He walked down the mines. The smell was horrendous. The smell of still water and the ores wasn't pleasant. He could also smell rotting corpses.
Bodies of miners who died inside were left inside to rot. Who would waste time on insects. Other miners simple stole what they can.
He remembered the faces of those mine managers. He already knew what they are gonna do with him.
After all Celestes is an absolute being with a mind related Nature. A novice would never be able to hide their thoughts against her.
They will take all his ores and give him no money. They will give the excuse of him being a criminal. The evidence is the blood on his face and hands.
Even if he washed it off, they wouldn't care.
There is no such thing as a court or police here. They are the gods of this place.
They would tell him if he doesn't want to be killed then work more. And with no money to give, they will pocket it. Fucking animals.
But why did he even went to the mine? Celestes told him that his transcendent aether is dormant. Since he is not from this world, the aether in his body simply refuses to obey him.
Celestes explained him the concept of 'True Name'. It refers to the Soul and the name of the soul. It is also the ability part of the transcendent.
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The 'True Body' refers to the body the transcendent was born in. 'True Body' also stores the aether and without it, the aether you can use is severely affected.
Here he is going to eat Rainbow crystals. Since each individual contain a very small amount aether, he would have to eat a lot.
Celestes didn't mentioned any certain amount and told him to just eat and eat unless his pain eases.
And he was going to feel a lot of pain.
"What class was the original guy?he asked while walking.
"I cannot tell you. This thing is supposed to be understood by you alone. You are going to become the 'True Name' of this body."
"But what if I eat less or more and die?" He said nervously. After all this is about his survival.
"You don't need to worry. This is done by a lot of people to awaken their children. Though they drink refined potions. But we can't get any of those." she said.
He was afraid. Even if an absolute was soothing him, he was still nervous.
"Is that why rainbow crystals mined?To create potions?"
"Yes, individual crystals contain very low aether. But potion makers just uses tons of them. These crystals will countinue to form until the sky exists. These are cheap and easy to mine. A perfect and very profitable business." She explained.
And this profitable business was ruining so many people's life. He clenched his jaws. He was full of rage. But he knows he can't do anything.
After walking for some time, he found an isolated vein that was had a lot of crystals.
Even with no sunlight, it was bright enough to walk.
This was due to the crystals radiating a rainbow hue.
It was breathtaking and if he didn't know about the mining stuff, he would have admired it.
He wouldn't even mind dying here.
But now he had an aim. To kill those mine manager and then the Mine Head. Exploiting people is one thing but destroying their lives is another thing.
He picked up the pickaxe and started to hit the rocks. The crystal started to fall down in tens.
His plan was to mine a bucket, eat it and then mine more and repeat.
Celestes turned down his plan and told him that once he starts eating it, he won't be able to mine anymore. Even standing would be hard. The pain would be unbearable.
As he was mining, he asked her a question he had from the beginning.
"Why are you with me in this body?"
Celestes remained quite for some time. Then she replied with a grave tone.
"I was killed and my soul transplanted in this body."