Checkpoint - Ultimate Skill - Lawyer - Bud

『 Checkpoint has been saved! 』

Philip slowly opened his eyes only to squint due to confusion and alarm. He moved his eyes and gazed at the unexpected display that showed up in his vision with an annoyed look

⟨⟨ Ultimate Skill: Save and Load ⟩⟩

The ultimate skill that Philip received in hopes from the system that he won't easily die, especially since he was in the Field of the Multiverse, which should have instantly killed him

[Save and Load] is a concept that is well-known in games, particularly in most visual novel or dating simulators. This is also used in almost every games whether it's an adventure game, horror game, and many more

Slots were used to create mulitple save files and allows the player or user to load back into the game from different save files

This is basically a cheat, but it is needed for a better gaming experience and reliving the memorable parts of the game. It is considered as time travelling or reality manipulation for obvious reasons

[Save and Load] allows players to to back through time and rewrite the reality that they wrote previously, creating timelines and either destroying the previous timeline unless a save point was placed

But that concept that's only found in games, has been applied to Philip as an [Ultimate Skill], one of the most impactful and legendary power to have in the universe

『 Ultimate Skill has been recognized! 』

[Ultimate Skills] refer to a power or abilities that holds a close connection to the origin

Beings doesn't normally have an [Ultimate Skill] nor they can obtain or achieve it by any normal means. They can only receive it when the universe chooses them to do so

But in this case, the Omega System, a system that systematically controls the concept that is the peak of all powers, has given Philip the [Ultimate Skill] of [Save and Load]. An ability that will defy time and reality

With [Save and Load], Philip will be able to create several timelines at once. He could also destroy each timelines until he has become satisfied with the expected outcome the he wanted

A fraudulent ability and considered a taboo by many, a forbidden concept that has been permitted, defier of laws

『 Ultimate Skill: Save and Load is being considered by a higher intervention... 』

『 Save and Load can be manually used and create multiple save points and infinitely choose to load 』

『 A subsystem will be required to handle and facilitate the Ultimate Skills that will be earned in the future 』

『 Generating subsystem... 』

『 Consolidating data... 』

『 Considering fallacies and causality... 』

『 Successful! 』

『 Ultimate Skill System has been obtained!! 』

「 The Ultimate Skill System is a subsystem that will overrule the naming of Ultimate Skills. It is a subsystem that will provide a concise influence in consideration with the Principle of Naming and Rule of Conception 」

『 Ultimate Skill: Save and Load will be renamed! 』

『 Upon renaming, the Ultimate Skill will level up and the influence of power will increase 』

『 Ultimate Skill: Save and Load has been removed 』

『 Lawyer of Checkpoint: Soteriartóno has been obtained! 』

『 Save Slot 1 has been used! 』

『 Name the Save Slot 1... 』

"So, this is my life now, huh? This is completely out of my control"

「 Yes, it is needed after all 」

"Oh, Emily! You're back!"

「 Yup! You're out of the Field of the Multiverse and the system has cancelled the Assimilation. I can't believe that the Multiverse has been unlocked to you... 」

"Do you fall asleep or something when the system assimilates in me?"

「 No, just like you, I can see everything but I can't do anything since the system has the full control of your body when it's assimilated 」

"Then, why was I able to move back then?"

「 The system was working overtime and had to relinquished the control of your body 」

"I see... So, do I have to name these save slots?"

「 You can... You don't have to if you don't want to. It's just that it's easier to remember the context when loading, isn't it? Who knows you might have 999 save slots and you don't know what save point it is because it's labelled as Save Slot 1, 2, 3 and so on 」

"Fair point... Am I really going to have that many Save Points?"

「 Who knows? Maybe there's a reason you received this ability? 」

"Perhaps perhaps..."

「 Are you going to name the Save Slot? 」

"Hm... Yes. Name Save Slot 1 as Amatsuka's Birth"

『 Save Slot 1 has been saved as "Amatsuka's Birth" 』

"Alright... So, about that subsysyem, why was it called a Lawyer?"

「 Another condition that you have unlocked... As you may have known, lawyers are people, personalities, or existences that make laws and practices them. Save and Load has been simplified into Checkpoint and the lawyer for that concept is a being named Soteriartóno. She will be helping you in keeping the ability of Save and Load under control, structured, and consolidated 」

"She? Is that lawyer within me now or she's like a same existence as you, Pureblood, and Soulblood?"

「 No, it's only a name that defines the ability 」

"Does the lawyer herself exist in the universe?"

「 As a complete being with a body and soul, no 」

"Huh? Then how does her name and purpose exists?"

「 It is a pre-mediated name that was created in case the Lawyer of Checkpoint was born or manifested 」

"What?!"

Philip wasn't understanding

「 Concepts are created before they are made 」

"..."

「 ... 」

『 Concepts were created before the concepts even knew that they were concepts 』

「 It is like a record that was recorded before it even happened. A decent analogy is parents deciding their child's name before they even create their babies 」

"Huh... So, these concepts were created by a being that's completely out of our comprehension?"

「 Yes 」

"Then why or how did the system knew about it? Unless the Omega System itself is on the same level as these beings?"

「 ... 」

『 ... 』

『 Requesting revelation of Kernel Access... 』

Denied

『 ... 』

"..."

