Chapter 907 - Mana Daddy
Instead of flying back, I just walk through the canyons. Sometimes I boost myself up when I see something akin to sidewalks, and I walk on them to get a nice view of the valley carved into stone.
The rivers, greenery, unusual trees, or rock formations. This is the first time I take in the 4th Beyond floor so slowly, as usually I just fly by.
The fight didn't even take that long. A mere few minutes after weeks of preparation and so much more effort leading up to all this. It just felt so fast that taking it slow now feels refreshing.
I wonder if I'm being observed. I'm well aware Rulers like to stalk, as well as some of the Handlers, so I sometimes randomly give a middle finger toward the sky. In other cases, I give a middle finger toward a cute fox-like animal that appears nearby, just in case they are observing through its eyes.
I also show a middle finger to the fish in the nearby river.
Of course, I can feel it. My mood keeps improving as I feel it tugging on the corners of my lips. Not even in the slightest do I care that they might have seen me in my state after the fight. Well, maybe a little bit. It would be weird if it didn't annoy me for someone to see me in a moment of weakness.
Yet, does it even matter at all?
As I'm not even using body reinforcement, I slip on the rock and fall down from the edge of the sidewalk I'm walking on. I don't even try to catch myself or slow my fall and just absorb the impacts and slightly change my defensive layer.
Like a ragdoll, I let myself bounce off the rocks, slide across the dirt, freefall, break a few branches, and land on the ground.
Then I stand up, dusting off the debris from my manatex clothes, and continue to walk.
From down here, the canyons look so huge, awe-inspiring even. When I allow myself to react in a way pre-tutorial me would, I just can't get enough of them. Never in my life did I think I would get to see things like that, and I don't even mean the System and all this. More like places on Earth. Sure, I dreamed like every other person, but wasn't it always somewhere in the back of my mind?
The thought that I would grow up, find some shitty job to keep myself alive, possibly find someone, barely get by in some shitty apartment, maybe adopt a dog. Day after day that would slowly turn all the same.
And yet, here I am.
I'm careful about saying I wouldn't trade it for anything else, as there might be such things I cannot currently imagine that I would love to do. But yeah, I cannot currently imagine other things I would want from my life.
Maybe a bit more of this, less of that, and such. But in the end, it's just a trade-off. You get some things and lose others. Such is life.
Damn, I'm really in a weird mood right now.
With a soft chuckle, I boost myself through the air, reaching the warehouse where the head technician sits just outside of the huge door on a simple chair, reading some blueprint.
Noticing me coming closer, he scrambles to his feet and stares at me with wide eyes. Inside the hangar, multiple technicians react too.
So I show him my right forearm and the keys inscribed on it.
“T-THREE!?” he shouts, and then coughs up and repeats, “Three?” He still shakes his head, and his voice turns to a high pitch again, “Three motherfucking KEYS!?”
I give him a shrug, and after giving a wave, I teleport inside, to my room in the hangar where I left a mark.
I have grown as a person. My mind sharpened, and I have become smarter. So, of course, I have a replacement set of clothes ready there, as well as the shower I had ordered to be built.
That need and tug for me to check the notifications is constantly there, but I'm enjoying it as I move into the shower, using some fancy soap and shampoo. I probably take a bit longer than usual, but I think I deserve it.
Just in case, I point a middle finger toward the ceiling a few times.
Once I dry myself, I watch my figure in front of the mirror while carefully touching a permanent burn on my chest and the scars. My last touch is to my forehead, where that laser bored through.
With a shrug, I put clean clothes on myself, not minding that they are a bit more formal instead of my usual casual Earth clothes.
I get outside by teleporting once again, and by this time, every technician is gathered around, and I acknowledge each and every one of them by giving a thanks and a nod. I remember them from the work on Regalia, their ideas, blueprints, and excitement. Even if some of them just came here to design the cranes, I appreciate it.
It feels a bit off, but I accept their deep bows too, and then launch myself toward the Megacity.
Instead of reaching something akin to a helicopter landing spot, but for people capable of flight, I land near the main gate, where I'm let in without any stopping.
Just a few seconds after I begin to walk through the city, a demon wearing a suit and glasses joins, walking by my side.
“I saw what happened, and I just want to say I admire your guts, human.” That's all he says, and a few steps later, he is gone.
I barely pass a few stores when another presence pops up on my left. “You won me a shitload of shards. The fight was fun!” I manage to catch just a smile on a fur-covered lynthari face before the presence is gone.
“I still think you were lucky, but fuck it, most of us are, aren't we?” Only a second later, another voice says from my right, “I hope you make it, you beautiful lunatic.”
Weirded out by all of this, I teleport away, but a new presence finds me anyway. A man in a suit with a bear face. “I lost a bet,” he says, completely unbothered. “Part of the payout is that I have to call you mana daddy. So here we are. Good job, mana daddy.”
He is gone as quickly as he appeared.
I almost want to throw an attack against another presence reaching me, but this one hangs onto my arm and pulls me closer to her. Just a glance makes me recognize her as Ruby, masked in her fake Handler form.
“They can't listen now, so you can speak freely. And yes, more of them wanted to barge in and annoy you, so you owe me,” she says simply, pulling me through Megacity toward the headquarters of the Primordial Knights.
“I would call you nice and all that if you didn't break my arm just now,” I say.
