The Absolute: Humanity's Second Chance

And even then, such a notification was ignored by the young lady. And she only cultivated and continued to cultivate. And also hypnotize.

And time also went by. From an hour, to two hours. From two hours, to four hours. And from four hours, to eight hours. Time became illusory to her.

By now, the flames sorounding Juliette were so hot, she was not even aware they were inhuman. For she was now... being submerged within the core of a star!!!

The temperatures would be devastating regardless of who took the damage head on. Including a most demigods out there.

And even then, only fire type demigods, or those strongest demigods with flame resistant, and any type of defense Ability could do what she was naturally doing.

[ Natural fire resistance:- 49,99% ]

That notification was also ignored.

And by the next hour, something grand occurred. Flames burst out, out of her body, destroying the sun she was being baptized within. Burning even the flames that made it up.

Boom!!

And then a powerful explosion followed, as flames sorounded her body. The flames refined her being, and kept refining until a red droplet appeared on her forehead.

They continously refined her until her skin became more translucent, and fairer. Being as bright and vibrant as flames lit upon a candle, within the dark.

[ TING!!! ]

[ TING!!! ]

[ TING!!! ]

Followed by three notifications that rang within her mind. And finally disrupted her focus. The notifications appeared durect within  her mind.

She frowned and then opened her eyes, and found herself back within the training room. The gloomy, yet paradiscal atmosphere seemingly foreign to her.

'Is it over?' She thought, but was disappointed with the next follow up responds from two different Wills.

[ CONGRATULATIONS!!! ]

[ You are the first to ever obtain an AFFINITY at such a lower League. You have been awarded 1,000 units of Life Essence (Half will be shared to your Eternal Companion) ]

[ Due to doing something unbelievable, and your unfathomable talents; you can train a law, and affect it once enough source energy is supplied ]

[ You have obtained an AFFINITY!! Your Mana will increase by 100% due to being closer to the Natural Workings of Reality ]

[ TING!!! ]

[ Due to being a low leveled Apprentice, you have done an impossible feat. Your Mana will increase by 500%. Please keep up the good work and continue breaking Limits ]

"What?" Juliette froze at the notification from The Primordial Source. Them moments later, she bloomed in joy. "I did it!! I obtained an Affinity!! Yay!!"

She spread out her hands in joy, like a small child. But the next follow up notice from the artificial intelligence made her dread her Fate.

[ You have finalized the training of a single Affinity in just nine hours straight ]

[ There are still thirty nine hours remaining. Please choose the next Affinity under a minutes ]

[ If nothing is chosen under sixty seconds, the A.I will randomly select an Affinity for you, whether it matches or not. Please tread carefully candidate ]

"..."

Juliette froze in her posture, and then frowned. This. This was out of her expectation. Nine hours? Not nine years?

What she went through a moment ago was already dreadful enough. Let alone going through another three more. She silently cried to herself.

'At least... the fact that I only required nine hours to obtain an Affinity, means that I am talented enough right?' She thought, and manifested her Template.

[ Name: Juliette Silver ]

[ Mana: 2 013 421 855 units ]

[ Epithet(3): First Blood(Grand), Grand Pioneer of Mana(Myth-1), Dragon Slayer(Myth-1) ]

[ Class: Lvl 6 Classless (0/90) ]

[ Sub-Class: None ]

[ Excess Life Essence: 11 372 units ]

[Alignment: Chaotic Neutral ]

[ Stats: STR - 10,0 || AGI - 10,0 || END - 10,0 || WIS - 30,0 || INT - 30,0 || AFF - 30,0 ]

[ Stat Points: 0 || Ability Points: 1 ]

[Ultimate Abilities(1): Spirit Source(1) ]

[ Unique Abilities(6): Spirit Zone(1), Spirit Medium(1), Mystic Magic(1), Mana Magic(1), Spirit Magic(1) Elemental Magic(1) ]

[ Extra Abilities(1): Self-Hypnosis(1) ]

[ Techniques(1): Mana Incorporation(Unique) ]

[ Natural Resistance(1): <Fire: 50%> ]

[ Spells(23): Spell Creation(2nd), Rune Casting(2nd), Symbol Inscription(2nd), Magic Manipulation(2nd), Personal Magic: Mana(2nd), Mana Control(2nd), Mana Enhancement(2nd), Mana Construction(2nd), Mana Aura(2nd), Mana Creation(2nd), Spirit Summon(2nd), Spirit Grooming(2nd), Spirit Communication(2nd), Spirit Empowerment(2nd), Spirit Fusion(2nd), Fire Ball(2nd), Fire Blast(2nd), Bubble Prison(2nd), Water Dragon(2nd), Haste(2nd), Hurricane Burst(2nd), Mountain Wall(2nd), Meteorite(2nd) ]

[ Equipment(0): None ]

[ Resources(0): None ]

She immediately used the one minute to study any changes she experienced. And the first, was the fact that her Affinity was not shown anywhere on her Template.

