Yugioh Card Summoner - Chapter .146

“First things first. Paulina, you use water and earth magic, correct?” I asked my new pupil. I was already teaching Alice to use telekinesis, so adding Paulina shouldn’t be a problem.

“... yes, but does that matter?” Paulina asked.

“No, not for telekinesis. But for these it does.” I said as I pulled out two cards from collection.

Umiiruka and Gaia Power. I don’t think this is exactly necessary, but they should improve her affinity to those two attributes and make the spells of those attributes more powerful. Or perhaps easier to cast. Or more mana efficient. I’m actually not sure and she is the perfect test subject. 

“I’ll install these two cards into you. They should increase your affinity with the earth and water attributes. Are you fine with that?” I asked.

“You mean… you mean you can influence someone’s attributes? Is that even possible?” Paulina asked.

“Yes it is.” Alice said. “He did it to me.”

“Alice? I did hear she learned to use magic, but I just thought her attributes came in late or were weak.” Paulina said.

“No. I only gained one because of Brian.” Alice said.

“... I see. Then Brian, would you. Please.” Paulina turned to me and asked.

“Good. Let’s do it. You should probably either stay on your knees or sit down properly. The first install can be a little intense.” I said.

“The second one is as well.” Alice commented.

“Well, at least the third isn’t as bad as the first two.” I added.

“... umm, excuse me, but what do you mean by intense?” Paulina asked. She had shifted her position and was now sitting in seiza.

“Didn’t you see the way the two of us reacted? When I install a card, a massive pulse of mana surges through your body, causing massive amounts of pleasure. And some pain as well. It can be a bit intense.” I told her. “If you want to back out, now is the time.”

“I… I … I still want it. I want you to teach me. Even if I have to go through something like that for it, I’ll do it.” Paulina said, determination returning to her eyes.

“Good answer. Let’s do this.” I said as I walked up to her and held Gaia Power to her chest.

When I installed Mystic Plasma Zone to Alice, I thought you should not have any clothing on (or minimal clothing), but after Raregold Armor I learned that they don’t really matter. And I had confirmed it with the other installs I’d done.

“Install.”

The card in my hand glowed before entering Paulina’s chest.

“Aah.” As soon as it did, Paulina let out a sexual moan. I also saw her waver a bit, so I took a light hold of her upper body with telekinesis. If I can float her with it, I can definitely help her stay upright.

“Haa, haa.” After the install was completed, Paulina was gasping for air. 

“Big sis? Are you feeling alright?” Alice asked the gasping Paulina.

“I … I … yes. I think I am.” She answered.

“Well, that’s good.” I said. “Are you ready for the second one?”

“... I think I need a few minutes before that.” Paulina said.

“Sure. That’s fine. Alice, shall we test out Level Up?” I asked Alice.

“Yes. Let’s.” She agreed.

I used 2 toploaders1 of the 6 made in CH.144 already, so I only have four more left in stock. I know I have enough cards to get more, but at the same time, four Level Ups should be more than enough. I hope. At least for the tasting phase. 

(There is also level up sickness to consider.) Laura reminded me. (Anything more than 5 levels in one day, and you will get at least some symptoms. Even 4 could lead to mild symptoms.)

(Oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder.) I said back to her. I wouldn’t want to spend two days in a coma again, so perhaps I should limit Level Up use to two copies per day. Or even one, depending on the results.

Well, let’s just test it out first and make plans later.

(Laura, put a toploader on one of the Level Ups.) 

(Already done, Master.) Laura answered.

(Thanks.) I said back to her as I pulled the card out of collection.

I held it in my hand before activating it. 

“Level Up.” I said to activate it.

After I did, I felt some power surge inside me, but compared to the installs, this is nothing.

“... Did it work?” Alice asked.

“Let me check.” I responded as I pulled open my status.

Yeap. Seems to have worked. I leveled up twice. Mana control also leveled up. Did the card also cause that?

(No. That was your will to use telekinesis to lift a person. It required mana control at a level you didn’t have and your skill leveled up.) Laura explained.

… so that happened. Good to know.

