That was the last message heard by Advay before a voiceless scream escaped his mouth. His whole body felt as if something important was being torn from him and the effect could be seen throughout his body, his organs responded with an insane level of pain. Unable to do anything, Advay can only kneel down to hug himself and try to bear with the pain.
This went on for indefinite amount of time and suddenly the pain vanished but before Advay could collect himself, a message was delivered by the system.
[Extraction successful]
[10 years of vitality extracted]
[Re-analysing the mineral]
[Analysis in progress]
[Analysis successful]
[Name: Unknown
Energy type: Unknown
Energy quality: Unknown
Energy status: Usable]
Advay was still on his knees supporting himself on the wall, when he felt something passing through his hand. He looked at the the spot where his palm was connected to the mineral and saw that the white light from that area is diminishing.
Advay was dumbfounded, the white light from nearby stones also started diminishing at a rapid pace. He had never seen such thing happen before. It's as if something is devouring every bit of energy, leaving none behind. It didn't look long for him to understand what's happening.
[Extraction under process]
[Extraction successful]
[System ready for activation]
[System activation under progress]
[10% completed....40% completed....70% completed....100% completed]
[System activated successfully]
As the system activated successfully, it became luminous and translucent. For a second, Advay was able to see the insides of the system. It looks like a maze full of tiny things working together. Though unable to understand, he was gobsmacked by the maze-like complexity of the system. This abnormality died down in a second.
[Mission status.]
[Mission: Find an energy source for the system to collect energy for its activation.]
[Completion period: 1 hour.]
[Reward: Activation of system and Unleashing of body potential.]
[Consequence of Failure: Death by draining body's vitality.]
[Mission Completed successfully.]
[Reward being distributed.]
Advay felt a comfortable sensation throughout his body as if some shackles had been removed. Before he can fully revel in this sensation, another message was heard which took his attention.
[Additional Reward: Vitality Extractor]
[Vitality extractor: A title, when active can help host to refill his vitality.]
[The host's vitality had been extracted due to an emergency protocol. The system will help the host refill his vitality. The title is the activation key to avail this benefit.]
Advay got mixed feeling hearing these messages, in one hand he was very pissed and also helpless but on the other hand he got some extra reward. Though it remains to be seen how beneficial it is. Still, something is better than nothing.
He was also a little suspicious that, this reward somehow benefits the system even more than him.
He looked at the system intently but can only sigh. Before he can ask about the activation, he saw some words appear directly in front of his eyes on thin air.
[Welcome Advay Malhar (Unleashed potential)]
[Basic stats -
Strength: 2.9
Stamina: 3.1
Speed: 2.0
Dexterity: 1.5]
[Other attributes (locked)]
Seeing all this, the very first thing that came to his mind was ' It knows my name'. It didn't need too much of brainpower to guess a plausible reason, but he isn't sure about it. Though unsure of how the system got hold of this information, the fact that struck him was, he doesn't have any secrets in front of the system.
'Why am I feeling that it's not me who is the host of system but the other way around.'
He then saw the numerated stats. It was a welcoming surprise as this type of measurement of power were never seen before. Those who had unleashed potential would always fight among themselves to know their approximate level of potential as there are no other way.
[Further data required to classify more about potential]
'Looks like my guess was true, it really took the data and required information directly from my memory, due to my limited knowledge the system also cannot give more information about anything else.'
He felt very insecure with the system being able to scan him and his memories without his knowledge. But there are already many insecurities and distressing things about the system. He also just decided to add this to them to take care of them in future.
Advay felt very relaxed. These passed hours had been quite a roller coaster for him. Now that he was able take some calm breath, he remembered that his life is not fully out of danger. But his close shave with death too many times in previous hours had made him less fearful and more resilient.
Advay started looking around, to find that nearly all the stones had lost its luster and was able to easily dig out some pieces. He kept some of them with him, they might have lost their energy but the material itself may be useful and costly.
He then thought about his possibilities of escape. He still believed that there are dangers waiting for him outside. While thinking all this, he had started moving to the deeper end of this space. It was confirmed that there was no danger, as even after all the noises created during this time, nothing suspicious had happened.
Advay had reached the end, when he found an oval shape thing laying just a few meters in front of me. The lighting had dimmed after all the chaos created by the system. It took him few more steps and a little focus to understand that it's not an oval thing but an egg itself. The egg might reach two and half meters in height.
It was his first time seeing an egg so huge. Feeling the mild aura around the egg, he became sure that this egg is that of a beast.
Like humans in this world, there are animals. When human unleash potential, they became some of kind of superhuman and when animal unleash potential, they evolve into a beast.
Though the most unique part is that most of the beasts are born from beast themselves and very few evolve from an animal. A beast can give birth to a beast but their reproduction rate is very limited. That's their innate disadvantage for possessing this much power from birth.
'This is a very bad thing', I thought. If there is an egg then there must be a mother. Seeing no danger, it's not wrong to assume that she is probably out of this cave and this may also explain the reluctance of those twin tail monkeys as all animals are sensitive to a beast's aura and also fears them.
Advay decided to get out from this cave as soon as possible. For him, the twin tail monkey itself is a huge danger, then the beast is definitely a no-no.
He had just made up his mind when a very dangerous thought popped in his head. Thinking about this idea, he became hesitant, but steeled his heart as it can increase his chance to escape.