As soon as the forcefield dissipated, Arnold's summons rushed towards him. Wanting to help him but he waved them to stop and got up by himself. He then glanced down at himself. He smelled weird, he hadn't had a proper shower in days and now he was drenched in a mixture of his blood, sweat and guts. It was weird but his body seemed light maybe puking his stomach out made him feel lightweight?
< I assure you, that's not the case. >
A weirdly electronic and masculine voice echoed in his head. A voice he was sure he had never heard, yet it felt like he had known this voice for ages.
'System-sama?' Arnold thought as a smile broke on his face.
< Although I'm a nameless entity, there's no denying that it is I. You've done well in my absence. >
'Yeah... Did you get an update or something?'
< I believe you can say that. Either way, let's check your status plate. There have been some changes. >
