Unknown Island Arc -- Chapter 3
At the heart of the Cyne clans residence, a 50 meter tall pyramid-shaped mountain
stood erect. At the foot of the mountain, a pair of 5 meter tall majestic looking stone
statues that looks like a lion, stood on both sides of the stairs leading towards the top.
Reaching the summit, another pair of 5 meter tall stone statues that looks like a bird
stood, spreading its wings.
On the flat open area of about 400 square meters at the top of the mountain, at
the center area, a 100 square meter plainly decorated pavilion rests. At the center
of the pavilion, a chair lie on a meter tall elevation overlooking those that sat below,
fit for a leader, a middle-aged man sat erect. This man is the current Patriarch of the
Cyne clan, Gillan Cyne, Arrens 2nd uncle.
In front of him, 2 rows of 10 chairs to the left and to the right side which will be
occupied by elders of the clan, 3 elders could be seen seated to the left. On the
stone walk at the center, 3 men could be seen kneeling. Looking at the kneeling
men meters away in front of him, Patriarch Gillan asked.
"Have you investigated it thoroughly?"
Hearing their Patriarch, the one in the lead of the 3 men swiftly replied.
"Reporting to the Patriarch, we have investigated fully young master Arrens
accident and there were no foul play involved. The young masters transfer to the
capital was an official one. With the knowledge the young master shared to them
making work more efficient in the docks, he was unanimously recommended by
many high officials from the capital to work with them as a trainee officer. The
recommendation was then approved by the Imperial family."
Hearing him, the Patriarch Gillan frowned.
"What about others being jealous of him or perhaps an enemy of his?"
"That is highly unlikely Patriarch. The young master, from what information we have
gathered, was well liked by all especially by Camor city Arkship docks Chief and
other workers. They treated the young master like their own sons and brothers and
some, even introduced their own daughters or a young female relatives to the young
master wanting him to become their son-in-law or be related with him."
Looking down on a fist size crystal clear ball, thinking of something for a moment,
Patriarch Gillan looked back up at those kneeling men and asked.
"What about eldest brothers enemies, wont they take that chance to kidnap my
nephew and threaten my brother with him?"
"High unlikely Patriarch. The Arkship docks in every city is under the Imperial
family's direct control. There's no way anyone would plot against someone from
there especially someone whom they would be training as an officer, unless
they are already tired of living."
Being silent for a moment, Patriarch Gillan said.
"Tell us what happened on the Arkship."
This time it was not the man leading the group but the person on his left that replied.
"Reporting to Patriarch, the said events were rather weird as everyone onboard had
recounted. They said that all doors and windows were firmly shut because of the sudden
storm that they had encountered, but one of the door was forcefully opened by sea water
and rushed in. From all people who were inside, only the young master got dragged away
by the sea water and no one else. It seems like the sea wanted to take the young master
away Patriarch. Not only that, 2 guards at Beginner Stage of the Warrior Realm that grab
hold of the young master to save him at that time, got attacked by columns of sea water.
It formed columns reaching the ceiling and smashed at them. Both men are now resting at
the capitals medical facilities as they were both injured from the event."
Hearing this, Patriarch Gillan looked at the old men with closed eyes sitting on the left
row seats, he asked.
"Great Elders, what do you make of this event?"
After a minute of silence, the Third Great Elder opened his eyes, took a peek at the
crystal ball resting on a cushion beside Patriarch Gillan and asked.
"Is that his Fate Bound Life Crystal?"
"Yes Third Great Elder, it is Arrens life crystal."
"Are there any cracks on it?"
"None, it's completely fine Third Great Elder, only, the light inside stopped glowing."
Answered Patriarch Gillan respectfully. Looking at it for a moment, the Third Great
Elder closed his eyes and said.
"Dont worry about it having no light, as long as it remains intact, he should somehow
be fine, somewhere. Hah."
Sighed the elder as he finished. Seeing the elder closing his eyes again, Patriarch
Gillan turned to look and commanded to the kneeling men.
"Make sure that eldest sister-in-law does not know about this while she's back
at her clan. You may go now."
"Yes Patriarch."
Seeing them leave, Patriarch Gillan looked down at the crystal ball, murmured.
"Good thing eldest sister-in-law went back home when you got kicked out.
You better come back home in one piece kid or else I'm dead meat when eldest
brother, your father returns. Hah."
