Jonas

In the Frozen Forest. Several days had passed since Sion had been attacked.

His body was still in the snow cocoon. The cold Qi of the forest continued to flow directly into his body, healing him completely.

He was about to wake up.

On that day, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of the cocoon where Sion's body lay.

From the size of the shadow, it was possible to estimate its size. The trees in the forest were tall, but whatever this being was, it was even taller than the trees.

The shadow of the being remained in front of Sion's cocoon. Until a sound of cracking glass rang out.

The frozen cocoon was slowly opening.

At that moment, the huge shadow began to shrink in size out of nowhere. Its size decreased.

From the size of the trees to the size of a ferocious bear, then to the size of the cocoon, and it continued to shrink until it stopped.

At that moment, the cocoon had broken completely.

From inside, a completely pale body emerged. His clothes were like rags after the previous impact. But his beauty was still absurd, even though his clothes were now fit for the trash.

Then, a few seconds after the cocoon broke, Sion began to wake up.

His eyes opened slowly.

Until he finally woke up, only to be startled.

As soon as he opened his eyes, there was a large blue eye staring at him.

Sion was startled, quickly getting up and moving away.

"What the hell is that?!?!" Sion said loudly as he stared intently, trying to understand what it was.

"Huh? What are you?"

After standing up, Sion was able to see the entire figure. It was a ball of fur, yes, a large ball of fur with only one blue eye in the center.

It had no legs, no arms, not even a mouth. Sion really couldn't understand what this being was. But he didn't feel any danger coming from it.

On the contrary, he felt an affinity, his Snow Eyes could see that pure snow energy was gathering near that being.

While he was thinking about what that being was, the ball of fur suddenly jumped twice in the snow, approaching him. Sion wondered what it wanted. But the ball of fur just leaned against his leg and closed its only eye.

Sion shook his leg, but the fur ball seemed to have completely stuck to his leg.

Sion then heard a purring sound like a cat.

"You… hah, it looks like I've been suddenly adopted as the owner by some strange being." Sion said, thinking about what to do with the fur ball.

"What is this? An animal? A ferocious beast? A monster? I really have no idea…"

After thinking for a while, Sion gave up trying to understand. Then he remembered his situation. He had lost count of how many times he had almost died that day.

"I am… very, very weak. I thought that with just the Universal Will, I could do anything, and nothing could stop me, but I was really wrong."

"There is no freedom without strength. Without strength, any crazy, random bitch you've never seen in your life can suddenly appear and try to kill you." Sion said as his anger grew as he remembered the situation before he fainted.

If it weren't for that voice saving him, he would already be completely dead.

Sion remembered the power he felt from the spear. He remembered the even greater power he felt from that voice that wasn't even here. That was power, that was strength.

"If I get stronger… then will I be truly free?"

Sion didn't know how to answer, but he believed so.

Then he remembered the goal the system had set for him.

'Become the strongest.'

Stronger than that crazy woman, stronger than that voice. Stronger. Just stronger.

A realization struck Sion as he reinforced his reason for wanting strength.

"Ah, speaking of the system."

'Status'

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[Host Status — Chaotic System]

Name: Sion

Age: 18

Race: Human, Royal Snow Spirit (Partial)

Physical: Ice Spiritual Physique (Adapted)

Titles: Blessed by Snow, Heavenly Enemy, ******* ****.

Class: None

Cultivation: 1° stage of the Qi Accumulation Realm.

Talents: Snow Eyes (Legendary), Adaptive Core (Unique), Universal Will (Unique).

Spiritual Root: Twin Spiritual Roots (Ice—High Grade) (Adapted—High Grade)

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[Weapons]

[Skills]

[Techniques] (+)

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[System Functions]

— Status Panel.

— Missions.

— Inventory. (Locked)

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"Several things have changed…"

'System, why has my race changed?'

'Ding!'

[After the host received the Snow Eyes. The host's race automatically evolved.]

"So, it's because of my eyes that she knew I was a Royal Snow Spirit, even though I didn't really know the difference."

"But… why did she want to kill me so badly?"

Sion wondered, knowing he wouldn't have any answers for now.

