12 Quest Completion

I woke up in a familiar infirmary. It was the same infirmary where I pinn- *cough* 'invited' Skylar. I sat up and looked around before moving to scratch my head. The moment I did, I realised something. Although touching the top of my head wouldn't make me realise it, the movement did.

I didn't have my mask.

'Ah, shit.'

Just as I was about to get up and find it. I was given a surprise.

»Announcement«

»Quests Completed 3/3«

»Quest - 'Thrifty' Completed, Rewards Issued«

A rush went through my veins as I felt my senses distort, my ears started to hear everything around me as I lost my sense of touch. I could taste the air as I smelled the chemicals in the room, the room began to twist and turn as an itching sensation coursed through me.

»Urgent Quests - 'Subdue' and 'Slaughter' Completed, Calculating rewards«

I was only barely able to acknowledge the system's message due to it being sent as information directly to my head.

»Chain Quest Issued - [Beginnings-2/5]

Description: You have finally [Redacted] and it's time to [Redacted] on the homeworld of [Redacted] and [Redacted], planet [Redacted]. You have chosen to start in the form of a Religion (Cult) and have gathered the necessary pieces. Begin your conquest by obtaining the World Serpent (Aquatic Attunement) Form and any others you can gather on the way.

Success Requirements: Form a Cult and obtain 22,500 people's worth of blood.

Success Reward: A Permanent unlock of the Form

Bonus Requirements: Obtain the other requirements of the form for 10 transformations.

Bonus Reward: A 15% Coupon in the 'Store'

Remark: Good Luck Young [Redacted]«

I only started reading the message a half hour later when the pain reduced.

[Jeez, plot twist much?]

{You know something but, I don't doubt whatever you say will be [Redacted].}

[Damn right. It's frustrating.]

I could hear the pain in her words. This was the moment I began to suspect there was something more to this system than I could sense.

Thinking for a minute, I used my senses to check the room and corridors. After confirming I was pretty safe, I decided that I'd check my status before talking to Janice.

'Situation'

»Command Received«

»Displayi-«

'Can you shorten it please? I don't need the points or the amount of Illud, Drachma and Lepta I have, nor do I need the amount of Industria I have since that's useless for now. Get rid of my Attainable forms too.'

»Underst-«

'Oh, show my bloodlines too.'

»Underst-«

'Oh and a comparison with a normal human too.'

»Underst-«

'And remove the redacted.'

»Declined«

'Just the status and conditions I put then.'

»Understood«

»Displaying (Preferred) 'Situation'«

»Name: Rose Riso

Species: Embodiment of Water (Quarter Goddess)

Current Form: Abyssal Fox-kin (Abyssal Human 25% Bloodline/Imperial Yin-Yang Fox 75% Bloodline)

Usable Form(s): Abyssal Mermaid (Abyssal Depths Serpent / Abyssal Human)

Family: Blood - 0, Considered - 2, True - 109

Affinities: Flow (7th Tier), Abyss (5th Tier Evolved), Poison (4th Tier), Illusion (4th Tier), Lightning (2nd Tier), Wind (1st Tier)

Talents: Enhanced Seven Senses (Witherite[Evolvable]-[Joint]), Water Necessities (Gold), Illusion Control (Silver), Enhanced Teaching (Silver[Evolvable]-[Growth]), Flow Refinement (Dahlia), Oceanic Mind (Morning Glory), Poison Immunity All (Azalea), Siphon (Dahlia[Set]), Elemental Resistance All (Triphylite[Set])

Skills: Disguise[Lv:3], Inferior Flow Magic[Mry:2], Minor Illusion Magic[Lv:1]\[Mry:1]

Stats (Abyssal Fox-kin) | Average Human Comparison:

STR: 207 | 15

VIT: 173 | 10

AGI: 586 | 12

DEX: 449 | 4

CHA: 720 | 4

PER: 220 | END: 9

INT: 214 | 17

SPI: 500,000 | 2

Kruna: 1498/1498 | 119/0«

{What the hell? 119/0? Why?}

»The planet you are on has no [Redacted] and cannot [Redacted]«

{Ooh-kay? What about the END stat?}

»END: Endurance, the increase in this stat is proportionate to the increase in your mental resistance and ability to resist natural elements, has a negligible effect on stamina.«

{What's the PER stat then? Perception?}

»Correct. PER: Perception, an increase in this stat improves your senses as well as your cognitive abilities. It has a minimal effect on ESP abilities.«

{Why'd it get rid of my END stat?}

»The DNA of your True Bloodline combined with the Abyssal Human's Bloodline has caused a unique reaction that grants you resistance to natural elements. The effect has shown itself in the form of Talent: Elemental Resistance All (Triphylite[Set])«

{Oh. Ok, um what about my cha-}

"Well, fuck."

[What's wrong?]

{I have to wear a mask now. Permanently...}

[Why?]

{...Where did you live before this system?}

[Why?]

{Because you have barely any sense for human society and the sense you do have for it is absolute shit.}

[That's ru-]

{Is it true?}

[Yes, but that's besi-]

{Nope. It's not. 720 Charisma, 180 times greater than an average person, which is not only correspondent to my beauty and aura but also my persuasion abilities and... what else was it?}

»CHA: The higher the number, the greater the influence you have on people. It is also proportionate with your beauty, aura and additional influence on your followers.«

{Additional Influence?}

»How 'Holy' you feel to them as an object of worship.«

{...}

[...]

{So... anyway, it affects me a lot, I need to wear a mask just so I can keep people from looking.}

I then realised something.

{I also need to improve my illusion magic to hide my aura.}

[But! Before all that, you need to give me a proper explanation!]

{No, even before that I need to claim my quest rewards, it should've had enough time to calculate right?}

»Rewards have indeed been calculated«

{You, you're more talkative than before.}

»That is due to the rewards«

{What are they even?}

»Reward for Urgent Quest - 'Subdue':

Kill Conditions Completed: 2/2

Optional Condition Chosen: Secure the Auction House«

"Guess I'll have to thank the 'Demon' later."

I muttered.

»Rewards Chosen«

»Gifting the User the following:

- 1 System Level,

- 1 Low-Level Store Pass

- 3 Basic Mastery Tickets«

Three small, worn out, paper tickets appeared in front of me. They looked like those old train tickets, but they were red, faded and slightly torn.

{And what do these do?}

»Level up a 1st Tier Magic's Mastery up by two levels and a 2nd Tier's Mastery by one«

Realising I couldn't use them, I put them on my lap for now. In which I realised another thing.

I had hospital robes on.

"Whoever changed me better have been a girl, or someone is going to become a bald eunuch."

=--=(Somewhere else, a certain 'Demon' sneezed)=--=

{What about the other quest?}

»Reward for Urgent Quest - 'Slaughter':

Completion Conditions 3/3 Done«

»Rewards Chosen«

»Gifting the User the following:

- 1 3rd Level Talent Lottery Ticket,

- 1 1st Tier Affinity Ticket,

- 1 Low-Tier Comprehension Ticket«

Three tickets appeared in front of me. Same as the three mastery tickets, they were like worn out and faded old-timey train tickets. The Lottery ticket was yellow, the Affinity ticket was green and the Comprehension ticket was blue. As for how I knew... I asked.

I put them with the others in my lap and organized my thoughts.

{Well, Janice. I guess I'll start telling you about our worlds.}

[FINALLY! Now give me the juicy gossi- wait. Did you say worlds?]

{Yes.}

[Spill it.]