Chapter 43
Xavier made his way through the first and went towards the City walls. While he was coming he felt that the ground was vibrating every few minutes and each time it vibrated, he would feel as if he was about to go through something very bad.
This was the sense towards fate he had developed due to the Scales of Libra. The system had said that his sensitivity to ask the elements which the Scales represented would be enhanced. And this was that enhancement playing that part.
He felt the same when he saw Emilia, the Dean, had a pitying look in her eyes and he felt the same during this as well. He could make the connection that both of these were due to the same event and seeing that the intensity of this feeling was getting higher and higher with every passing moment, whatever bad was going to happen, it was going to happen very soon.
Xavier went into the city and showed his omniband to register that he had come out of the City. He needed to do this because he couldn't escape the city without proper authorization.
After he came to the academy and went into his dorm room. It was already about 3'o o'clock and he saw that Sheila was sleeping on the couch. He rubbed his head with frustration. This woman, she was a captive but she acted like a honoured guest inside his dorm room.
But he didn't have the time or energy to think about how to punish her. He went to his room and sat down. He remembers that the system has given him a reward for getting his first direct kill.
He opened the mission panel and saw that there was a completed mission.
[HIDDEN MISSION- KILL SOMEONE OF A HIGHER STAGE OF CULTIVATION WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.
The path of any host of the system is to become the strongest there is and the best way to prove it is by defeating an opponent who is of a higher stage than yourself. Congratulations to the host for finishing this mission and stepping on the path of being the strongest in the universe.
REWARD : OPTIMISATION OF SYSTEM STORAGE.]
Xavier was a little surprised by this sudden reward but he was also confused.
"System, didn't I already kill a Grandmaster level expert before and I also killed 2 Martial Lords today. Why are you not counting them as kills?"
[Host, they are your kills and that is why points have been given as a reward for the host but the host didn't kill them with his own hands. He used other methods to kill them like a hidden weapon or a gun. Only if the host killed someone with his own hands out using a direct weapon like a sword or a spear can the host be said to have killed that person. Only this route of killing will give rise to killing intent which the host needs to cultivate.]
Xavier nodded in understanding.
"Well, what you say also makes sense. After all, even when I shot all those Martial Grandmaster experts from a distance, I didn't feel anything except that I saw some gore but when I killed the shadow guard with my own hands, I felt my mentality change."
[That is what is called killing intent host. It appears when a person takes a sentient life and it will be developed along the way as a person kills more and more. After all, the oath to the top is laid with the skeletons of myriad people who also walked the same path.]
Xavier nodded. He had felt a change in his mentality as soon as he took that shadow guard's life and he accepted this feeling. After all, it is not like this is the ancient society where killing people was a crime and they were punished for it.
"System, then what about the reward, what is the System Storage Optimization?"
[Host, the system storage is the place where you can store anything you bought from the system store as long as it is not modified to the slightest degree.]
[But with the optimization, the host can also store any object he comes into direct contact with but at the cost of points and more difficult the object is to store, more is points it is required to suit the object.]
[But once it is stored, it can be assured for any number of times.]
"When I store the objects for the second time, do I need to be in contact with that object?"
[No host, you don't need to be in contact with the object.]
" Then how will the objects be retrieved?"
[For now, the system will retrieve the object by just teleportation.]
"For now?"
[After the system upgrade to level 5, you can choose how to retrieve it. Directly teleport it to your hands or retrieve it physically where it passes through all the obstacles in between but it can be intercepted by others.]
Xavier's eyes lit up. He could use this feature in many ways in the future.
"System, what about the feeling I'm having? It's getting more intense as the time goes on."
[Host, it signals that you will face danger soon and the feeling becomes more intense as it approaches you.]
"As expected." Xavier thought aloud.
Xavier was thinking about what this danger was when he heard footsteps coming near the door of his room. He lifted his head and saw Sheila standing near the door.
"What happened to you?" She asked as she saw his battered appearance, his face started with blood and diet and his clothes torn.
"I just got into a fight with some people over some spirit stones." Xavier said and he turned towards her, his eyebrows raised, and asked," What happened to you?"
Sheila's face brightened immediately and she put a mesmerizing smile and said,'' I have undergone cultivation condensation. So my cultivation has fallen from Peak Martial Grandmaster to Peak Martial Master. While my level might have decreased, my strength had not decreed by much, infact, when I break through to the Grandmaster stage, I'll be able to defeat you easily.``
When Xavier heard this, he knitted his brows in doubt. He asked," What is this cultivation condensation?"
"It's a type of phenomenon which occurs when a cultivator, who had a weak foundation but a high stage will stabilize his foundation at the cost of lowering his level." Sheila replied.
Xavier thought about this and asked," Can everyone do this?"
"No, not everyone. The fact that I was able to achieve this is nothing short of a miracle. Once a foundation is established, is very difficult to change it and most of the time, it will take one to destroy his while cultivation to create a new one with a better foundation."
"But the cultivation technique you gave me was so absurd that it managed to condense my cultivation. Now I'll rather very interested in you and your secrets. Maybe following your strong as your slave is not to bad of a choice." Sheila said as her eyes glimmered. She was true to her feeling when she said this. After all, she was not in a much better situation in her old family as she was treated even wise than a slave for being herself and here at least, Xavier didn't seem to mind her nature and discriminate against her.
The only thing which irritated her was the mind co which controlled her and the pain it would cause if Xavier wanted it to.
She then remembered something and said," Speaking of miracles, let me show you something else."
She came near Xavier and sat behind him. She picked him up and made him like down in such a way that his head was result in between her deep valley.
Xavier didn't know this at first as the didn't pay much attention, but hey twin peaks were humongous, among the ones he had felt, she had one of the biggest.
He suddenly felt a cool energy flowing through his back. Suddenly, he felt that all his injuries were healing and his tatigue was melting away like ice under the scorching Sun.
He felt relaxed and sink further into her deep valley as he closed his eyes. He suddenly raised his brows, he felt something hot and hard hit his back but he didn't mind much and enjoyed the soothing feeling enveloping him.