Creating A New Skill

August came back to his room after taking care of everything. He was thinking about the conversation he had with Willam. As it turned out, the users were identified as Xenes guild members. They were one of the top guilds in Eclipse city. William didn't want a conflict to occur between two guilds as it would lead to civilian casualties as well.

Users are registered and monitored by the DoA on paper, but they don't have enough power to suppress all users and guilds. They do what they can, depending on the situation. Big guilds like Xenes have hundreds of users under them. Even if they press charges, they will come at them saying it was false, or worse they will target the other guild for killing their users.

" So what do you say? I can suppress it and say that they died on a hunt. It will save you from unnecessary conflict. I know you are powerful, but you can't go against a guild with hundred users. Your skills are not even the attack type."

" I know it might be troublesome, but I want you to tell them that their members were killed. And that you are still searching for evidence. I will tell you when you need to inform them about us."

" So you want me to hold the information that you killed them for a month."

" Something like that."

" But what can you do in a month ?"

" You will find out soon enough."

August walked out of his office, thinking how sneaky he was to get leverage on him. He would save August from the Xenes guild and August will owe him a favor. That's why he asked him just to withhold the information and not completely hide it. Chances are, it might get leaked, and he was betting on it.

As he walked outside the office he thought about how he incited Daisy and made her act impulsively. He wanted to test her with this, to see how well she can handle her emotions, turns out she is really hot-headed.

' She could be a good addition to our guild but that attitude really pisses me off.'

He teleported and arrived beside fatty.

…..

" August, when did you come back ?"

" You should knock before coming in?"

" Hey, you didn't answer my question."

Jinny came rushing and suspiciously looked at August.

" What?"

" I didn't see you come through the front door. How did you come to your room?"

" Are you sneaking on me now?"

" Hmph... Who do you think you are? I was just checking if you vanished or not."

" Whatever, just knock before coming in. I won't respond when I'm away, so then you can come in, got it."

" Yeah.. yeah. Don't be my dad.." Jinny looked at August nervously.

" Yeah, I miss dad too." He wondered in his thoughts.

" Mhmm.. after him, you also left. I just couldn't .. " Jinny burst into tears.

" Hey, I am back. Aren't I? I will never leave you, 'kay." August hugged Jinny with both of his arms and consoled her.

" Mhmm…"

They stayed like that for some time.

" I am feeling good now."

" You bet, I am doing everything in my power to stay in this awkward situation."

" You.. asshole." Jinny punched August's chest

" Hahahha" August burst into laughing.

….

August looked at the clock, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening. They have been talking for half an hour.

" Mom should be back by now."

Reina Grey was a history professor at the Eclipse community college. She worked there for almost 27 years. Coincidentally, she got the job when August turned one, the same day as his birthday.

" Yeah, let me check. I will tell her to cook your favorite fajitas."

Jinny ran out of his room just like that.

" Still a kid, huh" He remembered Daisy, but unlike Jinny, she was aggressive and arrogant.

" Probably because she got everything from the start. Her powers blinded her."

He shook his head and thought about how people with power didn't understand those who didn't. Although you have to defend yourself and attack people who are your enemies. But you shouldn't act like that to everyone. Especially, if you think having more power than them gives you the right to shut them up. You can argue about it, but using physical force to win an argument was not right unless they were dysaudial.

" Let's see how she handles the training." He thought about how he could improve her skills.

Suddenly an idea came into his mind.

' System, you said that the foreign consciousness controlled the systems of the beasts. When you erased the threat, you also took control of the system right ?'

[ Positive, it was really a resource-intensive task. ]

' Then, can you take over a system that is not corrupted? Like my sister's for example.'

[ Running simulations…]

[ Calculating resources…]

[ Theoretically possible, but the systems of everyone else are linked in a distributed chain, with each node representing an individual system, they communicate with each other. The resources required to control their subconscious and creating a barrier to stabilize the system without breaking the whole chain will be very demanding. ]

' Let's run a simulation for my sister. Tell me the probability and resource usage.'

[ Running simulation: 1%]

[ Running simulation: 2%]

..

[ Analyzing variable: 30%]

..

[ Fixing loopholes: 90%]

...

[ Simulation complete ]

[ Probability of success: 99.7%]

[ Resource usage: 25% ]

[ Stats needed : Resonance =>1 ]

[ New data discovered.]

[ Check data ]

[ Yes / No ]

' Yes, show me the report.'

[ Simulation report ]

[ The Resonance stat is needed to fix the chain of systems. Currently, with your resonance of 1.0075, you can successfully connect with the chain of the system and intercept her system and isolate it. ]

' So if my resonance goes up, I can control more nodes in the system chain.'

[ Positive ]

' But, quantum life forms are so rare, where can I find them ?' August fell into a dilemma.

" Forget it, I will look for them later."

' System, start to override my sister's system.'

[ Initiating override...1%]

[ Initiating override...2%]

…

…

August waited patiently for the system to complete its process. After 15 minutes the progress bar reached 99%.

' almost done.'

[ Override complete ]

[ System acquisition: Success ]

[ New skill added: System Control(F) ]

August checked the description.

[ System Control(F): Enables the user to acquire the system of other users, control and change the system functions. Requirement : Resonance >= 1. Current Limit: 5 ]

[ Current Systems under control: 1/5 ]

He clicked on the system under control.

[ User: Jinny Roana Grey ]

[ Level: 10 ]

..

..

[ System Functions » ]

[ Edit System ]

[ Configure System ]

' Edit system, change species to human.'

[ Changes Applied.]

' Good, if I add quests how am I going to reward them? I can't raise their stats or skills because they don't have quantum fields. They have to increase their skill level and stats on their own. Hmm…'

' Wait, I can create points and a shop system where if they get enough points, they can buy artifacts and equipment. I can teleport those artifacts to them. This could work.'

" August, dinner is ready," Jinny shouted from downstairs.

" Yeah, I'm coming"

August got up from his bed and opened the door and went downstairs. Jinny was helping Reina serve the food.

" Sit down, the food is almost ready."

" Yeah, I can smell that." He could smell the mouth-watering aroma of fajitas that were being served on the table. After putting all the plates on the table, Jinny and Reina also sat on their chairs.

" How was your day? " Reina asked August.

" It was good, I caught up with a lot of things. I found a good friend of mine, who is now a C ranked awakened."

" Oh, that's quite remarkable," Reina responded.

" Yeah." Jinny also commented.

They talked about their days and their experiences. After finishing dinner August got up from his seat and went to the sink. Jinny was helping with the dishes.

' System Control, Change system configuration. Add quest { wash 3 dishes }. Give reward { 5 points }. Describe the shop option and artifacts later, and lock the artifacts, for now, I need to stockpile before listing. Show that in a locked format.'

[ Understood ]

[ Quest generated for user: Jinny Roana Grey ]

" What ?" Jinny shouted from the kitchen.

' Yeah, and tell her not to say this to anyone, or else her stats will be taken. She will lose 5 stat points from each attribute along with her system. That will be the penalty.'

Even though he wasn't going to enforce it, this will keep her mouth shut for the time being.