(You shouldn’t rely on it. You were already close to level two mana control. You just made the last push to level up the skill. Just your will alone will not normally level up a skill.) Laura added.

(Well, that’s fine. I have a card for that, right?) I joked.

(Assuming it works that way as well.) Laura said.

“It succeeded. My level increased by two.” I said to Alice.

“Yes! Me next! Please.” Alice said.

“Sure. Just let me get it out.” I said as I traded the now grayed out Level Up with a fresh one that Laura had placed a toploader onto. “Level Up.” I activated it, targeting Alice.

As I did, I saw a soft shining light around Alice. Did that appear around me as well?

“Status.” I heard Alice say after the glow subsided. “Yes. I leveled up. Use another on me.”

“No, let’s not. Just in case of level up sickness.” I said back.

“Oh. Yeah. Better not then. But I think four levels wouldn’t give level up sickness.” Alice said.

“Still, better safe than sick in bed.” I said. “But on the other hand, I think I will use a second one on you. Just in a different way.”

“What way?” Alice asked.

“Well, you have things other than your status with a level, right?” I asked.

“... do I?” Alice wondered.

“Take another look at your status.” I told her. “Do you know what that LV at the end of your skills stands for?” 

“For level, right?” Alice said. “... does that mean? Can that card also?”

“I think so.” I answered. “But there is an easy way to find out.” I said as I pulled out the third toploader copy of Level Up. “I want to increase the level of my Mana control skill. Level Up.” I said to activate the third copy.

I don’t know if that was actually necessary, but it might increase the chance of leveling the skill instead of myself.

After I felt the cards effect end, I opened my status again.

So… it worked. The skill level increased. By one. Perhaps it takes more to level up a skill and the card can only do one level.

“It succeeded. My mana control leveled up once.” I told Alice.

“... then, can you use one on me?” Alice asked.

“Sure. What skill do you want?” I asked. 

“Magician’s power. The new skill I got.” She answered.

“Sure. Let’s do it.” I said as I traded the third copy of Level Up for the fourth. This is the last one I have a toploader for. Well, at the moment. “I want to increase the level of Alice’s Magician’s power. Level Up.”

After the activation, a soft glow once again surrounded Alice.

After it subsided, Alice once again said “status” to see the results.

“It worked. My skill leveled up.” Alice said.

“By one level? Or two?” I asked.

“Just one.” She answered.

“Could you show me?” I asked.

“Yes. Status open.” Alice said. She really is too easy going about revealing her status. I should probably tell her not to. She is getting some rare skills.

Good. Both her overall level and her skill level in Magician’s power did increase. Nice.

Now, back to my other pupil.

“Paulina, are you ready for the second one?” I asked.

“... I think so. It was a lot, but I can take it.” She answered.

“Good.” I said as I walked up to her and held Umiiruka to her chest. “Install.”

The card, once again, turned to light and entered into her chest.

“Did your status change at all?” I asked Paulina after she recovered from the second install.

“Yes. My water magic rose one level, but nothing happened with earth magic.” She answered.

“I see. Well, you should probably test both of them. And pay attention to things like how much mana you use and how powerful the spell is.” I told her.

“As you wish, teacher.” Paulina said.

“... please don’t call me that. Just Brian is fine.” I said.

Paulina then proceeded to use a few spells of both water and earth attributes, like earth control, stone spear, aqua stream and water control. She seemed to get the most surprised the first time she used aqua stream, as the amount of water that the spell made seemed to be quite large.

“I think my spells are more mana efficient now.” Paulina said. “I think I’m putting in the same amount of mana as I did before, but the effects are noticeably greater.”

“I see. So that’s the effect that increasing affinity has. Good to know.” Perhaps I should install Umiiruka into Lua as well. You know, so her water magic gets a power boost. Actually, perhaps just normal Umi would do that as well. But I’m not sure. And if I use Lua as a test subject, I’ll need to ask for permission first. Paulina already agreed to be a test subject, so I might try Umi on her one day.

“Does this mean I’m ready to learn telekinesis?” Paulina asked.

“No idea. But possibly. Now it's time to train for that.” I said.

