Eron approached me and landed by my feet, before raising his head and saying: "Remind me to never nest on your head. That guy is way too terrifying."
"What guy?" I asked.
"In due time, lad. In due time." Eron replied. "Right now, let's get out of here. I don't think the Princess would have anything to do with you anymore."
I turned to look at the once proud Princess, now quaking where she sat, on the floor. I think a bit of pity came into my existence at that moment, but I forced myself to dispel anything of the sort. This witch would get no compassion from me.
I walked in the same direction we had come when we climbed up the roofs and got down, Eron following right behind me. After getting down, we found that the Palace was quiet and the grounds empty, as though no party took place last night.
Come, there are strong presences approaching us. You are on the run now, little human.
I sighed inwardly as the same ending I had been trying to avoid had once again happened. If this was inevitable, I had no idea. What I had an idea of now, though, was the fact that there were two souls in my body... or our body. And this other person, he was effing strong.
As I thought about this person, I remembered that the name the system had showed when the User changed was Hekate. If this person was a truly strong person, there was no way he would not be well known, even though he was someone who had existed a very long time ago.
"So, what do we do then? You can take them, right?" I asked as I looked at Eron.
Surely. What do you take me for, little human? But killing their lot would take too much time, bringing up the chance for reinforcements and therefore keeping us here too long.
Besides, if I were distracted by them, you would be easy prey. And I am not the one they want, see.
After saying this, Eron spat out some sort of maroon coloured gas from his mouth, and the fog surrounded him as it expanded. It took a few seconds before the fog faded to reveal a gargantuan figure; a full sized, completely grown, adult Wyvern.
The beauty of his scales were marvellous, as they could defeat the best fashoin work this world had to offer, but now wasn't the time to worry about scales.
Hop on, I'll fly is out of here. Eron lowered his neck so I could climb on as he said this. I wasted no time dashing forward to adher to his wishes. No one would refuse a free ride from a Wyvern, especially if said ride would get them out of trouble.
We took off into the sky and I watched as the Palace got smaller and smaller, and then the whole Capital was as small as my hand before Eron stopped going higher in the sky.
Little human, now you are a fugitive. Where exactly do you wish to go?
"Take me home first. I would like to settle a score." I said, remembering one time I had been defeated so easily by a young lad like myself. This time, though I had confidence I could take him; this lad, I mean. The reason for this was the heart warming message I could see on the screen of the system as I called it up with my mind.
User has gained a new gift: Light.
Magic Essence is now 1000% of former amount.
Experience points +1,000,000
Skill points +50
Level up
User is now Level 15
Shop has been unlocked.
User: Jason Xilmoa.
Age: Twelve.
Race: Human
Level: 15
Experience: 90400/921600
Vitality: 100/100
Magic Essence: 100/100
Strength: 25
Agility: 20
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 15
Stamina: 15
Skill points: 73
Shop has been unlocked. Do you want to take a look at the available items?
Yes. No.
Hold on tight.
Eron dived down as he went straight in the direction we were once coming, as we aimed to make it back home as soon as possible. I held on and retracted my attention back to the system.
The rewards I had received for unlocking the Light gift were immense. If only I had this system the last time. But it was better now anyway, because this time I managed to save everyone. Plus, I gained a Wyvern as a protector. By the gods! A Wyvern! Have ye any idea what that entails?
'Open the shop.' I said, in my mind. The system responded by bringing up a new scree, though with the same dark reddish theme. This time around, I saw different swords. Looking a little higher, there were different tabs right under a large heading portraying 'Shop'. Apart from swords, there was also shields, spread, hammers, bows, arrows of different kinds with different effects and so on. The immensity of the shop shook even me, to the extent the shop had mage staffs on sale, from different magic wood; good and better.
There was a turning point in all this for me, though. I had wanted to try to purchase so.ething but all I got was an error message.
Error.
User does not possess any system currency.
To get system currency, User must make sales in the Storage space.
In the end, even the things that appear to be free in some way are not. I sighed at this thought, letting myself rest after this. I just overlooked the main system screen before dismissing it and falling deep into thought.
I had 73 skill points which was a lot. No, a lot was an understatement. Having 10 skill points was a lot, but I had 73 unused. If I added all that to Strength, there would probably be no one who can match me in Strength in the world anymore. But, I wasn't so foolish as to neglect my other stats., which was where the current dilemma stemmed from: how would I spend my skill points.
I pondered this for the length of the journey as Eron flew at a terrifying speed, which surprisingly I wasn't too affected by.
We're here.
A voice called in my head, after about two hours of me thinking. It was Eron. I took a look down from his side to se nothing but a road and empty forests.
"Where exactly is here?"
Did you forget that I have never been to where you are from? This is as far as I know to take you. This... is where we met.