After the meeting with Kyrie Aoife explored around the facility of METEOR. She goes around the grey-ish hallways with boxes around.
She spends many minutes wandering around the hallway to see if there is an interesting room waiting for her.
She sees a peculiar automated door and she approaches it. The door opens by itself and Aoife gasped and amazed the second she saw the room. She gazed at the big shooting range with different types of weapons that the real world has not made before.
Suddenly, a robot voice spoke and echoed around the room. Aoife got scared a little bit because she didn't expect a robot voice around the facility. After all, it's a magical facility stored with advanced technology.
"Hello, I am Aurelius your training robot that can help you master all the needed weapons you need. Please choose your favorite weapon so we can proceed to your training."
Aoife tries to think a weapon that she should try to use. She had many thoughts on her mind to try different weapons, from the fact that she is in another dimension or reality she really tried to think anything that she can remember. She finally made up her mind and chose Mr. Oscar's ancient yellow techy blade that had given to her.
She grabs the tiny blade and sees a button to the handle. She presses it and the sword comes automatically making it static with electricity and
"So you wanna use Bolt's Gladius? Let's start right away agent."
Aoife suddenly focused up from the robot's announcement on the training session. She gripped the gladius tightly as if she's preparing to actually fight a real person.
"First, Swing the weapon left and right motion only coordinated by your arms."
Aoife swings the sword left and right and only used her arms as said by the bot. She noticed the blade was so elegant it feels so light like feather that she can swing at any moment. After, doing the robot's instructions she patiently waited for another set of instructions given by the robot. She looks up on the ceiling speaker waiting for it to make a noise.
"Next, trying hitting the target precisely with your weapon combined with astral magic."
Aoife instantly tried swinging at the target but the gladius phases through the target. She tries to hit it again but it just keeps going through the body.
How is this fair...? Why cant I hit this stupid dummy?!
Aoife then remembered what the robot had said. She realized she has to manifest astral magic but she is still clueless on how to use astral magic. Aoife tries to theorize on how astral magic works. She tries her hardest to think of any ways to use astral magic.
But then, the robot spoke again but it's a different instruction for Aoife.
"You're having trouble to hit the robot. I have detected and according to the statistics you aren't using astral magic. To use astral magic focus your inner energy to your mental fortitude. After, focusing your inner energy to your mind you should start to feel heat and cold at the same time in your head."
Aoife tensed her body in order to collect the energy. She tries to control the flow of the energy going towards her head. She struggled very hard because she couldn't make the energy pass the neck. She finally made the energy flow through her head and awaits the next instruction.
"If you had felt cold and heat at the same time try now focusing those energies around the environment. Try imagining the energy flowing around the place and after imagining try to control them."
Aoife uses the energy and imagines the place around her mind. She focuses placing the energy on her sword and the sword reacts to the energy. The energy enhanced the sword and it was more static than ever. The sword glimmer brighter than ever before.
Aoife successfully hits the target with ease in one slice. She tries to focus the energy now around her trying to control and master the art of astral magic.
"Great, now try to use the astral magic to defend against the target using your weapon."
The floor opens up and the target was raising above from the ground. The door closes and the target tries to attack Aoife. Aoife struggled to defend because she had no mastery on her astral magic and tries to use her critical thinking skills to solve the problem.
The target uses astral magic on it's fist trying to hit her. Aoife accidentally created a shield using the astral magic. Shockingly, the shield dropped and the target continued to attack Aoife. She tries to recreate the shield but fails multiple times.
Aoife panics around the training room and runs around. She tries to stay calm in order to use astral magic carefully.
THAT'S IT! I just have to stay calm and use the energy to my liking. I just have to create the shield out of magic.
Aoife finally controls the energy around her fortunately. She made the shield so strong that it gleamed pure whiteness around her. The target can no longer hit Aoife and stops attacking the moment she reactivated her shield. Aoife celebrates a little from the triumph she has done.
"Good job Agent, your final job now is to create a source of ability using astral magic on your weapon."
The room suddenly went pitch black and the machinery noises come up. After a while the room lightens up again and this time Aoife faces a target that has damage meter. She thought the task would be light work on trying to use astral magic on the sword to gain prowess on her astrology.
She tries to recreate the scenario of using astral energy to her gladius and successfully transferred the energy towards the weapon. Aoife charges up fast to the target and tries to slice it in half. The target still remained intact as if it was never touched at all.
Aoife looked at the damage meter and saw that it barely did any damage to the target. She brainstormed on how to manifest astral magic correctly before doing any action to the target. After, a few seconds she finally thought a way to pass the final obstacle.
