"We can begin with personalization of the system, I will try my best to accommodate your needs." The system said with no emotion in its voice.
'This is weird.'
"You're the weird one." The system said."Want to customize your system?"
"Fine."
"First, what type of voice do you want?" The system said in a monotone voice.
"Male?" The system said with a deep voice "Female?" It said changing back to a feminine voice.
"Maybe an accent?" The system said with ozan barely understanding. Ozan was thinking and decided on the female voice he had heard earlier.
"Now Deciding your UI…" Ozan was confused at the statement, but waited for the system to say something.
"System will upgrade to [The Energy System]."
"Wha-" at that moment Ozan felt something changing within him, he lost a part of him he wasn't sure he would get back.
"Sacrificed [Wolf Fusion] and [Wolf Instinct] for [5000 XP] and [??? Unlock]. Skill [Energy formation] is now [Recovery] And [Channeling]."
[Level up x2]
Ozan let the system continue on." Skill [Refine] can be used. [Refine] is the ability to refine yourself and your energy. This has no limit as long as you are resilient enough. This skill can only be used while in a flow state of mind."
'Nice.' Ozan thought to himself. This was the first time he had gotten a break from what's going on. "I will be here if you need me." The system said to Ozan while he got into bed.
Ozan went to sleep for the journey tomorrow.
**
"Raposa, you are very strong." Said Fannar. They were having a duel, some time had passed since the group became The Watchers. They had been protecting the city and having an easy time doing it.
"Emergency! There are a bunch of Monsters outside the city, it's making the people weary." A guard said while catching his breath."It's a bunch of rodents that are eating the farmer's stock for winter."
"Let's go." Fannar motioned for Raposa and the others to follow. They headed over to the outskirts to see what they were dealing with.
There were thousands of big rats running around and eating the grass and grain from the farmers. They were the size of a man's torso.
When they arrived, the rats all got scared. They tried chasing the rats around, but they were too fast. Chunk was mad and began yelling at the top of his lungs, this caused the rodents to run away from the City.
"What was that?" Asked Raposa.
"Me." Replied chunk. At that moment, a big set of jaws protruded from the earth shaking the ground around it. The jaws enclosed all the fleeing rats in an instant. It was a huge creature, with a lady standing on top.
"Damn, that's not good…"
**
"You guys ready?" Nikhil asked. Aki and Ozan both responded with a shake of their heads. "Readier than you at least." Ozan responded, knowing Nikhil will miss his girl.
"I think we should go to the city first." Nikhil said without batting an eye.
"Are you stupid? We would be hunted down for abandoning this place." Aki said while crossing her arms in an angry manner.
"Let's go through the forest, I think we could make it with our strength." Ozan said with a grin, he knew he could make it through with his newfound powers.
"Yeah, that's the best option. There is only forest around here with a little path to the city, how would you find your way?" Aki asked
"I Obtained the memories from the wolves, I can still remember how to get through, but that's it."Ozan said while reconciling what he remembered about the wolves. "If we head off to the east we should get through the forest in 6 days, but there are bears, parasites, and more wolves that way."
"Ok, Let's go before the city finds us," Aki pointed at Nikhil, and motioned over to the cart that held all their stuff.
"Ugh, why me?" Nikhil asked. "I don't want to do the grunt work."
"You could just stay here, and live peacefully with that girl." Aki looked over toward Nikhil and shook her head. "Why do you wanna go,?"
"Well…I um…You guys are the only friends I have, that girl is just temporary." Nikhil glanced at Ozan, "You know how I am."
"Alright, let's get something that can pull the cart." Aki Scratched her chin thinking about what to do."A farm animal maybe?"
"None left, the animals all ran off." Nikhil started stretching."Don't worry, I've got it."
Ozan looked around to see the view of the village one last time."Alright, let's go."
'System.'
"What is it?"
'What would happen if I tried for the other Energy types.'
"They would replace your current type. To avoid losing your current type, using [Refine] can raise the rank of your [Line] skill. Once the rank is B+ or more, you can get a new [Enmo] without losing previous progress."
"New Task, Upgrade F to F+. Reward [9 Stat Points]"
'A new Task? That seems easy.'
"Ozan, what are you doing? You aren't going crazy right?" Aki asked while watching ozan mouth words to himself.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking about where to go." Ozan stopped where he was. There were a few openings in the part of the forest they were in,"Go to the left, and we will make it out the quickest, albeit through a bunch of mud. The middle path leads relatively straight through taking a little more than 6 days. The right path takes the longest,it's also the farthest from the city."
"We should just go down the middle one, let's not deviate from the path." Nikhil said from behind Aki and Ozan.
"No, it would be better to get away from the city." Aki said whilst looking for Ozan's approval.
"Let's go down the middle, i have an eerie feeling for the other two ways" Ozan looked down all the paths, the trees all were twisted and old looking. There was a thick sheet of fog encompassing the entirety of the forest floor.
"Let's go. We should stay close." Ozan said, motioning his hand forward." The three trekked along the middle path. It was long and repetitive. Everything was covered with fog and the trees were still twisted and warped. Ozan knew something was wrong.
The group had been walking for hours, seemingly on an endless path. "This is boring, let's take a break." Nikhil seeded himself against the cart and took a break.
Ozan and Aki turned around and looked around for a minute."Where the h*ll did he go?" Ozan said while walking back down the path to see where Nikhil went.
Ozan turned around and noticed Aki had vanished as well.
"Aki!?" Ozan turned back around,"Nikhil!?" He had been completely separated from the two of them. Ozan kept calling and calling, but there was no answer.
"Damn! Why?" Ozan sat down on a rock nearby.' Ok, Ok…What should i do? Should I just keep going and hope they know their way? That wouldn't be right… I'll mark where I am and continue.'
Ozan got ready to summon his energy lines. Ozan held his hand up with his pointing and middle finger facing up.
A line that started leaving his hand. This line was wide at the base and condensed to a point at the end. Ozan spun his other hand in a manner to move the line of energy and prepare to hit a tree nearby.
Ozan swung the energy with all his might, but it barely left a scratch on the tree. Ozan swung a few more times to ensure it wasn't a fluke. He wasn't strong enough to cut the tree.
Ozan balled his hand up and punched the tree as hard as he could. The tree ended up only making his hand bleed. Ozan grabbed his arm and it healed right away.
Ozan finally concentrated his fist, hoping to create a big line of energy and do what he did to the lizard.
Ozan launched the blow at full force, yet it only slid off the tree,"Why! Why isn't it working? I know the trees can't be this tough." Ozan stumbled to the ground, finally realizing he was out of energy.
'What do you think?' Ozan asked internally, aiming the question at the system.
"I think you should take a break and try using everything at your disposal." The system said, not giving any more details for the moment.
"Everything?" Ozan scratched his chin thinking about everything he could use in the current situation.
"Pulse!" Ozan had a brilliant idea.