exploring (learning) inside the ruin.
Silly me forgot to put Akatori's perk in the last chapter so here it's
A new perk added for reaching 50 affection with Akatori: phoenix flame
Because you already have phoenix flame, increase the flame's power by 100%
A new perk was added for reaching 100 affection with Akatori: phoenix regeneration
Increase your HPR rate by 200%
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(Shayla POV)
Inside the ruin is so boring, there is nothing but skeleton and trap, all of my familiar has higher level now so none of them gets hurt from simple arrow trap and skeletons, yay!
But why does the Ruin seem so... repetitive? I have told Akatori to fly forward but now she come from behind me, does that mean I'm going in a circle?
"Hebi, are we going in a circle?" I decided to ask my daughter and the reply she gave me confirmed it 'finally you have noticed that mother, we have been walking around for an hour.'
"Then why did you didn't tell me earlier Hebi-chan?" If she knows about it already, why she didn't tell me about it so we won't need to go around the ruin for so long? Did she want to mess with me?
'No mother, don't misjudge me, is it the system who told me to not tell you, you can ask her.'
'Why did you do that system?'
[Oh it's for your growth, you should prepare to face more and more complicated puzzles soon, this kind of Ruin usually contain more than 3 puzzles, considering I'm helping you to familiarize yourself with those puzzles.]
'I understand... but how can I solve the puzzle? I can't see anything.'
[I have a piece of advice for you: use your Haki and go closer to the right side wall, remember to do it carefully, the trap do automatically refill itself after you pass a certain point]
'Mn' I activated Haki and walk closer to the right side wall, or its left side? The wall seems mostly the same as a normal wall, is there anything strange about the wall?
Hm? There is a strange brick there but it's a bit too high for my reach... "Beru, come here," I tell Beru to come closer to for me to climb up his back then touch the suspicious brick.
*RUMBLE*
According to what my Haki told me, the hold Ruin just changed? There is a whole new road here for me.
[Congratulation Shayla-chan for solving the first little puzzle, Let us continue with the second puzzle, remind you that each time they will be harder.]
So in this ruin, I just need to solve puzzles? It's sound like I'm here to play more than fight, that is good I guess?
I walked into the new rooms, nothing seemed special here just like the last one. *Click* Hm? Did just walk onto a trap
*BAM*
A rock pillar shoot out from the wall? It seems like the trap also changed for each room, what did I just step on by the way.
Pressure plate
Active a mechanism when someone steps on.
A pressure plate? If I step on it then a trap will be active, then why do the rooms are filled with them?
'What will happen if I touch this one? Will a road open up if I touch the right plate?'
*Click*
"Eh, nothing happens when I touch this one? Is there a special rule for this room?"
'I think so mother, we need to find the correct plates to step on to pass the room'
"Um, I understand, let's do this together Hebi-chan"
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(A/N: Only god know how a child's POV work, they are too pure for me to understand, to think such a person like me could create her. Did I mention she never had any education so that make her POV even harder to write? Maybe not but now you all know.)
(3rd POV)
The room's length is approximately 20 meters and each plate takes half a meter of space, which mean Shayla have to guess at least 40 times if she is lucky enough.
But in mid-way, she accidentally saw a loophole in the trap: Her skill Observe could tell which plates will active the trap and which didn't even connect to a trap.
Pressure plate (unconnected)
A simple pressure plate that will activate any mechanism if they are connected to it. As long as there is something to hold the plate down.
[Congratulation Shayla-chan, what did you learn from the puzzle?]
"Eh... I should use my skill more?" Shayla response with the only answer she knows right at that moment
[You are half-correct, you should use your skill more and know how to use it more efficiently, just like your Link skill, you can borrow the power of your pet, you can use Akatori's power and simply destroy the room if there is an option for you then remember to choose violence first]
(Hol'up, isn't that will lead to mass murder if she overdoes it?)
[That isn't your job author, just continue.]
"?"
[Nothing my dears, let's us continue and remember my words, Shayla]
"Mn, I will remember it." Shayla give a simple answer and process to bring Hebi and Akatori to the next room, how? simple: Hebi simply follow Shayla's step while Akatori just flies to the end... yes that is legal. Unfortunately for the army of bears and wolves, they have to wait in the first room and outside because of their massive size.
[Welcome to the third room, the puzzle here is even easier than the last two. This room is all about playing a small game!]
"Eh?" But not letting Shayla understand the situation, the system continues.
[To solve this puzzle is very easy, you just need to use your skill: light bullet and shoot down all of the dummies over there in a minute. There are a total of 10 dummies so you will have to shoot pretty fast, each time you failed the timer will restart and stop until you continue shooting so take your time.]
"This puzzle didn't that hard, I can do this!" Using her Haki, Shayla saw 10 human-like dummies standing in front of her. 'This shouldn't be too hard, right?'
"Phoenix flame!" A ray of flame shoot out from Shayla's hand and burn down 3 dummies at once, she was excited and do it again but this time the flame only manages to hit 2 and on the 3rd try, the flame can't reach the 6th dummies.
"Eh? Why is my flame's range so short?" Shayla asked herself and use the skill again, the result is the same as earlier.
"What if I use light bullet instead?" Shayla then processes to shoot a tiny little light bullet from her fingers.
*pew* pew* pew* pew* pew*
missed
missed
missed
missed
Hit!
[1 minute has passed, resetting dummies]
"Eh? That is so hard, how can I shoot down all of the dummies in just 10 minutes, I can't even see them properly!" Shayla complained.
[Maybe it's because your skill level isn't high enough, you can try to use it more time so the skill level will raise, helping you beat this game.]
"Use my skills more... I will try!"
{Literaly 2 hours later}
Phoenix flame (active) lv 40/100
Allow you to use authentic phoenix flame. Increase your HPR by 400% and allow you to create skills with phoenix flame.
[Light bullet has been upgraded to light beam]
Light beam (active) 500mp/min, lv 14/100
Allow you to shoot out a beam of light from your finger or palm, you can also choose to make the beam shoot out continuously from your hand with some extra MP per minute.
"Light beam!" Shayla used her skill again, the beam pierce through the head 3 dummies then move along with Shayla's hand movement, making it change the direction and cut through the remaining dummies on the way.
[You have finished the last puzzles of the tutorial ruin, please prepare to face the boss]
Then the wall next to her suddenly disappears, revealing a huge Ox holding a big-ass axe on its shoulder. It takes a glance at Shayla's figure and simply ignores her.
"Akatori, burn him to ashes!" A massive wave of flame was released from Shayla and Akatori at the same time. The Ox notice this and raise his axe to block the attack like in some anime, only to get burned to ashes, remember, Shayla's flame comes from a phoenix so the quality is way higher than normal flame. Did I mention about both Shayla and her pet do the attack at the same time?
[You have killed the Ruin's boss]
[You have received: Ruin hunter (novice) title and a magic bracelet]
Ruin hunter (novice)
Give you a small boost while hunting inside a Ruin.
Magic bracelet (rare)
Increase MPR by 50% and magic damage by 30%
Shayla put the bracelet on her tiny arm and saw the bracelet is too big for her. "This bracelet's effect is so good, but it's a bit too big for me, is there a way to make this bracelet fit my arm system?"
[Let me do some modifying to that item real fast]
Right after that sentence, the bracelet automatically fit perfectly in her hand. "Woah, thank you System"
[No problem Shayla-chan, I think it's time for you to get out of this place, your familiar is waiting for you outside.
"Yeah you are right, I have spent too much time inside the ruin, it's time to go back!"