Suddenly, he remembered the disaster he had caused in the city.

'Maybe she came to avenge them…' Guilt struck him again as he remembered the dead bodies in the city.

At that moment, the fur ball stuck to his leg moved while making a strange sound.

"Hmm? How did you make that noise if you don't have a mouth?" Sion then picked up the ball of fur stuck to his leg and raised it to his head.

The ball of fur stared intently at his face without blinking.

Suddenly, a blue tongue emerged from the white ball and licked Sion's entire face.

"So, you do have a mouth, it's just hidden by the fur. Damn, why did you do that? My face is all sticky now." Sion said as he wiped part of his clothes on his face, cleaning the drool off the fur ball.

Sion looked at the ball again, searching for something else, but found nothing. The fur ball was just fur, an eye, and a mouth.

"You're really weird, aren't you? Well, I'll give you a name for now. Let me think… Hmm… Yes, I know."

"You'll be Jonas. Yes, you look like Jonas, for some reason." Sion said, looking at the furry little guy.

Jonas made a strange sound again and was about to lick Sion's face again, but Sion stopped him and put him on the ground. Without Sion noticing. His attention had been diverted from the guilt he was feeling.

Then he looked at the other new information in the system.

"System, how am I in the Qi Accumulation Realm? Wasn't I in the Body Enhancement Realm?"

'Ding!'

[The host wishes to see the notifications from when he was unconscious?]

'Hmm, is that possible? That's good, show me.'

'Ding!'

[Warning! The host's body has come into contact with hostile metal Qi. The Adaptive Core has been activated automatically.

'Ding!'

[Congratulations! The host's body has successfully adapted to the metal Qi. The host's Adaptive Spirit Root has been improved.

'Ding!'

[Congratulations! The host's body has the requirements to break through the realm, the host's cultivation has been automatically increased.]

"Hmm? I broke through automatically? Why?"

Sion tried to think and imagined something.

"To enter the Qi Accumulation realm, you just need to accumulate enough Qi in your spiritual root. I probably already had a lot of Qi, so I automatically broke through…"

Sion saw that there was now a cultivation technique but decided to wait until he reached a quiet and safe place to calmly understand it.

At that moment, Sion felt a movement on his leg again as a strange sound came from Jonas.

"Why does your sound so strange? It's like, I don't know. Hik, hik."

Jonas didn't seem to understand as he made his noise again and jumped up and down, drawing Sion's attention.

"Hik-Hik!"

"What? Are you hungry? No, it doesn't seem like that…"

"Hik-Hik Hikii"

"Do you want me to follow you?" Sion asked as he saw Jonas jumping in one direction in the forest.

"Hikii!"

"Looks like I got it right. Hey, little guy, wait there. How are you so fast without legs?" Sion shouted as Jonas had already jumped away into the forest.

Sion had to run at top speed to catch up with Jonas.

Then, his journey began again. Sion felt the weather getting colder and colder, so he knew he was heading towards the center of the forest. His current goal.

"I need to find the owner of that voice, I need to thank him. And also understand more about what's going on."

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It was night in the city of Coldri when suddenly two people flew into the sky at high speed.

If Sion were here, he would recognize them both.

The Golden Guardian, Ling Xue, and Mei Li flew quickly out of the city, flying in a straight direction, moving further and further away from the city and the frozen forest.

The two were silent without saying a word along the way.

Until Ling Xue spoke.

"Do you need to stop anywhere in the Rhyne Kingdom before you leave? It will probably be the last time you'll be in this backward place."

Mei Li was silent for a while, until she replied with just one word.

"No."

The girl, once happy and expressive, seemed to have disappeared.

"That's good, you will become part of the core of the Golden Hall, one of the main powers of the continent, guardians responsible for protecting the southern region of the continent. Your world will now be completely different, it is better that you abandon any useless matters of weak kingdoms, you now belong to another world." Ling Xue said proudly about the Golden Hall.

"You will become one of the key pieces for humanity to prosper."

'Your eyes will not lose sight of the Snow King,' Ling Xue thought as he clenched his fists, thinking of the revenge he would one day have.

The two then disappeared over the horizon.