I stared at the pop up screen that showed itself after locking Amber in a magical stasis.
Please contribute items for Amber Autumn's ascension.
Confused at what the message is trying to say, I simply just dropped one of my spare Mana Crystals that I had lying in my inventory ever since meeting Amber. After giving the mana star, the description updated.
Please contribute items for Amber Autumn's ascension.
Mana capacity: 100 - 120
Are you satisfied with the changes?
(YES) (NO)
"Huh… well how about that." I muttered to myself as I proceeded to dump the rest of my Mana Crystals until a new notification popped up, telling me that I've reached the limit for the mana capacity and can no longer be upgraded any further.
Please contribute items for Amber Autumn's ascension.
Mana capacity: 100 - 200
Are you satisfied with the changes?
(YES) (NO)
"Hm, I wonder…" I thought to myself.
I closed Terraria, opened up the browser and went to my most trusted website for editing Terraria characters' inventories.
Insert: Terrasavr.
Locating the character file for Sir BoinkGeminid, I proceeded to edit his inventory, adding items like the Meteor Staff, Blade Staff and Meteor Staff, a full stack of Life Crystals, some vanity items like a Wedding Dress and an Angel Halo and some accessories that compliments a Summoner class like Amber. Satisfied with the items that I have; I downloaded the character file with the aforementioned items. Afterwards, I replaced the old Sir BoinkGeminid character file with the newly downloaded one.
I reopened Terraria once again, going through the menu as fast as I could and loading my world back up again to continue what I was about to do. I proceeded to drag the stack of Life Crystals in the slot. Reducing the stack by 15 before the same notification showed up again, telling me that her health couldn't be upgraded any further. After maxing out her health – for now – I then dropped all of the accessories and vanity items that I got, then the Angel Wings and finally both Meteor Staff and Blade Staff. A grin crawled its way up to my mouth as I read out her changes.
Please contribute items for Amber Autumn's ascension.
Mana capacity: 100 - 200
Health capacity: 100 - 400
Pygmy Necklace buff: Increases you max number of summons by 1
Papyrus Scarab buff: Increase your max number of summons by 1 and increases the damage and knockback of your minions
Necromantic Scroll buff: Increase your max number of summons by 1 and increases minion damage by 10%
Lightning Boots buff: Run at the speed of lightning.
Angel Wings: Grants flight
Wedding Dress: Wuv twue wuv
Angel Halo: God's most loyal servants.
Meteor Staff ability: Summon meteors to bombard your foes!
Blade Staff ability: Magical blades that belonged to once powerful heroes at you beck and call.
Are you satisfied with the changes?
(YES) (NO)
Okay, that's is interesting. From what this menu is telling me; Amber doesn't really need the Meteor Staff and Blade Staff to summon the namesakes for both staffs. Isn't that too convenient for her? I mean, if she can just cast a meteor shower or have blades surround her… isn't that too easy for her? Then again, it's not called ascension for nothing, so I guess the reasoning behind it is sound. I guess this is as much as I'll give her for now.
Like newly purchased toys/games/clothes, the next and only natural thing to do would be to test them out. Or in this case, test Amber's new capabilities.
I continued to watch the cutscene.
"What happened to me?" Amber asked still looking over herself.
"This is the potential that has been locked inside of you. How are you feeling?" I asked.
Amber curled her wings inwards and touched them, shivering at the sensation of touch. "This feels surreal. I feel stronger than before, my mind is clearer than before. This feels like a fever dream that I'll wake up really soon."
I walked up to her, bringing up my hand and cupping her cheek. I held back a disgusted gag from behind the screen as I looked at the most anime scene ever; Sir BoinkGeminid caressing Amber's cheek while Amber locks eyes with him, the only thing that is missing are those sparkly blooming flowers that makes everything look surreal.
"I am so close to banging my head on the desk." I muttered as I watched the scene silently while trying not to self-implode at the cringe that this part of the cutscene.
