'Well, it doesn't matter. I survived and I will get stronger. But first off, let's check our notifications shall we?'

With a mental command, a screen appeared in his mind carrying several notifications.

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{Congratulations, [Spirit Sense]has leveled up from level 4———>level 5. +1 attribute point.}

{Requirements met,Achievement [Tough nut to crack] has evolved to [Daredevil]. Good job!}

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{Congratulations, your [Leech] has leveled up from level 4——-> level 5. +1 attribute point.}

{Requirements met. Achievement acquired — [Notable Combatant]. Good job!}

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Lucas couldn't help but smile as he read these messages. This was all his effort, his constant striving and practicing had been acknowledged by the system itself.

"Wiki, can I receive my [Quest] rewards now?"

{Absolutely Lucas. So far you have completed the [Quests];

•Raise your [Spirit Sense] to level 5.

•Raise your [Leech] to level 5.

•Acquire a pseudo core.

Information packets available; [Spirit energy packet] and [Life energy packet].}

Listening to Wiki's cold yet pleasant voice, Lucas' face showed a hint of flustered surprise when it talked about the pseudo core [Quest].

'I completely forgot about that. Thankfully, it's still orbiting my core right where I left it.'

Lucas thought to himself in mild relief. Ignoring Lucas' emotional state, Wiki continued.

{You can now access each packet at your [Quest] page. Would you like to access them now?}

This wrestled Lucas out of his thoughts as he nodded at Wiki words. He then activated the Spirit energy packet first and felt a flood of pain in his head for a few moments. A wall of text then appeared in his gaze.

{Spirit is the physical manifestation of the will. Spirit energy by extension is the inherent power of all life forms. Remember, the Spirit knows no limit.}

Lucas read through the text with absolute concentration. When he got to the final line, he couldn't help but feel a little scammed. All that fighting and struggling for this?

"Okay? I didn't know what I expected but this is kinda short, no?"

{You can ask me any query. If it's within what you have access to, I shall do my best to answer.}

Rolling his eyes, Lucas responded with,

"What questions could I possibly ask now? I don't know what is even relevant."

{But isn't that why you should ask as many questions as possible, Lucas? These packets are to help you close that knowledge gap as swiftly as possible.}

Contemplating Wiki's logic, Lucas felt it was right. He had been looking at all this too shallowly. Not every problem needed to be solved with violence or dangerous stunts. As the saying goes, information is power… or at least something like that.

"You're right… Let's activate the [Leech] info packet then."

{Okay, Lucas.}

Wiki answered indifferently as Lucas got jolted by the brief but mind numbing pain of having vast sets of knowledge directly downloaded to his consciousness.

{Life energy is one of the most common variations of Spirit energy. Its main role being the manipulation of Vitality in any conscious entity.}

Reading through the text with Wiki's words in mind, the word 'Vitality' immediately stood out to him. So he asked Wiki.

"What's Vitality?"

Without any delay, Wiki responded.

{Vitality is the metaphysical driving force behind life itself. It governs the life span, base instincts, goals of the myriad races, and much more.}

Lucas' eyes widened in shock as he tried to digest what he had read.

"This is… a little too grand isn't it? I can potentially control the essence of life itself simply because I can manipulate Life energy?"

Lucas asked, completely flabbergasted. Wiki however, responded with its usual indifferent tone.

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{With sufficient power, mastery, and knowledge, nothing is impossible.}

Lucas swallowed hard on reflex. Didn't that mean he could one day become godlike? When his thoughts reached this point, his mind went to the cosmic force which destroyed his universe.

Even that being said it was helpless to fix his world and what happened was an accident. Was it really possible to surpass such an entity and fix his home world?

Shaking his head, Lucas calmed himself down as he thought,

'Let's survive this cavern first. Then we can begin making plans to surpass God.'

After grounding himself, Lucas began to think deeply as he placed his grotesquely hand on his chin, his tendrils absentmindedly waving behind him. After a few moments, he had a good question in mind. Even though it seemed obvious, he felt it was worth clarifying.

"What's the relationship between my pseudo core and my Spirit?"

{Your pseudo core is the primary conduit of your Spirit. Through it, you can project your Will onto yourself and the World.}

Noticing two more keywords, Lucas instantly asked,

"What is Will?"

He was bound to be disappointed however as Wiki simply said.

{You currently do not have access to this information.}

"What is the World?"

{You currently do not have access to this information.}

With a soft sigh, Lucas could only move on. After a few minutes of conversing with Wiki, he finally ran out of relevant questions and decided to move on to something else—his Achievements.

With a mental command, his two newest Achievements displayed themselves with their respective walls of text.

