Ernesh arrived at the scene where scorched ground are very visible on the ground. As he got closer he saw his fellow clansmen and his father who wears a sheet of clothing that covers his lower half of the body. They are currently talking with another group that
"Ernesh?" His father noticed the spoud of horse coming and saw his son. "ERNESH!" Zane yelled again which caught Ernesh's attention. Ernesh was met with a big hug as he got close.
"You alright now my boy?" Zane ask checking his son. "Yes dad, I'm alright now. I seemed to have eaten a bad fruit but now its fine. I decided to take a fresh stroll with the horse cause I got bored.", Ernesh said smiling at his father.
"You decided to take a stroll wearing a chainmail and a short sword?" Zane ask as he looked at his son who looks like is about to go to war or a fight. "Haha. I kinda decided to try and hunt if I ever find some beasts." Ernesh managed to reason it out. "By the way dad, what happened here?." Ernesh looked at the surrounding and saw the green area now turned into ashes and schorch marks. Except for the mince meat that is scattered everywhere of one man, he saw that his fellow clansmen are mostly injured.
"We met an annoying guy who looks like a female. Haha! Nothing dangerous, he's just hard to kill." Zane laugh showing everything is fine to his son. Not long after Ernesh began to inspect the minced meat.
[The target has turned to pieces. Find the core.]
Zero said as Ernesh touched the meats scattered in the ground.
"What are you looking son?" Zane ask as he looked at Ernesh touching the remains of the enemy.
"Oh! I just got curious and want to look for its core. I thought it was also broken into pieces.", Ernesh answered.
"Here." Zane threw a small magenta crystal on his hand. 'So small.' Ernesh thought as the crystal was wrapped by his hand.
[Locking the system in 5 minutes. Please maintain distance for 5 minutes.]
Ernesh nodded and ask his father to examine the core a little bit. Zane agreed and proceed to check up on his clansmen.
'So how do you guys fight?'
[System fights like a computer and a virus role. In their case I am a virus while they are the computer. You don't have to worry about us. Just think on how to deal with the anomalies when time comes.]
Ernesh nodded and looked at the core carefully. The core still contains energy that is escaping from the crystal.
[System locked in.
Analyzing. . .
Soul: Martial Soul
Last known: Hye Lin
Class: Cultivator (unique)
Planet: #802/ Martial world #10
System Type: Points and shop Function, Auto assist function, quest function]
[Returning Enrgies Stolen. . .]
'Huh, so he is from another planet. So aside from earth, other souls also invaded.' After the system is done, he returned the core to his father. When one dies their core is sometimes left unbroken. A broken core is useless but a full intact one is a danger when left in the wild. The fallen core contains energies that may affect the beasts that made contact. Cores and bones contained magical properties and are converted powders or smelted into weapons. Sadly the core is only a professional tier. Only master tier class and legendary tier are sought very useful. The lower tiers are just for reinforcement or maintainance.
After the mess is over the Gram clan escorted the Bavel Organization on their way. They part ways on the road that splits to the Gram Clan Village and the Lionheart city. On the gate awaits the Gram Chief Brant and Brighid. Ernesh explained what happenedto his mother, while Zane reported the things that happened to the Chief. The chief has a serious expression after the report and decides to discussed the issue more in the stronghold.
The next morning, Ernesh decided to explore the secret place he has in the [BOON]. "Mom, Dad.", Ernesh addressed his parents as they eat bread for breakfast. "What is it dear?", Brighid ask as she sipped the tea from the floral teacup. "I would like to explore the woods near the east gate. I would like to try hunting and explore to see if I am capable." The secret place was located little bit further from the Gram Village. In order to get their, he needs to go past the east gate locates at the other end that. The location behind the east gate is under the control of the Waterlake Kingdom. This is considered safe as hunters from the clan goes to the woods to hunt a game. Brighid's and Zane's eyes sparkled. To Brighid this is an early test for his son to aim in becoming stronger. For Zane, it is an indication that his son will give up once he knew how hard being a gray core is.
They both agreed and taylored a small black leather armor and chainmail for him. Ernesh nodded and decided to go at the secret place the next day.
Equipped with a crossbow, a short sword and a dagger on his waist. He wear a black leather armor with a chainmail underneath. Zane proceed to head to the place while some clansmen observe in the shadow.
'Shit! What should I do? I'm being followed.' Ernesh said as he got closer to the place. He entered the woods and went south following a clear path made by the hunters. He then went off trail in between the path and headed further east.
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[Target 500 meters.
Don't worry. The place where we are going is a well known place by rhe hunter. The area had very few magical beast. It is a very safe spot. Also they will never notice the secret place. It is estimated that it has 3% chance of being discovered without guides.]
Upon reaching the area, the hunters following sighed in relief. The area is a spot where they hunt in the past. There is a cave nearby that they made as a resting place. As the years pass by the beasts and magical beasts has dwindled and almost saw nothing to hunt except for hares.
'Inside the cave?' Ernesh asked as he saw a hole at the edge of the mountain. Zero confirmed and went inside. The hunters became more relaxed and decided to wait from the distance. "This is a safe area. We can relax now.", One of the hunters said.
The cave is big enough to contain a group of 20 people. It is not thay deep either. Ernesh approached the dead end with a confused look.
