Goddess Collector: Every Hole is a Goal

Chapter 706: Specialty of Shackles

*Beep* *Beep*

"Yes, Mrs. Davidson," In a working office, a rather young and stoic looking man with slightly long brown hair tucked back into a small pony picked up the call. He looked pale, and he had a distinctive look in his eyes as if he had given up on everything. However, working this low in such a golden age of Qi Cultivation, it wasn't surprising.

"Of course, I will transfer the stock to your storage right away. Thank you," The man chuckled with a smile.

Wearing his spectacle once again, he hung up the call and started to type in the day's sale. None cared about this man in particular. All were here to earn their bread and butter but if Nik saw this man working so cheerfully with a suicidal look on his eyes, he would have been shocked out of his mind.

After all, wearing clothes like a salesman was a completely different concept than working as a salesman while being one of the three strongest rank 9 hosts currently affiliated with Transmigration Paradise!

Adapt.

His gaze suddenly flickered. Taking a short breath, he smiled to himself.

"Kaal was never this quick on stuff other than the concept of time... if I have to guess, Nik is more like his mother than his previous incarnation... hmm, but to use a treasure equivalent of the rank of the [Profession] to give 'life' to the assistant in the Imperfect Chimera... I don't know if it's amazingly trusting or devastating..." He mumbled idly with none bored enough to hear him exclusively.

"Whatever suits him, I guess. It's not the time to cash in the favor he owes me either way." With that, Adapt began working once again.

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"F.u.c.k... me..." Even though Pickle did not understand the true meaning and emotion behind this particular phrase when she heard others speaking of it, she felt that after going through two horrible experiences in a matter of hours gave her the qualification of saying such stuff.

"You... can't be f.u.c.k.i.e.d..." Nik replied with a groan as he sat up, now his hand holding a golden gem which he finally realized is called a Mind Stone.

"So, I had an infinity stone just lying around in a pile of weapons. Sometimes... my luck terrifies me..." He mumbled only for a loud, unbridled laugh to ring in his head, making him speechless. The usually tame Pickle cursed out loud while the usually silent and reclusive Lola was laughing just too loudly.

With Imperfect Chimera being a metaphysical profession and Lola sharing the same features as the profession, she held the capability of projecting herself in the real world but only refrained herself, first, due to Nik's request, and then, due to her own 'thought' process. However, today, she projected herself in the Dream Core.

Unlike her usual attire, she wore a light grey-blue sweater that hung through her shoulders on one side and reached down to her thighs, leaving it up to Nik's imagination if she was wearing anything underneath or not.

As Nik was still understanding the changes brought to his psyche by the Mind Stone, Lola's grey pupils gazed at Nik with a smirk forming on her face, "You inadvertently completed half of your promise, Nik," she whispered as Nik still remained stunned.

Seeing his expression, Lola bit her lips in excitement as she could feel Nik observing not only her but the source of the profession when—

"You're independent of the [Profession]!" Nik exclaimed.

"I'm free from the [Profession]!" Lola grinned. So happily at that.

"Holy f.u.c.k..." Nik was still reeling in from the shock while Lola began laughing once again.

"This is an exception... I'm too happy and thankful," Lola began as she flew forward and pressed her lips against Nik, her soft texture barely registering against Nik before she disappeared.

Quickly pulling himself into the space of the Profession, he looked at the idle A.I. and then gazed at the changes of the Profession.

It wasn't being operated by Lola any longer but golden veins were marked all over its surface. The same was true for the holographic projection of Nik's body. He could feel that he had gained control over the profession at a level he couldn't have imagined before and that's when he realized plenty about the profession.

For instance, its true use. But right now, his attention was deemed more worthy upon Lola, and looking at her playing with Venom, the pet spider that kept Lola in company during her lonely days, Nik couldn't help but gulp.

"So, only forming a body remains, right?" He smiled widely as Lola nodded eagerly.

Unlike the spirits in his spiritual world who would form their bodies by themselves after finding souls for themselves, Lola was a consciousness attached to the [Imperfect Chimera]. She couldn't have sustained without the Profession previously but now...

"The mind stone," Nik's thoughts gradually developed once again as he realized complete understanding of the situation.

Just like Time stone, Nik gained familiarity with a concept from the mind stone, too.

However, this was simply a side-effect of this particular rank 8 treasure. In fact, even if Nik was a time master, it would have hurt him like hell but now, the mind stone even affected Lola, and successfully gave her a form of sustenance that even Gwenpool and Spider Gwen had from the very beginning. Lola went from Artificial intelligence to actual consciousness and the best part was...

"So, you'll still help me manage the Profession, right?" Nik inquired while Lola instantly nodded, "Of course!"

She still had the same authority over the [Profession] as long as Nik wished for it!

"So... I won't get another kiss?" Nik inquired eagerly as Lola stared at Nik for a moment before shaking her head finally. Now a true consciousness, Nik could feel Lola's reluctance but she tried to keep herself in control.

"Fine," Nik sighed and left while Lola took a deep breath.

"Heh..." She couldn't help but smile and chuckle again. She was too excited!

Meanwhile, Nik gazed at the addition of two new abilities in his status panel.

[Time Master: A

Use: The ability to manipulate and affect the flow of time in a skillful manner.

