Chapter 4: Preparation For The Future, and Marriage Vow
The first thing that Akihito saw when he has awoken the next day was a brand new label in bright orange in the corner of his eyes, reading:
|World Announcement: The Vow of Eternal had been made between Takaba, Akihito Seimei and Asami, Ryuichi The Eternal Emperor of Night. A special privilege is gifted to Asami, Ryuichi for having no doubt of his sentimental for the Dimensional Traveler. May this gift help the pair in the forward days, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in both sickness and health, in dead and beyond, for Eternity of Time. Please give the Ring of Eternal Vow to your Marriage Partner with 3 Days.|
Okay, what the hell?!
Eternal Vow?!
As in Eternal Vow?! The one that any player in Cosmos yearn for so much that a proper research conduct was placed on?
The Vow that made it possible for the married couple to share status, debuff, inventory, house, experiences gain, and all the goodies?!
That Eternal Vow?! The one that Kou hankering for so much that he spends three million gold coins just to have someone give him some clues?
What? In Cosmos, 3,000,000 Gold Coins isn't a joke. That much was already enough to buy two houses that have 3 rooms each!
In Cosmos, the currency is different from here and Akihito's former world. Cosmos's currency has only three forms.
The first one, Coins: Copper, Silver, Gold, and Diamond. 1,000 Copper coin equal to 1 Silver. 1,000 Silver coin equal to 1 Gold Coin, and 10,000 Gold coin is 1 Diamond Coin.
The only Guild that has enough money to actually have Diamond Coin is the top 10 Guild. This was why the exchanges rate from games currencies to real life currency is so fair, is hard to get rich in this game.
The Second currency, Credits. Credits are only possible to earn in Dungeon and Maze. Sometimes, in high-level dungeon and maze, small NPC towns and cities will generate. Credits are used to purchases material and items from those towns. The items there is all special rank and rarely drops from boss level monsters. The Phase Stone that was drop when Akihito cleared out in Availario Dungeon Hardcore Dungeon Floor 50 was one of the rarer drops.
To be completely honest, Fireball's luck was so damn high that those rare drops always drop whenever he cleared a dungeon. So, he rarely uses Credits to purchase materials. Which was why Fireball's Credits had already accumulated over the limits that a character has. Somethings that is easier to do it is done, Soloist.
The last, and most famous, currency in Cosmos wasn't something that is earned easily. Not even real life currency can buy it. For coins, it is exchangeable to and from real money, for Credits, it is possible to earn it relatively easily if you know which monsters to slaughter. This currency is called Origin Heart.
Origin Heart cannot be used in trades, buy, transfer or stash away. There is only two way that it can be earned. The first one is for Marriage Couple who complete the quest and earned the right to use the Eternal Vows. However, if one of the couples died then the Origin Heart will disappear and will only appear again after the couple stays together for five months, unseparated. The second one was... Finding and marrying someone who is so attuned to you that is making it sounds like your soulmate. This, wasn't just hard and complicated to complete. This was near impossible to complete.
In fact, the second one was known only because the owner of the company that created Cosmos had fallen in love with a male partner and married him even before they were 15 years old. He had married in both in games and in real life. They had been married ever since both of them were still only in middle school. Can you believe that?
Origin Heart isn't something that was easy to earns. Even Fireball had only two Origin Heart. One from completing the quest with DarkDragon for that marriage vow -only to ran away from the man himself. Although, the Origin heart didn't disappear for some reason. The second one was when Akihito accidental gain the Title: Longest Marriage Couple to Stay Together. Which reminded him that he was still married to DarkDragon, so he went to the marriage temple and Separated them by kissing someone else in front of the man himself before completely ran away.
To this day, Fireball still avoids the man. Admittedly, Akihito didn't know that he was the only one that DarkDragon- the other Asami from his former world- to ever married to, whether or not it was in games or reality. If he only he knew...
Which was why now, Akihito was so shocked that he had completed an Eternal Vow with Ryuichi. Why? Because this would mean that he could get Origin Heart too. It could be used to strengthen the life force or health of himself or other! Permanently!
Akihito blinks in complete bewilderment.
"Akihito?" A deep and somewhat tired voice asked quietly behind him. It was then that Akihito notices that Asami- Ryuichi - had him inside his chest and holding him so tight that Akihito feels like a butterfly in a cocoon. He feels safe, content and very satisfies.
"Ryuichi..." The voice that Akihito said his name made Asami blink in confusion. There's a somewhat bemused tone in his wife -yes wife- voice.
"What's wrong?" He asked, now completely awake.
