System Dominance in the Otherworldly Tower

Chapter 09 - First Summon

Shiva was stupefied looking at his status, it was to the point that he was wondering if it was his own status or not.

His stats which were less than 10 before were now above 20 and his intelligence was whooping 35 at that, which he obliviously did not have any idea of.

Shiva had gained about four active skills and two passive skills along with two titles although one was just for show.

The power of the increased stats was surging throughout his body, he could feel an immense amount of power from his closed fist!

"This power!! oh..oh... Am I dreaming?"

He pinched himself to check whether he was dreaming!

"Ouch!!..doesn't seem like a dream..."

The power that was surging through his body!

He still couldn't believe it. He was still finding it hard to believe that the things that happened were all real and were not a dream.

Someone called the forgotten legend of the past whom he had no idea had interfered with his class change, which acted as a blessing in disguise, enabling him to acquire the class modification token.

and on top of that, he got a unique class and body strengthening to0.

Then again, he didn't know anything about the system or the forgotten legend.

"There are many things that I want to question, but I will just say this, Thank you so much whoever you are"

There were many things that he was curious about! and many more things that he wanted answers for, but right now he was too overjoyed and too excited to try out the new skills that he forgot them all.

He could feel ominous dark energy surging throughout his body!

Like the blood that circulated through his veins with a heart as a center, the dark energy was running throughout his body with the core behind his right eye as the center.

He could perceive an energy core that formed right behind his right eye and just below his brain. He didn't know why it was gathered there, nor what it was, he was just aware that it was there.

Shiva tried to gather that energy in his hand, he thought that it would be easy, like how he did with mana, he tried to lead the energy from the core to his palm.

What he got in return was...

"Ah....!" The nerves of his forehead bulged as the necrotic energy seeped out and he felt a steep pain in his head!

It seems like controlling necrotic energy was harder than he thought.

"I thought I could control it like the main characters in novels, tch!"

[You are by no means a genius, so dream as such]

Shiva had noticed it before but the system was too heartless.

But he didn't give up!

Enduring the pain he started leading it towards his hand, as the energy moved from his head to his right hand, the nerves on the path bulged up! it was as if the Necrotic energy was using the nerves as its means of transport!

It was weird to think that! because Nerves were something whose duty was to deliver messages to the brain, but if the necrotic energy is using them as its means for transport then there may be some effects that may result due to it!

"Is this the Necrotic Energy?", He murmured as black gaseous energy oozed out of his hand!

It was a bit harder at first to control but soon Shiva was playing with it.

Even though he felt a certain amount of pain while using the necrotic energy, it was weirdly getting less and less painful!

Within about just 2-3 minutes, he managed to lead the Necrotic energy into his legs, and when he did that, he could feel the power of his muscles increase! It was like strengthening a specific part of the body with it.

Every time he moved the necrotic energy, there was a steep pain in his head, not to mention the burden on his muscles, but despite all this, he felt more comfortable using Necrotic energy!

"Is this the effect of class?"

He guessed since his class was related to him awakening the necrotic energy but he wasn't sure of it.

It wasn't easy to wield but he felt more restful wielding it, it was a weird feeling like he was born to wield Necrotic energy!

Moving the necrotic energy all over his body, he was acting like a child who got a new toy to play with!

If any of the necromancers were to see this they would cough up blood! Normally it would take anywhere from a year to several years for one to learn the proper use of the necrotic energy but this boy was using it like a plaything!

and then there was this system that said he wasn't a genius.

[I guess your luck is outstanding]

Even then, the system didn't admit him as a genius.

After playing with the dark energy for some time, He looked at the corpse of the goblins that were piled up.

A sudden thought came to his mind as he extended his hand and activated the skill.

"<Summon Skeleton>"

"...."

But nothing happened!

"ugh..! Why isn't it working??"

Shiva scratched his head in disappointment, but he didn't give up, raising both of his hands he again tried to activate the skill while leading the Necrotic energy towards the dead goblin!.

"<Summon Skeleton>"

This time the black energy started to move toward the goblin corpse but after a certain distance from his hand, it completely dispersed in mid-air!

"Seems like I am not yet proficient enough to move it out of the body!" Thinking so, he got near the corpse, activating the skill again.

"<Skeleton summon>"

This time, he was in direct contact with the corpse touching its head with his right hand, and he didn't just mutter those words! He tried to push the dark energy inside him toward the body of the goblin!

Sure enough!

The dark Necrotic energy surged out of his body engulfing the goblin's corpse as a whole!! As a tornado, it completely surrounded the dead body and started to seep inside it!

Shiva's eyes gleamed with expectations seeing that!

Time passed, and soon the skin and muscles of the goblin started to peel off.

Shortly, the whole body of the goblin which was previously covered by muscle and skin became just a pile of bones! and inside its empty skull where the brain was supposed to be, a bluish-black crystal had formed!

Ding!

[The skill<Skeleton summon> has been used!]

[Goblin lv.1 has been successfully resurrected as a skeleton]

[The goblin has retained 50% of its stat and all its skills]

The notification informed him of the skill's success as a blue flame-like glint started to form in the empty eyes socket of the goblin!

"Whoaaa!"

Michel gleamed in anticipation seeing that, the goblin whose eyes were now ignited by blue flames light started to move towards him with the crackling sound of its bone.

ding!

[Congratulations on summoning your first undead]

[You have taken the first step in the long journey of Necromancy]

[The Tower nods at your achievement for raising an undead even before entering the Tower]

[You are rewarded with the exclusive right to name your first summon]

The undead goblin came near him and kneeled, bowing its head!

Shiva felt a kind of pride seeing the skeleton and he was also shocked by seeing the notification that came with it!

He didn't know why the system rewarded him the right to name the summon, couldn't he just name it whatever he want?

But as a matter of fact, Necromancers and the summoners can name their exclusive summons, not just a name to call it but for a name for it to be recognized by the tower as an entity!

Normally it would require the Necromance or the Summoner to sacrifice a part of their stats in exchange for naming that being, which would grant it the ability to grow with the summoner. 

But shiva was given this opportunity without any sacrifice, which he didn't even realize.

"well whatever"

He just brushed past that fact and looked at the goblin which kind of looked cute after it shed its skin and muscles, with only white bones!

He kept his hand on its bone head as he said...

"Ok, From today onwards your name shall be....."

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