"Ding: System binding ā¦"
"0%"
"5%"
`Huh? What is this? Wait, no way. Is it what I think it is? `
"25%"
`How did I die? `
"46%"
` Well, at least I died doing what I wanted.>`
"78%"
` "Ding: System binding successful".
"Cocoon System welcomes you!"
`Alright. Let's get on with it. STATUS! `
I take a look at my status screen. There is none.
Refreshingly there are no gamey stats and stuff. No HP or MP shit. But it does give me some skills.
System skills:
Superior Mind - Beginner Master
Cocoon - Beginner Mastery
I also received a welcome message:
" I read your memories a little to make sure you are worthy enough. Ancestral world really lives up to the legends, doesn't it? What strange novels and stories? Fascinating.
Anyways I didn't give you this 'plot armour' thing, so don't waste my efforts by dying in some dumb way, expecting things to go your way. I already gave you a unique advantage with those skills, so there is no 'skill shop' or quest rewards.
I'm only doing this because I'm too damn bored. You can't fathom the life of an eternal. If you die in a stupid way, I'll capture your soul and torture you until I manage to bring another soul. Alright, move on, entertain me and I might just give you a little something.>"
` ` Anyways, as I open my eyes, I listen to a loud freaking baby cry.
`Damn, someone shut the baby up! `
` I ignore my own crying and reach into my memories.
Seems like beginner mastery just means that I at least know the basics of the skills but haven't familiarised myself with it yet.
Superior Mind: It stabilizes your mind. Makes your memories more organized and easier to access. Make your mind process sensory information much better. Helps you to multi-task. It helps you visualize and simulate things in your mind.
And if you unlock mental energy, you can use it to create a Mindspace and do things on a whole new level.
Cocoon: Now this is the real skill that makes this a 'Cocoon System'. You can use your spiritual and mental energies to form a complex formation on a creature. A cocoon of spiritual energy is formed, in which whatever genetic transformation you intended will happen.
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I take a deep breath. It's a fresh start at life, once more. The anticipation and fear of what awaits...