“Controlling mana outside your body? Without a spell? Is that even possible?” Paulina wondered.

“It is. I can do it. A bit.” Alice said.

“Let’s just show her.” I said to Alice.

“Yes. I can start.” Alice said.

She came up to me and sent a small mana pulse from her right hand towards my left. I then caught it, took it in, let it flow through my body and sent it back from my right hand. And I have to say, with level 3 mana control, this was so much easier than before. I probably could do it entirely on my own, without Laura.

(You know you don’t have to. I’ll always help you with anything.) Laura said.

I know you will. I know.

“... what are you doing?” Paulina asked.

“A mana loop. You know what that is, right?” I told her.

“Of course, but you aren’t even touching.” Paulina said.

“Well, it wouldn’t exactly be training to move mana outside your body if we were.” I said.

“... so, you can send mana back and forth without touching?” Paulina asked.

“Yep. Come join us.” I said.

“... can I? I’m not sure I can do that.” Paulina said.

“I’m sure you’ll learn soon. It didn’t take Alice that long to figure out how to do it.” I said.

“Yes. I’ll at least try.” Paulina said.

“No. Do, or do not. There is no try.” I said to her, quoting a line from a movie.

“... what does that mean? How can I do something if I don’t try to do it?” Paulina asked.

“... Well, I’m actually not completely sure. It’s something that was said to me.” I lied. “I think it means something like, if you only try, you don’t actually think you can do it.” I explained.

“Ah. I think I get it. Then I’ll do it.” Paulina said.

I took out the two travel pelts from my fanny pack and used them as cushions for us to sit on and made a circle. Alice was on my right and Paulina on my left. I decided on this order as catching the mana pulse is more difficult than sending it, so I took the position of receiving the mana pulse from Paulina, who was new to this.

At first, we were all holding hands, but with time, I seperated my arm from Alice’s and Alice separated hers from Paulina’s.

Paulina was able to take in Alice’s, but she was hesitating in removing her hand from mine.

“You have to do it. Don’t hesitate. I’ll catch your mana for sure.” I said to Paulina. Honestly, this entire exercise was basically playing hot potato with mana.

“I’ll …. I’ll do it now.” Paulina said, aggressively pulling her hand away from mine.

I was expecting for a mana pulse to come, but nothing happened.

“... did you send it?” I asked.

“... I … I think I did. Did you not receive it?” Paulina asked carefully.

“No, sorry. Let’s go again.”

This is how the practice continued.

“Good. I got it now.” I said after around the fifteenth time we had tried.

We had actually changed the training method a bit. I cut Alice out of our loop entirely and asked her to train with Mana instead. Paulina was surprised to see Alice summoning something and even more surprised to see a human summoned, but I told her to focus on the task at hand.

But her focus was not on the training and that is why I think it took so many tries to get the remote loop going.

“Now, let’s keep this up for a few minutes.” I said to Paulina.

While Paulina did learn how to do the remote loop, it still took her some amount of concentration. Every time she turned her head to check on Alice and Mana, the loop would be cut off. I think the fact that I was able to look at Alice and Mana while keeping the loop was also infuriating her. Of course that part took some Laura hacks on my part. Even if I can do the loop by myself, I have to focus on it.

“I think that is enough for the day.” I said, cutting off the loop.

“I … I see. Thank you.” Paulina said.

“From now on, you should practice like that at least for a bit every day. Your first goal is to be able to do that loop with minimal concentration and minimal mana loss.” I told her. “Once you try telekinesis, there are another 100 things to focus on, so you have to be able to not focus on your mana control when you do it.”

“I … Yes. I’ll do my best.” Paulina said.

We watched Alice sling some spells around. I also saw for the first time the new spell Alice learned before we even left Alewatch. Dark wave. I’m not exactly sure what it does as it didn’t seem to do any direct damage to the targets, so it’s probably some sort of status effect or something. Now she has met the condition that I set for her to get the black pendant, so I should probably hand it over to her.

 After Alice was done, we left the training grounds.