"There's something the System wanted to give you for marrying me... Which was kind of strange, since we haven't had our ceremony yet. There wasn't even a ring on my finger-" Akihito found himself speechless when he notices the gold ring on his finger. It seems like Asami put it on him when he was dead to the world.
Asami smirked at the look on the boy's face. His boy.
Asami had never told the boy and won't tell him yet but Asami has had that ring ever since he first lay his eyes on the boy. That's when Akihito is only in middle school. No, maybe ever since in elementary school? Asami only knows that the rings had suddenly appeared when his eyes lay on the boy. It suddenly formed- yes, from nowhere, on his marriage finger that one particular day. Which was why he knew that Akihito belongs to him. He knew that Akihito belongs to him since then but he had only fallen in love with the boy when they met again five years ago. Ryuichi had always kept tabs on the boy but he wasn't paying that much attention to the boy. After all, he was just a kid back then.
Ryuichi should have been confused and suspicious of the ring but he wasn't. He knew what the ring is. His father and grandfather, even his grandfather other brothers, had their own rings formed when they first lay eyes on their partner. His grandfather had wanted Ryuichi to marry Akihito only because he knew what this ring meant for them.
His soulmate. Yes, the Asami clan believe in Soulmate. Asides from the Asami Clan, there is four other Clan in Japan that also believe in Soulmate, too. The Inukawa Clan, the Sawada Clan, and the Hibarinoki. Those other clan had shared their finds with the Asami clan about the rings and what it meant.
Ryuichi's cousin, Ieyasu Giotto of the Sawada Clan, have three Soulmates. Which was rare but wasn't impossible since the man was so damn powerful. His other cousin from his mother's side, the Yukimura, was also affected by the Asami's bloodline that they form their own sets of rings. Yukimura Seiichi specifically was very powerful so his partner, Sanada Genichiro, was also powerful. As for his father's bloodline, no his father wasn't originally an Asami but rather an Inukawa, their bloodline was far stronger since, in the past, they had a marriage with a deity or was it a god so their blood was strong.
Which was why Ryuichi's title when he first Awakened when he was only 3 years old was already "The Forever Emperor". His bloodline was so strong that Ryuichi was made an heir to the Throne. Only for him to reject it. So, now, he's the tutor of the current heir.
All of these only make the ring on Akihito's finger weight heavier if the boy knew so Ryuichi didn't tell him.
Akihito looks at the item and tries to inspect it, only to fail. His blinks in surprise. No way, my Inspection level is already maxed out, how can I not inspect this ring?! Not to mention, my Appraisal and Scanning skills are both max out too.
Hmmm... what does this mean. Does this mean that this ring is higher level than World Item?
Inspect!
Bz. Fail.
Appraisal!
Bz. Fail.
What the fuck?!
Scan!
Bz. Fail.
What? Why won't it work? Hmmm, let's try evaluation then.
Evaluate.
|Ring of Soulmate: In this world, there is bloodline that would form their rings of Soulmate when their eyes first land on their soulmate. The ring's power origin from the Tunnel and the Tower. Can be used inside the Tunnel and Tower if a magic enchanter enhanced the ring.|
What?
This ring formed by the Tower and the Tunnels magic?!
Akihito blinks in surprised.
Ryuichi looks Akihito's face and reads his emotion like an open book. The boy was never good at keeping secret nor was he good at poker-face.
His boy is so adorable with his face ever-changing like that...
"Akihito?" He asked again.
Akihito looks at As-Ryuichi and blinks his eyes.
"What's wrong?" The older man asked as he pulled his wife to his chest.
"Ryuichi, it said that his ring was given by the Tower and the Tunnel of this world's magic," Akihito sees no need to hid this from the man since the older man would have known it already.
Instead of seeing a smirk on the older man's face, Ryuichi's face slightly showed a look of surprise and comprehension instead.
"Ryuichi? Does that mean you don't know that this ring was from by the Tower?" Akihito asked since he caught the look in the older man's eyes.
"No... These Soul rings are something that had been in powerful clan's bloodline ever since the old time so we don't really think that it was formed by the Tower's magic. After all, there is nothing special from it asides from the fact that it pointed us toward our soulmate." Asami answered as he lifts Akihito hand to his lips and kissed the ring finger with a smirk on his lips.
Amusing, so Akihito could tell the origin of the ring. When he first lays eyes on the boy, two rings form on his ring finger so he knew right away that Akihito was going to be his. However, he has never questioned the origin of the ring before. He doubts that anyone has.
When Akihito heard that smirking voice, he rolled his eyes.
"Completely normal, my ass. This is a magical artifact, you know?" Akihito said from within Asami's chest, completely content with staying in the warm of his... husband's chest.
