CH.362 First Synchro Summon
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then we must finish the star titanium sword before that. You have to have a great weapon to deal with something like that.” Wilma said when I spoke with her about the uing dimensional fissure.
<span style="font-weight:400">Most of HomeBase doesn’t know about the fissures, but I did tell Wilma about them after she got her System Support. Other than her, it is of course just the OG crew of me, Alice, Lua, Ria and Agunan. As well as Lady Janina, but she is a special case.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry about that. I can just use my Red-Eyes ck Dragon Sword.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“No. I have the perfect n for one. Come on. I’ll show it to you.” Wilma said, as she dragged me towards her Factory workshop.
<span style="font-weight:400">Once there, Wilma quickly took a sword from the wall and gave it to me. It was simr in size to my mithril sword, but this one was of course made of star titanium.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Looks good enough.” I said, as I received it from Wilma. It felt good in my hand and it was clearly made for me, so I was happy about that, but I do wonder. “What is so special about it, other than the metal?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“So d you asked.” Wilma said. “As you already know, the de is made of star titanium, which is a great metal for emitting mana and magic, so producing a Mana de around the sword is extremely easy. Even someone without the Mana de skill should be able to do so.”
<span style="font-weight:400">As Wilma exined that part, I put some of my mana into the sword and it did produce a Mana de. … but something felt … familiar about the grip.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Wilma, did you use world treant wood for the grip?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. Is that a problem? I believe you have a lot of it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... haah. No. It’s no problem. I mean, legendary grade metals do need that level of materials. Just … try to not tell Karl that we are using it. It still is something that should only be used for special projects. I don’t want you making world treant arrows for Unika or something.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Actually, I already designed a bow and arrows that she could use … both made of world treant wood.” Wilma admitted, as she used the holo table at the center of the Factory workshop to bring up the designs for the bow and arrows. “I didn’t think it’d be necessary yet, but it might be in the future. And besides that, the bow string is worldweb spider’s silk and we don’t have any.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... then maybe don’t design weapons around SS-rank materials that we don’t have.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But Alice said you could make an SS-rank monster using the dungeon under HomeBase, so couldn’t we do that?” Wilma asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Not for SS-rank monsters. Even A-rank monsters take a ton of miasma. SS-ranks just take way too much. Sure if it was required for something extremely important, I might do it, but for a bow string, not happening.”
<span style="font-weight:400">As I said that, I opened up the stats screen of the sword I was holding.
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Thrusting - Damage done by thrusting attacks ignores 96% of the target''s defenses.</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Description: A sword with a de made from Star Titanium. The grip is made of World Treant wood, the guard and pommel are made of Aluminium. Being made of Star Titanium, the sword can repair itself if Stardust is put into the sword. Has been enchanted by unknown means, and the enchantment leaves targets hit by the sword unable to move.</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">“... Did Laura help you with this?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“She did, yes. Fantasia was in my workshop when I was designing it and she wanted to see it shine, so she went to get Lady Laura and asked her to install a card into it that would make it shine.” Wilma exined. “... May I ask why you didn’t tell me you could do that?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I was going to. Eventually. I just … you work too much. If you knew about the sword installs, you’d spend even more time in the Factory.” I told her, before adding another reason. “Besides, I think it would cheapen your own goals. My installs are way too cheaty. With them, making a weapon that gives its wielder strength isn’t even difficult. I mean, with just one more install, I could turn this sword into something that gives strength.” As I said that, I brought out the few swords that I made about a week back so I could show them to Wilma. “Like these swords. They were designed by you and I added installs to them. And now all of them give the wielder strength. But at the end of the day, it is just cheating. You won’t really aplish anything.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Wilma took some time going over the multiple swords I brought out, while hopefully understanding my point, and from the troubled look on her face, she seemed to get it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Okay. I get it. This isn’t the way I want to do it.” Wilma epted. “... but what is the way to do it?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think it might be the enchanting skill.” I answered. “You’ve been ying around with the cksmithing and crafting skills, but those couldn’t do it, so it has to be the enchanting, right?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Yes, that might be it.” Wilma agreed. “... do you have a monster that is specialized in enchanting? I know a lot of them can do enchanting, but ...”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I do have Disenchanter and Dark Red Enchanter.” I answered. “Fantasia should know where they hang out in the Factory, so maybe ask her. Also, I can summon them, or put them in avatar dolls if you want to study with them.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Alright. Thank you, Brian.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No problem. And let’s agree to push back the sword for the time when you can really make it amazing. Even if I do like what you already designed.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">With Wilma’s resolve … pushed back a bit, it was time for something else. Something a bit more … synchronized. You know. Because I’m going to synchro summon. … Okay, it’s a bad joke, but still. I have Synchro monsters, as well as Tuners, so let’s summon one. I even have that one tab of Pack Opener.