Sighing, Patriarch Gillan looked up at the sky, reminiscing of the past. While he,
the patriarch of the Cyne clan was reminiscing, Arren whom they worried about,
is presently stuffing his mouth with fried eggs and boiled crabs. Where did he get
the eggs from you ask? Behind that tree obviously and not only that, surrounding
the eggs, dozens of mushrooms were growing, patiently waiting there for someone
to gather them. Harvesting all the mushrooms and putting it all inside the inventory
together with the human-head-sized eggs, Arren swiftly escaped the crime scene.
Reaching the beach, Arren then bought a PUBG-graded frying pan, yes people,
this frying pan is bullet proof, not that it matters in this world. He also bought a
large pot to boil the crab, a stove, and a set package of seasonings and
condiments which would last him for a long time judging from its volume, a set
package of kitchen utensils, and for 1 Life Point, 1,000 Liters of spring water.
Placing the frying fan and the pot on the stove, Arren fried an egg with mushrooms
on a low flame while on the side, he boiled portions of the crab and voila, a filling
feast. Didnt I say that he went into the forest to look for things he could use for
cooking you ask? Well unfortunately, he forgot that he could buy almost everything
from the store. Hunger, you know, it makes one forget sometimes.
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While feeling stuffed, Arren sat under a tree. With the quest completed and
his hunger sated, he began thinking of what to do next specially that he now
has the chance to become one of the strong of this world and whats more,
its outright cheating since he could level-up just by killing creatures and doing
quests.
"Now that I could get strong, I should definitely start training. Hey Sys, do you
have a training routine, plan, guide or whatever its called for beginners on how
to use weapons properly?"
[Host, which weapons beginner manual do you wish to learn?]
"Well you gave me a spear, might as well learn how to use it."
[Spearmanship Beginner Manual, 10 Skill Points.]
Hearing Sys, Arren pondered for awhile, then he noticed something so he asked.
"Hey Sys, tell me, you could open any system functions for me right? If I ask you
to like open the status for me, you could do that right? I dont have to do press or
click the tattoo right?"
[Host is correct, I can remotely open any function with the hosts request.]
Hearing Sys, Arrens face twiched a few times before he asked again.
"Then whats the use for these tattoos if you could do that?"
[Host, it makes you more manly and cool looking.]
"So youre saying im not cool looking nor manly?"
[Yes host, that is correct.]
"F*ck, f*ck you! This bro is not f*cking manly? Look at this muscles, oh wait, I
stopped physical training since I had no chance of becoming a warrior at that
time. F*ck, this bro is still cool even if this bro not muscular!"
Hearing Sys, Arren went into a cursing frenzy for awhile. After calming down,
looking at the tattoos, he murmured.
"Good thing this bro wanted to have a tattoo for a very long time now. Well they
do look cool."
Getting up, Arren stored all the things he used for cooking and some leftovers.
After that, he streched his body for a few minutes picked the crossbow leaning
on the tree and walked on the sandy beach.
"Sys, which way the crabs are at?"
[5,000 meters to the north, a group of 10 crabs. 5,100 meters to the north, a
group of 15 crabs.]
"Good, you could locate them, thanks Sys."
Arren turned around and walked to north. While walking towards his destination,
he looked around and saw several meters high rocks with different colors pointing
towards the sky on the shore. Going up to a nearby bluish one, he then checked
its information.
Name Azurite Soothing Coral Rarity Tier 2 - Unique Effect/s Soothing, calms the mind, focus Note Used by many for calming ones mind after a busy day. While trying to breakthrough to the next realm, meditate while sitting on the Azurite Soothing Coral during the process will keep the person calm and collected, making ones breakthrough much more easier.
Reading the its information, Arren could not help but blink many times. After being
silence for quite some time, covering his mouth with the back of his hand while the
other hand on his waist, he suddenly errupted into an exaggerated laugh.
"Nyahahaha, nyahaha hahaha, oh wait, I think only female villain laughs like this.
Yup, both hands should be on the waist, nyahahahah, nyahaha, nyaha."
Having satisfied with laughing, Arren stopped and touched the stone or rather,
the coral.
"Im rich hahaha, this time Im really rich. Hmph, those old fools kicked me out just
because I cant cultivate? Well guess what you old f*cks, I have here what you all
wanted for a very long time, in front of me. Lets see if you wont kneel and beg me
to get your hands on it so you could breakthrough. Sys, store this for me please."
