After opening his eyes, Adam felt his spirituality permeating through his body, but unlike what the book said he felt a lot of energy in him.
'I don't think that the book I wrong, so it's either I naturally have a lot of spirituality or I've interacted with one of those catalyst things I read about' Adam thought to himself as his vision landed on the book.
Walking over to the book Adam took it up to open it. Instead, it absorbed the remnant spirituality, became particles, and absorbed itself into Adam's chest directly where his heart was.
"wha-"
before he could say anything a feminine voice rang in his head
[Library activating]
[Absorbing information]
"Hey! Hey! What the hell! Who are you!"
Adam looked around the dark cave but there was no one but himself. Was he going crazy? Had he finally gone mad?
'Wait, this is the first voice I've heard since I came to this world' He realized he was no longer hearing the ravings.
[Library online]
"Library?"
[Yes I am systematic, made to organize your abilities, and ranks, and to increase the rate at which you progress. Also your personal library of collected knowledge]
"ok, ok, got it. so where did you even come from?"
[from the catalyst you ate, or absorbed]
"huh? I didn't do that though. What even is a catalyst?"
[A catalyst is a crystalline fruit grown from mystical plants that allow mundane things to become mystical. To get stronger and advance one must fully digest the catalyst. This Is separated into 9 stages, which are split into 3 ranks: mystic, noble, and prince. Each stage is digested in two parts, the first half is regular digestion which when completed, digestion is paused until one is completely in tune with their powers and changes, then the second half of digestion, evolution, where one's abilities evolve becoming their true self. And ranks are separated by higher catalysts under the same family and line]
"damn that's a lot, but one more question, what are families?"
[Families are catalysts that stem from the same great beast, of the 18. great beasts are stage 1 catalysts which is the highest level catalyst]
"Alright, I understand. But now I'm sure I didn't eat or absorb a catalyst"
[I am the product of a catalyst therefore you have. Usually, one would immediately learn the name and abilities of the catalyst after absorbing it, If you didn't, that means you haven't started to properly digest it, if you don't, it'll act as a poison and kill you]
"WHAT!"
[Calm down, all you need to do is sense it within you and it will start digesting]
Immediately Adam fell to the ground in a meditation position. Looking deep inside himself, Adam saw too large spherical objects and used his mental state to touch them. As Adam touched the spheres, knowledge about both of them flowed into his mind.
Adam opened his eyes, understanding the effects of the catalysts. So the first one, otherworlder, is the reason I'm here at all, I might be able to go back home at a specific rank, but how do I find the following catalysts? anyway, I'll think about it later. The second one, Systematic is useful, faster advancements and storage for knowledge? Awesome!
wait a minute why do I have two? and why am I able to get one more? Adam thought about it for a second. According to the info I gained from Systematic's library one can only use one catalyst line, due to the changes and abilities gained...
[This can be explained by 1: we are different from other catalysts -further info is restricted- 2: we are made to be paired with other catalysts]
"Oh, ok" Adam had answered reflexively while in thought. What does it mean by different? Restricted? why? How do I get access?
[Restricted information can only be accessed at higher stages/ranks]
Well shit... Adam cursed, because he had just been transported to this world, in the middle of nowhere, he had none of the items needed for proper and "safe"
advancement.
Adam thought that he definitely needed to find a village or a strong mystic.
Enough of this, I need to find materials to survive my stay in the forest... Adam got up and looked at the fruits he gathered. I'm going to need a lot more than this...
He took the crystalline fruit, which he now knew as a catalyst, and put it in his pocket in case he found a use for it, and then he departed.