Gaining an Arcana

" Ares get the serum ready it's time." Silver took off his shirt revealing his skinny chest and abdomen. " Are you sure Sir. I suggest we wait a while and increase the possibility of success." The AI spoke with a tinge of concern.

" Under normal circumstance, I would've,Ares, however I don't have time to waste when my identity as Ghost has been compromised." Silver spoke as he lied on a mechanical bed and strapped himself.

" As you wish master." A robotic arm grabbed unto a vial containing a brownish serum. " Ssshhh" Silver hissed out in pain, as he felt an injection in his carpus vein.

" Ares, if this fails and leads to my demise, activate Emergency Protocol 5, Contingency 455." Silver spoke as he immediately began to feel drowsy.

" Are you sure about your wish Sir. " The AI asked once more. " Just do it!" A low, even feral groan sounded out from Silver's mouth as his body began to convulse heavily.

" Arrrrgghhh!!!! Arrrgghhh!" Silver gritted his teeth and soon he let out a scream. His whole body felt like it was in fire. It was as if molten magma had been poured into his system. It was slowly melting away his bones and blood vessels.

" We are not even halfway through the process Sir. It can be stopped." Ares spoke.

" No Ares ....c-continue with the process." Silver spoke despite the pain. He wasn't going to give up. In fact he had prepared for only two outcomes; his demise or his ascension.

Gritting his teeth, he felt blood pool in his mouth. He felt the nerves in brain getting ripped to shreds as the blood vessels around his cranium and spine exploded.

" Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!" There was no way he was going to give up. He held unto a goal he had from his past life. A goal to reach the utmost limits of knowledge and understanding. He wasn't going to allow a mere arcana serum result in his demise.

He laughed madly and crazily as blood spurted out of his all of his body pores. He felt the pain and the heat, however it was nothing compared to the future ahead. Unbeknownst to him, golden tendrils of mana began to circulate around his head. Tendrils of energy that looked like oil being poured from his head to his toe.

" Unknown metaphysical energy from detected. " Ares' database was unable to detect any relation to the metaphysical energy wrapped around Silver's body, meanwhile he himself had gone unconscious.

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" Uuugghhh" A few days later in a semi destroyed lab, a low groan was heard, before a naked young man's body came into view.

He slowly tried to get up, however he tripped and fell into shards of glass which surprisingly merely left a white mark on his skin. " Ares. Ares!" He called out twice but there was no response.

Slowly and steadily he made his way to his computer system and realized everything was shut down. With a double clap, the lights came back on illuminating the entire room.

" Initiating reboot! Running System Diagnostics.... No faults detected... Rebooting.." He heard a mechanical voice which made him smile once more as he slowly made his way to a seat.

" My eyes. What happened?" Realizing that his sight was back to normal or within human parameters compared to his supernatural sight before he raised his finger to touch his right eye until he realized that it was tightly shut.

" My eyes are shut, yet I can see clearly?? What happens if I open them? " He asked himself. He wasn't going to try to open it now as he didn't know what side effects it was going to have in his body.

" Ares system online. It's good to have you back Sir." The AI spoke with a bit of sentiment.

" It's good to be alive too. Run general body diagnostics." Silver smiled as he instructed.

" Muscle and bone density have increased about 120 percent beyond normal human parameters. Unknown metaphysical energy present in abdominal cavity. It's rather safe to say that the serum was a success Sir." The AI monotonously spoke.

Silver carried himself to stand in front of a mirror and saw his new self and smiled. He was still skinny, yet he wasn't looking like an AIDS patient anymore. At least this time, his body looked normal.

" I look rather handsome?" Silver examined himself with a smile. Seeing his tightly closed eyes he frowned.

" Ares run a detailed diagnosis of my cranial cavity." Silver spoke as he kept examining himself.

" Sir. I think you should have a look at this." The AI spoke with ominously. " What is it Ares, just say it." Silver sighed. What could be worse that having your entire body muscle and bones burnt and regenerated countless times.

" Optical and Abducen nerves have increased to about 500 times to normal density of a regular human. Also cranial nerves seem to be absorbing the unknown metaphysical energy and are in a state of....constant evolution Sir." Ares spoke.

" Well at least I don't look like Megamind or something." Silver joked. An increase in density of optic and abducen nerves was probably the reason why he couldn't open his eyes. They seem to have evolved. Also his brain nerves increasing meant an increase in cognitive and psychological abilities, far beyond human capabilities.

Adjusting himself to his new body weight, Silver began to walk slowly and picked a baggy sweatpants and a shirt from his closet.

He saw a can of coke on the shelf nearby and attempted to pick it up and immediately he pulled his hand back in shock.

" Fuck." Immediately he stretched forth his hand, he felt tendrils of a force stretch from his hand. He concentrated to feel the energy and was immediately shocked.

" It feels like Psionic energy yet not. Possesses an essence of distortion." He thought as he immediately walked to the mirror and once and turned to show his nape.

He exclaimed in shock as he saw a black shaped mark on his neck. " Finally. " He smiled as he laughed.

" Okay let's see what I can do." His eyes still closed, he stretched his hand and he felt tendrils of invisible energy stretch out, and soon the mirror in front of him shattered into pieces.

" Ares what sort of energy is that?" He asked a little bit shocked.

" If I'm right Sir, then your arcana should be of a Psionic descent. From the energy signature, there's a 85% chance of it being a distortion energy. Your arcana Sir, is distortion manipulation." The AI spoke while Silver's eyes widened in shock.

" Distortion manipulation?" His eyelids quivered in shock. His brain immediately went into overdrive as he thought of all the possibilities. Distortion manipulation existed on the concept of twisting, pushing and pulling. With this ability, he could learn to manipulate, matter, force and energy and with the ability of his eyes to see at the atomic level, he was sure he would be able to distort them down to their atoms.

" Hahahahaha" He let out a maniacal laugh as he saw how overpowered he could become.

A/N : Keep the powerstones coming. Peace.