[Detected Azurite Soothing Coral. Target could not be stored. Please separate the
target from its mineral vein.]
"Mineral vein? Is it like a root of a plant?"
[Host is correct.]
"So how do I separate it then?"
[Host needs to mine it using a pickaxe.]
"Oh, give me one then."
[Host does not have enough Item Points to buy one.]
Confused as how he does not have enough points, he opened the status window
to check how much he still have. After seeing that he have almost 200 Item Points,
he wondered how much the item so he asked.
"Hey, I still have a lot of points Sys. How much is the pickaxe anyway?"
[Tier 2 - Unique Pickaxe, 10,000 Item Points.]
After hearing the price, Arren could not help but shout.
"What?! 10,000 points? Wait, why is it a tier 2 item? Cant you just give me a the
common one like the shovel."
[Host, common pickaxe could only used to mine common minerals, a tier 1 pickaxe
could only mine tier 1 minerals. This applies to tier 2 minerals and up, they needed
the corresponding tiered item.]
After hearing Sys, Arren could not help but want to cry. They were within his reach
yet at the same time, far from him, well technically not that far since he have the
system. Looking around again, he was sure that those other protruding pillars of
rocks or maybe yet again corals, some of them are definitely useful and could be
sold at a high price making him rich.
Knowing that hed only feel more down if he went to check the other ones and then
can't have them, he might as well ignore them for now. Continuing his march towards
the crabs location, Arren walked along the shore. Along the shoreline, he could see
colorful fishes swam about here and there.
Taking out some crab meat, Arren threw it to the fishes. After hitting the water and
before it could even sink deeper, it was instantly swarmed by that school of fish
and instantly vanished.
"Damn, these little guys are hungry. Hmm, hey fishies, follow me and I'll feed you
more crab meat later. Oh what was that, I'm awesome? Hahahah of course I am,
this bros the awesomest of all awesome guys around, hahaha."
While walking, he was talking to the fishes of how awesome he was, as if they
could understand him, the school of fish followed him. Devouring a piece of crab
meat if he threw one at them, then afterwards, followed him patiently on the side.
Because they no longer swim as fast as before, looking at one of them, Arren was
able to identify what fish they were.
Name Rainbow Dream Fish Gender Male Age 9 months Level 0 Condition Slightly happy Note Rainbow Dream Fish can make a small area they swim turn into rainbow-colored when they are happy. The happier they are, the bigger the size of the area that turns into rainbow-colored. The rainbow-colored area will last for 1 whole day and during night-time, will lit up and shine brightly and beautifully.
Reading the information displayed, Arren nodded and was satisfied with his
newfound friends.
"Not bad, you guys are like this bro, very cool. Damn you could even create a
rainbowy area. Hey fishies, when the time comes, let this big bro of yours see
it ok? Hahaha"
Hearing him, the school of Rainbow Dream Fish swam in circles as if saying yes
to his request. Seeing that they stopped and swam still, Arren continued onwards
and the school of fish slowly followed beside him. Ignorance truly is a bliss. Good
thing there's no record of the Rainbow Dream Fish on the books that he had read
before or else he'd be out cold right now.
Rainbow Dream Fish, one of the many beast that could evolve into a Divine Beast.
But unlike others which needed to reach a certain level, or needed a certain item, or
a high enough level of purity of its bloodline to evolve, the Rainbow Dream Fish with
the purest bloodline of all beast, can evolve even at level 0.
Although after evolving into a Divine Beast, the Rainbow Dream Fish would still be
level 0 with no combat power, but, it does makes it up with its bloodline skill.
A healing skill which could regrow a part of your body, as long as one is still alive,
being cut in half from waist down, with the heal of the Rainbow Dream Fish, a few
seconds later and you're back in top shape.
Creating a bond or making a contract with one is already very hard, and is
impossible to many. Even the most powerful people whom are good in nature,
their chance is still slim and yet here he is, followed by a school of them. What
do you think would happen if those people learn about it? They'd definitely
vomit blood all over, rush out, seek him out and beat him up.
Even dragons are envious of the Rainbow Dream Fish. While dragon are a true
powerhouse in this world, they still, could be killed. And what about the Rainbow
Dream Fish? Even when it's still a common beast and not a Divine Beast, killing it
would almost be impossible even for a dragon, and don't even talk about killing it
when it evolves. It's not called the Immortal God Fish by many powerhouses for
nothing.
