Zilon opened his eyes and because he was facing the sun,he had to use his hands to close his eyes before he stood up slowly stretching his legs.
When he looked at the stick he saw it had it's shadow that looked like that hand of a clock pointing at the number 7.
" So it starts on seven huh ?" Zilon nods his head and proceeds to flip the two Jars, the big one first and the big one second.
" Hmm...." Zilon held his chin as he observed both of the jars.
" While the bigger one drips slowly, the smaller is dripping more rapidly and in bigger quantity, interesting"
"But.....will this measure the time accurately " Zilon wore a slightly worried expression as he still had his eyes on the jar.
"Well let's hope everything goes accordingly....worst comes to worst I adjust somethings, in the end a plan isn't a plan without it's backup " Zilon sighed as he turned to look at the tree, which was on his left.
He then picked up the jars and walked towards the tree.
When he reached it he took a moment to look at the tree.
The tree looked surprisingly similar to an apple tree, With a height of around 20 feet and a crown spread over 15 feet. The leaves are simple, oval in shape, have small serrations along the margin, and are arranged alternately along the branches.
" How strange, for some reason I feel more calmer when close to this tree...." Zilon voiced his thoughts.
Placing the jars on the ground close to the tree,he was careful not to shake it from his walking to him placing on the ground,he also sat down and proceeded to close his eyes to think.
' Now that I think about I am actually clueless as to how I can get 10 extra points for each stats ' Zilon thought with crossed leg and a slight frown.
' based on what I know so far, There are two ways to actually get stats points, the first one being leveling up '
Zilon remembered Rivor saying that if you want to level up you have to absorb soul power,which means you have to kill your opponents in a fight, when that happens the soul power increases your stats and subsequently your level too, at least that Zilon understood from "....Nourishing the winner and absorbing the loser ".
' the second thing is getting nourishments from other stuffs like furits.....'
' Leveling up requires me to kill, I don't know if it's everything living that I can kill to get soul power to level up though ' Zilon sighed inwardly.
' And Rivor said no cheating,which means I can't use boosts like the Stravane, but not like I can actually do that ' Zilon folded his hands.
' And no way I can keep on eating that....to bitter ' Zilon shook his head in disagreement.
' hmm think Zilon.....there most be a clue to this, there is no way Rivor would give something like this without it actually having a way...' Zilon thought as he tried to remember any of the past conversations he had with which can give him a clues.
' Or did he really give me something impossible so that I would stay like this? ' Zilon thought and shook his head dismissing that thought.
In the end he could only see Rivor trying to help him, although he doesn't know the reason behind it.
" But then again I also don't know her motives too, all I can do right now is just become stronger.....Incase it's all bad reasons" Zilon finally opened his eyes and held out a finger to his chin as a conversation he had with Rivor yesterday resurfaced.....
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"...remember the fruits give boosts to your stats, your stats represents your power level in real time, so to fuel power or boost it you need energy"
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" My stats represents my power level in real time,huh,so that means...." Zilon eyes widened as he thought of something.
' it could work.....it's definitely worth a try,after all some system MC characters end up following the same thing to become stronger ' Zilon held his chin.
' Though I might need to finish this issue of telling time first ' Zilon sighed softly as he looked back at the two jars.
"Looks like the smaller one has already completed it's own cycle, but the bigger one seems to still have more water in it " Zilon thought as he flipped the smaller jar resetting the timer.
' it hasn't even gone anywhere ' Zilon thought as he looked at the bigger jar.
Shrugging his shoulders he went straight back to the stick.
" So about an hour have passed currently....." Zilon said as he saw the shadow of the stick pointing at the number he marked as 8.
" And still no signs of the second sun, I have to keep my attention on this if not I might miss the time on which the second sun comes out " Zilon said with determination as he stared at the sky and saw no signs of clouds that may cause disturbance.
" I haven't really looked at this world sky,but it's actually beautiful " Zilon said as he found himself lost in the beauty of the sky.
The sky just like earth was also blue, with no visible clouds, this sky was the puries and beautifullest form of a blue sky he had ever seen.
' Well I shouldn't be to surprised, those novels point out that usually some fantasy worlds don't have much form of contamination to the sky so the air and sky are mostly pure ' Zilon said as he sighed.
"who knew it would be so accurate...."
Zilon arrived close to the tree, sitting down, he held his chin to contemplate on how to activate his skills.
He decided to at least try to sense if there is anything like energy that might be inside him.
' I will just try I won't focus to much so I don't end up exhausting myself ' Zilon took a deep breath looked at his water clocks one more time to mark there points and closed his eyes.
Zilon kept a steady mind and he started to breath in and out slowly.
After some time he stopped and then ....
He felt it
He could feel something a little slightly cold, between cold and warm inside him moving through his veins and muscles, connecting and tracing back to his lower abdomen which tingled slightl as Zilon focused on it.
