System Change

Chapter 323: One

Derek took one final look at his stats once everything was said and done.Reêad latest novels at wuxiahere.com

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Happy with his current stats, he dismissed the window and looked at Silvi. That better? he asked.

Much, she replied.

Alright, lets get back to the rest of the group. You can do some cooking while we wait for the dungeon timer to run down, Derek said.

Without hesitation, Silvi disappeared from in front of him. Derek smiled and turned toward where the group was. In an instant, he was gone. He couldnt let Silvi beat him back now, could he?

They got back pretty quickly after not being gone for long.

Derek Derek Are you okay? Avery stood, looking Derek in his eyesa worried expression on his face. Whats wrong? What is it?

Derek broke out of his daydream and shook his head. Sorry about that, I was thinking. Somethings going on with he was going to say that something was going on with the system, but he stopped. He was under a forced system oath by that other system, and he didnt know what all would be considered a part of the oath. If it was why all the weird stuff was happening, then it was possible he would be breaking or at least bending the oath by talking even a little about it. Its nothing dont worry about it.

What about Silvi, though? He thought. With everyone else getting these free stat points, shes sure to be curious about why I dont spend them. But we are bonded, and bonding supposedly connects the two souls together, or something like that. Maybe theres some wiggle room between us since were bonded, share stats, and we both went through the same evolution.

Speaking of Silvi, at that moment, she hopped onto Dereks shoulder and looked at him with her head slightly tilted. Whats wrong?

Derek took in a deep breath, then let it out. We didnt get any rewards, he sent through their connection, and was happy that he didnt feel anything indicating he was close to breaking his oath. He really didnt know much about itif there would be a warning or something when he was on the verge of breaking it, or if it would just happen.

No rewards? Why? Silvi asked.

Im not sure, the system says that its unable to assign rewards, but that seems to be specific to me or us. I have no clue what that means, he replied. I think it has something to do with our evolution. But thats all Im comfortable saying right now.

The evolution? Silvi asked. The one caused by the messages not from the Great System?

Dereks eyes went wide. Of course, she had received messages from the same system he had. Shh he tried to hush her thoughts. Didnt it make you take an oath?

No, it made us take an oath. We are bonded, we are one, she sent back, like it was the most common thing in the world.

Derek let out a sigh of relief. If nothing else, he still had Silvi, and he was thankful for that. Im happy that youre here.

I know, Silvi replied smugly. I make all the best food.

Yes, yes, you do. Derek reached up and ran his hand through the fur on the back of Silvis head and gave her a little scratch. She shivered and shook a little in delight, and her foot even kicked his shoulder a bita kick that had enough force that it would probably dislocate the shoulder of anyone who hadnt made it through the first threshold in endurance. He mentally made a note to keep the pretty bunny away from children and weak adults.

The last thing he wanted was to be responsible for the loss of an arm because somebody helped Silvi scratch an itch. He shivered at the thought. He also decided that he needed to do better by Silvi. Sure, hed given her everythingwell, most thingsshe wanted in relation to cooking, but he hadnt actually spent much time with her since they bonded.

Thinking about it, he spent more time with her back when she was playing head-butt the human in the forest with the Undying Dungeon. That was before he got the beast contract before Silvi tried to make him her beast companion and before he accidentally initiated a bond with her. Yeah, were definitely spending more time together once we get out of this dungeon. Maybe I can pick up the general Cooking skill and she can teach me some stuff.

But no, he immediately nixed that idea. He remembered how she was after spending just a few weeks with those chefs back in Torith. It seemed she had grown out of that since her time away from them, but he couldnt help but wonder what it would be like working with her in the kitchen.

So, are we just going to stand here, or are we going to get the fuck out of here? Victor said from behind everyone. I have to arrange a funeral when I get home, so I would appreciate it if you would stop spacing out and get us the hell out of this trial.

Silvi shot Victor a glare and the elven man shrunk back. With a smug snort, she turned back and faced forward.

Derek couldnt keep a grin off his face. Ever since she dropped the wyrm in front of him, hed been pretty cautious around his companion.

Alright, is everybody ready to go? Have you all spent your stat points and whatnot? Derek asked. He was sure that every level 250 knew exactly where they would put any stat points if they ever obtained extra ones. Seeing everyone nod in agreement, Derek stepped forward. Here we go. Its time to finally get this thing over with.

Derek walked forward and placed his hand on the trial orb once again. When the menu appeared asking to leave the trial, he selected yes. Finally, a bright light flashed, and the party disappeared.