There was clapping, and Addak appeared.
"Congratulations, that was a pretty good show."
[14 viewers disagree]
[40 viewers agree]
[20 viewers agree and applaud]
'I can feel his god aura,' Remo echoed.
'He's God?!' Bob asked in surprise.
"What happened?" Addak sensed Bob's sudden surprise.
"Nothing, just caught me off guard that so many guys liked it," Bob replied convincingly.
He looked at him once more and then dismissed the thought.
"Oh, that's understandable. You're pretty good for a human," Addak said with a smile.
'He's definitely not God. If he were God, he would have killed you with his aura. He's probably an adult arcesilus,' echoed Remo.
'What's an arcesilus?' Bob asked.
'I'll explain that later. We still have plenty of time before the main script starts,' replied Remo.
Bob finally opened the system.
[Name: Bob
Level: 6
Class: Warrior
Age: 21
Race: Human
Supporter: None
Mutations: [Hizceyl IT54 (Improved eyesight)]
Titles: [Psycho] [First Blood] [Warrior] [Mutant]
HP: 10
MP: 9
Strength: 26
Agility: 26
Intelligence: 9
Vitality: 17
Bonus points: 0
Skills: [Inventory lvl:1] [Eyes of God lvl:1] [Whispering Forest lvl:1] [Low-level weapon mastery lvl:1]
XP: 9,500
Coins: 41,480
Inventory slots enabled: 1/5
Next level: 500 XP]
Bob noticed he only had 10 HP, then remembered that the guy had stabbed him in the back and caused him to start bleeding.
Bob almost died because of his inattention.
He felt the wound on his back—it was fresh but not bleeding. If Bob had started running away, it probably would have reopened and started bleeding again. The wound was small, but it was amazing that his body had managed to heal it without assistance.
Bob went back to the system and started leveling up.
[level 6 -> level 7]
[level 7 -> level 8]
[level 8 -> level 9]
[level 9 -> level 10]
[Strength increased by 4. Agility increased by 4. Vitality increased by 4.]
[You have gained 4 bonus points.]
[Name: Bob
Level: 10
Class: Warrior
Age: 21
Race: Human
Supporter: None
Mutations: [Hizceyl IT54 (Improved eyesight)]
Titles: [Psycho] [First Blood] [Warrior] [Mutant]
HP: 210
MP: 9
Strength: 30
Agility: 30
Intelligence: 9
Vitality: 21
Bonus points: 4
Skills: [Inventory lvl:1] [Eyes of God lvl:1] [Whispering Forest lvl:1] [Low-level weapon mastery lvl:1]
XP: 2,000
Coins: 41,480
Inventory slots enabled: 1/5
Next level: 8,000 XP]
"8,000 XP for the next level is crazy. If I murdered as many people now as I did earlier, I could only afford one level," Bob thought.
Bob looked at the 4 bonus points and decided to put them into intelligence, as he wanted to explore magic, not just raw power.
[Intelligence increased by 4.]
Bob felt a little different after increasing his intelligence, but nothing extraordinary.
'Remo, how many hours or so has it been since Addak said the main scenario would resume in two hours?' Bob asked.
'Addak? Oh, you mean that arcesilus. It's been 2 hours and 25 minutes,' Remo said playfully.
'So we have 2 hours and 35 minutes of explanation time. Great. I'll explain briefly at least what I've learned about the system and my abilities,' said Bob.
Bob then explained the system, his abilities, and the watchers to Remo.
'I think I understand,' said Remo with interest.
'Well, it's your turn. Tell me about your knowledge,' said Bob with interest.
'Okay, but first I'll tell you what I know about myself and how I gained this knowledge, so you don't ask unnecessary questions later,' Remo said.
'I'm a ghost soul, the greatest kind of ghost. But I'm special because I'm a blood ghost soul. That happened because of the war. Back then, I unknowingly absorbed blood because I was unaware of it. That's all I know about my origins,' Remo continued.
'Every soul spirit passively acquires more knowledge as it ages. So, although I know little, for someone like you, it can be incredible knowledge.'
'First, I'll tell you what I think you're most interested in: the Gods and everything related to them that I know so far. Almost any being can become a God, even you. You become a God when you grow strong enough and meet other conditions. What those conditions are, I don't know. How strong you have to be to become a God, I don't know either.'
'A God can create minions. The first stage is the arcesilus, which has its own stages: Revealed, Young, Adolescent, Adult, Enlightenment, Celestial, Omnipotent. When the arcesilus passes the Omnipotent stage, it becomes an angel. Angels follow the same stages. When an angel passes Omnipotent, I don't know what happens to it.'
'Probably the next important thing for you is entities. Entities have no kind and can be turned into family members if you have cores. They also have stages: Revealed, Young, Adolescent, Adult, Old, Ancient, Arsonist, Hollow, Dreader, Eternal. Technically, I could be called an entity because I was born from nothing, but I'm not because I'm a ghost, which doesn't count as an entity.'
'It may sound like God's minions are above entities, but that isn't true. An Omnipotent arcesilus would never defeat an Ancient. A really skilled Omnipotent angel might defeat a Dreader, but it's not certain.'
'Now, for normal organisms: Beginner, Soldier, Veteran, General, Elite, Governor, Champion, Hero, Chosen, Undying. Beasts have the same stages.'
'Each stage has sub-stages: Established, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Pioneer, Peak. Every organism follows these sub-stages.'
'You are now a Novice Beginner,' said Remo.
'Now we'll move on to magic. But for you to understand this, I need to explain something else. Worlds are ranked from level 0 to 9. This is a level 0 world. The higher the world's level, the stronger its individuals and the higher the likelihood of controlling mana. In a level 0 world, the chance is 0%. In level 1, it's 9%. In level 2, it's 20%... But it's not just about me, the more you are born in the world with your levl, the stronger you are.'
'But I could feel mana from everyone around you. It's probably 99% because of this event.'
'When a person is born, they may have a mana affinity. I only know about normal, unusual, and rare affinities. The girl next to you has an unusual wood affinity. Yours is chaos, which is above rare. I didn't know such an affinity existed until now. My instincts told me, and that's one reason I chose you.'
'That's all I know,' Remo finished.
It took Bob a moment to digest the information suddenly thrown at him.
'I understand,' Bob finally said as he processed his thoughts.