The Absolute: Humanity's Second Chance

Meanwhile, Fiona ultimately left Juliette's embrace, and held her hands instead. "Juliette, its been a while~" She happily chimed.

"It indeed has. I'm glad you are taking good care of yourself, Fifi." Juliette responded.

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"I mean you look prettier than last time. It shows that you took good care of yourself." Juliette happily explained, all smiles.

"O–Of course, I mean, it's me we are talking about." Fiona, though abashed, proudly lifted her chin as she declared.

"Yes yes." Juliette chuckled at her behavior. They were both the same age, and yet Juliette felt like she was the older sister of Fiona. 'Is it because Damien treats her like a little sister?' She wondered.

As his self-proclaimed wife, then automatically, Fiona was a "little sister" to her too... right?

"Good afternoon, your highness." She greeted Adonis, who stood aside like a mannequin as the two girls bonded.

"Hm? Ah, good afternoon lady Juliette." Adonis respectfully greeted back, then, like the man he was, immediately jumped straight to business, "So, might I ask why you called us out?"

He inquired, causing all three ladies to look at him with varying gazes.

'As expected of a man, straight to business.'

'No greetings?'

'So this is the new city lord? He's quite... straightforward.'

From Juliette to Fiona, then to Sasha, all three ladies thought at the same time. And being the focus of their gazes, Adonis felt strange.

"Did... Did I say something strange?" He inquired.

"Not at all, your highness." Juliette sighed, but then decided to respond to his question, 'I did call them here out of the blue, after all.'

"...Sorry to call you out so suddenly, I just wanted to show off a bit." She said, after a minute of sorting out her thoughts. A response she saw no problem within.

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But all three, Sasha included, were left speechless in shock.

"Hm? Did I say something wrong?" Juliette looked at their expressions and repeated what Adonis said when he received the same gazes.

"Ah, no. I just think we misheard you." Fiona responded, and Juliette nodded, as she magnanimously repeated herself, "You are all here because I want to show off."

She said, and once more, received the same gazes. "...Anyway, while you digest that, I want to show you something."

She added, a playful smile on her face.

And seeing her smile, Fiona and Sasha finally realized that they were played with. While Adonis, remained unaffected.

Juliette then chuckled as she walked towards one of the metallic pillars, that was connected to the skeletal structure of the Institution. Her steps light and airy.

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Fiona and Adonis intently watched her walk.

They knew very well not to look down on any of the Silvers. Their strength, realm, knowledge, or mystery, superceded anyone they have met since birth till now.

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Even Sasha watched as her master did her work. None of the servants of Silver would ever grow tired of watching the miracles of their masters.

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Emily, one of the many supervisors of this project, also paused her supervision as she stared. She was curious what this fairy-like woman had in store for them.

"Hey guys~ Thank you for your hard work, and sorry to disturb you all, but can you all pause? Take a break, and retreat at least... a hundred meters away from me. Thank you~" Juliette suddenly spoke when she was over a hundred meters away from Fiona and the others.

Her bell-like tone was not loud, but everyone heard her loud and clear. Even those half a kilometer away.

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And though confused, they hurriedly did as she instructed. Her words had a certain charm effect that made them want to listen to her words without question.

While at the same time, a break was more than accepted. Especially under this heat.

"Thank you once more~" Juliette smiled as within one hundred and fifty meters around her, there was no one.

No living being could be felt within that range.

"Okay. Fifi, your highness, please watch carefully." She then added, causing the mentioned duo to stagnate their breathes. "You too, Sasha."

"Yes, my lady." Sasha slightly bowed her head as she intently stared at her master.

Juliette finally arrived in front of one of the giant metallic pillars, as she wondered to herself if her idea would be plausible.

'Turning ordinary steel into something more... divine-like.' She thought to herself, as she stared at the means of doing such a ground breaking thing, for a mortal.

[ Techniques(1): Mana Incorporation(Godly), Philosophical Mana-Kinesis(Gold) ]

[ Mana Essence: 17,646 ]

She stared at the second Technique she had, either than her self-created, now Godly graded, Mana Incorporation Technique.

