Chapter 55 Branch of CurseHBless
This whole "in the goddesses' grip" thing? I'm tossing it aside for now. Let's deal with the mess in front of me first.
What if I (Keng, in a Grace-looking body in my Possession subspace) crossed the server myself…?
Sounds crazy, but it should work like normal, right? The issue isn't whether crossing would mess me up…
The real problem is: if I cross, will some system alert the goddesses that a hero jumped continents (servers)? That's issue one. And issue two: this continent might go haywire!
Issue 1
Crossing myself is like, in game or work terms, reducing one VIP character (hero) from this server and adding one to another. If there's a balance system or alert for equilibrium, and a Tricker pops up—when the original server has 10 heroes but the new one has 11—oh boy, that's trouble.
Why am I so paranoid? Simple: I'm scared that if the goddesses get suspicious and dig deeper, they'll figure out what my powers can do. They might yank my abilities before I can pull off something even crazier! (No clue if they can detect or revoke them, but I'm playing it safe.)
Issue 2
You get it, right? If I cross and can't control things back on this continent, what happens to all my bodies here?
The girls with their own consciousness might not be hit too hard, maybe just a bit confused. But all those mindless bodies I've sent across the continent? Lately, I've been so protective of my girls that I've only dispatched mindless clones everywhere, including that Root Tower I messed around with…
Damn it, damn it, damn it…
Should I pull back all bodies, regroup, test with sea monsters, and leave Seaneight's body there alone? Nine people vanishing is no big deal… No, wait, that won't work either! I just sent a bunch of other bodies onto other cities' ships to travel off-continent. If they all disappear at once, it'll turn into some creepy legend…
Or… use CurseHBless?
No, wait—yes, it's the only way! It's my one power that might break through or create something on par with the goddesses…
I really didn't want to use it here… This power, the namesake of this story, which I haven't mentioned in ages! (What? Why haven't I used it much lately? Well, every time I use CurseHBless, the curses are so damn powerful that on this continent, my power feels too much. So much it gives me headaches and torments me…)
Fine, whatever… I don't know if the system or goddesses can detect CurseHBless crossing servers. It's risky, but I've gotta try.
If powers can only control their own continent, but a person's identity persists across servers, then my plan is… I'll create "branches" of my body for every continent I visit!
Come on, CurseHBless, don't torture me too much…
[Curse No. 12]
When using [Perfect Shapeshift] LV.1112 on a body from [Create Clone] LV.1112 outside my Possession subspace, that body "cannot create" another body of mine fully controlled via a separate soul from the main body using Branch of CurseHBless. It's "cursed" to have 2/100 of the stats and base power I set.
[Blessing No. 12]
When using [Perfect Shapeshift] LV.1112 on a body from [Create Clone] LV.1112 inside my Possession subspace, that body "can create" another body of mine fully controlled via a separate soul from the main body using Branch of CurseHBless. It's "blessed" to have 1/100 of the stats and base power I set.
Here we go… It's kicking in… In 3… 2… 1…
Blessing No. 8 activates: When using main CurseHBless in the Possession subspace, stat power and skills [Item Box], [Create Clone], [Perfect Shapeshift], [Possession], [Overlimit] increase by 10^(number of main blessings * 2).
(Blessing No. 9 also activates, but I'll explain later.)
Crack! Crack! ZOOM!
[Status CurseHBless]
Name: Keng, Male, Age 9, LV.2, SLV.2
Stats (10^24 + 31,990,000)
Str: 10^24 + 20,000
Vit: 10^24 + 20,000
Wis: 10^24 + 20,000
Mag: 10^24 + 20,000
Agi: 10^24 + 20,000
Dex: 10^24 + 20,000
Sub-Stats
Atk: 10^24 + 6,000
Matk: 10^24 + 5,000
Def: 10^24 + 5,000
Mdef: 10^24 + 5,000
Flee: 10^24 + 5,000
Mflee: 10^24 + 3,000
Hit: 10^24 + 5,000
Mhit: 10^24 + 3,000
Regen: 10^24 + 1,000
Mregen: 10^24 + 1,000
HP: 10^24 + 100,110/100,110
MP: 10^24 + 60,025/60,025
Update Complete
Skills (10^24 + 10,500,000)
[Item Box] 10^24
[Create Clone] 10^24
[Perfect Shapeshift] 10^24
[Possession] 10^24
[Overlimit] 10^24
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Learned + Created Skills: Over 700 million skills (toggleable)
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Main Curses: 12
Main Blessings: 12
[Status CurseHBless]
And then I (Keng), in the form of a cute, androgynous young man looking like Grace, felt an immense surge of power flood my body, reaching 10^24…
"Ugh… Ahh! AHHH! No, nooo! This feels too good… I can't handle it!! AHHHHHHH!!"
Gasp! It's so good, too good! Ahh, ahh!
AHH~~~
I'm going crazy, crazy! Someone, help! Nghhh…
(I screamed and flailed in the 10,000x subspace for nearly a quarter-second in real-world time before recovering…)
Yup, that's it…
It felt insanely good, like I'd "completed" a hundred secret missions at once… No exaggeration, it really felt like that… And it gets stronger with each main curse or blessing I add in the future, becoming my own limitation.
Why so intense? Blame my lazy ass for slacking on skill upgrades. Damn it, I'm sorry for being an idiot back then…
But whatever, two birds with one stone! Now I've got the power to create my "branch" bodies!
That should clear all my worries, right?
Alright, let's do this!! "More of me, come out!"
End of Chapter 55
Branch of CurseHBless
(Note: Branch of CurseHBless is the power used by branch bodies. It's weaker than True CurseHBless but stronger than Basic CurseHBless (what the goddesses know, used by Grace at age 14).
Branch of CurseHBless is on the same tier as the goddesses.
Basic CurseHBless is on the tier of the goddesses' blessings given to heroes.)