With the final mark on the pen on his last blessing, Aleister fell to his knees, a burning sensation crossing his body, especially his eyes.

"I-i'm fine, just.. Understanding why Gaia usually did this when I was asleep". He quickly informed his allies, each of them looking worried at his pained state. "Medea, check over if you could...?".

"Of course". The Caster quickly created a spell circle under Aleister, which traveled up and down his body. "Fascinating... Your body is producing a tremendous amount of spiritual energy, and your eyes... Well, there no Death Perception, Mystic Eyes of Distortion are quite powerful".

"Distortion huh...? Powerful indeed". Aleister managed to force himself up, he'd need practice of course but another combat related power was perfect. "And now...".

Holding out his hand, he frowned when despite his best efforts, no blade appeared, his eyes widened.

"SHIT! I forgot about the Asauchi-". The moment those words left his mouth, a training sword dropped into the room. "On second thought, thank you Gaia!".

The master quickly took hold of the Asauchi, feeling a small connection form, it'd take some time for it to transform from Asauchi into a Zanpakuto, but he had time. Using a bit of alchemy, he quickly formed a sheathe by his side and stored the blade within, it was best to keep it nearby at all times.

"Alright, thats the two biggest changes dealt with... We'll experiment with Phazon and Energon later. For now, I want to get back to repairing things and figuring out how my new abilities relate together. Get to work everyone". Each of them left to get back to work. "Wait, Okita... I'll need your help for the next bit of testing".

Mystic Eyes of Distortion.

The user can distort and twist areas of space within their sight, also allowing one to change the trajectory of of flying objects, even those with great power.

Reiryoku - 15%

- Asauchi.

The blank blade that will one day become Aleister's Zanpakuto, for now it simply absorbs his spiritual power.

Aleister was tense as he stared down Okita, the Assassin was only wielding a trained sword he'd enhanced to not shatter under her strength, but sparring her was still something he hesitated to do. Drawing his Asauchi, he was unprepared for just how fast she moved-

Clack!

Two blades met, only Observation Haki allowing the master to keep up with the not-yet serious Assassin, it was a bit humiliating if he was to be honest, to be using both Observation Haki and his newly gained hybrid nature, yet he struggled to keep up with Okita who wasn't even being serious.

Aleister tried going for a swipe, but Okita parried it and landed a blow to the side of his ribs. Such a blow would likely have broken some of his ribs before, but now it only ached painfully. He attempted a slash, barely avoiding Okita's own thrusting stab, landing a clumsy hit to her thigh. Eyes narrowed, the Assassin quickly disarmed her master, holding her wooden blade to his neck.

"Master... I'm going to tell you this with complete honesty, you are one of the worst swordsman I have ever seen". Okita held out a hand, helping Aleister up. "Its starting to become clear you've neglected your physical body to much in turn for your gadgets and magecraft. If you want to make any use of this 'Zanpakuto' of yours, you'll need far more experience in swordplay".

"I wasn't expecting much to be honest, I've never really been someone to look into weapons, fists and range fighting has always been my preferred style". The master would admit he'd been so busy lately that he had little time for personal training. "Something I'll need to improve if I ever wish to achieve Bankai, but for now, I'm off to check on Medea's research on the sample".

"You mean that... Energon stuff?".

Skills improved/gained.

- Swordplay 5%

- Observation Haki 23%. 23% chance to be forewarned of attacks.

Aleister entered the Workshop, still sweaty from his quick spar from Okita, he quickly found Medea, surrounded by magic circles and observing a glowing blue crystal, around the size of her own head.

"So, what do you think of it?". He asked, Medea had decided to investigate for herself the risks and uses of the crystalline form of Energon (He could make both the crystal and liquid forms, but he'd decided to investigate the crystal first).

"Well, your talk about it being the blood of a Divine Spirit is undeniable, its faint but it does contain hints of divine power. If a Servant were to be hit by a weapon powered by it, no matter what mystical defenses we have, it'd be torn through in seconds. Its toxicity is only dangerous if injected straight into the body, so humans can handle it safely... Although I advice giving them protective equipment". Medea explained as another magic circle went over the crystal, a slight frown on her face. "But its also risky, if its ignited even a small sample would produce a massive explosion".

"Makes sense, it did bring down a mountain or two when the mines were exploded... Do you think we can use it to supercharge the mana generator?". The master was hopeful, hoping for some advice from the Caster.

