Unknown Island Arc -- Chapter 2
The world of Il''Rithe, a beautiful world with endless blue sky, majestic mountains
with peaks that pierced the heavens,verdantand vibrant rainforests home to the
many different creatures of the world,the vast and boundless plains where giants
roam, and lastly the deep blue sea, the bottomless abyss wherewho knows what
creatures lurks within.
In this beautiful and enchanting world, on an unknown island located at who knows
where, 8-10 meters below the surface, a young man was sleepingsoundly. Tucked
in comfortably in his sleeping bag, Arrenmade no signs of waking up.
Yesterday, aftergetting his hands on the shovel, Arrenexerted all his strength digging
histemporary housing tunnel. Using the inventory tostore away the dug up soil,
he then used it to block the path starting from the outside forming a meter tall mound
up untilhalfway through the tunnel.
What about air? How was he supposed to breath underground you ask? Well look
no further, Sys got him covered.
<table style="background-color: #438ce6">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Item Name</td>
<td>Inarri Dwarfed Tree</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rarity</td>
<td>Tier 2 - Unique</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Effect/s</td>
<td>Air, oxygen creation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Requirement/s</td>
<td>1 Mana Stone</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Note</td>
<td>A walking smalltree from Inarri Forest that creates breathable air. Lives in dark places and comes out for sunlight once a week.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Price</td>
<td>20 Life Points</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
With the Inarri Dwarfed Tree creating breathable air, Arrens need foroxygenunderground
was easily solved. With it, the need to create air passageways was eliminated making
it more safe and secure for him to sleep at night.Going back to the sleeping beauty,
Arren moved.
Twisting and turning himselfinsidethe sleeping bag, Arren slowly openedhis eyes and
surveyed his surrounding. Seeing that it was dark, he propped himself up into sitting
position. With a stilldroopyeyes, he yawned.
"Sys, what time is it?"
[Its already 5:41 in the morning host.]
Hearing Sys, Arren made an ohsound and opened the inventory window. Taking
outthe lamp that he had bought together with the Inarri Dwarfed Tree yesterday,
he flippedon the switch and instantly it illuminated the place brightly. Because
of the sudden brightness, Arren could not help but look away and squint his eyes.
After some time, Arren who had adjusted to the light, looked around and sighed
emotionally.Yesterday, he went all out digging completely forgetting everything else.
Though the space was small, it was after all big enough for him.
Shaking his head awake, he suddenly heard his stomach growl and thenfeltintense
hunger that came along with it. Rubbing his empty stomach, Arren opened thesystem
store window to check what foodbeing sold.
"Are you f*cking kiddin me? WTF is this? 1 Life Point for a set meal? Is this likesome
super secret recipe that could make one become stronger? Sys, hey Sys, what
the hell is this? Whats with the food price?"
Roared Arren. It was only natural that he flipped out since 1 Life Point is equal to
1,000,000 Zirin.
[Host, the system set the prices justly.Host should remember that being able to buy
food in the middle of nowherewhere noedible things exist is totallythe advantage
the host have for survival.]
After hearing Sys, Arren rolled his eyes.
"Oh please, in the middle of nowhere? No edible things? Didnt I kill a crab just
yesterday? Dont tell me thats not edible."
After saying that, Arren closed the window and got up. Crawling on all fours to one
side, he keptthe sleeping bag,the stone dials and thesmall tree. Afterwards, he
hung the lamp around his neck, took out the shovel and started digging his way out.
You were wondering about the small tree right? You remembered that living thingswill
die if stored inside the inventory right? Wellguess what, its dead as f*ck. Thatswhy
it now has a hole where mana stone is inserted in.
Since the soil was already loosened, it only took him about 15-20 minutes to make
his way out above ground. Oh, and by the way, if you were wondering about the tunnel
as well, itwas dug angled downwards and not straight down.
Getting himself out of the hole, Arren looked around. From where he was standing he
could see footprints all over the place. Going close to some not far from him, hebegan
checking it to see if he could identify what creature left it.
"Damn, this thing is big. Small ones and larger ones? Is it a pack roaming at night?
Hey Sys,what kind of creature left this? This is the first time Ive seen these prints or
maybe I forgot."