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Wisdom Master: A

Use: The ability to manipulate one's own mind to its limit and make capable decisions by expending thoughts.]

Nik furrowed at the last addition. Wisdom? He didn't believe it for a single moment that— josei

"Oh... wait... it's true that my capability of splitting my consciousness has doubled and the various consciousness are far more serious than usual... this mastery of concept is affecting every single split of my consciousness but, it begs the question, what is the concept of wisdom. If it's just the ability to make smart decisions, then a person can learn that by gaining more experience."

"It's plotting," Sky chirped within Nik's mind, "The concepts like Wisdom works well with that eye technique of yours that you're trying to complete. I have met a few Wisdom path masters in my life but I wouldn't worry about them just yet."

"Just yet, huh," Nik sighed as he looked at the mind stone before pocketing it and picking up the Time Stone, too.

Then, he looked towards the castle he erected for his partners and with serious thought, refrained from trying to use time manipulation to wake up Tanya.

Right now, he had gained too many things at a much shorter duration and didn't wish to rise on the coattails of such an event to try something rash.

"Sky, instead of telling me the method to break through the shackles, why not at least tell me about the specialties of each rank?"

Nik inquired casually.

As a previous rank 9 Deity, Sky must have had quite a few methods in her arsenal to ascend but Nik understood her reason for not divulging such information. After all, if Nik was riding with someone as their spirit, he would want his host to be competent, too. And knowing that he would ascend eventually if he keeps on traveling, he didn't mind the lack of info.

In fact, after several clues, he understood that being a rank 6 had something to do with his soul.

"Oh, I can do that... but don't get discouraged, alright?" Sky snickered as she began, "But first, I need to clear a single misunderstanding. It should be clear to you after having your time in this world that power does not equal the number of shackles unlocked. Take Strange for example, he is definitely a rank 6 but you can blow his head with a punch. In fact, this is something that the Transmigration Paradise or the Reincarnation Paradise does not detail upon."

Musing for a moment, Sky continued, "Consider this, any person can attain the physique capable of rank 9 strength. But they may not be as free as a rank 9 powerhouse. The main function of objects like Transmigration Heart, too, is not to give their host strength, but free them. Do you get what I'm saying? Even in this world, if you reach the power strength of rank 9, if you fought any of your ancestors, they will cruelly separate your soul. And this brings me to the special abilities of ranks after rank 5."

"This is gonna be some massive info I'm dumping, and for the first and last time at that," Sky stated grimly, "Rank 1-5 are nothing but the unshackling of body and mind. It isn't something extraordinary that you haven't already achieved with your abilities and skills. But from rank 6, stuff changes."

"A rank 6 host can wield a unique form of energy that is only provided to him by his soul. This allows him to access and understand his soul while making sure that his skills and abilities are not easily countered."

"At rank 7, the said soul is unshackled once again and gains the energy signature of a celestial existence. In essence, you can break the natural limitations of a planet and choose to invade them or not. This kind of invasion is different from the stuff like taking a spaceship and crashing it into a planet, no. You invade a planet— a celestial existence's soul— their core. Hence, the battle between true rank 7 is not a battle of power but souls and concepts."

"At rank 8, you gain the ability to break the restriction of Omniverse and travel. Just like the stuff you are doing now, but without the assistance of the Transmigration Heart. And, at this rank, well, usually, all the hosts are capable of doing anything they want. Some finally use the soul as a core to create their own planetary object and stuff like that. Really, it differs for everyone."

Nik was rightfully amazed by now. If he has his personal planet, half of his troubled thoughts would just vanish.

"And at rank 9, I think it's fine to say you are capable of doing anything except reviving someone whose soul is truly destroyed or entered the gate of Karmic Reincarnation, hmm, unlike rank 6 and 7, rank 8 and 9 truly depend on oneself. For Instance, at rank 8, I chose to use my soul and forge it as a weapon instead of a planet, and at rank 9, I basically enjoyed the time of my life until shit struck hard. I guess... at rank 9, I didn't really do anything worthy of notice, huh, how about that... Ohhh! I just recalled that the actual difference between a rank 9 is the level of legacy they can actually create. So, there aren't any rank 9 legacies out there but you do have a rank 8 legacy and profession. Feeling awesome?"

"Well, this wasn't too much of a dump," Nik mumbled thoughtfully, "And I guess that any profession with the actual task of guiding me during my evolution is quite amazing," Nik admitted.

After the usage of Mind Stone, he came to understand the true use of the [Imperfect Chimera].

It simply removed the function of Evolution Codex and Evolution Spirit during the process of evolution.

Unlike the other few beings who now have to evolve without a guide named Evolution Spirit, Nik wouldn't be troubled by her disappearance and...

'I just need to make sure that I have enough strength to evolve and endure the tribulations of evolution.'

Unlike right now, where his mutation only affects his phantom physique, the evolution of the bloodline would remain true for his existence across all the phantom physiques. Not only that, Nik's bloodline was already quite decent in the hierarchy and just the tribulation of last time filled him with fear.

"Anyway," huffing a deep breath, Nik walked over to the woman from Dora Milaje he had captured during his second visit to Wakanda.

"It's time to experiment on that bitch!" Nik cackled loudly, his violet pupils glowing grimly.

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