Mystic Guild

Silence…

Staring at the transparent screen that suddenly appeared, Eric furrowed his brows confusedly, then his eyes widened in surprise and shock.

At the same time, glancing towards the first rows of words that appeared, his surprise vanished…

[Devouring Talent] According to the screen, his talent had just been devoured by it.

'Thought I had none' he paused with a thoughtful look, before then glossing over the screen as it eyes settled on another provoking word…

[Affinity: Thunder Fire]

"Fork!" cursing as he tried to grab the screen, his hand phased through it…

"Talent: none"

"Elemental affinity: none". These were the words that shattered his dream the previous day. But now, according to the screen before him, his talent was devoured a moment ago. And he had an affinity to two aggressive elements, Thunder and Fire.

"This is insane," Eric muttered, staring at the screen with lit eyes while redirecting his thoughts to another important crux of his current predicament.

" Did I just unlock a system from webtoon comics?" Despite the fact he wasn't a fan of comics, or had time to read one. It was a popular trend in Skywalk Highschool, so he had happen to bump into a few pages along the way. And the case of Awakening golden fingers was plenty of such…

Then there was the word… [ Strongest Dragon Bloodline], alphabetically written in capitals on the screen.

Bringing his thoughts to the fact that he hadn't just awakened a talent, but bloodline. An unknown term that happened to belong to a Monster, a Dragon, the strongest of its kind.

"Surely, I'll have to keep this a secret"

"But what brought all this?" Just as Eric was about to ponder about what he had been in contact with that could be the reason for his said Bloodline Awakening. Starting from the grayish crystal embedded within the Array as the prime suspect.

His thoughts came to a sudden halt, and his eyes turned incredulous upon noticing a certain thing in his reflection.

Embedded between his chest, there was a seemingly obsidian crystal that shone with black luster, with hardened skin around its exterior.

Moving his hand to feel his chest…

"Am I becoming a monster?" Eric couldn't help but have this thought upon feeling how hardened his skin was.

"This?" But then, there was a sense of contradiction to this thought,and his eyes glinted with determination.

He would find a way to deal with his mutation in the future, but now…

" First, I have to figure out the other purpose that this thing can offer."

"Is it proper to call you a System?" questioning, Eric got no reply.

"System, show me quests!" adding command to his way of speech, Eric waited again but got no reply.

"Are you even a system?" 

There was no voice or change on the stats screen.

'If it's not a system, then on all these exists just to monitor my growth and reveal my stats."... glancing at the stats screen, Eric then added with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"It exists just to monitor my growth and reveal my stats." and to prove this thought, Eric willed in his mind that the screen should disappear, and it did. Willing again, without voicing out a command, he made the transparent screen reappear.

Strength : 60

Agility : 40

Vitality : 50

There was also the stats on the screen, clenching his fist with force, for the first time, he felt his own tremendous might.

"With this I can try lift a boulder," Eric thought, scanning through his room for anything he could crush, Only to find out they were too valuable to.

"The Mystic Guild is then," he commented sharply before picking up a set of clothes to set out.

15 minutes later…

Upon getting to the bus stop, Eric furrowed his brows before mentally face palming.

"I got so excited that I forgot I'm broke"

Bursting into a Sprint, he left the waiting Bus and jogged towards East part of the city, which was the most popular considering that Skywalk City, Mystic Guild Branch was administered there.

He had read so much about the place, that he now knew how their trade system worked. Adhering to its name as a free organization that accepted all solo Mystics. Though he was doubtful that they would allow him to take the test due to his young age, it was his only chance anyway. 

Also, there was the word about the teacher telling everyone to train for the coming exam. According to videos in the recent years, the exam was going to be a brutal one. Surely they weren't expecting them to train with dummies before then.

Whilst, what Eric had failed to remember as he had these thoughts was that strength reigned supreme, age was only a second factor to judge that.

The more he jogged he realized how much of a stamina his Vitality stats gave him. While also profoundly amazed by the transformation granted by his mysterious awakened bloodline despite how quick it was to get in term with it.

Excluding his strength, Eric summed up that he had the speed to rival most Bronze Mystics on the mid level.

It was then he realized that his rank was never referred to by the stats screen.

"Does it mean I'm yet to Awaken?"

"Wow," halting, Eric took a deep breath of amazement. Regardless of the fact he had seen it several times.

The Grand ambitious skyscraper with 5 floors, each built like a hall, never ceased to amaze him. Not only was it architectural style cool, the bustling scene of burly looking men with large weapon, and some with sword strapped to their waist, paring it up with an incomplete armor set… made his drive to hunt Monsters aroused to high extent.

Upon entering, Eric felt like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered by the bloody veteran aura excluded by the crowd of men, only to strangely vanish after that, and Eric relaxing his shoulders. Choosing not to gloss over it as he was yet occupied with another thought, he eyes searched and soon found the reception, allocated in the most quiet part of the bustling floor.

 Not wasting time Eric walked forward to the receptionist who was wearing alluring corporate wear that brought out her shape, especially her bosom that would make any man dream to nestle between them.

*Cough*

Eric was brought back to reality from his imagination by the low cough of the lady receptionist, apparently having just seen the most attractive pairs ever. 

Recovering, he revealed a light smile to cover his embarrassment. 

Though what brought Eric's attention to her peaks in the first place, was the welge shaped crest on her chest which had a sword stabbed straight in the center of a skull that shouldn't be human. Looking closer, the word Mystic was stylishly written at the lowest part of the skull which looked quite cool.

"What may I help you with mister?" the alluring receptionist asked, as if unconcerned about his young age.

"I want to register as a Mystic" Eric answered, stating his need with a bit of composure.

The receptionist hen pointed to the right…

"The registration office is over there "  

" Anita bring this mister over to the registration office". 

After the alluring receptionist spoke, a white coloured robot about 1 meter tall walked over as it then spoke in a robotic tone.

"Mister, please come with me. I will bring you to the registration auditorium for new Awakened" it then turned and walked away with Eric quickly quickly realizing that he should follow it. 

Meanwhile, when the gathered Mystics crowding the floor saw the robot, they all made way for it. Stunning Eric a bit as he raised his brows slightly in defense.

Not long later , they arrived at an officer on the right part of the plaza. The office was spacious, roughly about 50 square meters. There were chairs aligned in the center of the office and a row of windows on the opposite side facing the entrance, there some staff could be seen currently doing registration.

Eric swiftly swept his gaze through the room, over 16 people seated in the office were all matured and looked around 19 to 20 years.

Eric guessed they were also here to be registered, and also felt slightly disappointed that he had to wait.