Redo: Grimoire System in the Apocalypse

Geth saw through his own eyes for the first time since this shit show had begun. He looked down at Zolis' body, only to be surprised once again.

A white orb was hovering just above her body. It was no bigger than a basketball, but the power it gave off was enough to light a city block back on Earth.

Though Geth had learned the Skill, he realized that he couldn't cast it instantly. He needed a moment to sort through the information that had been engraved with the Formation.

The orb didn't seem to be fading, and now that he was back to normal, time moved incredibly slow for him. With none of his selves out, he could come close to reproducing the effects of Time Delay without actually using the Skill on himself.

The first thing he took notice of were the attacks aimed at him. It hadn't even been a tenth of a second since he'd come to.

Outside of Blaze, none of his would-be assailants had the Wisdom needed to sense the difference before their attacks were fired. 

As Geth predicted, Blaze canceled his spell almost instantly. Rift had time to weaken his attack but not enough time to cancel it entirely.

Filthy had already released two arrows, and Swole was in the process of transforming.

Geth cast his eyes at Blaze before using State Change to drop himself, Zolis, and the nearby Sindri below ground. 

The three soon fell into a strange chamber that looked closer to a lab than a cave. Geth manipulated mud from the ground and used it to break their fall.

'Geth... Is that really you?'

He heard Sindri's voice through their Resonance, but he didn't have time to respond. Geth just nodded and continued memorizing the new data he'd received.

Sindri sounded despondent, and he wanted to tell her things would be okay, but he wasn't sure how much time he had left.

'So, this orb is her life essence. The spell essentially allows me to grab onto it and push it back into her chest while simultaneously healing her body.' 

Geth glanced at the orb once again, then at his available Mana. He only had one chance to get it right.

Something had happened, and his Mana and recovery had both increased, but he still only had around 6000 available at the moment. The new spell, Resurrection, cost 5000 MP to cast. Even then, it wasn't a one-and-done spell. 

The spell simply coated his hands with restoring Mana. Geth then had to guide the orb back into her chest and then control it to circulate through Zolis' body until life was restored to her.

'Alright, here goes everything...'

Geth put everything he had into casting both Restoration and Resurrection simultaneously. Both of his hands and her body became covered in a golden aura.

Zolis' wounds closed up instantly. The blood, dirt, and grime that had built up expelled itself onto the ground, leaving her body completely sterile.

Geth grabbed the floating orb with both hands and pushed it slowly down into her unmoving chest. The orb had to enter through the center of the sternum while keeping a swift rotating motion.

He used his Mana to speed the rotation of the orb, causing it to look more like a planet than a ball of life.

The whirling globe drilled into her chest, seeping through her pores and losing its shape inside of her.

Once the last of the orb was inside, Geth could feel a faint heartbeat. It was just once, but he knew he was performing the spell properly.

Geth adjusted her body so that it formed as much symmetry as possible. The arms had to be extended out while her legs had to remain perfectly straight.

'Sindri. Please hold her head in your lap. Make sure she's looking straight at the ceiling, and DO NOT let her move.'

Sindri nodded and quickly crawled forward to help. When Geth had cast Mass Restoration, the effects extended to her as well.

She sat on her knees and lifted Zolis' head into her lap, wiping the hair from her face and ensuring that her head was in line with the rest of her body.

Geth placed both hands on Zolis' chest and forced his senses into her body. The rest of the world went dark, leaving only him, her, and the energy that was trying to force itself back out through her pores.

He quickly contained the energy and began to force it apart inside of her. 

The first location was the heart. He took a sizeable section of life force and carried it to her heart with his right hand.

His left hand continued to contain the rest of the energy. Once the life force had been molded into her heart, Geth closed his hand into a fist.

Her heart contracted. He opened his hand back up, her heart expanded.

Geth continued making these motions until he was able to control them without the use of his hand. His next step was to force her lungs to operate and make her breathe artificially.

On top of that, he had to guide the blood from her lungs to her heart while simultaneously circulating the blood in her veins.

Geth had already split his inner selves into six, allowing each to control a different organ when the time came.

The work was tedious.

He had to make her entire body work artificially and keep it going until the process began naturally. Once the body was circulating on its own, he had to send a blast of Mana into her, once again locking in her life force.

Geth regretted not paying more attention in biology. Thankfully, the golden Formation provided most of the information he needed.

He worked diligently for many minutes, constantly making changes here and there when it felt like he was doing something wrong. Eventually, Zolis' body finally stopped rejecting the life force and began to run on its own.

Geth blasted the last of his Mana into her body with one shot. Her skin glowed blue briefly until the Mana sunk into her body.

Geth and Sindri waited impatiently for almost ten minutes before Zolis finally opened her eyes.

She looked at the two of them. Sindri was crying, the young woman's tears dripping down on Zolis' face.

Geth looked both relieved and genuinely happy at this moment. She couldn't help but smile at him.

She had felt every one of his emotions through that entire process. She was surprised at how strong his feelings had become.

"I know I've said I like you deep, but... wasn't this a bit much?"

Geth looked at his wife incredulously. Sindri began to laugh through her tears, constantly sobbing while doing so.

"You really have a way with words, you know?"

Geth grinned and took her and Sindri both into his embrace.

"I promise I'll never let this happen again."

The three sat like that for some time before Zolis pushed herself out. She looked Geth up and down before asking him another question.

"Babe... I never took you for such a diva."

Sindri and Zolis both started laughing. Geth just looked at them both, confused.

"I'm... Sorry..?"

Sindri manipulated a pane of ice and turned it to face him. When Geth saw his reflection, he was stunned.

His once brown hair and bright blue eyes were gone. In their place...

"Purple...."