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Chapter 13 - Switched stats

The instructor took him into a room, where there was a large glowing blue and red orb with a few markings surrounding it in a circle, floating midair and his eyes narrowed as he approached it and the instructor glanced at him with a small smile. 

Sion looked around the room and saw many small-looking objects, each of which had its own magical energy. His brows furrowed as he wondered what they were used for since he had never seen those before. He was a bit curious, but he decided against touching any of it since he did not want to cause trouble. 

[Those are called magical artifacts, they each have their own abilities and purposes, one can gain a certain ability by having one, but it has to be compatible with its user, not everyone can use an artifact.]

Upon hearing the explanation, he raised his brows wondering why they had so many of the artifacts in one place and whether or not they were using any. 

 

He glanced at the orb and saw some of the artifacts were connected to it and his eyes narrowed, wondering what its purpose was. 

The instructor glanced at him and saw the way he was looking around the room and he chuckled. 

"The artifacts help us with the recording of those who are brought in here for part of the test, mark their abilities and their ranks as well as whether they become and adventurers or they get another occupation, did that satisfy your curiosity miss?" He asked and he glanced at him and then smiled a bit. 

"Yes, it did a little bit at least, thank you for telling me about how it works," He responded. 

"You are welcome, now to start this I am going to need you to relax, place your hand against the orb, while releasing a small amount of energy, just enough so that it will be able to record you," He said to him and he nodded. 

Sion stepped forward and he cautiously rested his palm against the orb, before taking a deep breath and his body began glowing slightly purple mixed with a blue hue and he looked at the orb as it began glowing brightly. 

A wave of words stretched across the room, in a circular form, as it surrounded the area, while the instructor stood nearby, carefully watching it, so that nothing went wrong. 

"Now, direct the bit of your energy into the orb," He instructed him and he followed his words carefully, doing exactly as he was told to since he did not want to mess anything up, for that may be his only chance to get what he wanted and start a life of his own. 

Just then, the virtual screen appeared before his eyes, only for him to see and not the instructor that was there and a bunch of writing began appearing on it as he glanced at it and his eyes narrowed, wondering what was going on. 

'What is going on?' He wondered. 

"Do not worry, as your system I am just doing my job, due to your current unique situation, I have to take a few precautions in order to keep you safe since your full nature is unknown, I will be cloaking a few things, do not be alarmed it is just a disguise used to protect you," It responded and he sighed in relief since he was still skeptical about a lot of things and was working on trying to understand them a bit better as well as faster. 

[Cloaking activated.]

[Skill acquired.]

[Ability: Fire.] 

[Skill activated: Flames.] 

[Attributes: Unknown.] 

[Mask activated.]

[Prowess: Mid.] 

[Status: Beginner.] 

Upon seeing his stats that the system was creating on the screen to trick the guild, his brows twitched in irritation, it was making him between weak and strong, mid-level to fool the instructors, he was going to have just the right number of things needed in order to pass the test, but seeing the stats made him feel somewhat irritated and offended. 

[Analysis completed.] 

[Fake and real analysis switched.] 

[Cloak successful.] 

"It's done, I did what I had to do in order to keep you away from certain eyes, you still have a high chance, I just gave a fake balance, they will not know that it is fake, because I created it, you will be able to get to the next stage, then it will be solely up to you if you pass or not, good luck," It said to him as the virtual screen disappeared and he sighed then looked at the glowing orb before him as it was recording his so-called status and current capabilities. 

Seeing it alone made him annoyed but he realized just like the system said, due to his circumstances, the less others knew about him, the better, at least for the time being. He took his hand off of the orb and it began processing his information. 

"Now that you have done that, it is time we get to the next part of all of this, there are more candidates after you, we will come back here for the results from the orb when you complete the final part, it is a simple test in which we see whether you are able to hold your own in a fight, even the basics, these things are required in each occupations test," The instructor said to him and he glanced at the orb before nodding. 

"Come on, follow me, I will take you to finish the final part then we will see if you can become a member of the guild," He said as he walked out of the room and Sion followed behind him, while the creature was still resting on his neck, but he could not feel it due to how light it made its body. 

He followed the guy to another part of the guild in a room, where he noticed it was made of magical elements and there was a guy waiting inside, dressed neatly, almost looked like a noble and he had a blade in his hand, by then it was clear to him what the final piece of the test was going to be.