399 Destiny Event?

I couldn't help but wonder if certain parts of the advancement were more influenced by the kind of blood that was used in the evolution, considering how the wingless Sky showed wings during his 'Fly \u0026 Dive' activity after he recovered, the appearance of 'Dragon Wings' being connected to that wouldn't be that strange.

However, with nothing to confirm or test that point of view, that thought could only be left to fly in my almost endless sea of speculations that is deep within my mind…

At the very least, the elemental capacity upgrade itself wasn't as confusing, only raising my limit by about 10 more points or so, the only interesting part was how close all of my stats caps were right now, and the fact that I had almost completely ran out of resources to increasing that limit.

Nevertheless, it still felt better to know that I could increase my already monstrous elemental reserve's level to an even more monstrous level, which was completely normal considering I was using the blood of entities that 'monstrous' wouldn't be enough to describe them in order to evolve myself.

'Alright, let's cancel the flight test for now…'

Having been stopped from trying out the only ability that made me even abandon order in order to attempt using it, I decided to leave the test for using my new wings for later, at least until my task list was emptied.

[ Starting the Second Stage's evaluation… ]

[ Calculating the stage's achievements… ]

[ Completed Random Event 'Saving Green Earth Village'... ]

[ +25 Second stage Points! ]

[ Completed Tournament Event 'Grand Battle City' to the highest degree! ]

[ +200 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Completed Recruitment Event 'Joining The Elemental Blade Sect'... ]

[ +360 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Completed Initiative Event 'Trial by Tower' to the highest degree! ]

[ +550 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Cleared two 'Corruption Caves'... ]

[ +100 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Destroyed two 'Demon Bases'... ]

[ +300 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Assisted in the destruction of 88 'Demon Bases'... ]

[ +1,760 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Participated in the main event 'Demonic Invasion War' with medium to high level contribution! ]

[ +777 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Successfully completed stage repeatable Main Quest 'Demons' Advent'! ]

[ +2,000 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Successfully triggered and completed Hidden Quest 'Troubled Cook's appreciated! ]

[ +175 Second Stage Points! ] 

[ Successfully resolved Destiny Event 'Life's Regret'! ]

[ +369 Second Stage Points! ]

[ Successfully left a Unique 'print' within the stage! (Bonus) ]

[ +1,111 Second Stage Points! ]

[ You have received a total of 7,727 Second Stage Points! You can freely exchange them at the system shop! ]

The evaluation list this time seemed to be far longer than the first stage one, but it definitely felt out of place. After all…

'The total points are slightly less than a third of what I gained in the last stage…'

Of course, making a judgment about whether it was really lower in value would have to wait until I compared item prices in the system shop...

Moreover, the 'achievements' that were calculated seemed to be more detailed by quite a bit, even minor events like saving the Green Earth Village from the little thugs when I first came into the domain were taken into consideration.

Even another bird that was hit with the same stone was counted as an achievement as well...

'I guess the village head counts as a special NPC…'

As the one that not only had a part in two of these achievements, but also even gave me a bit of info that helped greatly in constructing the last steps in my plan, the village head would surely be one of those 'popular' NPCs that players feel lucky to meet in other VR games.

His so-called destiny event was probably completed by the death of Crane who turned out to be the one behind the main sorrowful event in the village head's life.

Having already gone through the head of Crane's Clone, I was able to confirm the suspicion that both I and the village head had, he was indeed the one who crushed the Green Earth Sect…

However, what the village head was mistaken about was the fact that such an action was done because the sect's elemental mine was coveted by the 'House of Fire', it was all nothing but an excuse.

To begin with, the 'House of Fire' had no need for Earth elemental crystals, it was only that Crane wanted to use this as a cover to take out one target out of the equation, and that was none other than the village head himself!

It seemed like Crane had somehow managed to obtain some intelligence regarding the village head's Innate Ability that almost made him half a mind-reader, so as soon as some elders from the 'Earth Castle' showed interest on offering them a position as subordinate sect of the Elemental Blade, Crane moved out some cards in order to destroy the sect as a whole…

Naturally, that was an expected move of him since a mind-reader would definitely be the nemesis of a mole that has been acting around for so long. Considering the village head's prospects, he was bound to only rise in ranks as time went and his words would be believed, so Crane reduced him to nothing before that could happen.

Blade himself should have come around that knowledge but Crane's instances of corruption were everywhere, not to mention that he only searched for specific info, but now that I left the message behind, he was probably bound to remember that.

Originally, I was planning to go the Green Earth village myself and leave behind that message which described how the cause of his misery has received his due punishment while obviously omitting that the real target was him since that would only torture him more, but since I had to leave in a hurry, I could only entrust that to Blade and hope that he wouldn't say something unnecessary and possibly even offer help since he was partially the cause for what happened... 

Still, the most intriguing part was actually the bonus 'print' achievement which was quite ambiguous in its description yet rewarding in its points, but it seemed to have something to do with interfering with the domain in some way, as all other achievements seemed to have the same principle.

By this point, it was obvious that the system wanted the players to interfere more with the events involving the natives and change how things are working around in the domains, the reason behind that was still unknown though…

'Let's see…'

I put all the thoughts aside for now as I opened the system shop to check the actual value of what I received only to receive a…

[ You have managed to obtain over 5,000 SSP! A new branch function of the system shop has been unlocked! ]