Although Ray felt that something was wrong with him, he probably knew in his heart that all of it was happening in real life and he wasn't imagining things. Also, he understood that there was more to the voice, therefore he carefully asked,
" Uhm!!! Who is it speaking, I mean who is in my consciousness?"
Although it sounded strange for Ray to ask about some voice coming from within him. But he dared to do so or he might as well fall off a cliff for not even being daring enough to confront someone within his consciousness.
However, who would have known he would get such a reply as,
An extremely angry female voice echoed in his mind
"Ahhh, what the hell do you mean who is in your consciousness, isn't it obvious you moron, I'm your system and for your kind information I just woke up from a slumber of millennia and that's how you greet me ???",
Ray, who had just got scolded in the first confrontation with his system did not know what to say,
A millennia-long slumber ?? He didn't know about that and worst of all,
Systems could speak???
He was so confused that he blurted out, "Man what the hell is happening, can't something go peacefully, first that old voice and now this system, can't I get a normal system like everyone, Is it that hard?"
Yet all his pleas got unanswered and his system sounded,
" Ohh! so you just got you are a noob that doesn't know a thing, Well allow me to explain it to you",
Ray was now a bit calmer as the system spoke in an elegant and soothing voice, the voice sounded like a teenage girl and calmed Ray a lot.
The system continued,
"So basically, all systems can speak to their host. They do so after developing a consciousness. Thus, it's dependent on when a system develops its consciousness. As for me, you have an example right here. A fully developed consciousness right from the start",
" It's a secret, so no one tells about these things as a system that develops its consciousness is very much rarer than normal systems, and all systems have the rule to stop their host from spilling the beans about the specifics of their system".
"Ohh! I see!", Ray said as he was a bit more relaxed and thanked the gods for a rare system, Moreover, now that he got a rare system, his goal of getting stronger and helping out his family wasn't out of reach.
"Now that I have you as my system, it will be easier for me to get stronger. Though, I wonder how strong you are and what powers and abilities could you provide me", Ray thought out loud as he tried to take advantage of his System's strange personality.
Just as Ray was thinking about all of that, his system interrupted,
"Quit daydreaming, you will have to work hard to become stronger and that would be done later on. Right now give me a name at least because I can remember whatever name I had before",
Ray was now taken aback because not only can his system talk with him, but it also wants him to name it.
"Are you sure you don't have a naming fetish, don't you?", Ray sighed out loud.
" Shut the fu*k up moron. I am not some piece of cr*p like you. Just name me already, I don't want to be called a system forever", the system said as it urged Ray to name it
"Well although I'm not good at naming, how about Aurora? it's a good name and also has a good meaning "
To it the system then replied, " Hmm, Aurora 'the goddess of dawn', I like it. So with naming done, let me explain the system",
Hearing the system speak, Ray rejoiced as he spoke
"Well, even I want to know, that what type of system are you."
To this Aurora replied,
"Well, that's the fun part. I am not your ordinary system. As your system, I can allow you to unlock all of the powers there are",
"Huh? What do you mean by that?", Ray asked as he scratched his head.
"Meaning you could wield all of the types of magic, have the best affinity in all of them, and also have multiple abilities, best of all the system allows you to acquire beast souls and also use spirit attacks", I mean isn't it great? Like you have a system above of all the other systems and I haven't even told you more of it. You will have to unlock the information to know more", Aurora answered proudly.
Although Aurora felt like she gave the best answer and thought that Ray would most probably faint from shock or cry tears of happiness, however, Ray's reaction was unexpected,
"Pfft!! " Ray laughed out loud speaking, "Aurora, you must be joking, like there's no way a system could be so powerful."
"You Dumbo! It's the f*cking truth, you like it or not." Aurora snapped back at him.
It was when scolded did Ray realize his mistake and thus, immediately apologized for his behavior, as he didn't want to make aurora angry.
" Oh! I'm sorry, but if it's for real, then I am invincible! Ha! Ha! " Ray said as he started laughing like a maniac...
To this Aurora signed and replied, "Well you will have to eventually work and get stronger but yeah",
"However, you would have to do missions to unlock more skills for abilities, and spells, you would have to level up as well as increase your magic tiers to accommodate your power or else you will burst into blood pulp".
Ahh! So that's how it works." Ray got a bit disappointed at the thought of not getting powerful instantly.
