Ark couldnât stop laughing. He was rapidly crossing the Outlands on his air board. In fact, the reason Ark hadnât taken the Charem-Nabe shuttle wasnât just because of money. The airship flight time was much slower than the Star Gateâs spatial movement but it was cheaper. 1 copper was still a huge amount for Ark butâŚâŚ
It had been over a fortnight since Ark received Milanâs notification that the slab was restored. If he considered that point then it might be easier to pay the price of the shuttle. Nevertheless, Ark had his own reasons for crossing the Outlands.
âIt is important to find the new Murat ruins but I should get a hang of what I already have.â
It was the pyramid he obtained from Charemâs laboratory.
âAfter listening to the video in the pyramid then I can obtain a new rune just like on Beltana.â
However Ark still hadnât released the pyramid. When he first got his hands on the pyramid, he hadnât registered with the pyramid and couldnât be a.s.sured that he would survive. And he had put it off until now because he needed to clean up the Sufferers incident, registering as an agent and establishing the food manufacturing plant. There was no reason to rush. He could obtain it at any time. Leaving something for later would make it tastier. If he could afford it then he would like to act slowly.
âAnd nothing might happen even if the Shire appears. I didnât know how to use the Ikram rune for a long time. Getting a skill I donât know how to use will make me anxious. So I should check the skill in better conditions.â
This was the reason he decided to walk. He intended to try out the new rune in the Outlands overflowing with monsters. While crossing the land on the air board, he opened the bottom of the pyramid and the light emerged.
The mysterious power of the Murat, the Shire!
âCome out Shire!â
Ark had experienced it already so he touched it with his hand. And the moment his hand touched the Shire!
-You have absorbed the photon life form âShire!â
The Shire are mysterious photon life forms and are some of the most mysterious creatures in the universe. According to old doc.u.ments, they will condense over millions of years to form mana. The Murat have the ability to use the power of the Shire through âRuneâ characters.
+ You have absorbed the Shire and acquired a Rune.
+ You have acquired a Rune (Immortal) from the Murat memory contained.
Up to here it was identical to the previous time. However there was a crucial difference between the old and new rune.
-A new skill (Common Occupation âââââ) has been learnt.
Rune Carving- Immortal (User, Pa.s.sive): the runes used by the Murat have the ability to extract the potential of the photon life form Shire. Therefore the Shire can store the memory of the runes. The Immortal rune is the symbol of Osiris who sought eternal life. Thus the Immortal Rune has imprinted the source of life on your body, mana. Those who already use mana will gain 100 mana while those that donât will have 50 mana generated. And the maximum amount can rise every time you absorb new Shire.
+ 50 mana has been generated with the Immortal rune.
+ 25 additional mana has been gained for the Shire from the Ikram rune.
âEh?â
Arkâs eyes looked shocked. The new rune was a pa.s.sive skill! Ark hurriedly opened the character information window.
Character Information WindowNameArk (R-02788)Level79SpeciesHumanOccupationPioneerFame5,820Â Adventure720Mana75Â Â Health1,850 (+90)Mental Power1,000 (+75)Strength180 (+23)Agility245Stamina335 (+18)Wisdom20 (+5)Intelligence160 (+15)Luck35* t.i.tle
* Contribution: Galactic Federation 6,850, Â Aschulat 500
* Affiliation: Dark Eden (CEO)
*Body Coating: Survivor
+ Environmental adaptation increases by 50% due to the Survivor coating.
+ The Survivor coating reduces the drop rate of Satiety by 30%.
+ The Survivor coating will reduce fall damage by 50%.
+The âClairvoyanceâ effect of the Survivor coating is applied.
He had checked it once before leaving Charem so it wasnât necessary to see most of it. The important thing wasâŚ..
âThe mana stat was really created!â
The mana stat was sitting in his character information window! Ark could now use mental power and mana. Mental power was the basic power that all users in the federation used. However some users didnât stop there. Some users would receive magic when the received the body coating that was cla.s.sified as the magician type. But in those cases mental power would disappear. Warriors used mental power while magicians used mana. This was common sense in Galaxian. However Ark had preserved the mental power stat when mana was added. This meant he was a warrior but he could learn skills a.s.sociated with magicians! It meant he was a magic warrior in fantasy terms. Of course he wasnât yet at the standard of a magic warrior. Usually magicians got 200~300 mana when they received the body coating. Depending on the bonuses added by intelligence and wisdom, they would get at least 500 mana to start with. Currently Ark only had 75 mana. It was only 25% of the mana that Espers stated off with.