So that's it... I just have to have complete mastery over this magic shit then I would pass this probably...
Aoife focused more energy now onto her weapon and charged to the target and yet again failed. She got frustrated and kicked the target with her foot. Then, she remembered again that astral magic takes focus and not the amount of energy she places in her gladius.
She focused the flow of astral magic going towards the gladius and connected it around environment that contains energy. She suddenly felt the surge of light going towards her entire body and the gladius. She became very unstable and opened her eyes again.
She tries to maintain composure from the overflowing mana and astral magic. She finally have dominance over the astral magic. Suddenly, light starts going towards her rapidly and she absorbed the luminating light.
The light takes the form of an ever-shifting, iridescent glow, sometimes seen as a beam of light passing through solid matter, sometimes flickering in different hues that don't belong to the regular spectrum of visible light. The light went through the blade itself would glow as though made from pure light but hold a perfect edge capable of cutting through anything.
The flow of astral magic became more unstable and more powerful after she had absorbed the light. Aoife suddenly used the light and harmonize her consciousness with the flow into it. She takes a meditative process where the she visualizes herself reaching beyond the physical world into the untapped potential of the multiverse. She tapped into abstract, impossible concepts like light, time, and existence itself.
The pure, unshackled light, when channeled into a physical medium (like a blade or even a mundane object), it transcends the limitations of physics, logic, and dimension in ways that can reshape reality itself. The whole facility quaked around the surge of light that Aoife had used.
The light channeled into a sword, the blade becomes a conduit of pure potentiality. The sword's form remains physically consistent with the weapon's shape, but its properties and effects are anything but ordinary. Aoife finally controlled on the surge of light and magic and tried to attack the target.
The target instantly shattered and the damage meter even broke the absolute infinite numbers from the damage that Aoife had did. The room finally flashes red and makes a emergency noise regarding the situation that she has done.
"WARNING!, WARNING!, The amount of astral magic will destroy the conceptual origin of this rift, please deflate the magic immediately!"
The robot warned the facility from the astral magic that surges from the training room. Aoife panicked and quickly let go of the light and the facility went back to normal.
"Perfect Agent, are you one of the few that will become a supreme being that will rule over the rifts? Maybe Agent, but we'll see in the future. Would like me to choose the name for your astral magic ability or you would like to name it?"
She thought for a while but she couldn't grasp any names for her ability. She asked the robot to give the name to her profound ability.
"Aetherion Manifestation:
Core Concept: Aetherion Manifestation allows the user to channel the transcendent, esoteric light of Aetherion through a weapon, like a sword, or any other object they choose to imbue with this power. This form of the power allows for immediate, precise control over reality's fundamental laws when applied to various forms."
"Would you like to give a few suggestion of abilities that your Aetherion Manifestation of light through your weapon can do?"
"Yes, Aurelius."
"Aetheric Edge: The sword's blade is imbued with Aetherion, transforming it into an instrument that can cut through any material, concept, or dimension. The sword's edge will bypass all barriers, cutting through both physical matter and metaphysical entities. It can sever through the fabric of reality itself, bypassing shields, invulnerabilities, and even abstract concepts like time or fate.
Dimensional Reaver: By focusing Aetherion into the blade, the user can strike at the very core of any dimension or reality, effectively "tearing" rifts between planes of existence. A simple slash could rip open gateways to alternate dimensions, time periods, or parallel universes. The user could theoretically split open space-time and step into different timelines, all while maintaining full control of where they emerge.
Essence Erasure: Aetherion can bypass the very essence of an object or entity. If the gladius hits a living thing, it will cause the target to vanish and deteriorate, not through physical destruction, but by removing their "existence" from reality itself. This can be used to erase concepts like memories, identities, effectively rendering them as if they never were. This goes beyond mere death, removing the possibility that they ever had the potential to exist.
Aetherial Strike: The sword can become an instrument for non-corporeal attacks, allowing the user to unleash slashes of pure light that exist in multiple forms at once — wave, particle, and conceptual. These strikes can bypass any known shield or defense mechanism, even bypassing invulnerability to physical harm. When the sword slashes, it releases waves of Aetherion energy that manifest in pure, infinite states of potential, instantly altering any object or being's essence."
"Please take note, there are many limitations and restrictions to this powers. There are risks when abusing this abilities, like losing self-identity, and the user might become unmoored from space-time. To fully excel at using these abilities, please keep practicing until the restrictions are unwanted."
"Do you consider the suggestion of the abilities that I have gave to you?"
"I am satisfied Aurelius."