First things first. Paulina, you use water and earth magic, correct? I asked my new pupil. I was already teaching Alice to use telekinesis, so adding Paulina shouldn't be a problem. ... yes, but does that matter? Paulina asked. No, not for telekinesis. But for these it does. I said as I pulled out two cards from collection. Umiiruka and Gaia Power. I don't think this is exactly necessary, but they should improve her affinity to those two attributes and make the spells of those attributes more powerful. Or perhaps easier to cast. Or more mana efficient. I'm actually not sure and she is the perfect test subject. I'll install these two cards into you. They should increase your affinity with the earth and water attributes. Are you fine with that? I asked. You mean you mean you can influence someone's attributes? Is that even possible? Paulina asked. Yes it is. Alice said. He did it to me. Alice? I did hear she learned to use magic, but I just thought her attributes came in late or were weak. Paulina said. No. I only gained one because of Brian. Alice said. ... I see. Then Brian, would you. Please. Paulina turned to me and asked. Good. Let's do it. You should probably either stay on your knees or sit down properly. The first install can be a little intense. I said. The second one is as well. Alice commented. Well, at least the third isn't as bad as the first two. I added. ... umm, excuse me, but what do you mean by intense? Paulina asked. She had shifted her position and was now sitting in seiza. Didn't you see the way the two of us reacted? When I install a card, a massive pulse of mana surges through your body, causing massive amounts of pleasure. And some pain as well. It can be a bit intense. I told her. If you want to back out, now is the time. I I I still want it. I want you to teach me. Even if I have to go through something like that for it, I'll do it. Paulina said, determination returning to her eyes. Good answer. Let's do this. I said as I walked up to her and held Gaia Power to her chest. When I installed Mystic Plasma Zone to Alice, I thought you should not have any clothing on or minimal clothing, but after Raregold Armor I learned that they don't really matter. And I had confirmed it with the other installs I'd done. Install. The card in my hand glowed before entering Paulina's chest. Aah. As soon as it did, Paulina let out a sexual moan. I also saw her waver a bit, so I took a light hold of her upper body with telekinesis. If I can float her with it, I can definitely help her stay upright. Haa, haa. After the install was completed, Paulina was gasping for air. Big sis? Are you feeling alright? Alice asked the gasping Paulina. I I yes. I think I am. She answered. Well, that's good. I said. Are you ready for the second one? ... I think I need a few minutes before that. Paulina said. Sure. That's fine. Alice, shall we test out Level Up? I asked Alice. Yes. Let's. She agreed. I used 2 toploaders1 of the 6 made in CH.144 already, so I only have four more left in stock. I know I have enough cards to get more, but at the same time, four Level Ups should be more than enough. I hope. At least for the tasting phase. There is also level up sickness to consider. Laura reminded me. Anything more than 5 levels in one day, and you will get at least some symptoms. Even 4 could lead to mild symptoms. Oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder. I said back to her. I wouldn't want to spend two days in a coma again, so perhaps I should limit Level Up use to two copies per day. Or even one, depending on the results. Well, let's just test it out first and make plans later. Laura, put a toploader on one of the Level Ups. Already done, Master. Laura answered. Thanks. I said back to her as I pulled the card out of collection. Spoiler collapse I held it in my hand before activating it. Level Up. I said to activate it. After I did, I felt some power surge inside me, but compared to the installs, this is nothing. ... Did it work? Alice asked. Let me check. I responded as I pulled open my status. Name: Brian Wood Race: Human ! Level: 40 HP: 990 Mana: 1180 Strength: 305 Defense: 525 Magic: 375 Skills: Pack Opener LV.4 unique Telekinesis LV.1 extra Summoner's Unity LV.2 extra Dungeon Founder extra Summon Water Spirit extra Health Conscious extra Mana Control LV.2 Shining Taunt LV.1 Water Spirit's Blessing Greater Language Comprehension humanoid Yeap. Seems to have worked. I leveled up twice. Mana control also leveled up. Did the card also cause that? No. That was your will to use telekinesis to lift a person. It required mana control at a level you didn't have and your skill leveled up. Laura explained. so that happened. Good to know. You shouldn't rely on it. You