"Magical artifact?" Asami asked, with a somewhat understanding in his mind but not completely getting it. This was the first time that he heard of magical artifact asides from what he knew of. He had never thought that these ring might be an artifact, magical? Yes, but artifact? No.
"Yep. If a magic enchanter enhances the ring then it could turn into a lot of things. For example, an enhanced ring that increases your stats, such as speed, intuition, weight, and the likes. It could even be turned into a ring that allows the wearer to share his or her life force with their partner. A lot of things, actually. Just to name a few," Akihito said as he listens to Ryuichi's steady heartbeat.
Asami was quiet as he listened to Akihito's explanation. A lot of things the ring could be enhanced to be, indeed.
"Akihito, you said that it needs a magic enchanter, right?" Asami asked.
"Hmm," Akihito confirmed.
That's the thing. The only magic enhancer in this world is from the Sawada Clan. Specifically, the magic enhancer was Giotto's little brother. Someone that he did not want to even get close to since the boy was far too innocent and was so protected by family members that not even an ant can get close to.
The silence lasts a while. Akihito doesn't mind, he like listening to Ryuichi's breathe and his heartbeat. So strong and steady.
But after a while, Akihito can tell that something is troubling his husband.
"Asami? Is something wrong?" Akihito asked as he looks up at from Ryuichi's chest.
"There is only one magic enchanter in this world and that boy is so protected that not even an ant can get close to him," Asami said. He doesn't really care about the enhancement that it would do to his stats, however, he is curious about what a magical artifact is like.
"Huh? Only one? Seriously? What about inscriptions? Or blessing?" Akihito's eyes widen at that.
Asami smiled at the wide eyes of his boy as he tugs his finger through the messy hair. The boy's hair wasn't that long since it doesn't even reach his shoulder but it was longer than his own. And super soft too.
"Holy blessing? Yes, but it's only for a couple of days before it vanishes. It isn't permanent. And what is inscription? I had never heard of that before," Asami said to the blinking of his mate's eyes. Akihito just sighed at the replied before he remembered something. Instead of answering his mate's question, he calmly changes the topic. He did not want to answer that question, as he hasn't confirmed whether or not his scripting skills are usable in this world, or if there is restriction toward it. Asami knew that Akihito was changing the topic but allow it anyway.
"Ah, that's right. The system wants me to give you something. Wait for a second," Akihito said as he twists out of Ryuichi's hold and set up straight, which earn him a gasp as small tinkling pain come from his back. He glared at the man that caused the pain only to see a smirked on the perfect face.
Damn it. He silently cursed.
"Inventory," Akihito murmured. A split second later, his Inventory open and more than ten tabs of all kind of labels meet his eyes. There's Weapons, Light Armors, Knives, Cooking Ingredients, Alchemy Ingredient, Weaponsmith Items, Farming Stuff, Skinning Items, Foraging Items, Herb Seeds, Crystals& Stones, Tailoring Items, Jewelry, Creature Item, Drops to Sell, Daily quests items, Gems, Potions, Books, Collection, and all kind of labels. Akihito had to go to the label that said; System Drop item. Which were items that were given as rewards from the System.
Let's see. Akihito had to scroll down a long list of item and icon before getting to all the way in the last place. Clicking on the icon of the item, Akihito has to blink his eyes in surprise.
He looks at Ryuichi with surprise in his eyes before looking at the item again to confirmed his confusion. There is no way that Ryuichi would need this thing. After all, he should already have a larger one for use. And one person can only use one. He thought to himself.
Well, whatever. If he didn't want it then is his choice.
"Item Shift," Akihito announced as he concentrates on the item before plucking placing his hand on the screen and watches it as it vanished. He takes it back out a couple second later.
Asami also set up, causing the blanket to reveal his tone chest, and look at the item in Akihito's hand.
It was a silver ring. A silver ring that has a small dragon dancing on it.
Ryuichi blinked. A ring?
"Inspect," Akihito murmured as he looks at the ring. He knew what it was but Asami doesn't so he wanted to show it to him.
|Eternal Ring of Dimensional: Space of 7x8x15 Yard(cube). Cannot place live human body. Use with Spiritual force or mana. Bond to Asami Ryuichi, mate of Takaba Akihito.| Info: To increase the size, please have your mate enhance it using Phase Stone x 100.|
Akihito shows the information to Ryuichi, causing the man's eyes to widen in surprise and shock. Ryuichi's face, which was bearly readable sometimes, now looked completely shocked.
Seeing the shocked in his husband eyes, Akihito blinks.
What? What's wrong with the man now?