âBut!â
He still received it!
âNow I donât need to wear the battle suit to use the Ikram rune.
The Ikram rune that summoned the h.e.l.l hound! It was a fairly good 5 star skill but it hadnât been really useful so far. Thatâs because the skill couldnât be used unless he wore the battle suit. Now he didnât need to wear the battle suit to summon the h.e.l.l hound. Of course there were some restrictions. The Ikram rune consumed 10% of the battle suitâs mana when he used it. He could only summon a maximum of 9 h.e.l.l hounds. The mana stat might be generated but he would only be able to summon 1 h.e.l.l hound. Ark had only been looking at the â%â of the battle suitâs mana but the Ikram rune consumed 50 mana. Even if it was 1 h.e.l.l hound, the utilization couldnât be compared to before.
âBesides, if I obtain more Shire then my mana will increase!â
There was no reason to lament over having low mana. He was satisfied with the result.
âAlthough this is kind of ambiguousâŚ..â
Ark eyed the memory chip. It was the memory chip that Jay said was safe to download. Of course Ark had already checked the contents of the memory chip. Ark had been more interested in the memory chip than the pyramid. It was because he expected to learn skills like Sonic Sword and Set Bullets Shooting. He had released the lock with hacking and downloaded the data to his Nymphe.
-# Logbook 01~03 page has been downloaded.
The previous memory chip contained the logbook 4~6 pages. If he looked at the page numbers then this was the first part of the previous logbook. But when he read it the contents seemed like it was the end.
Logbook~01
How long agoâŚ..
When I think back to the beginning, my journey began from a bitter betrayal. The fact that this betrayal came from someone of my blood made it a lot harder for me.
WhyâŚ..
It was a question that I asked countless times. But no one answered. Therefore I felt even more hurt and frustration when I thought of something. Is it possible that they didât understand either? It was the first time I thought this. Iâve been wandering about this question for a long time.
Right now a large number of disputes are spreading through the galaxy. Iâve thought about it and the dispute mustâve started somewhere. Teacher-nim always said it. Donât believe your eyes and search for the truth. This is the mission entrusted to us. Teacher-nimâs words have been a big consolation for me.
If the truth is different from what I though then I might be able to relieve this miserable feeling. But I was wrong. The truth I discovered was scarier than I imagined. Its true name caused huge despair.And I found myself in front of a door. Any souls who step close would be swallowed up in despair.
But I canât stop. I have to spread the truth to the large number of species in this universe. However, if I step foot in âthatâ then there is almost no chances of coming back alive. Iâm not afraid to die but I need to pa.s.s on the mission that Iâve inherited.
Thatâs why Iâm leaving this logbook. If anyoneâŚ.even if it takes hundreds of years, I hope that an adventurer will find this. If someone sees these writings then Iâll tell you in advance.
Discovering the truth will drop you into despair. NeverthelessâŚ..if an adventurer who discovers this logbook has the courage to find the truthâŚ..then you and I are tied by the same thread of fate that transcends s.p.a.ce and timeâŚ..if you look for it then you will inevitably reach my hometownâŚ..
My experience and knowledge will be helpful to you at that time.
Lock- <sealed>-Lock</sealed>
<sealed>This was the contents of pages 1~2. That was written in the first half of the logbook.</sealed>
<sealed>âThe truth discovered will cause despair? What does that mean?â</sealed>
<sealed>Naturally he was curious. But nothing else about the âdespairâ was written. And Ark wasnât curious enough to be impatient. This was a game. How many users would read the contents of these pages? If a user was interested then they would eventually get some results. He just needed to wait. But the contents of the 3rd page were sealed. He couldnât accept that so he opened it with hacking.</sealed>
<sealed>ââŚ..What is this?â</sealed>
<sealed>An information window he never imagined had appeared in front of him.</sealed>