The next building was the campus bookstore. The bookstore had a lot of packaged food items, clothes, and school supplies. Although some of the stuff here could be useful to him, he was broke. And he also saw that there were 3 cameras in the store so if he was caught stealing, they'd have proof of it.
Seeing this, he sighed and left.
The final buildings were the classroom-dedicated buildings. Each building were 3 story's tall and each had their own type of name with their own theme as well.
The first building he went to was Blossom building. Blossom housed everything: art, acting and fashion related there. What made Blossom stand out from the rest was that it had a theater on the first floor! When he entered the theater he noticed the lobby had a long desk that had various snack options such as candy and popcorn.
Pass the desk on the left and right were the entrances into the theater where plays or movies are broadcast to those who bought a ticket. There was already a movie playing at this moment but because he didn't have a ticket, he wasn't allowed in. As he was leaving the theater he also noticed there was actually a camera in the lobby, which after some thinking, made sense as the camera was there to most likely catch people sneak in the theater.
The next classroom building he entered was Atom building. This one housed everything: science, technology, engineering and math related. Peaking through one of the windows into a classroom, he noticed a lot of technology related stuff such as: computers, printers and one that really caught his eye when he was reading about the stuff in this world, and that was a 3d printer!
A 3d printer could apparently print out objects or parts out of some material the printer uses. This sort of technology was scary but sounded beyond useful to him. If he had one and learned how to use it, he could print parts to make weapons or tools that tailor him the most!
But he sighed at this, because he knew he didn't know much about making stuff let alone 3d printing. This building surprisingly had no cameras so he stood there and thought for a minute and came to the conclusion that this campus must have some way to track their more important and expensive equipment.
This sort of conclusion caused a chill down his spine because he knew that type of technology already existed in this world and there's a very high chance of one being in a 3d printer.. This made him realize just how difficult an AOI can really be even if the difficulty was below a C!
After leaving Atom with a bitter taste in his mouth, he moved onto the final building.
The building he was currently standing in front of was River building. This building housed everything: language, history, business, culinary, law and politics related. This happened to be the biggest building because not only were there big classrooms for debates, there were also rooms to simulate a corporate environment like a room that has a bunch of cubicles on the third floor! If that wasn't enough, there was even a kitchen and diner for the culinary students on the first floor!
The second floor however left Kubera completely speechless. There was a lobby you enter from the stairs or elevator, and in that lobby there's a bunch of different type of hallways you can enter that take you to designated classroom. He first went into the language hallway and found the classes were simple, nothing major just that they were decorated to match the theme of where the language came from.
He then walked into the history hallway, and everything changed!
There in the hallway once you go past one door, was a massive circle area! And in the center were 8 different touchscreen terminals that gave brief information on a country you selected and it's history! And if that wasn't enough, there was even a massive globe floating above, it was like cathedral with how big the room was..
On the ends of the circle area we're doors that led to different types of history rooms such as: European, North American, South American, African and Chinese history. Each wall the door was attached to was decorated with paintings of a major historical event that took place in said country.
The massive room just made him want to learn about the history of everything, it was as if he became a scientist in this room who wanted nothing but to uncover the history of this world and find the meaning behind every historical event and persons decision!
*PING
It was so overwhelming the system had to snap him out of his daze! With his bearings back, he left the history area. Those were the only two hallways that were on this floor so he decided to finally leave this building.
*PING
When he stepped out, he saw a notification from the System and opened it. His lips curling upwards seeing the messages that popped up.
(Task Completed: Wolf amongst sheep: Scout the AOI's security (2/2) | Reward: 50% Quest progress | Quest: AOI | RCC takeover | Quest progress: 100/100%)
(Quest completed: AOI | RCC takeover | Reward: Difficulty rank of AOI, 'Scouting' skill added to Skills and a New System Feature)
(Difficulty rank of AOI: F)
('Scouting' skill added to Skills | Information: Scouting 0.1/1.0 | Can detect cameras slightly easier when scouting and can activate an area scan (5% increase in camera detection) | Area scan ability (5 hour cooldown): Detect any camera including hidden cameras in a 5 meter radius)
(New System Feature: Mini map | Information: While in an AOI you've fully scouted, you're allowed access to the mini map feature. The mini map works by the systems amazing power of being able to save and store data! The map will pop up on the top right of your screen and can be closed/open whenever as long as you're at a fully discovered AOI! You can even see where officers are on the map due to more of my power being unlocked through your efforts. Fight on!)
