The Empyreal Gem Master

Chapter 73: Subterfuge! I

The waves of information felt like foreign and distant memories, but they were now there.

Cemented in Alexander's mind as with them, his vision was opened up greatly.

There were many important points to consider, but one of the more important ones related to Variant Gem Masters.

No, of course, they were not Defective Gem Masters.

The inability of Humans to understand and make use of such beings did not make them Defective- only that humans themselves weren't capable of understanding them!

Variant Gem Masters held Gem Sockets that differed from the norm, and due to this, they had different outputs of power and uniqueness that only they could come to learn after specialized Ability Gems were socketed into their Variant Life Sockets.

Some changes could be square or rectangular Gem Sockets instead of circular.

Some Variant Gem Masters held Eight Gem Sockets...but two were of different shapes.

A variation in shape, size, or even numbers- anything could happen!

But once the variance was understood, a terrifying powerhouse could be born from it.

When it came to compatible Ability Gems, there were Variant Ability Gems that were extremely rare in nature, but their abilities were just as rare and monstrous.

The Beast Clans, whose world had already undergone Energeia Star Ascension and held much more advanced power called such Gems...Ascendant Ability Gems or Mythical Ability Gems.

Mythical Ability Gems!

They held abilities that were many times more powerful and unique compared to others.

Apart from being found in concentrated Sacred Lands within a star that had undergone Energeia Star Ascension, there was also another source where they could come from.

Tier 9 Beast Emperors.

Entities who had Nine-Linked Gem Sockets and carried unfathomable power...were capable of using materials to forge their own Ability Gems.

"..."

When Alexander got to this memory, he replayed it again and again.

She brought her hands to her face and touched her fair skin as she wondered.

She could see everything regarding her changes as she knew she had gotten even more beautiful than she already was, with her figure becoming even fuller in all the right places.

Did her beauty not work on him? If she could at least get this new Master of hers to treat her differently- if she could cause an attachment to form...who knew what possibilities there could be in the future?

A smile began to rise on her face as she covered her mouth, her eyes shining with deviousness as her curved figure looked utterly regal.

'Right, there was also that...he may not know about it.'

Random thoughts and plans were rising in the mind of a Beast Lord as the man she was looking at was focused on the details of the dazzling jewel he currently held!

[Scion of the World Tree]:: An extremely rare Variant Ability Gem that was condensed from a dying World Tree.

Once socketed, it grants one the distinction of a Scion of the World tree as passively, the Vigor and Energeia of its host will be increased by +25,000, the rate of regeneration of Vigor and Energeia will be increased by 50%, and a Natural Blessing of the World Tree will passively be triggered whenever the values of Vigor drop below 10%- granting full Vigor Regeneration instantly.

The passively triggered Natural Blessing of the World Tree can only be triggered once per day. Actively, one can activate this Gem to take on the form of the Scion of the World Tree- their abilities augmented in an unquantifiable way...

...!

A Variant Ability Gem.

A Mythical Ability Gem!

And boy, did it live up to its name!

[The most suitable Ability Gem for the next Gem Recipe has been discovered.]

Within him, the voice of the Enneagram boomed out as even its flat tone seemed to carry a sense of excitement.

It didn't stop to ask whether this Variant Ability Gem could even be socketed.

Alexander didn't ask either as they would see soon enough, his chest lightning up and locking onto the crimson green jewel before an undeniable pull grabbed this jewel and caused it to disappear in his chest!

To Beast Lord Vishpala, it may have appeared as if he just stored the Gem into his own isolated space.

After all, one would need to unsocket their already existing Gem Recipe to put a new one.

So nobody knew that Alexander had started on his Fourth Gem Recipe at this moment!