311 System Seed
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The two new Spells that I could use right away from the System Magic were System Seed Creation and System Modification. The two Spells were rather interesting, although Alice gave me a brief explanation about them, I had to research about them for more time to figure out all the capabilities it has. I also wanted to ask Alice about them some more, but she had struck me with a big question! Who would be worthy of receiving the System Seed?
“What’s… exactly the System Seed?” I wondered.
“Well, to be exact… It is something rather… Erm, you could said it is like a little child of mine. One without all the bugs I have. Of course, it has less power than me, and the requirements to level up and attain Skills are multiplied several times, but it still has amazing potential that can help anybody break through their limits.” Said Alice. “You need to give it to someone you trust and want to see grow stronger with you.”
“Aquamarine is the first that come to mind to be honest…” I sighed. “But well, she got a lot of powers and talents, so its not as if she needs that boost, right?”
“Certainly, she’s already quite strong, and also… wouldn’t it be hard for her to keep the secret of the System? You’ll have to explain her things quite a lot, and she’s a child so she’s prone to say secrets and so on… It is quite complicated in that regard.”
“You’re right… But then who else?” I wondered.
“Hmm…” Alice and I looked inside my Soul Scape, seeing the Spirits I had… I noticed the one with great potential from a previous life as a powerful being, and who had a blazing soul which somehow merged with my own, giving my Spirit Beast the shape of his previous life appearance.
Indeed, Ignatius!
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“Ignatius… Seems quite okay.” I said.
“Oh… I was thinking on Naturia, but she lacks experience unlike him. He is a good fighter and knows high-tier magic, and has a good handle in everything around the usage of mana…” Said Alice.
“Then let’s give him the System Seed to Ignatius.” I said. “Is it possible?”
“Yeah! It is possible, we can give it to him right now… He’s a spirit, but still a being separated from you, so he can gain a Status and develop further. He can perhaps evolve further and faster through it, and gain new abilities as well.” Said Alice. “Ahh, this is looking a bit exciting! It is nice to have some abilities that can be used for once!”
“Alright then, let’s just do that!” I said, looking at Ignatius, I quickly decided to call him to our side.
“Hey Ignatius, come here! We got you a gift!” I said.
“Eh? A gift?” He wondered, flying to my side in his adorable eggy form.
“You’re a cute egg so I bought you this… System Seed Creation!”
FLASH!
From my avatar’s hands, a small blue cube emerged. It felt as if a small part of Alice was detached on its creation, but that small part was slowly regenerating back, although she felt slightly tired.
“Oof… Phew, that was… Hahh, it still tiring but I got the hang of it!” She said, reassuring me that she was alright. “It will take… a lot of time before you can make another I guess, but whenever you can make a new Seed, I’ll tell you.”
“Thanks!”
“Hey, what’s this?” Asked Ignatius, using his small tail coming out of the egg and pointing at the cube in my hands.
“Let’s go outside first.” I said. I quickly decided that it was better to bring him outside than anything. At the end, I summoned Ignatius and Alice in the outside world, as the two floated around me.
“Wait, can’t I use it on myself to get a second normal status?” I wondered in the last moment.
“Eh? No, if you try to use it, the seed will interfere with mine and it might automatically self-destruct, so don’t try anything funny, Sylphy.” She said.
“O-Okay, I get it.” I said. “Here, Ignatius, this is a System Seed, use it to grow stronger.”
“System Seed? Wait… Alice’s child?!” Asked Ignatius. “You want me to eat your child?!”
Ignatius began freaking out due to my request of devouring Alice’s offspring. In perspective, it really looked like it was a crazy idea, but we had to reassure him that things were alright and that it wouldn’t be devouring him… more like fusing.
“Don’t worry, you’ll fuse with it!” I said with a smile to reassure him.
“Eh?! That’s even more frightening to be honest!” He cried, only getting more nervous.
“Come on, don’t be a chicken! Are you a chicken egg or a dragon egg?” Asked Alice. “I told you its alright, my child desires to merge with something, quickly!”
“O-Okay, fine!” Sighed Ignatius, as I grabbed the cube and stuffed it inside his egg through the cracks in there.
“Guuaaggh…! Gulp…” He groaned as if it were disgusting, but at the end he swallowed it. “Huh’ Nothing happened… Ah, I guess it is not so bad- UAAGGHH!!!”
FLAAAASH!
The System Seed quickly blossomed within the interior of his Soul, as it began to spread rivers of bright golden light across the entirety of his body, covering his eggshell! The light continued to permeate him for a little while before it calmed down and everything went back to stillness and silence…
“Hahh… T-That was intense… It felt as if a tree was taking roots all over my body… It was freaky! I don’t want to do this ever again!” He cried, he seemed quite frightened after that.
“Don’t worry, everything should be alright for now. Alice, is it activated?” I wondered.
“Yes, use your Eyes to see through his Status now!” She said. It seems I wasn’t able to see through another person’s Status even if they had a System, so I had to use the Blessing given to me by Theia, which allowed me to see information of others, to see Ignatius full status.
“Alright…!”
FLASH!
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