"Well, allow me to tell you directly that what you are seeing is not a dream. What you see right before is but a mere fraction of your full potential." Amber gawked at my words.
"A mere fraction!?"
I stepped back to give her some room. "We can discuss more about it later but for now…"
A. "people are in danger and it is up to us both to save them!"
B. "the Eater of Worlds is still loose, and we do not have much time."
C. "try and keep up."
D. "that big gummy worm is still squirming around somewhere!"
Option B
"…the Eater of Worlds is still loose, and we do not have much time."
I gestured for Amber to follow me. She stumbled for a bit, clearly having trouble with the ensemble that she's wearing, before she quickly got used to it and caught up with me. Once we were outside of the centre spire, I unfurled my Nebula Cloak and prepared to fly only to be stopped by Amber's voice.
"Um… sir, how do I fly?"
"How do you fly- you got wings! Use them!" I exclaimed at the screen.
A menu popped up in front of me.
Amber lacks the knowledge of [Flight]
Teach Amber the ability [Flight]?
Requirement: Must equip any kind of wings
(YES) (NO)
I moved my cursor to the 'yes' option. Another menu popped up afterwards.
ALERT!
Timed Event: The End of The World!
This event is currently active. Teaching Amber [Flight] takes time which could affect the results of the event. Do you still agree?
(YES) (NO)
Another reason why I hate timed events. Alright, let me weigh my pros and cons here. Pro, if I teach Amber how to fly, she can come with me wherever I want because last time I went to a far away place, I had to leave her behind. Con, teaching Amber how to fly will cost me some time which might affect the timed event. I remember there being four kingdoms that I need to protect. Four enough is a hassle especially when dealing with the Eater of Worlds' ability to split up when you don't kill the head.
I don't think that the boss can do that much damage because considering the fact that it's one of the weakest bosses in the Terraria. It's fairly easy to beat and the strategy to beat it is really simple. So, looking at it now, it's more beneficial for me to actually train Amber how to fly.
Moving my cursor on to the 'yes' option, my screen went dark followed by a whole montage cutscene playing out. What makes this particular montage cutscene different to when I first taught Amber how to use the Slime, Bee and Imp Staffs. On the bottom part of the screen shows a 24-hour clock. Probably telling me how much time I'm spending just to teach Amber how to fly. The time flew by rather quickly, day turned to night and just 12 hours later, Amber knows how to fly!
The cutscene ended and the game allowed me control over my character again. Right before we exchanged some dialogue.
"Do you feel confident in flying now?" I asked her.
Amber nodded. "While my Fall Maiden powers allow me to get off the ground, the best I could do was hover. With these wings however…" She flared her angel wings for emphasis. "allows me to be much more versatile."
"Good to know. While this is a moment to celebrate, I don't think I need to remind you that the Eater of Worlds is still out there."
Amber's face changed from a joyful girl who had just learned how to fly to a more serious and mature look. "I understand. After my ascension… I believe I am ready, sir!"
I nodded to her confirmation. "Very well, let us be on our way."
My Nebula Cloak flared out while Amber's Angel Wings spread. With powerful flaps, both of us took to the air and zoomed through the skies. The cutscene ended there and right before I was given control of Sir BoinkGeminid a huge red block of text slammed in my face.
ALERT!
VACUO HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE EATER OF WORLDS!
"Oh- pfft well there goes Vacuo… that is a certified yikers." I commented, chuckling as I said it.
I gave out a 'meh'. "There's still three kingdoms left. This should make things easier."
I pressed 'M' on my keyboard which displayed the world map. True to the notifications words, Vacuo has a large red cross sign on it. The head icon of the Eater of Worlds is now making its way to Vale.
"Alright, let's see how powerful you are Amber now that you've ascended." I muttered.
A/N: Vacuo? More like Vac-u-gone! Like I said multiple times already, there are some names and achievements in Terraria that I will be taking extremely literal.
