Ember is causing a commotion!

"Great, more roulette coupons! I shouldn't have beaten that fatty to this extent. I may have gone overboard." she thought. After all, Baum is considered a part of the clan.

She quickly jumped off the stage and landed next to Baum who was lying on the ground. Ember extended her hand towards the beaten fatty and helped him to get up. She didn't know what people around her were thinking.

"Ahh! It must be a dream, right?" assumed Baum and shyly extended his hand. Did he get pummeled so hard that he got sent to heaven? He stood up, looked at Ember and when he realised that he is still holding her soft, tiny hand he started sweating buckets and quickly let go of her hand.

Other disciples that were watching this scene unfolding before their eyes felt endless regret that they couldn't swap places with Baum now, who cares if they get beaten as long as they could get close to their little miss and even hold her hand for a moment! They all looked at Baum as if they were about to skin him alive and sprinkle salt on his wounds. He won't be able to live peacefully from now on. In just a few seconds he became the number one public enemy of all male disciples on the training ground.

"T-Thank you, I swear to train harder from now on!" said Baum. He quickly bowed and went to train by himself. When he was leaving, he felt murderous stares on himself from other disciples. He knew that he had to become stronger or else that bunch of hateful, jealous bastards will make his life miserable. Nonetheless, he was in an excellent mood because he managed to get close to the little miss. Which one of those scoundrels can say that he managed to hold her hand?

Only now Elder Gorn managed to snap out of shock. He didn't expect that Ember would be able to put up a good fight against Baum, but what amazed him more was the fact that she managed to emerge victorious from the battle without even allowing her opponent to retaliate. Her every move was filled with confidence, and he felt that she had a natural talent for martial arts. She never practised martial arts before so how could they measure her talent? With such a frail body nobody ever dared to let her train. He thought that she changed a lot. He sent a report to the Chief through telepathy to tell him what happened.

Ember felt hungry and headed towards the mansion where she lived with her father and high ranked members of the clan. She thought that it would take her some time to get back home, so she decided to use her roulette coupons now.

"System, use three random roulette coupons!" ordered Ember. She didn't have high expectations since she was given a great skill before. When she finished the sentence, a slot machine appeared before her and started spinning. When it stopped, Ember heard a sequence of messages in her head.

[Congratulations to Host for acquiring "Spirit Awakening Pill" from the pill roulette. Using this pill will set host's spirit value at 5 and allow the host to use mana.]

[Congratulations to Host for acquiring "Absolute Zero Scroll" from the scroll roulette. The scroll will disappear after one use. ]

[Congratulations to Host for acquiring "Soul Devourer Bloodline" from the bloodline roulette. Do you want to merge with this bloodline now? Y/N]

"System, can you provide more information about this bloodline?" asked Ember without hiding her curiosity.

[As you wish. Soul Devourers are mythical creatures that live in the underworld. They are known for their ability to become stronger by devouring souls of their opponents. Their iconic abilities include turning souls into pure mana, limited use of space magic and absorbing bloodlines.]

"System! Let me merge with it immediately!" said Ember without being able to contain her enthusiasm. She felt like it's just too good to be true. If she doesn't use space magic in public, then nobody will even know that she has an exceptional bloodline.

[Merging with "Soul Devourer Bloodline"... 11%... 26%... 39%... 62%... ERROR! Host's body is unable to contain the power of Soul Devourer Bloodline. The system is sealing the bloodline to prevent host's body from exploding! Merging complete. The seal is going to be lifted when the host reach rank A. Right now host can only use a small part of her bloodline abilities.]

Suddenly, Ember sensed unknown energy invading her body. She felt like she just got stabbed by countless swords from the inside. After a second she dropped down on her knees, barely being able to support herself. The pain was indescribable. If not for system sealing most of the bloodline's power then she would surely die again. She slowly walked to the closest tree and sat on the ground leaning on it. Ember felt exhausted, so she decided to close her eyes for a moment and rest. She woke up at night and thought that everyone in the mansion must be worried about her not coming back, so she quickly ran back to her home.

On her way back she saw an armed patrol consisting of about twenty guards with torches in their hands. All of them had pale faces like they weren't expecting to live to see another day. Ember thought that they must be looking for her. Shouts of guards calling her name reverberated through the entire clan territory. She decided to approach them but before that Ember swallowed the Spirit Awakening Pill and ordered the system to bring up her data.

[Welcome to the Second Chance System. Displaying basic information about the host.]

Host: Ember

Age: 16

Rank: E

Exp: 0/250 ( Host will get one stat point after getting 250EXP until host will have 75 or more stat points combined. )

Class: Martial Artist

Elemental affinity: Space - 1%

Bloodline: Soul Devourer (Sealed - Host can't access the full power of this bloodline)

Evaluation: I can't even look at you anymore, where do I sign to choose another owner? If not for my help you would die again.

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[Body]

Strength: 12

Vitality: 11

Agility: 15

[Magic]

Spirit: 5

Intelligence: 12

Total points: 55

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[Skills]

Space Manipulation(sealed): Enables the host to manipulate space and alter properties of the space that host is controlling such as time or gravity. Other uses of this skill are left for the host to discover by herself.

Flash Step (2nd stage): When using "Flash Step" host's agility is doubled. Agility is tripled if the host has an affinity towards light or lightning.

Soul Steal (sealed): Allows the host to replenish mana by absorbing souls. The effect is reduced significantly due to the skill being in a sealed state.

Bloodline Absorption (sealed): Allows the host to steal the bloodline of a dead enemy or strengthen existing bloodlines. The host can only have two activate bloodlines at the moment due to the skill being in a sealed state.

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[Inventory]

1x Upgrade Crystal

1x Absolute Zero Scroll - Contains a full might of rank "A" ice mage compressed in the form of a scroll.

Ember closed the window and beamed with joy. Her new skills are sealed, but she can still access a small portion of their might. She decided that she will experiment with them once she gets back home to see what she can do with it. Ember saw that the patrol was getting closer, so she just walked towards them.

One of the patrolling guards instantly cheered up as he saw Ember walking towards them.

"Little Miss! Everyone's looking for you and our Chief is going insane! He told us not to come back if we can't find you until dawn. Wuwu..." said the guard and then started crying, clearly happy that everything ended well and nothing bad happened to their little miss.

"The Chief asked us to bring you to him if we find you, please follow us to the mansion." said an old guard with a long black beard.

Ember just nodded and went with them to visit her father.