The Three-Eyed Raven flapped his wings and flew away.
He left without another word.
But from his movements, Lynn could tell he was pleased.
Silence settled over the room once more.
Lynn slowly exhaled, his taut muscles finally relaxing.
He supposed he had won.
In this contest against an ancient will that had lived for thousands of years, he had gained the upper hand.
Yet Lynn felt no relief.
He knew this was only the beginning.
A dangerous beginning, bargaining with a tiger and dancing with a god.
"Whine..."
Winter's three little heads drew close, gently nuzzling the back of his hand with their still-slimy snouts, sending waves of affection and reassurance.
Lynn lowered his gaze to the strange yet deeply familiar little creature at his feet. Only then did the wariness and chill in his heart ease a little.
Just then.
A vast will, seemingly born of the primordial wilderness, surged into his mind without warning!
Lynn's body went rigid.
Here it comes!
The Three-Eyed Raven's inheritance.
The system's cold notification sounded.
[Foreign psychic energy intrusion detected!] [Analyzing energy composition... Analysis complete. Identified as the "Greensight" inheritance.]
The system swiftly deciphered and mastered the once-complex, incomprehensible Greensight.
A sharp pain pierced Lynn's mind.
Then a string of new notifications appeared.
[Absorption complete.] [New skill unlocked: Greensight (Beginner)] [New skill unlocked: Skinchanger (Beginner)] [New Status Panel unlocked.]
Lynn's heart gave a violent thump, and he immediately opened the system.
An attribute he had never seen before appeared at the bottom of his personal panel.
[Spirit: 25]
That number was absurdly high.
He remembered that his other base attributes had all been in the single digits before he assigned any points.
They had started at a pitiful five points, and raising them had been extremely