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ch 110

Ch. 110 - Item Presentation(2)

During the days when Baek Yu-Seol played Aether World, there were a few occasions when he contracted with spirits due to his somewhat hardcore nature.

Although they were demanding, the spirits, who would grant contracts unconditionally as long as certain conditions were met, were indeed present.

However, there was a penalty for the termination of contracts if one failed to manage affinity properly, and he often found himself forced to terminate contracts.

Why?

Because spirits needed to absorb mana from mages to grow, and his Mana Accumulation Retardation Syndrome meant he had no mana at all.

Eventually, he completely gave up contracting familiars within the game.

But reality was different.

Even if he desperately grasped every possible opportunity, he didn't want to give up thinking, 'Oh, I've failed every time, so it won't work for me.’

Therefore, before the familiar contracting ceremony, he received Celestia’s blessing to slightly increase affinity with the spirits...

'I made a contract with Spirit Celestia!'

[Depending on affinity, you can inherit Celestia’s abilities and characteristics!]

He never dreamed that he would contract with the once-great deity-like spirit.

He didn’t even worry about contract termination.

After all, didn't Celestia propose the contract first, saying his mana leakage condition was actually beneficial?

'Is this a dream or something...'

Achievements that he couldn't even imagine in the game were coming true in reality.

He still couldn’t quite believe it.

[Grade 5 Spirit Celestia]

[Attribute: Nature]

[Affinity: Can even wager her heart]

[Inherited Traits]

[Gentle Embrace (Lv.3)]

[Whisper of the Wind (Lv.4)]

[Memories to the Flower Cluster (Lv.2)]

Indeed, a familiar was a familiar.

Even though she lost all her attributes, she still had several traits.

Among them, he could inherit as many as three traits.

It must have been thanks to the high affinity he had with her.

Aether World's 'Affinity System' didn't exactly favor players.

Unlike other games that easily displayed favorability in numerical terms, here it was merely hinted at vaguely.

Still, it wasn't too difficult to gauge the extent of their relationship.

Perhaps it was thanks to him offering the heart to save her life, but the affinity seemed to have reached its peak.

Even if Baek Yu-Seol had mana, he could have tried skills like 'Spiritual Conversion' or 'Unity with Spirit,' but unfortunately, his mana leakage condition made that nearly impossible.

For now, he checked the inherited traits.

While they didn't greatly boost his attributes, they had quite distinctive effects.

First and foremost, [Gentle Embrace] possessed the effect of 'purifying a contaminated body into nature.'

He didn't understand it very well, but he guessed it might mean purifying toxins.