Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2556 - 2557 Protection Array

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Frank glanced at his system messages as they continued popping, each item he purchased materialized within his Systemʼs Inventory.

Ding!

[You have exchanged 5.000 APP Points.]

[You have purchased the [Defensive Magical Array Kit (C Grade)]!]

[You have exchanged 5.000 APP Points.]

[You have purchased the [Mystical Barrier Paper Charm x10 Pack (D Grade)]!]

[You have exchanged 5.000 APP Points.]

[You have purchased the [Invisible Paper Charm Of Bloodlines x10 Pack (D Grade)]!]

[You have exchanged 10.000 APP Points.]

[You have purchased the [Medium-Sized Runic Formation Core Node (C+ Grade)]!]

”This should be enough for what I want… I will not let them go through the same thing again.”

Frank didnʼt want his family to go through the agony of what he saw in his dreams. These strange, lost memories of a past he couldnʼt quite remember to have lived, and yet that he had awakened, albeit fragmented.

When he fought the terrifyingly powerful Koga Saburo and had his mind undergone a strange shock, he could still recall it, even when it had been over two weeks since then.

That battle really shook Frank to the core, and even now, he was still wondering if what he went through in that fight was merely just illusions to confuse his mind and make him weaker, or actually Kogaʼs true purpose.

”He did say something about this world being… not real? But thatʼs… it is real though, an illusion of this caliber, can it even be created? If it were a dream, the dream would dissipate the moment I realized it was one.”

Frank gripped his fists tightly, in these dreams and fragmented memories of a ”future” he had tremendous power and potential, even Divinities and Cosmic Strength, and yet right now he had none of such things.

However, he was rapidly developing his new powers, which were already rule-breaking, such as his ”Tracing” and ”Naming” to give a few examples.

”I should simply get to it… No point thinking about it over and over again, Iʼm not going to get anywhere, and itʼll make me get late to school.”

As he sighed and washed his face, he quickly began working, leaping out of the window as stealthily as possible and then began walking around the house, placing the items he was going to use.

The house was surrounded by a garden and also large black steel fences, so even if he left the items here, as long as he dug them underground… it shouldnʼt disturb anything.

”This is where Dirt is useful…”

He used the power of the Dirt Skill, touching the soil and then as he created more out of his skill, he combined the created soul with the ground below, manipulating it.

”Who wouldʼve known that this simple Skill would let me control soil too?”

Although the memories of this ”past self” showed him being rather dumb at using the skill, and mostly ignoring it, now that Frank had the knowledge of this ”future” he was able to push this Skill to its true potential.

”By expanding the Mana Flow created to create this Skill, which materializes dirt, it is possible to entangle it with real dirt, stones, and the earth itself and manipulate it the same way I can manipulate the created dirt.”

It was a bit complicated, and not something someone unexperienced with magic could have ever figured out, but he did, and he was able to easily dig very deep holes, where he placed the ingredients of this formation.

He first employed the [Defensive Magical Array Kit (C Grade)] Set, which was a box filled with little trinkets. They were mostly stones engraved with special magical inscriptions and crystals, alongside dusted mana stones to create connections between the Magical Array.

First he placed the Array Stones into the holes he made, and then attached them to thread made of pure Mana, which he interconnected into the dust he left right beneath the grass, slowly, he encompassed the entire house with this.

The Array Stones were only four, one for each corner of his two-floored house. Once he was done with the beginning, he put the jewels underground in the middle of each intersection, using his Mana Flow to connect the Array completely.

FLASH!

Once he activated it, a ray of blue and white light emerged from the entire array, as a protection spell of medium level was conjured, encompassing the entire house. The entire thing resembled a semi-invisible veil, which was mostly invisible to the naked eye.

”Itʼs weak but it should be capable of fending off a few attacks before it breaks, a single attack will also alert me as long as I wear this.”

He grabbed a red jewel included in the pack, which he was holding in his hands, this magical jewel was infused with a rune connected to this array, he quickly took out a chain from his inventory and connected them using his unique magic.

”{Magic Naming}: {Array Connecting Magic Necklace: Red}”

FLUOSH!

Through his Naming Magic, he named the jewel and necklace into a single object, which surprisingly worked, fusing them together seamlessly, and even giving it a cute heart-shaped gold paint to the jewel.

”A heart…? Well, whatever.” He shrugged. ”It seems to have become a decent magic necklace… It even increased my Mana and Magic Power a little bit. But that sucked most of my Mana, oof.”

Frank quickly drank another Mana Potion, before he began putting the other item, the [Mystical Barrier Paper Charm x10 Pack (D Grade)], underground.

He had considered placing them on the house itself, but they would be too obvious even for attackers, so he placed them under the dirt again, they worked the same, combining their energies through his already set up Array, they reinforced it, creating a huge golden and blue barrier.

”Okay, almost done…”

The last ingredient was a huge, watermelon sized white marble, the [Medium-Sized Runic Formation Core Node (C+ Grade)].

This was a Core Node that would bring everything together even better than before and make the barrier even stronger.

”Letʼs place it… here, right below the house.”

He nodded, as the core was placed beneath the house using hand-shaped dirt that moved it underground, making sure not to bump into pipes.

FLAAASH!

And the Array finally reached its final stage.

”Array? This is more like a formation now, huh?”

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