"Ryuichi? What's wrong?" Akihito was completely confused about why the older man froze like that upon reading the information that he had let him see. Akihito hasn't been to the library personally so he didn't know that space ring or dimensional ring was not something that is rare. No, let me rephrase that. It is not rare. It is legendary. The only one that was rumored to have a space ring was the Emperor, Emperor Tetsuhiro, from more than three hundred years ago.
If that wasn't shocking enough, The Emperor's Ring only has a space of 2 by 2 yard, it wasn't even close to the size of the ring on Akihito's hand.
Seeing that Asami isn't going to move anytime soon, Akihito sighed internally and grab his hand before sliding the ring down on his index finger, on Asami's right hand.
A soft glow comes from the ring before it vanished, leaving only an ordinally looking ring.
Still, the warm from the ring was enough to cause Asami to snap out of his shock.
"Akihito... this is a space ring." He states, completely calm.
"Yes, is a space ring. What is so surprised about that? It's not of the size is that big. Why are you so surprised?" Akihito asked as he rolled his eyes and tried to get up from the bed, he needs a shower.
However, before he could move away, he was pulled back into the bed by a smirking Asami who's eyes are looking at Akihito with intense looks that it makes Akihito shivers, recalling what had taken place last night when Asami had that same look in his eyes.
"R-Ryuichi?" He asked, completely nervous by the looks that he is getting. Akihito swallowed.
"Akihito, do you know that space ring isn't something that you should show to the world much less let anyone know that you have it?" Asami's tense voice make alert ringing in Akihito's ears.
Rare? Seriously? But this world has the Tunnels and the Towers! How was something like Inventory ring or Space ring rare?
Seeing the look of confusion in Akihito's eyes, Ryuichi smirked and release the boy after kissing his forehead.
"Really? Is inventory ring rare? For real?" Akihito asked before he comprehends what he just did and give to Asami. He pale.
Seriously?
"... How rare?" He asked. Akihito isn't stupid. He knew that if its rare than that would only mean that people are more than willing to kill for it. It means troublesome. Not that Akihito feared trouble but he didn't want Asami to get in trouble because of him.
"Rare enough that the only people who had it in the past are now all dead," The golden eyes narrowed.
That statement makes Akihito froze.
"However, it isn't so rare that my clan doesn't have one. Although the one that grandfather has, it's size is far smaller than this one, it is still a space ring... Wait, did you called it Inventory Ring?" Ryuichi asked, now completely surprised.
"Hm. It's an Inventory Ring. Not space ring since space ring cannot store fresh food like fruits since it doesn't have oxygen in it," Akihito said as he looks at the surprised look on Asami's face. He found out that a lot of things that he did, surprised Asami to no end.
Akihito liked it when his husband looks so shocked, which shows in his expressions. The man had a far too good for a poker face and rarely shown other expression asides from contentment, a smirk fill with the teasing, a dark look that shows how pissed off he was, his narrow eyes when he worried and a couple of another expression. Shocked wasn't some things that Akihito would see often.
"Oh? So, this ring can store freshness? I must admit, that would be a great feature to the ring that Grandfather has. It would save a lot of trouble and space." Asami already can see what he could do with it.
"Huh? Then why didn't you have a Jewelry Enchanter or someone similar just turned those ring into Inventory rings?" Akihito asked, completely confused. This world has magic, something that would only be possible in games. For Akihito, this speaks of unlimited paths and all sorts of things that can be done. Why didn't someone think of creating space ring or inventory ring or interspatial ring, at all?
Surely, there must be a hunter out there that could use space element magic or have high spiritual energy that can be used to create those ring. After all, the procedure of creating a spatial bags is nearly the same as creating Inventory rings. And, Akihito had created enough spatial bags that hold millions of coins in Cosmos. It was the only thing that has enough XP to max level his Tailoring skill, which was nearly maxed out. It's only missing a couple ten more spatial bags.
Although, those bags in games were sell pretty cheap since the Inventory space could only hold up to a limit weight and space. So, Akihito hasn't tried to create an Inventory ring, yet.
"..." Asami looks at the look on Akihito's face and understanding comes to his mind with a little bit of Mind Synch.
"Akihito, you can create Inventory Ring?" Asami asked, completely calm yet internally, a hurricane was in the process of destroying every little control he has over his mind.
"Hm. I don't know if I can create it in this world. Inventory Ring, I mean. But, I can craft spatial bags. Before I was thrown into this world, I had already collected all the materials needs to make the bags since I was trying to max out my Tailoring profession. I can craft about ten bags. All have a space of at least 50 meters in length, 50 meters in width, and 75 meters in height without using any Phase Stone or Unity Remnant. I don't think it was a good idea to craft any items before I finished learning what this world has to offer, so I didn't craft any yet." Akihito explained to Asami.
