Chapter 2:Capabilities
Watching Cosette leave, Alicia let out a breath and lay back down.
The chat with her confirmed this was Rodinia, just unknown timeline.
“Why am I here?”
Alicia helplessly shook her head, stopped thinking strange mysteries.
Anyway, she was here—unchangeable fact. Better than mental drain, think what she could do.
But thought turned, suddenly clear familiar system prompt appeared before eyes, showing her current status and attributes:
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User UID: PrprArecia#1145
Level: 1 (EXP -1/0, EXP gain error)
Gender: Un��Ҫ�¨² error
Race: Ancient Star Dragon (Sealed)
Innate Abilities: Rainbow Magic Eye (Passive), Conceptual Manifestation (Sealed)
Racial Abilities: Unsealed
Racial Traits: Unsealed
Mastered Affinities: [ ] (Void)
Main Class: Magic Swordsman
Sub Class: Spirit Tuner
Class Skills: Stellar Magic (Proficiency E), Spirit Summoning (Proficiency E)
Martial Arts: Falling Shadow (Proficiency E)
Bound Equipment: Magic Sword · True World, Moon Dust
Character Status: Mental Trauma, Severe Injury (Recovering)
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This abnormal panel surprised Alicia.
“What means EXP gain error? I can’t level like players? Whole world so many, just me drew SAO experience card?”
Looking strange panel, Alicia realized she wasn’t as player.
Alicia calmed to analyze pros cons—for her, good news game system crossed too.
Bad news system bugged, traditional monster kill level seemed inapplicable, non-bound gear all cleared, like restart.
Most important, as NPC, likely lost player infinite respawn.
But inherited past game character, hard-earned items gear, rare race [Ancient Star Dragon] retained.
However, race sealed, racial abilities sealed. Alicia must find unseal bloodline method to awaken original power.
Trouble for Alicia.
Normal racial rewards given at character creation. Human: skill learn time shorten, Elf: magic affinity, Beastman: martial reinforce etc. But now, these rewards traits insulated from Alicia.
Not without surprise—mastered affinities still [ ] (Void).
Void affinity, Ancient Star Dragon innate. Void can simulate various affinity changes, but due void nature, simulated any affinity looks blue-black starlight mass.
Moreover void strong anti-magic, terrifying erosion to any magic.
This energy filled chaotic time and turbulent space force, due violent nature and void link, constantly devour infect other things trait.
Besides, rare skills martial arts retained.
Of course, flaw proficiency reset to lowest E, not highest S.
But Alicia didn’t mind small things—she valued skills for possession, not proficiency.
In Rodinia, many skills hard obtain—not just level attribute, often task series, reputation, or coincidence hidden items.
Need vast money, time, luck.
But hardest for Alicia—sub class [Spirit Tuner] summons cleared.
In Rodinia, [Spirit Tuner] intensity trap class.
Start, official 1.0 hype player exclusive, much attention.
But hands-on, found long cultivate cycle, need pair other classes for front combat, summons steal owner EXP etc., became burden.
Though [Spirit Tuner] unique [Spirit Summoning] reawaken souls from ancient mysterious soul-power items, contract seal use.
Summons no time limit, no number limit, death no strength loss resummon.
But nothing ideal.
Planner precise cuts, [Spirit Summoning] tense luck spell.
Except clear soul-point items, random item summon tests user luck.
Moreover summons conscious.
Low-level fine, mostly pre-death combat instinct, high-level own consciousness—if dislike summoner, battlefield slack minor, direct rot pit major.
Summons soul body, lost material, power far weaker than life.
Strengthen need infuse soul force, i.e. EXP.
Higher level summons more EXP.
In short, [Spirit Tuner], unless no front combat, needs at least 3x EXP other classes to form.
Led most main [Spirit Tuner] players levels far behind.
These absurd traits made [Spirit Tuner] top “game rib profession” in official forums.
Player consensus: use [Spirit Tuner], either full level fancy boss, or promo fraud victim.
Alicia as beta cyber native with quota, had enough time energy resources.
Interest, her liver krypton, [Spirit Tuner] sub class still maxed.
But now, years cultivated dozens top summons all cleared, heart bleeding.
“Ahem.”
Then, curtain outside cough.
Alicia looked up, saw middle-aged man bow in, half plate armor, waist armed sword gun.
Seeing Alicia, man slight smile.
“Hello, miss, I’m this mercenary group’s captain, Olga.”