BXBX NOVEL Chapter 155 The Third Clue
\'Ding\'
[ Command Accepted ]
[ The name of your Familia has been set – Sin ]
[ The start of your new saga has been confirmed with the creation of a Familia ]
"…"
"This is-", Shin was surprised to see that creating a familiar was a big thing for the system since it was showing specific notifications.
\'Ding\'
[ You will be given necessary boosts due to the naming of the Familia ]
[ -> All your physical stats will be raised by 3 ]
[ -> The levels of your passive skills will increase by 1 ]
[ -> The trust between you and your familia members will be doubled ]
[ -> Your Crest will have the name \'Sin\' engraved in it ]
[ -> Being the head of the Familia, you will gain an additional boost of +3 status boost and +10 in HP and MP ]
\'Wha-\'
Shin was surprised by the bonus stats that he got from forming a familia.
It was thanks to the name of the familia too.
Whatever, Shin thought that this was the end of it, but no. There was still to come.
Although that would happen slowly, it would still take place, so yes, he would continue to get stronger as time passes.
"Okay Kaily, I think we should really go and give Mo the Reverse Potion.", Shin advised after the messages from the system settled down.
"Yes…", Kaily nodded her head.
Shin had explained to her the reason for the reverse potion and it seemed as if there was no problem with that.
The thing was that the potion worked only on those who were infected by curses.
"So you are ready to leave now?", Shin asked.
"Yes.", Kaily nodded her head.
Well, not that she would require to take anything. She had everything that she needed in her spatial storage which was a very rare ability.
Shin too had something similar – Inventory – which he received not too long ago.
It was a special ability too since he could store more things when compared to average spatial storage.
In any case, they started moving soon without wasting any time.
\'Now I have a familia…\'
\'My next aim would be creating a Clan and participating in the Clan wars…\', was what Shin said to himself.
\'But before that, I have to find Aella!\' – he was back to the main and bigger reason.
They walked for some time and quite a lot of time passed.
The witch\'s appearance kept changing, again and again, in every 3 hours which surprised Shin and others from time to time.
While the change in appearance was quite shocking, one thing was quite common – some part of a wolf would be retained in all transformations.
This was something that caught Shin\'s attention so he was forced to ask, "Kaily, why does one part of your body always resemble that of a wolf?"
"Ah, this is because of a potion which I drank not too long ago.", was what she said.
"What?", Shin was intrigued by what she said.
"Yes master, there was this potion that I created which could help me transform into whatever beast I desired to be."
"However the fun fact was that, I had to look at the beast."
She smiled when she said that.
"I see…"
"So you had to look at a beast right after drinking the potion and you ended up looking at a wolf?", Shin asked while laughing.
"Yes, I spotted a white wolf right after I opened my eyes and ended up transforming into one…"
"However the potion was a little lacking and I was actually transforming into many beasts while having only one part of the wolf.", she said with a little hesitation.
When she said that, Shin suddenly had a weird doubt.
\'She spotted a white wolf?\', he asked himself.
\'Was that Aella?\', he questioned.
While thinking about it, he realized that it couldn\'t have been true, but spotting a single white wolf wouldn\'t actually make sense.
"Wait, did you actually see a white wolf alone?", Shin asked.
"Yes master, I did."
"That was what surprised me, master."
"Since white wolves are the weakest of all wolves, they are most likely to be in packs just like others."
"Seeing one roaming alone was totally out of the blue!" – she exclaimed.
*gulp*
\'Chill Shin…\'
\'It is not Aella.\'
\'Stop dreaming that it was her…\', Shin tried to prevent himself from thinking that, but the same thought came over and over.
Shin continued to walk and others did the same. They had no other reason to stop here.
Of course, the doubt was clear now and Shin didn\'t think that Kaily was lying.
However, the only question that he kept asking himself was about – Aella.
\'Was that really Aella?\'
The answer to this question was given to him by the system, but only after Kaily said another thing.
"Oh yes master, I forgot to mention something…"
"And what\'s that?", Shin asked.
