Niko sat cross legged, meditating on the Inheritance he had gained. It was filled with profound and extensive knowledge of Artifact crafting and even gave him an insight on Blacksmithing among many other crafts.
He exhaled a turbid breath, the overwhelming amount of information had strained him greatly, severe pain surged through him.
Thankfully he had a vast capacity to ignore the mental damage done, otherwise he would have had a stroke.
To the System however, this was negligible and could not compare to the pain their Host was to undergo in the near future.
Nodding slightly, Niko gave his gratitude, "Thanks a lot System. Now I realise how foolish I was." Although the System felt that he was being sarcastic, it could not help but reciprocate his words.
[You are welcome Host]. Truthfully, Niko was really thankful as he discovered something far greater and of more importance than having to vent his anger at his System.
And that was the secret of creating Artifacts and Relics. More specifically speaking, Mythos Tools, a group of Artifacts that were not created through the conventional means, only formed through the association of an object with a legend or myth, thus allowing the Tinkerbell effect* taking place.
By the convergence of both magical and human imagination, an Mythos Tool is born. Most deities were born because humans believed in them, with the temples and statues symbolising their status, Legends were created.
Fairytales with enough believers were able to be born as well, so Niko had an idea. He had been thinking of having people help him out on his quests as he knew that he could not do them alone.
At first he had been thinking of having a friend help him out, but soon dismissed the idea as it bought on many implications.
So, what if it were not a human? There were legends of monsters and similar beings in the world, so why not bring them to life?
The only problem was how? "System. I need to create a living being, but is that even possible?" Voicing out his curiosity, Niko felt sure of his conjectures.
[Yes. But it requires an insane amount of magical energy, not only so you must also have extensive knowledge of life itself]. Niko smirked, he already had the qualifications to do so as the Internet existed, but one question lingered on his mind.
"Where am I getting all this magical energy from?" Niko was suspicious as he know recalled that he had enchanted the stone without any difficulties and did not face any problems during the enchantment.
He suspected that there was an external force helping him out, which considering his circumstances was obviously the System.
[Oho? Now you realise it. Yes, the mana you hold is something the System has activated. We had let your latent magical power loose, but never had we expected that you'd have such a vast amount. Magic relies on the mental strength and creativity of the user, meaning that you are extremely gifted in this aspect]. Hearing this answer Niko felt a little embarrassed, acting bashful he rubbed his nose and said, "Oh, shucks. If you keep complimenting me like that, you'll start making me want to be your boyfriend."
"..."
[Host I have no idea whether you're joking or sincere, so please focus on the matter and do not change the subject]. The System was flabbergasted by his shameless attitude.
"Okay, yeah fine. On another note I can already guess why I have an astounding amount of creativity and talent in magic." Hearing this, the System figuratively perked it's ears up.
"In the era of information we have an astonishing amount of talented individuals out there. Due to our peaceful world we have developed different cultures and ways to express ourselves with unique art forms.
Whether it be culinary or straight up painting, every art to me exudes passion and true talent. Among them are people like me, with talent in regards to a specific form of art." If the System had throat, it would have been gulping as of now.
"And that is, writing." Posing dramatically, Niko had left his System speechless. The latter thought of something, 'Are you really? Are you sure you aren't an actor or something?!' The System wished to inquire why their host thought of pursuing acting since he was so good at it, then again he was lazy so staying up all night to write poetry about what he felt sounded exactly what Niko would do.
Not to mention his family being rich so he had no need for fame, the System metaphorically gazed at the balcony, looking beyond that and setting his sights at the edge of the plot his Host owned extending out into a small forest.
Mechanical gates at the front of the mansion, a fountain with cherubic statues playing the flute and lyre, garden maze and a greenhouse full of colourful flora.
If this did not scream 'rich' then what did? Not to mention that this wasn't even his parents, it was rightfully his as the third son of the Matsuda family.
What his parents did was send him 200K a month to pay for all the bills and the rest to use for his own.
The only reason why he had been given a System was due to his suffocating boredom that called a deity over, and the God responsible for distribution of Systems had not seen his background and believed that Niko was a suicidal, good for nothing orphan wishing to turn his life around.
Only when the God did realise his mistake that it was too late as he had already passed the tutorial. That was why the System was cursing that God as of now.
They were supposed to help the Host earn money and become a True Devil through the murders he committed, but now what did he have as leverage?
Their Host was sociopathic, which was a perfect fit with is functions, but he could not tempt the Host with money or worldly riches as he had everything he needed.
"Hey, can you show me my stats or something?" Their cursing was cut short by Niko, he yawned, causing small tears to drip down the edges of his eyes.
[Stats? Of course! I'm a System!]. Wanting to keep its credibility the System instantly scanned and compiled a list of data according to the general template given to him by the Gamer God Higins.
[Name: Niko Matsuda.
Race- 86% Human, 14% ???
Lvl: 8
Affinity: Eye. ???
STR- 12
END- 16
AGI- 14
INT- 58
WIS- 23
LUK- ???
CHA- ???
MP- 168/163
Lifespan: 102 Years
Skills: Eye Of Somnolence- Snooze. High Enchant. Chinese Whispers.
Talents: Aura Reading. Universal Translation.
Titles: One Who Inherited The Power Of The Forgotten Sage. The Wealthy Sociopath. Proslos; The Life Giver].
"So cool!" Niko exclaimed in excitement, he was weak to interesting and odd things. All sorts of unique curiosities were something to be adored according to his logic.
And this was one of them, adding in the fact that he did not exactly know how it worked, he found the experience mind-blowing.
"Oh yeah, what are those question marks?" He inquired as he stared at the screen in front of him, [Those typically mean you don't have the authority to know or the God who gave us to you deliberately hid it, and wishes for you to find out yourself].
"Ah." Niko then remembered that he had been speaking of a completely different topic and had gotten sidetracked, "Wait that's right! How do I make a creature?! Please tell me, System Sensei!"