Versatile System Online



Within his consciousness, Ray drew a deep breath as he looked at the scene play out in front of him.

A huge dragon shadowed over the skies as a man stood atop the dragon. The dragon was undoubtedly Mag'ladroth and the man in question was none other than the Primordial Ancestor from whom Ray inherited not only the bloodline but also his system.

It was as if the blood that flowed in his body fully incorporated with the system and that the system he had attained was tailor made for him.

"And I thought system compatibility was just a faux," His thoughts were scattered all over. As Aurora had started the projection, Ray saw fight scenes in which a man eerily similar to him fought against hordes of armies and used powers beyond his comprehension.

In all the battles, many were such that the man lost. However, the man never broke down. He persisted with his strength and aimed to get stronger.

Slowly, the man stood at the pinnacle of strength. He commanded the seven strongest mythical bloodlines in the whole universe while his powers themselves were stronger than anything to ever exist in the world.

"So it is his thoughts and the will he left beyond in his bloodline that alters my actions and crooks my way of thinking?" Asked Ray as Aurora merely nodded.

The man was her previous master and she held too much respect for him but that was all. The man was dead now, he had simply failed to win over one aspect of humanity.

Death itself.

He has succumbed to his own strength and died mysteriously. Even Aurora didn't know how he died as all the memories she and of the man were small fragments that she recovered as she got stronger along with the system.

"So how do I tackle it? And control the bloodline as my own?" Ray asked.

To his question, Aurora didn't reply right away. She turned to the other two sitting besides her and nodded.

Mag'ladroth and FengFeng understood what she meant as they took the stage. Mag'ladroth stood up as he cut his wrist.

Ray watched as a few drops of blood dripped down from Mag'ladroth's wrist. The blood was translucent and had a strange shimmer to it.

Ray even found it hard to concentrate on the blood as he felt his consciousness waning if he looked at the majestic blood for too long. It was truly the blood of a primordial dragon who had ruled over his race for who knows how long.

As the blood floated in the air, Aurora stepped forward and procured a small bowl.

Mag'ladroth waved his hand as the blood fell into the bowl. After that, FengFeng stood up as she also cut her wrist. Her blood was even stranger as it was bright as the sun itself.

A golden hue shone in the blood as the Phoenix of Time dripped her blood into the bowl as well. As the blood of two mythical entities mixed, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The color of the liquid changed as it turned bright red while it's viscosity changed. The blood became thicker and flowed inside the bowl as it defied the laws of nature itself.

Aurora took the bowl and brought it to Ray. Ray looked at the bowl and asked,

"What do I do with it?"

"You Drink it," Aurora answered as she took a step forward and pulled Ray closer to her causing Ray to stand face to face with her.

Their eyes met as Ray looked at her and gulped. This was a completely different attitude from Aurora and it made him unnerved.

"Uhm… What are you doing?" He asked with a stutter as Aurora leaned in forward and spoke in a cold voice,

"I will make you drink it," This was to be said and the next moment, Aurora raised the bowl and emptied its contents into her mouth.

"She drank it?" Ray thought over how crazily Aurora acted but then another detail clicked into his mind.

'No… she didn't drink it. The liquid is still in her mouth. Just what is she thinking?'

Just as Ray's thoughts were in a disarray, something even more drastic happened.

Aurora grabbed the back of his head and pulled him closer as their mouths interlocked with each other. Their lips made contact as the liquid within Aurora's mouth was flushed into Ray's mouth.

Ray's eyes opened wide as he felt his heart throb. His blood flowed through a certain part of his body as the liquid traveled down his throat. Ray unconsciously gulped as he felt his whole body burn all of a sudden.

The pain shot through his body but Ray couldn't scream. Aurora was still kissing him with vigor and Ray couldn't make heads or tails of the situation.

Kissing Aurora felt rather good and arousing but the pain shooting through his body didn't let him feel a thing. He didn't even feel the alluring body of his system's consciousness pressing onto his body.

