Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

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We carried the three other Hegenemeia people to the surface as hard as we could, while I made sure Glutton stored anything of value left behind. Mostly non Orichalcum things. He ended finding a lot of Magic Jewels, Metals of other kinds, some pieces of broken Relics that could have some uses, and lastly a large golden spear. Perhaps the only Relic that was left intact, it was tremendously huge though.

They rested above the golden sands, while being bathed by the bright and warm sunlight, which was mostly overwhelming for everyone else except me and the adults. There was a big commotion from Luck, Zack, and Arafunn once they saw what we ended bringing back from the ruins. Mist was constantly explaining everything to Zack, but she spoke so fast he couldn't understand her words.

Lara also explained stuff to Luck, and she was a bit better, but still as confusing. At the end mother was the one that cleared things up. Arafunn was rather curious about everything, and for the first time he seemed slightly serious about things.

"So that's what happened… Alright, I'll bring them back." He nodded, swiftly flying into the skies. "Just wait a couple of minutes and they'll be here!" Uncle went to look for Nepheline and Shade, who were out hunting.

We were left in silence as we watched the Hegenemeia people rest over the dunes. They looked slightly better. The strong sunlight bathing their bodies brought back some of the color they lost. But their life force was still fading away. I've tried granting them buffs as well, but perhaps because of their composition, they cannot retain magical effects inside of themselves.

This perhaps might have something to do with their blood being orichalcum, or well, vice versa. Why? Because Orichalcum repels most magic with ease. It is the opposite of Mithril that can easily conduct it. It repels most energies in fact, even non-magical. This is the reason why it is the toughest metal.

So, people made out of such metal naturally cannot harbor magical abilities inside of them, they rely on their incredible toughness for the most part. They're amazingly adapted to survive though; look how they have lived thousands of years like this. It's amazing by itself.

"It's impossible, no magic works… This is certainly a first." My mother felt disappointed on herself. "This is… Even without being able to wield earth magic, I should still be able to restore your Life Force to an extent, but I simply can't. What's wrong with my magic? I've been using it for so long, it could do almost anything yet…"

"Well, it might be because they have Orichalcum inside of them, mom." I explained to her what I had thought. She listened attentively as I told her and realized it as well.

"S-So that's… how it is. This is such a predicament." My mother sighed. "I guess even now, there are things magic simply cannot solve."

Not even my skill effects work either. Although it is fundamentally different to magic in many ways, it still uses Mana as the basis of activation. So nothing mana based or most energy-based can work on the Hegenemeia people.

"Our bodies are like this, I suppose." Sphynxiette sighed to herself.

"But you can consume spirit stones, right?" Aquarina asked. "Don't you get spirit power or something out of it? There was certainly something you gained from eating that."

"Perhaps, if it is through digestion, we can consume energies but…" Sphynxiette wasn't sure.

"So something that can heal but through by consumption." I nodded, taking out several of my healing fruits and products. "Eat these and try if something helps."

I feed them the Spirit Leaves and so on, but they weren't working at all. In fact, most of them vomited them after trying to digest it. Looks like living matter won't work, they require things based off spirit stones, ores, metals. That's what they can digest and consume.

"I'm sorry…" I sighed. "I really can't figure it out."

"It's fine, you've done what you could." Sphynxiette sighed, patting my head very gently. "You're all too nice with a stranger like me. I will remember your generosity for all my life."

"Hmm…"

Aquarina patted my shoulders as she kissed my cheek to comfort me.

"It's alright, we've done everything we could." She smiled. "Let's wait for mom to get here."

"Okay… I really hope your mom can do something." I nodded while rubbing my face on her shoulders. Her hugs really comforted me.

"Oh, I think they're getting here already!" My father said, pointing at the distance, three figures were coming from the skies. One of them was carrying a gigantic eight-legged desert lizard, at least Tier 8, or well, a corpse of one.

"They're back, mama!" Zephy celebrated.

"Oh, Nepheline! Shade!" My mother was really happy to see them.

The trio descended and left behind the giant corpse, Nepheline immediately ran to the scene, as my mother filled her in the details while Sphynxiette greeted her.

"Alright, that's a lot to process but let's get to the healing first." Nepheline said, stepping forwards. "You don't mind me getting a bit touchy with them? I need to directly feel their skin to see what they have."

"A-Alright, yeah, it's fine." Nodded Sphynxiette. "Anything to save them."

"Thanks." The hulking Amazonian then closed her eyes, focusing her senses into the black-eyed Hegenemeia and activating the powers not coming from magic spells, but from her own Physique. "[Earth Senses]"

FLASH!

A wave of near invisible life force washed over the person, as Nepheline seemed to be learning and understanding how their bodies worked, and of what they were made. She gritted her teeth, and then opened her eyes.

"Wow, I've never seen such an entity before. You guys really come from another world." She gasped. "They have six hearts, three stomachs, two sets of skeletons, at least ten times as many blood vessels as us… Their skin is incredibly tough, and their muscles cover them like a secondary armor. All made of incredibly refined tendrils of synthetized metals, grown like our own flesh. Amazing… and intriguingly complex."

"C-Can you do something or not?" My mother asked her.

"I can try… Yeah, but we'll need to make something too. A potion." She said.

"But no ingredients worked." My mom argued.

"Not your plants and herbs, a potion using ores, metals, and crystals." Nepheline said.

Right, that's it!