were already close to level two mana control. You just made the last push to level up the skill. Just your will alone will not normally level up a skill. Laura added. Well, that's fine. I have a card for that, right? I joked. Assuming it works that way as well. Laura said. It succeeded. My level increased by two. I said to Alice. Yes! Me next! Please. Alice said. Sure. Just let me get it out. I said as I traded the now grayed out Level Up with a fresh one that Laura had placed a toploader onto. Level Up. I activated it, targeting Alice. As I did, I saw a soft shining light around Alice. Did that appear around me as well? Status. I heard Alice say after the glow subsided. Yes. I leveled up. Use another on me. No, let's not. Just in case of level up sickness. I said back. Oh. Yeah. Better not then. But I think four levels wouldn't give level up sickness. Alice said. Still, better safe than sick in bed. I said. But on the other hand, I think I will use a second one on you. Just in a different way. What way? Alice asked. Well, you have things other than your status with a level, right? I asked. ... do I? Alice wondered. Take another look at your status. I told her. Do you know what that LV at the end of your skills stands for? For level, right? Alice said. ... does that mean? Can that card also? I think so. I answered. But there is an easy way to find out. I said as I pulled out the third toploader copy of Level Up. I want to increase the level of my Mana control skill. Level Up. I said to activate the third copy. I don't know if that was actually necessary, but it might increase the chance of leveling the skill instead of myself. After I felt the cards effect end, I opened my status again. Name: Brian Wood Race: Human ! Level: 40 HP: 990 Mana: 1230 Strength: 305 Defense: 525 Magic: 385 Skills: Pack Opener LV.4 unique Telekinesis LV.1 extra Summoner's Unity LV.2 extra Dungeon Founder extra Summon Water Spirit extra Health Conscious extra Mana Control LV.3 Shining Taunt LV.1 Water Spirit's Blessing Greater Language Comprehension humanoid So it worked. The skill level increased. By one. Perhaps it takes more to level up a skill and the card can only do one level. It succeeded. My mana control leveled up once. I told Alice. ... then, can you use one on me? Alice asked. Sure. What skill do you want? I asked. Magician's power. The new skill I got. She answered. Sure. Let's do it. I said as I traded the third copy of Level Up for the fourth. This is the last one I have a toploader for. Well, at the moment. I want to increase the level of Alice's Magician's power. Level Up. After the activation, a soft glow once again surrounded Alice. After it subsided, Alice once again said status to see the results. It worked. My skill leveled up. Alice said. By one level? Or two? I asked. Just one. She answered. Could you show me? I asked. Yes. Status open. Alice said. She really is too easy going about revealing her status. I should probably tell her not to. She is getting some rare skills. Name: Alice Watchman Race: Human Level: 13 HP: 210 Mana: 810 Strength: 105 Defense: 135 Magic: 585 Skills: Card Summoner LV.1 extra Magician's Power LV.2 extra Dark Magic LV.2 Mana Control LV.5 Magic Boost LV.3 Quick Cast LV.2 Fast Mana Recovery LV.3 Good. Both her overall level and her skill level in Magician's power did increase. Nice. Now, back to my other pupil. Paulina, are you ready for the second one? I asked. ... I think so. It was a lot, but I can take it. She answered. Good. I said as I walked up to her and held Umiiruka to her chest. Install. The card, once again, turned to light and entered into her chest. Did your status change at all? I asked Paulina after she recovered from the second install. Yes. My water magic rose one level, but nothing happened with earth magic. She answered. I see. Well, you should probably test both of them. And pay attention to things like how much mana you use and how powerful the spell is. I told her. As you wish, teacher. Paulina said. ... please don't call me that. Just Brian is fine. I said. Paulina then proceeded to use a few spells of both water and earth attributes, like earth control, stone spear, aqua stream and water control. She seemed to get the most surprised the first time she used aqua stream, as the amount of water that the spell made seemed to be quite large. I think my spells are more mana efficient now. Paulina said. I think I'm putting in the same amount of mana as I did before, but the effects are noticeably greater. I see. So that's the effect that increasing affinity has. Good to know. Perhaps I should install Umiiruka into Lua as well. You know, so her water magic gets a power boost. Actually, perhaps just normal Umi would do