6 Sky Island
This time, the system directly transferred him to the new area, completely avoiding the transfer point in the cave. It was a matter of seconds from the time Tang Gon disappeared and reappeared in this new location.
Currently, Tang Gon was in the sky, looking down at everything below. The entire island was enormous, but this time there was a limit to how expansive the new location was as the outer areas of the island were bordered by entwining rocks with no gaps in between.
There was one main island in the middle of the field and several smaller ones branching off with bridges extending between connecting to each other. For the most part, the island was empty and green with short grass but there were buildings and complexes spread out. However, because of how big the island was, the immensity of the buildings made no difference on the mapping of the island.
It was a quick view and Tang Gon soon found himself in front of a castle located on the middle islands. It just came into his sight and the second he found himself at the entrance, the doors opened.
Tang Gon walked inside and started to look around. There were empty barrels nearby and training equipment neatly arranged on the wall. Swords, Halberts, even hammers were on the wall. Everything that could be imagined was up there. A podium screen was on the right-hand side of the wall and displayed everything in neat and clean order.
The training ground was only a small part of the middle islands that were located near the edge. For the most part, the islands were barren, there were the occasional complexes spread out. At first, it was only the wide-open ground that was barren, and then there were sentry towers, chambers, and other large encampments in the nearby surroundings that came to sight.
At one end of the ground was a mountainous cavern that extended deep underground. This was the first thing Tang Gon would have to explore. It might take him a long time or a very short time, but he had to explore and try to meet the hidden criteria to get out.
The entrance was open and a tad bit narrow, but as Tang Gon walked further in the cave began to expand. This continued for some time until Tang Gon was finally met with five pillars at the end of the cavern. It was very similar to the ones he found in the commerce hall and nothing aside from the environment could be used to distinct the two apart.
Tang Gon did the same as last time and touched one of the pillars, but this time there was no reaction from it. A few seconds passed and the system finally responded.
[1xSummonerTicket]
[10xSummonerTicket]
Two option bars appeared underneath the pillars. Tang Gon went to click on the first one before going to click on the second one.
[Insufficent]
[Insufficent]
Both times, the system rang out with the same message telling Tang Gon that everything was spent and he essentially was broke. Nothing could be done and Tang Gon had just wasted the majority of his time walking down and now he had to walk back up.
However, an array grabbed the corner of his eye just as he was about to leave the cavern and head back up. The spell was similar to the magic circles that Tang Gon saw earlier, but this had a different feel to it.
[Exit Array]
Tang Gon moved his finger towards it and then disappeared back out to the cave entrance. If only there was an entrance array that could help him save time when he needed to go down.
Sadly, Tang Gon was mistaken and that there was nothing that could be done as no Entrance Arrays appeared. Seeing that he had spent the majority of his time traveling, Tang Gon decided that he might as well spent some time enjoying the outdoors while he was at it.
Because of this sentiment, Tang Gon ended up spending several days outside and traveling to the various islands.
Tang Gon started to explore his surroundings. At this point, he knew that he had to explore and meet some kind of goal to get to the next part of the tutorial. It was mostly general knowledge and basic introduction, but Tang Gon knew that he would be able to understand more of these functions as time passed.
Right now, all that mattered was clearing the condition of each part of the tutorial. Regardless of what he thought, he had to keep moving and exploring the islands until the system did something.
[Ding! Defeniatis Sword Scripture Transcends]
[Defeniatis Sword Scripture XVI Branchs Off]
[Defeniatis Sword Scripture XI Obtained]
Shock registered but subtly faded away on Tang Gon's face. He had just entered the chamber in the mountains and the second he did, the system upgraded his new skill. There was no mention of clicker points being taken away so Tang Gon took it as a random reward.
It was amazing and every time he explored, something would be discovered and added to his arsenal of resources. In the first region, there was an endless field of storage space that was gained. In the second, there was a new summon added to his team. Now in the third, a skill branched off and boosted his skills.
It was amazing, the system that he had changed everything. It changed his life and it could potentially do the same for many others in this world. Just imagine the things he could do. If only he had enough Clicker points to do them, maybe if he had enough, he could even go back to his world.
But right now, he still had a few more things to do and because the system was quiet, there were still functions left to discover. This can only mean that Tang Gon was going to be busy for a few more days trying to find everything.
[Central Plaza]
At this moment, Tang Gon was returning to the main island and was once again exploring the countryside. It was essentially an independent world in these islands; just earlier he saw the Pyromanian Snake nesting. It looked slightly bigger than the last time he saw it which wasn't very long ago.
Tang Gon continued and along his way he noticed the Death Tiger stalking him for some time before disappearing and the Swordsman training his sword skills in the training ground. But for the moment, Tang Gon avoided the both for them.
All of the summonses were doing their own thing. There was no order to the islands, but it was magical given the irregularity and complexity of the structures. Nothing could be seen below the island and Tang Gon wasn't ready to jump down and see what was underneath.
Maybe when he learned the skill to fly then he might consider looking down below and finding out what was keeping the island afloat, but for the moment this was above his paygrade, not that he was being paid by the system but still.
Regardless of how magical this experience was, Tang Gon still needed to find the trigger to get out and finish this tutorial. However, rushing about would only prolong the process and further misguide his sense of direction.
Most areas of the map were already explored including the smaller islands that took several days to search and scavenge. The castle should of been the first place that Tang Gon checked but seeing how many rooms there was, Tang Gon had temporarily put off.
The past few days living in the wild made Tang Gon feel bad for his summons living in this isolated and barren land, but that was until he entered the interior of the castle. After entering, he discovered that it was a direct contrast with how comfortable it was despite the lack of amenities.
There were several points where Tang Gon had got completely lost inside the rooms. It was simply impossible for this many to fit inside the castle unless there were something else. But as of yet, there was nothing that Tang Gon could pinpoint.
Luckily, Tang Gon encountered the swordsman on his tour and was finally guided out of the rooms. There seemed to be several entrances in and out of the castle leading to all parts of the islands. There were also arrays located at the end of each floor that worked similar to an elevator in carrying people from one location to another.
At this point, Tang Gon truly believed that he had finished the tutorial. The criteria from this one might have been to check all of the rooms or escape the maze of rooms or something very similar to that.
The system would not deny or confirm these requirements, but every time he was sent out, he knew that he had finished one of these criterias to pass the tutorial.
The system confirmed this belief as the next minute he was transported out.