Dream didn't spend much time shuttling through space before coming to a stop and beginning another session of study.The first thing he did was further utilize [Arcane Transmutation]. To study the process of transmutation more, he naturally needed to observe it. Like this, he was able to quickly solidify his knowledge of the process.After handling it a bit more, Dream was able to use [Dimensional Tunneling], [Particle Manipulation], and [Arcane Transmutation] in conjunction to ascend either matter or energy, turning it into mana or flux. He figured out ways to increase efficiency, making it less costly on his soul energy. The soul powered everything from moving mana to enchanting, but the energy wasn't unlimited. It could be said that all people, all souls, were merely batteries by which all magic was powered.Only, this logic wouldn't remain forever. Dream was overturning it every day.Physical energy could be converted to flux, effectively meaning matter could affect mana by transf
[...Jeez.]Seeing all the energy control notifications, Sophia couldn't even say anything. Truthfully though, she wasn't amazingly impressed. Dream had already moved on to manipulating dots that comprised all of energy and matter. He could already manipulate all different types of energy. He even developed technology around it like his nanites. It was only now that he got the skills for it.Without much thought, Sophia integrated all these skills under [Particle Manipulation]. Nothing changed when this completed, the skill still just sitting there at MAX level. She nodded at this. [Particle Manipulation] was a far more advanced skill than the energy control skills. Most energy came in the form of particles anyway like photons or bosons or gluons.After these notifications, Dream continued to float there for a long while. Eventually though, he zoned in."Sophia... Did you feel that?"[No, I didn't. What happened?]Sophia shook her head inwardly. She knew something had happened with him
Gradually, the day for the portal to arrive approached. Sophia waited anxiously while Dream buried his nose in study.He solidified his theories about science. Ever since Dream touched the concepts of Ethereal Force and Physical Reality, he felt his understandings of physics and magic rise, especially when he actively studied them. It was like he could easily discover how they worked. This was definitely those concepts at play.Not only that, but they directly boosted his energy regeneration. This naturally meant his soul was stronger overall since it had to support such regeneration. Finally, when Dream looked at his mind space, he could faintly see two shimmering stars at the highest heights. These were the concepts he touched. They were the two tiny wisps he left as a mark on them.From these wisps came boundless power, but he wasn't sure how to tap into it. It was like a door he couldn't cross, forever teasing him with the temptations of what was inside.During this time of wait,
By the 7 day mark within the chaotic void, everyone's bubble had shrunk by half, only a few inches from their bodies. Iris's was even lesser, but Dream found that she could actually use her [Gluttony] skill to eat the power of the void. This had shocked him, but it was a welcome surprise.With Melody's suit reinforcing her bubble, she was also able to hold out. As for Alice, while she could slow the destruction, she couldn't resist it. Her's was gradually pierced into, forcing her suit to manifest and help out.Luna and Dream were the best ones off. Dream had his supplies of aether and could tunnel through the void even without the portal. As for Luna, she could reinforce the space with her orderly powers, fighting the power of chaos.But it was clear they needed to do something. When the 8th day hit, Dream talked to Luna."Help Alice. I'll try and merge your bubbles.""Okay."Luna nodded. The next moment, Dream's power reached through the void. He had to consume tons of aether and en
"Charge!!""Let's go!!""Fight them!"The red army moved, rushing forward to their enemies. The blue army responded at the same time. Arrows, spells, and even people's weapons came shooting through the sky. Waves of dense mana flooded forth, threatening to destroy anything in its way.Dream, who was in the middle of this, frowned. One of these people would be nothing to him, but there were hundreds of thousands. These attacks would collide with him in between."Stay on me."Dream covered himself and Melody in his Will as she moved close. The next moment, metal flooded from his body, covering the two up in a diamond shaped pyramid. Dream enchanted the metal, reinforcing it.*BOOM*Then, the attacks collided. A mass of mana crashed down upon Dream's pyramid, washing over it. This was an insane amount of mana and power. Luckily, most of it was deflected, and he didn't even use much energy."We're moving."The next moment, the pyramid was taken down. Dream grabbed Melody before warping sp
"So Dream, what questions did you have?"Durack asked as he sat down. Dream didn't immediately respond, instead observing the ship he was in.This ship was flying exceptionally fast. Dream had realized that his speed was many times slower after arriving in this world. This was because the space was incredibly stable, resulting in more force being needed to warp and bend it. Dream estimated that his top speed of 10 million miles per hour would be reduced to around 800 thousand miles per hour. This was 8 percent of his previous speed, and it represented the space's integrity that was at least 10 times stronger than the space around Earth.Naturally, this was because of the difference between the inner and outer universe. The inner universe was supposedly the origin of all mystical energies like mana, flux, and aether. And because the material of the inner universe had been saturated for so long, it led to phenomena like this.Despite his reduction in top speed though, Dream still retain
Dream and melody rode with Durack for several hours. Even after half a day, the sun was still high in the sky. Dream did a quick calculation based on the star's movement and discovered that the days actually lasted over 100 hours, while nights lasted the same. Seeing this, Dream took out his pocket watch.He decided to insert another clock. Right now, there were two clocks within the pocket watch that tracked Dream's personal time and Earth's time. These two clocks sat side by side. Now he added a third that tracked this world's time. Each of these clocks held a spatial loop with a ring of light inside, providing the most accurate time tracker one could possibly build. After all, the speed of light was a universal constant. It wasn't subject to the more error-ridden time clickers like atoms and such.These three clocks sat within the watch that slightly grew to accommodate the new time tracker. When he was done, Dream put the watch away. Melody only rolled her eyes, lazily laying back
"Melody, is it? How old are you?"After determining that Melody was going to try and join the branch clan, Vela asked. Age was important in determining someone's talent. If one spent a hundred years just to reach class 4, then they obviously weren't very capable, otherwise they would have pushed through the barriers to each class quickly.Dream knew that the majority of people would never reach class 4. Some people wouldn't ever be able to enter the class 3 realm. They either had poor skills, a weak soul, or just bad perception, making it impossible for them to expand on their skillsets.Dream and Melody, on the other hand, were incredibly talented. Dream had entered the class 4 level after only a few years, and that was only because he held back from advancing for a while. Even now, he could kill class 5's. His soul was extraordinarily powerful, and his skills were so amazing that he had already touched a concept.As for Melody, while she wasn't like Dream, she still possessed incred