Mage of the Abyss: Siola Mithra

Chapter 39 - Relativity of Identity

I recall the time when my friends and I fought the skeleton, Ludwig, and his dragon. Me and him using our mightiest spell as we face off against each other. But I remember how odd it was. The spell he used, nothing came out of it.

{Transcendental Law of the Abyss, Bless Soul}

*Pant *Pant

My eyes open to see the room lit up brightly. The light comes from a spectral orb, its color is golden and it's shining.

As I try to catch my breath, I ponder heavily at the sight of an ominous book in my hand. Its hardcover design is colorfully dark like I see a snippet of the galaxy and it kept me wondering, just what have I got myself into?

! {Item Obtained}

~ {Book of the Unknown / Transcendental / ---}

My eyes peeled like never before.

"A transcendental rank? What the hell is this?"

It's not a grimoire that contains a spell nor it is a skill book. It's just a book. Like the simplest definition of it. But for it to be a Transcendental Rank, for me, it's unheard of. I wonder, just what is it contained within. So, I flipped the cover and take a look at its content.

{Luosa}

Replica calling out to me, but my curiosity is uncontrollable, but upon opening the book. I see words and symbols unfamiliar to me. I've never seen any of them either. Something totally new in front of my eyes, it has totally caught my interest. This would require me to learn about what these characters mean before I can study the symbols, which means, there should be a Quest.

'I'll have to get back and go through a normal portal first and see if my profile is fixed by doing that because I think, supposedly, I should be getting a Quest here. No, even all the way back where I was tasked by Replica or even when I got taken in.'

Glancing up at the bright orb above, I calm myself down as I tilt the edge of my lips and raise my brows, "Oh, right." Turning around and taking the dark orb with me, "Ma'am! I have obtained the book!"

{...}

{You have obtained it?}

{...}

{Well done}

'What's with the awkward pause?'

{Sit tight, I shall make preparation to teleport you back here}

"Oh okay."

'That's convenient.'

"..."

All those whispers have disappeared when that ball of light appears, "I don't want to experience that again." And for some reason, my tongue has healed. I mean I expected it, but there's no blood whatsoever.

'I wouldn't dare to try that in real life with my current body as that tongue is not replaceable, haha.'

The light from the ball briefly flashes in my eyes. I wonder if I can take that sphere so I try to reach it but even at my highest jump, it's short a few inches away from it.

*Pomf*

My cheeks puffed to a balloon.

*Fume *Fume

"Oh well, it's probably just a torch anyway."

If it is something that can be acquired, it would naturally float to the player. Regardless, now that it produces light to shine on my surrounding, I can inspect the place while I wait for the portal to appear. But there really is nothing here except for the center part of the room where I obtained the book. On the ground, there is a symbol, one that I'm actually familiar with.