I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 172: Borrowing points

Eryndor knew he had two layers of protection.

One was the Support Shrine.

He had made countless guesses up until now, and could only conclude that these might be some kind of advanced technology stolen from Cyborgs or might be a Mystical Artifact.

Naturally, he had also once made a guess that these Support Shrines might be an extended, or you could say, an additional feature of the Mystical Artifact which was used to protect the students.

The second layer of protection was naturally that same Mystical Artifact.

Sander had said that if just a disguise could fool the Mystical Artifact, it wouldn't have been used to protect the students.

It meant that the protection based Mystical Artifact was at least somewhat impressive right?

Also, a team from the Human Federation had already scanned this secret realm. If there existed beasts or anomalies which escaped their scanning, they must also be impressive in their own ways right?

This Mystical Artifact was literally used to protect against those kinds of beings, surely it was powerful?

Of course, if Eryndor's previous guess about Support Shrines being an extension of this Mystical Artifact was true, and they were just one object, it still meant that he had at least one layer of protection.

But now?

After hearing the completely new authority which could relate to the one line revered appellation from Syndra's mouth?

Everything overturned in his mind.

All the guesses, all the dots, all the points scrambled, jumbled and rearranged to connect themselves in completely new ways, pointing to a new speculation, one which made much more sense than the previous one.

His previous guess had involved 'probability' being the authority being pointed to by that revered appellation. But that very well might be incorrect.

He turned to Syndra.

"Can you say it again? The ability which 'The Hand That Tilts The Scales' points towards. I was spaced out just now."

Syndra simply shrugged and spoke.

"Amplification."

She gave further clarification on it.

"I mean, let's look at it this way.

"Our previous guesses: Equality, Equilibrium, Bias, Judgment, Probability and so on, they all take in consideration the state of the scale.

"Their focus is the scale itself.

"Now those few guesses such as Weight, Gravity and so on, they focus on what is 'on' the scales.

"So I just took this and expanded the domain of what could be changed. it doesn't necessarily need to be only weight right?

"If we're talking about an ability, its target would be anything in the world, right?

"So, how about, instead of thinking that only weight can bring a change in the scales, we can think that there might be other things as well.

"But there are just too many things which can be changed in a target.

"So I took it all under one banner. Amplification."

Seeing that Eryndor seemed to be more serious than normal, and also how some members didn't follow completely, she explained differently.

"When you increase the weight of the target which is on the scales, there would be a change in the scales, right?

"In a world of abilities, a scale doesn't necessarily need to compare only 'mass' or 'weight', following me?

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"What if it could compare more? Or rather, compare everything?

"Weight, speed, defense, offense, height, ability, emotional intelligence, academic intelligence, knowledge, comprehension, identity, or even, your existence? Your being?

"In that case, to tilt those scales, just a 'weight' based ability would be insufficient right? Amplification suits it more.

"Of course, you can also interpret it as 'Attenuation'. Be it increase or decrease, anything would change the scales.

"You get my point?"

Eryndor was already forming the guess in his mind, the explanation provided by Syndra just proceeded to make it all concrete, and clear.

Taking a deep breath, he spoke in his most serious tone, not caring if others found anything suspicious.

"You're a lifesaver Syndra. I'll be back soon."

Saying so, without waiting to hear anything from his teammates, he made a run.

He didn't care about saving his Qi, he utilized Lightning Infusion and Shadowstep to his maximum ability before arriving at the Support Shrine closest to them.

While operating the screen in front of him, he messaged Dr. Kirchoff.

"Can you please notify Kaylor Byrd to tell the Team Yetoren which he has sent in the Trenek secret realm to head towards the entrance where Guardian Sol and Co-founder Morris are?"

As he manipulated the screen and began unlocking the sections of map closest to the entrance, he read Dr. Kirchoff's reply.

"They are already on their way, but they don't have the ability to access the Support Shrines.

"Kaylor notified them as soon as he got the proof which you sent. The mention of 'opening' does point towards a very powerful existence, which is what Team Yetoren were initially finding traces of.

"After all, no matter if that eldritch entity is good or bad, we still need to make contact with it."

As the maps were slowly unlocked, his brain began processing Dr. Kirchoff's message.

So it is true.

That Mystical Artifact protects students from outsiders, and Team Yetoren aren't allowed to use Support Shrines.

Is it safe to assume that Support Shrine and that Mystical Artifact are connected?

As he finally witnessed the map near the entrance completely cleared away, he noted down what number of Support Shrine was in that area.

Without delaying, he went to the teleport option and input his command to teleport him to that specific Support Shrine closest to the entrance.

[Insufficient Points]

What? Oh yes, teleportation costs twenty thousand.

I doubt I have that many points, not to mention I also spent a lot on uncovering those sections of map just now.

He fiddled around with the screen, trying to find any way his teleportation could be possible and he found it in a few seconds.

[Borrow points from your teammate?]

Of course.

[Input the name of the teammate you wish to borrow from.]

There was no time to think, he input everyone's name.

As Eryndor waited for their acceptance, he looked at Dr. Kirchoff's chats and thought back to the doubt that man hadn't answered.

I should also go over the speculation I just made.