My summer break consisted of hellish training. I decided to invest in equipment, but that didn’t mean I gave up on my body. I formed a workout routine from posts on Hero Community, and put my perseverance stat to use.

A week quickly went by. My physical growth felt stunted, but aether finished awakening.

[Aether - Awakened] [Mystic – Formless] [Evolving] A corporeal, yet formless weapon. Will adhere to and strengthen its master or a weapon. A mystical elemental’s power has awakened a portion of its potential.

Master Selection: Will not adhere to another being once its master is chosen. — Physical Body Reinforcement: Will increase all variable stats by 0.7 points. — Weapon Reinforcement: Will adhere to its master’s weapon and strengthen the attack power. Aether itself can form a weapon. (Current weapon-form aether rank – high rank) — Detail Materialization: Aether can manifest various colors and textures (cannot be too complex). — Evolving Weapon: All of the above functions will evolve along with its owner. Other functions may develop depending on the state of aether’s awakening.

To summarize, my variable stat boost increased from 0.6 to 0.7, and it awakened a new function called detail materialization.

I liked this new function because aether could only appear as white or blue. Its weapon form was too noticeable, but detail materialization would now fix that.

An ordinary knife, hammer,...