Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

Chapter 142: Soul Sigils & Saturation

[Oh, that was unexpected.]

Lee heard the voice and was momentarily dazed as the sound was as sweet as that of Mia's.

'What is it, D?'

[One of the people you absorbed into EsGen shares 29% of her Soul Sigil with the apparition. She was the one who hid behind the bush and used the Quicksand spell!]

'What is Soul Sigil? I am hearing it for the first time.'

[Soul Sigil is the unique signature of a soul. Like how fingerprints and DNA never ever repeats in history, one Soul Sigil is exclusive to one individual, and it will never be repeated or can be recreated.

The Soul Sigils of the parents are transmitted to the child. The child will take 80% from both parents and will form a new and unique Soul Sigil for itself. As generations extend, the Soul Sigil of the grandchildren will lessen the concentration of the forefathers. In rare cases where incest is applied, the Soul Sigil's purity can be preserved.]

'Not so much different from Earth, eh?'

[Different dimensions, same sets of laws.]

Lee couldn't help but smirk at the resemblance. Taking a peek at the Map, about a large radius around them did not contain any individual other than six people. Turning around, he saw the mission request paper being passed from individual to individual.

"What does it feel to be popular?"

An asked as she saw a faint amusement on his face. Lee averted his eyes from the dynamically moving mission request paper and it collided with his wife's line of sight.

"It feels annoyingly funny."

Lee shrugged along with his verbal reply. She sensed some sort of disturbance on his face, or she thought that she saw it.

"Can I have a look at it?"

Tera and Mia were holding two opposite edges of the paper when Gauthama requested to take a glance at the paper. He promptly handed over the paper, and he walked towards Lee.

"I think you need to go and enquire with the officials about this paper. Perhaps it could be a mission request forged with the Cultivator's Guild seal."

Lee nodded and scanned the paper in Gauthama's hand. The probability of what the Tubian said was not small, so he decided to take a walk to the Guild. Making enemies with the four giants was enough to substantiate Gauthama's words.

'D, are the list of the organs complete?'

[Yes. I did a deeper reading of the second chapter, because I was slightly confused as to what was the criteria of choosing the organs and body parts. I was fortunate to have done that, because I found what those aforementioned body parts were. It includes 206 bones and 639 muscles, along with a bunch of internal organs like brain, heart, liver, stomach, both lungs and kidneys, bladder, the intestines and skin. The skin is multiplied by 7 for some unknown reason, and the total count is 862 human body parts!]

Lee gulped down his saliva as his eyes went wide. The unfocused eyes aimed beyond Gauthama.

"Are you okay?"

Gauthama was concerned by his sudden change of conduct. The words brought Lee back to reality as he instantly suppressed the amazement with acknowledgement of the info.

"Yes, I am fine. I shall visit the Cultivator's Guild after training. For now, let me take a seat in the shadows."

Lee turned around and walked to the Perrafin, who was peacefully taking a nap. His footsteps made it open her eyes, but soone closed after registering his identity. Fero was in deep sleep with the warmth of the shades and gentle breeze.

'D, how is the Soul Sigil relation beneficial for us?'

[There is a possibility that the apparition, which has been in the scythe for too long, might have no recollection of his memory. So we can use her Soul Sigil to provide a kickstart to the apparition's memories. It is similar to remembering something done ages ago, after taking a glance of something, or picking up a particular scent.]

'Okay. Don't rush on the apparition matter, and leave it at ease for the time being. Do me a favor and calculate the amount of Mana that I need to saturate my body.'

[Total 862 parts to saturate, and each part must need exactly 2100 Mana to saturate. That means you need exactly 1810200 Mana to complete the process in one go.]

'We can oversaturate the affinities after this, can't we?'

[Actually, that is the way it should be done.]

'So I still need 1770200 more to execute. Okay, convert all Essence to Mana.'

[Done. Your Mana reserve is now 1254735.]

'Perfect. Now let us buy a skill!'

Lee summoned the Shop interface and he was excited to surf through the Skill section. But he was confused as to which subsection to select.

So he began to open each one from the top. The Offense and Defense skills did not fancy him. The Agility was Lee's talent of display, so he simply skimmed through the first few ones. The supplementary skills of Auxiliary were not bright enough for his notice. He hesitated for a minute as he hovered his focus over the Mastery section, but decided to skip as those were not of imminent necessity.

'I have Map and Foresight for Perception, but nothing for Deception. I have Flight from Non-combat, Home Planning from Lifestyle and Information Transfer from Mental subsection.'

Lee selected the Deception skill section. A number of skills came down like an endless scroll. The first one, Adaptive Camouflage, had a price tag of 97000 Essence and each usage of the skill was like a hungry behemoth. Lee felt an urge to immediately hit the purchase button, but suppressed it. As he scrolled down, he saw a weird skill named 'Underwater Disguise'.

'It is useful for underwater divers, as surface beings are very vulnerable in water. This skill will come in handy, but not any time soon.'

The further he scrolled down, more and more interesting skills he saw listed. Many among them were based on manipulation of elements and affinities. But after understanding the complexity of executing these skills by himself, Lee applauded the skill and the system who created it.

But most of them had perception skills that could counter them. Underwater Disguise could be easily broken down by Sonar Waves, available in the Perception. Lee was about to exit the Shop itself, when he saw the name of a skill. He simply raised the skill details after being curious about the name, but he never expected such a description!

'Wait! Can that be counted as a Deception skill??'