Chapter 87: Pupil

Chapter 87: Pupil

Fuck!—Yeah, fuck!

That’s a bad word. Astrid rebuked the voice within her mind. So can you talk freely now?

I can! I’ve wanted to for so long, but something kept on restricting me. Although, now it can’t!

The System... I thought you were my System?

I don’t know what that is!

Astrid wondered if it was because the black blob was too young. If it didn’t know what the System was, then it obviously wasn’t some omnipotent being, unlike Goddess Iara.

And you gave me my class?

Hmm, it’s hard to explain, but I think so?

What’s so difficult about it?

The voice paused. I don’t know how to explain it; I don’t have the information, but it’s... instincts I guess? I am only a guide. If the host truly didn’t want to walk on this path, then I would die. I think? It’s just a feeling.

Can you tell me about your origin? Astrid clenched her hands. It was the one thing she wanted to know.

I’m sorry Astrid, I don’t know. The voice said. It sounded sad in her mind. When I woke up, I was falling through the darkness for so long. It was so lonely, but then I felt you calling out to me and I was so happy!

I called out to you? Astrid thought in confusion. She couldn’t remember doing anything like that.

Yes, you seemed really friendly and warm. I... wanted to be friends with you.

Did it have something to do with her bloodline maybe? Just as that thought entered her mind, it was as if a lightbulb hack flicked on within her head.

If nobles were the ones to have the best classes because of their bloodline, did it have something to do with the black blobs? Were they chosen? They may not have one like her, but what if they had somehow assimilated into the bloodline over time?

That would mean at one point in time, the first Sinwen ancestor had combined with a black blob for the Magic Swordsman class.

But as she thought about it more, it seemed unreasonable. Well, the possibility was there, but it was hard to believe. That would mean the entirety of history was re-written and that Goddess Iara didn’t exist.

She would let her father know when she gets back. Astrid shook away from the thoughts.

What is your name?

I don’t have one. It sounded sad again, before quickly perking up in excitement. Oh, can you name me, Astrid? Pretty please!

Astrid thought for a second, before calling out the first thing that jumped to her mind.

Pupil. I’ll name you Pupil. Astrid thought with a smile.

Pupil? I like it!

Astrid could imagine the black blob dancing around within her mind.

What about the other one? Voidmare. Astrid asked.

Ah, it’s still really young. Right now it’s just copying me and so annoying!

Right... Astrid sighed.

Astrid was taking it all really well with the fact an alien lifeform was talking so casually within her mind. Although, through all her magical powers, it hardly seemed unrealistic.

When one could enter Mind Domains, and had psychic enhanced dreams, it was easy to acclimatise to such strange events.

With her curiosity quelled, she moved on to the System. With the amount of messages popping up within her mind, she could only imagine the awesomeness that was awaiting her!

She couldn’t wait any longer as excitement gripped her heart, it was time to check the Legendary Class Skill!

You have met the conditions for - Psychokinesis Upgrade.

| Reach 500 Intelligence.

| Solo clear an undiscovered dungeon.

| Gain insight into matter alteration.

Psychokinesis -> Omni-Kinesis

Crude... basic... Astrid spat.

She attempted it many times, until she finally created one of higher quality.

Level 75 - Basic Voidbent Sword: Created from a basic level of control by a mage class.

| 20 added Intelligence.

| 15 added Strength.

| 10 added constitution.

| Voidbent: Unable to be broken.

That’s a little better. Astrid said in embarrassment.

It was incredibly tough on the mind to control a high grade metal and combine it with her Psych Warp creation. She needed a lot more practice to make something of meaningful quality. Maybe starting so high wasn’t a good idea.

It was time to move.

Returning user to the entrance gateway in - twenty seconds.



Astrid’s chest violently rose up and down. Her sword was bloodied, and a trail of a thousand corpses were left behind her.

Thanks to her complete dark-vision, the void opened up its expanse to her sight.

The sky twinkled just like the void vortex within her palm. She could feel the mana storm bashing against her Mana Barrier. It was quickly tearing away at it, as it screamed in protest at every step she took forward.

Returning user to the entrance gateway in - ten seconds.



There were no more monsters within the area. Not that they were all dead, but none clearly wanted to be within the vicinity of the raging mana torrent.

It was then that the mana storm stopped without warning. An enormous hole appeared.

There was no sound. It was as if a field that erased any of its existence formed. Astrid could only hear a faint buzzing from within.

Something moved. It raised out of the hole slowly. Astrid followed along. She craned her neck as the humanoid reached far beyond HMS Rebirth’s height. It was like a never ending mountain.

It reminded her of a face, but it was void of any discernible features. It was just like a blank canvas. No hair, no ears, no mouth, or ears.

But it had eyes, or so she could guess, from the eyelids that were glued shut from a dense layer of ice. One eye looked to be hollow, as it missed the bump.

Astrid’s right eye stung as everything faded to a bright white.

Returning the user to the entrance gateway.



Astrid opened her eyes. The party was missing. Blood spots had darkened the cave’s earth. She could only tell because of her darkvision, and the iron-copper tang that accompanied it.

Something glimmered within the dark cave. She brought it closer and looked at it.

It was the badge of Sinwen.

Leena. Astrid clenched her hand.

The badge dug into her flesh and blood seeped down and dripped onto the cave’s floor. Her hair violently rose into the air.

Astrid peered down the cave’s passageways. The eye on her left was marked with an eerie X, and the one on her right was filled with a swirling void.

Your Sadness has reached 32/100

Your Sadness has reached 03/100

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