Ding!
[You have now arrived at the midpoint on the path to transcending mortality. A whole new world of power has been made available for you, allowing you to comprehend the strength of the world itself and convert it into your own.]
[The ability to view one's Intents and one's progress towards comprehension of Intents has been unlocked.]
[The ability to comprehend and enhance Intents has been unlocked.]
[Due to your experiences thus far, you have accrued a considerable amount of understanding regarding some concepts of the world. With a bit more effort and comprehension, you can convert these concepts into a rudimentary strength you can wield, taking on the form of an Intent Seed.]
'Huh. Who knew I was actually close to comprehending Intent Seeds?' Reading through the long list of notifications brought about by his evolution, a faint smile appeared on Valyr's lips as he took note of the last notification involving Intents.
In the meantime, he commanded the system to bring up a screen beside the one he was already looking at, wanting to obtain greater detail on his progress.
Being a feature that could only be unlocked after a being had ascended to Rank 3, Intents added a whole new layer to one's combat, incorporating one's understanding of the world's concepts in their every move. Though, for players, Intents did something else that seemed far more important.
A massive increase to one's Attack stat.
Then again, even NPCs sought to obtain Intents for their own due to this exact feature. Unfortunately, there were multiple barriers that made it considerably difficult for one to obtain their Intent, causing some players and NPCs to give up on getting one and find another way of gaining more strength instead.
Before comprehending an Intent, one would first have to find a concept that suited them. Then, after finding that specific concept, they would increase their understanding of it until it reached a saturation point.
Once one slightly surpassed that saturation point, a qualitative change of one's understanding would begin to occur, creating a resonance between the world and the level of understanding one had achieved. Through that, a rudimentary connection would be formed between them and the world, taking on the form of an Intent Seed.
As long as one had successfully formed an Intent Seed, it could be said that the being would be guaranteed to comprehend their Intent at some point in the future. However, there existed four stages that separated one from transforming their Intent Seed into an Intent, which were the nascent stage, the first stage, the second stage, and the culmination stage.
Ding!
Intents:
[Intent Seed of Flames] - 82% progress to the Nascent stage
[Intent Seed of Forging] - 85% progress to the Nascent stage
[Intent Seed of the Spear] - 53% progress to the Nascent stage
[Intent Seed of Shadow Energy] - 32% progress to the Nascent stage
[Intent Seed of the Four Elements] - 29% progress to the Nascent stage
'I thought I was already lucky to be close in comprehending a single Intent Seed.' Shifting his attention towards the screen containing his Intents, Valyr's eyes briefly widened in disbelief, taking quite some time to calm down. 'To think that I had actually made progress in comprehending five of them from what I've been doing so far.'
Though, after looking at the possible Intents he could awaken once more, the young man eventually nodded in understanding. "Then again, since they're related to what I've used often throughout my journey, I guess it makes sense."
"I'll have to keep them in mind." Satisfied with what he had discovered, he then moved onto the other notifications he had yet to read, with the next ones piquing his interest yet again.
[Your level of access to the Technology Tree has been improved. You are now eligible to unlock Intermediate level advancements from the Technology Tree.]
[Your level of access to the Technology Tree has been improved. More advancements have now been made available to you.]
'Thankfully, I still have enough Technology Points to unlock and upgrade one very important advancement.' Faintly chuckling at the notifications he had just read, Valyr briefly glanced at the others to see what they were doing. Seeing that they were still occupied with their tasks for a bit longer, he went ahead and opened up the Technology Tree, allocating a considerable number of his remaining points towards the Production branch.
Ding!
[You have unlocked the advancement <Basic Advancement Lv. 1>.]
[You have upgraded the advancement <Basic Advancement> to Lv. 5 (MAX).]
[As you have unlocked <Basic Advancement>, you have gained the active skill 'Basic Equipment Advancement'.]
[Due to your current class, your active skill 'Basic Equipment Advancement' has been changed to 'True Prodigious Equipment Advancement'.]
"Finally unlocked Advancements," said the young man with a grin. Taking a look at the Technology Tree's Production branch to see if there were any other important advancements he could unlock with his remaining Technology Points, Valyr eventually found out that everything else could be saved for a later time, prompting him to return his attention back to his notifications.
Ding!
[Your active skill 'True Prodigious Forging Style+' has been improved.]
[Your active skill 'True Prodigious Equipment Creation+' has been improved.]
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[Your passive skill 'True Prodigious Blacksmith's Sight' has been improved.]
'So, rather than giving me a new skill, the evolution instead enhanced all of the skills I've unlocked from the class thus far.' Looking at the similar-looking notifications he had gotten, Valyr could only nod in understanding, commanding the system to bring up the description of one of the enhanced skills.
"Oh! The rarity's been increased." Unexpectedly, it did not take long for the young man to find out what had changed, noticing that almost every skill he had that started with the words 'True Prodigious' now had a plus modifier on their rarity. "It's a shame [True Prodigious Equipment Advancement+] didn't undergo the same treatment."
"That only leaves me with the stat changes brought about by the ascension, then." Inwardly praising himself for having gone through a lot of notifications in a considerably short time, Valyr finally focused his attention on what looked to be the most important set of notifications he had received from the ascension.
Unfortunately, before he could even begin reading through the first one…
"Hey, Valyr?"
"Mind if we talk in private for a bit?"
