/////The Next Day/////

Vincent awoke and began his usual daily practice, then headed out.

As he walked to the school gates, he saw Amelia standing before a door with a solemn face. He knew the room she stood before as the sign of Infirmary written in bold on top of the door was enough signification.

Initially, he didn't want to ask what was wrong as he didn't want to get involved; Vincent still decided to ask because of reasons even he didn't know.

"Good Morning," He greeted with a slight smile on his face.

Vincent shifted amelia's focus to himself as he greeted her, Her eye brightening from boredom to less boredom, "Good Morning." She greeted back.

There was silence between them before Vincent decided to ask, "Who got injured."

"Taudar." She replied

"Really," Vincent asked, interested.

Amelia sighed before she began to explain, "According to him, He encountered an SS-Rank Dark Beast and was then caught off-guard. It heavily injured him before his device lifesaving feature activated, and he was teleported to safety in the Infirmary."

'So that's how the device works.' He thought.

"So why are you here?" He asked

Amelia smiled in delight and replied," I can't look after a family member," she said with little sarcasm.

"No, you can. I don't see you as the kind of person that cares about family, most especially Taudar."

"Oh, and what do you mean?" She asked in amusement

"Nothing"

"Mhm," "Anyway, you are right. While I did not care about Taudar's condition, The clan, on the other hand, does. They asked me to look after him and check on his condition regularly."

"They want me to babysit if, As if anyone is capable of sneaking into Aemplefort and assassinate a prominent student." She said with frustration inlaid.

Vincent laughed slightly and then proceeded to continue on his with his day with a new thought on ways to avoid SS-Rank Dark Beasts.

/////The Next Week/////

Vincent awoke with a spring in his steps, The chirping birds being his alarm. He came out from the cave he spent the night in and bathed in the morning sun, and it invigorated his cells.

He had spent the past week searching for S-Ranks, going as far as to camp out the night in search of one, but they never appeared.

While Vincent wanted to head deeper into the forest, he felt that he might encounter an SS-Rank by mistake, so he stayed in an area comfortable to him.

While he was camping, he was also at the same time training a necessary skill that he thought up.

Ether Cloaking

Vincent figured that if he coupled this with the "Notice me not" Illusion he casts on himself, It should hide him enough from even the likes of SS-Rank Dark Beast, A feat he desired.

But Ether Cloaking was not as easy as people made it to be. The essence of cloaking was to hide through the effect of blending into the surroundings, but how could he do so when he had over 330,000 Units of Ether and counting.

His 8/10 Proficiency in Ether Control helped a bit, but it did not achieve the effect he wanted

So Vincent figured that he needed more insight into cloaking, Hitting the books, and going over what he had read in [The Eidetic Library of Heavens Path]. He happened upon the knowledge he needed.

In a book written by a rogue assassin Salic, He noted that before a person could master Ether Cloaking. They needed to master Ether Suppression, So Vincent read more on Ether Suppression.

Ether Suppression was the act of making the ether flow in the body still through consciously pulling back on the discharge or blocking points in the ether channels.

While this is used in people's apprehension by making them unable to use their skills, It is also helpful in training ether control and significantly in ether cloaking.

When a person's ether pools flow is suppressed, they can only access the amount of ether they aren't stopping. While this was detrimental to the usage of skills, it was beneficial in ether cloaking because they only had to cloak the amount of ether they left un-suppressed. The suppressed ether will not interact with the unsuppressed.

Meaning that if an ether pool is suppressed by 80%, The remaining 20% can be cloaked, and it will achieve the same effect as clocking the entire flow.

After Vincent had read all he could on Ether Suppression, Ether Cloaking then branched on mimicking. He decided to test it today.

So he assumed a comfortable position, kept a few healing potions on stand-by, and began.

First, Consciously pulling on his ether to slow down his ether flow. Because of his high ether pool, Vincent's ether flowed faster, so it was harder for him to rein in his ether.

After a couple of tries, he got it to a slower pace than before, then began the real deal. Cloaking

By cloaking, he had to simulate the flow of Nature then mimic it. The essence of mimic was to act as something else, meaning that Vincent's ether flow had to work like Natures Ether flow.

Then he began. Time quickly passed as Vincent tried to imitate the flow of Nature.

Morning soon passed into Afternoon then evening, then the next day, Another Day passed, and Vincent finally had it.

He burst out in frustration, splurging profanities all-round, Angered at the very Nature he wanted to mimic.

The curses continued for a while before he finally cooled off then the System began to speak.

[You know, You could always ask the Planar Giant of Nature on Ether cloaking], It advised and mocked at the same time.

