Malcolm Tent
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Wish upon the Stars chapter 981
🕑 Added 2025-09-24 22:27:48 +0000 UTCAfter the unfortunate revelation that some kind of…something was going to try to kill me at my coronation (probably), I made Isaac an offer. With over seventeen hundred scrolls to burn, finding enough people to use them all with any expedience would be tough on my own. Luckily, I was in the presence of the tower master of the Seraphim Tower, and after I made the offer, he was more than happy to make the arrangements.
On the upside, this let me target my stat gains a little more narrowly than would normally be possible with that kind of volume. I asked him to focus on Fantasy and Creation, my two lowest stats, and then let him loose to track down my potential sources of income.
Callie waited until he was gone to turn to me with concern written across her face. “Apostate?” she asked worriedly. “Why does that feel like it scares you?”
“It DOES scare me,” I admitted. “But hell if I know why. It’s the usual fatewalker bullshit. I get this sense of…doom. I don’t know. Like I know what the word means. Someone who renounces a god or religion. In some ways it’s not dissimilar to a Heretic, honestly. But something about it…I feel fear, Cal. For the first time in a while I’m genuinely scared and I don’t know why. I don’t GET scared. Not like this.”
My sister hummed. “It certainly sounds bad. But we can keep an eye out. Not just us, mom and dad and the grandparents. Even great grandma and great grandpa. You’re not alone anymore, Shane. You have the whole family on your side. Hell, BOTH families. Grandpa Malachai wouldn’t let anything happen to you before your coronation. I think even Uncle Percy would be forced to step in if someone tried something.”
That was a good point. Trying to prevent me from winning the succession war made sense. I was an enemy, and having me in charge would be a problem. But once that was actually DONE? Now we were all one big happy family. The name of the game was get along to go along. I was the Wishmaster, or would be soon, and killing me NOW would be going against the old man and Aiden both, which could be described as a particularly elaborate and masochistic form of suicide.
She put a hand on my arm. “Hey, we’ll tell mom and dad when we get home. They’ll stick close on the trip. Mom is going to be bringing a few of the uncles with us to the coronation, and a couple A-rankers are coming along. We’ll be safe as houses, especially with grandma and grandpa there.”
“I…” I trailed off in embarrassment. “I kind of thought the old man might come. Like I wasn’t COUNTING on it or anything. But I’m his successor, right? I mean I know I’ll be meeting him soon, but I figured he would be at my coronation.”
Neither of them knew what to say, and Bethy appeared to be practicing her blood flame again, which was a whole other thing I didn’t want to think about. Eventually, I felt an influx of stats start to roll in. I held it back for a moment. “Stand back guys, this might be a little overwhelming.
Wishmaster candidate status. C-rank. Ability: Grandmaster Wish- Nine times a day grant a Grandmaster wish in return for proper compensation. Wish must be feasibly achievable by the candidate's own efforts within a three day period with current statistics.
Grandmaster Path of the Doom Sovereign- A Solid Path toward a great destiny.
