NOVEL NEXT Chapter 85: Investigation
After what felt like an eternity, the system was finished with its task. Veer had also asked it to check his condition, as he didn't want to have any lingering wounds or anything.
The things his body had endured in the farms were just too much. If something like that infection caused by wheat plants was still in his body, then he could count his days only.
[After a thorough investigation, the system has found that Host was trapped in a Tier 7 Space-Time Rune Formation for a total of Ten years.]
For a moment, Veer forgot to react as he digested the information, then shouted mentally, 'What the hell are you saying?'
[The System is answering Host's question.]
'No, not that,' Veer took a deep breath and asked. 'Was I really trapped in it for ten years? That doesn't make sense.'
[To answer Host's question, there were two loops in the formation. Every ten minor loop brought you back to the start. Aside from your Soul and body, the Major Loop resets everything. The Mist affected your reasoning so you don't remember it properly. The other reason could be that your mind couldn't handle everything so it locked away your memories.]
Veer had to take some time to digest it. It seemed so ridiculous to think, but he knew the system wouldn't lie. There was no reason for it to lie.
As he raised his hand, he looked at the powerful muscles rolling under his pale skin. He could clearly see many cuts and scars on them.
"How did I heal then?" Veer muttered.
[It was the work of the Rune Formation.]
'It feels like someone just wanted to see me suffer there,' Veer sighed. 'At least I don't have proper memories of all that time otherwise... Wait! Did you just say Tier 7 Rune Formation?'
[Affirmative!]
'I'll be damned,' Veer cursed. No wonder the formation was so powerful and could bend space and time. A Tier 7 Rune Formation was the pinnacle of Runemasters, as there was no known Tier 8 Rune Formation.
'But why did I encounter such a powerful formation so early? I don't have a Fated attribute, you know,' Veer thought of something and asked. 'By the way, if the formation itself is so powerful, how did I crack it so easily?'
[Host, it was certainly not easy otherwise it wouldn't have taken you ten years to solve it.]
'Ah! Sorry about that. I just meant how a Beginner Stage like me escaped from it?'
[Because it has worn down and the strength of its inhabitant has grown considerably weaker.]
'I see,' He sighed again and asked, 'Anything else you noted there?'
[The system will look more into it and inform Host if something got missed.]
'Thanks. Show me my status, let's see if anything changed in these ten years.'
[Affirmative]
[Name: Veer Ainsworth]
[Age: 17]
[Race - Royal High Elf/ ????]
[Class: Battle Mage (Novice)]
[Mana Core: E-Rank]
[Title: Bastard Prince, Prince of Nothing]
[HP: 141/150]
[MP: 200/6400 (inaccessible)]
[Stamina: 150/160]
[Aspect - Dragon Master (S-Rank)] [SSS-Rank (dormant)]
[Description - The Mighty Dragons have begun to lose their standing as their powers and bloodline is being suppressed by the Unknown. Become the Masters of the Dragons and save their race from annihilation.]
[Spells - Fire Bolt, Fire Bullet, Mana Pulse, Arcane Shield, Frost Grasp.]
[Techniques - Primordial Arcane Forge.]
[Abilities - Blazing Strike, Charm's Aura, Enhanced Mana Circulation.]
[Artefacts - Novice Spellblade, Heavenly Comb.]
Instantly, a hologram appeared before him showing him his status. Surprised, he read everything, "Woah!"
"Huh!? E-Rank?" Veer was surprised and asked. "What happened?"
[The requirements to Ascend to E-Rank from F-Rank is low and can be done without paying any attention. Host has spent ten years in constant fighting which led to your Ascension.]
'Oh yeah!'
Now that the system mentioned it, Veer did feel very strong. He tried to channel his Mana and found it much easier than before. It was also very dense and rich in quality. And finally, his Mana Core was shining brightly, the sign of achieving E-Rank.
'Damn! Now this is a qualitative change.' Veer smiled, as he clenched his fist, feeling the raw power coursing through him. He still wasn't at Intermediate Stage since he would need to perform his Mana Circulation Technique, but he was surely at the peak of Beginner Stage.
Suppressing his happiness, Veer thought, 'Maybe it wasn't all that bad. I did get a lot of lessons there.'
Then, his gaze went down on the status, which showed much more than previously, and noticed one more anomaly. Raising an eyebrow, he asked, 'Why are there question marks in my race?'
[The System needs to do Second Evolution to show Host's full Lineage.]
'Lineage, you say,' Veer frowned. 'You mean I have more bloodlines than that of Elf?'
[Affirmative!]
'This doesn't make sense,' Veer held his forehead, finding the situation too absurd. As far as he knew, his mother was a weak human, so how did he get a second bloodline?
Humans never had a bloodline unless it was mixed with other races. But that only meant the offspring would have a single bloodline, even that very diluted like he had.
'Aghh! You need Second Evolution to show that, right?' a glint passed through Veer's eyes as he thought. 'Then I'll do it quickly. That old man, I wanna know what he is hiding from me.'
He took a deep breath and focused on other parts of the status. It was very similar to the game interface so he didn't really need an introduction to understand it.
'Good thing now I have HP and MP to check it,' Veer smiled. 'Stamina... it's pretty low for someone like me, ain't it? I will need to work on that.'
He didn't want to disappoint his wives after all. But then again, he didn't have any reference to understand the points. He would need to check others for that. Read new chapters at empire
"Lunch is ready!!"
Hearing the call, Veer stood up. He had more things to talk about with the system, but that would have to wait. Food came first.