七星影视

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Once the conversation was over, we were finally able to free ourselves from mother\'s clutches. Preparations quickly began as many people as possible inside and outside the house started preparing all sorts of provisions for the trip, while also making up preparations for the festival made to impress grandma. If we truly want to earn her monetary support, we\'ll have to curry her favor as much as possible, it seems.

We agreed upon investigating more, there are a few more dungeons in the Wild Lands that might be ruins from the ancient gods. Finding the truth inside and obtaining the ancient artifacts is now a new "side quest" we should slowly keep moving forward. Revealing the truth about the gods to the rest of the world should be something that we need to work forward to, if we ever want a chance in this world\'s endless cycle of destruction and war, we need to start from the root of all the conflicts, the Gods themselves.

It is already rather well known that Gods grow stronger through prayers and faith. If we can make people lose their faith for them, if we can make them slowly begin to believe they\'re not as good as they think they are, eventually they may weaken and either run away, or realize their mistakes and apologize… Nah, they\'re too selfish to ever apologize.

I don\'t know what\'s next with the Evil gods either, but eventually I might be capable of spooking them if I increase the level and power of Mana Disruption some more, and of course, with the Curse as well… Though it is better not to get too overly hyped about this. I need to be over a hundred times stronger than I am right now after all…

Nonetheless, once everything was over, I was finally able to go to my room to rest a bit and prepare what I wanted to do today. Aquarina wanted to stick with me for today and help me out with Alchemy, and Nephilim was coming as well. Everyone else went their separate ways. Zack was going to begin being trained to learn a "Very Special Technique" from Ninhursag starting today, and Celeste, Celica, and Mist had a million accumulated chores to do back in their own home.

So, while Aquarina went to the bathroom for a few minutes, I decided to finally give Nephilim a System Seed and explain her this power.

"Nephilim, now that you\'re my familiar and all, I wanted to gift you something." I said.

"A gift? For me, young lady?" She wondered, tilting her head mechanically.

"Yep! It is… a power that all of my familiars receive." I said. "It is called a System Seed. Did you not see any of that in the memories we shared?"

"I did see something, the origin of your powers… Alice and the System, and that you\'ve reincarnated as well… I\'ve not said anything because I wanted to keep these a secret." She said.

"You did well." I said happily, giving her a head pat. She felt confused, not really understanding the purpose of a head pat yet even now.

"I do know Systems allow for quick growth and development of special abilities, even evolution." She said while thinking. "But I am already strong, is it okay for me to have it? Wouldn\'t someone like Aquarina use this power better than me?"

"Nah, I need you be way stronger. Also I am already planning to give her one eventually, but it\'s going to be complicated to explain how this power even works." I sighed.

"That\'s… certainly true." She nodded. "How do I use it? Ah! Have I been already bestowed with its powers?"

"Not yet, dummy, don\'t be hasty." I said. "First, I need to spend EXP to create a System Seed using Alice\'s powers."

I showed Nephilim how I made it, as Alice absorbed this power and then generated a small, silver-colored cube with neon blue circuit-shaped lines covering its surface.

"This is a System Seed, it grants a System to anything I desire. Now, here, take it and obtain one."

"Very well."

Nephilim nodded, although she seemed expressionless, her eyes were shining with expectation, now that she was my familiar, she couldn\'t hide those emotions from me anymore.

FLAAASH!

The System Seed shone brightly, imbuing itself into her body and fusing with it. In mere seconds, it was done. A powerful aura of blue and silver light covered her body, filling it with circuits and the system powers.

"This power of endless growth… Is this your Unique Power, young lady? It feels so… refreshing." She sighed. "Thank you so much. I will make sure to utilize this power to protect you and everyone you love."

"Alright! I wouldn\'t expect anything less from you." I said with a smile. "But you also have to protect those you love, get it?"

"Those I love…?" Nephilim felt surprised. "Love is still a rather curious emotion for me, but I would assume the one I love the most would be Sylphy." She smiled back at me.

"W-Well, I know you don\'t mean it that way, but don\'t say this out loud in front of Aquarina, okay?" I asked her.

"Very well." She nodded.

Now, more importantly, let\'s check her Status…

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<Status System>

[System Owner]: [Nephi]

[Race]: [Divine Mechanical Automata: Nephilim]

[Rank]: [B-]

[Level]: [0/80]

[Class]: [Valkyrie]

[HP]: [22500/22500]

[MP]: [--/--]

[Strength]: [13500]

[Defense]: [16600]

[Magic]: [15500]

[Resistance]: [16700]

[Agility]: [10500]

[Luck]: [5500]

[Charm]: [5500]

[Skills]: [Divinely Crafted Body (Broken): Lv1] [Mana Storage Core Crystal: Lv1] [Heavenly Magic: Lv1] [Demon Magic: Lv1] [Auto Repair: Lv1]

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"I see, she\'s really quite interesting- Huh?! What the heck with those stats? They\'re so high compared to all my other familiars! She\'s insanely strong… How can my soul even keep up with her being my familiar?" I wondered out loud.

"Well that\'s easy, although Nephi has high stats, they all depend on her Mana! And she has none of her own. Her stats lower the less Mana she has. Also, because she has no Mana, it is easy for your soul to link into her own and make her your Familiar." Alice explained.

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