Wishmaster candidate points-1000
Might-320,923
Impact-155
Fantasy-205,750
Vitality-290,156
Focus-298,645
Perception-297,614
Creation-202,371
Progress to next rank:1,615,614/10,000,000
Soul strength- Tanzanite Soul Body
Chronicle: Ten Demons Tome (pages bound:1)
wish scrolls stockpiled: 0 (5 in the possession of friends to be used over time)
Bonded companion: Archimedes (Life Nova Phoenix)
Weapon: Ten Demons Tree (reincarnation tree staff that lets him simulate alternate lives to perfect his forms, and when combined with the library lets him simulate and deduce techniques in a process called the "Wisdom of Solomon")
Financial resources: 0 B-ranked, 0 C-ranked, 0 D-ranked(worth 100 E-ranked, past master rank is a watershed)
Skills: Grandmaster Path of the Doom Sovereign, Lesser Valtek Mastery, Grandmastery of Cooking, Lesser Inventing Mastery, Beginner Balam Mastery, Minor Fire Manipulation Mastery, Minor Piano Mastery, Minor Guitar Mastery, Minor First Aid Mastery, Grandmaster Angelic Bond, Expert Dust Construction Mastery
DS Subskills. Monk: Stone Limb, Moonlit Night, Consecration of Flame, Ripple Running, State of Grace, Steam Arrow, Afterburner, Pit of Despair, Mountain Stance, Heart over Body
Rogue: Mercy Kill, Double Trouble, Touch of Tears, Flurry of Blows, Heavy hands, Marked for Death, False Fatality, Blood Curse, Creeping Darkness, Final Strike
Diviner: Overlay, Song of the Soil, Rhythm of the Wild, Eye of Revelation, Danger Sense, Piece of Mind, Scent of Truth, Empty Spirit
Goetia Staff Art:
First form- Belial. Touch of Tears, Stone Limb, Consecration of Flames
Techniques: Abomination Engine- uses Mephistopheles flame to supercharge the magmatic body of Belial, creating a demonic machine of pure destruction
Second Form- Mephistopheles. Consecration of Flame, Afterburner, Mercy Kill, Marked for Death.
Techniques: Cosmic Collapse: condensed sphere of black flame that explodes out one side amplifying force. Mephisto's Waltz: Movement technique, Damnatio Memoriae: causes the ground iself to dissolve best used on mountains to cause avalanches
Circle of Damnation: defensive technique through destruction
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Third form- Mornax. Stone Limb, Triple Strength Density Shifting (x10 F-rank stored attacks), Mountain Stance
Fourth form - Zagan. Heal Burst, Purifying Flame, Consecration of Flame, Afterburner
Techniques: Life Nova, purifying and healing version of Cosmic Collapse.Genesis Burst: enhanced version of Life Nova designed to repair soul damage.
Fifth form- Bael. Moonlit Night, Eye of Revelation (inverted), Afterburner (full effectiveness is seven times base Perception due to stacking, can only currently stack a single stat, unlike wish power which stacks them all)
Sixth form- Beelzebub. Piece of Mind, Stone Limb, Dust Construction, Shadow Clone. Create twelve copies (thirteen versions total) of Shane, each copy able to use a single form without straining Shane's soul past the strain of the original technique, which is only slightly more of a strain than a normal form and still allows one additional form to be used without overstraining. Can't remote control the forms, but can communicate with them remotely via telepathy principles from Paired Dueling. Might and Perception stacking, most versatile and well designed form yet.
Seventh form- Agares. Pit of Despair, Dust Construction, Stone Limb, Shadow Manipulation, Afterburner. Ability to mold and shape the earth, into black liquid tar, solid abyssal stone, or burning ash
Eighth form- Dantalion. Eye of Revelation, Overlay, Song of the Soil, Scent of Truth, Danger Sense, Piece of Mind, Rhthym of the Wild, Afterburner
Ninth form- Sammael. Baseline of angel trait, energy source: Enshrining Darkness. A more powerful baseline that acts as a foundation for all the other forms, allowing them to reach their true power. Amplified by the angelic bond.
Pseudo Domain: First Circle of Hell- Limbo. Belial, Mephistopheles, Moonlit Night, Eye of Revelation. A psuedo Domain of confusion and mental manipulation, distorting the senses and controlling the body.
Recreated version: Piece of Mind, Overlay, Belial and Mephistopheles, Moonlit Night, Eye of Revelation. Uses Piece of Mind as it was meant to be used, to parse multiple timelines for Mephistopheles to destroy, forcing the victim to conform to a specific future.
Second Circle of Hell: Gluttony. Mephistopeheles, Mornax, Dark Reflection, False Fatality. Reinforces the body and uses the damage redirection skills to shift damage and pain into the pit of destruction in the stomach, consuming attacks to break them down for power. Can be used to fuel Abomination Engine.