Going back to Arren who was ignorant that he was being followed by a school of
mighty fishies, looking at the horizon, he could see the crabs moving around and
some fighting each other.
"Sys, how far am I right now from those crabs?"
[Host is 288 meters away from the target.]
"Oh. Sys when I'm only 100 meters away from them, please tell me, thanks."
After he said that, Arren walked slowly towards his target and hid behind the
towering rocks on his way towards them. A few minutes of walking slowly,
Sys notified him.
[Host is 100 meters away from the target.]
"Thanks Sys."
After thanking Sys, Arren climbed up a towering rock. Getting up, although his
strength was now way higher than before, he was still easily exhausted. Taking
a few deep breaths, he then murmured to himself.
"Damn, although I'm strong, yet my overall physical fitness is that of an untrained
person. After this, I definitely have to exercise. Hah, I thought this is gonna be
an easy road with the system."
After sighing, Arren placed the quiver on his side, sat himself comfortably on the
rock and aimed the crossbow at the crabs. Aiming at the ones that were fighting,
he elevated the sight a little higher, seeing that both crabs stopped, he pulled the
trigger and out came a loud twang. Together with the vibrating sound of the string,
a whistle loud enough could be heard travelling at a long distance. After the
whistle stopped, he could hear the low screech from the crab he just hit.
Hitting it on the left side of its body, the bolt destroyed a portion of it.
"Holy f*ck, this far and yet it could do such insane damage? Hey Sys, whats
the effective range of this crossbow by the way?"
[Host, Gillver Light Crossbow has an effective range of about 500 meters.]
"Hot damn, Sys, I think you sold me a ballista instead of a crossbow."
Seeing the crab thrashing, Arren loaded another bolt to finish it off. Unfortunately
for it though, the one it fought took its chance and attacked it. Clawing it here and
there, it tore off the limbs and pincers of the wounded crab. After that, it raised its
pincers making like a victory dance and then smashed the defeated crabs body
and ate it. Awhile later, the surrounding crabs joined the feast.
"Holy sh*t, it ate its own. Damn, what about my points?!"
[Host received 1 Experience Points]
[Host received 0.1 Gear Points]
[Host received 0.1 Skill Points]
[Host received 1 Life Points]
[Host received 1 Item Points]
Before he could cry, he was surprised by the notifications he heard from Sys.
"Damn that works too? Fine, I'll take it."
But after seeing how much it gave, he already wanted to cry. Arren needed 10
Skill Points for the Spearmanship Beginner Manual, and each kill gives him only
0.1 points.
"Hah, 100 of these f*cks huh? Fine, more food for later to me. Right, my fishy
friends will have a lot to eat later as well."
Aiming again the crossbow but this time, he adjusted it towards the right side
now that he knew that the wind blowing was strong enough to change its course.
Pulling the trigger, the bolt flew and this time around, he luckily hit it right dead
center on its mouth destroying that part and killing it in 1 shot. Just like before,
the surrounding live ones swarmed and dismantled it and then, eating it.
Hearing the notification from Sys again, Arren loading another and murmured.
"Well this is quite fun, a shooting practice, just what I needed. Good thing these
things are hungry as f*ck, they don't even bother looking where the danger came
from or trying to figure out how their companion died. Hmm, I guess its intelligence
is very low."
After the 10th bolt flew from the crossbow, Arren was able to kill his 1st group of
crabs without a problem. Going down, he walked towards the carcasses and
stored them. Looking around, he was confused about where the bolts went.
"Sys, did the bolts magically evaporated? How come I don't see a single one?
I was hoping I might be able to use it again."
[Host, each bolts could only be used 1 time.]
"Ahh perfect, you gave me a money burner."
After saying that, instead of asking Sys, he pressed the tattoo on his arm and
the status window appeared.
Name Arren Cyne Title none Gender Male Age 21 Years Old Event Points 1 Level 2 Gear Points 3 Experience 220 / 350 Skill Points 1 Combat power 300 Kg. of Force Life Points 195 Lifespan 75-90 Years Item Points 184 Energy Available at Level 10 Condition Normal Currency 0
Energy had been added and well, nothing much really changed.
"Sure, now you added energy. Hah, 9 Skill Points more to go. Work hard me!
Woooooo...."
Cheering himself up to work hard and boost his morale, Arren headed to the next
group of target.