Vincent almost slapped himself in frustration, angry at the fact that he did not think of this blasting a few more profanities at Nature before retreating into his makeshift home.

Casting a "Notice me Not" Illusion on himself. Vincent placed the Elemental Planar Giants scroll of inheritance on his lap. He went into the inheritance space with his soul.

In The Inheritance Scroll

At the arrival of Vincent, The once-great Elemental Planar Giants bowed their heads at him with immediate effect. Fanatical Loyalty could be seen in their eyes as they greeted him with great patriotism.

"Greetings Master!" They all shouted with heart.

Their combined shouts stunned Vincent for a while before he recovered himself. He looked at his fanatical minions/Sacrifices and slightly regretted putting them under his control.

"At Ease," He said, making those bowed raise up their heads.

They stood silent, waiting for the next order from their master.

Vincent glanced around then found his target. He focused his attention on the Nature Planar Giant then called for him. "Hey You, Come forward," he said with no care.

The Nature Planar Giant beamed in happiness and came forward immediately, then stood at ease before him like a child on their Birthday.

The only difference was that this was his Deathday.

The other Planar Giants looked in jealously unhidden as they wished their death day came sooner.

Not too much of a difference.

Looking at the excited Nature Planar Giant, Vincent shook his head and sighed. He decided to be done with it.

Releasing his suppression and calling upon Yggdrasil's Ether, Vincent used the Omnipotent power given to him.

"[Devour]"

The Nature Planar Giant then burst into Gold-green particles with a smile on its face as the particles rushed into Vincent. The soul of the planar Giant met Vincent's and was immediately eaten.

Vincent left the inheritance space and reunited with his body again.

Then immediately, he could feel it. The power he now possessed, The connection that was never there but at the same time was always there.

This time Vincent's body did not bulge in size; instead, he reddened as he released hot steam all around him. Locating a water place near him, he quickly jumped in and began to cool himself.

After a while of raising the river's temperature, Vincent's body cooled down, and his reddened skin had returned to normal. After a few more minutes of resting, he stood up and went back to the cave before checking his status.

"System Give me a brief look at my status with only my Innate Skill."

[Okay]

[Vincent. G Juubi

HP: 30,600/30,600

EP: 510,000/510,000

Level: Mid Sky-Layer, Level 40.

Bloodline: Heavenly 10-Tails of True Illusions, Elemental Titans of Gaia (Impure).

Innate

My Illusions at The World's Reality (60/100).

Inheritance of Fire: From the Flames I was Born (57/70)

Inheritance of Lightning: Through Lightning Shall I Transverse the Infinite Planes (54/70)

Inheritance of Nature: Gaia's Blessing (53/70)]

"It seems that I have gone up a tier," He mused.

"Show me the effect of Gaia's Blessing."

[Inheritance of Nature: Gaia's Blessing; Gaia, The Primordial Mother of Nature now blesses you. Through her shall the wonders of Nature be laid bare

Effects

Great Connection with Nature

Great Connection with Life

Increase in Ether Pool

Grants Water Manipulation [Mid]

Grants Fire Manipulation [Mid]

Grants Air Manipulation [Mid]

Grants Earth Manipulation [Mid]

Grants Lightning Manipulation [Mid]

Increase to Affinity to life

Reduction in ether cost of all Nature-related element-based skills.

Passive Increase in Strength, Agility, Endurance when in Nature.]

"This skill should help me to know what nature feels like." He reasoned

So Vincent assumed a comfortable stance again and tried to feel the flow of Nature, and immediately he went into a trance.

He felt Nature in full blast in a trance, and Everything was open to him even without seeing he saw, Like the Ether Sonar skill he created but more.

Vincent's Ether Pool was released unconsciously, but his ether flow wasn't as Vigorous as before. It was calm, serene, passive yet assertive, just like Nature.

Anyone sensing for Vincent would lead to zero at this moment because now Vincent was one with Nature.

He had achieved cloaking.

The System took this chance to cement his achievement by making it a skill.

After scurrying about 1km out, He found control within and pulled himself back to reality.

Vincent held the breath he did not know as he recovered from the Euphoric Effect of Nature.

He glanced at his status, and he realized that while he had initially wanted to gain Ether Cloaking, he instead gained a skill far better.

[One With Nature: A Cloaking technique far more significant than its peers. It passively/ actively increases Ether Regeneration. Its primary use is to hide the user whenever they are connected to Nature and its forms.

Note: Nature is everywhere.

Effect

Passive Increase in Ether Regeneration

Active Increase in Ether Regeneration

Cloak/Presence Removal.]

Looking at the ludicrous skill that laid before him, A smile graced Vincent's face as he found new confidence to venture further into the forest.