Chapter 19: Reality's First Crack
Location: Kamar-Taj – Mirror Dimension Training Chamber
Date: March 12, 2007
Time: 8:42 AM
"You're not serious," Adam muttered, squinting at the dizzying kaleidoscope of shifting landscapes before him.
Wong, perfectly calm, replied, "You wanted experience with spatial manipulation."
"Yeah, I was thinking like... learning to open a door to Starbucks from my room. Not this Inception with a migraine nonsense."
They were standing—well, floating—inside the Mirror Dimension. Floor? Relative. Gravity? Optional. Direction? A suggestion.
Everything bent, twisted, spiraled into infinity like a magician's fever dream.
Wong gestured to a floating stone platform. "Maintain your balance. Keep your mind focused. If the Mirror Dimension detects emotional instability, it will fold around you."
"...So it's literally powered by anxiety?"
"Exactly."
Adam sighed, steadying himself. "Cool. Just a magical panic room. My mental health will thrive here."
[System Notification: Emotional Flux Detected – Nervous Curiosity + Anticipation]
Reward:
Skill Fragment: Dimensional Stability (4%)
Trait Fragment: Spatial Awareness (4%)
Adam tried focusing on a nearby rotating column, breathing slowly.
It helped. Slightly.
Then Wong clapped his hands, and the world tilted like a sinking ship.
"Oh, come on—"
He slammed into a wall that promptly turned into a floor. Then a floor that decided to be a wall again.
[System Notification: Internal Balance Response Triggered – Training Mode]
Passive Skill Unlocked:
Kinetic Readjustment [Lv. 1] – Slightly improves bodily orientation in shifting gravity or dimensional distortions.
"I'm either going to become a master of space-time or develop magical vertigo,I will be vertigo man superhero that makes people have vertigo as superpower " Adam groaned, bracing against a platform that wasn't there two seconds ago.
Wong appeared beside him without moving. "Both are possible outcomes.the second is more probable ."Wong said with a smirk on his face
"You say that like you're proud of it."
"I'm proud of the ones who survive."
"...Again. Not comforting."
One Hour Later – Kamar-Taj Medical Room
Adam laid face-down on a stiff mattress, groaning into a pillow.
"I bent in directions not meant for humans. My spleen thinks I cheated on it."
Master Wansu entered, smirking slightly. "And yet, you didn't break. That's progress."
"I emotionally broke. That counts."
She raised an eyebrow. "Good. Magic answers more readily to cracked vessels."
"That's poetic and threatening. Thanks."
She handed him a small glowing stone.
"What's this?"
"A focus crystal. Attune it to your aura. It may unlock something useful."
Adam held it in his palm. It hummed faintly.
[System Notification: Magical Conduit Detected – Personal Energy Sync in Progress...]
Skill Synthesized from Fragments:
Skill Acquired: Dimensional Stability [Lv. 1] – Passive
Reduces environmental disorientation by 20% in unstable magical zones.
Slightly resists dimensional rifts.
Trait Acquired: Spatial Awareness
Enhances perception of spatial distortions, dimensional layering, and proximity-based anomalies.
Adam's eyes fluttered open.
"Oh. That... actually feels kinda cool."
His body felt slightly lighter. Less like he was carrying the weight of physics on his shoulders and more like he'd just figured out how to stand on gravity's toes.
He sat up, cracking his neck. "Okay, okay. You broke me, but I got a shiny new perk. We're back in business."
Wansu gave a knowing nod. "Tomorrow, we start reality rifting."
Adam blinked. "Is that a metaphor?"
"No."
"...Neat."
That Night – Adam's Room
Adam sat cross-legged on his floor, candles around him, system dashboard open in his mind like a private console.
"Alright, what did I learn today? One: Mirror Dimension training is the magical version of being thrown into a blender. Two: Wong enjoys emotional torment. Three: My system rewards trauma like it's Christmas."
But…
He looked at the flickering portal diagrams he'd drawn on the floor.
I'm getting stronger. Not just magically. Mentally. Tactically. I'm not just reacting anymore—I'm adapting.
He smiled faintly.
"And the next time Wong throws a book at me, I'm catching it with a portal and throwing it back."
End of Chapter Summary:
Stats:
Strength: 13
Intelligence: 22 (Progress: 0/2)
Stamina: 14
Charisma: 12
Luck: 1 (Progress: 0/10)
MP: 1080 (Tier 2 scaling active: INT + 40)
Skills:
Spatial Anchor Lv. 2 [Passive]
Phase Shift (Level 1)
Miniaturized Tech Design (Level 1)[Passive]
Engineering (Level 1)[Passive]
Dimensional Stability [Lv. 1][Passive]
Kinetic Readjustment [Lv. 1][Passive]
Skill Fragments:
Arcane Focus (4%)
Combat Reflexes (4%)
Danger Perception (4%)
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Traits and Perks:
Phase Shift (Level 1)
Fragment Synthesis Protocol (Perk)
Efficient Evolution (Perk)
Spatial Awareness
ITEMS:
Beginner's Spellbook – Vol. 2
PS. Im gonna publish one chapter everyday from now on.Random number of bonus chapters will be published when i get to 50 power stone.
After karmataj where do you want Adam to explore and make fun of I think iron man but the plot will start after few months i could paly with othrs until that time