Chapter 554: A new quest (1/2)
[Note: Memories of the Draconic Skink Zark have been successfully assimilated with the host.]
[The following skills have been granted: Staff Mastery (Level 1), Speechcraft (Level 1)]
[Due to missing prerequisite, the below skill could not be added: Dark Magic (Level 1)]
[The passive effect Ancient One's Chosen Heir (Level -) has been granted.]
[Ancient One's Chosen Heir: Accepted as the brood and heir to the Ancient One, the last guardian of the world of [Error: $ß!%?]. His ever-present gaze is focused on the host, every action will be judged. Only if proven worthy will the heir be granted their just boons. In case the heir fails to meet the expectations, judgment will be cast upon him.]
[New Main Quest: Tipping the Scales (Part 1)
Difficulty: C-A
Objective: -Meet with the Ancient One
-Bring the girl, Tolliah to meet with you
Optional: -Make sure that Tolliah the girl becomes subordinated to you through the system. Banish the Traitorous Guardian's influence.
Rewards: Ascendance, ????, Experience, Draconic Skink Free Evolution
Failure Conditions: -Tolliah becoming hostile
-Failure to protect Tolliah from being captured by the High Priest Zuruk
Penalty: ?????, Marked as the Herald of Doom, Actively hunted by all the underworld's tribes]
[200 XP has been granted, due to successful assimilation.]
[Mastery Progress: Draconic Skink - Clean - Tier 1+ - 25% - New Milestone Reached! - 50 XP has been granted!]
As slowly he returned from the land of dreams, Aiden was met with a long list of notifications sent by the system. His eyes gradually turned wider and wider as he processed all the updates, he have earned so incredibly much.
Though after the slightly refreshing break, the system has once again forced a Main Quest upon him, after seeing its contents he wasn't too disturbed. He already made plans to meet with the owner of this constant overbearing presence, the true mastermind hiding behind the scenes and using these small, innocent people as tools for his continued amusement. Yet, when he understood the wretched fate this arrogant entity has cast upon that poor, innocent girl, and the grave injustice he has served for her since then, Aiden's anger began to rise, his rage began to boil.
Sadly, the fact that he still couldn't gain any skills related to casting spells, did not even surprise him anymore. Though he was bothered by it, he already understood that he needed the missing affinity first. Without it, he was just incapable of absorbing any related abilities. Yet, so far he never found a way to get the [Magic Proficiency] skill, nor did the system grant him any quest related to it.
Although the message about the mastery progress was something he hadn't seen for a long time, the note that shocked Aiden the most was the weird passive effect he had suddenly gained, the [Ancient One's Chosen Heir]. It actually confirmed the feeling he had ever since arriving in this strange, dark world. He was being watched, and by someone truly powerful at that.
Without allowing him to have a say in the matter he was thrown into the midst of all the events, Aiden was selected as this 'Chosen Heir', giving him the chance to be the inheritor of whoever this entity truly was. Yet, from the wording of the quest, which was also most likely related to everything so far, it seemed that the story behind how that great war Aiden learned from the absolved memories had more to it than he first thought.
This Ancient One was marked as the 'Traitorous Guardian', which was quite telling.