'Wait a minute.' Aiden had yet to recover from the pain but was forced to respond. 'Can you heal my body, please?'

[Assessing the condition…]

[Status: Severely Wounded]

[Checking the serum…]

[Checking for solution…]

[Full recovery: 13 hours.]

'13 hours, Huh! "Aiden hesitated. He was in a situation where he couldn't dare to waste his time. 'Can't you do something faster than that?'

[Mana induced recovery: Estimated time: 5:32:13]

'That's a lot faster,' but looking at the name he frowned, 'What's the problem with it?'

[The host's lifetime will be reduced by 3 hours.]

'Do it. Start the recovery first.' Even if it takes 6 hours and with 3 hours of life lost, it's still better than 13 hours to recover.' The next moment his consciousness has been diluted again.

*Creee*

Even before Aiden opened his eyes, a bone-chilling, yet similar shriek greeted him. He stood in the dark forest, and the smallmouth at the end of the tongue of the vampire deer sent out piercing cries to him.

"Come on, if you want to kill me, then come on." Aiden felt he was screaming at the vampire deer. Just to make sure he turned around and there wasn't anybody behind him.

[The host will witness second-officer Levi's last memories. The host will feel no pain.]

Just as the notification came to an end, the deer charged him with another piercing cry.

"[Earth wall]."

The wall was not large, but the height was perfect. It was trying to move away, but it was moving too fast, and the beast was not expecting it. His thin leg crashed into the wall.

The wall had disappeared as soon as it had stumbled. And Levi cried out, "[Stone]."

'His combat perception is nothing to laugh at.' Aiden could not help but praise Levi with a heavy heart.

The last spell Levi had cast, made a stone out of thin air and crashed down on Deer's leg. It's a sharp cry that has confirmed its disability.

But Levi did not spare a glance at it, nor did he have a chance at it. A moment ago, he saw a black tiger or something that was charging him, but he had lost track of it.

'Shadow jaguar and fire spitter tapir!?' Aiden could also read the notification that Levi had received from his PADS-X.

[Stone Crush]. As soon as he shouted, Levi jumped back and swung his Conmet blade.

It passed through the thin air, but it gave rise to a fountain of blood. The slash wounded the shadow jaguar, which was only a few inches away. Even then, in a puff of black smoke, it vanished again.

'If that thing had chased me, I would have died a long time ago.' Aiden felt lucky for the first time. He turned to see that the tapir had been crushed under a giant boulder just as he had seen it before.

'To think that he was able to carry out his attack in such a precise way,' Aiden's mind was linked to Levi, so he was certain that Levi did not receive any assistance from the combat aid programme.

'And this Levi was beaten so easily by Alex.' He knew it was going to be tough, but…

While Aiden was thinking about the challenges he would face, a couple of thunderstorm badgers and a four-legged beast with multiple snake heads came to attack him.

"[Earth Needle]"

"[Quick sand]"

"A shadow on your right." Aiden couldn't help but shout. While Levi concentrated on attacking the beast at the front, a shadow rushed to him from the right.

It was only a shadow that moved towards Levi, a shadow without a body. It was only when it came close enough to attack, a jaguar emerged from the shadows.

Levi jumped back and slashed his blade. Halfway through the slash, Aiden felt that the form of Levi was wrong. Before he could understand why a good piece of meat had been bitten off his left side of the belly.

'There were two jaguars in here! 'There were a lot of things he wanted to ask, but then he heard that sound for the second time.

*Dong* Dong*

The entire forest plunged into suffocating darkness. For the second time, the pair of jaguars did not attack. The snake-heads that were struggling to get themselves out of the quicksand were now trying to hide their many heads.

The handicapped Vampire deer, who was dragging his useless body into the forest, slumped on the ground and pretended to be dead.

Levi felt that someone had touched his right hand. But even before his head could feel that something was wrong with his hand, it had gone numb.

Levi turned to be welcomed by a charred black hand with a black line trying to invade his chest. There was no burning sensation, no pain, but the connection to the hand was lost.

"Ahhhhhh!" Only when Levi screamed, Aiden turned to see what was in front of him. But there was nothing. Everything in front him was black and a pair of red rings stared at him.

'Is that the eyes of that thing?' Aiden wasn't sure about that. And Levi didn't have the strength to move his body as that thing stretched out its hand to touch his left cheek.

Everything in front of him had vanished, and Levi had lost consciousness. Only then did Aiden dare to breathe again. Even if it happened a long time ago, Aiden couldn't help but be scared.

Unlike Aiden, Levi was a mage of Western faith. Instead of creating a mana vessel in his abdomen, they used their hearts as a vessel to create what they call the 'Arcana heart.'

