190 Aquarina’s New Spirit
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While sleeping, I ended sneaking inside of Aquarina’s Soul Scape, and guess what! There was something special inside, a little egg.
I remember seeing this egg before, but I never thought I would get to see it again like this, this was pretty amazing. I guess I got some kind of ability that let me infiltrate other people’s soul scape.
I wonder why? Where did this power came from? Is this Soul Magic? I remember that the System is composed of Soul-Attribute Runes as well, and that the runes it had were leaking into me and letting me absorb these elemental powers, as if the System was also a spirit.
I can only think about the System in this situation... I can’t really think about anything else. And well... the System had been evolving lately, the more EXP I have gotten for her over the many things I have hunted in this time, the more bugs she’s resolving, so she is slowly unlocking more power.
She even told me the other day that she might be able to do something awesome in the near future, perhaps finally I might be able to enjoy a few of the little benefits of the system, aside from endless mana that I cannot properly handle, or my body will burst into pieces, or immortality that doesn’t have regeneration so when I am too wounded, I cannot even move!
Anyways, this wasn’t about me, but Aquarina’s new friend.
“Amazing, with this new spirit I could grow stronger as well... I have a hard time using ice magic for some reason... but maybe he can help me with the affinity!” said Aquarina.
“Ice magic seems pretty lethal... Are you sure you’ll be able to handle it?” I wondered.
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“Yeah, don’t worry about it! I will do my best.” Said Aquarina.
“Graao~!”
The little sea snake began to swim around the air, as if the air itself was water. The two of us began to consider what name should we give to the little draconic creature. A name I had come out with was...
“How about we call it Leviathan?” I asked.
“Leviathan? Like him... or her?” asked Aquarina.
“I know it sounds weird but... maybe we could think of this as his reincarnation in a way. I don’t know if he or she could properly reincarnate when it was a soul, but maybe a fragment of its soul was left, and that formed into an egg inside of your soul scape...” I said.
“Hmm... You’re right.” Said Aquarina.
“So how about Leviathan then, do you like it, little guy?” I asked.
“Graaao! Graograaa!” said the little draconic sea snake, as it flew around and licked my face, covering it in a thin layer of ice.
“Ugh...” I muttered.
“Ah! Sorry, Sylphy! Are you okay?” asked Aquarina.
“Y-Yeah, I am fine...” I sighed.
I quickly took out the ice out of my face and smiled.
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At the end, we stayed a long time with Leviathan, the little creature was extremely needy, but didn’t had any intelligence like Ignatius had, so it wasn’t particularly an annoying creature that was constantly talking nonsense, it was just very clingy at most, like a needy pet that just wanted a lot of attention.
The origins of it are very mysterious, and we had decided to ask my mother, who knows a lot about spirits, about what could this little spirit be all about and from where did it exactly originated from.
My mother was always an amazing and knowledgeable woman, so I am quite excited about knowing more about what she knows about spirits.
After playing for a while, I suddenly realized that I could leave by flying upwards into the sky of the soul scape, and then I said my farewells to Sylphy, as I landed inside of my Soul Scape once more.
“Ah Sylphy, you’re back!” said the System.
“Yeah, what’s up? I was inside of Aquarina’s Soul Scape... I don’t know how I got there...” I said.
“You got inside another’s person soul?!” asked Ignatius.
“That’s not something that happens every day...” said Furoh.
“Come on now, leave her breath some air...” said the System.
“But how do I got in there? Was it your power?” I asked.
“Hmmm... I don’t know. This must be something else manifesting within you, Sylphy... But I also wanted to tell you something, my powers had advanced enough, I believe, I think I can give you something special.” Said the System.
“Huh? really? That fast?” I asked.
“After your father defeated that Hell guy, the giant skeleton, I gained a lot of EXP, and it converted into a large quantity of fuel, and then in the subsequent days as you hunted many wild beasts... It was finally possible for me to repair more errors. The system is still very much glitched, and it might be impossible to fully repair it, actually... But it might now be possible to select one of your Skills, which I can make into a Leveling Skill!” said the System.
“Huh? How so?” I wondered.
“Well, you see... With the power I got, I can make one of your Skills into a Skill that can level up! Meaning that with enough practice, mostly using it over and over again, it can gain proficiency over time, and you can level it up so its total power and intensity is automatically enhanced. Also, as skills level up, new skills could be automatically unlocked, generating effectively a Skill Tree.” Said the System.
“Huh?! That’s crazy! Was that actually in the original power of the System?” I asked.
“Yeah, it was, but it was for all Skills, but you can only pick one...” said the System.
“Hmm... Which one should I pick?” I wondered.
I looked into the Skills I had.
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[Royal Elven Lineage]
[Agriculture]
[Lesser Fire Magic: Ember]
[Mana Usage]
[Hero Seed]
[Divine Protection]
[Heavenly Sight]
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“Royal Elven Lineage, Divine Protection, and Hero Seed cannot be selected, those are not leveling Skills even in the original features...” said the System.
“I see... then... Hmm... Agriculture, Ember, Mana Usage, or Heavenly Sight...?” I wondered.
This was a big decision.
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