Chapter 8: New functions

"Golden Cloud Palace Lord and Blood Palace Lord, would you like to proceed your dispute through the Death Arena in this Yu Region?"

The elderly man spoke each word slowly, like every word takes all his strength just to speak.

"No, Lord Councilor, we don't dare bother you."

The duo then retracted their auras as they retreated to their own sides. The elderly man slowly nodded and said in an inquiring voice.

"Friends, since the dispute has ended, may I ask for all of you to please retreat to your own places. Also, as there is no evidence of the Lightsword Goddess being here, the accusation of the Blood Palace Lord to the Golden Cloud Palace Lord has been deemed invalid."

The elderly man looked around, and then, fluctuations of space arrived all around the place. Numerous Rulers appeared, as they all then paid respect to the elderly man and swiftly left.

"We have seen the 5th Councilor, please excuse our imprudence."

'These rats..' Aslan and Belphegor thought the same. They knew those Rulers were waiting for the aftermath of the battle, then plunder them or even kill them as they grew weak when fighting one another. One should know that every strand of heavenly rule from the body is extremely beneficial to a Ruler. Killing a fellow Ruler for his heavenly rule on his/her body is no unordinary occurence anymore. It became the norm, as the numbers of Rulers began to rise, true deaths also occured like an everyday routine.

The Immortal Council turned blind eye to this, as they, also have numerous Rulers hoping to achieve deification. So, lesser competitors, equals higher chance. Even those Councilors and Guardians even have more than the limit of heavenly rule strands belonging to them, which make them ridiculously powerful. All to which of course, through killings and plunderings, in the name of peace.

"Alright, if you really would like to settle your dispute, I will be waiting at the Death Arena. That's it, I'll be taking my leave then."

"Farewell, Lord Councilor."

Like a phantom, the elderly man Yu Xingluo slowly dissipates into the void, leaving the two still respectfully saluting to the direction of the old councilor.

With a teasing chuckle, Belphegor also left, not without looking at Aslan with looks of ridicule and contempt. Aslan also looked at him back with indifference and then unhurriedly went back to his palace.

.....

Alex, on the other hand was dumbfounded from the notification of the cold voice actor as he said

"Icy, so you are still alive." since the voice always sounded cold like ice, he named 'it' Icy, with a proud expression on his face. He then checked the notification that read

[Update finished. Preparations for file extraction.. Extraction finished.]

[Congratulations host, for your successful descent on the first world, the Forsaken Realm of Deities. New functions have been unlocked. As a newbie traveler, you have obtained a beginner's gift. Please check it in your Inventory Function.]

"Alright! Just like those novels, huh!? A system! A cheat! Haha, hahahahaha!"

"From what I've read, should I think about the function for it to appear?"

[Affirmative, host.]

'I'm really a genius.'

'Inventory.'

Alex then saw a 5x5 tiles of graphical image, all enclosed in a big rectangular frame. In the first tile, he saw a box with word 'Noob' on it's center, making his happy face stiff as he rubbed his eyes and still saw that insulting word still situated on the box.

He shook his head and tapped on it lightly, as he then heard two notifications buzzing on his mind.

[Congratulations, you have received 10 spirit stones]

[Congratulations, you have received a lucky draw chance from the Mysterious Lottobox Function.]

"Wait, that's it? You just give me these 10 glowing stones and that overused lucky draw chance?"

[Affirmative, host.]

"Damn it, who made this crappy system!? Well, whatever, since I'm a rational handsome man, I'll accept it as it is."

'Mysterious Lottobox'

What he saw was a big golden chest with question mark on it's center. It is jumping, on intervals of 2 seconds, then spin afterwards. It repeats it's movement indefinitely as he then tapped on it lightly. The golden chest shuddered, as it's cover sprang upwards emitting a golden light. After the light receded, he saw a tiny golden blood, with the size of a pea.

[Congratulations, you have obtained an incomplete 'Primordial Human' bloodline.]

"W-What? Primordial Human? What a badass name, is it like, a human from the primeval era then?"

[Affirmative, host. The Primordial Humans are the ancestral kins of the now mortals. Most of the Primordial Humans died, due to this Universe's first Great Calamity, trillions of eons ago, leaving with little to no descendants. Those that have survived, either went to another Universes, or went to hiding on the numerous realms of this Universe.]

"Oh shit, that's cool as heck. If I consume this blood, will I be like those daddy ancestors of mine?" Alex said excitedly and fidgeting around the tree.

[As the bloodline that the host has acquired is incomplete, most of the traits that a pureblooded Primordial Human has are locked. Please find all the other parts of the bloodline, host, or you can purchase it from the 'Store' function.]

"It's alright, I'll make do with this for now. Hehe, with this I don't believe I won't become strong like those overpowered MC's in those novels I've read."

He looked at the floating droplet of golden blood on his hand, as he asked the system "Icy, how will I activate this?"

[The host can activate the bloodline through direct consumption.]

Alex nodded as he looked around. He is near the huge gates, with people and carriages on the line. Most of them looked at him with scorn, thinking that this man is insane for running around naked and talking alone. Alex looked back at them with disdain, smirking as he left the place quietly.

As the road to the forest became deserted, he then hurried up and looked for a secluded area, where no beasts and humans would wander around. At last, he saw a cave near a waterfall. Entering the dark cave, checking around for a slumbering beast or humans camping. After finding it inhabited, he picked a huge boulder outside as he used it as a blockage to the entrance of the cave.

Settling down, he stuffed the golden blood on his mouth. It tasted like honey, sweet and cool to the buds.

"Wow, that's delicious, I thought like those novels-" before he could finish his piece, he screamed loudly like Tom(1) in pain

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

(1) Reference to the cartoon hit, 'Tom and Jerry'. Anyone who doesn't know this cartoon lives in a cave, I swear.