The next day, I woke up early in the morning to arrange some stuff. It's not yet time for everyone to wake up as well, besides I think most servants usually wake earlier than most of us.
I was planning on doing some few practices on Tartys in a more quiet and private place. There are things I didn't experiment with because I have no time, but since I have all the time needed, I will do what I can to manage this being—power that became mine.
Tartys said he was a system yet as well as an angel or probably a soul who had forgotten itself and became self-aware, but I have guessed that Tartys is neither of both and he is not just any system but an actual being inside the body of the voice or the system, and it is specific enough to be understood.
Now, I get it when he says that his power blends beyond understanding. Hence I was hoping to know more about its power, and I want to know more about how to exclude this power in one combination to understand it more—now, that is the reason why I am here.
The body and soul embroidered inside the system is Tartys, and he is a power beyond the void. He can do anything whether destroying the planet or not, as long as he's been upgraded. Tartys told me about this evolution that the system has, so the more you experience or fight, the more it advances to its newest evolution.
Although, it can only be agreed with the permission of the body or probably the host. So, if I was able to reach a certain level or experience in this world, I can attain the highest evolution of Tartys power. I mean it's an overpowered system, so telling me that there are people of the same function.
The angel, I mean, Tartys told me about this evil angel who uses the God System to plunge this world and paint in darkness. The world is made of pure magic and the purest of it. Although even monsters or demons can use them, that doesn't leave the fact of their purity as a magic power.
So if the evil angel who uses the system for its own desire, abuses any human of the same desire, the more it contains the power inside and spreads, the more it becomes powerful. There are few who were corrupted in this world, certainly few and for this world to be saved from those of their evil plan, I was chosen as the protector and a host of the final system.
I did not want to get involved but there are people, innocent—probably—that will die if the evil angel acts upon his selfish desire. Like what Tartys told me, "the system is not something made for destruction, but was made for new opportunities for the human being," and I respect that saying because even monsters get a chance for happiness.
That's all, so I wanted to help, at least, stop what will come for us in the future and I don't want it to happen here cause destruction is what I've seen with my own eyes.
The path which leads to a spacious land, far from the main house, was just up ahead of the mountains over top. The reason why it's called Mount Helera is that the land surrounding it has a barrier, this barrier activates when someone enters its domain.
I will calculate the barrier and make it my own, so in that case, I can or I will be able to control the barrier at my own will. If the barrier still remains, I just heard this folk story from Reyes, so I don't have much doubt.
Arriving at the nearest top, I saw a big lake made in the shape of a messy rectangle or circle with pointed sides. The lake has this glassy color, making it more shiny than any sprinkling shoe glass, or any mirror on the wall. It as well reflects what it sees, but not much from the sides where it can't see.
The wind blew more casually but the temperature dropped low. It became colder than the last time I remember, and when I took a little peak at the water, I could see that shimmering reflection of my appearance and the background behind me. There are birds I could see up above and those amazing clouds wandering around. It was as if different to how I expected it to be and made me more casually confused.
As I turned around to look, I continued walking, making me sense that eerie feeling coming from the direction I will have to walk. The green, tall, and hardwood called trees remain steady but their slight touch makes me go numb, as silence forms within.
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As I reached the top, the eerie feeling did not disappear but that cold, icy feeling of disgust from the wind blowing on me made me shiver. Yet that feeling remained uneasy, once I breathed down in my lungs, the eerie feeling became stronger.
『Warning! Barrier detection! Incoming attacks!』
I was dazed for a few seconds before Tartys warned me. I looked at the sky and heard those clustering sounds, but what shocked me was something even more dangerous than sounds. It was a falling of a thousand arrows, or perhaps more but dodging these pieces of metal, I don't really know if I have the power to do it.
Those are metals, and it's the burning of fresh fire. A normal human being can't—no, I am already a monster but with these arrows, it will be hard to dodge it. Darn it! I can only defend from it, so I used my breath and created some symbols inside my head before looking back. This way I can gather some confidence before releasing my hands and force those energies out of my body, like what I've done before when I was up against my brother.
That barrier... I mean shield...
Focus, focus, arggg, breathe in and out. The powerful the attack does, needs a powerful shield... So I will master the steadiness and breath. Once I focus all of my energy, I release them beside me. It took me some time but it was on time, the arrows pierce through the wind and I activated my shield.
However, with the shield being a level one ability. I need to reduce the effects in exchange of the spells proficiently. It caused the quality of the spell, and now it's not much more effective than earlier. I could already see the cracks, so I put another level for the shield.
I was hoping it could fix the problem but it did not. I breathed out and looked away. The sound of the shield cracking can be heard but I didn't have much time. Another crack was made and I couldn't handle it anymore.
It broke, shattering into small pieces in one glass, then it exploded. I breathed out to push the impact but it got me, making me feel a slight smile and looking at the small bruises around my body. Although the shattered glass went flying on me, I did not feel any pain at all.
I was so shocked, there was no pain, nor any feelings of pain. I know this must be the effect of that canceling ability but I am so glad, I had this before entering this world.
After firing a magical arrow, the barrier stopped and heard no more. "Tartys, the barrier has been broken?" I asked.
『No, the barrier had drained it's magical power. With this opportunity, fire your energy at the tips of the sky higher than it can ever reach, break it's core and unleashed from its slumber.』
I looked up at the sky, and observed it. Tartys said that there should be a core above, this core is like a detection crystal that helps identify intruders. This is a crystal which is transparent so I can't just say that it is some kind of object which one eye can see.
So instead of ruining my brain and trying to find the crystal, I trust my guts where the crystal is.
Breathing all out of what I seem to feel, I created fire arrows from the battle flames, one arrow is enough to reach the sky but could also be insufficient if the wind extinguishes the fire. So instead of doubling the arrow, I mend the power of three or five arrows into one arrow.
While observing the sky of course. Once I release the arrow, it moves at the speed of light—perhaps like a bullet, the speed is difficult to see unlike arrows that you can still see how fast it provides. Bullets have the speed and arrow that it can kill despite being small.
That alone, when the arrow shot the sky, I remained quiet as I watched the barrier getting ready for another attack. The arrow reached the sky, and I saw it glimmer and stopped midway.
Then I heard a creak sound coming from above. The arrow's movement stiffened, and it froze. That is when I realized that the barrier might have been broken, as I saw those glittering lights of shredded pieces raining from the sky.
"Tartys, status, how's the situation?"
『Steadily, the barrier had stopped.』
『Congratulations! You acquire control of the Hidden Land territory!』
『Acquired Glass Barrier Ability』
I give it a long look. What do you mean by Hidden Land??