Chapter Eleven - I see dead people

[calculating reward for missions ....]

[Emergency mission: Escape immediately! - Reward: Skill Dragon Eyes (Medium grade)

Passive skill, allows the user to observe hidden phenomena of nature. Makes the user immune to medium-grade illusions]

[Mission: Reach level 10! - Rewards: System authority (level 1) has been released!

• The "Daily Missions" function has been released!

• The "Training" function has been released!

• The "Titles" function has been released!

• The "Assets" function has been released!

• The "Library" function has been released!

• The "Recording" function has been released!

• The "Search" function has been released!

- New quest: Blood thickening - Find a way to condense your dragon's blood]

[Secret mission: Awaken your mana before reaching level 10 - Rewards: Skill Meditation (Low grade) Passive type activity, when in a state of meditation, mana recovers four times faster. In a state of deep meditation there is a chance to refine the spirit.

-Reward: Virtual Magic Grimoire

-Reward:Three random pages]

"Urgh!" Before Locke could say anything he felt a sudden pain in his eyes, after a few seconds of burning the pain was gone as it had arrived. When he opened his eyes Tia was floating in front of him.

"Dragon Eyes? I like the new color"she said with a smile.

Locke pulled out his cell phone and used the camera to see his eyes, instead of the old black color his eyes now had an amber color, quite the same to his color during the dragon force but without the glow.

'How am I going to explain this?' Thought Locke.

Locke looked around and felt that his vision was different, from the roof of his building he could count the grooves in the manhole on the street. He also saw a small aura around people, as if they were enveloped in white light, looking at his own hands he found himself enveloped in a strange and enormous aura made of a mixture of black and red.

"What is this?"

"Your Mana" replied Tia "The power that creates magic, all beings have at least some of it... You have to learn to control yours, you are now like a beacon, if it weren't for my magic circle yours mana would have attracted some unwanted attention, try to withdraw into yourself"

Locke tried to obey the fairy, he started to concentrate and tried to control his mana, after a while he started to feel that he was getting the hang of it, he pulled the leaking mana back inside and made it circulate through his newborn magic circuit. One lap, two laps, three laps ... With each lap he felt that the mana was leaking less.

[Congratulations! The skill {Begginer Mana control (lower grade)} has been successfully created!]

"Good! Now let's go home! I want to eat something sweet!" Tia said pouting.

Locke smiled and followed the fairy down the stairs, but at that moment he was startled.

There was an old man floating in the hall

"F*ck! What the hell is that?" Shouts Locke

"Ou yea, indeed, now that you have dragon eyes you can see him right?"

Locke approached the old man, he was translucent, and seemed lost, the old man ignored Locke completely.

"What is it?"

"A ghost"

Locke looked at the fairy in disbelief.

"A ghost?"

"Yes"

"A Fuc * ing ghost?"

"Yep!"

Locke was silent, the naturalness of the fairy about the ghost confuses him, he thought in everything he had discovered, Dragons, angels, demons, mosquito-like monsters, giant insects monsters, zombies, a diabolical p*kachu hellhorse and now... ghosts.

"So, is this dangerous? Should I... should I do something?"

"Naaa dude, relax! This old bum is going to go away on its own, don't worry, something gonna collect him soon... hey, I want ice cream!"

Locke wanted to ask what is going to collect the old man, but the fairy was moving away, so he decided that was none of his business.

Locke passed the ghost, turning slightly, looking sideways at the old man, who still ignored him. Upon arriving home, Locke put a jar of ice cream for Tia, the fairy plunged into it with voracity.

Locke sat on the bed, still in disbelief by his new "gift" in a sigh he exclaimed:

"I see dead people"

***

It didn't take long for Locke to focus again on what mattered, Locke analyzed the new functions of the system while the little fairy, now with a full belly, snored on his pillow.

The Daily Missions function is auto-explanatory, the system would provide a new random mission with a one-day completion time limit, completing the mission would give him a reward.

Locke had not fully understood the function of Titles, apparently, from that moment on, his actions had the possibility of earning him a title, but he had no idea what that meant, he had no title for now so maybe he understood better when he won the first title.

The Assets function was something like a warehouse, but there were no items but blueprints, Locke realized that they were for Tia, apparently, with them she could unlock the creation of new items, potions and all sorts of useful elements, the fairy had the power to create anything, but with blueprints the cost of creation would be lower, the only disadvantage is that he should fulfill missions to earn the right to recover these assets.

The Library function was the most extensive, it was the collection of all the knowledge of his father, a being that existed since before the birth of humanity, the amount of data was infinitely vast and Locke realized that also was knowledge about other dimensions, unfortunately this function needed something called "authority" to access the documents, and his current authority was lower and all he could access was basic knowledge.

The Recording function was combined with the library function, according to the description it allowed Locke to record all his knowledge in the library, be it books, materials, classes or lectures, everything that Locke had learned in life had been automatically added the library, Locke understood that this was the way to expand the library that his father left.

The search function was incredible, it allowed Locke to literally get information about anything with just a look, using the information from the Library, that function was also described as a way to expand the library.

Finally, the function that interested Locke most, the training function, the system described it in a simple way, [allows the user to gain new skills], Locke was very interested in this function.

