Volume 1 Chapter 9
Status and Skills
It has been two days since I had left the part where Ramiv and his family lived and went toward south of Shiva City. One day before doing so, I managed to say goodbye to Ramiv and Nerai. A little emotional and teary it all did get, but in the end the old man just laughed it off. Nerai on the other hand just stayed quiet while looking at me with a confused face, as she noticed that I became younger.
Nevertheless, I decided to rest first in an inn called 'Shiva Slumber Inn'. Truly a wonderful name, in a special way I thought as I sniggered when I was entering it. During my time of the stay, I had the chance of viewing and checking everything I needed to
With excitement, I recited the very phrase.
"Status Window!" (Data)
*ping*
Whoaa..... I'm.....fragile as fuq. And what's up with the +0% on physical attack? That would definitely cause me to get rekt if my mana has exhausted. At any rate, let's check the skills next.
"Status Window. Type : All Skills List!" (Data)
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Hm, well the Mage Mastery and Mana Orb are common skills, maybe because they are given to players at the beginning of the game. Mana Control on the other hand, appears to be uncommon. It's probably a skill that was created when I kept on constantly using my mana in weird ways such as trying to propel myself from Lisa, running away from Trevor and the simple mana overriding in the bath.
But the normality stops there. After 'Mage Mastery' skill, every skill that follows up later on are all 'Unique' ranked, not to mention what's up with the 'Installation' skill which is pretty much everything unknown? To add on that, the 'System Override' passive is pretty much making every skill that I have to be capable of being a broken skill leveling up.
Jeez, these two gems are seriously spoiling me, I thought as I softly rubbed them with a cloth to keep them dust-free. Of course, I had to use the right hand to wipe the black one, and vice versa. Though to add things, they appear to really hate weapons, even refraining from using one except [Erebia Magus Glove] at that.
While doing that, I looked around in the room that I was in and thought of how I was going advance in my future adventures. Playing in group sounds nice, but I dislike how they sometimes can bring trouble with the loot and stuff, not to mention the required teamwork to actually fully utilize the potentials of being a team party. Additionally, I have things to hide so being in a party just makes them harder to be done.
Guess I'll have to go solo for now then.
With that in mind, I had nothing to do after thinking all that. In the end, I decided to go to sleep. Wait... I remember forgetting something crucial in the morning after I woke up during the time with Nerai and Ramiv. What can it possibly be?
"Status Window. Type: Quests List." (Data)
...I REMEMBER NOW! The time before I fell asleep few days ago, I heard a voice that had identified itself as Link! If I recall correctly, the voice was vague and soft so I cannot make out the gender, but he/she was my twin. Huh, twin? Wait; didn't Revita say that a program had attacked us during my 'Character Creation' in order to grab a hold of me?
Now that if I think about it, the voice did appear at night on the day after I had regained consciousness. Can it be possible, that yet another program or to be precise, A.I. such as myself exists in this world? Could it be Link?
No matter, this quest states that I have one year limit so I have plenty of time to get stronger while finding out his/her location before then. It's a considerably good plan, as I don't want to get killed in a matter of seconds when I reach there. As curious as I get, I wonder what does it mean by 'consumed'? It sure doesn't sound nice all right, that's for sure. Nevertheless, I need to ensure that I complete this quest, as Link is now my only lead as to who I truly am.
Just you wait my sibling, I'll definitely save you!
*ping*
Huh... so this is a Title, huh. Although I kind of hate what it says, but it’s not like I got anything better so I'll just use it for now. Now then, I guess it's time for me to sleep.
Slowly, I got up from the chair and started to walk to my bed. Yawning while in the process, I dusted the bed and soon enough rested myself on it. I wonder what I will have as my first monster tomorrow? Regardless, I should get some rest first before heading out.
After that, my consciousness slowly slipped away and in the end, I fell asleep.
[???'s POV]
In a slightly different space dimension...
"Is he asleep?" (??? 1)
"Looks like it." (??? 2)
"Well that's good. At least he can have a good night rest before he set out to start killing some monsters tomorrow." (??? 1)
"Hah, if he were to die tomorrow it would bring both of us nothing but shame. We even lent him power from the [Command Central]." (??? 2)
"What are you talking about? Lent? Those powers were his in the first place. It's just he is yet to be capable of utilizing every single of them." (??? 1)
In a slightly irritated manner, I batted off his comment as I considered it to be disrespectful to our master. How can he say that, when our wish were finally fulfilled?
"Hmph. You're wrong, only half of the powers were his. The other half belongs to Link. Making us wait for so long, Link is already not with us thanks to him." (??? 2)
"CEASE YOUR INSOLENCE!" (??? 1)
"Urk..." (??? 2)
Urgh, I accidentally discharged some mana from being mad. Is he awake from it?.... Oh good he's not. I really wouldn't want to bring trouble to my owner, not after waiting for so long... Gradually, I retracted my mana because if I were to perform it rapidly, it will cause distortion to procure within the area. An example would be when Data was unconscious after being saved by Link.
It may appear as if Crysting resent Data, but in actuality, she was the one who protected him when he was out cold and had used a big portion of her mana when she's still weak after being recreated. I was yet to wake up during that time, due to the lack of mana in the surrounding thanks to Crysting, though.
It was after Link appeared before Data for the last time we saw him, that I was finally able to break free of my own shackles when he negated Crysting's barrier at the cost of Data's safety. Well, he knew by doing that, both of us can certainly be brought back to the surface and with that alone, was enough to reassure him that Data would be safe with us in his presence.
In any case, one may wonder. What made Crysting resent Data? The answer is simple. None. To be precise, she just lacked mana to control herself thus the resulting hate. On the other hand, if there was one time that I'd actually be low on mana to control myself... well, just wish so that it doesn't happen.
"Nonetheless, it is not Data's fault. He just took that long in order to get ready to enter this world. And for Link, do not speak as if he is truly gone. For now, he is just... not him." (??? 1)
"...I guess so. Sorry, I went out of control and just spurted random stuff." (??? 2 = Crysting)
"It's fine. Both of us becomes like that when our mana is low anyway, so you just need to rest for now." (??? 1)
"Maybe... should we do that now, Crystend?" (Crysting)
"Well, why not? Good night, Crysting." (??? 1 = Crystend)
"Night, Crystend." (Crysting)
[End of Crystend's POV]
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Author's Note :
Truly sorry that I did not update a chapter yesterday and only released a short one today. The reason why is because I had been involved in a national scrabble competition yesterday, and won 8th place out of 32 competitors :).
Looking on the bright side, I have fulfilled my promise and finally revealed Data's skills and his status window while adding a side POV as a little side dish.
In spite of everything, thanks for reading this chapter :).
And as usual, advises,critizing, suggestions etc. are always welcomed.
Note : Crysting refers to Crystal of The Beginning while Crystend refers to Crystal of The End. They call each other on that terms.
