Tink!

  When the ghost was destroyed, a ring inset with a bck gem fell from the air along with the ghost's ashes.

  'Is this a treasure that drops when you kill a monster?'

  System stretched out one of his tentacles to pick up the ring and inspected it, then looked over at Bck.

  At this time, Bck was looking at her outstretched fingers with a shocked expression, obviously in disbelief that she'd been the one who had just burned the ghost to ashes.

  System was also very curious about the ability that Bck had just dispyed.

  The light emitted by the red fme was very weak, and System hadn't felt any warmth even after the fme had expanded to surround the ghost. However, it had burned the ghost to ashes in an instant without causing any harm to Shava, who had been standing right next to the ghost at the time.

  If Bck had used her frost energy, System wouldn't be as surprised as he was now. After all, in the past year or so, Aura had often trained Bck on how to use frost abilities.

  But this was the first time that System had seen this kind of red fme, and he'd never heard anything about Bck possessing a fire ability.

  Bck naturally wouldn't have hidden any of her abilities from him. System guessed that Bck had suddenly comprehended the power that she'd gained after hearing the Voice of the World while in a desperate situation.

  System used his [Probe and Analyze] ability on Bck again.

  ...

  Species: Worker Ant Knight (renameable)Level: 12/14

  Height: 0.17 metersWeight: 55 grams

  Estimated Combat Power: 2.3-2.9Special Talents: [Pupation] (11/11), [Insect Adaptability] (7/15)

  ...

  Because of the frost power in her body, Bck's combat power was rated between 2.3 and 2.9. If the frost power in her body was removed, Bck's combat power would only be around 0.6.

  But after Bck used her red fme ability, her combat power remained the same as before. This was the same thing that happened when Shava used her ability. System guessed that the level of his [Probe and Analyze] ability was too low, so it couldn't fully measure Bck's fme ability.

  When Bck saw System's puzzled expression, the ant carefully looked at her fingers and sent System a mental message. "King, was I the one that made that red fme just now?"

  "What? Can't you feel the power you just used?"

  When Bck heard System's question, the ant repeatedly moved her fingers in an attempt to activate the red fme that she'd just used, but nothing happened.

  Bck shook her head with some disappointment. "I can't feel it. Earlier, I only wanted to stop the spirit from running away, and somehow that fme came out. Now I can't feel it at all."

  When he felt Bck's disappointment, System comforted the ant. "It's okay. Now that you've used the power successfully once, it won't be long before you can use it again."

  Bck trusted System implicitly. After hearing System's words of comfort, the ant quickly let go of her disappointment and became excited about her new ability.

  Becoming stronger and being able to help System had always been Bck's obsession.

  ...

  In fact, System wasn't all that confident that Bck's ability could be activated again. However, according to common sense, if a given power could be used once, it wouldn't be too difficult to use it a second time.

  System was also looking forward to seeing Bck's red fme again. It seemed like the fme was extraordinarily lethal to ghosts, and it was obviously much more powerful against them than System's [Frost Breath].

  Also, while the ghost had been burning just now, System's [Intuition] had also conveyed a sense of fear, so he felt that Bck's new ability was definitely not a simple one.

  System hoped that Bck could master her fme ability as soon as possible so that he do start doing research on it.

  ...

  System inspected the ring that had fallen when the ghost was destroyed. The bck gem was about one centimeter wide and oval-shaped, and it was inset on a silver ring. The design of the ring was simple, but the workmanship was very delicate.

  This world wasn't some kind of game world. Although creatures and abilities followed the concept of levels, killing monsters wouldn't make any loot drop.

  This ring that could be carried by a ghost clearly had some special features. It was a magic item.

  Unfortunately, System couldn't activate the ring at all. Whether it was his [Perception] ability, his frost energy, or his nature energy, none of them had any effect on the ring.

  He quickly asked the worker knight Hook, who could control lightning energy, and the big worker Excavator, who could control earth energy, to infuse their energy into the ring, but nothing happened.

  It seemed that he'd once again obtained a useless magic item.

  However, after fiddling with the ring for a while, System suddenly thought of something. He sent a mental message to Bck, "There was another ghost in the nest half a year ago that Aura killed. Was anyone else around when Aura killed the ghost back then?"

  "No, when Aura killed the ghost after it woke him up, he was alone in his chamber," Bck replied after thinking for a while.

  System kept fiddling with the ring he was holding. "Do you know if something simir dropped after he killed that ghost?"

  "Probably not. At least, he didn't tell me if it did." Bck answered System's question, but the ant immediately thought of something and continued, "But it's also possible that he hid the ring. You know how much he likes shiny things."

  System nodded. It seemed like he still needed to ask Aura about the ring. He held the ring in a tentacle and walked over to Aura's chamber.

  After a year and a half, Aura's body had grown to thirty-five centimeters in length, and his torn-off antennae and crippled wings had long been restored.

  Aura's wings were a very bright blue and had patterns that looked like eyes on them. His wings were covered in a yer of translucent ice crystals, and they looked very beautiful when viewed from a distance.

  However, such beautiful wings were obviously wasted on Aura, who lived like a dirty moth. If the soil in the butterfly's chamber wasn't usually damp, his wings would probably have been covered in dust.

  Even though the ghost had made such a huge commotion, Aura had no intention of paying any attention to it. From the beginning to the end of System's encounter with the ghost, Aura had stayed alone in his chamber and pretended to be asleep.

  Because System could sense the emotions of insects, he knew that Aura had already woken up. The butterfly was just too zy to move. Aura casually gnced over when System walked into the chamber.

  "I heard from Bck that you killed a ghost half a year ago. Did that ghost also drop a ring like this?"

  System had no intention of being polite to the butterfly. He led off with his question and tossed the ring in front of Aura.

  As System had expected, compared to being zy, Aura obviously valued shiny treasure more. The butterfly quickly crawled over and grabbed the ring with his legs.

  "Yes, this ring is the one that dropped half a year ago. I somehow lost it three days ago." Aura conveyed his mental messages to System in a serious tone. At the same time, he faintly expressed some smug emotions.

  The butterfly stroked the ring's gemstone with his legs for a while, then continued telling his clearly made-up story.

  "It was this exact ring. I can tell because it has 'Aura's Ring' etched on the inside."

  "Three days ago, while I was sleeping, I don't know how, but it suddenly disappeared. You can't understand the feeling of loss I had at the time."