23 – Getting ConnectedSometime in the night, while he’d been deep in a feverish dream about a conflict his Imperial Guard unit had been sent to in the Aphrodite Aerostat Corridor above Venus, Hector’s aura system completed his second level up. Surprisingly, the process didn’t wake him, but he had a feeling it interrupted the dream, which he was grateful for; that conflict wasn’t one he wanted to relive. When he awoke, Evie displayed a window on his AUI with a much sharper, less intrusive version of the native, direct-neuro message://Corpus vivum conditioning complete and level advancement has been applied. Results are as follows:Strengthened aura pathways, increasing maximum load—use caution when exploring this limit to avoid aura overloadAura Pool increased from 10 to 12Strength increased from 9.8 to 10.4Speed increased from 11.4 to 11.7Vitality increased from 9.1 to 9.9New archetype pathways detected—exploringAura Potentia Available: 2End Report.//Hector cleared his throat, blinked into the dark apartment, and then read the report again. Evie, what’s the note about a new archetype?//I’ve detected new pathways, but mapping and conversion calculations will take some time to decipher. Perhaps in a day or so I’ll have an archetype description for you.//You’re definitely a lot cleverer this time around, aren’t you?//Yes, I suppose that’s one way to put it. I’ve learned some tricks that weren’t available to me during your previous trek through the lower levels.//Hector couldn’t help the smile that took over his lips. He’d never admit it, but it was a tremendous (...)