The Empyreal Gem Master

On top of a small golden mountain.

Alexander grasped a vibrant ringed gold gem, baleful Beasts and Undead battling halfway up this mountain and further down as he stood at the top by himself!

Furious roars were billowing out from the Mutated Gem Chimeras that were protecting this Third Sacred Mound, but their brief loss of concentration against the enemies they faced cost them dearly!

Jujugan wasted no time heavily injuring a Tier 9 Emperor- its life and death decided as when just one of these Emperors began to fall, the rest would no doubt follow.

On the top of the mountain, Alexander felt his Enneagram buzz with activity as the ring he held radiated a golden light that sank into him- unique waves of Energeia he had never come across blooming within him as the golden ring in his hands began to move by itself.

It phased out of his fingers and came to coil itself around his wrist like a bracelet- but it truly looked like an indestructible golden gem was now wrapped around his hand.

At the same time, his Enneagram that was focused on fusing his soul into the Endless Glacial Dream spun ever faster as its thoughts rang out.

[After obtaining the Sacred Key, it is now possible to leave the Third Sacred Mound.]

[A unique type and higher form of Energeia is coursing through you by the means of the bound Sacred Key.]

[New details and quantifications to portray this change are now displayed.]

…!

New details.

As he felt these words ring out, Alexander saw the blue border with white text that the Enneagram displayed before his eyes- this time being greatly expanded as there was much more apart from Vigor and Energeia!

[Alexander Asmodeus]

[Vigor]:: 401,455/401,455 (+2,007,275 Glacial Armor of the Deep)

[Energeia]:: 88,855/360,185

[Gem Recipes]:: Minion King(55% Progress towards Ascendancy), Undead King(1% Progress towards Ascendancy)

[Gem Constellations]:: Endless Glacial Dream(.3% Rate of Fusion), Light of the Void, Yggdrasil

[Ruler's Covenant Authority- 1 Point]

…!

His eyes opened wide as he stared blankly at the words that stated…Ruler's Covenant Authority!

'What is this?'

His thoughts went towards the Enneagram as its reply was succinct.

[The new source of authority obtained after you grasped the Sacred Key. It has been analyzed to be a type of Covenant Authority, and it currently seems to be seeking a direction and area to settle into as it courses through your body. The possible areas this Authority can be directed to at this moment are shown to your eyes.]

His vision flickered once more.

The blue bordered white text that showed his name and details…he began to see some of them light up with a gold hue as a plus sign appeared in front of them

Vigor and Energeia bloomed with a gold hue as a gold plus sign was in front of them.

In front of the Minion King and Undead King Gem Recipes, he also saw a plus sign as these words turned gold!

This…was a place where he could direct the new Authority granted by the golden ring gem obtained on this Third Sacred Mound.

The Gem Constellation remained dim, a dull plus sign showing there as if the amount of Ruler's Covenant Authority was not enough to be directed towards them.

He had this single point within the Ruler's Covenant Authority as at this moment, he tested exactly what its purpose was as he focused on the radiantly golden colored Energeia. What he seemed to be lacking greatly.

And his will pressed on the plus sign next to it as in the next moment…

HUUUM!

The golden ring on his wrist became ever tighter around him, its brilliant light becoming dim at this moment as it soon looked like a normal gold ring.

And yet within Alexander…an explosion of authority bloomed as on the back of the hand bound by the golden ring, a tattoo of a single golden leaf bloomed!

A tattoo.

A branding.

A stigmata!

At the same time, his dark eyes gained a golden sheen as even in his forced state of calmness, he couldn't help but express shock as he felt an explosion of his levels of Energeia!

[The maximum value of Energeia has been increased by a factor of two.]

[All reserves of Energeia have been replenished.]

[Your Energeia has gained a small quality of the Covenant belonging to the Third Sacred Key.]

…!

His body felt like it was exploding with energy.

As if blue waves of Energeia were filling him to the brim and almost spilling out!

He almost didn't believe it as he looked at the quantification of his capabilities in the corner of his eyes.

[Alexander Asmodeus]

[Vigor]:: 401,455/401,455 (+2,007,275 Glacial Armor of the Deep)

[Energeia]:: 720,370/720,370

[Gem Recipes]:: Minion King(55% Progress towards Ascendancy), Undead King(1% Progress towards Ascendancy)

[Gem Constellations]:: Endless Glacial Dream(.3% Rate of Fusion), Light of the Void, Yggdrasil

[Ruler's Covenant Authority- 0 Point(s)]

…!

"Unbelievable…"

He shook his head at the sheer madness in front of him as it was true.

A single Ruler's Covenant Authority had actually allowed him to double his Value of Energeia.

A single one!

What would it do were it applied to the Gem Recipes? How many were needed before they could be applied to a Gem Constellation?!

His brain was buzzing as, in the next second, his gaze rapidly changed and became serious as he looked around.

He obtained the Ruler's Covenant Authority by gaining a Sacred Key.

There were 13 Sacred Keys total on 13 Sacred Mounds within this Sacred Gold Mountain!

If just a single one made such shocking changes possible…he had to obtain the rest.

And even more, he had to do it quickly!

Because he wasn't alone on this Sacred Gold Mountain.

The murderous Priestess was also here as if she managed to get her hands on multiple Sacred Keys and gain even more power…
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No, he couldn't allow this.

"Wrap it up!"

HUUM!

His body vibrated with power as faintly, a golden right of light appeared around his Enneagram.

Half of his newly regenerated Energeia was burnt away rapidly as 300,000 Energeia were spent, and three dazzling silver portals bloomed behind him- screaming with deathly energy.

But this time, there was a sheen of gold in these portals.

An influence of the Covenant belonging to the Third Sacred Key that he had utilized the authority of!