Tale of Discovery

Chapter 37: Integration - Plunder

The moment I chant and mentally choose the power I wish to integrate with, I feel something being engraved onto my being. It feels like my existence is being altered in some way. Once it goes away, there is a new rectangle detailing plunder in front of me:

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Plunder I [V]

{The maximum distance is 10m. | Possession time - 3 seconds. The maximum amount of abilities that could be used simultaneously is 3.}

--- Primary Ability (0/1) ----

N/A

--- Secondary Abilities (0/5) ---

N/A

--- Tertiary Abilities () ---

N/A

--- Irregular (1/?) ---

- Flight I [III]

{Unlimited usage | Maximum speed is 40 km/h. | Maximum acceleration is 5 km/s.}

--- Unassigned ---

- Telekinesis I [V]

{Unlimited usage. | User can only lift objects with similar or less mass to themself. | Maximum velocity is 172 m/s. | Maximum range is 5m.}

- Thoughtography

{Unlimited usage.}

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The window displayed is surprisingly simple. It describes the limitations of my powers, which doesn't seem to be much for the few that I currently have. I am confused over the primary, secondary and tertiary categories though, so I had Irene explain them to me.

As I expected, it has a notable impact on how my abilities work. An ability that is assigned to the primary section tiers up significantly faster than the rest and works at its best. However, secondary abilities tier up much slower and work at half their best.

As for tertiary abilities... An infinite amount can be assigned and used, but work at 1/10 of their best and can only be used twice a day.

Assigning abilities for the first time has no setbacks, but that's not the case for later. A newly assigned primary ability will be unusable for 6 hours, while it's 3 hours for secondary. As for tertiary, it's 10 minutes.

It's simply a wonderful ability. The only issue is finding ability users. Legion has been gathering them up, so it might be a little hard to find useful abilities... For now, I will assign telekinesis as my primary ability. I will leave Thoughtography as unassigned, as I don't really know how it could be useful.

"Integrated powers can be used in other Platforms, but they will be limited like your parameters, depending on the way the Platform operates. Tiering up your abilities should be your top priority as of this moment. You never know what the ultimate form of your ability could be.", Irene explains.

"What about the usage of integrated powers in the Rift?"

"No limitations other than the one that is already designated to it and it's sub-powers."

Ain't that convenient. Thinking about the Rift, I miss Sora so much... Would she miss me like this if time wasn't frozen? Thinking about it, what will happen to Platforms I leave?

"You are able to freeze time in Platforms as well. However, you are able to that to two Platforms at most."

Great. It really is. Saves me from a lot of issues. Now that I have enough info, it's about time I get started with my plan.

I take a look at everyone who is speaking to each other about a certain topic and say in a firm tone,

"I will fight them."

My words attract the attention of everyone as they stop talking and listen to me,

"I will fight with Legion. Their purpose is to get rid of me, so instead of waiting for them to set another trap for me, I can just take the battle to where they're at."

They all have different reactions to my words. Confusion, bewilderment, and even scorn.

"And what can you do?", the blonde guy taunts.

As I am about to respond to his words, a certain someone bellows,

"Insolence! How dare you insult Father!"

The moment her words fade out, a wave of energy blasts the blonde from where he is and slams him into the wall. I wish to put an end to this, but before I could do so, Irene disappears and reappears standing on top the guy who is now on the ground grunting in pain. She proceeds to point her finger at him.

Two seconds later, the guy begins to scream as if he is experiencing the most painful torture in the world.

Before things can get even more out of hand, I command,

"Irene, stand down."

She instantly blinks from her location back to my lap and responds in a respectful tone,

"Certainly, Father."

What a good girl. I don't feel any pity for the guy. He had it coming. I mean, he could've worded it nicely, but he didn't.

While I am patting Irene's head, everyone is staring at her with abject horror. Understandable.

"Uhm... who is she? Why is she calling you her father? And most importantly what just happened?"

