When the battle ended, we were left completely exhausted. Me included! Despite my HP never going down, I really felt tired and about to die. I wanted to sleep for a while, but I knew I really couldn't do that right now.
[Calculating Total EXP earned…]
[Your Party has hunted [Black Horned Wolf] x33]
[You have slain the [Black Devil Shadow Death Wolf] x1]
[You earned 32000 EXP]
[Ignatius] earned 58100 EXP]
[Ignatius] has reached Level 4!]
[Ignatius] has reached Level 5!]
[Naturia] earned 58100 EXP]
[Naturia] has reached Level 7!]
[Naturia] has reached Level 8!]
[Naturia] has reached Level 9!]
[Naturia] has reached Level 10!]
[Naturia] can now Evolve]
Ah… Naturia can finally evolve. And Ignatius only gained two levels out of that monster?! Well, damn. Maybe we can find something that can give better EXP later on… If Spiritual Blessing Levels Up, he might be able to get more bonus EXP I guess.
And as for me, I've accumulated roughly 71000 EXP. Of course, I can't use it to level up, but I believe I can save some more before spending it on either creating a new System Seed or making a new Skill being able to Level Up, as of now I only have two more Skills I could make Level Up… I wonder if it could be possible to create brand new Skills outside of the already existing Skill Trees later on.
Oh well, that'll be left for later.
[Sylphy, are you feeling alright?]
Suddenly I heard the voice of Alice resonate through my soul, she had gone back to my Soul Scape and spoke through System Notifications only I could see.
"(Yeah, I'm alright… Ugh, just too tired.)"
[I had no idea you could pick an advanced Class like that one, we had not practiced much about this Spell because of how much it exhausts you when you use it…]
"(Hm, well, yeah… But what do you mean with advanced Class?)"
[Well, to summarize, the System has the power to grant Classes, right? Your Class is often generated automatically upon birth, usually being related to your parents, or somethings just being random. After reaching the Level Cap of your Class, you'll be able to change Classes once more, further increasing your stats and gaining new Skills]
"(Wait, what?! That's super overpowered…)"
[Maybe… Advanced Classes only appear when you pick a certain group of Classes and max them out. For example, Light Magic Swordsman requires Light Mage and Swordsman Classes maxed out… Well, your System Notification power might let you simply have most low-tier classes. Advanced classes are not necessarily high tier, they simply appear only after certain conditions.]
"(So that's how it is… Was the [Berserk] Class the same?)"
[Indeed… This is why Berserk and Light Magic Swordsman left you so exhausted while Warrior doesn't put as much pressure, the stronger the class, the more pressure and therefore, the less you'll last with them. Be more careful from now on.]
After speaking with Alice, Naturia flew to my side and began floating around, she was annoying me so I could help her evolve. Apparently I was something like a "Master" of the Systems given to others through System Seeds, things such as Evolution or maybe in the future, Class Advancement, require my own authorization.
"Stop it, Naturia, I can't let you evolve right now when we are in front of everybody…" I sighed.
"Foo! FOO!" Naturia was being very annoying, but I just petted her and ignored her complaints.
My father and Shade quickly came to help us recover, as Shade took out three bottles out of his shadows which were filled with some shiny liquid, I had seen these before. Weren't these elixirs? I remember my father drank them only when he fought against powerful foes. My mother uses her alchemy talent to create them out of premium ingredients farmed in our farms on Cloudia.
"Here, drink these. You did well, kids. Especially you, Sylphy. You were incredible." My father said, as he let me drink the Elixir. My body quickly was brought back to almost top condition, fatigue, and everything else was completely gone as well! I think this is my first time drinking one.
"It was very tiring, daddy…" I sighed. "But we did our best… That Elixir really is good. I had never drank one before…"
"They're hard to make, your mother makes them." My father said, hugging me and then giving me a kiss in my forehead. "You've completed this challenge without even asking for help, I am very proud of you."
[The magical power of the Elixir has seeped into your body.]
[Your magical power has risen]
When I looked at those stats, I really didn't knew what was happening. My magical power has risen? Since when has the System shown such messages?
Alice quickly answered me though.
[Alongside previous improvements, the System has gained the ability to tell you whenever your body grows stronger. Of course, the stats won't change, sorry if you expected that.]
Huh, so it is that… Well, that's nice.
[However, I can do something about this… If I gather this magical power which very high quality consumables can give you…]
[You gained +50000 EXP]
I was slightly surprised, a my father looked at me while raising an eyebrow.
"Sylphy what's wrong?"
"E-Err… N-Nothing daddy. I am simply amazed by the power of this Elixir! Can I have some more?"
"What? No, one is enough. They're not a drink you can just enjoy at any time, they're very expensive to make."
"Ah… R-Right… Maybe I can learn from mother how to make potions one day?"
"Huh, yeah, seems possible. I can help you convince her if you want to learn Alchemy."
Okay, Alice, what was that just now?!
[As I told you, this is also part of my new abilities as a Spirit! It seems that I can gather the rich magical essence of things you consume and turn them into EXP.]
S-So if I ask my mother to cook this wolf and I eat it, can I gain EXP from there too?
[Yes, a few thousand, I believe… But the more you eat or drink of a certain preparation, the less EXP is given.]
I see… This is big though!