"I never realized how much our daughter listened to Nelly." Elijah Lee Ce Raphil Mabtali
Chapter 47: Rejection of Eden
I sat on a hill- a boulder maybe. Whatever you want to call it, turned out to be the only remainder of the Adventurer’s Hall. The only remaining pillar left standing. Dark matter had successfully covered and protected me from the pulling force created by the system.
“System Initialization was no joke!” That’s what was on my mind standing here taking in the view of the black sphere yards away from me.
[(Sunny) Your heart rate is unusually high Adena.]
If I didn’t know any better I would’ve thought this was a construction sight, or at least the aftermath of an Alaskan bullworm’s attack on this city, an alien crash landing maybe.
I thought about sticking my tongue out to taste the snow but then again no, not in this world.
Trying to keep from worrying about Clivent being trapped within that sphere. It was hard not to think about home.
I was in denial hoping to keep myself distracted.
Yes, I could empathize with the New Clivent but I had my problems to worry about. Words can only do so much. How much longer was I going to stay in this city? I can’t ignore what’s going on around me forever.
This is too much! I looked at the empty plots of land that once held businesses and houses, probably homes to those Adventures.
Not able to grasp whatever it was I was feeling. Papa’s words were all I could recall. The real Papa, not that imitation Adi kept in his little make-believe world.
[Memorist] Such a stupid title reminded me of his words. “Do not unto others what they have done unto you.”
That stupid fox and its stupid baby had taken everything from me in one fell swoop and now I have nothing to remind me of home. Not even the clothes that I had on my back.
“Just why!?” What did I ever do to deserve this? I don’t get it. “None of this is my fault. I’m not even supposed to be here.” I can’t even scream because of these stupid skills!
This isn’t what I wanted when I wished to go outside. When I wished to go beyond the gate, beyond the garden, beyond that stupid house.
“I hate this shitty brick city, I hate how the houses are too close together, I hate that the air has so many, too many smells.”
Hot tears streamed down my face as I continued to reject the city streets surrounding the new plot of empty land.
“I hate it here.” Whatever Adi and Papa said didn’t matter to me now and it probably wouldn’t matter after I was done crying. There was no one around to put on airs for at the moment and I finally had time to breathe.
Glothmin was lost in thought along with the few people that got caught up in the system's shitty way of- what even is system initialization!??
“I hate it here.” I miss my bed, I miss my parents, I miss my mansion, I miss my life before it became a living hell.
“I feel alone! Why are you so quiet? All I asked was who was Izocol? Adi comfort me!”
Adi didn’t respond to my thoughts and words of outrage. I am completely lost in my feelings. I sniffed out of frustration and decided to look around while Clivent did whatever he was doing in that sphere.
I could cry some more later. I had enough tears to spare after all I’d done.
“It wasn’t my fault,” I said aloud to myself In reinsurance. "You not going to talk to me.” My thoughts didn't get the intended response.
Sitting on the debris or hill whatever you want to call it for who knows how long, crying my eyes out. I got up and stretched my legs a bit thankful that I didn’t have a fear of heights.
“Might as well check on Glothmin and the other people scattered around here. All this walking must have tired me out. I'm getting heavier by the second.”
[(Sunny) That is because your inventory is full.]
Dusting the now dirty and dingy linen shirt I had off along with the brown pants. I hoped Clivent could manage without any more of my help however little I had given...
“I miss my clothes.” Wow, I pick and choose what I decide to focus on. I worry about my clothes instead of the dust clouds from the whole debacle. I guess getting all dusty from you know what had forced me to pay attention to something.
“Gosh I feel a bit heavy,” I spoke still on top of the hill looking down at the ground. Probably twenty feet in the air.
[Adena,( Adonin SMCR) would direct me to tell you to get to safety. “Get Away from the Dark Matter”… Yes, we would like to inform you that your life may currently be in danger.]
“Huh?” Why is Adi talking to Sunny and not me?
[(Sunny) would also like to inform you. That your inventory is full as time passes you will start to incur the full weight of whatever it Is you have in your inventory.]
“What? I don't even know how to use my inventory."
[ (Sunny) has analyzed Adena’s expression of confusion. I am unauthorized to interfere with User Adena’s spacial storage as I am still at {Stage 1}. Also, you should be moving away from this so-called Dark matter.]
“My life is what!?” I'm falling a bit behind on these system messages.
looking around in a hurry not having a clue which direction to run in I couldn’t see any Dark Matter.
“The only Dark Matter I know about inside of me and the sphere!”
[(Sunny) Adena, (AdoninSMCR) would have advised that you not raise your voice until you understand your skills better. I would also like to inform you that there is no need to interact verbally when communicating with me.]
“Sunny, you are confusing me even more.”
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
Looking at the sphere maybe something had gone wrong and he was busy handling it. I should run in the other direction of the sphere.
[(Sunny) Adena, System (AdoninSMCR) would also advise me to remind you to rely on skill [Eyes of the Watcher] more often.]
This is so frustrating it’s giving me a headache.
How am I supposed to get down from here without breaking an ankle?
Realizing that I had to rely on my skills and the system menu, I wanted to groan.
I jumped hoping I wouldn’t break an ankle or something with my twenty stat points in Vitality. [Memorist] Thought it would be a good idea to replay my first reaction to receiving notifications for killing all those people.
Wait, what happened to all that bonus experience when I hadn’t even chosen a class yet? Was I even allowed to use that experience? It felt dirty.
Hitting the ground and making sure my legs and ankles were still good. I expanded my vision using [ Eyes of the Watcher] and expanded my view like I was zooming out of a web browser. I could worry about a headache when my life wasn’t in danger.
