What a powerful skill!
It wasn't just Tsukasa who was frightened.
Even Spider Child, hiding in the shadows, thought this skill was quite good.
However, Spider Child didn't forget the task at hand.
Why did the skill previously known as
The Main Body of Spider Child immediately began using her Ruler Authority to investigate the system's information database, looking for data on this skill, and the result was no matches. In other words, while Tsukasa's skill appeared to be obtained from the system, it was actually given by that mysterious force of unknown true form within her body.
The reason Eidor would risk appearing was also understandable, as Pure-blooded Fairies were originally extinct creatures. The appearance of one Eidor was already incredible; one could likely search the entire world and not find a second Pure-blooded Fairy. At this moment, a unique talent skill that only a Pure-blooded Fairy could possess suddenly appeared on Tsukasa, which was what drew Eidor out.
According to the replies from Kuro and the Demon Lord, Pure-blooded Fairies were existences as powerful and rare as pure-blooded dragons.
When the Dragon God led the Dragon Race to leave this world back then, the Fairy Race followed them. The races remaining in this world today are basically a bunch of mongrels, hybrids created by the abandoned Human Race using genetic modification technology.
This is a world on the brink of collapse; those left on this planet are the original sinners and their descendants.
So, don't wonder why the Elf Race of this world is as wicked as humans, because the essence of their souls is human, and the root of their bloodline is also human; they just used genetic modification technology to transform their bodies into the appearance of the Elf Race back then.
Naturally, it is impossible for these mongrels to learn the unique skills of pure-blooded races. Therefore, the skill
Spider Child looked curiously at Tsukasa, who had a serious expression over there.
If that's the case, could it be that Tsukasa's soul is actually of the Fairy Race?
Otherwise, there's no explaining why she could obtain this exclusive skill. Furthermore, Spider Child had been curious about Tsukasa's superhuman-level magic talent from the start. Unlike other Reincarnators, Tsukasa had only been in contact with magic for less than two months at most, and it was entirely self-taught through skill points.
One must realize that the magic talent of the Human Race is just so-so.
Other Reincarnators have basically received relevant training since they were children, but even so, their magic abilities are currently inferior to Tsukasa's. Ignoring hollow things like attributes and levels, Tsukasa's magic talent is that of a genius beyond the system's control. This is highly irrational, but if she is actually the reincarnation of a Pure-blooded Fairy, then it all makes sense.
Tsukasa snapped out of it, opened her mouth, and said somewhat nervously, "I don't know."
So this skill couldn't be learned through the system?
But she did learn it through the system.
And it only cost 50 skill points.
"..."
As expected, cheap things aren't good!
Wait, no, although the goods are good...
This is clearly problematic merchandise.
Now this is just great; she's directly drawn out an existence that seems to be part of the world's lore. Could a fellow who can evade the system's Appraisal be even stronger than the System Goddess? According to the claims of those believers among the villagers, the Divine Word Cult that worships the System Goddess is the largest church on the continent. With a faith of such scale, she should at least be a major figure at the Chief God level. So, what level of existence is the fairy before her?
Tsukasa didn't know that the Appraisal skill is ineffective against creatures outside the system's jurisdiction.
Gods are creatures outside the system's jurisdiction.
Even the weakest god can nullify the effects of Appraisal.
"Could you actually be a reincarnation of a fairy?"
Eidor flew to Tsukasa's side and took a sniff.
"Just as I thought, you have the scent of a fairy on you!"
"..."
Tsukasa felt this sentence was very ambiguous.
Because in her hometown, 'fairy' actually had other meanings.
"It should be the influence of the skill..."
"Oh, right."
Eidor's appearance was clearly that of a cold and elegant mature woman type.
But she gave off a sort of silly and cute vibe.
"Can I go now?"
"No."
"But I really don't know why I was able to learn this skill."
"Hmm, it's not for that reason."
Eidor's expression was hesitant.
Then, she thought very seriously for a while before making a decision.
"I'm going to tell you something; don't be afraid after you hear it."
"..."
Are you going to eat me?
Tsukasa immediately thought of this possibility.
"I won't! Fairies don't eat people!"
"..."
"I'm not reading your mind, you know."
Like I'd believe you!
Tsukasa didn't dare to let her thoughts wander any further.
"Then go ahead and say it."
"Okay, I'll say it then. Actually, this world is going to be destroyed very soon."
"Huh?"
"It's natural that you can't believe it, but this world has indeed been on the verge of collapse since a long time ago. I don't know how those people back then came up with that method to prolong this world, but it seems now that the method didn't have the effect it was supposed to have."
"That system you use was originally something created to protect this world. However, because the fellow who was sacrificed to become the system favored the Human Race too much, it affected the system's original mechanism. A system that should have been recovering energy bit by bit hasn't recovered enough energy to repair the world even now."
"What do you mean by recovering energy?"
"Don't you understand? It means letting high-level humans go to their deaths. The appearance of the system and dungeons was to let humans increase their soul strength as quickly as possible, and then recover the energy of these souls. However, the ones who played the biggest role in this were actually the god who sacrificed themselves and the god who created this system. Because without the energy they provided, let alone starting the system, the world would have been destroyed back then."
"..."
Tsukasa's eyes widened.
She had received a massive shock.
She hadn't expected this world, which seemed like a classic light novel isekai, to actually be a 'link the fire' style dark world! Doesn't this mean fattening them up one by one to be burned as fire pillars? If the truth is really as this fairy says, wouldn't continuing to level up make her more likely to die? Damn it, could this be the Goddess's conspiracy? Bringing Reincarnators from another world, giving them some cheats to let them level up quickly, and finally, once they're fattened up, sending them up to be used as fuel!
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