Philip squinted his eyes in confusion as he definitely saw that the system revealed the existence of the Kernel Access to him

The Kernel Access might be a key for him to know the true identity of the system

『 No. The OMEGA SYSTEM is a system that was created by Omega. It does not have the capability to create concepts before they are even made 』

"..."

Philip became more suspicious, but he decided he will let it pass because it sounded like that the system got denied to reveal information about the Kernel Access. This could only mean that he shouldn't be learning about these stuff for now

"To summarize, Lawyer of Checkpoint: Soteriartóno is an existence that hasn't been born or manifested yet, correct?"

「 Correct 」

"Even if I have the Ultimate Skill named after her, she still hasn't existed?"

「 Correct 」

"Then, what happens when she's about to manifest one day?"

「 She most likely won't manifest or be born somewhere else in the universe. Since the essence is within you, she might manifest within you, either as a personality, a separate existence like myself, Pureblood, and Soulblood that manages a part of your power that belongs to them, or a fourth soul that will cohabitate inside of you 」

"I see... I understand now. I'll consider this as a drastic power up... But why is it aimed at my life?! I want to die and not preserve my life and survive by loading the moment before I die?!?!!"

「 You already know that you can't die from the Resurrection ability, why care now? Would you rather die and wake up after some time has passed? Or would you rather prevent dying from trivial accidents and leave everyone you love in harm's way? Did you already forgot what Amatsuka said when a part of her memory was restored after she received the Nigh-Omniscience Catalyst 」

"..."

Philip was silent and didn't respond. He didn't want to accept the fact that he cannot and not supposed to die. He has the urge to die, but he can't, and if he died, there will be consequences until he wakes up and resurrects

The consequences doesn't directly affect his existence, but the consequences affects the people that he left while he's in the process of resurrecting

"Last question..."

「 Go ahead 」

"What happens to the reality or timeline that I will be leaving when I decided to load?"

「 Two outcomes... 」

『 First outcome: A separate timeline will be created and it will immediately shift and be severed off of the Golden Timeline 』

『 Second outcome: The timeline will be immediately deleted and erased by the Lawyer of Checkpoint, but this will be unlikely 』

「 Granted that you don't have any save points within that timeline... You know how it works in games 」

"Is there any consequences if I told anyone about this ultimate skill? Like, the universe or reality itself won't collapse?"

「 It will highly depend on the individuals that will learn about it or concepts that will have certain reactions to that ultimate skill 」

"I see... I have an idea of how that will happen"

「 Hehe, of course you do 」

"Now, let's move on from that... Where am I?"

「 The World of Absolute Nothingness 」

"So, this place is going to become my hub for whenever something absurd happened?"

「 Kinda? Well, it's because it's most likely due to the fact that this place has no time and space... You can do anything here while everything outside of this world came to a halt. As you have said, it's like a parabolic time chamber and you can train here how much you like 」

"..."

「 In addition to that, when you have obtained or unlocked several condition requirements, you'll be place here 」

"As expected... What is it this time?"

「 You have reached beyond the limitations of the universe and went outside. Due to going outside of the universe, you have experienced being placed under severe conditions that are currently incomprehensible 」

「 Your body has deteriorated, but due to the System Assimilation, your body endured a destructive and drastic environment 」

『 Sprout of Regenerative Ivory has grown!!! 』

『 Sprout of Regenerative Ivory has become Bud of Regenerative Ivory! 』

The representation of the white sprout of the ⟨⟨ Regenerative Ivory ⟩⟩ appeared in front of Philip. The single small sprout that ever so wave back and forth started to grow

The sprout grew more leaves around its stem and formed a symmetrical structure that looked like a premature bud of flower. The leaves that looked like petals wasn't smooth and soft anymore, it hardened and formed sections that looked like crumpled paper

Though, even if it resembles a crumpled paper, the form and presentation of the bud is almost comparable to the most beautiful flowers on Earth, even though it's still a bud and it hasn't bloomed yet

「 The Regenerative Ivory has finally grew! This will allow the white roots to grow and enter the first stage of your living armor! The Regenerative Ivory now has-- 」

『 Overlapping damage to body has been considered... 』

「 Oh, it's not done... 」

『 Confirmed!!! 』

『 Identifying unique damage received after the evolution to Sprout of Regenerative Ivory... 』

『 Soul Shattering Fist of the True God of Worlds... 』

『 Emergence of the first earthemanaly sickness of common cold... 』

『 Ability overuse that lead to a backlash caused by the absence of a heart... 』

『 100 simultaneous application or curses by the Goddess of Curses Katara... 』

『 Dragon of Curses Sumpaka's tail whip... 』

『 Chaotic Existence Deconstruction by the Witch of Beginning Carmilla... 』

『 Stripping away of Pureblood by First Blood being... 』

『 Terminal velocity free falling books... 』

『 Denial of death from deadly fumes created by Vanessa's alchemy... 』

『 Multiverse environment rejection... 』

『 Shockwave of the Big Bang... 』

『 Calculating damage received... 』

『 Considering all kinds and types of damages... 』

『 Succesful!!! 』

『 The Bud of Regenerative Ivory is growing larger and larger!!! 』