The Empyreal Gem Master

One that wasn’t capable of being answered so easily.

And yet…

[I am you.]

…!

His voice, no, the thought that came from the Enneagram and rang out in his mind- it felt monotone and free of any emotions.

’The Enneagram itself? This is…’

It wasn’t something entirely feasible- something outside of the scope of what he currently understood!

But this was the Nine pointed star on his chest. Something that other people didn’t understand, and it now seemed he didn’t understand it either.

If he was to suspend everything he knew, then at this moment, his Life Socket was speaking to him.

Communicating with him as the first thing it said was how the Enneagram had been innervated successfully!

"..."

His eyes were bright as they turned up to briefly gaze at the stern figure of Claire floating in the skies with thunder crackling in her hands.

Other people’s Life Sockets didn’t talk to them, right?

[My current knowledge is your current knowledge added to what I know about myself. Whether there are other Life Sockets like me is unknown, but the possibility of there existing something like me is infinitely close to zero.]

The voice came out again.

Its tone, without any semblance of emotions, was something to get used to as Alexander sensed the changes around him.

He suspended his beliefs on anything he thought he knew. And he breathed out as he then asked calmly.

’Okay. Aside from you being a part of me, what else are you? What can you do?’

[I am as you named me, The Enneagram Life Socket. Any Gems placed within me will be broken down, their abilities extracted, and then recorded in the Ability Gem Database. Any Gem Recipe recorded within the Database can be used freely, and once more Gem Recipes are recorded, variations in Recipes can be utilized.

Once a Gem Recipe has been successfully extracted and recorded, another Gem Recipe can be placed within me as this process can be repeated again.]

…!

Utterly terrifying words echoed within Alexander’s mind.

They were terrifying because every single Gem Master could only ever use the Gem Sockets they had socketed in their Life Sockers.

They could change from one Gem Recipe to another and hurt their life force briefly in this process, but each Gem Master only ever possessed a single Gem Recipe at any moment!

But his Enneagram…

His supposedly Defective Life Socket…it could actually break down Ability Gems and allow him to simultaneously have multiple Main Ability Gems.

He had the Ice King Gem Recipe currently recorded as his Sockets were bright and empty.

He could choose to put another Main Ability Gem right now and he would be capable of using both this and the ridiculous linked capabilities of Ice Wave simultaneously!

This…

This…!

[In terms of Support Ability Gems, all those Recorded in the Ability Gem Database can have their effects applied to the current Socketed Gem Recipe.]

The voice of the Enneagram rang out again to deliver even more ridiculous news.

Something like this was entirely out of the scope of his wildest dreams.

The potential here.

The possibilities here!

He could feel his heart beating faster as when he thought about all the possibilities, he couldn’t help but ask.

’Are there any…limitations in the number of Gem Recipes that can continue to be recorded? Or any other Limitations? Is what you can do now it, or are there more things?’

[If there are any limitations or, we have yet to experience them. In terms of future advancements, there is a 99% probability of them occurring over time. But no limitations have yet to be experienced by us. When we do, we will know.]

’...’

As unbelievable as it was, he felt like he had awakened something that could overturn everything they knew about Gem Masters.

The power it could provide…it may just be enough for him to achieve what he wanted.

It may even be possible to do a whole lot more!

He clenched his fists.

There was a lot to learn, and he and Claire were still in a predicament.

There were traitors leaking information to Beasts of Corruption, and there were also...injured and uninjured Two-Link and Three-Link Black Furred Gorillas carefully circling the massive body of Bobo.

They were careful of the one who had killed their leader as they didn’t attack freely- a level of logic still burning in their brains.

Alexander looked at the remaining half of the Ascendant Life Gem in his hands as the voice of the Enneagram rang out again.

[Unique Gems like this Ascendant Life Gem can be utilized to accelerate the process of extraction and recording of Gem Recipes, and they can also be utilized for strengthening our current Life Force. Shall I proceed with the absorption of the remaining life force and the quantification of our resultant Life Force?]

The Enneagram was proactive. It was Alexander, and Alexander was it.

It knew his thoughts as with a simple nod, the remaining part of the Ascendant Life Gem disappeared into a flash of light as his body began to feel a burning sensation!

’Quantification of life force, you said?’

[Yes. I can proceed with an analysis of the Life Force inside the body, and even track its usage with different Ability Gems, as well as how much we have remaining.]

Even more daring capabilities were slowly unveiling themselves.

Alexander nodded at this amazing feature of getting numerical values that the Enneagram spoke of as if it were nothing, his eyes coming to lock onto the Four Ability Gems taken from the Four-Link Black Furred Gorilla.

[Corrupted Lightning Manipulation]:: A rare ability gem that has been Corrupted, making its cost of usage higher along with its output. Once socketed, it passively courses a unique type of red lightning throughout your body- naturally reinforcing the defense and speed of your body by an unknown margin correlated to your Life force.

Actively, you gain the ability to manipulate and call down Red Lightning to strike against your enemies.

The Main Ability Gem that Bobo utilized to cause raging tendrils of red lightning, as well as why the attack of a Three-Link Gem Master didn’t even cause it a dent, and the fact that it was so fast even with its massive body!

It was a rare Ability Gem that Alexander had not read about before.

If its tier was considered greater than the Ice Wave Ability Gem, would the number of possible Support Ability Gems for it be higher?!