Once again, before I can respond, Irene says,

"Don't bother Father with such worthless inquiries. I was created by Father. Calling Father in the proper ways is only natural. As for your last question, you are not worthy of knowing."

Couldn't have worded it better. I'm still confused over me being her father part, but I'll find out sometime when I get my memories back.

Not giving them a chance to ask anything else, I continue with my earlier words,

"I'm planning to use Plunder."

Aww. Their reaction to my words is priceless. They are all so shocked and confused.

"When did you find out?", asks Nao with a slight glare.

"Would you believe me if I said - right now?"

She doesn't respond and just stares into my eyes.

"What do you mean by saying is Legion looking for you?", Shun focuses on the vital part. Not bad.

"My ability is rather amazing, is it not?", I respond with a cheeky smile.

He has a look of realization dawning upon him as he nods his head in acknowledgement. Now that I think about it, how would his time-leap be affected by the integration if I plunder him?

"Not applicable.", Irene answers my thoughts.

"Father's aura has yet to stabilize. Time-related abilities are nullified by the aura exuded from Father."

Well, I'd be damned. It could've been so useful... The second ability that I find useful would be Ayumi's collapse. As long as I don't crush myself, it is an amazing ability.

I look into her eyes that have been staring at me for the whole time I've been here and use Plunder.

My vision changes for exactly three seconds before I find myself back in my body.

"Did you just...", the brown-haired highschooler, Kumagami, says in an uncertain voice.

"Oh, he did.", affirms Medoki.

What are they getting so worked up for? There is no way that I would want my Ayumi to have an ability that could wreck buildings. I would have removed it if I could, and now that I can, I did it.

"Take mine as well.", says Nao after a while.

Noticing the worry and resolution in her voice, I look in her direction before nodding and using Plunder.

Everyone after that decides to let me take away their powers. Apparently, they couldn't do much with it in their daily lives, so they weren't that fond of them.

Now that I've gotten their abilities, I immediately assign those that I find useful while checking out the limitations:

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Plunder I [V]

{The maximum distance is 10m. | Possession time - 3 seconds. The maximum amount of abilities that could be used simultaneously is 3.}

--- Primary Ability (1/1) ----

- Telekinesis I [V]

{Unlimited usage. | User can only lift objects with similar or less mass to themself. | Maximum velocity is 172 m/s. | Maximum range is 5m.}

--- Secondary Abilities (4/5) ---

- Permeation I [III]

{Can be used up to four times a day.}

- Location I [III]

{Can be used up to five times a day. | Range limit - 5 km. | Accuracy = 46%}

- Hypnotism I [V]

{Can be used up to three times a day. | Requires direct eye contact.}

- Collapse

{Can be used up to two times a day. | Requires a stressed brain to trigger. | Range limit - 50 m.}

--- Tertiary Abilities () ---

N/A

--- Irregular (4/?) ---

- Flight I [III]

{Unlimited usage | Maximum speed is 40 km/h. | Maximum acceleration is 5 km/s.}

- Memory Erasure I [IV]

{Unlimited usage | Requires physical contact | Time need to initiate the erasure process is five minutes.}

- Imperfect Invisibility I [X]

{Unlimited usage | Can become imperceptible for one target.}

- Time-Leap (?)

{N/A}

--- Unassigned ---

- Thoughtography

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Perfect. Time to bring chaos upon Legion and that Unknown.

"Hey dude, could you stop with the sinister grin?"

"..."

-------Author's Note (Long-ish).-------

There ya go! Took me a while to think of this. So... It's about damn time the real action began. I've been looking forward to this ever since I got Victor to travel to Charlotte. Got any ideas about anything related to this story? Comment!

Apparently, most of my readers are here for the harem. Why do I think so? Because of the likes on the tags. I will be grateful if you guys like certain tags that you enjoy so that I can know what to put more focus on in the future. Thank you for reading. Have a good day/night! ~ExalF

P.S:- My final assessment examinations have begun, so if updates are unstable during this time period... Gomen ne. Should be done by June 20th.

P.P.S:- I changed the limit of plunder to... no limit.