[Alright let's look at the new babies' abilities shall we.]
Raven started to channel her energy directly into Max's soul energizing him and making the haziness in his head start to go away. As he stood up, he could now see a floating screen in front of him.
[Your Scan spell plus me equals free information for you. I've just made it easier for you to see since you were already used to this.]
Name: [Max]
[Stage: 1st Stage Magic Spirit]
[Age: 19]
[Health: 100/100]
[Strength: 20]
[Speed: 25]
[Mana: 300/300]
[lightning resistance: 9%]
[??? 30%]
[??? 30%]
[Magic Points: 0]
Max squinted making sure he was seeing the screen right. First stage Magic spirit? And double my strength and crazy agility. My mana is now off the charts? What the heck is all this.
[Shut up I'll explain. You're already aggravating me I'll only say it once so listen up. Essence is basically what the world has to offer. There's life essence, spiritual, magical, elemental, the list goes on. Mana was just what you humans ended up calling it, so I'm correcting you on your terminology. For less of a headache though I left it as mana in your system since mana is your personal reserves of power you draw upon from around you and yourself. The reason for you having so much is because of my power coursing through you. You'll learn more things the stronger you get since I'll also regain my powers and strength in the process as well.]
Sounds very hate humans but also like things have been hidden from us as well. Max started walking back down the path he came from.
[Well, you see I let you keep your magic points since that's a necessity for this dimension it seems I reset it though since your system is basically me now. I won't be giving you any free points though, so the schools alarms don't catch on. I went through your memories, and I can see they sealed me and brought a ton of humans from all over earth to this magical dimension. My kind as well as these "magicians" and other breeds here don't exist on earth. When they send you guys back after graduation, they can use you to infiltrate and steal secrets hidden on your planet, but that's none of my business. Place out your hand.]
Max placed his hand out in front of him and could see swirling blue and red particles gathering and going inside him. "What is this?"
[Essence. Your body is always actively converting it to mana. The color changes based on what you absorb but it filters out into raw spiritual energy for you regardless. My energy is all over down here so take in as much as you can. When you're strong enough we will come back here. Beyond that door leads to another world where those who realize the truth on earth and this magic dimension all end up anyway, there's many portals that could take you there. Most of you humans die over there due to the many races living in harmony who all value strength overall. While your species is relatively weak. I can't wait for them to underestimate you and die.]
So, I'm not human anymore? Max wondered continuing to absorb blue and gold energy from the glowing lake next to him.
*Essence attributes unlocked*
JESUS WHAT NOW???
[Oh, sometimes the type of essence you absorb contribute to certain abilities.]
*Golden Eyes - Lights up your pupils and cuts through darkness intimidating weak enemies and providing vision. *
[Yup that'll help once you drink from the lake of golden energy your absorbing take it all in till you don't see anymore.] Max could hear Raven laughing inside his head.
Yeah, yeah whatever I guess I'd rather have the old system insulting me instead of you laughing at me.
[If you make me angry enough, we can do what you humans call assisted suicide.]
Max stopped and silently stared off into the depths of the tunnel he heard the bone crunching coming from earlier. "Ok I apologize anyways I guess this is the only way out." Max sighed activating his new ability he could see clearly down the tunnels as well as the rats bigger than his head gnawing on what he could only hope wasn't human bones. Max turned away to sit for a moment.
[Weak, foolish, scared boy can't handle some rats? I put you on the path of higher evolution and this is the thanks I get. What garbage. You're practically the same as those cultivators from the web novels you used to read. Beyond this dimension everyone is! Go kill those rats!]
Max's ears perked up. Did you say cultivation? Max looked at his hands feeling the mana circling inside him new power he hasn't noticed that's been there the whole time.
This is my power?