Forced to kiss Aurora, Ray was help up in the kiss until his vision turned cloudy and he fainted from pain and exhaustion.

His vision blurred as he finally felt his body pulling away from Aurora's. He felt nice and all but the pain evading his mind made it hard for him to do anything.

As Ray sunk into the darkness, Aurora turned around and walked back to the other two. She looked at them and nodded as FengFeng whistled in encouragement.

"What?" Aurora asked, a bit annoyed. Her face was flushed red and even though she tried to stay calm and aloof over what happened. She couldn't think of another way to make Ray drink the liquid fire asking too many questions that would only delay the inevitable.

"Well that was bold of you. Who knew that you had the guts," Commented FengFeng as she winked her playfully.

Aurora's face flushed even redder as she shook her head and ran away. Since Ray was down for the count, the other two simply waited for him to come back to his consciousness so they could tell him the aftereffects of what happened.

"Is it necessary to hide those things from him?" Asked FengFeng as she spoke to Mag'ladroth.

"It is for his own safety. The universe is too vast and big and if they find out that he not only has the bloodline but also has the system, they will stop at nothing to take his powers. You know how the other races are hell bent on finding the system," Mag'ladroth answered as she sighed softly.

This was the responsibility he had to carry for having the knowledge. For what he knew, it came with it's own drawbacks. To an extent, it was said that a dragon's wisdom was greatest ever and only the greed of a dragon could curb it.

It was same with Mag'ladroth but his greed was for wisdom itself. He knew everything and had to carry the burden that was brought along with it and therefore, in various matters he had to tread carefully.

Even if he knew about something, he knew he couldn't do a thing. It was this helplessness that are him from inside but he had to cope up with that.

"Hey, don't worry. We will get through it and save him from others. He will fulfill his destiny. Don't worry," FengFeng placed her hand on his shoulder as she said. Then, she leaned forward and planted a kiss on his cheek and hugged him tightly.

Whatever their past entailed, they had to cope up with each other and work together for the best of Ray.

Meanwhile,

Ray's body and soul underwent great changes. His body that lay unconscious in the world suddenly convulsed. Shocking Aella and Kashish who sat there for him.

Their eyes opened wide as they saw Ray's body heal miraculously. His wounds started to close as they healed at the speed visible to naked eye. Ray's skin gained a strange luster as the aura of ruler was established around.

However, that was not it. The disaster that spread through his body because of his blood was also stalled. His blood stopped flowing backwards as small cracks spread through his mana core. The mana core started to expand as it became twice its usual size but the cracks spread even more.

The mana core had turned like a cracked glass and no one knew what consequences came with it. Rather only Ray might know but he was unconscious and unaware of it all.

The mana pathways also enlarged as they allowed for greater amounts of mana to travel through them but that that was not all. Small nodes started to form at different places all over his body. Thirteen discrete nodes appeared as they took place and condensed around the mana pathways.

They appeared so as they connected not only the parts of body but also the mana core. So that they could easily gather energy from the mana core and act as conduits for projecting it outwards.

But these were just the changes to his body and not soul. Ray's unconscious figure in consciousness started to glow as a reddish hue formed around him. His body started to elevate in the air as Ray's eyes suddenly opened wide.

Feeling a transcendent experience, Ray felt his soul reaching above the heights of everything. A universe opened up to him as two voice sounded in his mind,

"I, Mag'ladorth pledge my loyalty to Ray Xanders for as long as my master Ray Xanders lives,"

The same words echoed again but a feminine voice spoke, "I, FengFeng pledge my loyalty to Ray Xanders for as long as my master Ray Xanders lives,"

Hearing this, Ray understood what happened. It seemed that the two parts of his bloodline have given their pledge over to him and have finally taken him as their master. For he had finally assimilated a good part of his bloodline.

Right after, a flood of information flowed in his brain as the questions were answered and the dots began to connect.

"So that's how it is," Ray muttered as he smiled in understanding.