that as well. But I'm not sure. And if I use Lua as a test subject, I'll need to ask for permission first. Paulina already agreed to be a test subject, so I might try Umi on her one day. Does this mean I'm ready to learn telekinesis? Paulina asked. No idea. But possibly. Now it's time to train for that. I said. Controlling mana outside your body? Without a spell? Is that even possible? Paulina wondered. It is. I can do it. A bit. Alice said. Let's just show her. I said to Alice. Yes. I can start. Alice said. She came up to me and sent a small mana pulse from her right hand towards my left. I then caught it, took it in, let it flow through my body and sent it back from my right hand. And I have to say, with level 3 mana control, this was so much easier than before. I probably could do it entirely on my own, without Laura. You know you don't have to. I'll always help you with anything. Laura said. I know you will. I know. ... what are you doing? Paulina asked. A mana loop. You know what that is, right? I told her. Of course, but you aren't even touching. Paulina said. Well, it wouldn't exactly be training to move mana outside your body if we were. I said. ... so, you can send mana back and forth without touching? Paulina asked. Yep. Come join us. I said. ... can I? I'm not sure I can do that. Paulina said. I'm sure you'll learn soon. It didn't take Alice that long to figure out how to do it. I said. Yes. I'll at least try. Paulina said. No. Do, or do not. There is no try. I said to her, quoting a line from a movie. ... what does that mean? How can I do something if I don't try to do it? Paulina asked. ... Well, I'm actually not completely sure. It's something that was said to me. I lied. I think it means something like, if you only try, you don't actually think you can do it. I explained. Ah. I think I get it. Then I'll do it. Paulina said. I took out the two travel pelts from my fanny pack and used them as cushions for us to sit on and made a circle. Alice was on my right and Paulina on my left. I decided on this order as catching the mana pulse is more difficult than sending it, so I took the position of receiving the mana pulse from Paulina, who was new to this. At first, we were all holding hands, but with time, I seperated my arm from Alice's and Alice separated hers from Paulina's. Paulina was able to take in Alice's, but she was hesitating in removing her hand from mine. You have to do it. Don't hesitate. I'll catch your mana for sure. I said to Paulina. Honestly, this entire exercise was basically playing hot potato with mana. I'll . I'll do it now. Paulina said, aggressively pulling her hand away from mine. I was expecting for a mana pulse to come, but nothing happened. ... did you send it? I asked. ... I I think I did. Did you not receive it? Paulina asked carefully. No, sorry. Let's go again. This is how the practice continued. Good. I got it now. I said after around the fifteenth time we had tried. We had actually changed the training method a bit. I cut Alice out of our loop entirely and asked her to train with Mana instead. Paulina was surprised to see Alice summoning something and even more surprised to see a human summoned, but I told her to focus on the task at hand. But her focus was not on the training and that is why I think it took so many tries to get the remote loop going. Now, let's keep this up for a few minutes. I said to Paulina. While Paulina did learn how to do the remote loop, it still took her some amount of concentration. Every time she turned her head to check on Alice and Mana, the loop would be cut off. I think the fact that I was able to look at Alice and Mana while keeping the loop was also infuriating her. Of course that part took some Laura hacks on my part. Even if I can do the loop by myself, I have to focus on it. I think that is enough for the day. I said, cutting off the loop. I I see. Thank you. Paulina said. From now on, you should practice like that at least for a bit every day. Your first goal is to be able to do that loop with minimal concentration and minimal mana loss. I told her. Once you try telekinesis, there are another 100 things to focus on, so you have to be able to not focus on your mana control when you do it. I Yes. I'll do my best. Paulina said. We watched Alice sling some spells around. I also saw for the first time the new spell Alice learned before we even left Alewatch. Dark wave. I'm not exactly sure what it does as it didn't seem to do any direct damage to the targets, so it's probably some sort of status effect or something. Now she has met the condition that I set for her to get the black pendant, so I should probably hand it over to her. After Alice was done, we left the training grounds.