“Some time ago I overheard your group talking about your Constitution. Naturally, I went to Earth to research what a hummingbird actually is. As it turns out, it is a tiny, delicate creature with an embarrassingly frail constitution. Did you know their hearts beat up to 1,260 times per minute in flight? They live in a state of perpetual panic where failing to eat every ten to fifteen minutes results in immediate death.”
“I inherited my mana deficiency from them.”
“Sure you did. You are lucky I'm so good at controlling my powers, otherwise, you and everyone else on this entire floor would’ve been dead in the presence of my true body.”
“Lissandra would dig herself out of her grave to insult you if your control wasn't at that basic level. And even the Rulers would die to your true body's presence?”
“Yes, even that bitch Lust, if her pets didn't set up barriers for her.”
“I didn't-”
“So you,” she shakes me a little, “should be thankful. And I'm sorry for breaking your arm.” She sighs. “You did really well out there.”
“As always.”
She gives a smile. “Almost as always. You and your sister still don't realize how troublesome Starless Sky's revival is.”
“I think with all that is happening to us, it's a bit of a dick move to expect us not to care for ourselves first over some troubles to others.”
Looking at me for a moment, she nods. “Fair enough.”
We take a step, and instead of covering normal distance, I find us standing in front of the entrance to the headquarters of the Primordial Knights.
“No one will annoy you here, so take your time. I will keep an eye on you and interfere if I must. And select carefully. I won't give you advice, as I know you would reject it.” She waves her hand, and as she takes a step, the air around her wavers just the tiniest bit before she is gone.
Giving my third shrug of the day, I use my mana signature to enter through the defenses. I think out of all the top guilds in the Beyond, the Primordial Knights have the weakest defenses around their buildings.
It's like they're just hoping someone will attack.
Using Wraith Dance a few times, I pass and weave between people, opening a few doors until I reach the garden that is restricted to anyone other than the guildmaster unless invited. It is something Nyssa set up previously, and I haven't changed it.
The garden isn’t large, framed on three sides by buildings. In the middle of it stands a single tree, its trunk surrounded by a circular patch of grass and a lone bench. That tree is pale white, its thick stump scarred by damage that clearly split it in two. One half remains dead and hollow, while the other half grows into a new trunk, living and strong. There is a scent to that tree. Like freshly cut grass with a faint hint of citrus.
I sit on that lone bench and take in the view, which reveals Megacity below and the valley framed by the mountains. The square opening looks almost like a portal, a window cut into the surrounding buildings.
Then I go through my notifications.
[You have defeated Glacial Monarch - lvl 506]
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Well done! You have successfully reached level 450. You may now select a new Primary Class. Available classes and their rarity are based on your actions and performance up until now within the Tutorial.
Not bad at all. Out of habit, I go into my status to invest all my stat points into mana, only to find that I have none and my mana is already increased.
I guess things like this become nearly instinctual after a while. I bet it happens to everyone.
Then I make myself more comfortable and, from my room, teleport a heavily secured box to myself.
I put it on my knees and go through three layers of locks that require my mana signature, each one increasing in difficulty. Even looking closely at the last lock would fry the brain of an average Beyond attendee, as I have done my absolute best to secure it.
Once it's open, I take out probably the last remaining bar of my favorite chocolate in the Tutorial, as well as a blue-colored sports drink I enjoy.
Next, I carefully take out and place down a bag of chips. A perfectly preserved bag. Not punctured, and the chips inside aren't broken into those tiny crumbs you end up licking off your fingers.
And the last one is my treasure. It is stored within another box that I paid an honestly ungodly amount of shards to have crafted, just to keep the item inside perfectly preserved and chilled at the required temperature.
Yes. A cheesecake. From Earth.
I take it out, deciding to eat it first, and from the box, I also pull out a fancy silver dessert fork. The ones made of manabloc still don't have that satisfying clang against your teeth or that silver shine.
Only then do I begin to read through the four classes I was offered.
Primordial Weaver (Upper Pristine)
A class granted to individuals capable of harmonizing multiple energies with an ease that others cannot hope to match. Weavers weave primordial energies alongside raw mana to further imbue the distinct properties of those primordial energies directly into their skills, reaching heights conventional mana users cannot achieve. Maybe one day it will be your turn to achieve something unseen in this universe.
You bend all that you control to your absolute will. With your extraordinary capabilities, you have begun mixing your primordial energies with your mana and redistributing them with ease. You have acquired [Redistribution], [Manifestation], [Weave], and [Eclipse], skills whose true potential is yet to be fully revealed, allowing you to achieve feats that others consider impossible. You have more than 2 low pristine passives. Have 3 powerful traits. Have forcefully evolved your traits up to their limit of 5 possible strengthenings. You have multiple skills over level 80. Have become an Absolute Candidate through a system quest. Faced and killed a Champion-grade being on your own. Gained your entire mana pool's worth of mana through redistribution more than 1,000 times. Have woven constructs most at your level are incapable of perceiving. Have been using primordial energies and mana simultaneously to reach an effect neither could achieve on their own. Received teachings and techniques from an immensely talented kinetic user, and received mana control teachings from one of the greatest talents this universe has ever seen.
Due to your unique constitution, your mana and primordial energies have become an inseparable part of your being in a way few can claim.
