Chapter 1494 – Gravity Only Gets Deeper

There are many strange magics in this world, different forms of mana and ways of employing that energy that combine to make almost anything possible. The Colony has put enormous time, effort and resources into attempting to map all of these, to create a complete record of every type of mana and magic discipline, but at some point we began to believe that our quest may not be possible.

Some forms of mana are so esoteric that access to them is extremely difficult to acquire. It’s unknown exactly what is needed to unlock some of these rare magics, and it’s a possibility that the way we ants think is preventing us from being able to use them.

Some individuals have been able to attune themselves to rare and powerful magic, but are not always able to pass on their knowledge to others. The Eldest is a prime example. Despite several attempts, they were never able to unlock their particular, devastating brand of magic for anyone other than themself.

– Excerpt from the private notes of Coolant, Mage of the Colony.

I may not have been able to get much in the way of Biomass while I’m down here, but I sure as heck have had plenty of time to practise my combat Skills. I’ve been chomping, blasting with fire, dashing all over the place and making judicious use of my gravity mana through all sorts of intense fights.

By now I’m sure to have reached some caps. I mean, I should be regularly checking and upgrading my Skills as soon as I’m able, it’s not like I’m struggling for Skill Points right now… but I can’t be bothered—I mean I’ve been very busy!

There’s a whole invasion of the fifth stratum going on right now, war with the slug tribes and all sorts of important stuff to deal with! Who’s got time or energy for mucking about with Gandalf? Not me!

Well… I suppose I do right now….

I wander back into the fortress, heading away from the bruan’chii and their touching reunion toward the inner chambers. So many of them are complete now, and there’s a bit more available space since there aren’t build teams everywhere, or large stockpiles of construction materials crowding everything.

Once I spot a sufficiently out-of-the-way pocket, I plop myself down, take a breath and open up my status screen. As expected, there’s a large number of Skills that need upgrading, some important ones at that, but my eyes are first drawn to one in particular, my pride and joy: Gravity Magic Affinity.

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Lo’ and behold! There it is in my status screen!