Voice of God!
But it wasn't exactly that either. It was similar to video game but it wasn't like a video game either. Attributes like strength, wisdom, intelligence, luck and agility weren't present. The voice even ruled out HP and MP and Levels, which were the essence of videogames.
So it wasn't exactly like a game and it wasn't a voice of God as well.
It was human alchemist that used all they had to create such wonderful pill which could speak in someone's mind like in a videogames but it was also because of a part that world bead was used as the main ingredient. When he heard the voice more and more, Oslo understood how it guided or helped adventurers.
It was very effective in recognizing skills, magic beasts and also their phases.
[Analyzing Skills...]
[3 Skills Detected.]
[Skills: Erase, Magnetism, Dragon's breathe]
[Calculating Adventure Point...]
It was very helpful in terms of realising ones skill. An adventurer who didn't eat heavenly pill wouldn't be able to fully describe his/her skill and abilities as they would only have a rough idea of what their actual skill was in their mind. Although one would have a vague understanding of their skills but without heavenly pill, it was very difficult to understand more about the skill like its status and phases.
Someone could even pass all his life without even knowing what his skill actually was and what was the full extent of its prowess.
Phases of skills were like the levels of skills because only after the completion of all the phases would the skill be able to show it's true strength. For example, if a skill was Lightning Body whose effect would cover ones whole body in lightning giving one a good defense then, one would only be able to cover their arms or legs in first phase. Only after the phase was completely grasped and with sufficient strength would one be able to enter the second phase of the skill and the skill would evolve.
No one could master skill in one go and the speed of completion of phases were also depended upon ones strength and perception and the time they put practicing the skill.
"Overall Status." Oslo didn't blurt it out loud but said in his mind.
Ring~
[Name:
Race: Human
Rank: D
...
Skills
-Erase
-Magnetism
-Dragon's Breathe
...
Soul Marks
-Divine Dragon King
-Mystic White Crane
...
Adventure Points: 21 ]
Adventure Point? Oslo tilted his head in confusion as he had never heard somebody mentioning something about Adventure Point and about the soul mark... he had a vague understanding that it was the name referring to the tattoos of dragon and crane on his body. It's name such as Divine and Mystic sounded like an exaggeration but he didn't put much thought into it.
Right now, he was curious about the Adventure Point which had a figure just like in videogames. He wanted to know more about it as he was curious about what he did had earned him 21 points.
"Describe Adventure Point."
...
No voice sounded in his head. He again tried.
"Review Adventure Point."
"Information about Adventure Point."
"Show me some info."
No matter how much he tried, no voice spoke in his head. He then smiled and spread his hands as he spoke out aloud,
"Ba-dum, Ba-dum, oh almighty God, bestow your voice upon me and reveal the secrets of Adventure Point."
...
That was awkward. After many attempts but with no answers, he sighed and gave up on the thought of asking the voice again.
"Next time I see Charlie, I'll ask him what it is." Saying that he diverted his mind from Adventure Point and decided to know more about his skills.
"Describe Skill: Erase"
The female voice spoke as response.
[Skill: Erase (Permanent)
Status: Cannot be transferred
Phase: 1/5 (Body's Condition)
Description: A skill that will Erase ones presence. Helpful in battle and while hiding.
--No Mana Required ]
It didn't take long for the voice to describe the skill and it was short which wasn't what he had expected but he now knew a bit about his skill and it was very useful. Unlike with Adventure Point, it had described the skill just fine.
He was very excited to know what skill would it be after it evolved and changed phases, after all his skill right now was only in the beginning stage. He then contained the excitement and said,
"Describe Skill: Magnetism"
[Skill: Magnetism (Permanent)
Status: Transferable
Phase: 1/3 (Attract and Repel)
Description: A skill which was previously used by Divine Dragon King as one of its innate skill to control objects.
-- Low amount of Mana required.]
The voice spoke articulately in his mind.
A skill that an adventurer obtained from runestone could also be transferred to other adventurers but it depended on the skill. One seldom transferred their skill to others because it was of no guarantee that the opposite party would return the skill to the previous owner again and besides, it had a drawback.
After transferring, the receiver would get the skill but it wouldn't be as powerful as it had been with the previous owner of the skill. The receiver would always receive the skill in it's first phase and if they wanted to use it's full strength, they would have to start from the scratch by training the skill and upgrading through the phases and because of it, it wasn't widely done.
But if the skill was transferred to the previous owner again then they would be able to use it in the strength they had been able to use it last time and don't have to start from first phase.
Besides, after transferring, the memory of previous owner about the requirement for using the skill and it's uses would disappear with leaving a vague idea in their mind that they previously had the skill they had just transferred. If one transferred it the they could rarely learn it again, if not transferred again, which was the greatest drawback of transferring the skills and also because of it, everyone wanted skills that couldn't be transferred because that was one less nagging for them.
Also, a transferable skill could also evolve into a skill that couldn't be transferred after advancement in phases. Oslo's one skill could be transfered to another person but another couldn't.
Although it was transferable, he wouldn't just transfer it to some nobody because he wasn't some saint that would balalntly give away his possession which was also the skill he had received after life and death experience, so he wasn't going to transfer it easily.
"Describe Skill: Dragon's Breathe"
Ring~
[Skill: Dragon's Breathe (Permanent)
Status: Cannot be transferred
Phase: 1/3 (Flame Breath)
Description: One of the innate skill of Divine Dragon. Basically a skill to collect fire in one point and breathe out with tremendous force.
---Mana Requirement: Excessive ]
Although, Dragon's Breathe could be a good final move but excessive Mana requirement made Oslo's mouth twitch. There was no guarantee that he would be able to gather excessive amount of Mana required for the skill in a heating battle.
If he calculated excessive amount as seventy five percent of his Mana then it was a skill that wasn't suitable for fast attack or attack on whim because of its Mana consumption. As he was right now, he could only use such skill once in a battle and could also be used to surprise opponent...but only once.
These three skills he had were very important for his journey of being an adventurer. It was also the skills, he had acquired through luck and situation that toed with his life so he was very greedy about it.
Creak~
Just when he was frowning about what to do next, the door of his house opened making weird noises. Just as one would expect from an old door, if it had rung inside a mansion then people would without a doubt believe that the mansion was haunted.
From the door, a mature figure entered the room with a plate in her hand. With her hand holding the plate, Aunt Yi slowly walked inside as her eyes scanned the room which was a total mess. Witnessing the scene, she let out a sigh from her mouth,
"Oslo boy, I've brought something to eat. Here have some."
Oslo only glanced and turned his head so as to not to meet her eye, "How did you know?"
"Haha," Letting out a light laugh, she said, "Those guys came here yesterday and with all those sounds I expected as much."
She the placed the plate in front of Oslo which contained fried rice. It wasn't well cooked as if she had made it in hurry. He with red face took the plate and stuffed his mouth with rice as oil dripped from the corner of his lips.
"Why are you being so stubborn?" Aunt Yi asked, "I know you don't want us to be in trouble but I think you really should move into our place."
Oslo and Richard were brothers that they had took care of since they were child. As uncle John and Aunt Yi had no child of their own, they had always treated the brothers like they were their own children. They didn't want these brothers to suffer like this on daily basis but Oslo had always rejected to every help they wanted to provide.
"I'll pay the debt on my own..." He always stubbornly clung on his beliefs making the couple worry for two brothers even more.
He again ignored the words she said as if he hadn't heard any of it at all.
Ring~ Ring~
His phone on his pocket vibrated with a tone of receiving a message. Taking out the phone from his pocket, he opened the message he had just received.
As his eyes went through the content of the message, it lightened up as the corner of his lips curled up.