Chapter 66 - Functions

'I don't want to remain here.. I hope that Loki will accept'

Thinking this, he heard Loki continue her speech...

"Since Riveria said it's a good idea...but I'll warn you now, don't do anything reckless and listen to her"

Nodding, he made a bright smile while Riveria sighed. Deciding to change subject, she finally came to a more important news

"Tomorrow night I'll participate the Denatus that will keep me busy for a few days, since when I return you will have already gone, I can't accompany you throughout the way. I hope that you will manage things even without my presence"

Having his goddess' eyes staring at him, Finn immediately replied to her question

"I will make sure that everything goes as planned, I won't disappoint you, Loki-sama"

With Finn's response, Loki felt satisfied with it and, raising her hand, she added

"You all know what you'll have to do, you are dismissed"

'I see, he wants to be quick. But that's the same for me'

Standing up too, Ais saw him go towards the exit with Finn. Understanding he had to talk with him for a while, she didn't say anything while Lefiya was talking with her. Not wanting to leave like this, Ethan raised his hand

"We'll see each other later.."

With the subject to whom this statement was addressed and the context well known to the rest of the members, Bete looked away with a 'tch' while Ais stared at him for some seconds before nodding. Seeing this action, Lefiya had a blush while thinking about the two..

Exiting the room, Ethan closed it behind himself before he asked

"So...?"

Without turning around to look at him, Finn continued to walk while he crossed his arms on his c.h.e.s.t.

"To be honest there isn't really something different between a core member and a normal one. Just that the importance of the first is way more important. You represent the Loki Familia while you're in public. That means you have to behave in a certain way but that's not all. If the Familia has some problem you will be the first to be called but you will also be the first to be paid for your services.."

Stopping for a moment, he turned around while Ethan understood why Finn felt it was meaningless to talk about it.

'That's something I already knew from the start, but Loki still cares to have him explain it to me, I wonder why?'

Asking this to himself, he heard as Finn continued his speech

"The first room Loki-sama gave you was temporary, you can choose to live on your own or change to be put in the core members' rooms"

Thinking for a moment about it, he felt his room wasn't that bad, but after some seconds, he recalled that he would probably need a home...

'I don't know my plans yet, but I'll probably start developing an ability like [Blacksmith] or [Mystery] as the items I buy from the System are always restricted by the quests. I want to be able to use them..'

With these thoughts in mind, he replied

"Is it possible to keep my room for a while? I'll probably buy a home on my own"

Hearing his question, Finn smiled while turning around to look at him

"It's okay, you can keep your room until you'll move in your new home, don't worry"

Nodding, he was about to ask if it was all until he heard him asking

"Do you wish to be one of the Captains?"

With a surprised expression, Ethan pointed at himself while a questioning look was clearly showed on his face

"Me?"

Chortling, he looked at his surprised expression with a smile

"Aren't you powerful enough to be a Captain? I was just saying if you were interested. The fact you're a new member means nothing in front of power"

Thinking about this for a second, he immediately replied

"It's not for me, being a Captain. I prefer to throw myself into the monsters and then crush them all, staying in the rear to give orders isn't for me"

Even though Finn wanted to laugh at his answer, he shook his head with his smile still here

"It would help you gain experience faster, what you lack is just that right now, right?"

Ethan knew he was true, but still, the idea of being in the rear while giving orders was something he didn't like. Shaking his head, Finn understood he couldn't make him change idea.

'I can't gain XP in that way'

With their small talk ending, he said goodbye to Finn before heading towards his room. Now with some moments alone, he could finally check the good and bad news Light had for him.

'Ais won't take that much to return in my room, so I need to check quickly'

Calling Light to make her explain what did she meant by good and bad news.

[... Good or bad news first?]

Sighing, Ethan thought about it for some seconds before replying

["Tell me the bad news first"]

Obeying, she started with bad news first.

[The damage to your mana pool were more serious than expected. I needed to use nearly all your SP to complete the healing process of [Boost Magic]. It was all your magic to do the job, I just had to supply energy...]

Hearing this, he thought it wasn't that much troublesome as he remembered he still had to see the Quest rewards...

["I didn't have that much, but I have some rewards from the Quest, right?"]

Remembering his Quest reward, Ethan asked this while Light didn't reply to his question.