"Its... Possible, yes I believe so, but it will need to be handled carefully. But we'll still need a steady source of Energon". She frowned, she could of course attempt to learn how to create Energon herself, but she wasn't ignorant to how difficult it'd be. "Do you have any idea how to make a steady supply".

"Creating a way to get more Energon... Maybe from, no to much energy would be needed... Wait, could that work...?". Aleister had an idea, it was crazy but maybe. "What about the Digital World? It could be possible to create our own way to create Energon by taking advantage of the Digital World".

"FB would be better to ask there, I'm a sorcerer, not a scientist". Medea quickly broke off a small piece of the Energon she'd been given. "You can take the rest, I have some ideas I wish to test".

"Of course, good luck".

Aleister sat down on his recently reconstructed bed, he and the others had managed to fix MOST of the mansion, enough they were confident in letting the illusions to fade away. But with the moon steadily rising into the sky, they needed rest, Medea had went to cook dinner (Insisting he needed rest and rejecting any offers of help), Okita and Iris were watching TV, Cyber was standing guard, while Tsumomon laid asleep on a large pet bed (And he meant large, with how it could fit an entire lion on it).

"Creator, scans show exhaustion". The voice of FB echoed from a recently repaired speaker, he really needed to help her finish evolving into a Digital Human soon. "I suggest relaxing".

"You act like I'd jump straight back into work...". He grumbled, well, he probably would've. He still had yet to test out his new Mad Scientist abilities, but he got what the AI meant. "I'm just going to be writing some notes, head down for dinner and then bed".

"I will ensure your statement is followed".

Aleister smiled, quickly grabbing the Super Computer laptop and beginning to write down some notes. He had a few things he wanted to get done over the next few days, honestly half of him was tempted to just use Rhongyomiad and leave this world for another, but he still had to many duties to fill here. Dealing with the Fallen, the PRT, the remaining gangs, the Holy Grail War...

With Coil dead, Dragon under his control with Ascalon, and the only free Demi-Servants being Rider and Berserker, he finally had some time to relax. The biggest threat was Lung, who was distracted with fighting the PRT and The Pure. Of course there was still the fedora wearing woman who'd killed Coil, but with no clues to go on there was nothing he could do besides make countermeasures.

He had three big goals he needed to settle.

First, convince his family to join him. Faust had a terrible reputation at this point, breaking rules and killing, so admitting he was Faust was off the table, unless he could somehow spin a story similar to what he'd done with Okita, convince his family such evil was needed to fix the world. His father would be convinced easily, and even if she disagreed his mother would follow his father... His sisters he was unsure, they loved their brother, but would they still care about him if he revealed all the things he'd done? It was better to think on that later.

Second, power up both himself and his allies. Iris, Okita, and Medea were already running at their max potential and he couldn't think of any ways to make them stronger. Cyber had more opportunities now he could more easily mix technology and magecraft, add in Energon and he was sure he could make her stronger. The Ninja Drone (Which he needed to give a proper name) was a perfect vessel for the powers of Koga Saburo, Nitocris he wasn't so sure who'd fit her abilities, Sigurd would fit well with anyone who fought in physical combat, and Baobhan Sith in the hands of a stable user who wasn't being driven wild by her powers would be great, he just wasn't sure who's powers merged well with her own.

For Aleister's own powers, he already had a couple powerful abilities, abilities he needed to train. He could of course power himself up with becoming a Demi-Servant, but it wouldn't mesh well with him being a master as well.

Third and finally, he needed to really get started on doing Gaia's requests, he hadn't even dealt with all the issues in Brockton Bay, how was he going to deal with groups like The Fallen if he couldn't deal with smaller things? Getting a proper lab set up would speed along his progress as well, as he could start dabbling in more extreme and risky science.

Capturing more parahumans would be useful as well, he really wanted to get some Tinkers working for him. Speaking of Tinkers, he really did need to deal with Squealer, ugly as she was (And annoying as her voice was) a true Tinker was a valuable resource, especially if he wanted to expand his organization.

Organization, yes, thats what he needed.

What he had right now was a small group, with only two members visibly known who only show up every now and again. If he wanted to rule Brockton Bay, he ether needed to become so powerful as Faust nobody could stop him, or so loved as Leonardo he was the only cape people wanted. As he began to theorize how to take over Brockton Bay-

"Dinner's ready!". The voice of Medea echoed through the mansion via spell, Aleister quickly put the Super Computer away and left his room, he hadn't eaten in hours because of The Traveler's attack, so for now it was time to relax and rest.

Some relaxation, some testing, some planning from Aleister and the others, just more chill chapter after fighting The Travelers.