Dominion Juggernaut (Unique Pristine)
A class specializing in brutal combat by augmenting oneself while violently interfering with others. Dominion Juggernauts are an unstoppable force bringing absolute terror to every battlefield, leaving few beings capable of standing against them in single combat. You turned your body into a weapon that poses far more danger to your enemies than to yourself. Upon selecting this class, your baseline mana will drop to 1, but your ability to siphon ambient mana, or even the active mana of your opponents, will be incomparably increased, along with gathering Primordial Kinetic and Thermal energies. All shall fear facing you in combat.
You have modified your body extensively beyond what should be biologically survivable. You have directly faced Champions and overwhelmingly superior opponents in combat and survived. You have participated in or slain opponents of Champion grade. Have a mana stat exceeding 2000. Have Mana Manipulation over level 85. Have more than 2 low pristine passives. You have showcased exceptional skill in enduring and channeling raw mana and primordial energies. You have turned your opponents' abilities against them more than 10,000 times. You have pulled ambient mana equal to the size of your mana pool more than 1,000 times. Have at least one trait evolved to have 5 possible strengthenings. Have a trait at its 3rd strengthening. Where your body was not enough, you created a vessel to carry your might. Implanted a Champion-level heart into your body and learned how to endure and handle the full output of said heart. Have become an Absolute Candidate through the system quest. Reached S rank in Beyond. Carrying a pure fragment. Have participated in multiple Beyond quests and in the Last Elf replica eradication quest. Have won two tournaments.
Your physique alone allows you to enter leagues that should be otherwise impossible. Mana and primordial energies bend to your will even when ripped directly from your opponent, proving your terrifying adaptation in battle.
Empyrean Heir (Unique Pristine)
An advanced class following in the footsteps of a clan that once held a divine bloodline. Utilizing the unique Empyrean frequency, dissonant with the established laws of the current mana system, the Empyreans might rise once again with you at their lead.
Your domination of mana wavelengths and your ability to focus energy are extraordinary in a way that very few can mimic. Have Empyrean Ichor with a purity of 30% or more. Have an Empyrean skill at level over 70 or more. You have witnessed a proficient user of Empyrean Mana create powerful Empyrean constructs, guiding you down the path of the Empyreans. You have acquired Empyrean Ichor and strengthened it to the third stage. Have Preeminence Eyes at the third stage. Witnessed and traveled with the help of an ancient Firmament. Have used Empyrean Ichor to forcefully evolve your trait into Mana Vessel, pushing your body far past its limits. You have learned how to harness your Empyrean Ichor as a deadly weapon. You have directly interfered with the system multiple times in a way far beyond your level. You have been given A Warning. Aided in the revival of a godking. Aided a tutorial imitation in escaping the bounds of the tutorial. Have multiple active skills over lvl 80. Have more than 3 low pristine passives. Have become an Absolute Candidate through the system quest. Have fought and killed a Champion on your own. Have fought in battle against multiple Champion-grade beings and won.
Embracing the Empyrean bloodline, you have purified its lineage to push your limits. Ignorant of where this path ultimately leads, you head closer to the day where a Divine Heart might beat in your chest, ascending you to a Demigod.
Mana Primarch (Unique Pristine)
A class never before witnessed by those who seek absolute mastery over mana and its flow. A Primarch’s very thought, and their mere presence, forces all mana to bend to their command. Possessing a mind uniquely forged to endure the devastating strain, they seize control of their own mana and the mana of their opponents. One day it might be you who will be granted something the system has never granted before.
Your mind and the sense of self, if continuing to grow, might one day match the most powerful minds in the system. You have multiple active skills over level 85. You have more than 3 low pristine passives. You have Preeminence Eyes at the 3rd stage. You have evolved your trait and gained Mana Vessel. Beyond all logic and sense, your Constitution remains lower than that of the average tutorial attendee after one day on the first floor. Have leveled [Mana Manipulation] from level 0 to over level 85 in under 5 seconds. You have undergone an unbroken period of thought acceleration equivalent to more than five years. You have two active skills at level 88. Created a Scalar Beacon.
A new message pops up out of nowhere.
Reconfirming the preceding five achievements.
Achievements confirmed.
Additional confirmation required. Contacting one of the Rulers presiding over this cycle of the Tutorial to obtain verification.
Verification confirmed by The Ruler of Diligence.
Secondary confirmation required.
Verification confirmed by The Ruler of Wrath.
Then, as if nothing happened, the notifications continue.
You have channeled 3 times your mana pool in under 1 second more than 100 times. Have released the entirety of your mana pool in under 1 second more than 1,000 times. Have participated in battle against 3 or more Champion-grade beings. Have killed or greatly participated in the killing of more than 3 Champion-grade beings. Became an Absolute Candidate through the system quest. Reacquired [Mana Manipulation] multiple times. Have a mana stat exceeding 2500. Have Mana Vessel. Have Preeminence Eyes. Carry an Empyrean skill at level 70 or over. Outpaced and outgrew a newborn wyvern, matched it in combat, and killed it. Gathered ambient mana multiple times your body's mana pool more than 1,000 times. Studied under one of the greatest mana users in the history of the system. Mastered and modified Mana Cycling.
You have accomplished feats that those of your era in the System will never again witness. Your mana pool defies logic, far surpassing even the most, while your body has been fundamentally rewritten by raw mana, forever scarred and changed at the deepest level of your being. Through sheer determination, unyielding focus, and a mind unlike any other, you rule over all mana.
