touchnovel Chapter 1718 A Last-ing Moment
Chapter 1718 A Last-ing Moment
--- Kat ---
After Meg and Nira's... discussion Nira started to do a proper examination of Meg. Despite the greed demon's protest. Nothing was invasive from the looks of things but that didn't mean Nira was making it comfortable for Meg. Still... she kinda deserved it so Kat just turned to Kamiko and asked, "So what are your plans for the next bit?"
"Ah... well other than shopping with you I think I'll be practicing a fair bit. Get a feeling for my new ability as well as testing to see how my old ones have changed and improved from the rank up. It's going to take a bit to get my new strength under control... and Mum was NOT happy about that so... yeah regardless of if I want it or not a lot of training will be in my future," answered Kamiko.
Kat thought back to the issues Gareth had after overusing his mana and shivered. "So it's bad then?" Find exclusive stories on empire
"Oh, um... judging by the look on your face you're thinking about... um... I think you mentioned it happening while you were competing in the island tournament? I don't remember who it happened to but... not it's not that bad. At least for us it's not.
"All of the different higher energy sources react differently to running out... or it's more accurate to say that the way they accumulate is completely different. Qi is the easiest to explain. It improves the body at a fundamental level, strengthening it over time but not necessarily leaving usable Qi behind. The scary thing for them is their dantain.
"If that gets damaged or destroyed, perhaps from overdrawing it and taking away energy from the 'engine' that creates or gathers more then they can never cultivate again. Either they'll die, or it will cripple them. It's a bit weird that most of the cultures that use Qi consider this a bug and not a feature.
"Mana is different though. It sort of... 'soaks' into things? If Qi changes things fundamentally mana instead encapsulates and enhances. Sure it can cause mutations as well but that's a separate issue. Mana in the body is like... this is a really bad example but it's like years of stains building up. Even if you remove all of them the stuff underneath isn't really the same colour.
"The thing is... like stains you CAN remove it with enough force. That's what mana deprivation is. It's 'easier' for mana to be pulled from the body and used to cast spells, in fact it's not all that hard... which is the issue. If you take too much mana from your bodies cells all at once it goes into shock and can sometimes shut down if it's too used to having mana there.
"Wouldn't dream of it Mum," sighed Kamiko as Nira headed over to the lamia that had been doing a great impression of blending into the wall.
A few moments after Nira left something occurred to Kat. "So... I almost missed it but how come your mum calls Meg, Meg, and Hunter 23HX443?"
"Um..." Kamiko made a few little noises before shrugging. "I don't really know? I mean it's not something I thought to ask about before meeting Hunter even if Mum warned me they can be a bit weird about names. I'd guess she's just respecting their wishes? Not sure how much she cares about the clan politics of it all..."
Kat glanced over at Nira who was poking a bunch of scales on Hunter, some of which flaked off to reveal new scales underneath. Kat was pretty sure that wasn't at all how it was meant to work with real snakes but then again when did demon biology ever make all that much sense. "I sort of want to ask... but maybe it would be best to save those sorts of questions for when I visit for the shopping trip..."
"Ah... maybe? I can mention it if you want and Mum will probably try to be around for at least a bit. She complains about work a bunch but the only important things are her surgeries and they are scheduled ages in advance and aren't all that common. A lot of her other work can be done at home or pushed off onto other people but Mum tries to be a good worker and boss so she does what she can," responded Kamiko.
"Wait... so is she in charge of people or not?" mumbled Kat.
"Um... both? Um once you get into the weeds with things the medical organisation chart is quite a mess..." answered Kamiko.
"Oh... OH and I'll need to pick a clan. That always seems to fall by the wayside but will also need deciding upon. Have you got your own thoughts?" asked Kat.
"Um... yeah you should... probably work that out soon. I'll probably join medical but stick with Contracts. That gives me no real responsibilities, an easy path to leave if I feel like it and with Mum so important it's unlikely I'll ever face any real pressure. A bit of an easy answer but... there's nothing WRONG with it exactly and I do want to heal people so..." admitted Kamiko.
"I'm sure you'll do wonderfully," said Kat with a smile as she gave Kamiko a hug, hopefully it would make her less nervous.