"That's understandable. Akihito, don't draw attention to yourself. Let me prepared for it." Asami warned. He had enough money to buy Japan as a whole country if he wanted to. He had lots of connection all over the world that didn't have anything to do with his... illegal connections. If he wants something, all he has to do was open his mouth and millions of people were be more than willing to do it.
"Hm. Since you have the money and the connection to it. Ah, that's right. Do you want me to increase the space in that ring?" Akihito asked as he gets up again and put his clothes on. Asami looks at the lean muscles and a little fat on Akihito's body and his manhood harden but he will it to cool down. Now isn't the time to fuck his boy to the mistress again. There are too many things need to be done.
"Sure, the bigger the better." Why would Asami say no to that?
"Okay! Hold out your hand," Asami did as asked.
"Enchant Menu On." Akihito places one finger on top of the ring as he called out the menu for the enchanting procedure.
Five taps come out.
|Enchant Ring Option| Increase Size| Decrease Weight| Decrease Presence|Increase Amount Stacks Limit| Increase Automatic Pickup Option and Range|
"Enchants all Options," Akihito said as he concentrates and started to chant the requires chants for each option. The language was in Cosmosic so Asami had no clue what it was said.
Five minutes later, Akihito turned slightly pale since he had used a lot of spirit and mana to enchant all these options. It cost him 600 Phase stones and 5 Unity Remnant. The cost wasn't that high for Akihito but if it was anyone else, they were so nervous and scared of failure that he won't have the guts to enchant all of them like Akihito did. After all, each phase stone cost at least 3,000 gold coins at the least minimum. There is no way that they're going to waste it like that. The failure rates for Enchanting isn't high but it wasn't low either.
But then again, Fireball's Enchanter skills already maxed out from enhancing crafting armors, weapons, and all sort of things. Only his Tailoring wasn't maxed out yet. He had no problem enchanting this low level of rings. Akihito smirked to himself.
"Finished. Phew. That was tiring," Akihito said as he sat down on the floor and started to meditate, completely ignoring Asami. Seeing the pale look on Akihito's face, Ryuichi's chest tighten painfully. It seems like enchanting isn't as easy as Akihito make it sounds. He won't let Akihito do this ever again if he can help it.
Still, Asami is curious. How large were the spaces inside now? Just as he thought that a hunter label of white met his vision.
|Eternal Ring of Dimensional: Unit Changed: Spaces of 1300ft by 1300ft by 125 Ft. Cannot place live human body. Use with Spiritual force or mana. Bond to Asami Ryuichi, mate of Takaba Akihito.| Info: Successfully enchanted the following options; Increase Size| Decrease Weight| Decrease Presence|Increase Amount Stacks Limit| Increase Automatic Pickup Option and Range| Increase from a small Dimension to Large Dimension. Decrease all weight by 99.9999%. Decrease the presence of the item inside the ring and the presence of the ring by 95.9999%. Increase stacks limit from 100 to 10,000. Add Automatic Pickup and increase ranges of pickup: 10 meters.
Holy!
Asami's eyes widen beyond belief. Damn, this size was already larger than three of his warehouse combine! Asami doesn't know whether he should be happy or should he be worry that the size was this large. And the stack limit? Is this what he thinks it is? He will test it later.
'Risa. Get some food in here.' He ordered.
'Yes, Master.' Risa, the Paper-Doll that he created, answered.
Asami can feel the vibration of the magic in the air as it was pulled toward Akihito. The rate that the boy covered still left amazement inside Asami no matter how many times he had seen it. The first time was when he met Akihito again five years ago. And since then, he had spied on Akihito whenever he meditates so he knew that Akihito's recovery rates are very high.
He had tried to create a Paper-Doll base on Akihito, however, it... wasn't successful since he can't copy Akihito's traits into it. The doll only last three days before it turned to ash, something that made Ryuichi so damn pissed off and frustrated. So far, he had successfully created ten Paper-Doll. Risa was the last one, the other nine dolls were with the Clan. They're the bodyguard of his mother, father, grandfather, grandfather's mate, and a couple other important figures in the clan. Risa was the only one that he take with him when he moved to Tokyo.
A couple minutes later, Risa came in with a cart quietly. She placed the steaming food on the table away from the bed and left as quietly as she came.
Asami left Akihito to his meditation as he took a quick bath.
When he comes back, he found Akihito waiting for him. The boy looked like he was going to cry as he looks at the food while waiting for Asami. He looks very hungry.
Ryuichi chuckled at the sight.
