Chapter 144 - Decluttering (1/2)

Ding!

'You have successfully upgraded the Existence Evolution System's OS to its limits.'

'Would you like to upgrade the system's OS to greater heights?'

”Eh?” This was the first sound that came out of Aurus after looking at the notification that appeared in front of his field of vision. To be honest, he was not expecting for the system to have a notification like this as he thought that after maxing all of the abilities of the OS, it would all be done with.

Thanks to this notification he received, Aurus could not help but think, 'Are there more things this system is hiding from me, which reduces my methods of becoming stronger?'

With that, he decided to go over the memories from his past life, recalling all of the features within ISE aside from the features he had already received that would allow him to become stronger than before. Unfortunately, even after what seemed to be about twenty minutes of recalling and going through his memories, it seemed that all of the features that allowed Aurus to get stronger as an Inanimate had already been obtained by him.

Not only that, there were also some additional features from the system that weren't in the original game, prompting Aurus to think once more that his current life was not a game, but a real and actual life. Of course, this thought was already inside Aurus' mind as a lot of the experiences he had throughout his current life was vastly different from the one he had in the game, as well as the fact that he could upgrade the system, which he could not do back in the game.

After going through all of his memories and not seeing a feature that wasn't unlocked by his system yet, Aurus could not help but ponder for a bit. The train of thought that was currently coursing through his mind was that, once the system's OS was upgraded, it would give him access to more features of the system that weren't originally there.

Then again, he had already obtained a few features that were not originally there, speaking from the standpoint that all of the features came from ISE. The Soul Enchantment System he obtained was not part of ISE in his previous life, nor was the first part of the Genesis Tree System, the Genesis Seed System.

There were also a few bits of the features he obtained from the system which came from the game that had a few deviations from the original features. For example, the Ally system which normally boosted his stats and allowed him to create an ultimate attack with 5 beings, was even more than that in this current life of his.

In the end, he decided to ask the system. ”What would upgrading the system's OS do? Would it unlock something or upgrade something that's currently a part of the system?”

A few seconds of silence ensued from that question, the system only replying half a minute later from that question as a monotonous voice resonated within Aurus' mind.

'Unfortunately, this system cannot divulge that information.'

Obtaining a disappointing answer from the system, Aurus decided to ask one more question. ”Is there a cost to upgrading the system's OS?”

Ding!

Unlike before, the system replied in an instant this time, the monotonous voice resounding throughout Aurus' mind once more.

'The user needs 100 OS Points to upgrade the system's OS.'

”Oh. I'll postpone it then,” Aurus said without hesitation after hearing the cost. After upgrading all of the abilities of the current system's OS to its maximum level, he only had 9 OS Points remaining, a far cry from the 100 points he needed to upgrade the OS. Not only that, he also had a feeling that this upgrade would definitely be more deterimental to him rather than beneficial.

Thankfully, after telling the system that the upgrade was going to be postponed, the system did not push the matter any further, maintaining silence for a while until…

Ding!

Another notification appeared.

”What is it this time?” Aurus could not help but ask himself after obtaining notifications where he did not know where it originated. But as he opened up the notification screen to look at the notification he received, he could not help but mutter to himself in shock, ”How the heck did I get this chance?”

'Transcending Comprehension Leaf has been fully absorbed.'

'You have obtained 9 chances to max out your skills, no matter what grade it is.'

Of course, what caught Aurus' attention first was the fact that he could upgrade 9 skills of his to the maximum level, no matter what grade it was, which resulted in the question he asked himself. Fortunately, he continued to read through the notifications, finally understanding where his chances came from as a slightly hazy memory surfaced from his mind, with the voice of Herellia faintly resounding throughout the insides of his mind.

'There are three grades to Comprehension Leaves. Those are, in order from weakest effect to strongest effect: Soaring, Fleeting, and Transcending. I'm sure there's a few more grades of Comprehension Leaves that's stronger in effect, but I haven't absorbed them yet so I won't tell you those for now...'

'Transcending Comprehension Leaves have the greatest effect as they allow to increase the experience you obtain for your skills by 14 times, bringing it to a total of 15 times. Not only that, it also gives you the option to max out 10 skills!'