HST: Chapter 201/202

Chapter 201: Mana Bar, Physical Strength Missing!?

Following Caelan's instructions, the system panel immediately became blurred.

[Congratulations to the host, you have unlocked the SSR template: Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern!]

Looking at the long list of names appearing in his mind, Caelan's brain froze for a moment.

Who is this?

Illya's ancestor?

Forgive him. He was somewhat of a fake Type-Moon fan.

Then, the system information came.

A mature woman with silver hair, red eyes, and dressed in nun's clothes appeared in Caelan's mind.

She looked like a larger version of Illya, but more divine.

"The semi-finished product of the Third Magic, only one step away from achieving a true miracle."

Caelan also understood the woman's identity.

One of the initiators of the Holy Grail War was indeed Illya's ancestor.

An artificial human who inherited the will of the Einzbern family and made it her lifelong goal to achieve the Third Magic by reaching the Root through the Holy Grail War.

Later, in order to complete the Third Magic, she merged her soul with the Greater Grail. After several Holy Grail Wars, she never completed the Third Magic for various reasons.

She is proficient in the Einzbern family's inherited magecraft, the construction of the Holy Grail, the secrets of summoning Heroic Spirits, and the creation of spirits.

But, can this template really be called SSR?

The complete Third Magic of soul materialization can achieve a perpetual motion machine with infinite mana and immortality. It can also initially construct a Heroic Spirit body to perform all kinds of incredible miracles.

Such an ability can indeed be called an SSR-level template.

But this is only a semi-finished product. Should it really be on the same level as Karna's template?

Caelan was a little confused, but he immediately put it out of his mind.

Since the system has given this evaluation, it must make sense. Let's try it first.

While thinking about this, Caelan consumed all the remaining 700 million Berries.

Justeaze's template progress jumped to 7%.

In an instant, a huge stream of information flooded into his mind.

In a trance, he seemed to be brought into an extremely empty and chaotic space.

A huge deep vortex appeared in the void.

It seemed to spew out everything in the world, and anything in the universe could be found recorded here.

It was the place where all things in the world are recorded, and the beginning, development, and end of all things are displayed in it.

From it, Caelan saw countless heroic epics and countless world branches, including the story of Karna and Heracles.

"Is this the vortex of origin?"

Although Caelan was confused, he was certain.

It is the place where all knowledge is recorded. When you look directly at it, it seems to be omniscient and omnipotent.

Because the concept of the Root Vortex is to record everything in the world from ancient times to the present, from the present to the future, even including the underlying laws and secrets of the world.

Anyone who has seen the Root can glimpse all the knowledge in the world and become a god-like being.

"It's just that the Root I saw was not the complete Root, but the Root in the eyes of Justeaze."

Caelan was sure.

The true Root contains an endless amount of information.

The moment mortals see the Root, they will be washed away by its endless knowledge and instantly assimilated into nothingness.

Even if he had merged the two spiritual foundations of Karna and Heracles, he was completely powerless to resist such a vast amount of knowledge.

The Root he saw was only the Root in the eyes of the Saintess of the Winter.

This Saintess of the Winter, whose soul was merged with the Greater Grail, saw a glimpse of the Root during several Holy Grail Wars.

The only knowledge recorded in it is the Third Magic, Heaven's Feel, and Soul Materialization.

Originally, the Third Magic that the Saintess of the Winter saw was incomplete, but with the completion of the system, the entire Third Magic has been fully presented to Caelan.

Although only 7% of the progress has been shown so far, as long as the synchronization progress is pushed to 100%, the complete Third Magic will be mastered by Caelan.

"Although I have not yet mastered the Third Magic, my body has already realized the Third Magic."

Caelan immersed his mind in the system panel and observed the changes in his attributes.

…

[Host: Caelan]

[Template: Berserker Heracles 100%, Lancer Karna 100%, Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern 7%]

[Berries: None]

[Strength: A+↑]

[Durability: EX]

[Agility: A↑]

[Mana: EX]

[Luck: A]

[Noble Phantasm: EX]

[Personal Skills]: Third Magic: Soul Materialization, Magic Resistance (C), Riding (A), Discernment of the Poor (A), Uncrowned Martial Arts (—), Battle Continuation (B), Mana Burst (Flame) (A)...