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Author Note: Sooo, Im still not happy with some class names so there might be changes. I also know I could improve on some of the descritpions, so there might be changes as well. I might missed some stuff and there can be improvements too.
Feel free to leave a comment and if I like your idea I might yoink it!
Btw, you are quite lucky - originally I wanted to end this chapter on the scene of Nat starting to eat the cheesecake.
Comments (212)
I knew he lasted longer than 599 days under thought acceleration, what a monster to go beyond 5 years and I had this theory he would get a mana based class that removed the need for a constitution stat, they are all kind of like that with one actually giving him an achievement for his low con that helped get the class offer 😂😂.
I was honestly shocked when they said it was only 599 days in thought acceleration and I love the info drop.
Has anyone theorized before that manathaniel actually goes out in a blaze of glory and then after the tutorial the main story starts with a corgi main character? Nat Stark Theory
Is Nat one of the lost Primarchs from 40k? For the emperor!!
I mean we all know he's taking the Primarch class, it's in the title.
Suddenly I feel like singing "one of these things is not like the others". It seems to me that not all uniques are made equal, and i feel like Primarch may be a step above the other 2 unique options he was offered. The others talk more about what he could be, primarch talks more about what he IS
Bro im a Warhammer man so mana primarch is the way honestly i love prime weaver aswell though smh couldn't be me id have to clone myself and have them pick the others and see wassup.
I'm honestly surprised that Nathaniel didn't go into a massive rage induced bitch fit over his second option and immediately demand that sneakythaniel redact all knowledge of that class existing.
Congratulations, you have been declared Mana Daddy by a person judged by the system to be capable of such a declaration!
I myself favour Mana Archetype for the class. Also... is the 5th option being concealed like the 10th active skill?
All hail the primarch
I am sorry, did I read Dominion Juggernaut right? Mana dropped to 1? What sort of fiendish devilry is this? That isn't a unique pristine it's the worst lowest grade trash.
Why u gotta Glaze our boy so much Cerim, itll get to his head soon enough
I really wonder what Lissandra and him agreed to when he was in thought acceleration. And how did Ruby not realize it was more than double what she thought? And who is the extremely proficient Empyrean mana user he has interacted with….? Magi? Is his golden mana Empyrean?
Magi Elian
It had to confirm mutliple times xD. Also looks like Nat ended up spending more than 5 years in his mind space. Unless redactithanial got ahead of it?
Damn Ant kept trying to get into his picnic basket so he had to build locks for it!!!
I really like the word Primarch and know that will be his choice. Just wish one of the options offered him a demigod body as a perk, then he would be conflicted!!!
"Mastered and modified Mana Cycling." I guess thats a way bigger deal than I thought, makes sense with how its Liss's Cycling technique though.
Sorry to say cheesecake isn’t a cake it’s a pie
I really want empyrean heir but mana primary and the possibility of something truly new from the system is hard to pass on
I wonder if with all his accomplishment the system would give him some never before seen option 👀.
Mana Primarch. Its in the name.
I'd definitely go with Mana Patriarch, it's a similar meaning, but it can be used as Mana Daddy and actually be right hahaha Also "being recognized as the father of all Mana by a ruler candidate" or something like that
Reconfirming the preceding five achievements. Achievements confirmed. Additional confirmation required. Contacting one of the Rulers presiding over this cycle of the Tutorial to obtain verification. Verification confirmed by The Ruler of Diligence. Secondary confirmation required. Verification confirmed by The Ruler of Wrath. The system really be like: shocked Pikachu face
I mean let's be honest there's only one class here
Other achievements of note: -12th floor of beyond -6th floor of beyond with over a year left -Stood against hornless demon -Crafted wolf hand horror accidently -Something about visiting or confronting the systemless wolves -Bonded a powerful being -Killed all the fish and lurkers -Something about the tree fragment with his hand. It seems important. -Didn't ask a final question of Absolute Mr. Eyes -Reference to 3rd floor Nathaniel -Any references to what he's crafted, the level or the stability. -Created manaless zones or absorbed/channeled a total of X amount of mana at once -Constitution, survived as only a brain/stem. -Have a mana deficiency -Interact or trade with X rulers -Less than 4 years with the system
@cerim defo this is a great few suggestions
"Your mana pool defies logic, far surpassing even the most, " is there supposed to be something after the most? Great chapter as always Cerim, Mana Daddy Nat making the System balk in pure flabbergasted confusion xD.
I do love cheescake
Holy fuck having his feats listed out like that makes you really think
Class name suggestion: 1. Primordial Conductor 2. Mageblood Hunter 3. Empyrean Herald 4. Mana Sage 5. Fabric Manipulator (Bonus?) 6. Deligent Instigator
I don’t know how suggestions/corrections are viewed, but this line jumped out at me in that last paragraph; “Your mana pool defies logic, far surpassing even the most, while your body…” Far surpassing even the most what? Or maybe ‘far surpassing most’…
TFTC
I think you give the classes wrong names in their description blurbs? There are proper nouns but theyre not...the right ones, i dont think you're just referring to the classes by more generic words. Primordial Weaver -> Harmonizers Dominion Juggernaut -> Mana Hunter Masters Mana Primarch -> Weaver’s
I feel like one of his achievements should also be, “you have booped biscuit nose more than 10,000 times”!
So he actually stayed in Liss thought acceleration for 5+ years!? Nat's underselling himself with 600 days
Dominion Juggernaut! The chat riot would be insane!
