CHAPTER 18: SYSTEM UPGRADE

Jia delved into her space ring looking for new things to do. She saw the healing skill she picked up.

" This should do, "she said reading through it.

" No way, So I can't heal myself, "Jia said throwing it to Kay.

The little unicorn got excited as it hadn't seen her for days. Jia gave it some of the leftover meat jerky.

Jia picked up one book and her eyes shone with a malicious glint.

But she put it back.

" Not today, "Jia said with a creepy smile.

The unicorn already ate the jerky and the healing skill book.

Then she swirled around a black elixir. It was the one she picked up from the demon queen's tomb.

She opened it and drank it. Jia hoped something would happen.

Nothing happened.

"Now I have a bad feeling," Jia said feeling its bitter aftertaste.

"What did I drink," Jia said almost screaming.

The little unicorn curled up to her shrouded in white light.

"You're full of mysteries I don't know," Jia said to the unicorn patting its head.

Jia got out of the spatial storage unit.

She looked at the sky with a willful expression.

" One day, I'm going to take over the world," Jia said with a dark grin.

She sat down and began to study the art of poison.

Poison is a very complicated skill. All the ingredients had to be mixed in the right proportion under specific temperature conditions.

A single mistake could make a cup of poison to be less potent.

"This is quite cool," Jia said.

" Eye of the ripper, spikes of lochan Eva, Poison ivy " Jia read aloud.

All these were the materials needed to make a Poison potent enough to kill a strong person.

"What is the ripper," Jia asked.

[An animal with a gory look. You can only find it if you go deep into a forest. Same with Lochan Eva] The system answered.

"Hmph. All that for just a few drops of poison. Where's arsenic? Where's Aqua to fans" Jia asked disillusioned.

[Ding! Kay has acquired the Starlight healing technique] The system announced.

"Poison is a no-no. I can't find anything of such here" Jia pondered.

"Arrays it is then," Jia said finally deciding what to do.

An array needed a huge source of energy. That source would be a spirit stone. Inadequate energy makes an array easy to crack.

1 HOUR LATER

" There. All done "she said looking at the array she made. It glowed bluishly

" At least this one's correct "Jia said remembering the alchemy incident.

The array was defensive. Jia took the spirit stones and dismantled the array before continuing deeper into the ruin.

" Just 2 days left. Need to make the best of it " Jia muttered to herself.

She saw a kind of time standing in the middle of nowhere.

"What god is stuck in a ruin now," Jia asked with a raised eyebrow.

Entering inside, she saw a gigantic statue with its eyes closed.

It was painted inky blank and had white horns. The statue had a couple of rotten flowers at its feet. A gold chain hung from its neck.

"Poor flowers," Jia said kicking the flowers away from their feet.

There was an inscription on it:

~God of Wealth

"Pffft, oh please. God of wealth indeed" Jia said looking at the statue.

Suddenly it opened its eyes.

"Why is today another trouble-filled day," Jia asked with a sarcastic smile.

" Puny human. You dare look down on me" The statue said with a hint of anger.

"Wait, you're not a human. You're one of those Human vampires" The statue said realizing.

"Still, An ordinary level 11. You will be punished" The statue said with pride evident in its tone.

"Uhh, you've been talking a lot. One question, you're not the actual god of wealth now, are you?" Jia asked skeptically narrowing her eyes.

It heaved a deep sigh. A blue phantom came out of the statue and stood in front of her.

"All the gods of my era are gone. It's just me left" The phantom said disappointed.

"And you're the god of what," Jia asked.

"The dead" The phantom answered.

" That's why I'm still alive," it said again.

"Get back inside your fake statue. I don't have anything to do for you" Jia said exasperated.

"I'll be gone soon. I want to bestow the rest of my powers on you. You have the darkness element. You drank the demon queen's elixir" The phantom spoke passionately.

Its body glowed for a second.

"No," Jia answered curtly.

"System, what do you think "Jia asked internally.

[Your system is currently undergoing an upgrade] An unknown voice said

Jia sighed.

Jia was slightly amused by how the god knew that she drank the demon queen's elixir.

"How did you know I drank it," Jia asked the blue phantom.

"The aura. I can sense it. And besides, the demon queen was my sister" The phantom said.