[The conditions have been fulfilled. The Last Wish System is now unlocked.]
[Last Wish System is launching. Please wait.]
At that moment, a progress bar appeared in Golden's mind. After two minutes, it was complete.
[Last Wish System launch has finished successfully. Golden Penny has been registered as the system's user. You can start using the Last Wish System.]
Golden was excited, but before he could do anything, the system spoke again.
[Do you want to start the Last Wish System's tutorial?]
Golden still didn't know what functions exactly the Last Wish System had, so he said in a loud voice.
However, the system didn't react, and he tried again.
"I want to start the tutorial!"
The system remained unchanged. Golden stopped speaking as he noticed that it was already very dark, and no one else was in the library. He was lucky because if someone were there, he would be scolded, and more importantly, the system's existence could have been revealed to others, or at least they could have thought that there was something weird in Golden's head.
He was sure that the Last Wish System was very precious, enough to awaken the greed of others, something that required so much knowledge to unlock it there was no way that was an ordinary thing. He firmly believed that if the Last Wish System's existence were made public, he would have a rough time.
He swore in his mind that he wouldn't make a mistake like that again, the Last Wish System needed to remain as his most valuable secret. Golden needed to ensure ways to hide it from others, or he would suffer.
[The user doesn't need to worry; no one can detect the existence of the Last Wish System if the user doesn't reveal it.]
Golden was surprised because the system had reacted to his thoughts. Then, he tried to say in his mind the same words he had shouted before.
After realizing it worked, Golden let out a sigh of relief. At that moment, he understood that he only needed to think to use the system. He had been too excited before and didn't think before shouting.
Golden stopped pondering and paid attention to the Last Wish System's tutorial.
[The Last Wish System has two main functions, the Database Search and the Quest Menu. The Database Search lets the user search any information stored in the Database; the system has already scanned your body and soul, all the information is synchronized to the Last Wish System's Database, all the knowledge that was required to unlock the Last Wish System is also available to consult at any time.]
Golden was delighted hearing that. Even though he had a very good memory, he couldn't remember everything he read or saw in the past. Although he could retain the general information of most things, he couldn't remember all the details, but with that function, he could obtain all the information he needed at any time.
However, what caught his attention was the scanning of the body and soul. Golden was thinking about what kind of information the system could get from that scan when the system spoke again, stopping Golden's thoughts.
[As the user is interested in that, the most relevant information extracted from the body and the soul will now be resumed in two new auxiliary functions. The Stats Menu and the Innate Talent Menu.]
While the system was talking, Golden was surprised because he was curious about that topic, and then the system generated two new functions. Originally, the system only had two functions, but after adding those two new functions, the number had doubled.
He wasn't sure about the Stats Menu, but the Innate Talent Menu was something that anyone would want, just due to having the words Innate Talent, it would get anyone's attention. Innate Talents were something one was born with, and acquiring more was considered impossible, although it was possible to upgrade an existing talent, the difficulty would become enormous as one grew up.
The tradition was to test the Innate Talent of the children only on their tenth birthday when they would lose the world's protection and became able to begin training, testing it before could make the results inaccurate due to how the testing method worked. Innate Talents were difficult to measure.
Golden suspected that the Innate Talent Menu would be able to show his Innate Talents at any moment. Innate Talents could be in both the body and the soul, Golden believed that the Last Wish System should have the necessary data since it had already scanned his body and soul.
He had read that some people become able to sense their Innate Talents because sensing one's own Innate Talents was always easier than sensing the Innate Talents of others, but only true geniuses or truly lucky ones could do it.
If Golden were able to know about his Innate Talents at that moment, his possibilities of improving would be much higher than others because he only was six years old. Those four years of difference were very important.
He was still lost in his thoughts when the system continued.
[The Stats Menu can show the user data in numeric value to make them simple to understand.]
Then the Stats Menu appeared in his mind.
[Name: Golden Penny| Age: 6 (World's law protection)| Body Level: 0| Mind Level: 0]
[Vitality: 3| Strength: 1| Agility: 1| Intelligence: 10| Wisdom: 10| Dexterity: 7]
After seeing that, Golden thought about the limits of stat points, and the system replied that one point was the minimum value for the stats, which caused Golden to have a strange expression on his face while muttering.
"What the... I know I don't exercise a lot, but to have only one point of Strength and Agility..."
In truth, it wasn't weird for Golden to have only a single point in Strength unless he had been born with some innately powerful body. That evaluation was normal at his age and lifestyle, but having the weakest strength isn't something that Golden liked.