"That wolf was a bit peculiar master…"
"It was somewhat different from other wolves that I had seen in my life.", she said.
"Different?"
"How so?", Shin\'s heart rate had increased as he continuously listened to her explanation and answers.
"She had this wolf-like mark on her forehead…"
"It was just like ours…", was what she said.
"…"
*gulp*
\'No way…\'
\'Could it be…\'
Shin\'s eyes started to shake when he heard that and his confusion went away when the system showed a notification for which he had been waiting for a long time.
\'Ding\'
[ You have found the third clue – The crest on a lone white wolf ]
[ Mission – Finding Aella ]
[ -> Search for the clues left by Aella (3/3) ] [ completed ]
[ -> Visit the goblins after collecting the Clues ]
[ -> Find Aella ]
One of the three tasks of the mission was completed. This definitely certified that it was Aella whom Kaily had seen earlier.
Although Shin was doubting himself earlier, now he was completely sure about it.
\'Wait a second, doesn\'t this mean I have to go the other way to find her?\', Shin asked himself.
Right now he was heading towards Mo, however, he no longer had anything to ask him since the third clue had already been found.
Yes, if he had asked earlier, then his saying might have helped him. But now there was no use.
"…"
However, he didn\'t do that. He didn\'t want to leave Mo hanging without being healed.
\'Damn, I need to go and search…\'
He looked at Kaily by turning back since he was leading the back and she was behind and asked, "When did you encounter that wolf?"
Kaily tried to recall and with ambiguity said, "Around two or three days ago…"
\'Two to three days ago?\'
"…"
\'I was at the Lian plains at that time…\', Shin realized.
\'Those humans, if they hadn\'t told me the wrong location, I would have already found her.\', he wasn\'t wrong at all.
If he had tried moving along the same route to find her, then it wouldn\'t have taken him long.
However, instead of having one choice of direction – the south – he would have two, the North too.
In a way, it was good. But those humans that lied to Shin would definitely be dead if they were to encounter him the next time.
Now Shin wanted to run as fast as he could to reach Mo and give him the reverse potion, however, he couldn\'t do that because others would be left behind.
That was not the only reason – his \'Dash\' skill had been stolen so he had to get it back.
That was why, when he was walking and was getting closer to the place where Mo was, he asked, "Alira, you stole my skills earlier right…"
"So can you give them back?", he knew that it wasn\'t possible since the system didn\'t mention anything like that.
But she was the one with the skill for a long time so she might have some experience.
"No master, once a skill is stolen, it can\'t be given back…"
"At least not now…"
"Not now?", so there was a time where it could be returned.
"I don\'t know exactly but if the stealing skill were to reach a higher level, then I think one could return the stolen skill.", was what Alira said.
"I see…"
But then, unfortunately, Alira no longer possessed the skill.
Also, it was taking an awfully long time for the skills to merge so Shin couldn\'t use it to regain the dash skill or any other skills.
\'Wait, I can use the skill Copy right?\', Shin concluded after thinking.
He then turned towards his right since Alira was walking close to him on his right side.
"Then can you use the skill Dash for me?", he asked.
"Yes master!", she smiled.
It was as if she knew about that skill since she didn\'t hesitate to agree. It was as if she was anticipating that Shin would ask her to do that.
And as per his orders, she used the skill.
Her skill increased tremendously just like earlier and in a moment, she had covered ten meters.
Of course, Shin didn\'t fall behind while using the skill Copy.
\'Ding\'
[ You have used the skill Copy ]
[ You have copied the skill \'Dash\' ]
[ You have gained the active skill Dash Lv.1 ]
\'Ding\'
[ The system detects the existence of the skill root of the skill Dash, would you like to regain the level of the skill Dash? ]
\'Huh?\'
\'Skill root?\'
\'And I can regain the skill and its level?\'
Now the system was being quite helpful and proved that Shin\'s hard work hadn\'t gone to waste – at least if the system could help him to regain the level of the skill.
"…"
To be continued…