[ding!]
[evolution complete]
[ding!]
[starting system upgrade]
I wake up to the sound of the system notifications.
Did I really fall unconscious again? I'm lucky there's no monsters in here, otherwise I would have been dead. Reading the notification I can't help but be a bit confused.
Why is the system upgrading?
I thought I had to get to finish my quest for the system to upgrade? I try opening the quest window, just to be met with,
[system upgrading, please wait.]
So I still can't use the system even after evolving...
Oh wait I evolved!
Jumping up, I ran to the edge of the island and look at my reflection in the water. Looking at my self, I can't help thinking that I still look pretty much the same. The only differences are that I now have a purple streak on each side my body and I now have two tails.
Looking closely at my face, I see that the mark on my forehead has changed slightly as well. Now instead of just looking like a 'v', it has two small dashes just above each side.
After taking a look at the changes in my appearance, I try to see if I feel any different. I run around in a circle a couple of times and do a few little jumps.
I defiantly feel a lot faster now, and a lot lighter. I want to see how my status has changed, but i'm met with the same,
[system upgrading, please wait.]
"Sigh!"
I still don't understand why it's upgrading, but I guess I'll just have to wait it out. In the meantime, I decide to try out some of my magic. I remember that I needed space magic to evolve into this species of fox, so I must have it.
I can still feel that strange connection to everything around me that I felt earlier. I didn't know what it was then, but now i'm pretty sure it's because of my space magic. When I try concentrating on it, loads of information appears in my mind, all about space magic.
It's similar to when I learned shadow magic, the only difference being, I was conscious when I learned shadow magic so when the information flooded my mind I was already aware of it. This time however, I don't know when or how I learned it, so i'm assuming that I must have been unconscious when I received the relevant information, making me unaware of it.
I concentrate for a little while, trying to understand the information a bit before trying to cast my first space spell. I look at the other side of the little island and activate my magic.
I disappear and instantly reappear 10 meters away. I didn't manage to get all the way to the other side of the island like I wanted, but that was defiantly a teleport! I try again, but only manage to go around 10 meters again.
It seems I can't go further than 10 meters. I'm a bit disappointed because the hole I need to get to, is 20 meters above me, but I assume my space magic is level 1, so there's still room for improvement.
I continue going through the information in my mind to see if there's anything els its can do, but fail to find much. The only other thing it does is allow me to feel the 'space' around me. This is the feeling I was feeling before, I feel connected to the space about 10 meters all around me. Allowing me to feel the location of anything within that radius.
I guess thats why I can only teleport 10 meters as well. I always imagined teleportation to be bit more grand and showy, maybe with some kind of magical gate but this is more instantaneous. There's no flashing lights or anything, I just kind of fade out of existence and reappear somewhere else incredibly quickly.
I decide to call the spell blink, because it doesn't really feel like teleportation to me.
I use blink a couple more times trying to get a feel for it, before stopping and taking a break. I feel like my mp is nearly empty so I can't continue anymore.
I decide to leave the island and head back to the shore of the lake. Whilst crossing the bridge my stomach growls.
I'm starving!
I haven't eaten anything in ages! I don't know exactly how long it's been because I keep falling unconscious, but I know it's been a while. I need to try and get out of here as soon. If I don't die because of the quest, then i'll defiantly die of starvation.
Once back on sure I decide to try and get some sleep. I need to sleep to get my mp back and hopefully the system will finish upgrading as well. I curl up on the ground and force myself to go to sleep, it takes a while because I'm not really tired, but I manage to fall to sleep in the end.
[ding!]
[system upgrade complete!]
I wake up to the system notification, excited to see what changes have occurred.
[congratulations for successfully upgrading the system!]
[now upgraded, the system is able to give more detailed explanations and answer any questions you may have regarding how to use the system! It also has new features! Please give the mental command 'system' to open the home interface.]
Ohh this is new! It's actually giving me instructions on what to do. At least now I won't have to keep guessing to try and figure out how to use it.
"System!"
[status]
[quest]
[skill shop]
[messages]
[map]
[system log]
So the new features are map, and system log. Honestly I was hoping to get something like an inventory but beggars can't be choosers! For now let's check out the map.
"Map!"
A 3D map appears in the top right corner of my vision. I can see the cavern i'm in as well as the rest of the cave above me, but I can only see the bits i've actually seen, the rest of it is just blank.
I kind of expected it to be like this, it would be a bit overpowered if I could see everything but at least I won't get lost anymore. Next up I should check the system log.
"System log!"
It's just a log of previous system notifications. I scroll through them a bit before a couple of them catch my attention.
[you have obtained ???? ?? ????????!]
[you have gained space magic level 1]
[level up! you are now level 8!]
[level up! you are now level 9!]
[level up! you are now level 10!]
[please evolve to continue.]
What the heck with all the question marks? I'm guessing it's the piece of crystal that I touched earlier but I didn't expect the system to not to know what it was. Whatever it was gave me space magic and made me instantly level up 3 times!
That explains why the system upgraded, my quest is already done!
I can't help feeling a sense of relief now I know i'm not just going to suddenly die, but I am really curious to know what that piece of crystal was. I also want to know why it was hidden here, I find it hard to believe that someone would leave something that can make them stronger and give you space magic , in a cave for anyone to find.
I think about it for a little bit before just giving up. I'm not going to be able to come up with any answers, so there's no point worrying about it for now. Instead I want to have a look at my now status.
"Status!"