Ultimate Viessa: Absolute-Zero
The Ultimate Descendant Project refers to a plan in which either the Ancestors' technology and equipment found throughout Ingris, or their special Arche genes, are refined to suit the characteristics of active Descendants, then applied to them. The ultimate goal being to enhance all Descendants to reflect the Ancestors, the powerful predecessors of humanity.
However, the Ultimate Project for Viessa was stalling. Viessa's Arche was neither an enhancement-type nor an application-type, but rather, an emission-type that directly uses elementalized Arche. And, there was no information on any Ultimate equipment that could be adapted to this type of Arche. Of course… if "Absolute-Zero", the Arche emission battlesuit that caused the death of a Descendant who was testing it, could be counted officially, some information might be available.
This Ultimate equipment was discovered in the early days of the war, and during a test run, it went into overdrive, taking the testing Descendant's Arche to the limit, causing his body temperature to drop to subzero temps, and causing death. That's when it was given the name Absolute-Zero, and this cursed battlesuit was put out of commission, effective immediately.
But Viessa mustered up her courage and proposed she would test Absolute-Zero again, herself. The way the battlesuit went into overdrive resembled how her own abilities worked. If the Arche element imprinted on this equipment was of the same type as her own, there was no reason she couldn't handle it.
Fortunately, Viessa's analysis was correct. Absolute-Zero was a model optimized for the Ice Arche element, and the enhanced suit started to synchronize with her body without any disruptions. What's more, the refrigerant-releasing drones that hovered around Viessa could also be controlled more deftly through the computing device attached to her helmet. This was the moment when a very old curse finally became a blessing for the next generation.
Ultimate Equipment, Emission-type Arche Battlesuit "Absolute-Zero"
Discovered long ago in an Ancestors' facility with a temple-like appearance, this Ultimate equipment is designed from top to bottom for emission-type Arche users. Specialized gloves on the wrists connect directly to the user's veins via nanoparticle injection tubes. A helmet-type computing device calculates the Arche concentration in the blood in real time to aid in the efficient and powerful use of Arche abilities. Interestingly, the equipment was found in a temple-like place, and its appearance is reminiscent of priestly robes. In light of all this, the Magisters have concluded that the equipment was likely used in religious rituals by the Ancestors. If so, which gods did they worship, and why did those gods abandon the Ancestors?
"The only things I believe in are my skills and my teammates. They believed in something else, which is probably why they all perished."
- Viessa