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<span style="font-weight:400">It was still just [xxx] not showing what it was, but now it said [Perform a Synchro summoning to open this tab.] instead of the previous [This tab cannot be opened until you have Synchro and Tuner monsters.].
<span style="font-weight:400">So yes. I was going to Synchro summon so that I can see what that new tab is about, and I do have two monsters to summon. I also have two Tuners to use. Well, one is only kind of a Tuner.
<span style="font-weight:400">Thankfully the Aromage and Aromaseraphy monsters aren’t that dangerous, orrge, so I didn’t have to go to the monster infested floors of HomeBase. Instead, I can do this all on the CropFarm floor, so I teleported myself there.
<span style="font-weight:400">When I arrived, I quickly took a note of where Cailie was. She had Aromage Bergamot and Aromage Cananga, both in avatar dolls, with her, as well as Wynn the Wind Charmer who was her Wind Magic teacher for today.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Cailie used her wheelchair, it still needs a better name as it has no wheels, to float up to me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian. Did youe here to see me?” She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well yes, but also no.” I told her. I mean, I could have done the Synchro summons anywhere, but I came here. And I won’t say part of the reason isn’t Cailie. I mean, technically it is because the Aromaseraphies will be working on this floor, so summoning them here feels appropriate, but a part is also just so Cailie will get acquainted with the new monsters. So yes, I dide here to see Cailie.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then … what can I do for you? Do you want to listen to a song?” Cailie asked. “... or maybe see my progress with Wind Magic?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Please don’t show that. I already feel like I’m falling behind when ites to getting new skills. Wouldn’t mind a song though.” I admitted. “But I really came here so that I could summon a few new Aroma monsters I got. They will be working with you in the future, so I think it will be good for you to get acquainted.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... oh. I see.” Cailie said, sounding a bit disappointed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry. I’ll still hang around for a bit after the summonings, so we can do something if you want.” I offered, and the offer did seem to perk Cailie up a bit.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Okay. Let’s start.” I said to myself mostly. “I summon Aromage Jasmine and Aromaseraphy Angelica. I use the two to build the circuit and link summon Aromaseraphy Jasmine.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">With the Link monster summoned, let’s move onto the Synchros.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I summon Aromage Laurel, Aromage Rosemary and Aromage Marjoram. Then I use Aromaseraphy Angelica to special summon it from the GY. I activate Soul of the Pure to gain 800 HP. This triggers Laurel’s effect, so I can turn any nt monster into a Tuner, so my Laurel is now a Tuner monster.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Good. Now I have both the Tuners and non-Tuners I need. Let’s Synchro.
<span style="font-weight:400">“My level 1 Aromage Laurel tunes with my level 4 Aromage Rosemary. I synchro summon the level 5 Aromaseraphy Rosemary.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">With the Tuner turning into a ring of light, and my non-Tuner turning into four stars, the two monsters made a beam of light, and from that light, my new Synchro monster was born.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ooh? That was cool.” Cailie said, as she pped.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. It is kind of neat.” I admitted.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Definitely better than that … Link thing.” Cailie said, before quickly realizing that a certain someone didn’t like what she just said. “No offense, Jasmine. Wait. Should I call this Jasmine something else? Big Jasmine? Winged Jasmine?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just call me Jasmine.” Aromaseraphy Jasmine huffed. “Both of me are still me. I’m just stronger.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. … does the same go for you, Winged Rosemary?” Cailie asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. I am the same, but just a bit more powerful.” Aromaseraphy Rosemary confirmed.
