68 Chapter 67

"Am I a joke to you?"  

Replied Zuyuan seriously as he frowned in annoyance. However, his words incited laughter from the being instead of the apology, ~"Haha, are you?"~

Zuyuan's eyes grew colder as he was looking towards the being silently, "Stop kidding around with me or I won't bother listening to whatever you have to say." He said in a frown. 

"Mm.. Fine." Replied the being while she took another step backwards as she spoke, ~"I'll be short then. After all, my time is limited in here."~

~"Just like many worlds out there, the System had once been in contact with your planet, earth. One day, a certain powerhouse on Earth had called upon the System's help. Zuyuan, you had been born because of that event."~ 

Hearing what was being said, Zuyuan squinted his eyes and spoke, "Then why do you say I'm a plaything? And what was that event about?" 

~"Kuku, well, the thing is that your father, who you never even saw once in your life was actually not a native of Earth. What they say about your father.. Those bad things that they had cursed at you about is true."~ 

"..About him being a rapist?" Stated Zuyuan bluntly. 

~"You know they had said more than that. Not to mention, you were alive thanks to someone. Even when you want to just die.. But you won't, because this person won't let you."~ 

"What do you mean?" Asked Zuyuan in confusion. 

Bringing her right palm on Zuyuan's hand, the being answered mysteriously. Lights spread from her hand and got absorbed in Zuyuan's body. Flowing like a stream of water. 

~"Not everyone is what they seem like, remember that. Perhaps, what you have been protecting all this time is just a lie"~ 

Then, the being's figure started to disperse into the air as she continued, ~"Like I said, I'll keep the end of my bargain. You are a plaything became what you believe is a lie and what you live for is a purpose of others."~ 

~"I have left a part of my consciousness to you. The times's up. As for where you could find your father, someone will wait for you in the Sanctuary. You will find the rest of your answers there."~ 

"Wait, what!? That's it?" Displaying an unbelievable expression on his face, Zuyuan grabbed the being's hand as he covered his own with Qigong and shouted quickly, "What the hell is this? Don't beat around the bush and say it to me!"

~"Kuku, I had told you about the cash before, didn't I? Ask my consciousness. She will tell you how to get more answers."~ 

"What…" 

Shortly, the being faded away while leaving only Zuyuan and XB11 in the area. Noticing that there was no one else with them, Zuyuan clicked his tongue and commented. 

"There's a limit on how vague you can be." 

Then, Zuyuan turned his gaze at the invisible blade he held and pondered on his findings so far. Now that he was alone with XB11, he could feel the change inside him. The indomitable strength that he had gathered by killing the abominations at the World Tree was gone. But the invisible blade that used to be Estgard was still present.

"Master." 

XB11's voice snapped Zuyuan back to reality as he glanced at the XB11 and spoke, "Let's go from here." 

Nodding to what Zuyuan had said, XB11 replied, "Understood." 

Soon, both of them were walking out of the lake and arriving on the ground. While he walked, Zuyuan could feel foreign knowledge that has been transmitted within him and told him how to use his invisible blade. 

'It's a skill? Then how about my real sword? and my armor?' Contemplated Zuyuan while he realized that he didn't have his armor on his body and the strange exoskeleton from before was gone. He was only wearing his ordinary black garments.

'That's right. There's a notification about an update change in status right?' 

With that in mind, Zuyuan muttered, "Status."

[Name : Tan Zuyuan 

Race : Human 

Profession : Vitamor

Title : Irregular 

Health : 200

Spirits : 230

Ability scores : 

-Vitality : 20 

-Strength : 30

-Dexterity : 18

-Intelligent : 23

-Agility : 19

-Charm : 16

Traits : 

-Meditation 

-Script of the Qigong 

-Path of the banshee 

-Undying Will

-Extension 

-Animina (P)

-Armima (P) {Locked}.] 

'Hmm?' Reading his status, Zuyuan saw that there were some additional skills that were listed on his traits, profession, and title. There shouldn't be anything on his profession as it was none before and his title of The Apostle has been changed into Irregular. 

Ignoring the Extension skill, which was the one Zuyuan had created and enabled him to use Qigong to extend the reach of his blade, Zuyuan tried to click on the trait Animina that had shown up out of nowhere. 

[Animina (P): ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!] 

"What the…" Surprised that there was a bug or something of such in the System, Zuyuan furrowed his eyebrows and decided to try with Armima. 

[Armima (P) {Locked}: ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!] 

"...." 

'Is there some kind of mistakes from the System? Or has it changed back then?' Speculated Zuyuan when suddenly there was a surge of information flooding into his brain with the voice of the being from before sounding inside his head. 

~"Animina : The power of a Vitamor to materialize an invisible blade that the user would be able to use to cut any form of any being. In the middle mastery of this skill, the user would be able to cut any soul of any being, in the peak mastery of this skill, the user would be able to cut any fate of any beings."~ 

~"Armima: The binding armor of a Vitamor. The armor would be able to hide the user's position to any divine beings and protect the user from any instant death attacks once a day. The armor would give the user additional strength and defense, along with resistance to all magic elements. The appearance of the armor would be an exoskeleton coiled in vines and branches, raising the morale of the user's allies and intimidating the user's foes, both work in a certain radius."~ 

"Holy f-"