'Which is strange.' She thought. Then the second being that she obtained 50% resistance to flames. She did not understand how that differed from obtaining the fire resistance Ability.

Hence she clicked upon it for more details. And the presentation explained the difference immediately. Natural Resistance were amazing.

[ Natural Resistance of Fire (50%) :- Gives the user natural resistance to all types of Fires. Regardless if it fire cast by mortals or those cast by gods. As long as they are flames under the Universal Principle of Fire, they are decreased in effects by 50%. Effects are natural to the user, such as breathing. Requires no Mana, nor Stamina to activate. Passive effects ]

"Oh wow." She marveled. It was amazing compared to an Ability of the same nature.

For example, an Extra Ability would not defend against a Unique Ability. But this Natural Resistance gave her 50% resistance to both, regardless of grades.

And best part, it was natural. Just like breathing for her. She did not need to use Mana, or even stamina to activate the effects, as they were just there at all times.

And she also obtained a new Ability. She blushed in embarrassment as she could already tell how she obtained the Ability.

[ Ten seconds left. Please choose an Affinity to undergo training in next ]

A reminder appeared before her, and Juliette sighed. Then closed her eyes and chose another affinity. "I choose water." She said through her teeth, as if forcing the words out of her mouth.

She knew this was going to suck. Or rather, this was going to be a wet experience. But she had no choice. She was not ready for earth, nor for wind.

Luckily for her, "I can get Affinities, as well as 50% natural resistances to these elements. Which... which is a good thing. Yup. A good thing." She thought out loud.

And a moment later, she appeared within the ocean. And as far as she could see, there was nothing but water in every cardinal direction.

And it was also dark. 'Hopefully I obtain underwater breathing, or dark vision as well.' She thought, and sat cross legged at the sea bed, and began another section of Affinity training.

And thus, her training continued.

Meanwhile, outside the training room. The pixie prince floated with serenity within its expression. A bit of a mischievous smile as well.

Then with pop of sparkles, another pixie appeared. One wearing a business suit. "Your majesty, don't you think you are being a bit too harsh on her?"

The newly arrived pixie asked, and the pixie prince had a contemplating expression. And replied a few seconds later, "Well... she is a woman who experienced the pain of losing her children. Not once. Not twice."

"That makes sense." The pixie within a suit nodded in understanding, then left in the same manner it appeared.

Another moment later, another pixie appeared, and presented new information to the pixie prince. "Your majesty, there are people that have appeared out of the blue."

"Out of the blue? What's the blue?" The pixie prince asked, and the newly arrived pixie froze. Then responded after a moment of thought. "What blue?"

"The blue that they appeared out of dummy." The pixie prince said, and the pixie then had confusion on its facs. "What blue did they come out of?"

"..."

"..."

They exchanged confused expressions, and vanished at the same time. Leaving behind sparkles and party tricks as an after effect.

They reappeared within a room containing multiple pixies within. The room was technological, like the interior of a space warship.

The numerous pixies were busy with their own business, and did not mind the arrival of their prince. They just nodded as a greeting, and watched the screen of light.

Within the screen, there were a group of people consecutively moving between different spatial points. As if caught within a space vortex maze.

They would appear within a certain location, and when they were about to settle down, would appear within another location instantly.

The same process repeated itself consecutively. And even if they chose not to settle down, once one felt tired, and felt the need to rest, they would shift.

Hence they went through a spatial circle for hours on end. And the pixies just watched in entertainment all this while.

"What is the situation?" The pixie prince asked one of the pixies within the room. And a reply instantly arrived, "They are pure hearted. They have also not complained one bit."

It said.

And indeed. From the screen of light, the thousands of beings only chartered to themselves. They took care of those that had spatial sickness.

All this while, none complained. And sometimes, once given the chance, they would sit down and talk. Or train. Or read. But overall, non minded the torture they were going through.

They were gods after all.