Chapter 975 The Truth Behind The System 2

Chapter 975 The Truth Behind The System 2

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The System, or as he called himself, Michael, sat down over the void black hole. His body still looked very weak and frail. I noticed many cracks over his body, as if he were made of thin glass. Each error seemed to have broken through this body, perhaps the presentation of his soul, the core of the System itself being him.

"Are you okay?" I asked him, caressing his wounds.

"I might heal over time... Or not." He coughed. "This is... My soul, as bare as it can be. However, from what I remember... My power, Memories, and Soul's True Strength have all been Sealed. So It's not as if I can do much, even with my soul exposed."

"Is there a way to heal you?" I wondered, looking at him. For the first time ever, I actually felt pity for this asshole that always treated me like shit.

"I... Perhaps, but you'll need to spend the precious System Points you can only earn by killing foes or leveling up. Are you sure you want to spend them?" He wondered, looking tired. "You don't need to halt your growth to heal me. It's not like you owe me anything, and I've been a real asshole to you, even though you had no fault in my situation..."

"Yeah you're a pretty annoying asshole, but you're still the System that has been with me since I reincarnated in this world. Even when I wasn't a ghost, you were still there, right?" I asked him. "So stop being so annoying and let me heal you. How do I do this?"

"Simply... think about it." He sighed. His eyes seemed slightly shy as he didn't want to look into my eyes. "And it will work."

I gently touched his wounds, and it worked. The System Points started to be spent over time. The cracks disappeared as my fingers released a gray and white light. It felt as if I was stitching back together his wounds, second after second, until he fully recovered.

Ding!

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[The [System Core] has fully recovered its functions.]

"Well that cost way more than I imagined! Fourteen million?!" I complained. "Well, I still have around 79 million but even then, that's so expensive!"

"...The One?" I asked.

Suddenly, it felt like things clicked slightly. The One, was that... just God? The monotheistic God of all things? The single one, The One and Only. God and nothing else. No name, just God. The one that governs Eden, a world with Angels and Archangels.

"Is that God?" I asked.

"...I don't know." He sighed. "I don't remember anymore... I... It is so frustrating. I fear if we try to recover more memories, the damage I'll take become even more severe."

"Then what can we do?!" I asked.

Michael suddenly held my hands, as he smiled back at me. His brilliant silver eyes shining with some sort of confidence, as if he knew me for way longer than I thought.

"Climb the Tower, Maria." He whispered to me. "Grow Stronger... Evolve. The System will Evolve with you. And so your other Unique Skills. Especially [Goddess], the Unique Skill you have yet to unlock. Its power could bring you to heights nobody has reached before. You have to climb the Tower... If you want to find out the truth about it, get a wish... And end this... This cycle of competition and annihilation of worlds."

To climb the Tower... That was never really my intention. I want to just live peacefully. But I guess that even after I do everything I want in this world. Threats and dangers will keep pouring from other worlds, isn't it?

"Do you promise me that I will find the truth, and that the wish can be anything I want?" I asked him with sincerity.

"...I have to be honest with you, I can't promise you that." He sighed. "But there's something within me, something that tells me that... you will never find the peace you want if you don't do anything, Maria. There are threats out there that will continue coming to this world. And unless you do your best to climb the Tower and finally reach the end of all of this. There will never be an end."

"..." I sighed. "I'll think about it. But maybe... Just maybe, I will do that. But right now, I can't really think too well. Goodnight, Michael."

"Goodnight, Maria."

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