After their late breakfast or was it dinner? Asami and Akihito make a long list of things that they would need to prepared. He took care of the weapons, armors and resources list while Akihito made the food, medicines and commodities list.
Things like hard commodities that are used in energy, industrial metals, and precious metals were the top of the list. Then soft commodities like generals commoditization, animal and animal products. General items like grains, foods, and fibers. Animal and animal products like livestock and meat. For hard commodities, it's the commodity that is used for energy; Oil, gas, ethanol and the likes.
Some of the things on the list make Kirishima winced since they're very rarely used. Things that this world rarely uses, like, butter and cashmere. They are so used to have high qualities fiber that they didn't bother with things like cashmere.
The listing goes on a full day. Ryuichi had to call in Kirishima and Suoh to help with gathering all the things. Akira, after finishing his task, went with Akihito and brought large quantity amount of fresh food and seeds. Asides from preparing for the future, Asami and Akihito had also called Akihito's family and let them know of their wedding day, which takes place in another four months.
Asides from that, Akihito and Asami had to attend their own class and their own work. All of Asami's subordinate and hired worker were so busy that they rarely have any time to attend their own classes, something that isn't good. So, to counter that, Asami held a combat class/party for his subordinate inside the 10th Floor of the Tokyo East Tower.
According to what Akihito had learned from reading and lessons from Akira, the 10th Floor of the East Tower's room all have the same kind of monster. They were all rodent-like creatures. Some have red fur, some blue, some purple. Some have glowing red eyes, some glowing white eyes, some other colors. The rodents were as tall as a small five years old child and very fat.
They are fast and their claws and teeth are sharp enough to cut through ironwood within a minute. All the rooms on the 10th floor were known as the Rodent Floor Room so Asami had to prepared a couple of things for his subordinates.
As a group, they went through the whole floor in a day and gather a lot of furs, meat- which was barely edible- and a lot of medical plants. Akihito had wanted to come with Asami but was forbidden since he hasn't even finished his own requirement yet for his classes yet.
When Asami said that, Akihito was so pissed off that he went and passed his course requirement all the way to the 15th Floor and got his Hunter License Class C. This cause a somewhat... chaos in the East Tower. Of course, this didn't take long since the Asami Clan took it in their hand to hush the news of his... fast advancement.
During these time, Akihito confirmed everything that he needs to confirmed about his body... and his reality in this world. He confirmed the following;
1. Certain actions in his daily life get turned into skills/talents/traits/ability. He can even make his own skill if his comprehension is high enough. Once he created the skill/ability/traits, it would turn into a book/scroll or a small gem that can be eating, which contains knowledge of the skill/ability/traits inside it. Granting other people the ability inside the small gem.
2. Objects will turn into items if place inside his Inventory/Bag and can be stacked up to 10,000, and would turn back into Objects once it is taken out of the Inventory or Bag.
3. His body works like that of a game character. After sleeping in a bed or room that he counts as a Safe Place, his wound would heal itself by 80%, HP restores by 80%, MP by 70%, and removed all status effects that are negative while giving out three positive effects/buff, randomly.
4. Certain technique books will be treated as skill books. Technique book will turn into Skill/Ability books. Theory book will turn into knowledge book but not skill book until Akihito understood fully the complication and comprehend the theory by making it into a skill/ability/traits/etc. of his own. If certain conditions are met, Akihito can share Skill Book with allies- such as turning it into Gem of Knowledge, the gem that stores the skill/ability/traits inside.
5. Allies can be added to form a party. The limitation is set to 7 by default. Once allies are in the party, they can telepath privately within a range. Once they're in the party, a certain kill percentage would be count as share kill. However, the limit of the share kill only count if Akihito's kill is higher than theirs, otherwise, the system won't knowledge it.
6. This ability can be temporarily extended to others through the use of the party system. Healing work both over time and nearly instantly when in a party. It also can generate certain items from monsters even if the monsters don't have physical bodies. These items include crafting materials, healing item and money or rare and weird-looking currency.
7. This is considered turning an illusion into reality. It also has the effect of making training areas into full battle areas, as well as making a boss mob appear like an instant dungeon, however, this only happen when Akihito is inside the Tower and or the Tunnel. In each individual room in the Tower or Tunnel, if Akihito investigated it and understand it then those rooms will be Save as a File into the system. Next time he comes back, only two random things inside the room will change.
8. Just by looking at some person or thing, the system will automatically inform him of name and level. Using Observe/Examine/etc. he can identify attributes accurately and without bias. This is limited to his knowledge of the world and his understanding of his surrounding. Once he fully comprehended the meaning or the detail of certain thing, it will increase the detail of the person or thing that he looks at.
