[Initializing...]
[Mana type identified: Earthia]
[Booting the system...]
[5%...14%...36%...42%...69%...85%...100%]
[System successfully activated!]
[Congratulations on successfully activating an Artificial Intelligence System. My name is Aries and I will be with you for the rest of your life]
Adrian unintentionally blurted out, "I am so confused right now. Who are you? Where are you speaking from?"
[As I told you, my name is Aries. Dear owner, I am currently speaking with you through your mind. You don't have to speak out loud if you want to communicate with me. Otherwise, the Dunirr will think that you're mentally ill.]
Adrian closes his mouth and looks around him. Fortunately, there's no one near him. Everyone is busy doing their own thing.
He says in his mind, 'Since when did I have a system?'
[Since you dropped your blood on the stone monolith's altar. It gives me enough energy to regain my consciousness.]
'So you bring me here?'
[Yes. Your world has very little amount of mana. Using the mana I accumulated from Earth, I decided to latch myself on you and activated the portal albeit it's only for a few seconds.]
'Then, why did I become Dunirr here?'
[Owner, you're heavily injured. I need to heal your wound and keep you alive. I finally found a host, there's no way I would let you go and be stuck on that stone for another few hundred years. However, it consumes a lot of mana if the healing was performed to your human size. Thus, I shrink your body to the size of Dunirr's. It consumes less mana and has no complications in doing so. After all, Dunirr is biologically and structurally same as humans.]
'You change my body without my permission?' Adrian narrows his eyes.
[It's an emergency situation...Both of us could die.]
'Are you even alive?'
[Of course, I am. I just don't have a body.]
Now he knows why he becomes a Dunirr instead of a human. Though he feels happy to have a system, having a young woman's voice echo in his head makes him so uncomfortable.
Adrian sighs. 'What can you do, Aries?'
[Say 'open status']
Adrian did as she said.
A familiar transparent bluish panel appeared floating in front of him. He has read hundreds of web novels to be surprised about it. He quietly read his status panel.
-Personal Details -
[Adrian Brine] [Age: 20 years old]
[Race: Dunirr]
[Level: 1/100]
[Mana type: Earthia] [Mana: 3/100]
Stats:
[Strength: 8]
[Stamina: 10]
[Agility: 9]
[Intelligence: 7]
Skills:
[Danger Awareness] [Mental Mapping] [Internet Access]
'I have skills?'
[I transfer your best ability on Earth into skills and enhance it. As for Internet Access, take it as a sign of apology from me but you need mana to access it.]
'I accept your apology gift.' Adrian nods as he is satisfied with the gift. 'Moving on to the most important topic, how do I activate my skills?'
[To activate the skills, just think about it and to deactivate it, just stop thinking about it. I need to remind you that it costs mana and once your mana hits '0', you can no longer activate your skill and I will also go dormant.]
'Danger Awareness' thought Adrian in his mind.
Suddenly, everything turns black and white except for the living beings. Their bodies become varied in colour from green, yellow, orange and red.
[Danger Awareness classifies the dangerousness of living beings relative to your own strength. It accurately evaluates it for you.]
'Nice. This must be due to my outdoor activities on Earth.'
[Yes. I think you should deactivate now, your mana has fallen to '1']
Adrian deactivates the skill. He needs to admit, it is such a convenient skill.
'How do I increase my mana?' ask Adrian.
[Mana exists in the air. All you have to do is locate the mana in the air, breathe in and absorb it in your body. Then, circulate it through your vein like blood.]
'You mean the yellowish-orange light I've seen before?'
[Yes. In most cases, you can't even see it and need to locate it by relying solely on your senses to find mana. It is only because this forest is so dense that the mana materializes and can be seen by the naked eye.]
'I see...'
Adrian began to breathe the fresh air into his body. He repeated it for several minutes but nothing happened. He tried it again until he felt the refreshing feeling he felt before.
'Absorb and circulate...' He said in his mind.
[+0.5 Earthia Mana]
[+0.5 Earthia Mana]
[+0.5 Earthia Mana]
[You're doing great, owner.]
'Isn't 0.5 too little?'
[It's a safety measure I create. Dunirr's body is too fragile. Your body will explode if you absorb too much mana.]
'I see. By the way, I've been meant to ask but what's Earthia Mana?'
[There are four different types of mana in this world; Earthia, Solaria, Aquaria and Windoria. Each of them gives you access to four main elements of magic.]
'Can a person master more than one element?'
[Yes, a person can master more than one element but it takes time. That's why lifespan is important. It's also a reason why human is hunting the Dunirr. They want to increase their lifespan for this purpose. Human short lifespans only allow them to master one element which makes their standing among other races in this world lower than Elf or Drackonic. As a result, many human kingdoms are located at the edge of this continent.]
'There's a level in the status. What's that for?'
[It is just a quantitative value to act as an indicator I made for you. Once you reach the maximum level, you can evolve. Note that you're the only one who has a system to view your stats in numerical form. Original inhabitants of this world need to use their senses and intuition to know.]
'Even so, wouldn't it be harder for them to increase their magic this way?'
[Absolutely. They compensate for it by consuming a potion made from mana crystal. It's limited in numbers. A war could break out over these mana mines. Think of it as oil on Earth.]
Adrian sighs, 'To think that war over energy resources also occurs in this world...'
[What is so strange about it? Controlling energy equates to having more power and leverage over other nations. Every intelligent being will take the same route regardless they want it or not. No nation wants its neck to be held by others. Any questions?]
Adrian take a look at his status panel one more time.
'One more, how do I raise my stats? It that mean you're going to give me a mission with stats points as a reward?' Adrian excitedly asks.
Aries scoffs, [No, why would I do that? Feel free to do anything you want. Once you level up, your stats will get updated automatically. If you want a mission, then create a human body for me.]
'Human body? with magic?'
[Yes. Make sure it's a woman.]
Adrian inwardly laugh, 'Why would you even want a human body?'
[Do you think I love being in your head? I saw many scientific materials here (￣-￣) ]
'...'