System recognised "God of MANA"
Looks like you changed he name of a few of the classes without modifying the flavor text beneath it btw
For the third class offered the divinity one you should at the bottom say legally required by the universe to offer this, even though it goes against system internal coating
Note for correction of typo “Your mana pool defies logic, far surpassing even the most, while your body has…” Even the most… what? 🙃
Thanks for allowing us to see the options today!! Great names! Can't wait 2 see wut he chooses.
“I lost a bet,” he says, completely unbothered. “Part of the payout is that I have to call you mana daddy. So here we are. Good job, mana daddy.” Fuxking SENT me! 🤣😆🤣🤣😆🤣😆😭 👌 👌
Thank you!
well i suspect i can guess he's not picking the one that sets his mana to 1 and instead is going to pick the one that says makes all mana yours
System: "What is wrong with you?" Nathaniel: "I dont have enough mana."
I wonder what tacita's constitution is like. Increasing agility doesnt seem like it would passively increase constitution by much.
the resistance to air would help it increase or she would tear apart mod run or turn
Even the system doesnt trust diligence
Pfft. A mana of 1? What kind of juggernaut is that? More like dominion humming bird. Also think last one should be mana sovereign.
Did anyone else realize that Cerim was giving us the middle finger as readers?
lol, I didn’t even realize
Is the last class name missing?
Yes, because Cerim hate us ^^
Patriarch of Mana sounds about right for the final obviously not going to be selected, choice.
Amazing Chapter! Only suggestion is that in Mana Primarch class perhaps it should say ‘A Primach’s’ vs “A Weaver” but I know nothing haha
"...you rule over all Mana." Ruler of Mana coming soon to a System near you! Also, this is how he sidesteps Pride to challenge him closer to his level
Goddamit Cerim you've done it again! 10 more books with the Most Mana user to ever Mana use.
Instead of Mana Primarch it should be Mana Primal! But that’s definitely his new class.
"Primarch" literally translates "first ruler". It's better suited, as the one before was god and later godking, when Nat is strictly system based.
"Dominion Juggernaut (Unique Pristine)" Uniquely stupid. "You have witnessed a proficient user of Empyrean Mana create powerful Empyrean constructs" was this Lissandra? "You have been given A Warning." What was the warning for? I think his new class should remake Nat's body into 100% mana thus ether removing the Con stat or making it help him plus it would probably help Nat with mana alot and he'll be able to more greatly effect how his skills and constructs effect his body.
An Empyrean was given the final shard of Starless Sky and used to revive the god. Nate watched it fight with rulers and absolutes. The last of the floor rewards that Nat got for clearing the 11th floor was "A Warning". Nat remarked that he was just going to ignore that last line and not think about it.
TFTC!
TFTC! Love the system double take lol Looking forward to Nat the Mana Primadonna!
Only thing I noticed, I feel like Cerim could add “at the same time” to the triple kill line. Here: “Have participated in battle against 3 or more Champion-grade beings. Have killed or greatly participated in the killing of more than 3 Champion-grade beings at the same time.” Like that was a massive achievement, just feel like it should be mentioned in the class description. I love all the names though. Keep up the awesome work Cerim!
I feel like the last one should be named Mana Monarch, it gors better with the explained path of a mana Ruler. But also could be some like Mana Primogenitor, as in, the first mana being... etc.
For me it feels like the system is clearly giving Nat two very distinct paths, one of a god with divine heart from empyreans, and one of a mana ruler, the other two options are one super focused in battle and the other super focused in weaving, so they should not interest nat too much.
I like this synopsis. Almost like the system is saying: "are you with me or are you against me". Do you think the system would creat Kill Quests if he chose the Empyrean route?
“Beyond all logic and sense, your Constitution remains lower than that of the average tutorial attendee after one day on the first floor.”
ManaDaddyThaniel, "Wanna see me do it again?"
We are very lucky. Also makes sense that you're not happy. This is a very difficult part to write and has to have a perfect balance. Keep working at it, I'm sure you'll alight on just the right way to put everything.
In an alternate time line today would have been known as the Cheesecake riot event.
Wait what was the warning that’s mentioned?
He got it after returning from biscuit's new planet, I think, but we never got the content. I don't know if he read it.
469… Attaboy mana daddy. Attaboy.
I wonder what the stuff at the end are about. Can’t wait for tomorrow Tyftc.
Some of the descriptions have names which are wrong in them. Did cerim break or did nat break the system.
Ruler of MANA, specially created for Nat
Mana Hunter Masters - Dominion Juggernauts You have channeled10 times - missing a space Your mana pool defies logic, far surpassing even the most, - far surpassing most or the most crazy mana lunatics
It would be kinda cool if one achievement would be the redacted 10th skill. And eaither we get to know it like that or just "have the skill "redacted" "
What is this? The System is being quite generous with the explanations. It must be really happy with Nat. It even threw in a future teaser to hook him in.
I thought this chapter was going to end with ceri...sorry, I meant Nat, holding his middle finger up at the sky before we could see any of the class options.
"Your mana pool defies logic, far surpassing even the most, while your body has been fundamentally rewritten" even the most what? "You have channeled10" Mana primarch, which is close to mana patriarch, which is basically just mana daddy. Call it what it is at this point.
