System vs Rebirth

"Hehehehe. It's finally done." Felicia grinned, staring at the machine. There was a number on it.

[49,040]

"This is interesting, very interesting." Felicia nodded furiously.

"What's wrong, Felicia?" A door was opened from the outside as Noel's voice echoed inside the room. "Rose said you needed me."

"My lord." Felicia bowed to Noel first.

Noel waved his hand. "What's wrong? I'm a bit busy for the time being."

"Yes, sir. In that case, let me introduce you to the spiritual energy counting machine." Felicia stepped to the side, presenting him the machine that Prince Ramuer managed to buy.

"Hoh?" Noel squinted his eyes. "What can the machine do?"

"Allow me to explain the concept first." Felicia pointed at the demon crystals on the side. There were low level demon crystals to peak level demon crystals, each type having ten different crystals.

"The crystals are varied in size, but if you take a closer look at each type, the difference won't be that significant. Even if they have a different shape, two low level demon crystals wouldn't have much difference in size. At most, it will be a ten percent difference in size or weight.

"However, what I'm surprised about is that each demon crystal is actually giving you the same amount of spiritual energy."

"The same amount?" Noel fell into deep thought. Now that he thought about it, this was the logical explanation. If they didn't have an equal amount of spiritual energy, the limit would be different. In fact, his system would give a different number or a decimal."

"Yes, sir." Felicia nodded. "Even the biggest low level demon crystal will still give you 10 points of spiritual energy. At the same time, how about the mid level demon crystals? They contain 500 points of spiritual energy. At the same time, their size is not 50 times bigger than the low level demon crystal."

"Wait a minute. Before that, what do you mean by points?"

"Ah, my apologies. This machine is taking the concept of particles." Felicia drew a circle on the table and put ten low level demon crystals inside it. "Please take a look at this. Imagine that these crystals are all spiritual energy particles. It's a bit weird to call energy a particle, so we'll probably need a new term later.

"Anyway, imagine that there are ten particles inside a single low level demon crystal. They are floating freely inside the crystal, but there can be no more than ten of them inside a low level demon crystal."Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

"I see." Noel nodded in understanding. "Then…"

"Then, for the mid level demon crystals, there is something different. Instead of the particles floating around like this, they are…" Felicia grabbed five of the crystals and combined them. The other five crystals also had the same result, creating two groups of particles. "They are like this."

"The spiritual energy create groups?"

"Exactly. Instead of 500 particles floating freely, it's actually more like 25 particles roaming around. Each group consists of 20 particles."

Noel fell silent for a moment before asking, "If this particle theory is correct, doesn't that mean it is extremely important, not only for the development of runes but also for fighters?"

"Yes, sir. If this is true, we have found the real explanation why a spirit practitioner is stronger than a spirit apprentice. Just like the demons, humans also condense their spiritual energy into groups while increasing the amount of reserve we have.

"In other words, we can think of it as a spirit apprentice can have a hundred particles in their reserve, but to become a spirit practitioner, they have to condense the energy into groups.

"This is the explanation why even though someone is a spirit practitioner and using the same skill as the spirit practitioner, they will produce stronger might. It's because even if they use 'five points' of spiritual energy, the spirit apprentice literally uses five while the spirit practitioner uses five times something. I don't know the number right now.

Of course, if they try to limit themselves to match someone's power, they will subconsciously use one point of their energy… times the multiplier, which is still stronger than the spirit practitioner."

Noel's expression turned grim. If this theory were true, there would be a lot of mess happening all around the world. They had to redo all their understanding about spiritual energy.

"But how does one condense their spiritual energy?"

"That's the problem. They don't. The spirits are the ones doing all this. If we follow this theory, we might find a new concept of spirit absorption. It's not how much the spirit can absorb from a single demon crystal. Instead, it's how much the spirit can condense.

"For example, if one has 100 points of spiritual energy with a 90% absorption rate, they will be able to form condense 90% of its power. However, the last ten points can't be condensed even though they remain in our reserve. Because of that, their power is minuscule. When the body recognizes those 90% of condensed energy, that 10% of loose energy is simply too insignificant, creating a kind of void.

"This is what actually stops someone from reaching the next stage. The higher their absorption rate, the longer this 'poison' is getting created. And if you have a 100% absorption rate, you basically become similar to the spirit, and your potential is limitless."

Noel sucked a cold breath. They might really need to change the entire system.

"Does the prince who invented this machine realize it?"

"He probably doesn't realize the true extent of it. From what I've heard, the prince is more like an engineer than a researcher. He is doing all the practical things, but he doesn't care much about the extent of the concept itself."

Noel rubbed his chin. "In that case, it's better to hide this information for the time being. We have to compile the knowledge in the meantime and test it before publishing the knowledge."

"Yes, sir. However, the reason I call you is not because of the knowledge, but because of the use of this machine as well as the concept. Please allow me to explain to you the potential that this machine has."