The Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Heavenly Virtues.
In the Tower of Beginning, there were one of a kind skills that possessed a unique authority of their own.
There was only one original possessor of these special skills and those who inherited the skill after the original possessors were called the [Pinnacle Inheritors].
The Original owners possessed the original Skills while the Pinnacle Inheritors possessed a fragment of the original skill's power as well as a right to inherit the original skill after the demise of the original owner.
The fourteen skills, along with another sixteen made up the [Tri-Faction Crowns], Skill owners that were leading figures of a certain faction existing within the Tower of Beginning.
'With Nine skill Owners being the Faction leaders, there existed one [Judge] among all three factions, making the (27+3) owners of the skill an entity that possessed some of the highest authorities within the tower.'
Some of them were gods while some were demons. Some were Transcended beings who had ascended to a level where they were nothing less than Gods and there were also Divine Beasts born with these special powers.
The thirty skills were representations of thirty undeniable aspects of the world closely connected with the [Authorities] of the 12 [Laws] that governed the tower and were overseen by the System.
'Those who possessed the Original skills also possessed the Original Authority of those skills, making them a being that one cannot compare with any other of their own level.'
The Owner of {Sloth} was a demoness who ruled over an entire floor of Hell, however due to her innately lazy nature, she randomly found herself in places where she should not be.
'The chances of her appearing anywhere throughout the tower's floor or any region was the highest. Her skill itself resisted the restrictions of the tower.'
However, she was still bound by the restrictions so she could only appear on the lower floors when she was extremely weakened.
'Still, even in that weakened state, just being in her presence was enough to affect anyone with lower [Significance] and grant them the 'blessing' of Sloth.'
Those affected by the blessing would become unnaturally Lazy and spend most of their time sleeping.
They would stop doing the things that were the most important or meaningful to them and fall to a life of complete leisure, only striving to sustain themselves enough to continue laying around.
'Of the Seven Sins, this one was one of the worst.'
It not only changed the very nature of an individual forcefully, over a long period, it also became an inherent part of their very nature, making them the
'Also, of all seven of the Sin holders, comparatively, Belphegor is the nicest and easiest to deal with.'
That is, however, if you can resist Sloth and know how to bring out her original nature.
"Vivi~." (I'm ready, master~.)
KiRA knew he could not erase the effects of the Blessing completely, but there was a way to help the Dwarves fight the curse like blessing.
"Then we shall begin."
A double circular magic circle with a smaller one made inside of the bigger one at the bottom, made of what seemed like a fine dust of crushed minerals, a bunch of triangular outlines ornamented with various fruits and plants present all around the circles, was now present outside of the wooden houses.
It took him a while since he was doing it after so long, but he managed to perfectly recreate the ritual array within a few hours.
However, for this one ritual, he had purchased a bunch of materials from Unity's shop that cost him a few hundred thousand of his coins which he had catfished when he came to the 1st floor.
The process required all of his attention and, without {Mana Sensitivity} he would not have been able to do the job as well as he did.
'The skill helped a lot.'
Since this ritual's main energy medium was set to be Mana, having the ability to properly see the various Mana channels within the magic circle and the materials was a primary need.
Without the skill, perhaps he might have had to do it many times until he got the proportions right. Thankfully, the skill helped him immensely.
"We should start right away."
"Viv!" (Yes!)
As a result of their efforts, he was able to level up Unity once again, unlocking more of her powers and skills this time.
===Status===
ID: Unity (Master: KiRA)
Age: N/A
Title: (Restricted)
Level: 3
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Strength: 3
Dexterity: 3
Stamina: 3
Sol: 3
Nova: 3
Judgement: 3
Luck: 3
Empathy: 3
Purity: 3
Equilibrium: (Restricted)
Celestial: (Restricted)
Divinity: (Restricted)
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Authorities: System disobedience, (Restricted).
Blessings: Curse of Draconians, Curse of Titans, Curse of Dwarves, Curse of Elves, Curse of Celestials, Punishment of Divine disobedience, Blessing of the Origin, (Restricted).
Skills: Open access (Lv. MAX), Blessing of flames (Lv.2), Blessing of light (Lv.2), Sense Sharing (Lv.1), Heat control (Lv.1), Golden blood (Lv.1), (Restricted).
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Her first Level upgrade was at 10,000 IX then it was 100,000 IX and now at 1,000,000 IX. From now on, each million he spends at her shop will result in a level up until they have accumulated over 10 million coins. Then the shop will upgrade and with it, the next level requirement as well.
'So much money gone… just like that…'
He wanted to cry right now, scream at his luck for being so faulty.
Uni's upgrade was a good thing but these prices weren't affordable for him. And his investment into that dungeon manager didn't seem to be very optimistic anymore.
'Is this how it feels to get scammed?'
He did not know why that crow was taking so long but it better show up by the time this floor was cleared or else KiRA will have to look for him directly.
Without money, making more money was impossible in this tower.
But then again, he was doing all of this for money as well…
"Huuuuu…" He stood before the ritual circle and held the Mana Core that he got during his tutorial in his left hand.
Then, channeling the Mana on one hand, he channeled his Holy Power from the other hand, triggering a certain energy channel within the magic circle that lit up the smaller inner circle.
-OOOOOOOONG!
As soon as the circle had lit up completely, he stopped releasing the Holy Power and created a thin channel of energy and connected it with the Mana Core.
The Mana core powered the rest of the magic circle and each part of the magic circle, each element, each complex geometric element on it lit up one by one…
[Ding!]
Soon, the ritual circle was activated.
Which meant it was time for the sacrifices…