The Runic Artist Chapter 35: Chapter 354 - Future Proofing

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At some point Morgane had gotten a notepad from Hildi and was furiously writing things down as Nate talked. “Ignoring the fact that you intend to sit us on top of the Source, that is a lot of mana. What’s the average level of the inhabitants of worlds within this sphere of influence of the Source?” asked Morgane. “Average level is around one-hunded and sixty. Higher for those who focus on combat, with most being around level two-hundred. Lesser Divines are of a similar level, but not common. I didn’t see a single Greater Divine. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but they’re rare.” “Why? With the higher mana concentration and levels, it should be easier to reach the heights required for a Divine evolution, right?” Nate had to pause the details on his plans and explain how Class Cores at the Divine levels worked and why it grew harder and harder to progress them the higher level you were. He included how the higher mana concentrations meant that individuals received their Class Cores far earlier to aid in adaptation and processing of mana to prevent death due to exposure. The result was almost all denizens of the Wild Realms starting with a Common-tier Class which vastly reduced their ability to ascend to the heights. “Why so close?” asked Camilla. Nate smiled at his lover. He’d gone over some of his plans with her, but not all of them. “I need to be as close to the Source as possible for my research.” “And the planet? The people?” Nate sighed. “Both are important aspects of the research. They will survive. I will make sure of it. But I need to see what happens when a functioning world and its people are exposed to mana at that concentration. If the risk seems too great, I will relocate them. The planet as well as the people.” “How big is the risk?” asked Morgane. “In this Reality? Low. Very low.” Luc looked confused. “What do you mean by ‘this Reality’?” “There are others. I don’t know how many exactly, though I will before I move Galle. Keep in mind, we have a decade to prepare. I will be creating failsafes for the mana density, which will include shunting it into the Dead Realms if I think it’s killing Galle or the people living on it.” “If you can do that, why doesn’t The System?” asked Morgane. “Luc has explained Reciprocity to you?” asked Nate. Morgane nodded so Nate continued. “It is the…law…which binds The System. It cannot do it without providing protections to the denizens of universes affected. Class Cores. And it cannot make Class Cores without Divine Energy. So the answer is, The System is doing it, but its rate is limited by how much Divine Energy it is generating or receiving in trade from the Divinities within The System.” “But you have no such restrictions…why doesn’t it just get you to do it for it then?” asked Hildi. “One, I probably can’t do it on the scale that is necessary…yet. The second is, that just kicks the problem caused by mana down the road rather than solving the issue.” “What do you mean the problem caused by mana?” asked Morgane. “Eventually, mana will fill this Reality beyond the capacity of the universes and beings to handle it. It’ll erase everything. The System created the Source to reduce the load on another Reality, and even doing so, that Reality is almost entirely destroyed apparently. The time we have is likely measured in thousands to tens of thousands of years, but eventually, it will do the same here.” The room was silent in response and Camilla reached out to hold his hand. He’d explained the problem to her, though not his potential solution as that was still a work in progress. His research would tell him the Path he needed to take and that work was still in its early days. “Okay. So, say you’re right about everything, which…that’s a lot. But say you are…how does this help?” asked Morgane, pointing at the location on the map near the Source where Nate had said he would move Galle. “Too many things to explain and things I don’t know. For now, you’ll have to take it on faith,” answe