Explaining to Luna the secret power that I had took most of the time we had left, but one thing for sure was that Luna was in disblief.
"You got to be kidding? You are saying you've been cheating on life this entire time? I knew some people had an easier time, but this is just another level." Luna couldn't really logically see how it was possible, but rationally there was no reason for them all to lie about it.
"It's real and I can give out the system to other people, which leads me to my final point. Do you want me to grant you a system? The only caveat is that you essentially have to become my follower to keep it." Making my point, I offered her the system and a prompt appeared right in front of her.
Technically speaking, I did kind of lie about the follower part, but that's because I am unable to edit the fundamental rules of the system grant skill. I can adjust them to a degree, but the rule regarding betrayal is something I can't change, even though I've become an admin over the system.
It was clear, though, by Luna's expression that she did not like the sound of that.
"You don't need to pray to Shaman or anything like that, but unless you're willing to stay a loyal friend or companion, then it's a bad idea." Clara elaborated on it further and it seemed that Luna was giving it some serious thought.
It was a tempting offer, as it would allow her to get past any current bottleneck she may be facing.
"This offer extends to you as well Himeko, if you are ready to get your own system. Unless, of course, you changed your mind since last I've offered." Himeko was previously waiting to recover back to her former Tier 10 self, which was the reason why she initially declined, worried that it might cause some issues with her recovery.
"I was about to say, where is my invite? I will accept the system as I have returned to being Tier 10, but you have to promise me to give one to Jane as well." Himeko unexpectedly agreed straight away, but under the condition we give it to her new girlfriend as well... Well, not so new now, although still hard to believe they were together.
"Too easy, but I don't know if accepting the system while in flight is a good idea as it can take some time to adapt." I'd rather not fall out of the sky, especially since we are just about to enter Freya forest.
"Fair enough, just don't forget it later." Himeko flapped her wings with some new vigor, leaving me to wonder whether this was her way of wagging her tail like a dog? Anyway, I moved my attention back to Luna who was still deep in thought.
"If it helps Luna, I'm not the closest to Shaman nor do I agree with everything she does, but nothing bad has happened to me. As long as we do not become enemies and Shaman does not see you as a threat then you will be fine." Elanor gave her 2 cents, as she was both the newest member, as well as the least connected to me out of the gang.
She may be close to Silver... maybe a little too close, but nevertheless, for the rest of us she is just a friend.
"Jeez, you could have worded it better, Mother." Silver looked at me with raised eyebrows, like I should have known better.
"I was trying to make it as simple as possible, alright. That's what the system originally required." I just wanted to keep things simple for Luna, yet somehow I was already about to be crucified for my words.
'God, I should have responded. I've just left her on read.' I felt bad, as I was so focused on getting out I just ignored pretty much every message.
"Shit, we need to hurry." However, what I thought was still a while away was literally just about to happen.
"What happened?" Alice instantly became curious, as I hadn't told her anything about what's going on.
"Shaman and the gang are about to battle Freja, a Tier 10 beast. It's been almost an hour since they left so they could very well already be in battle." I felt the nerves creep up on me, as I had no idea the kind of progress Shaman has made lately.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go! Aren't you a Tier 10 now?" Alice looked at me confused, but what she said was right. Why was I wasting time talking and stressing? I just needed to leave.
"You're right, I'll set-up the anchor now and when a portal opens up, just go right through it." Giving Alice the rundown, I quickly got rid of my months of hard work and drew up a new blood circle.
Luckily, it now only takes me a few seconds to finish, no longer needing to figure out all that cryptic crap.
"Understood." Alice saluted and patiently waited, eager to get out of here, as evident by the frantic flapping of her tiny bat wings.
"Okay, done! I'll now teleport to Shaman and see how the situation is. If it doesn't open right away, I'm probably fighting, but I will try to open it as soon as I can." Since it had been a while since Shaman sent the message, I expected to enter battle right away.
"Just summon me if you have to, but I don't know how useful I'll be since I'm not exactly as strong as you." If things really came down to the wire, Alice gave her permission to summon her, but I wasn't going to risk her.
She doesn't know how strong Freja is, so I can understand her ignorance.
"Of course you will be useful, but you would be better suited for the smaller battles, not this big one." Looking back at Shaman's messages, there was one that talked about their strategy. It sounded like Silver, Clara and Elanor would be keeping the weaker people distracted.
"If I'm correct, you will go help my other party members once you arrive." Alice was strong enough to take on a Tier 8 so it should be okay.
"That's... Silca, Elayor and Clarack?" Alice made a horrendous attempt at pronouncing their names, but it was close enough.
"Yes, but enough wasting time. I'll see you in a bit." Precious seconds were going by, so I activated my lover's call, teleporting myself to Shaman.