Asked Arren as he hadread some books about magic beasts, demonic beasts, Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.
divine beastsand other creatures thatcould not be classified on any of the categories
back when he was still at the Cyne Clan.
[Host will know in the future when host have enough strength.]
"Come on, dont be petty. Just tell me already."
[Host will know in the future when host have enough strength.]
"Damn it Sys. Fine, a clue, a little clue should be enough."
[Host will know in the future when host have enough strength.]
"Fine, just forget it. Dont tell, like I care."
Annoyed with the repeated answer, Arren decided to stop asking.Rubbing his stomach
with one hand, he looked aroundto find things he could use for cooking. Seeing the
forest not far from him, he decided to go and take a look. Making his way into the forest,
slowly moving about while looking left and right to make sure there were no danger, just
a few feet away beforeentering the forest, awindow suddenly popped upright in front
of him.
<table style="background-color: #438ce6">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Quest</td>
<td>2nd Tutorial Quest: 1st Gathering, Gather Clover Leaf Mushrooms (0/10)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Difficulty</td>
<td>Very Easy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Reward/s</td>
<td>10 Experience Points, 5 Life Point, 5 Item Point</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Frightenedby the sudden appearance of a quest window, Arren could not help but
curse.
"F*ck, could you not do that? Are you trying to kill me Sys! Could you please tell me
first before you pop something up right in front of me."
But hisangerwas met with silence, annoyed, he cursed and cursed while walking in.
After entering the forest, Arren felt the airaround him changed. Sniffing around, he
could tell that the smellcoming from the sea was gone and what replaced it was the
smell of trees, the fallen leaves and some flowery scent that drifted around him.
Taking indeep breaths, Arren felt himself calming down, he felt relax and free. Going
back to what he was doing, Arren now had a smile hanging on his lips while humming
a tune, hopped around like a little bunny in search of firewood.
Going deeper inside the forest, Arren was able to pile up a lot of fallen leaves and
branches. Content after seeing the pile, he decided to put all of it inside the inventory
and with a thought, everything in front of him disappeared.With his initial goal done,
he checked his left forearm to see if theres a tattoo for the quest.
After checking both arms, not seeing anything new or different,Arren was puzzled.
"Hey Sys, I just remembered. How do Icheck the quests? Wheres the tattoo for it?"
[Host needs to be at least level5 to access the quest function.]
"What do you mean needs level 5? Then where did the 1st and 2nd quest came
from then? How am I going to check my progress then?"
[Host needs to be at least level5 to take quests directly from thesystem andnot
from me.The host can freely choose what quests to take and not take as well.
The 2 quests that had been given to the host directly came from me as yoursystem
support.Host can ask me for the current progress of the quests.]
"Arent you the system Sys?"
[Host, I was created by the system with the sole purpose of giving the host support.
Thissystem support is only but a small part of the system.]
Feeling himself getting more and more confused, Arren asked Sys to show the quest.
"Clover Leaf Mushrooms? Is it a clover or a mushroom? Which one is it bro."
After mumbling, he walked forward to look for it. Taking a step, he halted remembering
that he didnt know what it would look like and how to find it. Scratching his head while
looking around, he asked.
"Hey Sys, um how do I find this mushrooms and what does it look like by the way?"
[Host, the skill Gods Obeservers Eyes will help host on the problem.]
"OMG, how stupid! Hey Sys why didnt you remind me earlier?"
Hearing what Sys said, Arren slapped both his cheeks making them red. Indeed, he
hadbought askill andsome other cool items. Not only he had armor for protection,
theres weapons as well.
Being reminded, Arren opened the inventory and took out all the items that he had
bought.Seeing it in front of him, hecould not hide hisexcitementand hurriedly
donned the armors. Body armor, pants, boots, helm,armguard and thegloves,
Arren checked himself wearing the armor.
"Hot damn, I look good. Damn, it perfectly fits as well. If only there was a mirror this
bro definitely looks awesomein this."
After admiring himself for a few more moments, Arren loaded the crossbow deciding
onit to take whilestoringthe spear. Picking up a book on his side, he could see
the words "Gods Observers Eyes" on the cover. Turning to the first page, he saw the
book glowing then suddenly, hundreds of specks of white light flowed out from it and
went into his head.
