59 Ding! System Has...
Raikou looked at the notification.
Ding! System has evolved!
He looked up to see two specks of light slowly developing above his head. A visage of a human face appearing within them.
Raikou marvelled at the continuously fluttering specks of light that were clashing into each other.
After a while, the lights began congealing into a proper form.
"Now, what the hell is this?" He looked at them in amazement, unsure of what was going on exactly.
"Hello." Two high pitched childish voices sounded out in unison.
There were two babies floating in front of him. Clothed only in diapers; with one having a pitchfork in his right hand and the other a halo above his head.
"Did you miss me?" The babies looked at each other, "Are we a me or a we? Hmm, this is a dilemma."
They looked forward to see Raikou frozen in one spot with his mouth wide open.
"What's wrong? Don't we look cool?" They both spoke in unison.
Raikou dropped to the ground and they followed.
"So, let me get this straight. You two are who exactly?" Raikou tried to make sense of the whole situation, even though he kind of had an idea of what they were, however he was hoping his hypothesis was incorrect.
"We/I am/are the system." They both smiled. Their faces were chubby and identical, but the smile itself showed a difference in their beings. The pitchfork baby had a mischievous smile, and the other had a pure and angelic smile plastered across it's face.
(A/N: My idea was one baby. Two different bodies was an idea given to me by ugaog123.)
"Oh my. First, we need to establish something. Pick between we and I, because I can't deal with this whole shambolic way of talking." For once, he was the one having to put order in a difficult situation.
"We can be considered one entity, but we're trying to make it easier for you to understand, so we will refer to ourselves are separate entities for your small mental capacity." They explained.
"Hey hey. My brain capacity is not low you little shits. I don't think you understand the predicament you are in exactly. I can now give you all the ass kickings that have been owed to you over these last few months." He reached out to grab them, but his hands passed right through them.
The devil baby wagged it's finger at Raikou and smiled, "We're not completely solid. This is like a light being projected into your eyes, which means you can see us, but not touch us."
This infuriated Raikou even more, as it meant that his objective, which seemed so close was actually even further. The carrot was being waved in front of him, but he couldn't reach it.
"You can refer to us as Dosho and Domyo to make it easier." They pointed at each other to explain. Dosho was the pitchfork baby and Domyo was the halo baby.
"Is this some religious attack on me?" He thought.
"We can hear you. How could you have forgotten that." They spoke in unison.
Raikou rolled his eyes, "Are you always going to speak in unison?"
They nodded.
He finally gave up. "Fine. After the evolution, what is new other than this shit?"
They replied, "With our evolution, you have been given two new abilities that have been integrated into the system. Along with some other improvements."
He listened and well (A/N: Let me just summarise them, ok?)
- Host can now merge skills together to create a new one.
- Omni-Swordsman changed to Omni-Cultivator. (This will not change the method of host's attacking, but is a necessary change for development. Being limited to a warrior was something we couldn't sit back and see.)
- Skill cap has been increased from B->S for skills obtained from the system.
- System will offer more quests to the host after this evolution.
(A/N: Once again, the system will be used to cover my mistakes.)
- Pets can now exceed the host's rank by two.
Raikou heard all they had to say and he began jumping in glee. The previous annoyance he felt towards their new bodies washed away with the new upgrades.
He went forward to hug them, but went straight into a tree and fell down.
"Even now, our interactions will be conducted using a tree." He scowled and straightened his clothes out.
They were referred to using the male pronoun to clear up confusion, even though they did not have an actual gender.
Deep down, he was happy to have the system back. Without it, he felt extremely lost and anticipating it's return. With these two babies, the skip in his stride had returned.
(A/N: Any ideas of how to refer to the babies when I am talking about both of them. I don't want to call them babies or the system. They're now similar to AIs and are kind of separate from the actual system, which is clearer with their bodies. I would put this in the author's note, but none of you even read that...)
"Hey, get off my shoulders!" He looked and saw that Dosho was sitting on his right shoulder and Domyo on his left one.
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Ghost had been in the middle of a fight with a high level rank 4. It was pretty difficult and wouldn't have been settled quickly. However, he suddenly felt filled with newfound power and killed the opponent in one hit.
His soul felt different and he knew it had something to do with Raikou.
"It feels similar to last time." He smiled. His whole body was changing and his features became more refined.
Transforming back into his original form, he looked at his reflection and was happily surprised. The wolfman form was no longer as ugly as before. The hair had lessened and his facial features had become more refined. It was unfortunate that he was looking more like a human, but the previous form was too ugly for anyone to lay their eyes upon.
With the improvements, the transformation mask was able to make him look more like a simple bearded adventurer, instead of a messy ugly man that looked sinister.
"I may be happy right now, but you're the one that put me in this predicament. I'm coming for you! Get your ass ready you motherfucker!" The voice that came out wasn't as gruff and sounded smoother.
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Raikou sneezed.
Domyo looked at him, "What's up? How is a 'mighty cultivator' like you falling ill?"
"You're making fun of this apex predator?! My fans are thinking of me and this is an indicator that I am being mentioned!" He stood proudly and explained.
Dosho rolled his eyes and smirked.
"Oh great, now I can actually see your stupid facial expressions. It's even more annoying than I thought it would be." Raikou complained.
