Universal Power System

*DING!* *DING!* *DING*

[Hidden Quest Complete]

[Hidden Quest Complete]

[Hidden Quest Complete]

Mako had no clue as to what triggered three consecutive hidden quests to be completed at once but was not gonna sit there and complain as there were now even more rewards that he could obtain.

He decided that he would look at the notification first and foremost because he still had the mindset to be blown away the most by the best possible thing which was the ability book.

‘Open System Interface’ Mako commanded as the main screen was displayed right before his eyes.

Quickly going to the notifications tab, the three messages presented themselves with much more detail this time.

[Hidden Quest Complete]

[Figure at least three of the system’s unique features.]

[Reward: +500 EXP, Query Icon, Override Function, A Passive Skill]

[Query] ?

[A new icon is now available next to the notifications icon, the user can use this icon to directly ask the system for advice or a question and the system will try its best to try and answer the question as long as the question is within certain boundaries]

[Override Function] ?

[A new function has been unlocked which now the user can use manually. Next to every skill and item description, there will now be a small circle that would either be greyed out or lit up blue. If that circle is lit up blue, then the user can perform the override function on that said item or skill and change an aspect of its limits or effects. in order to add more extreme changes to a skill or item, something of an equal cost must be paid.]

Passive Skill: [(A-Tier) Instant Learning] ? (NO LEVEL)

[A Passive skill that was with the user since the beginning, but has now shown itself to the user as this skill will continue to function in the background requiring no effort from the user. This skill will instantly learn an ability or skill from the book that the user came in contact with the user’s permission while the physical book is disintegrated as a form of sacrifice]

These were functions that Mako had already discovered, but it still made him have a shocked expression as he read all of the descriptions. These functions had now been thoroughly explained which added a bit more context to what Mako had already assumed about these functions before.

[Hidden Quest Complete]

[Obtain your very first crystal-powered weapon]

[Rewards: +1000 EXP, +5 Attribute Points]

[Hidden Quest Complete]

[Obtain Five Usable skills]

[Rewards: +600 EXP, Random Attribute Increase]

[Perception has been elevated to 9]

[User has leveled up!]

[Reward: +3 Attribute points, Random Attribute increase]

[Stamina has been elevated to 12]

[Current Level: Lvl 6]

Mako had no idea that the system had so many hidden quests pending, but he was happy that he was at a good rate of progression.

After skimming through all of the details about three hidden quests and his level-up, it was finally time for Mako to learn his very first ability.

[Analyze]

Ability Book: [Fire Ability] (LEVEL 3) ?

[An ability book that contains the power to control the element of fire. This Ability Book already comes with three pre-learned skills]

Skill: [(E-Tier) Elemental Control] ? (LEVEL 1)

Skill: [(E-Tier) Fireball] ? (LEVEL 1)

Skill: (E-Tier) Flame wheel] ? (LEVEL 1)

[Does the user want to instantly learn?]

[YES/NO]

Without even an ounce of hesitation, Mako immediately choose the ‘YES’ option and waited for the cool tingly feeling that came whenever he learned something new, but it never came.

“Huh? What is the meaning of this? Why can’t I learn the ability?!” Mako shouted out loud as this book was the most expensive thing that he had purchased, and if he couldn’t learn it then it would be a huge setback for him.

[ERROR] 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩

[User’s Mentality is too low to learn anything more]

“Wait, what? My mentality? I thought that was just how much I could process at a time, What has it got to do with this?”

“System, give me a detailed explanation about the uses of mentality.’ Mako ordered the system using the brand-new Ask Icon.

[The Mentality Attribute is one of the most important attributes of a person as it represents the amount of information a person can process at a time, how high his/her resistance is against mental and sensory attacks, and how many skills and abilities a person can learn. For most people, there is a limit to how high their mentality will reach as they won’t be able to learn more skills or abilities, and will most likely be stuck in that power level for life.]

After reading the description, Mako soon realized that every attribute had its place as a person could not function even without one of them. Mentality is a very core attribute as it is what determines the number of skills and abilities that a person can hold.

Most people got stuck at the Guardian or Elite rank just because of the fact that their mentality prevented them to gain more powers as the only thing they could do was refine the powers they already had.

Gary’s words echoed in Mako’s mind as how he always loved to create a balanced character whenever he played any game and moving forward Mako vowed to do the same with his own body.

‘Place all the current available Attribute Points in Mentality.’

[8 Attribute Points have been added to Mentality]

Mako’s Mentality was now at 10, and he picked up the ability book back up, and the same prompts as before appeared in his line of sight.

[Does the user want to instantly learn?]

[YES/NO]

This time, as soon as Mako selected the ‘YES’ option; a brain-chilling feeling started to erupt in his mind that felt like the worst brain freeze ever, but soon it started to become better and better. The feeling started out as painful, but it transitioned into the best feeling in the world as if he was laying on top of silk clouds with all his pain and misery vanishing.

The feeling soon vanished as Mako felt a strange sensation all over his body that just wanted to erupt, but Mako focused his will and stopped what would have been a disaster.

He immediately checked the skills tab to see which three abilities came with the ability book by itself mind you, Mako had bought a bundle that included the Ability Book and three random Skill Books relating to that same ability; however, before Mako could take a look at his skills, a new notification popped up which displayed what Mako had been dreaming about for years.

[Congratulations! You have obtained the Fire Ability]

[Fire is an offensive ability, your offensive stats will be increased when using fire-based moves]

[Strength +10]

[Agility +5]

[Stamina +5]

[To activate these boosts, you have to keep your ability active which will passively drain energy as well as release the aura of a level 3 Fire ability user]

[Current rate of energy consumption: 2 Energy per minute]

These were the boosts that would make even a normal person threaten towards another and this was the reason why Mako was so afraid of all his bullies. Not only did they get boosts in stats when they activate an ability, but the aura they emit is also very chocking towards a person who didn’t awaken in power yet.

Now that Mako had achieved it, the first part of the plan to become a decent power user was complete as there would be many more steps that Mako would have to complete before his enrollment in military school, but first Mako decided to check out his brand new fire-based skills.

New skill: [(E-Tier) Elemental Control] ? (LEVEL 1)

[Upgradable!] ?

[Elemental Control is the most basic of all skills that each user of an elemental ability has access to where the more you use it the stronger it gets as it has no defining limit to how high the user’s production and control over the element of fire can become]

[Attack: Variable]

[Cost: Variable]

New skill: [(F-Tier) Fireball] ? (LEVEL 1)

[A basic attack from the Fire Elemental Skill Tree, that shoots a small ball of fire towards the opponent, where there is a chance for the opponent to get the burning status effect where they will get a certain amount of continuous damage for a certain time]

[Attack: 15]

[Cost: 30 Energy]

New skill: [(E-Tier) Flame wheel] ? (LEVEL 1)

[A basic attack from the Fire Elemental Skill Tree, that can be cast by only fists, but is 25% more effective if cast while holding any type of blade. It is a move where the user does a horizontal 360-degree spin while infusing his elemental control onto his fist or weapon, from which flames erupt and spread as far as 5 meters in every direction before fading. Burn damage can not be inflicted when using this move.]

[Attack: 25]

[Cost: 50 Energy]

The word ‘Mindblown’ needed to have its definition changed as it was a feeling that occurred when a person would experience a huge shock that would happen occasionally. That wasn’t the case for Mako as he had been mindblown and shocked again and again as it was becoming the norm for him.

It was late at night at this point when an idea popped into Mako’s mind.

“Why don’t I test some of these abilities out?” Mako said to himself as he had a wide grin on his face.