His vitality was rather average for his age, but having seven points in dexterity was a lot. As for intelligence and wisdom, they were at the maximum value possible, at least the maximum value without training his mind.
At level zero, there wasn't any stat that could surpass ten points. That was the absolute limit. To exceed it, the level should be two, in other words, one needed to become a 2-star mortal erudite.
There were two main Paths to get strong in Golden's world, the first was by practicing Inner Qi and becoming a Warrior, the other was training the mind and becoming a Magus. There were some other variations, but most of them were lost since ancient times or abandoned due to their inefficiency in front of the two main Paths.
The system only showed information about the two main Paths, the levels of both Paths were independent, and they had different restrictions. Increasing the level of the body as a warrior would allow the increase of vitality, strength, and agility. On the other hand, increasing the level of the mind as a Magus would allow the increase of intelligence, wisdom, and dexterity.
In the system, being level zero in both was what was known simply as a mortal, in other words, normal people, at the moment one started to practice one of the Paths one would automatically become level one, which was equivalent to a 1-star mortal fighter or a 1-star mortal erudite. That wouldn't change the stat limits but indicated that one had at least the talent to surpass ordinary people, a first step towards becoming an expert.
Of course, it was possible to train in both, a lot of people tried to do it, but in the end, almost all in Golden's city chose to focus only in one Path because one needed reaching Rank 1 Novice Warrior or Novice Magus before the age of sixteen. After one turned sixteen, it would be impossible to surpass the 9-star Mortal Rank. Thus, in the end, focusing on one Path led to having a better chance of reaching Rank 1 in at least that Path.
Practicing Inner Qi or magic could only be started after one became ten years old and lost the world's protection, no one could succeed before, and one could even harm his own body by trying it.
Due to his age, Golden was still a mortal and based on his stats, he was obviously talented to become a magus, but he had a very difficult path if he wanted to become a warrior. But that wasn't that important, Golden still had almost four years to train before he could start practicing any Path, so improving his Stats would be very good preparation. Moreover, since his intelligence and wisdom were already at his limits, he should focus on his other Stats.
Thus, the most important to Golden wasn't his stats, but his Magic Latent Talent.
One could still practice Inner Qi as long as one trained hard enough, even without any related Innate Talents, but it was different with magic. Magic required having at least a related Innate Talent. If one didn't have at least the lowest grade of Magic Latent Talent, it didn't matter if one had the maximum Stats in intelligence and wisdom, there was no way to become a Magus.
The system finally finished explaining everything about the stats to Golden, and then it changed to the Innate Talent Menu. Golden was extremely nervous while it appeared in his mind.
Once the Innate Talent Menu opened, Golden saw in the first line the words [Last Wish System] without any description more than [Special Innate Talent].Of course, the Last Wish System counted as Golden's Innate Talent, he already predicted it. Golden felt that was the only explanation for the system's existence, the system was a special type of Innate Talent.Special Innate Talents could be the worst or the best, any Innate Talent which had any functionality other than directly making practice easier was considered a special type. Thus, some were very useful while others were trash, but the good thing about all Special Innate Talents was that unless the user wanted to reveal them, no one would be able to know about the existence of the Special Innate Talent.Under that, there was only one more line [Magic Latent Talent: Lowest grade] with a simple description [The lowest kind of talent to practice magic].Seeing that, Golden sighed. It was still possible for him to practice magic, bu
As Golden read it, he understood that he was left with only one path to advance, he needed to increase at least one point in Dexterity."Increasing my Dexterity by one point shouldn't be difficult, I can think of several ways to do it, but I want to do it the most optimal way. If I can increase it to ten points instead and the Quests follow the same pattern, I can obtain a High-grade Magical Talent."The system immediately replied.[The most optimal way for the user to increase the Dexterity points would be to practice mortal's archery. At the same time, it will also increase the Strength points.]Indeed, the traditional archery of mortals was very good to train Strength and Dexterity, and as he could only increase his Dexterity to continue using the Quest Menu, it was a very good option. Furthermore, he wanted to increase his Strength points because he felt ashamed of having only one point.The system seemed to know that as it suggested the mortal's archery. Usually, only the ones wh