9. EXP points can be gained by defeating enemies (monsters, Hunters, etc.) to completing tasks that are given by people, his environment, and situation that the System recognize. For example, the System gave out the quest of preparing for his Marriage to both him and Ryuichi, since the man is still in the same party as him.
All of these details were confirmed in both the Tower and Tunnel and outside them.
Which explains how Akihito had changed. Both mentally and physically.
So, here he was, arms across his chest, glaring at Ryuichi with so much heat that it made both Kirishima and Suoh sweat drops. Although, Akihito had a feeling that his glared only look like a pout for Ryuichi.
"Akihito," Ryuichi's voice was cold and hard in warning.
"I am going!" Akihito yelled, completely disregarding the coldness in Ryuichi's voice. He isn't so weak that Ryuichi had to protect him all the time. Besides, he had already confirmed that his physical body is exactly like a game character. Which mean that he gains experiences by going on killing sprees on monsters. Akihito, as Fireball, wasn't a soloist for nothing. In here, he might not have a lot of experiences in combat but that doesn't mean that he didn't remember his instinct when he combats over millions of monsters from Cosmos.
In fact, Akihito had already confirmed that the monsters in the Tower and the Tunnel are far easier killing then the monsters from Cosmos. After all, if the monsters in the Tower's heart or head is cut off, they die right away but the monsters in Cosmos doesn't die that easily even without their head and heart. The monsters in Cosmos isn't normal like other VRMMO games. The words Hardcore Level, Hell Level, and God Level aren't for fun.
If a beginner level monster of 1 has a health and mana of respectively 100HP and 50MP for normal monsters in general, the hardcore level is 100x of that, Hell level is 1,000x of that. God levels are world creature is totally different. Thank god- or the developers- for only increasing that ratio to only 15,000HP and at least 2500MP. Boss monsters and rarity monsters do not count. Their data are far different from world creature. Which is why it was easy to increase Akihito's level in the Tower and the Tunnel.
Right now, these confirmations didn't Ryuichi any happier. In fact, ever since Akihito told him of his confirmation, Asami has been feeling very... frustrated with how fast Akihito increased his strength and status.
Why? Because of this:
|Name: Takaba, Akihito Seimei Level: 32 |Age: 25|
|Class: East Tower Room 1A.S.A |Active Traits: Infinity Mana Regeneration|
|Mastery: Secondary Starter | Title: Adrenaline Brat, The Dimensional Traveler,...
|Health: 2834 | Magic/Spirit: 3683|
|Information: Takaba Akihito Seimei and Takaba Akihito Gitsune. Two souls of the exact same copy. One is an energetic boy who liked to do dangerous acts while the other has to be in the hospital 90% of his life. When the God is at their end, they called for the boy's help. Two souls merge into one life with each other's ability building over their life. May the boy called Akihito help provides the humanity survived. Endline till The End of Time; 5 months 2 Days and 2 Hours|
Right. It had only been 28 days since the day that Akihito agreed to marry Ryuichi and Akihito was already level 32. From what? Well, that's an easy answer.
From spree killing every monster on floor 1 through floor 3, every room. Twice over. Right, he went through it three times. All in 25 days since the day that Ryuichi prevented him from coming with him.
Although these are the only information that Ryuichi can see since they're married now- without the ceremony, yet- but he could see and feel the aura that Akihito give out. The confident, the strength, the maturity of his body, how every step that Akihito took make it look like he's gliding on the floor. The way how Akihito's body seems to radiate power, strength, and experiences.
All in 25 days.
Asami Ryuichi found for the first time in his whole life the meaning of speechless. Even his grandfather and father were speechless when he told them.
A genius? A combat genius?
Both of the older Asami's eyes shine when they met Akihito for the first time. Ryuichi's mother, Asami Reina, was so pissed that her husband and father didn't tell her that they were meeting Ryuichi's Unified. She wanted to meet Akihito, too!
Which was why Akihito is now glaring at Ryuichi. Ryuichi still doesn't allow him to go with them. Just because Akihito's level is the same as his own, does not mean that he is strong enough to come to the 10th Floor.
"Ryuichi," Akihito was so mad that he hissed out his husband's name. Ryuichi glared back.
Kirishima and Suoh both swallowed their saliva as the air grow cold and stale around the two newly-wed(not). The two of them haven't even gotten their wedding ceremony yet and they had already started to argue. And of all thing, it was over fighting in the tower. Kirishima had a feeling that Ryuichi-sama will lose the argument this time.