I didn’t realize until my 3rd read through that the last 3 choices were all unique pristine classes. My brain only saw the unique for the last option
I think greed wants Nat to choose mana patriarch: firstly she warned that it was a problem to help anti system, so no empyrean class, secondly she betted someone to call him "mana daddy"!
I don't know why the System even bothered to suggest a stupid pointless class like Dominion Juggernaut. Anything that reduces his mana is an easy no.
Mana Primarch -> Mana Chosen, Mana Blessed, Mana Deficient Maniac, Mana Kin (like, becoming familial with mana + family friendly double entendre)
Mana Suzerain!
Soon, where is the last class??? @cerim you are tempted to give us the last one tomorrow, don't you? Because of the cheesecake 😋
Thank god it didn't end with the cheesecake 😂😂, tftc!!!!
Just what I needed
So it's basically down to the Empyrean Heir and Mana Primarch. Tbh my money is on the Mana Primarch. 1.) I has Mana in name. 2.) Nat said before how he doesn't wanna follow the Empyrean path because they failed.
I am deeply disappointed that Mana Daddy isn’t a unique pristine class.
Some thoughts on the 4th option Mana Sovereign Mana Archon Mana Progenitor Just in case Cerim wanted to tweak the naming Well we knew Redacthaniel will rename it to Mana Daddy anyway in the end, so it might not matter..
Primordial Weaver and Mana Primarch are excellent names and - imo - the 2 contenders. The others seem fine but not suited (if I'm wrong on this ima be sad)
Ruler candidate time!
Thank you for not ending with cheesecake!! Love the choices! Poor Nat! Though I can't really imagine he'll choose one of the 1st three, as the last option is clearly the most unique. Nat wants to walk a path where no other has gone previous. Great chapter! Fun! Fun!
Some fun bits from the classes even through Cerim is still working on them. Honestly, I think while it's very clear what he's going to pick, he should absolutely take some notes from the ones he didn't pick, because there's some good information on potential powerups in there. Primordial Weaver - starting with an UPPER Pristine is crazy work. To me it implies that all these are Upper-Pristine equivalents, which means we're going to get to see an Upper Pristine passive. Oh boy. Imbuing mana with some of the properties of primordial energies sounds very, very cool. In conjunction with the explicit statement that FOUR of his skills have a lot of unrevealed potential is particularly notable, and while I don't think he'll pick this class, I *do* think Nat absolutely needs to take notes about some of the ways he can push these skills from the class description - he's done a bunch with Kinetic energy + Mana, but we rarely see him combine Thermal energy and mana for example - he just converts Thermal energy into mana. Maybe a way to greatly improve his self-healing. Dominion Juggernaut / Mana Hunter Master - (I think there needs to be a text edit to clarify the class name) - base mana set to 1? You fuckin crazy bro. Lol. Lmao. It is notable that this is the *one* class that explicitly mentions his Fragment, though. Empyrean Heir seems dope, even though we know Nat won't pick it. Also it notably seems to be a 'path of system resistance' - given it explicitly includes tampering with the system, receiving a warning, reviving a godking, and helping Liss escape as some of its qualifiers, which are all very system-rebel-y. Fun lore reveal in, "you have witnessed a proficient user of Empyrean Mana create powerful Empyrean constructs", as this almost certainly means Elian / The Magi, since I don't think we've really seen anyone else explicitly use Empyrean mana onscreen. Notably the class implies getting a Divine Heart without being born with one is possible, which is cool because we explicitly previously thought it was something you had to be born with. Maybe Nat can get one without the class. Minion would certainly approve of heart-improvement techniques. Mana Primarch - Obviously the one Nat will pick. I don't really think more needs to be said, beyond speculating what he'll actually get from selecting the class. Assuming he looses Empyrean Lance he'll get one skill, one passive, and one 'extra' reward in place of the second active skill he doesn't have room for, unless he pulls off a manual skill merge between now and actually selecting the class.
MANA DADDY CLASS, FOR THE EMPEROR Oh, mana emperor/empress may be too op a class but cool as fuck, tho mana daddy is awesomesauce
TFTC. Walking in with 3 keys on his forearm would have been amazing to see. Loving all of the classes and descriptions but Mana Primarch is the way. However, in my opinion, using primarch is too derivative of Warhammer 40k. But, if the name of the 4th class was Mana Tyrant... well... that has some bad ass gravitas right there!
Primarch long predated warhammer.
Just a correction: it says nat is in the garden but when he teleport to get the box full of food, you say he teleports from his room. Wouldn’t it make more sense for nat to teleport the box to himself in the garden anyway?
Sounds like the system is not Omniscience, especially having a need to double and triple check. Sounds like there might be some intent behind that soulless cold system.
Our Walking Mana Reservoir is advancing! TFTC!
Throwing a suggestion for a future Class: [Mana Calamity] For when Nat has so much Mana than just releasing his Mana would be enough to wipe out an entire Planet.
One achievement for mana primarch should be called mana daddy by an absolute
Still a cliff, but hey, thanks for the entertainment
Shouldn't the "excuse me how do you have these achievements" come before the class? Like the system going an I really about to offer Mana Primarch? I can't remember how you've done it in the past.
If you rename the class to "Mana Patriarch" then Nat really will be Mana Daddy.