[Other Skills]: Swordsmanship (A), Armament Haki (A), Observation Haki (A), Conqueror's Haki (A)

[Noble Phantasms]: • God Hand: The Twelve Labors (B) • Nine Lives: Shooting the Hundred Heads (C–A+) • Kavacha and Kundala: O' Sun, Become Armor (A) • Brahmastra (A) • Brahmastra Kundala: O' Brahma, Curse Me (A+) • Vasavi Shakti: O Sun, Abandon Thy Crown (EX)

…

The Third Magic, Soul Materialization, has two most important effects.

One is the materialization of the soul, from then on, the dual life of the body and energy. As long as the energy is continuous, it is immortal. This characteristic is also the cornerstone of Heroic Spirits appearing in the world.

The second is endless mana, which is a perpetual motion machine in the magic world.

The combination of the two is a miracle of immortality and eternity.

Based on these two core characteristics, Caelan, who completed the Third Magic transformation, has made great improvements.

Mana and durability were both upgraded from A-level to EX-level.

EX is not an exact rank, but rather unobservable.

Doubling A is A+, tripling it is A++, and so on, the '+' sign can be stacked continuously, but it is always finite and observable.

EX means exceeding the range of observation and even reaching infinity.

The mana has increased from A to EX. Although it is only an increase of one level, it is a leap from finite to infinite.

A-level mana can be said to be like a reservoir, with large reserves and high output.

The EX level has endless mana that will never be exhausted no matter how much is consumed. It is a true perpetual motion machine.

From now on, except for the Vasavi Shakti and the Twelve Labors, he can use the other Noble Phantasms however he wants.

Caelan felt the changes in his body and was very happy.

The characteristics brought by the initial fusion template eliminated his mana bar.

You know, when Heroic Spirits use Noble Phantasms, they consume a lot of mana. In the Holy Grail War, there are even cases where Heroic Spirits using powerful Noble Phantasms drain their Masters dry.

Before this, Caelan didn't dare to use too many active Noble Phantasms.

It's not that he would die from running out of mana, but the feeling after running out of mana is really unpleasant.

The increase in durability from A to EX also brought him huge changes.

Like his mana bar, his stamina bar is gone.

He could keep fighting and never get exhausted again.

Aokiji and Akainu fighting for ten days and ten nights was nothing. As long as Caelan wanted, he could fight until the end of time.

On the other hand, it is almost developing toward being non-human.

Caelan blew the hair on his forehead and lamented that his life was as lonely as snow.

The Third Magic deleted his mana bar and stamina bar.

His only weakness now is probably that his health bar only has twelve segments.

Although each segment is equivalent to two or three Kaidos, there is still a possibility of being killed.

So, when can we delete the health bar as well? Caelan thought shamelessly.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 202: Heroic Spirit Summoning Plan

"As expected of the magic in Type-Moon, it's like a cheat."

Caelan marveled at the power of the Third Magic.

Infinite mana, infinite stamina, and any injury to the materialized soul body can be immediately restored by mana.

As long as an instant attack does not exceed the upper limit, it is completely immortal.

With such high immortality and resistance, he could just stand there and let people from the pirate world attack him, and they still would not be able to kill him.

And Caelan even has all kinds of powerful skills.

A blood tank, immortal, high defense and resistance, high attack and agility, and a wide variety of powerful skills.

Even if he was placed into a souls-like game where players are used to suffering, they would definitely shout that it is broken and curse the entire family of the game developers while fighting.

"However, the application of the Third Magic is not limited to changing oneself."

Caelan's eyes flickered as he thought of the Holy Grail War.

With the application of the Third Magic, various heroes appear in the world and start a battle royale.

Those Heroic Spirits are also an important result of the Third Magic.

This is not the Type-Moon world. He cannot summon the Heroic Spirits from the Type-Moon world. Even in the world of One Piece, there are no Heroic Spirits.

But souls definitely exist in the world of pirates.