Both Akihito and Ryuichi knew that Akihito could and will go by himself if Ryuichi didn't let him go with him. Yet, he still doesn't want too. All of his subordinates were strong but that doesn't mean that there aren't any spies on them. He didn't want any information about Akihito out before their wedding. It is far too dangerous for his enemy to know of Akihito. His protective instinct toward Akihito is worse than a mother hen over her newly laid egg.
As if reading his mind, Akihito snorts and glared harder at Asami.
"Ryuichi, I am not that weak. Don't underestimate me," Akihito half pout, half glared at Ryuichi.
Ryuichi sighed,"I know that you aren't that weak, Akihito. However, I still don't like it," He said as he pulled the pouting boy into his arms, into his laps. Akihito's cheeks redden, not use the show of affections from anyone.
"What are you fearing, Ryuichi? Spy? Because if it is the spy then you don't need to. I have more than 10 spells that would do more than just confused a spy. Besides, if you're so worried about it than I can just stay by your sides all the time. I really don't see why you don't like me going with you. After all, it's not like I need a bodyguard. I won't be in the way," Akihito said with his cheeks red, on Ryuichi's laps.
"Akihito, I am not worried that you might be in the way. What I don't like is the fact that other people might find out about us getting marry and come after you. I can't be with you 24/7 in the Tower. The spy still has ways to communicate with people outside so it is too dangerous. It's not like you can modify how you look like- wait, can you?"
Akihito smirked at Ryuichi. Already knowing what is going through his husband's mind.
"If you asked any other player from Cosmos, the answer will be a No. However, I am different. Wanna see?" Akihito taunted Ryuichi with a teasing smirk on his face.
Seeing the look of utterly teasing and mischief on his wife's face, Ryuichi have to fight the urge to blend the boy over and make long-lasting love for him. However, since the situation is far too serious right now, he will his body to behave itself.
He can't wait for their wedding night when Akihito is truly his. Ryuichi had already confirmed that Akihito's stamina isn't a joke. He had last three hours after all. Now that both he and Akihito were so busy, he wondered how much longer is Akihito's stamina now that his level increase. Still, he would have to leave that for another time no matter how much he wanted to.
"Show me," Ryuichi smile in expectation.
"Hehehehehe. Thousands Face of Beauty #15," Akihito called out teasing as he concentrated on the system inside him. Within seconds, Akihito's look starting to morph into someone completely different, causing Kirishima and Suoh's jaw to hit the floor while Ryuichi's whole body froze.
With Akihito on his sitting laps, he could feel the way how each and every bone inside Akihito's body shift and change and... shit. Ryuichi felt like his heart was going to burst out. Akihito didn't feel any pain but he can tell that the morphing wasn't so easy as it looked like.
Now, Akihito's ash-blonde hair turn slightly brown, his eyes turn black, his height turned shorter, hair got shorter, even the bones constructions of his body is different. The only thing that stayed the same was Akihito's aura.
Ryuichi does not like it.
Still, if this meant that it would make it safer for Akihito to come with him then he would endure. However, only this time.
"Hehehe, what do you think?" Akihito smugly contempt.
"Hmm." Ryuichi's displeasure wasn't hiding from Akihito.
"What?"
"I don't like this," Ryuichi referred to Akihito's look.
"You don't like this look? Then how about this?" Akihito changes again without waiting for Ryuichi's answer. This time, Akihito's height went back to his original, only his hair stay light brown, everything else went back to how Akihito is.
"Hm," No, Ryuichi still doesn't like it.
As if reading Ryuichi's mind, along with how Ryuichi's hand is currently clawing into his hips as answers, Akihito rolled his eyes before canceling his spell. Turning his appearance back to his normal one.
"Asami, you gotta have to choose one. I am going with you guys, regardless of what you think." Akihito half glared half pout at Ryuichi.
Ryuichi glared at Akihito for the use of his last name but he didn't do anything else.
"Fine. Just choose one," Ryuichi finally said after a long silence. Both Kirishima and Suoh shared a look. Finally, there is someone that would make the Forever Emperor relegate his opinion. They both knew that the boy didn't have a clue to how much of an influence he is to their master.
Akihito had the guts to do a fist pump sitting on Ryuichi's laps at Kirishima and Suoh. Both men sweat drops.
Akihito can't see the dark look on Ryuichi's eyes since he was busy smirking at Kirishima and Suoh. The boy didn't even know that his husband was going to do a lot of planning because of him.
Akihito hasn't got a clue to what kind of enemy Ryuichi have and Ryuichi plan it to stay that way.
Anyone that thinks of touching Akihito won't live till the End of the World, that much, Ryuichi is going to make sure of it.
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To be Continue... maybe.