Legendary Traveler: By Earning Progress Points I will Become Supreme!

'So if I can somehow manage to increase three other things apart from what I initially planned to upgrade, it'll give me the bonus points generally associated with them being manually upgraded.' Cupping his chin with one hand and leaning back on the other, Aoni began interrogating his Attribute Notice.

| Correct |

'And this isn't a one-time thing. Let's say I do it again. Will I still get points?'

| Providing the conditions match, Correct |

'So…you're basically rewarding me for being a masochist?' Wearing a creeped-out expression, the lad pushed for answers and tried tricking his Attribute Notice into giving him a proper answer, but unfortunately, his tactics were seen through with ease.

| Incorrect, bonus points are earned through progress |

'Tsk, shoulda known better than to try and have a wordplay match with this stupid thing!' waving his hand through the ethereal window in a dismissive manner, Aoni directed his attention to the state of his body.

'No new scars or wounds…my bones and muscles seem fine too, albeit a tad bit sore; unfortunately, I can't freakin see inside my own body, man, that would be something; still, it feels different; I feel lighter.' Inhaling a slow and deep breath of air, Aoni held his breath and waited to see how long it would take before he could hear his heartbeat.

Only to realize that there wasn't only a single distinct noise, but TWO.

"Woah, did my Energia Cell grow THAT much," with widened eyes, the lad sat up straight, slid both hands under his shirt, and placed them next to each other, one over his heart and the other approximately where his EC was located.

Sure enough, both organs were pumping stronger than ever before, causing the lad to break out into a wide grin.@@novelbin@@

"This means my pathways have expanded and are fully open!" Clenching his fists and punching the air as a sign of victory, Aoni pulled up the mental archive he had on Energia Pathways and thought back to the many lessons he had sat through about the topic.

For starters, although they have a specific name, in a sense, Energia Pathways are more of a concept than a physical manifestation.

If you've ever taken a human anatomy or biology class, then the concept of Arteries and Veins shouldn't be foreign to you; hell, even a normie should know what they are, considering they're how your blood travels throughout your body.

Arteries carry blood away from the heart to your tissue and organs, while Veins bring it back into the heart; well, the concept is the same with Energia Pathways: they get the Energia to and from your EC, and…well, they are one in the same thing as your Veins and Arteries.

The concept behind Energia Pathways is fairly simple in both theory and reality because much like the thin Membrane of an Aura coats the body, something similar happens to the Veins and Arteries, and it is through this Membrane that Energia passes, parallel to blood without necessarily mixing.

The Membrane works like an insulation coating on top of a copper wire (veins and arteries), yet it also nourishes the being's blood since it's a type of radiation. In this way, not only can Energia flow to every part of the Human body, but it also strengthens every fiber.

Now, the question is, how did Aoni know this mystical change had occurred in his body? Well, technically, he was merely guessing, considering he was aware of his Aura Manifesting. If that were the case, then Energia needed to flow out his pores and tissue, indicating that it, in turn, had a channel to move from point A to point B and C.

So, in effect, 1+1+1= 3, and thus, that's how he reached his conclusion. Using that and the knowledge learned from achieving F-Rank in his Energia Manipulation, the lad now fully understood why it was taking so much Energia to create something as simple as a snowball.

In essence, he had been trying to suck a golfball through a garden hose, and it was only by brute forcing his way through that he even succeeded.

Without his Energia Pathways unlocked, Aoni had essentially been using 100 parts of something to do a job that took like 0.5 parts, in the end, exhausting himself of the mystical resource.

"I guess, for now, I should try meditating and digesting all the information I've accumulated through my multiple upgrades. Things like Pain and Cold Resistance are static, so there's not much to learn from them, but in the case of My Energia and Ice Manipulation, it's like I've taken CLEP Tests (Pass the test get college credit without taking the actual class) and cheated my way to learn the info."

"Sigh, but alasss, meditation will have to be put on hold because the children cometh…wait…what's that sound? Hold up! Are they singing?" Turning his head in the direction his two summons had left earlier and wearing a strange expression, Aoni could pick up on a weird tune Glacia and Nyria seemed to be making through their primitive languages.

"🎶Gaooooo Gaooooo!🎶"

"🎵Chee chee chee chee🎵"

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"🎶Cheeeee Cheeeee!🎶"

Together: "🎶Chee Gao Chee Gao OoO!🎵"

Blinking several times, eventually, Aoni couldn't help but snort slightly as he chuckled.

'That's just fucking precious, hahhh, well, at least they are getting along; im sure Glacia is happy to have a companion; even if she's attached to me, it's still a good thing for her to have someone to depend on.' Catching the sight of the Bird happily chirping along with his floof as they pranced up to the platform, Aoni realized just how lucky he was to have summoned Glacia.

Her curious and bubbly personality was simply too infectious, and that was evident by how the formerly depressed and traumatized Nyria was behaving.

It hadn't even been a full day since her summoning, yet the little fledgling's mental state was LEAGUES ahead of what she presented in those first couple of minutes.

If before she would break down in icy tears at a moment's notice, now she, either by hook or crook, was bobbing her head and humoring Glacia by chee'ing along with the song.