Zilon opened his eyes slowly after.
" I won't take any risks when I am done with the current issue I will address the others one by one " Zilon sighed as he looked to his left on the ground which had the bigger jar close to him.
" Still not much I guess....."
He then looked to his right and saw the smaller jar which had half of the water in both jars.
" This one seems to have halfed...." Zilon stood up and went back to the stick.
" Wow so with this I can make the assumption that 30 extra minutes have passed" Zilon said with a smile as he noticed the shadow pointing in between 8 and 9.
" Alright then with this I can say that the smaller jar is the one hour of time, I will name it water clock,just like how it was on earth "Zilon nodded.
Then he walked back to the tree and sat down.
" This is gonna be a long wait, but with patience I will definitely get good results" Zilon said with determination.
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Time passed slowly and Zilon had to stand up and sit back down at some intervals of time.
" By now.....I have already reset the smaller water clock about 7 extra times, making it 9 times in total, which means in any case 9 hours have passed by since the first sun rose to the sky visibly " Zilon summarized the little things he observed so far.
Those 7 hours mainly consisted of Zilon sitting down and standing up.
By the 2nd hour he was forced to stand as he felt his butt was hurting and the 3rd hour he was forced to sit down again.
By the 5th hour he was so board that he ended trying to sense Mana and tries to move it to different parts of his body.
" Though, there was a problem, I can't seem to be able to control this energy, I can only sense it, it's as if it was resisting me force " Zilon thought as he held his chin in deep thoughts.
" Just when you think you are done with some issues...more issues seems to arise" Zilon said.
Suddenly he heard a low growl on his stomach and Zilon immediately knew what was next.
" It's seems like even your body tests you with problems, now I am hungry" Zilon said as held his stomach with one hand.
" What do I do?, I am not sure there is any food in that house " Zilon said with a worried expression.
' well at the part of it,Rivor was the one who have been giving me what to eat ' Zilon sighed but ended up aggravating his stomach even more, making him to wince .
"Well forgot it, it will go away eventually" Zilon said as he shifted his attention back to the jars.
"It's almost time for the 10th hour " Zilon said as he looked at the smaller jar.
He then looked at the bigger jar.
" I wasn't to focused on it earlier but now that I look at it, it has little water left in it " Zilon said with a hint of surprise in his tone.
The jar has at least 2-½/3 of the water contents left in the upper jar.
Then he stood up and walked towards the stick which was still planted firmly on this ground.
Looking at the shadow casted from the sun he saw it pointing towards the number 4.
" Huh?, but how could that be " Zilon said with a frown on his face.
"Did I make a mistake somehow?" Zilon scratched his head as he tried to remember if he missed anything.
From what he calculated,since 9 hours have passed so far , if you start calculating the time you are to jump the number you are calculating with and start with the next number just like in maths.
For example when you start from 7 o'clock,you want to start 7,8,9....you will start the count from 8,9,10 though 7 is the initial number.
" If we follow that logic then the time is to be 17,which means 5 o'clock,but why does the time show 4 instead " Zilon held his chin trying to piece things together.
He automatically wakes up early before the sun raises,when it's early and the sky is blue.
Then a thought popped to his mind.
" On earth the next day usually starts 12am ,but by then the sun is not up and is just considered mid night, so with that there is a possibility that the day starts at a certain time " Zilon sighed as everything slowly made sense.
' Though I can't confirm it yet, I think the day starts around 6, considering if it was twelve then the time might still show differently here too ' Zilon thought inwardly.
' After all the change of time is one hour less, so there is a possibility.....'
Zilon shook his head and thanked his God inwardly.
' At least i was serious with my academics on earth ' Zilon sighed softly as memories resurfaced once again.
The memories hit like a knife twist: he remembered the struggles he had to face just to reach the point we're he could actually experience school.
Though at that time he had reached an age were going to school would was wired .
" *Sigh*, I entered school when I was clocking my 30's and I was killed when I was around the...mid 30's" Zilon said as he gritted his teeth remembering why he was in this world in the first place.
" It most be those bastards afterall " Zilon said as his fists automatically clenched and his knuckles creaked as anger boiled up in his chest.
Suddenly the figure of someone smiling flashed within his mind and he could hear the voice Repeating In his head.
" You look more handsome when your calm, so please for my sake , don't be angry "
Zilon could feel his eyes tearing up as he knew the familiar voice and although it was just his memories,that voice meant a lot to him.
" Emma....I promise even if there is a slim chance that I can come back to earth,I will come back to see you , and fulfill my promises to you " Zilon cleaned the tears on his eyes.
With slight red eyes,he walked back to the tree and sat down as he breaths in controlled breaths he tries to relax and rest without falling asleep.
The sound a clang echoed from the house—metal on ceramic.
"Hmm?..." Zilon opened his eyes for a moment as the sound came from the house.
Though he dismissed that and focused on calming his nerves.
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