With the help of the Third Magic, he could completely summon souls, materialize them into Heroic Spirits, and build a Hall of Valor for himself.

Pirate King Roger, Rocks the Pirate Overlord, Joy Boy from eight hundred years ago… he could bring them all out for a stroll.

Even the enemies he killed could be summoned to help him.

There are also gentler developments. Robin's mother Olvia, Bell-mère, Nami and Nojiko's adoptive mother… they could all be summoned to help them make up for their regrets.

By the way, to make up for regrets.

"However, all of this will have to wait until the Saintess of the Winter template is complete and the Third Magic is fully mastered."

Caelan thought secretly.

He had just completed his third transformation with the help of the template.

As for the knowledge of the Third Magic, only 7% has been synchronized with the template progress.

Only when the synchronization is at 100% can he truly master the Third Magic.

At that time, he will also be able to transform the women around him so that they can gain eternal life.

And his plan to summon Heroic Spirits can now officially begin.

"Make money! Make more money!"

Golden light flashed in Caelan's eyes, and he became even more obsessed with money than Nami.

He had thought that after becoming invincible he would not need many more templates.

Unexpectedly, the system never disappoints and dropped another bombshell.

Isn't this forcing him to make money?

However, he really liked this feeling.

"Now I have a batch of things that can be turned into cash. Five artificial Devil Fruits, some treasures of the Donquixote Family, and Caesar who has mastered the technology of artificial Devil Fruits!"

"As long as we sell these, we will make a lot of money!"

Caelan couldn't suppress his excitement and took action immediately.

He found Morgans again and informed him of the plan to auction Caesar and the artificial Devil Fruits.

"Caelan-sama, you said you have the technology to create artificial Devil Fruits, and you want to sell it?"

Morgans opened his mouth wide, unable to believe what he had heard.

Devil Fruits are the secret treasures of the sea, treasures that everyone wants. If you obtain a powerful Devil Fruit, it can almost change your fate.

As for artificial Devil Fruits, they were even more incredible. He had never even heard of such a concept before.

If Caelan hadn't said it so confidently, he would not have believed it.

Caelan actually wanted to sell such precious technology! Wouldn't it be better to use it to create an army of ability users?

"Caelan-sama, you are now hostile to the World Government. It is better to keep this technology in your own hands and use it to fight against the World Government."

Morgans advised.

In his eyes, this is a technology that can change the world.

With this, Caelan might really be able to overthrow the World Government.

"The World Government has better technology. This is just Caesar's poor imitation, with huge flaws."

Caelan explained patiently.

Morgans is one of us now, so he should know more.

"How is that possible!?"

Morgans exclaimed in disbelief.

As the king of news, the most well-informed person in the world, he didn't know this news. So how did Caelan know it?

However, since the World Government has the technology to create artificial Devil Fruits, it cannot be sold lightly.

It is flawed, but it is better than nothing.

Thinking of this, Morgans advised, "Caelan-sama, this should not be sold. If it is sold, won't the World Government take it down? Let Caesar study it more; maybe there will be progress."

"No need. I have the confidence to defeat the World Government. I don't need this kind of defective product."

Caelan waved his hand and rejected Morgans' proposal.

It will take a long time for Caesar to improve his technology.

According to the original plot, two years later, Caesar's artificial Devil Fruits were still the same, with no improvements at all, and far inferior to the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit created by Vegapunk years ago.

In two years, Vegapunk created Seraphim, Green Blood with superhuman abilities, and the Mother Flame with infinite energy.

Waiting for Caesar to solve the bottleneck?

Can he solve it?

He doesn't have the ability. He cannot solve it!

If there really is a way to solve the problem, it would be more practical to snatch Vegapunk away.

"I understand, Caelan-sama."

Seeing that Caelan had made up his mind, Morgans did not try to persuade him any further.

Since Caelan was so confident, he must have his own plan, so there was no need to worry.

After sending Caelan away from the newspaper office, Morgans turned around and started printing newspapers.

Overnight.

The news that the God Slayer Caelan was auctioning off the technology of artificial Devil Fruits spread throughout the world.

(To be continued.)