[Don't worry. The secret place is just special. Please draw the runic symbol that I am about to show and put a drop of your blood when it is done.]
Ernesh followed the symbol that appeared in his eyes. He carefully looked ay the ground and took the dagger and carved the image carefully.
[Please hurry up.]
'I'm not an artist! Even in my past life I'm the worst on this things.' Ernesh responded back as he slowly carved the symbol. A pentagram symbol was first drawn enough for Ernesh to stand. He drew another circle outside the pentagram and carved what Zero called the Runic language.'
An hour passed by and Ernesh finished the image. He stood in the middle and made a small cut on his index finger followed by a chant.
"Neh'ker'tsap Khan" The ground glow as the drop of blood touched the magic circle. Ernesh felt a similar feeling that has been used by the god of dimension. His vision warped and distorted but everything is still the same after that short distortion.
[Don't just stand their walk through that wall.]
Zero urged him and Ernesh followed what he said. He walk through the wall like its nothing. After 10 steps he got to a small room. The room has a double size white bed, a bookeshelf that has 60 books, a chest and a desk where a skeleton is seated holding a quill. On the desk lies a book half filled. The room is being lit by 4 lamps. Ernesh looks at the book and saw the native language of the planet. Ernesh got a closer look at the bed and noticed another skeleton lying on the bed.
"What happened in here?", Ernesh asked Zero.
[Historical information: The one sitted on the desk is called Mira. A professional class tier of Witch class working at the Blood Moon Empire before the Waterlake kingdom is founded. The one lying in the bed is called Lamar. A prince of the Blood Moon Empire. The two were lovers and the prince was poisoned by his older brother. She was framed of poisoning her lover with a letter saying that they should die together found in his room. She escaped with the prince's corpse in this place. She dedicated her life to research the runic language in hopes to resurrect her lover. During her life she managed to achieve the legendary tier Witch class. Total of years lived 256 years. Cause of death old age.]
"So my boon is her life's work?" Ernesh said and looked closely at the skeleton. He noticed pieces of broken white crystal lying on the ground. "To bad her core is broken.", Ernesh sighed. The next thing he searched was the chest. The chest contained a 10 boxes filled with vials. Another box filled with magical inks. And another box filled with dust that Zero analyzed as bonedust of magical beast. The most eye catching one is an altar. According to Ernesh memory this is a Class Altar where one can get a class. The altar is sculpted as a humanoid figure with four arms holding a crystal on each hand. The crystal represent the class available in the altar. He saw one of this in the Clan village stronghold when he was brought their a year ago.
The class represent the individual style or a persons' way of fighting. The moment they gained a class they will get more powerful and can improve their selves a lot easier.
The class tiers represent how they have improve themselves. According to Zero the strongest native of the planet is a Legendary tier. No other secret boss or higher tiers are known since the information came from the Gods themselves. However, the ceiling of a legendary tier is high and no one has yet to reach.
The classes are divided into:
Aprentice tier- where the tier is divided into 3 stages. When a person is still an apprentice they can still change their class.
Official tier- where one has fully accepted his class.
The Advance tier- where it is divided from 1 star to three stars. These are individuals who has learned at least 10 skills.
Professional tier- where the class learned and harness their cores to the fullest. Those who achieve this tier will have their core become a crystal.
Master tier- where one creates a master core. The master core fuels the creation of the Secret art skill.
Legendary tier- where one has completed all his 3 secret arts and mastered them. One can become one when he creates an ultimate skill and unleashed it.
Ernesh look at the statue and only one crystal is shining. [The crystal of magic] Zero's voice sounded. The crystal of magic contain a magic class type.
"So am I going to become a witch now?", Ernesh ask.
[Negative. We wll use the altar for your boons.
Please sit on a lotus position and hold the altar. Just maintain the position and I will do the rest.]
"Why do I need to be in a lorus position?"
[Isn't this what you read in the novels to get comfortable? Holding it is really fine though.]
"Fuck you! I'll just sit here." Ernesh was irritated by Zero's explenation and moved the skeletal remains of Mira carefully on the ground and sat on the chair.
[Pleas wait . .]
Tha altar's crystal began to shine brightly until the lights begone tp grow dim and faded.
"That's it?"
[Please draw another magic circle. Use the magic ink in the chest. Draw it properly.]
"You shit son of a system."
Ernesh spent another 2 hours making a magic circle with different runic symbols.
After he finished he was instructed to enter in the circle this time and just chant the runic language.
"Meoplizgahp Tonunahp Nek Azgip"
The magic circle shined and his surroundings become distorted. "Where am I?" Ernesh asked. As he looked aroung and only see white.
[You are currently inside your consciousness. Your body dropped like a doll the second you entered here.]
"You told me to stand!", Ernesh yelled in anger.
[I told you to enter.]
"Hrmph! So what now?"
[Please wait. . .]
[Select Your Character]
After a while Ernesh heard a familiar voice that made him remembered his time playing in the arcade. What made his eyes twitch even more is the words that appeared in front of him.
[1. Random]
[2. Dan Hibiki - street fighter]
[I will prosess information available at the chosen character and develop useful skills and styles for you to learn. Please choose carefu-]
"RANDOM!"
Ernesh yelled from the top of his lungs.