Chapter 23
"Kai. In your memories, where was the bustling market built?" Max asked.
Hearing this, Kai was confused."That was a horrible memory of mine. I still remember those days. I was abandoned as a child and was captured by a gang to work for them by begging on the streets... Anyways that market was on the planet of Rive."
Hearing this, Max was taken aback. He had previously gotten the complete star system's map from Yami and had memorised most of the planets. However, he can't seem to remember any planet that goes by the name of Rive. Max was about to ask another question when Kai interrupted him again."I'm sorry but we have to skip on our introduction. I have expended too much of my strength talking to you. I'm going to rest now. I'll talk to you when I wake up next time. Until then, goodbye Max." Kai said as his glowing humanoid body started to disintegrate.
Max watched as Kai's body started to fade away, leaving a small red orb that began orbiting around his Ki Cores.
Max wanted to ask more questions but sadly before he could even reply to Kai, his vision darkened and before he knew it, he was lying down on his bed. Max slowly got up.
He looked at the time and realised it's only been an hour since he went to sleep.
Max let out a yawn and stretched his arms and legs. He was feeling even more exhausted than when he first went to sleep. He laid back down on his bed. Max had many questions regarding the [Orb of War] and the strange blue crystal in his subconscious world.
Max has no idea what the strange white environment was but he could only access it when he is unconscious. With thoughts regarding the future, Max swiftly went to sleep again.
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{Time Skip by 1 month}
...Max walked up to the ruin door and got ready to the next ruin floor. It's been a month and Max was feeling quite tired. He has been searching for the same ruin door for the entire month and with some luck he has finally managed to find it. Max prepared himself and soon he found himself on the next floor
"Finally! After a month of doing absolutely nothing!" Max grumbled. He has been going into the ruin every single day for the past month and he finally found the door to the next floor!
Max was slightly taken aback on the floor's atmosphere. It was similar to a dungeon but at the same time it was different.
Max could see chains and cuffs hanging from the ceiling and walls but he could also make out strange texts and inscriptions written on the walls. It looked similar to the story about King Red. However, this time he couldn't understand it. It was written in words completely and there were no drawings. Max sighed and took out his notepad.
He decided to draw it out for future references. Max was very curious on how the ruins operated.
"Whoever made this must have been a genius of some kind. I wonder where they came from?" Max wondered.
He continued walking along the dungeon and surprisingly there wasn't anything to fight. Max wasn't sure what this dungeon was but something told him there were treasures near him.
He continued walking around the dungeon and soon was greeted to a skeleton. It's body had long since dessicated. It was still covered in its original clothes, although it still was tattered. Max inspected the corpse and somehow felt something was amiss.
He walked closer and rummaged around the corpse's clothing. It seems there was something inside it's tattered pocket.
Max fished his hand into it and slowly, with a face of grimace, pulled out a small notepad. It looked quite ancient. The paper easily broke to Max's touch and he immediately left it alone.

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The System and Me
FantasíaWhen Max, a weakling who is constantly being looked down upon by everyone suddenly receives a new ability, EVERYTHING changes for him... [Welcome Max. You have been gifted with the system. With this all your dreams can come true.] Follow Max on his...