Still in bed, he opened the flap of the training function, there were several options, but all was dark, impossible to read, only three options was visible:

• Basic Martial Training

• Basic Battle Training

• Basic weapon training.

Locke scratched his head and decided to tap the first option, the screen changed to a simple sentence [do you want to start basic martial training? Yes / No]

Locke didn't think twice and tap yes, a sentence followed, [please assume a comfortable posture]

Locke didn't quite understand, but decided to lie down on the bed, being careful not to crush the little sleeping fairy. He found himself looking at the old ceiling of his room.

[Training will start now]

Locke's consciousness suddenly disappeared, he soon found himself in a strange room, it looked like a dojo, he realized he was dressed in a white kimono and barefoot on a tatami floor, the feeling was extremely real, he looked around looking for more information , when he saw it.

There was a semi-translucent man in a black kimono kneeling in the room.

He was a tall, middle-aged man, with an angular and well-shaped face, with amber eyes like Locke's current eyes, his physique was spectacular, his back was straight and his chest was muscular, the man stood up and assumed a martial posture.

"Dad?" Locke asked with complicated emotions.

[The instructor is not a living creature] answered the system mechanically, [the instructor's image is based on the creator of the system, the image can be modified at the user's discretion, would you like to change the image?]

"No... It makes no difference..." replied Locke, shaking his emotions out.

[Would you like to start?]

"Yes"

[This technique is called the art of the dragon's fist, it is composed of twelve positions, the instructor will perform the positions and the user must repeat them as accurately as possible, upon completing 100% accuracy the user will obtain the technique , the instructor will perform the twelve positions for demonstration]

The instructor moved with agility, his right foot traced half a circle while standing behind, his left hand raised like a claw at the height of his face, and his right fist went down almost to his waist, in a fluid movement the instructor performed a fast punch with the right, advancing with the blow and making an explosion sound in the air.

A sessions of blows followed the first, a second punch made with the left fist, a rotating kick with the foot, a uppercut, a high kick, a blow with the knee, a punch at the stomach, a roundhouse kick, knee in the face height, right uppercut, low kick and finally a high kick, all movements were smooth and fluid, Locke was amazed.

The Instructor then repeated the movements one by one slowly, showing Locke the entire execution process, so the system instructed Locke to copy the movements.

Locke began to imitate the Instructor to the best of his ability, his improved physique had facilitated the process, but small errors still occurred here and there.

After repeating each move many times, Locke tried to execute them all in succession.

[Accuracy rate: 42%]

"Just that?" Locke asked in surprise "I didn't think I was that different", in fact, his movements were as if he were the instructor's shadow.

[The user mana flow does not match with the movements]

Locke then returned to watching the Instructor, also focusing on the flow of mana during the movements. Locke then started to repeat the movements, this time trying to focus the mana to go in the same flow, the task was much more difficult than he expected, focusing on the mana and the movements was complicated, the mana was still like a new organ whose the function he had just discovered, and although it was not difficult to control it at rest, controlling thogether with the movements was a monumental task.

After many attempts he managed to raise the accuracy to 72%.

Locke was tired, mentally and physically, yet he wanted to continue, but the system stopped him.

[It is recommended that the user rest, mental fatigue is harmful to learning]

Locke grudgingly agreed, he woke up then, Tia was watching television.

"How was the training?" asked Tia.

"Why ask if you already know? Don't you have access to everything? " replied Locke, upset that he hadn't even completed a basic skill.

"Because I am more than a system tool, I want to talk to you as if we are equals" replied the fairy.

Locke fell silent at the answer, a little shame flushed his face, she was right, and he shouldn't take his frustrations out on her.

"Sorry"

"No problemo" replied the fairy unaltered, then changing the subject "Hey, that hot goth texted you, she asked if you are going to her party"

Locke took out his cell phone and read Hanna's message, he remembered the invitation and with a smile he confirmed the date of the party, it was the next night.

"She looks cool! Do you like her?" asked the fairy with a Machiavellian smile.

"I don't know, she was one of the few people who treated me well before" replied Locke "I used to have a crush on her during the first year, but every time in my adolescence that I tried to date, it ended badly, so I stifled those feelings..." Locke sighed, bad memories crossed his mind "You know, after I woke up to this all dragon things I feel... different, my way of thinking is different, my emotions are different, I feel that I am still me, but at the same time i feel so different... i feel less human, and sometimes... sometimes this scares me"

Tia flew up to Locke's face.

"You are not human Locke, not totally, and this fact does not make you inferior or superior, just different, this don't change who you are" she said with a sincere smile "You have your father blood and your mother soul" her tone was sweet "No matter what you do next I trust you and I will be with you, It is you the one who can define yourself."

"Thanks Tia" replied Locke, touched "You are the best thing that happened to me"

The fairy blushes with Locke's phrase.

"Hey, let's change the subject before you try to kiss me, Let's see your grimoire!"

Locke remembered that one of his rewards was a virtual grimoire, with a thought a semi-translucent black book, with a dragon pattern on the leather cover appeared floating in the air in front of him, Locke used the new search function in the book.

[Virtual grimoire - groups the user's magic knowledge, divides into twelve branches of magic, currently empty, redemption of three random pages can be performed]

"Branches of magic? What is this?"