Philosophical Mana-Kinesis.

A Technique that Damien received from fusing with the Mana Heart, a Realistic grade resource.

As for why she had the same Technique, despite not fusing with a Mana Heart like Damien... there were multiple reasons to this.

First, Techniques were things people could learn, as long as they met all requirements to learn it. And the requirements for this technique, was to have Mana millions, if not billions of times higher than one's natural Mana capacity.

'As someone whose very cells contain quintillions of Pure Refined Mana, I've exceeded that limit by a lot.' She thought to herself.

With quadrillion of cells within her being, Juliette and Damien, at this point, truly had infinite Mana within their disposal. Unfortunately... their status still remained "Nigh-Infinite".

That aside, the second reason was that Juliette and Damien were intricately connected. As the originators of the new Ascendent Human Bloodline, they shared each other's characteristics.

Though slightly lowered.

The effects Damien received from the Fusion with the Mana Heart, Juliette also had them as well within her foundation.

Thirdly, she was loved by Mana, and her Class was forged based on the path of Mana, thus this technique itself, was one of the things she had a high Affinity with.

'Though my mastery of it is still only at Gold grade, it's not far from becoming Unique.' She commented to herself, a bit joyful.

It's effects were mostly the same, either than the fact that she would obtain one unit of Mana Essence every two hours, instead of one hour. Everything else, remained the same.

[ Philosophical Mana-Kinesis ]

[ Grade :- Gold ]

[ Definition :- Once every two hours, your body will naturally condense a single unit of Mana Essence that is capable of warping the world around you. The higher the Mana Essence, the higher the range you can affect, and the easier it will be to alter Reality to your liking... ten Trillion units of Mana can also be converted to a single unit of Mana Essence. The converted Mana will permanently be lost within your body ]

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Silently standing before the metallic pillar, that was half a meter thick, as everyone kept their eyes on her, Juliette silently read through the definition of the Technique.

A simple enough definition.

She could obtain Mana Essence daily. A type of Essence that would allow her to manipulate the Reality around her to her pleasing.

At the same time, she could permanently discard trillion units of Mana to obtain more Mana Essence. And the Mana will not be recovered, either than through special means, or through cultivation.

Mind you, ten trillion units of Mana should be something demigods require to truly try and become genuine gods.

Not even the strongest of demigods have that much at their starting point. And to reach such number, they have to cultivate for over a hundred years at most.

'Imagine discarding a hundred years of effort, for just a single unit of Mana Essence, that might not even alter much...' Juliette understood how greedy this Technique was.

But the power to alter Reality, was also something else. Such greediness, was well understood.

"Unfortunately, before me or Dammy, you can only gaze up in awe." Juliette said to herself, as she sacrificed a single cell to the Philosophical Mana-Kinesis Technique.

A single cell.

The cell of the originator of the Ascendent Human race.

A tiny part of her, that contained quintillions of units of Mana. Such a part was casually sacrificed, as her Mana Essence escalated.

Her Mana Essence immediately climbed up by over a hundred thousand units, as Juliette casually sacrificed hundreds of thousand of demigod's hundred years of effort just like that.

[ Mana Essence: 449,746 ]

And that was not all, as seeing the Mana Essence increase, Juliette continued to sacrifice more of her Mana-infused cells.

'I can regrow these cells anyway. And I'll refill them with new Mana soon enough.' She thought, as a thousand cells were easily sacrificed.

A thousand.

A thousand cells just like that.

And her Mana Essence... was now insane.

[ Mana Essence: 765,881,944 ]

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The potency of the Mana Essence around her, were so much, so intense, she subconsciously altered Reality by just breathing.

Huuuh~

She subconsciously breathed out. An everyday action she does to absorb Mana, and yet this time, it did not just absorb Mana.

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The sorounding space around Juliette, suddenly became malleable, like jelly, as it rippled gently under her breathe alone.

Not only the space, the air, the ground, and even the metallic pillars before her. They all seemed like jelly, as if they would crumble down with a mere squeeze.

The earth also felt like it would collapse if someone ever stepped onto it... gently.

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