<span style="font-weight:400">That is … kind of interesting. Maybe because I used the OG version as material, they took some of the OGs’ memories? I think I recall that happening with some of my Fusion monsters, as well as monsters like Dark Sage.
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, either way, I still have one more Synchro monster to summon.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You don’t mind if I do my second Synchro summoning, right?” I asked Cailie and the Aroma monsters. Not that I was waiting for an answer, because I quickly began to chant. “My level 1 Aromaseraphy Angelica tunes with my level 5 Aromage Marjoram. I synchro summon the level 6 Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">I ended up spending nearly two hours with Cailie on the CropFields, just having her show me the nts. A lot of them were just a few days away from being able to be harvested. Sadly, I wouldn’t be able to be a part of the first harvest, as it would likely happen on the day Alice, Lua and I would head out to deal with the dimensional fissure.
<span style="font-weight:400">After keeping Cailiepany, I unsummoned the new Aromaseraphy, quickly summoned ck Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning so I could use Primal Seed to get back my banished Aromaseraphy Angelica, and then I returned to my office so I could take a look at the new unlocked tab of Pack Opener.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Momentum Reactor? That energy generator for 5D''s? Why would my skill give me something like that, and what can it even do?
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, let’s check it out and see.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Okay, that doesn’t tell me a lot. It tells me that I have 11 momentum. I’d guess I get 1 per level of Synchro monster that I Synchro summon as Sweet Marjoram is level 6 and Rosemary is level 5, totaling 11.
<span style="font-weight:400">(It might not be a bad idea to check the instructions tab.) Laura told me. (It has some info on the Momentum Reactor.)
<span style="font-weight:400">I did as she rmended and read up on my new … it isn’t a new skill, but a new part of my skill. In short, Momentum is gathered whenever I, or anyone else, performs a Synchro summoning with my cards, or otherwise summons a Synchro monster. Synchro monsters that are summoned not by Synchro summoning only give half their level worth of Momentum, while proper Synchro summonings give the full amount. And special kinds of Synchro summoning like el Synchro, Limit Over el Synchro and Double Tuning give multiplied points. With Double Tuning Synchro summon, I’d get Momentum equal to double the summoned monsters level, with el Synchro I get four times, with Delta el Synchro Summon I get five times, and with Limit Over el Synchro I get ten times.
<span style="font-weight:400">But that''s just how I get Momentum. The cool part is what I can do with it after I have it. First, Momentum can be turned into temporary Status points, 1 Momentum equaling a +100 in one stat. So if I use 10 Momentum, I can get a temporary Strength increase of +1000. I can also turn Momentum into HP or Mana at the same rate, but in that case, it isn’t temporary.
<span style="font-weight:400">Second. Momentum Can be used to power up my monsters. The same 1 Momentum equals +100 in either attack or defense applies. These buffsst until the monster is unsummoned.
<span style="font-weight:400">Third. Momentum can be used to purchase Pack and Reprint tokens. Would have been super useful if Laura didn’t break my Pack tokens with the Butterfly Dagger - Elma loop. Used as a recourse to make sleeves and toploaders, again would be cool if I didn''t have near infinite cards. And Momentum can also be used to buy Decks, both Structure and Starter, and it can be used as a resource for Promo Trades. But since Starter and Structure decks can be purchased with Pack and Reprint tokens, and I’m not exactly low on either, I’ll just use them instead. Being able to use Momentum for Promo Trades is kind of cool though, because I can use it instead of something like Divine-Beast type monsters.
<span style="font-weight:400">Fourth. I can use Momentum to purchase myself a D-Wheel, or a Duel Runner if you prefer the dub term. It costs 500 Momentum to get one and I’ll definitely be aiming for one at some point.
<span style="font-weight:400">So yeah. Momentum is decently useful. Just a shame I only have the Aromaseraphy synchros.
<span style="font-weight:400">I did also unlock the Summoning Challenge for Synchro monsters. I now have all of them, except maybe Pendulum, but I’ll go over itter, because like the Link and XYZ challenge, I can’t get to the first reward yet, so I’ll just wait until I have more Synchro monsters.