But primarch actually comes from combination of primus/progenitor and patriarch/matriach.. so patriarch-only would kinda be a downgrade instead.. look up warhammer 40k lore
TFTC! A cheesecake cliff would've been too cruel. I live how you've tailored the class descriptions to the specific feats that inspired them. Although I would say there is a lot of repetition. Perhaps you should preface the class options with a single paragraph containing the feats that should apply to all of them, such as the 3x champions or mana channeling abilities. Save the unique feats for each description.
Lucky comment at the end after he walked back and entered the city is interesting perspective
Just to confirm for my illiterate ass, primarch could be a synonym for daddy right?
Or am I thinking patriarch
I almost want one of the classes to be named Mana Heir or Child of Mana. I know the story usually follows somewhat serious names for skills and such. But the system could offer Nat a choice to name his class if it appeared as [???] like the name is redacted or something. Like he does with Black Mana.
Over 5 years!? So even those jokes about the duration fell short a few years. Also, I just realized, without Nat causing chaos, Diligence wouldn't have as much to be diligent about. Now he has more to fix. He should be thankful to Nat for giving him purpose to fulfill his true calling. And it's proper he's the first, on top, and most diligent to confirm the system's query.
Absolutely unreliable narrator happening
Thanks for the chappie <3 so incredible I missread and thought there was only gonna be 3 classes cuz im dumb I was like.. where is the good one ? -first one is no, obv (still lioren glaze damn it, bro was goated) -second one too weird, nat wouldnt like the 1 mana.. -3rd one is no, as repeated so many times (and wtf.. system acknowledge "anti-system" stuff ?) And the last one mhhh soo yummy
Maybe the class feats could also include meeting top-level beings, such as Rulers, a god, thr Last Elf, the Magi, and even taking the brunt of some of their presences, after training under Lissandra's output? Just a thought
Oh, good point, this would be an easy way to quantify how much of Lissandra's presence he withstood since Liss would never tell him herself.
I dont understand Rubys worry about Starless Sky. The Universes rules are pretty clear. Become powerful -> challenge Pride -> die. Whats there to worry about a temporary self solving problem.
Unless Pride becomes a Godking and Starless Sky's leader \ ally, and starless has a very good reason to help pride with his ascension, pitting the system's strongest champion against it.
Bless your kindness Cliffdaddy, so we can enjoy the oferings of Classes like a cheesecake 🙏
Clearly he hasn't gotten the real class upgrade to Mana Daddy. It shall forever be enshrined in his profile as his real class.
The free hints about mana-primordial weaving and Divine Heart ascension felt a bit gratuitous and uncharacteristic of the System. Nat is gonna take them and run with them, even after (obviously) picking the last option instead
That is actually one of the key features of class selection. Each time options are offered, Nat gets more ideas regarding possible things to incorporate / improve. same with passives and body upgrades.
The most what? "far surpassing even the most, while..."
Champions probably.
I for sure thought those middle fingers were for us and we wouldn't get the descriptions till tomorrow 😅
Nat's Anti-Diligence propaganda is so strong even the System is beginning to doubt
Dili finally putting in some work and acknowledging Nat aka pain in the ass that should be an achievement by the way annoying one of the most supposedly level headed rulers you can say Nat was an irritANT
Honestly I was expecting a higher rarity than pristine to appear
Unique Pristine is probably max for 450
Its funny how transparently Dominion Juggernaut and Empyrean Heir do not fit Nat. Though I do find it a little suspicious the System is so eager to hand Nathaniel a class so tied into its own "enemies", even pointing out the open defiance of breaking Lissandra out of the tutorial. I get the impression for Nat's sake its good he's not going to take that.
Tftc! 🌄 would picking Mana Primarch make nat a Ruler Candidate?
I sincerely hope the whole "system doesnt believe what the fuck its looking at" thing never stops. Bonus points if it becomes flabbergasted enough that it develops conscious thought just to tell Nate to screw himself.
Mana primarch is the shit!
cheesecake :0
Mana Primarch is and sounds awesome as fuck!
You can really feel Ruby's care for Nat. She's just happy he's still alive. For a moment there she was probably afraid he was done for
She has definitely warmed up to him, but we mustn't forget that for her, his chance of defeating pride becomes more likely the more he achieves. Seeing him defeat the champions surely made her believe he is THE one
Mana Primarch is definitely going to be it… I mean. It was always going to be something unique cos he wants to walk a path never walked before, plus it stays true to his core…. Nat loves mana lol. So empyrean heir is out cos they failed according to him, and juggernaut is out cos reducing mana stat to 1 literally has to be a joke.
Nat don't mess around when it comes to snacks, fort knox has less security
I think you changed classes titres but forgot to change the text below. You have "Weaver" below primarch, "Harmonizer" below Weaver, and "Mana Hunter master" instead of dominion juggernaut
Nah, I interpret those as the base archetype and these classes are higher order specializations. A Primarch has to be a Weaver of that medium, and they are just peak Champion-level potential in weaving.
yess yesss y4sss! I swear this book is like a drug lol.🤣
GREAT CHAPTER, thank you :) Quick question about this line: “A class never before witnessed by those who seek absolute mastery over mana and its flow.” doesn’t that imply the class may have been seen or offered before, just not to anyone seeking absolute mastery over mana? I thought that, the Unique element meant it had never been seen or offered to anyone before? or did you mean: “A class never before witnessed, even by those who seek absolute mastery over mana and its flow”?