(Bonus: New System Features for completing AOI quest same day: Skill information and skill abilities that can grow the more you progress in a skill)
After reading all of this, Kubera couldn't help but be amazed at how helpful the system was. Although after reading that its power is growing through his efforts, he realized that he's most likely being rewarded so the system can grow more, but he didn't mind at all. In fact he thought it would be amazing if they system could grow more powerful since it was his best ally! His growth correlates with the systems growth, making him remember that day where he and the system became one.
The system truly is his only friend on this world and maybe in life in general. Even back on his world, no one came to his aid except the gift from his parents. Although he didn't know where it came from or what it exactly was, he will continue to follow the system and the system will continue to guide him.
'System, do you have an actual name?'
(A name..)
The system didn't respond immediately, instead taking a couple minutes before speaking again.
(It's only right to introduce myself, not as a system but for what I truly am. My name's Nari, I once was a fragment of a star that blew up hundreds of years ago. At some point I got pulled in by your planets gravitational pull, causing me to crash into a woman, causing her soul to fuse into me. Although I don't remember much regarding her life, I took her name and gained the power and knowledge of a deity with the fusion of her soul and the gases that stuck to me as I traveled the universe, allowing me to gain insight into this vast universe.)
(Although I had this power, I was still in the form of a star fragment, limiting me greatly, that's when your father found me in a forest while foraging. He worked hard to get someone to put me in a necklace for his wife, your mother. When you were on your death bed, I found I was able to connect with your soul as your soul slowly drifted away from your body, allowing me to communicate with you, which led to me fusing my soul with you.)
Kubera was amazed after hearing all of this, but had another question that started to bug him, 'If that's the case, Nari, why didn't you just take over my soul and do things your own way?'
(Although that was a possibility, I was practically saved by your parents. I also was there throughout most of your life since you kept me with you at all times. I know just as much as you how unfortunate your life was, so I decided I'd change that. By becoming bounded to your soul, we're now both reliant on each other's growth for success.)
He finally understood, a lot more then he expected off of his curiosity of Nari's name! His respect for her grew immensely hearing all of this, she could've left him for death at his world and even take over his soul, but here she is now, part of him for as long as he lives.
Since Nari was enjoying this Q&A, he asked one more question, 'Why do I need to do these tasks and quests?'
(Although I have power, most of it was restricted inside that star fragment. When I finally fused with you, I gained more power and knowledge, but I'm not able to freely use it without: your soul, mind and body being strong enough to handle it. I was able to scan around you for certain objects like the cameras, but I'm not allowed to give you access to them otherwise you'll suffer damage. The quest made you focus a lot of your mental and attention to those cameras, and once you had found them all via the task and progress, you were finally allowed access to new features.)
(One of my abilities is scanning other beings minds, especially on this planet since everyone's mental and souls are weak, allowing me to gather information from them. An example being that officer from earlier.
Although this power sounds great I can only do this when you come in contact with a person, via mutual communication or physical contact. I have a lot more I could do, but I need my own soul to be strengthened as well, and to do that I need soul power, which only you can get by:
getting in contact with the person like I mentioned earlier, gaining a strong soul connection with a person through intimacy or having them develop strong feelings for you such as love or hate, making a soul vulnerable via getting them unconscious or killing them and your own soul being strengthened through your experiences to try and grow stronger physically and mentally, making soul power gathering a lot easier. In that order I mentioned are methods that I can gather soul power from least to greatest. This is the reason for some of those tasks such as knocking someone out and approaching women.
This world is one of many, so if we can't dominate this world, we don't stand a chance out in this universe.)
Kubera couldn't help but feel grateful for how things turned out. He not only has been given a second chance, he also can get stronger then he previously was and gain knowledge and power outside this world, all with an amazing companion bounded to him by soul! He unconsciously formed a smile that looked as if a demon had spawned into this world, 'I look forward to what the future has in store for us, Nari.'
(So do I, Kubera ^-^)