Chapter 33: Conversation with the system (II)
If I could hit the system, I'd already beat him half to death.
Kill him completely? No, Nova still needed his help, but teaching him a lesson was crucial.
He didn't have a physical form of revenge, but he did have a psychological one, he hid his pure evil grin.
He didn't want to horrify the beautiful lady on the other side of the empty seats, Ivelisse, so his face was always serene and calm, waiting for the other recruits.
'Hey, system, I think it's time to speak clearly.'
[Mmh? What, exactly?], the system asked, confused by the sudden proposal.
Nova had mentioned talking to the system before.
He had been planning a conversation with him after finishing the last challenge, the duel challenge, being at ease and mind relaxed, but now that he was here alone with nothing to do, why not conduct the conversation now?
Besides, he already had many questions to ask that would be crucial to the actions he was going to take next.
'Answer this question first: why didn't I get experience points from killing the cockroach doll?", Nova asked with a frown.
Nova was very curious about this, after all, it was his most recent doubt, as it had happened in just a few minutes.
[This is due to the danger levels, the system calculates the danger level to take into account the points you will receive. I take into account several factors for the danger levels, you must have at least one skill if you have a skill you can be considered somewhat dangerous to the Player], pausing in his explanation, the system continued.
[Also if you kill any human life, you can become more powerful, although depending on the human, the experience points would be minimal or very high.
As you may recall, the cockroach doll was not a human nor did it have an ability], the system replied matter-of-factly.
To this explanation, Nova listened carefully to every word, perhaps finding a flaw or contradiction. Taking advantage and exploiting a flaw would be a boon for Nova today, but unfortunately, he found nothing.
It all seemed very logical and reasonable, after all, if he would gain experience with anything and living things, would killing a fly count as experience points?
And if that were the case, couldn't he be farming flies? Although it would be exaggeratedly slow, it would at least work for the initial levels.
'If everything is similar to the game, the more you level up, the harder it will be to advance,' Nova reminded himself, who was deep in thought.
He also realized something very important... 'The system wants me to kill humans...'
How did he come to this conclusion? Nova didn't believe that this other condition for leveling up and killing humans, was just because, he must see a reason behind it, and there must also be a reason why the system wanted him to kill humans.
Nova thought of several possibilities as to why, but never asked the system about it. The more he knew about it, the more suspicious he became.
After all, how he disconnected from his master and combined with Nova was too convenient.
What if it was a trick to get him to let his guard down? This was a strong possibility in Nova's mind, who was currently totally focused on it.
If he would ask him about why he wanted him to kill humans, he would possibly tell a lie to justify his reasons.
'I would like to destroy this system...', Nova mused, frustrated by the situation. 'Fortunately, it's not a system that gives me missions.'
The last thing Nova currently wants is to be controlled, those systems that control their host with missions are the worst thing that would ask to happen to him, as he likes to have a free path to follow.
After all, that's why he loved playing Legends Genesis. It was an open-world MMORPG that gave him the freedom to take whatever route they wanted, freedom at its finest.
What Nova concluded is that in the worst-case scenario, the master and creator of the system is watching him and watching his every move, which although it annoyed him, wouldn't be as annoying as obeying the system's quests.
Besides that, Nova also knew that he could no longer separate himself from the system, at least not currently, so he had to benefit from it.
And if he wanted to separate from it, that would slow his growth rate considerably.
'Hey, system,' Nova voiced. 'You said at first that you're a death system... But from what you do and what I've heard, you're simply a player system.'
At this statement from Nova, the system fell deathly silent, which even made the now serene Nova a little nervous.
The silence lasted several seconds before his response.
[No, I'm a death system and that's it, you kill and you win power, so I'm that, nothing more], the system replied in a voice so cold it would give the illusion of freezing.
Nova just rolled his eyes. 'You killed and gained power? To be a death system, the logical thing to think is that I must kill anything to gain power, but I must meet specific requirements for that besides I didn't even gain power, but experience to level up and gain power.
Nova couldn't stop finding fault with his logic, but the system remained silent, totally refusing to argue.
Nova's expression soon broke into one of confusion and frustration.
'Since when did this system of behaving like a two-year-old,' Nova thought feeling more ridiculous about the situation.
He liked to make fun of the system because its behavior was childish, but this was too much for him.
But suddenly, a metallic sound echoed in the room, causing him to instantly turn his vision towards the door where someone had entered.
There, six figures came into view, a slightly chubby man, an average-looking woman, an attractive young man, an extremely tall man with tanned skin, and two masked men.
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