With the shape of the artifact decided, Ning and Crownus finally turned to the more important question of what the System itself should actually do.
They had already agreed that it needed to be useful to ordinary people without relying on damaging Souls or constantly drawing absurd amounts of Energy. That removed a large number of possibilities immediately, but it still left them with enough options to spend some time considering.
Ning brought up the first idea.
"What about a Spying System?"
Crownus turned toward him. "Explain."
"Something that helps the user gather hidden information. It could identify lies, reveal secret records, detect surveillance, find weaknesses in security, maybe even show information about people that isn't normally available."
Crownus considered it carefully.
