Whew, that could have been dangerous, Joel thought. What was that green light? No sooner had he spoken, a voice sounded in his mind.
SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACTIVATED, HOST HAS BEEN BOUND.
What the hell, that startled me, Joel thought as he recalled that the voice was the same he had heard when he was almost dying.
What are you, and how are you inside my head? Joel asked while trying to remain calm. The thing was able to heal him from near death, and also raised him from the Pulse realm to the Dominion realm. If it wanted to harm him, it could have done it easily.
I have been assigned to you by a higher existence that has caught sight of you.
A higher existence, who is that? Joel asked in confusion.
YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO KNOW THAT NOW, WHEN YOU ARE READY, YOU WILL KNOW.
Okay, Joel said, not ready to stress about something above him. Then what are your functions? Joel asked the system.
[name: Joel Zephyron]
[Rank: Dominion realm]
[System credit: 0]
[system conversion: Convert various materials to ]
[Fusion lab: used to fuse various affinities and runes]
[Resources: potions, food, water, other daily amenities and tools]
[Affinity baptism elixirs: Various potions to increase affinity rank]
[Enhancers: To improve cultivation]
[ArtIfacts: Ancient and powerful weapons forged from ancient runes]
[Dimensional contracts: Bind ancient elemental spirits]
[Inventory: An infinite space given by the system]
Okay, I get the general use of the system. I just have to convert various materials into system credit to use the functions of the system.
That should be easy, Joel thought as he used the conversion on the corpse of the beast he just killed.
MANIFESTATION TIER BLOOD STALKER CORPSE CONVERTED. HOST GAINED 10,000 SYSTEM CREDIT.
Wow, a single Dominion corpse gave me 10k credits. If I were to kill all those monsters from before, how much would I gain? Joel thought.
I can't go back looking for them, Joel thought with a disappointed expression.
Now, back to the main issue. Why am I in the abyss? Is this meant to be a survival test by the academy? He thought aloud. Well, I just have to survive till I can leave here. First, I need a place where I can live.
He began using earth magic to construct a palace-like building. The building had several inter-looping rooms and a large parlour.
He began fusing several runes into them to make it stable. When he was done, he exhaled loudly, visibly exhausted.
If I hadn't been pushed to the Dominion realm by the system, I wouldn't have been able to build a small parlour.
HOST HAS EARNED ACHIEVEMENT BUILDER, HE GAINED 100,000 SC.
[Builder: reduces essence consumption when the host is crafting by 30%]
That was a shock, Joel thought, not knowing about the title function of the system. But I am not done yet, he said as he drank an essence potion from the system. Several minutes later, he stood up, his essence now refilled.
He created several rocks on the edge of the building, then he fused several gravity runes with them, and it began to float. It floated for over 3 minutes before it rested at 39km above ground level.