"What was that skill earlier...?"
Silver had nothing do while riding on the back of a primordial serpent carrying him through the ground to an unknown location, but he was assured that he wasn't going to be killed.
「 Skill: Deus Ex Machina」the skill was sitting on his list like any other.
The system had triggered the skill without any call or order, Silver never had use this skill before in his life. Even it's name was revealed to him today.
"I was one of two unique skills including God's eye, although I hadn't ever triggered before today. The system always used to show ??? instead of the skill name; I guess I have the name now, what it does though..."
「Deus Ex Machina: ???」
The system window did not show any description of the skill, moreover Silver had no idea when the skill would trigger.
"It saved my life just now, but I have been in worse situation then these. Why didn't it trigger back then? What is going on this thing?"
In his wonder about his skills, he was getting colder and colder. He could feel his breath freezing over the cold, his he began rubbing his hands together.
"Aah... Lady, Where are we going? It is more colder by the second, aren't you feeling it? I thought serpents were cold blooded animals, and didn't like the cold that much."
"Oh...you can call me Alsana, I am not much for formalities with people."
"Okay, Alsana... my question still remains, how are you not getting affected by this? I mean I think I might just freeze... it is so cold."
"The cold is not a bother to me. I am the queen of serpents of the cold mountains. I won't be able to hold my position if cold could weaken me, or would I?"
"I guess, you are rig..th...h. Oh my god, I am going to die." The shiver was reaching beneath his clothes and the water in his eyes was freezing itself.
"Why not cast a fire with your mana? I think humans your age can do that at least."
「Activating Skill: Fireball」
Silver increased the fireball with maximum mana for bringing out maximum heat out of the fireball.
"hmmm... that quite weak, then I expected. Men your age were able to make a much stronger spells in my old days."
"You are 1500 years old, hag. Your as old a ancient stone locked in a cave." Silver hesitated before saying anything like that.
"Alsana, if you measure your strength in comparison to other people and monster. At what rank would you stand?" Silver wanted to know what he was dealing with, a person searching for the monster he saw earlier wouldn't be much weak either.
"Hmm... I haven't reached my full power in a while, but I were to use the maximum of all my powers. I think I might come out the second or third."
"Being second or third in your region is quite the feat. I was the barely in the top 10 of my region, it enough me to get most of people's respect."
"I think you are mistaking my words. I wasn't talking about Uro, Dynasty or the dragons, I am talking about the entire world. I am the second strongest being on this land."
''....." That sent the spike of fear down Silver's bones.
"Fuck! Fuck ! Fuck !! What is this serpent saying. If she is the second strongest being the world, then the first strongest would be..."
"Mercy Unsborn, the strongest being to ever walk on earth realm. He was the person that you saw in the portal, a old friend of mine. We go way back, I think it was a millennium between our last conversation. And yes, he is human if you want to ask."
She talks him about so casually, like they would be the same people even after a millennia of not talking to each other, and why a human is the strongest being? That happened to the demon king... wait... this is not my world.
"Alsana would you mind answering a question? Have you ever travelled to other worlds?"
"I have. I have gone to dream realm of the dragon king, the maze of the cults, astral land of mind and celestial beings... I travelled to quite a lot. But why do you ask?"
The arrow hit bullseye.
"Alsana, listen to very carefully, I believe Mercy and I have exchanged world, he had travelled to mine and I have come here instead. That's why I don't understand what you are saying. I don't know, anything about Uro, Dynasty and the Dragons."
"Tch...That could be a problem, portal can be only opened or closed by certain being at their will. If you are saying the truth then it could be a problem for your world. I worried he might just destroy everything in a matter of days, and then goes mad by sheer boredom."
Silver could feel the disappointment oozing out of Alsana's mind, she was underestimating him.
"Oye, oye... I don't think it will that easy my world had strong opponent too. And the working of our worlds is very different, I can feel a lot of difference in our worlds, do you have a system?"
"A system?"
"It is like a external entity, which you use to communicate with different things. Like you use your skills, buy mana potions, store objects and learn about different things from it."
"So, is it like a all knowing book or something?"
"No... it's different. Wait, system show me my profile."
A blue panel opened in front of Silver displaying all his stats appeared.
"I can't sense a thing around you, it isn't consuming mana in any sort. This is unknown in this world."
"Really? Do you some sort levelling system? I think not."
"If you are talking about anything other than real life experience then I have no idea."
"Now that's something different. This world like a fantasy where people neither cultivate nor have a system. This means... I need to analyze all my surroundings. I should use God's eye."
「Activating Shop: What would you like to purchase?」
"I need to get a few mana potions, before I use God's eye once again. Damn skill costs too much mana."
"Why not absorb that mana from the surrounding itself?"
"Absorb mana from the surroundings? Is mana floating around in the air in this world?"
"Try absorbing more mana from your surroundings, to make the fireball stronger, or you might freeze to death by the time we reach the ground."
Silver closed his eyes and tried to feel the world around him, in his world there was darkness when he closed his eyes, it was different here. He could feel the mana around flowing with the air, inside the ground, it was everywhere. Like a world, was made of mana itself, we tried to absorb it in and before he knew it.
「Warning: You have reached Maximum mana capacity. Level up for more storage.」
"Oh my god, this is so different, mana density here is so high. I would have needed like 2 pull vials to get this much before. This place is so much better." Silver was feeling a rush inside his head, he was going to much fun in this world.
「Activating Skill: God's eye」
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