Feeling the sudden forceful imprenting of knowledge into his head, Arren could not
help but moanweirdly and closed his eyes.
"Ohhhhh, ohhh..... This feelso f*cking weird. Ohhh..."
A minute later, opening his eyes, the first thing he did wasto slam thebook on the
ground. But before he could slam it down, the book suddenly becametiny specks
of light and then vanished.
"F*ck! Hey book, come back here, you hear! You brain r*ped me, let me f*cking
destroy you!"
After howling he went to check the inventory to see if the book was there but
after doing a close check, he could not find it anywhere.
"Hey Sys, what happened to that book?"
[Host has already gained the content of the book, the book already disolved.]
"Fine, tsk. Then how do I use the skill then?"
[Host, go to the skill function and activate it. Skill is currently turned off.]
"Turned off? Its a passive skill right?"
Murmuring to himself, Arren opened the skill window.
<table style="background-color: #438ce6">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Skill Name</td>
<td>Gods Observers Eyes (1/10) (Incomplete)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Level</td>
<td>Mortal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Skill Type</td>
<td>Passive</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Requirement/s</td>
<td>None</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Note</td>
<td>Gods Observers are people chosen by the Gods to become their eyes in the Mortal Realm.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Status</td>
<td>Off</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Scratching his head, puzzled to why theres an "On and Off" on a passive skill, he asked.
"Hey Sys, this is a passive skill right? Whats the On/Off for?"
[Host, Passive and Active skills are different. Active skills requires energy from the host
to use while Passive skills requires only the level or none at all. Host, I will give you a
scenario on which host will definitely want the On/Off option. Gods Observers Eyes at
level 7, host would be able to use X-ray vision. Although it is good for peeking at the
ladies, would host like to see naked men running around in front while there D*]
"STOP!!!!!! STOP STOP STOP, STOP!!! I get it, I get it now! Please stop already!"
Panting like he had ran a marathon, Arren wiped the non-existent sweat from his
forehead. Thinking about again, definitely, no, "absolutely" the option is needed.
"Damn, I hope I dont have nightmares tonight. And what energy are you talking
about anyway? How come I dont see it on my status?"
[Host needs to be at least level 10 to use energy.]
Making an oh sound, he turned the skill on andhis vision blurred for a couple of
seconds, after that,everything around him had a small window display. Looking
around, henoticed that informations displayed by thingsaround 5 meters ahead
of himwereclear whileeverywhere else around were blurred. Moving forward,
new displaysclears up and backingaway, those blurred again.
Doing a few more experiments, he figured out that, 5 meters in front of him, all
displayed informations will be clear. In order to see informations far away clearly,
he had to focus his eyes on a targetfor about 5 seconds but at the same time,
other windows around blurs. Also theres a limit of 15-20 meters focusing on a far
off window displayed.
Finished with his little experiment, Arren went to look for the said mushrooms.
Though he was very hungry, he thought that sincehe was already there, he might
as well do it. Walking a few tens of meters, under a gigantic tree, he sawa few fist
sizemushrooms, and just likethe name implied, its a mushroom at the same time a
clover, well maybe.
A four leaf clover shaped mushroom the size of an adults fist drooping down
formingan umbrella.Squatting down,instead of picking it up, he readthe displayed
information firstmaking sure that itwas safe to pick.
<table style="background-color: #438ce6">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Clover Leaf Mushrooms</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rarity</td>
<td>Common</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Effect/s</td>
<td>Nourishment,Antioxidant, Iron, Protein</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Note</td>
<td>A fungi with health benefits. Edible enough to eat raw.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Arren blinked a few times, surprised.
"Ohhh.... Its good for the body, might as well find more to keep some for ."
Picking it all up and storing it inside the inventory, Arren managed to gather 7pieces
in one go. A smile hung on his lips as he felt that he was very lucky. Looking around,
he walked towards another direction to try his luck.
Walking tens of meters towards that direction, having a feeling that he would find
something good behind the tree in front of him, Arrenpranced his way around.
Aftergetting around the tree, he who was prancing about came to a sudden halt.