The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 131: An Upgrade

Chapter 131: An Upgrade

Victor sighed in relief, The pain in his head had subsided at last after that soul was fully digested. Looking at his system he noticed a few notifications waiting for him.

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An update? Ahh. This must be the effect of him being exposed to that Awakening Talisman which was disguised as a painting.

He knew perfectly well what this was about. The system that the Orb gave the players was severely outdated. As the Orb was created thousands of years ago. It was basically like an installation disk, that installed an operating system for the Players after testing their compatibility.

Its OS was too old and only supported basic system functions.

The painting was very recent and continued the modern version of the system, with all the new shiny features. It was used by those Invaders to hide their souls and then let them enter a target body undetected. Like a pirated Operating system containing a virus. 

After the Reckoning, all players, old and new, would get the new system.

While he was tempted to refuse the update as the old version may have some unexplored bugs that he may be able to exploit, the temptation of the new version was huge. He had already got enough benefits anyway.

He pressed YES after some hesitation.

At long last, he was able to get rid of that old useless system. With that, He began to inspect his new System with interest.

With this, he could get Titles more frequently, and he no longer needed to wait for a dungeon to clear to get his reward and Exp points, for missions and accomplishments. It meant he could level up anywhere. In addition to that, now, he could learn skills instantly.

Looking at it, Victor smiled. His Attributes were really good. Especially after killing that demon. He got a ton of EXP and A crazy Title. He could now rival those elders in his family. But he must not get cocky, he reminded himself as he still had too many weaknesses. He still remembers clearly how the ones who ruled this world after the Reckoning, were not the strongest forces, but the ones who bode their time and survived until all the others were exhausted. He must stay hidden and bide his time. 

The Three new bars, which were newly added, were Health, Stamina, and Mana. 

Health is dependent on many factors like his STRENGTH and BLOODLINE among others. It represents how much damage he would absorb while keeping his body intact. And when it reaches 0, The System would delete his account, and he would die.

STAMINA and MANA represent his energy to perform skills. Even if they were depleted, he would feel nothing, as it was not connected to his human body. But a system infused energy.

All of those would regenerate depending on his attributes.

The Recognized skills are the ones that the world recognizes him as having. He would be able to spend MANA or STAMINA to perform them in the future to perform them effortlessly and so that he would not get tired. 

For example, If he played the piano for some time, the world would add PIANO skill to the list. As for the rank, it would depend on the System's evaluation.

And the next time he plays using the system stamina points, he will not make any mistakes, and the play will go flawlessly. It was a kind of system assistance.

For now, the list only contained useless stuff that the System watched him perform. So he would have to show the world what he can do to fill it.

But he wondered whether the "Face Slapping" skill was literally or figuratively….. No matter what, using it without expending much energy would be cool. 

System skills are different. Those are the ones granted by the skill books and mission rewards. And most of them are supernatural.

Magic Affinity is required to use certain skills, which required elemental affinity. Like how Sebastian had a Fireball skill. He must have had, fire Affinity. Or as a Scion, he probably had the very rare Five or Seven Elements affinity.

Victor didn’t care. Because after awakening his bloodline, he would get some magic Affinity as a dragon bloodline holder. In addition to that, He could learn and use magic skills anyway due to his Authority. But they would cost him a lot of MANA to activate.

ORDER points can now be harvested by killing monsters, like after the Reckoning. He was very desperate about them getting depleted. And now he could use his Fate skills and that Information book more liberally.

Wait… Why was the Equipment set to None? Wasn’t he wearing his Storage ring, a Defensive Talisman, and a Levitating necklace?

Opening his eyes, Victor found himself in his room. Laying on his bed. He was naked, and a pretty girl with swollen eyes was laying on his side.