Karl was silently lying beside Ercia on her bed.
'Oof~ I am finally back!
That yellow eyed woman took off all my clothes and looked all around my body!
Talk about sexual harassment!'
Karl fumed in anger, clenching his tiny fists but not showing anything on his face.
'It is good that it was over in a jiffy as she was here just to take measurements. But I became hungry and had to cry for milk for real, making granny take me to mother taking more of my time.' Karl sighed.
'Whatever, now I can start with the damn process but first I should plan everything out or I might just cause myself to stupidly die.'
Karl opened his eyes and stared at the white ceiling as he tried to recall.
'It was the method Isurt luckily found after his rings and cores were shattered by Karl.
If Karl wanted to let Isurt suffer, he could have at least put him in a jail after crippling him to watch him live in despair, would have saved his life. Tch.
Whatever. So after he was left crippled, he 'luckily' found some engravings in a cave about the method that will make even the word 'broken' seem humble.
Formation of Ether Body.
The formation method has 5 steps, even though the novel explained only about the first four steps.
The method just involves combining ether with the body.
The novel didn't specify how Isurt combined ether with his body but it gave ample information to deduce the rest.
I will happily work hard if it means getting such a cheat.
Even without an aura core or a mana ring, just completing the first step made Isurt as powerful as a beginner tier 2 arhat!
Combining ether with the body makes the body a lot more stronger and enhances the quality of mana and aura but that is not what makes this method broken.
What makes it broken, is that there is no limit on the amount of ether one can add!
Initially there are some limits, as after a certain amount one will have to first complete the next steps to increase the limit, but according to the engravings Isurt found in the cave, after completing the fifth step, there will be no limit to the amount anymore.
Also if I do not activate the ether in my body then I would be like a normal child so my parents will never know!
The first step is adding ether to the blood.
The second step involves adding ether into the body muscles, the third being making bones ether enriched.
The fourth step, whereas, was a lot more difficult than all the three steps combined together. In it one had to add ether to all the other parts of the body, the most complex of them being nerves!
Even, Isurt in the novel had only completed the first three steps but that alone made him powerful enough to defeat Karl, who was a peak tier 7 at the time, as a beginner tier 4 arhat! Though that battle left him completely drained and beaten and if it was not for his friends, he would have died to Karl's followers.
Talking about friends, I will have to think of a method to become friends with her.
If Isurt instead of keeping her as a girlfriend, made use of her, he could have destroyed the whole hearth dukedom let alone Karl and his followers.
Back to the topic, completing the first step should take me around three years.
I will take it slow and easy so that I don't harm myself, can not afford to lose such a good life.' Karl smirked, closing his eyes.
'In the novel, Isurt completed the first step in just 2 years.
But I would need half an year to just master the process of combining ether and blood.
Combining ether and blood without mastering the process will form unstable ether enriched blood which would not stay peacefully with normal blood and will start harming it.
Forming unstable ether-enriched blood, will make the RBC, WBC and platelets in it wreak havoc and destroy their normal counter parts until the ether inside the them dissipates.
That is what happened with Isurt as he started the first step. He only understood what was happening after some time as his body started feeling numb.
That happened because the unstable red blood cells, started destroying other red blood cells which reduced the amount of oxygen reaching the body.
Isurt was, again, lucky to have found it before it was too late as it took him a whole week to trace the unstable blood, which was by then scattered all around his body, and forcefully remove ether from it.
I swear these lucky motherfuckers! These heroes get away with it even after acting so stupid!
He would have died of brain death if he was not lucky!' Karl fumed, his face forming a frown.
"Are you having a bad dream baby?"
Ercia who had been patting Karl's stomach got worried as she saw Karl's face turning ugly.
'Oh crap!' Karl quickly loosened his frown and gave a slight smile with his eyes still closed which made Ercia ignore the slight mishap.
'Stupid of me.'
Karl reprimanded himself for making his mom worried for no reason.
'So where was I? Yeah, after Isurt understood that unstable ether enriched blood harms the normal blood, he practiced by making a cut on his hand and letting the unstable blood flow out before retrying the process until he could form stable etherised blood..
Once the process of combining ether and blood is mastered, the formed ether enriched blood doesn't harm the normal blood and it doesn't even lose its ether as time passes, which happens with unstable ether enriched blood.
I sadly can not use the same method as I got no way of harming myself. If I had nails or teeth, I might have tried something but there is no way I can hurt myself without being treated by a priest.
So I will have to use another method which is pretty simple.
I will add ether to the blood and without losing hold of the unstable blood, will forcibly remove the ether from it and repeat the process again and again until I become capable of creating stable ether enriched blood.
Once I master the method it will just be a matter of repetition.
This is the only thing I can do for the next 2 years and 11 months.
As when I become 3 years old, I will go through the 'Potential Testing Ceremony', when I will be able to form my first aura core and mana ring!
For now, time to start with this process!'
Karl went in deep focus as he started to control a small amount of ether in his hands, trying to combine it with his blood.