What Do You Mean I Have To Comprehend Dao As A Mortal God?

Chapter 174: He Has More Colour Now

We continued our little patrol of the place to make sure there weren’t any remnant Anomalies around the area, clearing out any that we found with great prejudice.

Through this patrol, one of the things I’ve noticed about Kris was that not only did he get stronger, he seemed to be trying his best to be cuter with what he’s doing.

Before this, he would just swing his sword down on top of the Anomaly normally without much fanfare.

But now... I’m seeing him lift up his leg behind him which draws attention to his criminally feminine thighs and butt, almost like he knew about those assets of his and wanted to do his best to show them off.

Kris spun in a circle and swung his greatsword in an arc, cleaving through the Anomaly in front of him horizontally into half while using the momentum to complete a spin and finish with a pose that had him sticking his butt out towards me.

He then paused and looked behind him. "Master? Does it look better if I do this or this?"

He then lifted up one leg slightly to the side so that he was standing on one foot instead.

I cleared my throat, "The first one looks more natural while the second pose looks more forced..."

"Ehehehe~ I’ll do that then, Master!" He giggled, striking a pose with his hand curled up in a paw shape beside his face.

...

He’s a guy... Remember, he’s a guy... That’s a guy wearing a skirt and tights...

Hmm... That reminds me...

I pulled out the book that recorded the abilities I’ve received from everyone else and made it flip over to Kris’s page.

Huh... That’s interesting...

There’s actually colour in it and it looks like his pose in the picture has changed as well?

The Kris in the illustration was now wearing a skirt and doing a cute pose and the colour on the page has filled up to the point that his skin, his hair and his clothes were now coloured in.

His page had even more details than Olivia’s and Ava’s pages which was definitely surprising...

Even though I slept a few times with them which was steadily filling up their pages with colour and details... Somehow Kris had a bigger jump in completion than them even though I didn’t get intimate with him.

I think the fact that he opened up his heart to me caused that big jump which was a good thing since this means I didn’t need to be intimate with my male Guardians to get this coloured in either.

Hmm... Since more of this had more details, doesn’t that also mean I have more of his powers too?

Last I checked, he should have powers related to manipulating gravity and I believe I have basically received the same powers as well... So I’m not sure what a ’stronger’ version of this power was?

Do I have more control over it? Or maybe I can move the limits of it to more extreme ends?

"Kris?" I called out to him.

He spun around and did his paw pose again, "Nya? What is it, Master?"

...

I have a feeling he’s been watching some kind of show that has those embarrassingly cute anime girls in it or something and he’s trying to emulate them...

Anyway...

"I think I might have more control over your powers now... Is there a limit to how far you can change your gravity?"

He stopped for a moment to think, "Umm... I believe I can change around ten times the normal gravity? But I think I can push myself a little and go above that?"

"How do you even know at what stage of the gravity change you are at?"

She tapped on the side of his cheek, "Mmm... When I try to do it, there’s like some kind of gear shift in my head that I can use to control how much to change the gravity."

Hmm... I don’t believe I had that feeling when I was using his ability myself so... Maybe...

I focused on my senses and tried to activate the ability to change the direction of my gravity.

Sure enough, now I could feel like there was some kind of imaginary lever in my head where I can pull to specific positions for specific levels of gravity.

Right now, my instincts were telling me that the lever could only move up to four positions, meaning instead of ten times the gravity like what Kris could do, I could only change it up to four times before deciding on the direction it would affect me in.

I believe before this, I was only able to change it up to two times the normal gravity so this must be the improvement of his ability that I received from this ’power up’.

I tried to raise that change to four times just to have a feel of what it’s like to be under four times gravity.

Weight suddenly pushed down at me and I felt myself sinking towards the ground, though I was still able to stay upright at the very least.

But I realised something when I felt this weight on me...

"Kris? Do you use your ability at the ten times limit normally?"

"Hmm? I do most of the time. Like when I need a really big impact, that’s usually when I use it at that limit. Why, Master?"

"You feel the strain of being under the gravity, don’t you? Isn’t it painful for you?"

He gasped, "Oh!! Did you try to use it while standing on the ground, Master? That will definitely hurt! I use it while in midair to get the acceleration I need before I disable it. I don’t keep the skill up constantly unless I’m aiming for a really big impact, then I would just try my best to withstand the strain at that moment before I cancel it. Ah, but Master might be able to keep the skill up constantly since you are much sturdier than I am! Teehee!"

Ah... I suppose that’s true.

Even though I have this weight pressing down on me right now, it only feels like it’s just a small inconvenience instead of it being a problem.

Hmm... This actually gives me an idea. Couldn’t I just use this to train myself physically too? I could just walk around with increased gravity so that I could make myself stronger... That could work, right?

I turned towards Kris, "Have you tried training while using your gravity skill?"

He tilted his head at me, "What do you mean, Master?"

"I mean your gravity skill also affects you and makes things feel heavier, right? If you were to just keep your skill activated constantly and just go about your daily life with it... While it might feel tough in the beginning, you would eventually get used to it and then when you release your skill, you would move even faster and hit harder too, right?"

Kris looked at me for a moment before giggling, "Ehehehe~ I suppose it’s true that Mortal Gods really are different from normal people~"

I raised an eyebrow at him, now understanding what’s so funny about what I just said but I decided not to interrupt him and just let him laugh.

When he finally recovered, he hopped over to me and leaned forward cheekily, "Master~ I think you are the only one here that is able to use all your skills without feeling fatigued~ Even for me to activate my skill, I can’t keep using it as it would tire me out. I can use it reliably in a fight but if I were to try to keep the skill active for longer than a few minutes, I would be completely drained and be unable to move at the end."

Ah right... This is an active skill instead of a passive skill... So in order for someone to use it, it has to be ’activated’ and it drains the body’s stamina in doing so.

For me, my original super strength skill was a passive skill so I didn’t really need to activate it to use its effects, thus I never experienced the problem of running out of stamina because of using my ability.

Thus, I completely forgot that this was totally a thing...

Then again... I did experience it myself when I tried to use that reality manipulation ability of mine back then where I pretty much blacked out the first time I used it. I had simply assumed that happened because I had not fully awakened that ability yet.

But I believe I should have a higher stamina capacity than normal people now so I should be able to keep Kris’s ability active for a much longer time than he can... Which means I can absolutely use this to train my physical abilities too.

I guess I should just try it right now~ Let’s start things off a little easy at twice the gravity for now~