Chapter 460
Chapter 460
Chapter 460
Zeke was startled by the message that appeared.
'System user?'
He knew their hearts were connected through the Sacred Oath, but he had no idea it would have system access functionality.
Another message appeared afterward.
[You can grant system sharing permissions to this user or change these settings.]
[Would you like to grant sharing permissions to this user?]
This meant that if Zeke allowed it, Shahrazad could also share his system.
Zeke realized the true function of the Sacred Oath.
'Is this the system sharing function the Great Sage mentioned? So the Kabbalah system can be applied to others besides myself.'
Seeing Zeke's expression, Shahrazad asked.
"What's wrong? Did you really hear my voice in your mind?"
Zeke shook his head at Shahrazad's words.
"I'm not sure, Your Majesty."
"Hmm, the records clearly stated that's how it worked. Perhaps there's another method."
Just then, messages appeared consecutively before Zeke's eyes.
[System user's message 'Can you hear me?' has arrived.]
[System user's message 'Can you hear?' has arrived.]
[System user's message 'Why do you refuse to share a bed? Don't tell me you're h...' has arrived.]
Zeke quietly closed the message window and said while looking at Shahrazad.
"The fatigue from the sacred trial is suddenly hitting me hard. You must be tired too, Your Majesty, so I'll take my leave for today."
Zeke deliberately ignored Shahrazad's words saying she wasn't very tired and to stay longer.
Shahrazad sent Zeke away with a disappointed expression.
* * *
After returning to his room, Zeke sat on his bed and opened the system window.
'I should organize things a bit.'
While the newly discovered system sharing function was interesting, he still hadn't organized the items received as rewards since returning to the mortal realm from the Primordial Temple and immediately entering the Sultan's palace.
Zeke decided to postpone examining the system sharing function and first look at the rewards received from the Primordial Temple.
'I received ten thousand points as a reward, plus an unranked random box and the special random box I got before. Let's organize the points first.'
Checking his status window, his current points were 24,478.
Zeke checked the points needed for the unlocked dragon race skill 'Polymorph'.
'It needs 7,500 points to unlock, but with the 30% reduction, it'll need 5,250 points.'
He had plenty of karma points to unlock it.
Additionally, he had gained the ability to receive large amounts of karma points through the complete opening of Defense Mode.
Zeke decided to unlock the Polymorph skill without hesitation.
When he selected skill unlock, a message soon appeared.
[You have acquired the Dragon Skill Level 5 Polymorph.]
Although Zeke had unlocked the skill, he wondered how to use the acquired Polymorph skill.
Then another message window appeared.
[Please select a race to Polymorph into.]
Simultaneously, a list of numerous races appeared before Zeke's eyes.
'Oh? I can even change into an Elf. What's this?, I can even become a Goblin or Ogre.'
Looking through, even his master Nigel's Unicorn race was on the Polymorph possible list, suggesting he could transform into any race he had encountered.
'The Unicorn race. They said it's a race that's disappeared even from the Eastern Continent now.'
When Zeke curiously tried to select the Unicorn race, a message appeared saying it was impossible due to insufficient proficiency.
Clicking his tongue, Zeke looked through the list again and chose to Polymorph into a reasonable choice - an Elf.
TSUTSUTSU!
Zeke's body was enveloped in light and began to transform.
After the light settled, Zeke looked down at his body.
'Hmm? So this is an Elf's body. It feels somewhat lighter.'
Zeke slowly stood before the mirror in that state.
"Oh?"
Transformed into an Elf, Zeke had become much more feminine in appearance with a slender body.
It seemed the basic appearance changed based on his original looks, only changing the race.
"This is really amazing."
While examining his body, Zeke suddenly realized one surprising fact.
'I can sense the various energies in the air much better.'
Elves were originally the race closest to spirits, possessing sensitive senses that could detect realms imperceptible to humans.
Through the Elf's sensitive senses, Zeke realized for the first time just how many different energies were mixed in the air.
"Having an Elf's body makes it clear how chakra works."
Zeke moved his body around in amazement.
He could move more nimbly than a human body, and his senses were more sensitive.
Since Zeke had long surpassed human limitations, he didn't feel much difference from his original body, but an ordinary human probably wouldn't be able to easily handle an Elf's senses.
After testing the Elf's senses for a while, Zeke released the Polymorph.
"With my current proficiency, I can probably maintain it for about half a day."
The maintenance time seemed to vary depending on which race he transformed into.
After testing the Polymorph skill, Zeke took out the unranked random box he received as a reward.
"I wonder what item will come out this time."
Zeke used the Luck Authority and slowly opened the unranked random box.
[User's strong will activates the Luck Authority.]
[The random box's result changes due to luck's influence.]
[Deriving the optimal result for the user.]
When he opened the random box, five-colored light burst forth.
An item revealed itself within the light.
After the light completely disappeared, Zeke tilted his head at the item before him.
'A box?'
Opening the random box revealed another box.
Zeke reached for the antique-looking box. At the same time, a message appeared.
[You have acquired the Legendary item 'Holy Ark'.]
"Holy Ark?"
A Holy Ark usually meant a box for storing holy relics.
It wasn't immediately clear why a storage box would be a Legendary item.
Expressing his doubt, Zeke immediately checked the Holy Ark's information.
―Holy Ark Information―
Description: An ancient treasure containing the power of Primordial Light. Originally created by the constellations combining their power to store holy relics so they wouldn't lose their power.