Third Circle of Hell: Wrath. Mephistopheles and Agares. Creates an all consuming lake of burning dark ash infused with the fire of destruction.
Thirteenth Circle of Hell: Pride. The infernal library of techniques that serves as the foundation of the infernal realm. Deduce, refine, and perfect techniques. Refine and perfect Skills, albeit more slowly, and still requires a foundation of knowledge.
Fourth circle of Hell: Retribution. Dark Reflection, False Fatality, Gluttony to stockpile, Afterburner, Abomination Engine. Collects all the damage done to fuel Gluttony and inflicts it on the enemy.
Fifth circle of Hell: Murmur. Bael, Dantalion. Use Dantalion's overwhelming information gathering powers to more deeply eliminate traces of passage through Bael's perfected stealth.
Sixth circle of hell:Leviathan. Zagan, Promethean Fire Soul Body. complete immunity to mental attacks below B-rank, enhancement to purification of internal corruption.
Seventh circle of hell: Behemoth. Agares and Mornax. Creates limbs of constructs of invincible rock.
Eighth circle of hell: Glory. Sammael,Mephistopheles, then Mornax and Agares, added some heretic fire, threw in Afterburner. Creates a seven foot behemoth of infused stone and turns the staff into a halberd to create a single combat capable battle form.
Ninth circle of hell: Abbadon. Mornax at B-rank, Heart over Body, Beelzebub+ 12 instances Zagan
I grunted as the weight of the power smashed down on me. About five hundred thousand, almost half of my current stockpile. More than a hundred and seventy thousand of that was from the scrolls, mostly funneled into Creation and Fantasy, which had been smart, because they were STILL my lowest stats, and by a much wider margin now.
My highest, of course, was Might, but to my surprise, Perception and Focus had both skyrocketed. Presumably figuring out the Void’s plan and being smart enough to counter it had both given me a reputation among my subjects for intelligence. Maybe the boost would help me stop being so damned impulsive all the time. I’d honestly welcome a reprieve from what I chose to believe was recursion.
I’d netted almost a hundred and thirty thousand points each in those two stats, which was staggering when you considered that SIX MONTHS of scrolls had only been about a hundred and seventy thousand total.
Using the trick I’d learned from her earlier, I let Callie get a peak at the purple flames rolling across my vision, and I smiled proudly as she whistled. “That’s not bad,” she said appreciatively. I kind of expected more, though.”
“The ceremony was low key,” I shrugged. “All the big name players are going to be coming to the coronation. Once I gain my title, the word goes out, and I become the Wishmaster in truth. Remember when we were on Callus? None of us knew who the Wishmaster’s HEIR was. We just knew the office. This is just a taste of what’s to come.” I winked at her. “So you better get serious if you want to keep up.”
She held up a hand, a ball of blue fire rippling up from it. “I wouldn’t worry about that. I’ve got a whole new bag of tricks. Once we’re back to your parents house I think I’m going to see if Abel will give me some pointers. Can’t think of anyone better to teach me to use space flames.”
That was a good point. I couldn’t wait to see what she could do. For now though, I just got up and stretched widely. “Damn, that was rough though. Fifty percent stat gain. Glad it wasn’t more, actually. I’d have been laid up for a week.” The door opened, and Isaac stepped back inside, nodding to me as he headed back to his desk. “Hope that was helpful,” I told him with a grin. “But now, I think it’s time for us to go.”
He smiled solemnly. “You remind me quite a bit of your grandfather. I’ll give you the same advice I’d give him. Be careful, Shane. The moments when we feel most in control are often the moments when we’re closest to losing our grip.” And with that ominous declaration, he lowered his gaze to the papers on his desk, essentially dismissing us. Why did old Ascendants always have to be so damned cryptic?
Comments
David White
The Grandmaster Wish ability only grants Master wishes?
Celas
Minor issue in status page. Under skills you still have it listed as Master path instead of Grandmaster