Letting the skill stretch itself thin spanning a couple blocks. I still couldn’t figure out the Dark Matter Adi wanted to warn me about.
Feeling nauseated I decreased the skills range. “What is it I’m supposed to be looking at?”
All I could see was the cavern wall up high, concrete and ground down low, to my west past Clivent’s sphere there was just the city and the usual colors of matter.
It all looks like bricks to me. A city full of brick houses. That boring grey and reddish brown colors and the gritty feel when you get up close to touch the material.
Turning around to look in the opposite direction to the east. There were just buildings, and looking past that the city just became pitch black like all the matter on one side of the city was being cut off.
Blue matter fell from the sky and I could see that there wasn’t much left. “Who knows, maybe the snow will finally come to an end.”
It was weird. The eastern part of the city was pitch black like a huge wall had been erected. Was I missing something? Shouldn’t there be more than just a pitch-black backdrop?
“Sunny, can you be of help?”
[(Sunny) No, I cannot see this matter that you speak of, for I am a system. (Adonin) on the other hand, would recommend following your instincts.]
Father would do the same. Fine, I guess I’ll get away from the pitch-black if the name serves a purpose.
“Wait, sunny can I use the skill [Identify] while also using [Eyes of the watcher]!?”
[(Sunny)I don’t see why not.]
I had to admit I was becoming excited about making a discovery but it brought me disappointment soon after. I hated this world. Things were much simpler without a system and skills!
Almost rubbed my dusty hands on my eyes before I took another look into the distance. I activated [Eyes of the Watcher] and [identified] the sphere that I knew for sure was the new Clivent.
“That stupid name,” I muttered before coming to a realization.
“My brain needs to be thrown in the garbage.” When was the last time I used [Identify]? Matter of fact I can’t recall identifying Clivent because I never did. Identifying him had given me a headache.
Focusing on the black sphere made my eyes hurt just a bit but that didn’t stop me. A minute went by and I didn’t think anything would pop up at all. Then like a fog had been lifted the Sphere had been identified incorrectly.
[Erro..gg of Vl0mination]
“Hmm, That sounds weird, right?”
[(Sunny), would like to bring up an error. The system seems to feel repulsion towards the one you would refer to as a New Clivent. The system also has trouble identifying this existence.]
“Okay, um I’ll just try to take a closer look.”
*Ping*! [Identification] has leveled up from Lvl 7 to Lvl 8!
[(Sunny) Adena, you should check the system menu When you get a chance.]
Well, it’s safe to say that Dark matter can’t be identified. That was a letdown.
With that, I just went with my gut in the opposite direction of the pitch-black part of the city. I may not be bright at times but why would I willingly walk in the direction I couldn’t see?
Do I just leave Glothmin and the others here? The guy gave me the creeps.
“Yeah, they’ll be fine. When I was just About to walk off I started to feel a bit sluggish. I ran over to the person whom Adi had mentioned.
“I could use a cloak instead of these dusty rags I’m wearing. That Armor looks super heavy though.”
As I approached the body. A piece of ash was about to fall on the body of whoever would’ve walked in on Clivent’s System Initialization.
It looks familiar. I could almost recall seeing something just like this not too long ago.
It looked like an eye floater or something but I knew that it wasn’t. The transparent piece was just floating above the person who was about to intrude on our little ceremony.
I could see perfectly around it if I moved my head but looking at it directly with my eyes there was no way I was seeing through it that [Eyes of the Watcher].
[(Sunny) I do not recommend touching the remnant once again. ]
What do you mean by "remnant”? , once again?”
[(Sunny) Have you forgotten about touching the “Transparent snowflake”? I witnessed this same reaction not long ago when you were sitting down on the boulder. That is when Adonin stopped responding to your replies. Correction, our replies.]
"You know Sunny doesn’t look like a snowflake now that you call it that." I kept my eyes on the thick-looking floater. I chose to [Identify] the little piece using [Eyes of the Watcher] as well.
[Mana] was all it read and I was surprised I didn’t know mana could be outside the body or status menu. The books in the library didn’t talk about it. I didn’t think it had a form.
Well, how could the books in the library talk about magic with the extreme citizen censorship going on?
“I wonder If I can unlock some cool type of magic power if I touch it. Running over to the little piece of mana before it hit the body of the unconscious stalker. At closer inspection using [Eyes of the watcher].
"Oh, it's a woman."
I touched the floating piece of mana with my index finger.
The transparent piece of mana was a bit warm as it was absorbed into my index finger and never seen again.
My right index finger felt numb, almost making me want to put my finger in my mouth to regain some feeling but I had learned my lesson back on earth.
“Nothing happened,” I spoke to Sunny, the monotone voice in my system.
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Somewhere along the most eastern part of the city of Fallohum where the slums intersected with Wall Street, was not just darkness in the night. There stood a wall of Dark matter which had failed to be recognized by the system.
A considerably lucky girl up until this point in her life had touched another piece of compacted atmospheric mana from the ages of old without a care in the world.
That one piece of Mana was like a baseball bat to an unseen wall, a barrier made in haste to keep the unbearably thick mana from flooding and filling the rest of the unsuspecting city.
Though the child was capable of many things, erecting a barrier of Dark matter across the wingspan of a city wasn't one of them. Yes, even for him. A special boy would once again face the consequences of his sister's bad reckless decisions.
As Adena touched the compacted tiny piece, even more mana was absorbed into her skin with no place to go.
Adena was still a classless girl with no [Mana realm] and no control of Mana, the aspect or substance as a whole. No matter how many titles she had gathered or skills relating to the aspect it wouldn't change that fact.