrology of Reason’]

[Confirmed, individual has obtained unique ability ‘Pseudo Astrology of Reason’]

Izay: “…”

If his judgment was correct, it seemed he was rejected due to being too weak…

Because of his current lack of strength, he lost out on an ultimate ability, transforming Izay’s original joy into frustration.

This was probably the most ridiculous precedent ever!

Absolutely ridiculous, like ridiculousness opening the door for more ridiculousness—ridiculousness to the extreme!

Speaking of which, if his strength was insufficient, why did they think he met the conditions for ultimate ability awakening?

Or was it that the catalog just noticed the energy (PT points) for awakening was sufficient and notified him right away?

Ah!

Izay felt like he missed out on a billion-dollar opportunity!

If the “Life Seed” were compared to an artificial intelligence within a computer, then the “Life Catalog” inside it would be a program within the computer.

Their relationship is somewhat like that.

And earlier, this program, without considering Izay’s external conditions, pushed a potentially feasible project to Izay.

In the computer’s calculations, since Izay’s personal situation wasn’t taken into account, the program simply marked it as “project can be completed,” leading Izay to mistakenly believe.

How could something like this happen!

Unacceptable!

……

After fretting over it for a while, Izay finally adjusted himself and let out a long breath.

“Fine, since it’s come to this, I’ll make do. If the awakening fails, so be it. With the new derived ability, the next attempt at ultimate ability awakening will be simpler.”

Since another lower-level ability was activated, the amount of energy (PT points) needed to collect has decreased.

Izay consoled himself this way.

Then, finally finding the mental space, he opened the system panel to check his new ability.

“Pseudo Astrology of Reason”

· Derived from ultimate ability, unifying the pseudo-principles of the stars, witnessing the beginning and end of the celestial bodies.

Just reading the description gave a vague, nebulous feeling.

However, Izay, having received the feedback, wouldn’t have such thoughts.

Once this ability was integrated into himself, he could feel its… vastness, and… versatility.

Anything related to celestial powers, magic, concepts, he seemed to understand them all just a little.

The coverage was incredibly broad, but always missing some part.

Izay guessed that was probably due to the “pseudo” aspect.

Pseudo-principles are still pseudo-principles, incomparable to complete principles.

Those missing parts were likely the difference between “Pseudo Astrology of Reason” and “Astrology of Reason.”

Only after awakening the ultimate ability could those gaps be filled.

Even so, the vast knowledge contained within was something Izay couldn’t digest all at once.

For this reason, Izay once again became immersed in familiarizing himself with his abilities…

Staying up late as usual~

……

The indigo twilight sky gradually brightened with a hint of dawn.

The rising sun in the eastern sky announced the start of a brand-new day.

Today, Orario buzzed with a fresh wave of excitement throughout the city.

—The much-anticipated War Game across the entire Labyrinth City had begun!

The War Game that should have started after the consensus between Hestia and Apollo was delayed because the former feigned illness.

With the thought that each day delayed would allow Beier more time to grow stronger, Hestia put her heart and soul into this delay.

Everyone could guess her intentions but allowed it secretly.

After all, with only one member in Hestia’s Familial Group versus Apollo’s triple-digit numbers, it was simply shameful to bully someone like that.

But today, the Hestia Familial Group, unable to delay any further, finally faced this day.

The city was bustling with excitement.

The long-awaited War Game had stirred an extraordinary level of passion and excitement in Orario.

All taverns opened early in the morning, setting up stalls in every street corner.

Numerous posters plastered around the streets recently were the result of the gods promoting the event enthusiastically.

The graphic content featured the sun emblem of the [Apollo Familial Group], while the symbol for the [Hestia Familial Group] was a rabbit.

Since the Hestia Familial Group lacked an emblem, they used the white rabbit (Beier) as their symbol.

Kudos to the gods for coming up with that.

Today, almost all adventurers took the day off and gathered in the taverns to prepare to watch the match, including The Bountiful Mistress tavern.

“Izay, Izay~! The War Game is starting! Get up and come watch the show!!”

The person who rudely burst into Izay’s room was the little angel Tiona.

She glanced at Izay who was still fumbling with his notes (insights from his new ability) at his desk, grabbed him without hesitation, and dragged him towards the meeting room at The Bountiful Mistress.

Almost all the higher-ups of the Familial Group, except Loki who attended the Babel Tower Divine Assembly, were gathered there, waiting only for Izay!

“Eh! Don’t pull me! My notes!!”

“Notes can wait, let’s go watch the War Game now!”