Mythshaper

Chapter 70: Bare Minimum Shaping Skill

My daily routine changed drastically in the last few days. For one thing, flying was taking me around an hour every day, not that I called any of it a waste. On the contrary, I was using it everywhere to save time. Walking to the institution used to take me half an hour at a normal pace, but with the levitation boots at full acceleration, it was only a matter of seconds.

If only all that flying counted towards the Way. It did measure some of it, since I had to use my own kinetic weaves for various manoeuvres, but not all. However, as I learned to control the fabricators better, the need to use my own weaves became less and less.

The only problem was how troublesome it was to fully charge the essence cells. A full drain of my essence seed barely filled a tenth of its reservoir. So while I spent all the charge without reserve during the day, my nights were spent charging the cells.

Thankfully, I could split my attention. While a bunch of my essence threads engaged in filling the battery, I could carry out most of my other tasks. Reading, doing research, or doing my homework didn’t pose any issues, nor did my other essence-involving practices, once I had adapted to them.

Only the regular drain on my essence reserve seemed to be hampering my daily life. The sleep I was getting was the best I’d ever had... and somewhat excessive. Some days, I woke up a couple of hours late. Other days, even if I did maintain my schedule, my movement would carry a deep-rooted weariness. The exhaustion seemed to be only piling on. Only if I could buy essence...

Unfortunately, our little town provided no such services.

The bodyforging sauna baths helped dearly in quelling the hidden exhaustion, though not all. Even still, the progress I made in it seemed to skyrocket.

[Congratulations! Body Forging I (10/10) is complete.]

[+1 to all Attributes]

[Way of Body Forging II (10/25) is available.]

Another week, and I had left Eran far behind.