Picking up Girls With My System

It was the end. Arthur had gone so far, met lots of people and was even married with two beauties, but all would soon turn into nothing.

He would perish after fighting with one god. An avatar which was strong enough to end his life. Arthur learned a lot about the origins of these self-proclaimed gods, but he could not find the answers…

All of his transformations had ended. His pity human look made the man in front of him smile with evilness. Arthur closed his eyes, thinking about everyone he cared about, waiting for his death.

Perhaps he would return to Earth after this, but who would wait for him? He had no friends back then, and no parents. Now that he thought about it, it was the first time he had people waiting for him, counting on him.

A life Arthur believed it would never be possible somewhere else. Why did it have to end like that? Why was an avatar of one god down there in the first place? Was it all set up?

Three seconds passed after he closed his eyes, and with the speed of the spear, he should be long dead. Arthur slowly opened them up once again, and then he saw it. A goddess came to save him!

Skye! She wore a silver plate armor, and her long blond hair was as beautiful as ever. She blocked the spear using her rapier.

"Are you alright?" Skye said, looking at Arthur, who was on the ground, smiling.

The blue of her eyes reminded Arthur of the deep ocean, of his adventurers as a pirate, and even his old friend Captain Jack, who helped him save Skye back then.

How was she there? What was going on? An avatar of a god in that remote place was already strange enough, but now Skye was there too?

Arthur was not sure, but he had a strong guess she was one of these 'gods' that came from Earth, but she was not at their side. Maybe that was the reason she was locked.

"Skye? How are you here? Aren't you supposed to be locked?"

Not only Arthur was shocked to see her there, but the man was as well.

"Yes, but Arthur saved me, and now I am here to stop you."

"Can you? You lost all of your powers. How far did you progress in this short time?"

"Well, I may be far weaker, but I am already a rank 3 mage. So what can you do, Jared?"

"What? You are bluffing."

Skye did not answer him, but hit him instead, kicking Jared in the stomach, making him fly away like a piece of trash.

She did not stop there, dashing toward him as fast as lightning, attacking with her rapier so fast Arthur could not even see it!

Wounds appeared all over Jared's body, and even though he tried to keep up with Skye's speed, it was not possible.

"How are you so strong? This is unfair, unfair!"

The clash between titans kept going. Arthur stayed far away, as he was not someone who could intervene in that fight.

Jared also had the necklace draining his power after each second, making the fight even harder for him.

"Fuck this!"

He yelled, activating one secret skill he had which borrowed some of the power from his other avatars, as well as from his actual body.

His power, which was diminishing, went up, increasing his power into the rank 3, and eventually stopping once he reached the peak of the rank 3!

Jared was now stronger than Skye, but obviously that secret skill had a drawback. The avatar would be destroyed after fifteen minutes, and even his actual body would receive a backlash!

"Now what can you do, HAHAHA!" Jared said, taking off the necklace Arthur placed on him, throwing at the cave's corner.

"Fuck!"

Skye, who had the upper hand in speed, had lost that advantage as well. She believed Jared would go after her first, but that was not the case! He vanished and appeared right in front of Arthur, who barely had the time to dodge, losing his left arm in the process!

"Aggggrrr!"

Without other options, Skye used everything she got to protect Arthur. She used every boost she could to make her body stronger and then grabbed Jared before he could do anything else to Arthur.

She flew toward the strange gate that Arthur saw the moment he went to that place, and passed through it with Jared! After that, the portal closed for good, and Arthur did not know where Skye and Jared went…

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Arthur passed out with the blood loss from his lost arm. He woke up only after thirty minutes.

"No one is here… Where did the two go? Skye…"

Skye had saved his life. Arthur hoped everything was okay, and that she won the fight in the end, but there was no way for him to know it for sure.

As for his lost limb, Arthur was not worried about it. The healing capabilities he had were extraordinary, and even though it would take him some time to regrow a limb, it would happen eventually.

Now, the problem Arthur faced was how would she get out of the Icy Cave? He had fallen into a deep pit, and there was no way for him to return using the same path he did, as there was something interfering with his mana, making it impossible for him to use a flight spell and fly up.

"Is there a way out around this area?" He thought, exploring the open place he was.

He also did not forget to get his necklace back, as it would be useful in future fights. After some minutes of scanning the area, Arthur found another narrow corridor, one that was different from the one he used.

It was a good sign. Also, his arm had stopped bleeding as well, closing the wound naturally! Still, Arthur only had his right arm for the time being, which would surely diminish his power by some degree, but some time inside the school would allow him to heal just fine.

Arthur used the narrow corridor, walking for twenty minutes after finally reaching the end. The worst-case scenario would be nothing at the end, and the best would be a way to leave that part of the Icy Cave and return to the school.

These two options did not happen, and what waited for him instead was a portal and an altar!

The portal seemed to be the only way for him to get out of that cave. As for the altar, it had a shiny blue crystal above it. Just by looking at it, Arthur guessed it was the source of the cold.

"Should I grab it? Wouldn't that destroy this whole place?"

If it was something that increased his power, Arthur would try to get his hands on it, but if it meant destroying the whole place, it was not worth it!

There was still the portal Skye and Jared used, as it could be useful in the future, so destroying the whole Icy Cave was not an option.

Still, Arthur touched the blue crystal which was floating above the altar, just in case to see if anything strange happened.

It did. A notification popped up in front of him.

[Ding]

[Increasing the user's affinity with ice to the highest degree!]

[Essence Conversion: 1%]

"This tiny crystal made my affinity reach the highest level possible? Isn't that like cheating?"

Arthur had a big smile! He still had a few techniques from the dragons which would allow him to train using an ice element technique, making it possible for him to achieve a high level of essence conversion now that his affinity was boosted.

Even though he almost lost his life, Arthur still got something in return.

Now, where exactly would the portal send him?