[.. You're right, but you nearly lost the quest [Wealth of the God of Wealth, Ezemis], if you couldn't heal fast enough you would have suffered the penalties related to the quest... I wanted to apologize if I nearly made you lose such an important quest]

Remembering it clearly, he felt shivers run trough his body. Understanding she had to make such a drastic decision for his well-being, he closed his eyes, replying

["I see, so I nearly lost my Level, Skill Level and acc.u.mulated a debt of 1,000,000,000 SP. Honestly I would like to thank you as you decided to save me like this as it would have been impossible for me to remain calm in such a risky situation"]

Smiling, he decided to quickly change the subject of the conversation.

["Now that we discussed bad news, It's time to good news, right? I want to see my completed Quest"]

Doing exactly as he said, the Completed Quest appeared in front of him.

'... Holy'

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[One against All]

Rank: SS

Objective: Defeat all [Enemies](5,306/5,306), Be recognized unanimously as worthy of being part of the Loki Familia(1/1)

Optional Objectives: don't reach [Mind Down] (1/1), don't use any equipment from the System(1/1)

Failure Conditions: Death, Unable to fight within the next 5 hours, declare defeat, fail to defeat everyone that enters the arena as a [Enemy], Ask for (Ais Wallenstein) help.

Penalty: Chance to being kicked out of the Loki Familia(0%/100%)

Rewards: 5.000.000SP, 1x[Dungeon Key:A], 1x[Dungeon Key:S], [Reckless] skill, 1x[System Upgrade:SS]

[Reckless]

Rank: I

The user of this skill is extremely reckless. Increase all parameters when the user is surrounded by numerous opponents and slightly decreases theirs.

[System Upgrade]

Rank: SS

Allows the user to perform a free upgrade in any branch of the System

[Dungeon Key]

Rank: A - S

Allows the user to enter a dungeon, The difficulty of it increases with the increase of the rank. The monsters there won't give the user [XP]. On the contrary, they will drop loot and SP

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Without losing time, he decided to ask what does the [System Upgrade] exactly did.

["Light, can you explain exactly what can I do with this [System Upgrade]? I understood the concept but I don't have anything upgradeable.."]

Hearing the question she knew would arrive, she immediately replied

[A [System Upgrade] permits you to upgrade the branches of the System in various ways. At the start when I introduced myself, I said a lot of my functions are sealed. This item will give you the opportunity to have one new or upgrade the ones you already have. To use it, try to take the key in your hand while thinking about the function you want]

Even though he was shocked, he quickly regained composure. Trying to think on how to use it, he stared at the small key that was the 'real form' of the item while Light added

[I suggest you to 'buy' the simplest function but at the same time it will help you a lot...[Dungeons]. With this function you'll basically receive a key every month that leads to a Dungeon. When you'll spawn there, you'll receive a Quest from the function to do something, like hunting monsters, get determinate items or more than one quest, fused into one of a higher rank]

With the long explanation on this function, he decided to do as she said, mainly because in the [Dungeon Key] description it was said that the monsters inside gave SP. Hesitating a moment in using such a precious item, he tried to use the key.

[Warning: Do you want to unlock [Dungeons]?]

Seeing two buttons, one with [Yes] and the other with [No] on them, he clicked on [Yes]. With Light saying him he unlocked a new Function, Ethan had a smile on his face.

'I don't know how much they'll give me, but the fact they give SP and not XP means this is similar to an income...'

Smiling, he decided to ask Light something more.

["Could you put my SP and valis in my [Status Board] instead of my [Inventory]? I would like to avoid having to open inventory every time"]

Checking his Status again, he saw that Light did exactly as he asked

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Name: Ethan

Age: 15

Race: Human

Lv 2(+)

[Falna: 486,1/1.000]

Pow: 642C

End: 601C

Dex: 700B

Agi: 776B

Mag: 1063SS

{Total Parameters:9.489}

{SP: 5,001,253}

{Valis: 25,030}

Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS], [Mana Control:A], [Boost Magic:F], [Avian:F], [Reckless:I](new)

Magic: [Sagitta Magica:D]

Development Ability: [FeatherFoot:C], [Spirit Healing:G], [Hunter:H]

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(Alternate Titles: "Yeah Ethan, at least asking for other functions? Not even that? You disappoint me.", "That [Reckless] lol", "Some bad news, you nearly had a reset of your whole levels and skills while you were sleeping. Don't worry tho, it was a joke..", "Don't tell me, you expected something for April Fools??? I didn't feel like it, probably next year will be different")