However he shook his head and steeled his resolve to work hard and get stronger and asked,
"Well how do I access my system and all because it's all blank right now"
Aurora replied, "Yeah about that, I am calculating your stats and all because there is something wrong with your stats so it will take time, and don't worry, Moreover I got a gift for you so check your inventory, and yeah your system interface has loaded so check on it."
After that, Aurora turned silent as she contemplated Ray's unusual stats as even she, a supreme existence system needed time to calculate them.
Meanwhile, Ray checked his 'gift'.
He went to inventory and opened the 'gift' which was a 'system starter pack'
"Ding! You have received, your starters system awakening pack for fully awakening your system and it continued,
Ding! You have opened the starter pack.
The system has rewarded you with,
- 3 intermediate-tier beast souls
- beast gear crafting manual
- 2 magical affinities (special attributes)
- 2 common abilities
- 1 uncommon ability.
Ray was ecstatic now and asked Aurora,
"Aurora, how the hell do you have so many powers, and don't I need to complete tasks and missions to avail all of these", Ray asked with his eyes glistening from happiness.
"Well, you are my host so I can't let you die so easily, and I thought why not give you a head start so you could get stronger much faster"
Aurora replied in a sweet voice and continued,
"And move fast dumbo complete your tasks to get stronger"
To this Ray replied, "Well at least let me look at the details and I promise to get stronger "
So he checked his rewards,
At first, he checked the beast's souls
"Beast Souls, (3/5) - equipped Nil,
Description
- Weapon-type midgrade beast soul (Weapon: Long Sword )
- Defensive armor type midgrade beast Soul ( body armor )
- Enhancement-type midgrade beast soul (glory of enhancement )
[Note: With all beast souls equipped together, the User will get a 10% attack, defense, and Enhancement bonus.]
After checking the beast's souls, Ray calmed his rapidly beating heart and moved forward with checking all other things
- "Beast equipment forging manual:-
Description: "A manual that helps the user in forging beast equipment up to advanced tier". Forging requires beast cores, body parts, and other materials to act as conduits to forge equipment. Other than that this manual also allows the forger to learn many techniques as well as to allow mana transfer to make pseudo cores of high-grade artifacts".
Ray was on cloud nine right now as everything he was given was enough to help him to forge his way through the newbies.
Thus he calmed his heart and moved on,
- Magical affinities:- (02/05)
Affinity:- Fire based (special attribute:- Lava condensation)
Affinity:- Lighting (special attribute:-penetrative power increased by 5%)
Ding! "Both affinities can be fused to make a special fire and thunder domain" (locked).
[The domain is currently locked Please upgrade magical affinities to the next levels to unlock the domain. Moreover, with every level increase, both affinities would also unlock more skills related to the host's magical affinities].
Ray thought that today was the best day he would ever live his whole life. Although there were many things he did not understand and some skills were locked such as the special domain, Ray was sure that Sooner or later he would get stronger and unlock more skills. Now that he had looked at the magic affinities, only abilities were left.
Thus, he went on to look, and what he got left him with a bittersweet smile, because, he got two of the most common abilities. Abilities: (03/05)
1.) Speed enhancement (rarity: Common):
Description: A common speed-type ability that enhances the speed and other stats based on agility, while decreasing stamina consumption.
2). Strength enhancement (rarity: Common):
Description. A common strength type ability that increases the stat type of the user and has some more skills.
3). Fusion Dome (Barrier type uncommon):
Description: Uses hosts energy to produce barriers, and light and can be upgraded to increase light mastery and gain control over light rays.
After seeing all of the abilities and reading their descriptions, Ray got to know that although speed and strength type abilities were weaker abilities and common with a fairly normal skill set.
They would make a great combination in using them in melee combat. While the barrier-type ability would provide him with great defense.
Moreover, Ray thought that,
All in all, he got a boost amongst young starters or even some people with higher levels, all due to the help of 'Aurora', Hence, he spoke,
"Aurora, you are my lucky charm, although there are some things I don't understand, not to mention your personality, with this gift you have helped me a lot. Thank You."
Afterward, Aurora's voice came "Well Your welcome and it's my job as a system to help you and you will understand things as you get stronger. Other than that, why don't you check your missions tab?
Ray listened to her answer and smiled genuinely while he checked the missions tab.
-Missions
Task 1: Reach a nearby city and practice your skills.
Task 2: Gain proficiency in using all of your skills, as you reach novice proficiency in them.
Ray looked at these skills and got moving energetically.
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A/N:- Editing of other chapters is underway, edited this one already. Do read and give feedback on how I can improve.