Chapter 69: System Upgrade
The following day, Lucen woke up with a weird feeling. Normally, he would feel more than energized when he woke up. In fact, every now and then, some of his stats would increase even while sleeping, back in his room in Ironhold, but now there was none of that.
He didn’t mind much when he was sleeping outside during a mission or when travelling, since he thought it was because of the bad bed, but now it seems like it was something entirely different.
He had always assumed it was the system rewarding good rest. But now, in a luxurious room in Caelhart, on a better bed, even. There was nothing, just silence.
’What’s different? What don’t I have here that I have in Ironhold?’ It didn’t take long for Lucen to realize what was missing. It was the heart of embers, the young fire dragon’s heart.
’Did it have such a function?...’
Lucen had so many questions, but like always, no one was there to answer him. Robert would probably leap at the theory, but Lucen didn’t dare tell him. Not unless he wanted a dozen questions about how he knew what effects his body had during sleep. And that meant talking about the system, and that was never going to happen.
Lucen didn’t want to explain things concerning his system, as that was his most important trump card he had in this world.
’Should I have brought it here?’ He thought to himself. Then yesterday’s events came flooding back—troll ambushes, poisoned arrows, whispers in shadows. ’No... It’s much safer in Ironhold.’
With a sigh, Lucen pushed the thought aside. There were other things to do today. Plans to make. Leads to-
BANG.
The door slammed open. And of course, it was Robert, grinning ear to ear, holding a frozen slab of giant troll meat like it was a prized relic.
"It’s time to eat!"