Trivia

> *Fun (and not so fun) facts about the Lore and Story shared by the author through various ways not accesible to the average reader. That includes anecdotes on his Discord or Twitter or simply unnecessary knowledge.*
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### The ISS

After being asked about what happened to the ISS in the first timeline, the author responds that it was tried to use it as a safe space but that it got eventually wrecked by a [Cosmic Leviathan] whose power we can currently only imagine as tier 10 monsters have not been detailed yet. It has been assumed that it was either summoned by a terrorist group like the [Children of the System] or a failed operation that tried to expand the space on such a small ship.

### Basic [Skills]:

A [Warrior] has blows, for example [Powerful Blow] is the direct equivalent to [Power Strike]. Basically, [Strikes] are the bread and butter combat [Skills] of any given [Class]. [Mages] have [Mana Bolt] and [Force Bolt] as their most basic abilities, [Monks] have a bunch of different [Punches] and [Kicks], etc.

Sci-Fi classes exist, but they require the corresponding thing to exist.

[Life-Classes] are either your job, or your raison d'etre.

Standard [Skill] use will not get you killed.

[Absolute Blade Mastery] grants the apprentice the peak of natural skill, but they won't receive the associated [Skill] that are necessaryto reach true weapon proficency.

[Skills] are imprinted in your spiritual body by the [System]. Losing the [System] would cost you levelling, but [Skills] become intrinsic. Actually manipulating [Skills] becomes possible, but not all [Skills] can be manipulated like that, those that can be have a certain degree of complexity.

### Souls & Mana

Mana is a form of energy, or close enough to it that is doesn't matter, produced by living organisms. It is primarily used to change the form energy takes, temporarily manifest matter, or temporarily change the properties of matter. After use, it dissipates, only leaving behind changes in the form energy takes. Thus, the law of conservation of energy is mostly left intact.

Mana is also the fifth known fundamental force of the universe. Unlike the other four, mana does little to nothing without impetus. Locked away by higher beings due to said beings disapproving of its usage in the hands of lesser beings, for the first time in, at the very least, a few centuries, Earth-born sapients can influence mana, even if only through the [System].

Possession of a soul results in the generation of mana. Imbue an artificial being with a soul, and it will begin generating mana.

A soul is generally developed at around the point the nervous system forms for a human. All souls are equal, and cannot be strengthened, along with having an infinite capacity for information and abilities derived from the [System]. Beyond allowing mana production and access to the [System], it acts as form of back-up for your identity and what you are. Your ego, basically. They are what you essentially are. Souls are what go to afterlives after death.

Attempting to mess around with the data stored within the soul will, in most cases, *tear you apart at the seams*. The data and abilities received from the [System] are fully integrated into your soul, and trying to remove or modify that data too much *will* lead to your death.