After hearing the notification, Golden smiled and continued his training. He wasn't satisfied with only two points.Golden's continued training until the seventh day when he started the archery lessons. In that short time, he managed to increase his Strength points to three, but not only that, Golden's Vitality points increased to four.With the stats Golden had at that moment, only the Agility points remained under the average mark for his age. Using the system's stats, the average for the physical stats of a six-year-old kid was three, so Golden couldn't be considered weak among those at his age after his training, but he couldn't be regarded as overly strong either.Of course, in the mind stats, Golden was extremely outstanding because the average was only two points. However, Golden cared more about his weak points as they could improve much more.Golden reached the archery training ground while lost in his thoughts."So, you are that famous bookworm."A tall man with a hawk-like
Golden didn't expect to increase his Dexterity yet. He thought he would need at least another week, but he didn't include in his calculations the effects of his newly acquired Innate Talent.Golden didn't use the system until he went back to his room, lacking that Dexterity point was something that had blocked him from doing anything else in the Quest Menu, except for his newly unlocked Dynamic Quests.Golden seated in his room and went to the Quest Menu. Then he finished the Skill Quest he completed when obtained the eighth point in Dexterity.Golden's Magic Latent Talent reached medium grade, and a new Skill Quest appeared, named [Magical talent upgrade: Medium-high]. The requirements followed the previous ones. At that moment, Golden required at least 9 points in the three mind-related stats.Finishing the previous Quest also completed the requirements to finish [Elemental Affinity] and obtain a perfect grade Elemental Affinity. Golden didn't hesitate as he finished the Quest and q
"I choose the Origin Path."Golden decided to make the great bet, the other Paths were safer, but with them, he would limit himself in some way. On the other hand, the Origin Path was dangerous, and Golden knew nothing about it, but it showed danger and difficulty as the main bad points.Golden didn't believe that the system will offer some trash Path. He made a bet for the Origin Path because he already needed to conceal the system, and his Path for training had been difficult from the start.Golden hoped that the Origin Path, besides being the most difficult and dangerous, would also be the most powerful.And even if the Origin Path didn't meet Golden's expectations, being at least something from the system, Golden was sure that it would be a good Path.[Since the user has chosen the Origin Path, the user will obtain some information about it. If, after hearing it, the user regrets the decision, then the user can change the Origin Path for one of the other Paths in exchange for not
[Main Chain Quest: Origin Path Rank 1.]That was the header the system showed for Golden's first Main Chain Quest, and the main objective of this Main chain Quest was to reach Rank 1 Novice in the Origin Path.As for the first sub-quest, it was something Golden didn't expect.[Sub-quest: Become a disciple of a Sword's Master. Reward: Sword Innate Talent (the grade is variable, the more powerful the master, the better the grade).]Golden didn't understand the reasons for the first sub-quest as he never showed any interest in the sword. If the requirement for the Origin Path was training with a weapon, he was already training archery.[The system determined that among all weapons, the sword is the one with more benefits for the user to reach the requirements for the Origin Path. Training with the sword would help to increase Strength, Agility, Vitality, and Dexterity.]Indeed, those were all stats that Golden needed to improve. But he still didn't understand why the reward would be of a
[Sub-quest finished. Reward obtained: Sword Innate Talent: Perfect Grade.]Golden was stunned as he obtained the highest reward. The system determined that Swordmad was the best master for Golden, which seemed a big coincidence since both were in the same clan, so Golden doubted again if it was really a coincidence or the system knew about Swordmad beforehand.Golden opened the Innate Talent Menu to check his new Innate Talent.[Sword Innate Talent: Perfect grade. The best affinity for Swordsmanship. Grants the user the Passive Skill: Sword Mastery.]As far as Golden knew, there were three types of skills: Battle Skills, Magic Skills, also known as Spells, and Passive Skills. To train the first two, it was indispensable to start practicing a Path, while for the third, it didn't matter, but obtaining a Passive Skill was more about luck than any other thing.Passive Skills didn't need to be activated, and training them could be done with the passing of time. The books said that sometime
Usually, after Golden finished the class, Swordmad gave him some advice, and he returned to his room. However, the same day Golden finished the fourth Dynamic Quest, Swordmad said something else."You have been training with me for some time, in the next month's Clan's Gathering, you shall do an exhibition battle and show your progress to everyone."The Clan's Gathering was something that happened once per year, and it was normal for some youngsters to show their abilities in exhibition battles. However, Golden didn't expect that Swordmad wanted him to show off."All right, I won't disappoint you, master."Golden didn't have any reason to refuse because he also wanted to test himself in a battle against others.He continued training until the day of the Clan's Gathering, but his stats and skills remained the same.The day of the Clan's Gathering, Golden was in a very good mood, but it wasn't because of the exhibition battle but was because his big sister would come back to attend the