The Nature's System

Everyone fell silent. Lula and the drake eyes widen. Both of them immediately analyze Niva from head-to-toe. Trying to figure out how such a boy crossed the law in the worst way possible.

Krilo is flabbergasted. Even though this experience is the first for him, he knows that something must be going on outside. It must be because of his strange color. A hunch that he must get out of this predicament before it is too late.

He instantly thought about the pretty lady that Niva's called Mom. There is a chance that the bond between a mother and a child is so strong that she will trade her life for her son instead.

Weird. With all of this predicament, he is still smiling. It is not a fake smile or anything. His face muscles cannot be lied to. It seems like his job in life is to make everyone happy.

Maybe now is the time for the waiting game.

"Do you want me to sing a song?" Niva suddenly breaks the silence.

"Sure. It is rare to see a bard in captivity." Lula chuckles. She is lowkey sarcastic to Niva.

"Here goes!" Niva responded, he is trying to adjust his vocal cord for the grand audience in front of him.

"~The white gives birth to brown, orange, and green~"

"~Then comes the red pairing with the blues~"

Krilo's eyes widened. The vocals are so eloquent. Niva's singing hits the up down in the notes perfectly. The worries and anger in his heart gradually vanished.

He never saw a bard sing in his previous life. Most of them are attending academy, becoming a performer, or joining the adventurer's guild giving buffs* to the party.

Krilo learns only the surface of the nature's gift. He had been told that The nature bestows her children 20 different role based on their aptitude, personality and in some cases, family background.

But those factors are variables. They haven't been measured extensively so that it will give an absolute answer. Some people live a life according to his/her potential dream role. But when the time comes, their subconscious chose something else and regretted it.

The key point for role choosing is in the phenomenon called lucid dream. That is not known in this world, but known in George's world. The purpose is to stay conscious and let Krilo's own will to select his class, and not from The Nature's will.

Krilo knows this and the result is that he is fully conscious in role choosing. And he selects [Warrior] class.

The song that Niva sings is called 'The Love of Genesis'. A song that is also a sign of indirect truce for the two major kingdoms.

Thunderous claps echoes the stony surface.

"With that voice, you should be one of the choir boys or lead singer," said Lula trying to comfort The Drake on top of her lap. One of her potions is being poured in the drake's sturdy beak. A blue ominous potion. Krilo would not drink nor touch that thing even if it was made by the top alchemist in the continent.

A loud burp is released by the drake. The gas released is so dense that the color of the air briefly changed to bright blue. 'Gross!'

"Too bad. Being an adventurer is my lifelong dream," exclaimed Niva proudly with both of his hands crossed. "I wanted to find someone important to me in the outside world. Outside of Richter."

"Oh okay then." Lula stops being curious.

"Lula, I wanted to ask you something? Why can you do something with these bars with your potion?" asks Niva.

"My potion is not for destruction. It needs to be an [Acid Maker] sub class to successfully dissolve the bars."

Krilo is thinking, deep in thought for a moment. One of the good perks as a compfreund is that he is not obliged to join in human conversation. In the film, the pet is just following the owner and doing what he/she says.

The bar is made of wood that can be gathered in the forest near Krilo's village in the west. It is not as hard as mahogany in Asia. The problem is the enhancement technique used to imbue the woods.

A class of [Rune Smith] can imbue anything with some degree of hardness. Depending on the level of the [Rune Smith], the wood can be as hard as stone or diamond. This class is used in almost anything.

They can harden swords, spears, and pikes. They also can reinforce the structural integrity of a building. Their demand in society is high because this world does not have iron ore.

A footstep suddenly makes them silent. A warden wearing red garment starts giving food from an insert tray near the prison bar. Brownish food that looks like sloppy joe is served on top of the white bowl. Niva told me to try it first. I took a sip, it is edible but not delicious. It is passable to fill one's stomach.

But Niva just stares deeply into the food. His right hand is covering his nose. A look of disgust is clearly visible.

Krilo doesn't smell anything bad.

The boy half-heartedly tastes the prison delicacies. "It is bad, really bad, but I have to eat," he whispers to me.

"I will call you Hawkins from now. Is that okay with you?"

'This guy can't name for sh*t'. "I saw a word outside that is really fitting with me. The word is Krilo. I think that is a better name for me."

"Krilo? I never heard of the name anywhere before. But if you say so," he chuckled. "Ok, let me name you first and see your stats."

My stats? A screen is hovering in front of him. Due to his distance, Krilo can only see the text in mirrors.

[Name : Krilo]

[Compfreund type : Yellow]

[Level : 1]

[Primary ability: Flash step]

[Secondary ability : Enhance Speed]

[HP : 150]

[Atk : 20]

[Def : 8]

[Spd : 29]

[End : 18]

[Int : 5]

[Agi : 13]

'So basically, I am a glass cannon that uses speed to get to my foe instantly'

But Niva's facial expression is the opposite of Krilo's. His lips are frowning. "Where is the place exactly to farm yellow essence?" Niva murmurs.

"Yellow essence?" asks Krilo, genuinely confused.

Niva exhales loudly. He hates to be asked too while being frustrated himself. "You are getting stronger if you can absorb the natural essence that is fit with your color. That drake over there for example, her body is red so she will get stronger if she absorbs the red natural essence in Crimson Wind Mountain southwest from here."

'Yellow essence?' Krilo thought to himself. 'You mean my type will level up with yellow essence?! But yellow natural essence DOES NOT EXIST!

There are only red, blue, green, and brown natural essences throughout this world. Red is in the Crimson Wind Mountain deep in the territory of the Voltingen kingdom. Blue is in the island far south east that belongs to the small kingdom Humus. Brown is south east of the lake. Meanwhile, green is north west of here, it is near my previous village.

Krilo's hunch about the connection between his color and jail is getting stronger. Moreover, the two guards are going to butcher him. Presumably because of his rarity that will fetch a high price in the market.

'Is it real? Reincarnating into this thing isn't enough? And nature wanted me to not level up?'

Niva is looking down on the ground. He is frustrated. It is no use asking anymore questions.

Krilo looks up to the star from one of the drainage. 'These strange machines are coming from the west. Destroying everything in its wake. The renowned Voltingen cavalry is being wiped by the machine's gigantic wheel-like chain. Gewjory kingdom's siege weapon cannot match this machine's cannon. One shot and they all evaporized.'

'After all those incidents. The Voltingen claim victorious by killing my family in that village and currently occupy the giant tank. Hell, the human settlement built above it looks really dope. Not only that, the presence of Compfreund and Companion is really obscure. Something must be happening and those three factors are connected to each other.

"I am going to sleep. You should too buddy," whisper Niva half asleep.

The drake and Lula have closed their eyes. Fergus's thunderous snores are heard across the wall in front of Niva.

"Sleep here Krilo!" Niva lightly taps his exposed thigh.

'Am I going to sleep on a boy's thigh again?' Krilo looks at the pile of cardboard in the corner of the room. He takes his breath slowly.

"Okay."

Yeah this is not weird at all.

"Goodnight."

'DUAR!'

A loud explosion came so close. Krilo's jump across the room. His eyes went ringing. The sturdy prison wall behind him has been destroyed. It causes a minor landslide in the prison cell.

"Krilo!" yells Niva in desperation.

"Right here!" Krilo yells back in response.

They are separated by the landslide but still in the same cell. Krilo's hand is touching the soil. It is not hard at all. He can feel the chilly night wind goes down into his cell.

"Niva!" Krilo yells for the second time. "Let's dig our way out of here!"

*Buffs means an ability or item that increases other people stats