But those who don't seek absolute mastery over mana and its flow don't have a chance to obtain this class, so the sense of the phrase is evident
If you want more ideas for class names: Mana Archon Mana Ascendant Mana Vortex
At least we have the class descriptions, we already know what it will be, and Nat's feats are terrifying, even the system glitched.
So hype🔥🔥
For sure not any of those "low rarity" upper pristine classes, but we all know what he will choose - only option would be a missing 5th choice
The ending achievement paragraph almost makes me think there’s going to be an additional option shown next chapter, because otherwise Mana Primarch is the choice. Also “more than 5 years in thought acceleration” lmao.
Thanks for the chapter!
He spent 5 years in thought acceleration???
well likely more like 10, but at least one of the two sessions was over 5 years
"Reconfirming the preceding five achievements. Achievements confirmed. Secondary confirmation required." The System couldn't believe its eyes. Had to check in with Diligence but considering his nefarious reputation decided to check in with Wrath again just to be sure.
There can be only one. That's suitable for Nat. Ofcours its Mana daddy!
i like the "Mana Primarch" name, gives me 40k vibes, absolutly epic
Nathaniel the Red?
If he is going to choose mana Primarch he should force it to be renamed into mana Daddy like he does with black mana 😆
Why do I feel like Nat is gonna get another class option based on that description at the end 🤔
Definitely feels like it, or maybe it bumps up the rarity of the class?
You have undergone an unbroken period of thought acceleration equivalent to more than five years. The truth comes out!
600 days, surely :)
"Btw, you are quite lucky - originally I wanted to end this chapter on the scene of Nat starting to eat the cheesecake." Praise be! Cerim has not succumbed to the evil whispers of the Ruler of Diligence
I feel like the Ruler of Wrath had our backs on this one
For the first I would call it Primordial Harmonizer because the description seems to repeat that word more and describe creating a harmonious use of mana and Primordial energies. The rest are good, but we all know what nat is picking
It's so obvious that [Mana D̶a̶d̶d̶y̶ Primarch] is gonna be the pick. Almost expected a [Mana Patriarch] from the system to poke fun at his nickname tho.
As always, part of the joy of class selection is getting little hints of what's possible with the classes and builds (so that Nat can steal them for later). There's no way Mana Primarch isn't chosen. I particularly like these lines: "A Weaver’s very thought, and their mere presence, forces all mana to bend to their command." All mana - meaning Black and Empyrean + any other exotic types. "One day it might be you who will be granted something the system has never granted before." Could be Ruler of Mana or [Mana] skill? It being granted makes me lean towards a skill more.
I was thinking [System Admin] title. Oh boy.
"Upon selecting this class, your baseline mana will drop to 1" *spits* what is this trash? SKIP!
It would solve his constitution issue
"You have undergone an unbroken period of thought acceleration equivalent to more than five year" - what the hell! nice way to reveal I have to say!
We just know it's greater than 5 years, could be much longer!
Once again the system has to double check and triple check, and this time with rulers lmao 😭😂😂
About the scalar beacon, right? i think thats the part that was unlikely.
At the end of the final accomplishments you could have the system itself say something like -“I acknowledge your rule over mana.”
Not quite, but maybe - in the class description - > One day it might be you who will be granted something the system has never granted before.
The system going “excuse me what the fuck I need to triple check this” for his final class is just hilarious
This nailed it 😆
Aren't there 5 classes to choose from? He better be getting a class above pristine
Unique (Upper) Pristine is already 'peak Champion' level. He'd probably need to have killed an Absolute and have multiple skills over 90 to get into that next tier. That's Lissandra shit.
The Ruler of Diligence almost possessed Meirc making him end on a cliff but thank god Biscuit managed to Ward him off 🙏PRAISE BISCUIT!!!
I have been following for awhile. At this point this might be one of my favourite books ever. Cheers mate.
it's a huge toss up for me between this primal hunter and runebound professor.. however I am probably going to say that this one has me on the edge of my seat more than the others. all great authors tho
maybe Autarch instead of Primarch
Primarch also makes me think of the shop Primark
MANA DADDY!!!!!!!
TFTC!!! BTW Ending at the cheesecake scene would have been criminal !!!
Does this mean his hidden skill is at Lv 88+?
Focus and Mana Manipulation are both level 88.
Hey I knew Nat lasted lasted a lot longer than 600 days, but 6 years is absolutely wild. How did Lissandra stand spending 7 full years training him?
This is the real gem hidden in that text.
Redacthaniel should definitely change mana primarch to “Mana Daddy”
can't believe you were gonna leave us with just the cheesecake 😭
I thought it was a good place too while reading. Glad he didn't but I would have respected the game
Before the end paragraphs, for sure he was going mana primarch right? Cerim is unique pristine level tease though. Can't wait to see what nat actually chooses next chapter!
I'm wondering about the interrupted explanation that required confirmation from 2 rulers. Is it suddenly going to populate a 5th option?
Moar! MOAR!
Even proposing to lessen his mana to 1 is a sin
Hahah, maybe the stat would do something else then
Mana Primarch seems THE shit. Class should be named Mana Daddy through sheer willpower and pettiness.
No getting called that should be one of the achievements needed
“Lissandra would dig herself out of her grave to insult you if your control wasn't at that basic level." 😂 100% true
Tftc
Thank you for the chappie!
TFTC
Nice title lmao
TFTC
TFTC!!!