Unique Power: Attribute Stacking
Special Feature: Placing items in the Holy Ark for a certain time strengthens their attributes and stats or grants new skills. (However, only one item can be placed at a time.)
Zeke was surprised after reading the description.
"Just putting items in here strengthens their abilities?"
He could already strengthen items using the system, but gathering the necessary materials or meeting the conditions wasn't easy.
Full of anticipation, Zeke took out a suitable item from his inventory.
"I wonder if this will work."
What he took out was the Eternal Ice Crystal he had obtained after defeating the Nephilim Snow Queen.
Since he hadn't known what to use it for and had just been storing it, it seemed appropriate for testing whether the Holy Ark could strengthen it.
He opened the Holy Ark and placed the Eternal Ice Crystal inside.
When he closed the lid, a mysterious light flowed faintly from its surface.
[Enhancement will take approximately 3 hours.]
After the message, the enhancement progress began to display.
"Three hours. I'm looking forward to seeing how it changes."
While waiting, he decided to examine the system sharing function connected through the Sacred Oath with Shahrazad.
'System, show me the related content.'
The relevant list appeared before Zeke's eyes at his command.
―Sharing Settings―
1. Communication Function Settings
2. System Sharing Settings
3. Inventory Sharing Settings
4. Secure Vault Sharing Settings
Zeke couldn't help but be surprised at the sharing settings list.
'Not only can the system itself be shared, but even the inventory and security vault can be shared?'
Although he had formed the Sacred Oath with Shahrazad, they could hardly be considered true allies yet. Therefore, sharing system functions with her carried significant risk.
Zeke first looked at the communication function settings.
Opening the message box, it was full of messages from Shahrazad.
Zeke shook his head while deleting Shahrazad's messages.
'I should probably avoid mentioning that we can communicate with each other.'
Looking at the message function, it was possible to send stored videos and memory information, and there was even a function to share one's field of vision with the other person.
Moreover, as the system administrator, Zeke could set the direction of communication.
He could set it so that he could send messages while the other party could only receive them.
While this was possible with magic too, it consumed considerable magical power and had more limited functionality than the system.
'I'll keep the message function closed for now. If I need to communicate with the Sultan later, I'll change the settings then.'
As Zeke was examining various system sharing settings, a message appeared before his eyes.
[Enhancement complete.]
The message indicated that the enhancement of the Eternal Ice Crystal placed in the Holy Ark was complete.
Zeke approached the Holy Ark and slowly opened the lid.
He felt strong cold energy bursting from inside.
Inside the Holy Ark lay a white orb about the size of a fist.
Originally it was a blue orb, but it had turned white after being strengthened by the Holy Ark's power.
Zeke immediately checked the information of the enhanced Eternal Ice Crystal.
―Ice Attribute Elemental Stone Information―
Description: The Eternal Ice Crystal transformed after being enhanced by Primordial Light. A substance that is the crystallization of pure cold elemental power itself.
Unique Power: Absolute Zero.
Special Feature: One must be able to control elemental power to handle the Elemental Stone. Otherwise, there is a risk of power going out of control.
Zeke read the description and focused on the part about it being 'a crystallized substance of pure elemental power essence'.
"So it can only be handled by those who can control elemental power."
He held the Elemental Stone and tried activating its elemental power.
Cold energy burst forth violently from within.
TSUTSUTSU!
In an instant, the temperature dropped and everything around Zeke began freezing solid.
Zeke hastily contained the energy.
"Good heavens."
The room had completely frozen over just from drawing out the power briefly.
It was cold energy far stronger than when using the power of freezing.
Zeke looked at the frozen floor and furniture with concern.
"Hmm, what should I do about this? I don't think it will thaw on its own if I leave it."
After contemplating, Zeke took out the Elemental Stone again.
He carefully spread out a field of water power while adjusting the Elemental Stone's cold energy.
TSUTSUTSU!
When strong cold energy tried to flow out again, Zeke concentrated and instead absorbed the surrounding cold energy.
The cold energy that kept trying to burst out changed direction according to Zeke's will.
Following this, the cold energy that had frozen the room transformed into white energy and flowed back into the Elemental Stone.
TSUTSUTSU!
The completely frozen room returned to its original state.
Zeke withdrew the water power field and finally opened his eyes.
"Phew, elemental power is really difficult to handle."
This was why he couldn't easily use Elemental Sword despite it being his most powerful skill.
Zeke looked at the powerfully enhanced Elemental Stone with satisfaction and stored it in his inventory.
'With cold energy this strong, it could be useful in the war against the Demon King's army.'
He recalled ancient monsters, demons, and giant soldiers trapped in ice.
The power of absolute zero could seal large monster and demon beast armies in ice, which would greatly help in stopping the Demon King's army's movements on the battlefield.
While thinking about future uses after putting away the Elemental Stone, Zeke was examining his newly acquired powers when he tried using the enhanced power 'Amplification' which strengthened area buffs.
WOONGWOONG!
Its basic role seemed similar to an area buff that enhanced skill power and abilities.
However, when he spread the power, something buzzed inside Zeke's chest.
'What's this?'
When he took out what was vibrating in his clothes, it was the hand mirror given by the Hermit of Stories.
As soon as Zeke took out the hand mirror, the Hermit of Stories shouted from the other side without preamble.
―Aha! Finally connected! Zeke! Where are you right now?! Come here quickly!
He shouted with an urgent voice.
―Nigel has been captured!