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{[Daredevil]: You're willing to put life and limb on the line for reasons others view as foolhardy.

Rewards: +1 Mind. Trait unlocked [Daring Mind].}

{[Noteable Combatant]: You have participated in and survived numerous battles. Your will, tenacity, and instincts for violence are commendable.

Reward: +1 attribute point.}

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"No wonder I could resist the Domain core's calls. It seems [Daredevil] saved me from the ill fate most cavern creatures got..."

Thinking back on it, Lucas couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. If not for Crash goading him into doing something so reckless as to watch his Spirit energy during his Spirit enhancement, he would be dead right now.

HUM HUM.

Lucas laughed as Crash made his presence known before he spoke in a surprisingly soft tone.

"Thank you, Crash. Really. You have saved me quite a few times now."

Crash just let out a soft hum, as if to say, 'don't mention it' before going silent once more. Lucas looked around the quiet cave. The still, decaying air whuffed through his senses as he thought of what to do next.

Organising his thoughts, he knew he had only two things left to take care of. Assigning his three attribute points and examining the corpses, more specifically the weapons and armor they carried. With all that cleared up, he spoke out.

"Status."

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[STATUS]

Name: Lucas Maverick

Species: Mimic

Tier: 0

Level: 5

Essence: Freedom

Achievements: [Anomaly], [Daredevil], [Noteable Combatant]

Traits: [Daring Mind],

Attributes:

•Physique: 5

•Spirit: 2(+)

•Mind: 2(+)

Skills:

•Guide [Special]

•Mimicry [Level 5]

•Leech [Level 5]

•Spirit sense [Level 5]

Attribute points: 3

Quests:

•Evolve or enhance [Mimicry] beyond level 5. Reward: Information packet on Skills.

•Evolve or enhance [Spirit Sense] beyond level 5. Reward: Information packet on Skill advancement.

•Evolve or enhance [Leech] beyond level 5. Reward: Access to more advanced information on Life energy.

•Locate the domain core. Rewards: Information packet on domain cores.

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Already used to the process, Lucas sat as comfortably as he could on the rough cavern floor as he thought about which point to place his attribute points. Now that he had three points, he could push either Mind or Spirit to 5.

The thought of splitting the points never occurred to him since he felt that would just be mismanaging his resources. Having 5 Physique had proven its worth again and again just by how hard it was to injure him now. And with his latest transformation, his toughness seemed to have been magnified.

"Hmm… let's see. In the bat fight, the only reason I got swarmed was because I didn't have enough Spirit energy and was injured. If I had more energy, my injuries would have healed much faster.

As for the fight with the humanoids, I survived solely because I advanced [Leech] to level 5 mid-fight. If I already had a massive reserve of Spirit energy, I wouldn't have fallen to such dire straits in the first place…"

After some consideration and running back his most recent fights through his mind. He swiftly spotted the main issue—his Spirit energy.

Since his Physique was so far ahead of his Spirit energy, every transformation and alteration he made to himself sucked away a big chunk of his power. If he had a bigger reserve, this problem would immediately go away and he could even experiment with gaining even more powerful transformations!

HUM!

With his mind made up and Crash's support, Lucas didn't hesitate and placed his first attribute point. In an instant, he felt a surge of pleasant Spirit energy rush through him. It flowed and permeated throughout his entire Being before making its way to his core.

Hum.

Crash let out a gentle pulse as it seemed to resonate with the process. The beetle core also let out a steady vibration as it continued its frantic orbit around the core, glowing with its strange dull white light.

This time, Lucas didn't dare watch the process once more. With [Spirit Sense] already at level 5 and with the [Quest] to either evolve or enhance it. He would be a moron if he could not tell the Skill was at a bottleneck. Trying to brute force it now would just be injuring himself for no gain. So with nothing better to do, he paid attention to his surroundings as he waited for the process to be over.

When the process was over, Lucas could feel his Spirit energy surging like a high tide. It circulated through him faster than it ever before and following his intentions with little to no effort.

"It seems improving my Spirit does much more than just increase the quantity of my Spirit energy. Even my thoughts feel… clearer and more distinct. No wonder Wiki defines Spirit as the physical manifestation of the Will. I feel fantastic!"

Lucas spoke excitedly. Without a second thought, he placed his remaining two points. After an hour, Lucas' Spirit attribute was at five points. As he opened his eyes to examine what was different, he heard a voice that caused him to freeze in place. The voice sounded like a young adult but something was… off about it. It spoke just a single word.

"Crash."

Snapping himself out of his daze, Lucas exclaimed,

"Crash, you can talk?!?"

"Crash?!? (°ロ°)!"

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