11 Dungeon Arc#8: Black Flames and White Bones
-The system within you is not all-powerful. And it seems your level affects its abilities.
"Abilities? Like How?"
-You gained abilities like Pressure Resistance, Water Resistance, right? But why?
"Why? Of course, because excessive pressure exists inside the slime, and after I experienced it again and again, I developed resistance to it," I continued, "For the self-proclaimed wisest guy, you sure are dumb."
-Me? Dumb? HA! I see, so when all those times the rats bit you, why did you not gain something similar like physical damage resistance?
"Well….." About that, thinking for a while, I linked the dots, "Ah, because my level was higher."
-Not precisely, but obliquely, yes, haha, so you can indeed think about things
He patted my shoulders while laughing. How annoying!
-Now, it's time for you to leave
The ground beneath me blackened, He shrugged my shoulders, and I fell.
The world reddened, Giant eyes, skeleton heads, all scowling at me, and in unison saying,
Burn Them All! Burn Them All!
There was no joy, chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility. All I could feel from those souls was pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth.
They all cried.
They all begged.
They all mourned.
They wanted Vengeance.
They wanted Justice.
They sought freedom.
But what could I do? All I could do was listen to their cries and wait.
Wait until all this could be over.
[Class Change Complete]
[Darkness Attribute Obtained]
Gasp!
It's over! Those cries were maddening. The suffocating feeling is something I could never grow used to. My entire frame shuddered, thinking about their cries.
-Hey there!
"You!" I fell back,
Fear shook my body up because of those groans, and suddenly noticing him made my feet numb.
Like a spirit, he floated in the air in his black robes, with those deep black eyes, and irritating grin
-And the little skeleton falls down
"How… how can you?"
He interrupted me and spoke
-Must surprise you, but I can take this spirit form and come outside, although I cannot stray away for long
My hands shook, my mouth gasped for breath, I yet had not recovered,
-Getting intimidated by such measly cries, shaking like a little child, How pathetic
His words hit deep, "who's.." I clutched my legs, mustered up the courage, "Who's Pathetic" I stood up
Although I stood up, my legs still felt numb.
-Congrats, you learned to stand. Now, do you know how to walk, or do I also need to teach you that?
"Hey, How dare you! What are you even doing here?" I asked while pointing my right arm towards him.
He gave some beneficial information before, but to me, his motives were yet obscure.
-I am here to help you, of course. Look down.
He pointed his hand toward my chest. Looking at it,
Holy! What happened!
The golden Orb in the middle of my chest had altered. It gave up a blackish-purple glow, like golden and black had been mixed. My red and blue tissues had turned into black and white, and it darkened the Frontal part of my limbs. My fingers were still white.
-Behold, My Supreme Attribute, An Attribute that can alter the absolute structure of all things
"….. Ok, So what does that mean?" I asked while still looking at the modifications my frame had gone through.
-It's an extraordinary power. Only Two Entities in this world possess it, one being me and another being the Demon King.
"Make that three."
-It's likewise the reason the entire world hunted me.
"Really? Wasn't it because you conducted illegal experiments and invaded other nations?". That was at least what I saw when I glimpsed on Dirael's memories.
-Oh yeah, that too, but only if things were that simple. You will see, try to emit some flames.
"Flames?", Confused by his remarks, I lifted my arm and tried to spark some flames along with my finger.
[The System Noticed Your Actions]
[Your Affinity With The System Has Increased]
[The System Is Absorbing Darkness Attribute]
[System Evolution Started]
[The System Has Granted You Combination Skills]
"What?"
-What??
[The System Has Devoured Darkness Attribute]
[Updating Status Page]
Skill Combination: [Black Flame] + [Craftmanship level 1]
New skill [Fire Forging Level 1] gained.
"Wohhhhhh,"
-Wohhhhhh
"Wait! Why are you startled? Did not you know this was going to happen?" I asked.
-No way, My attribute would have modified your fundamental attribute nature, which was fire, and added a unique property on it.
A hood covered his hair, Black hair stuffed up around his eyes, but I could see the sparkle in his eyes. He was not lying.
"Then what's happening," I asked.
-Stay quiet, I am thinking. First, open up your profile.
"ok," He could have asked politely. Why be so rude?
Name: N/A
Title: [Dungeon Seeker]
Gender: N/A Race: Undead
Class: Dark Magus Level: 10
HP: 500/500 MP: 1200/1200{Recovery Rate: 0.05/sec}
Strength: 45 Defense: 45 Agility: 38 Intelligence: 50 Luck: 20 Intimidation:120
Skills:
[Resurrection Level 1] [Night Vision Level 7] [Dark Flames Level 1] [Mana Absorption Level 5{Active}] [Condensed Mana Restriction Level 5] [Pressure Resistance level 4] [Water Resistance level 4] [Tissue Induration level 4] [Fire Forging Level 1]
-I see, not much changed
Looking at the screen, my favorite skill had disappeared. "Where did [Flame Control] go?"
-Look again, There is Dark Flames, So the Darkness Attribute took effect
Rather than thinking, I used flames instead to verify,
Above my Palm, Fire did form, but their color had altered. They used to be red and orange. Now they like a shade of purple and black, just like the Orb in my chest.
"Ah, So, this is the Black flames" Loss of my initial flames was disheartening, but the new flames more than made up for it. In fact, they looked even cooler.
"Hey, look, the flames look so cool," I said, wishing to show it to him.
But Dirael was gazing at my screen while clutching his chin with one hand. He looked like he was in deep thought.
-Ah, I get it
"You get what?"
-How about you see what those new flames can do?
"That's exactly what I want" I already wanted to burn some monsters, and now with these new flames, I wanted to burn them even more.
