Chapter 507: Rather Important Consequences
Tala hadn’t dealt with it at the time, but her advancement to Paragon had had three rather important consequences.
First, Tala’s magical power had been altered by her new Paragon-ship at nearly every level.
Her power-density had taken the usual jump from tier advancement, representing the qualitative change that would increase the power of all of her magics as a matter of course. She also experienced an increase in power volume, which simply meant that she could hold more of the denser power than she had been able to of the less potent, Refined variety. The power flowing through her gate—her soul—had also become more attuned to her, making it more efficient for her use. Similarly, the flow-rate through her gate increased markedly, meaning that even with a larger reserve, she would actually refill to full in about the same amount of time… if she ever actually bottomed out, which hadn’t happened in… a very long time.
-It was at the Academy, I believe. Wait, no. You did it when filling out your cargo-slot the first time.-
Oh, yeah. And in the ether-hold. She shuddered. Looking back, I think I didn’t actually reach my limits there. I didn’t hit true empty. I just came as close as I ever had.
-Yeah, that sounds right.-
Each and every aspect of the advancement of her power made her a more potent Mage, better able to clash with the enemies of gated-humanity—all humanity, really—and better able to claim, keep, and nurture what was hers.
That’s why she had claimed the duality of her nature… The two sides of her unified nature.
Second, the enhancement magics that both Tala and Rane bore were amplified to entirely new heights.