Although it is more difficult to cultivate the arcana heart, if the mage can cultivate it successfully, the mage will be able to use long-distance magic and may also be good at close combat at the same time.

Unlike Levi, Aiden was a mage of the Eastern faith, he can only use close-range attacks. And if it comes close to him, he's sure he's going to die.

'That thing is at the top of the food chain.' While Aiden was trying to find a way to counter it, the darkness evaporated.

"Don't think about it. No matter what you do, it was useless." Aiden was surprised to find Levi standing in a green meadow, a few meters away from him.

"As much as I know you, you're trying to find a way to counter it." Levi shook his head, "I can't activate or circulate the mana when I'm close to it. My [Earth Skin] was torn like a paper"

"And it's faster than the sound. So, as soon as you hear that damn bell, it's already too late."

'I've heard it once.' Aiden didn't believe his words, "How can you be so sure of that?"

Levi smiled but chose not to reply. "You're here, that means I'm dead and you're alive, so you're going to have my inheritance."

"Why me?" Aiden was curious. Two years ago, he met Levi when the final training for the mission had begun. However, he chose him as the inheritor.

Aiden felt that Levi's eyes were sad when he said, "Please forgive me, Aiden. I was forced."

Aiden's heart skipped a beat. "Forced?" he didn't know what Levi meant, "Do you have anything to do with my situation? Did Alex force you?"

Levi stood there without responding, and it irritated Aiden more. He ran to him, grabbed his collar and shook him, "Tell me why do you want to kill me?"

And there was no answer to that. Aiden was trying to punch Levi. It connected, there's still no response.

[Second Officer Levi had no recollection of any event related to your situation.]

"Then?" He felt empty, and the system didn't respond. "Tell me, Levi, why are you sorry?"

"Just forgive me, Aiden. I'm forced to do that." Levi started from the place where he had been stopped. "It's going to sting a little."

[Initiating inheritance…]

[Inheritor: Aiden Law.

Status: Severely Injured. Dying.

Element: Wind

Level: 2

Grade: D]

The view in front of him has changed. It was a room of 27 cubic metres. And the words kept flashing in front of Aiden's eyes.

[Verifying condition…]

[Recommendation: Levi Park (Second Officer)]

[Criminal Record: None]

[E.S. System: Dormant]

"The E.S. System?" Aiden was sure that he had never heard of any such system of personal assistance. Even though he only used PADS or his counterpart, he was quite knowledgeable about them.

"Maybe Levi used one of the specially customized systems." Aiden laughed, thinking about the lavishness, "He could think about the future of his system even when he died!" But he couldn't keep his smile much longer.

"Aaaaaaaaaaa." Aiden grabbed his head and fell. It's like someone pounded his brain with a sledgehammer. He rolled over the floor like a headless chicken.

No tears were coming out of his eyes. The blood that would have come out of his nose had not appeared in this virtual space.

[Waiting for Captain's approval…]

Another notification arose, but Aiden was so drowned in pain that he had not noticed it.

[...

...

Approved.]

[Initiation Complete.]

[Activating E.S. System…]

[Unlocking DNA sequencing…]

[The host is requested to bear the pain till the activation could be completed.]

Alas! The person to whom the words were directed was unable to respond. This virtual space was created in Aiden's consciousness. He couldn't have lost consciousness, even if he wanted to. All he could do now was to suffer in silence...

There was nothing in the cube to show the time. A long time had passed before Aiden could stand on his feet again. He struggled to stand up while he was clutching his head.

But to his surprise, there was no pain at all. On the contrary, he felt much lighter than before. He wasn't sure it was because he was in virtual space, or his wounds are healing right now. Yet he was very happy.

The same clear blue screen was in front of him. But it was the data that shocked him the most.

[Inheritance complete]

[E.S. System Activated.]

[DNA sequence is unlocked]

[Please check the status for better understanding.]

[NAME: Aiden Law {Almost Healed} {Dying}

Age:16

Rank: Second Officer

Team: EP00 (Previously UG93)

Condition: Fatigue. Hungry. Acute Mana Poisoning.

Element: Wind

Level: 3

Grade: E

Strength: 12

Agility: 28

Endurance: 39

Dexterity: 25

Intelligence: 42

Health: 92/127

Mana: 87/111

Battle rating: Level 6

Innate skill: [*Light Foot*] [Skill Mine] [*Zone*]

Skill: [Reduce Drag] [Air Punch] [Air spike] [Wind Skin] [Wind Burst] [Wind Scythe] [Wind Gale]

]