This?
He originally thought that this lively and youthful young girl would argue with him, but the outcome was unexpected.
Not dwelling too much on her for the moment, Li Ang sliced the fish, boiled it, poured on some chili and hot oil and paired it with the bread he brought back.
After tidying up the leftover food and roughly cleaning the room, he began to ponder over today's events.
Recalling the panel of that girl from earlier, he took a look at his own panel again.
[Main Control: Li Ang]
[Race: Human]
[Profession: Witch, Level 9. Warrior: Level 1. Wizard: Level 1]
[Summoned Beast: None]
[Energy Source: None]
[Equipment: None]
[Secret Technique: Professional Secret Technique - Tumult of Ten Thousand Spirits, Summoned Beast Secret Technique - None, Energy Source Secret Technique - None, Equipment Secret Technique - None]
[Skills: Witch [Spiritual Manipulation, Spiritual Affinity, Spell Writing, Multiple Spells]; Warrior [Weapon Slash]; Wizard [Perception Element]]
Truly straightforward information.
Apart from the professional abilities acquired through his arduous personal training, he currently had no equipment.
After closing his panel, he opened another panel to take a look.
Various panels formed a complete system. It was as if he was inside a game.
What made it slightly different was that although various information appeared, the entire world was not digitized, and neither he nor his surroundings had any health bars.
This was also normal, for the real world was complex and not so easily quantified by data.
In short, it allowed him to tackle the world's various challenges as if playing a game, and the system's power was self-evident.
For instance, when opening the "Profession" panel, Li Ang found that the progress of his profession leveling was directly displayed.
[Practiced Profession: Witch]
[Level: 9. Next Level: 35674/99999 Experience]
He casually used "Spiritual Manipulation" on the Calming Flower beside him to enhance its spirituality, and his experience increased by one, becoming 35675.
It seemed the system implied that simply by repeatedly using skills, one could accumulate experience and then automatically level up?
Such a thing was a fantasy for professionals in the Nebis World, as profession advancement was not achievable through mere repetitive hard practice; inspiration and opportunity were indispensable too.
If leveling up was achievable through experience, it would disregard the rules of reality.
At the same time, Li Ang did not expect that he still had levels in Warrior and Wizard, as he had already forgotten about these two professions after specializing as a Witch.
He looked at his Warrior panel.
[Practiced Profession: Warrior]
[Level: 1. Next Level: 24/100 Experience]
Can it really level up? He could try with the Warrior profession.
At the moment, he couldn't advance as a Witch due to limited energy.
In this world, magic power is not stored as an internal energy source but dissipates in the atmosphere, and using magic skills requires consuming energy to channel magic power.
As a caster progresses to a higher tier, their technique becomes more refined, and their energy gets trained, allowing increased casting, but there is no way to surpass the previous limits by dozens or hundreds of times.
To cast numerous times, relying on energy sources is necessary, which can spare the effort of channeling magic power.
Currently, without energy sources for support, Li Ang could use the basic skills of a Witch about twenty times a day, and using a Secret Technique once would leave him utterly exhausted.
Besides the profession leveling making people feel incredible, the profession panel also directly suggested that he could take on other professions.
While the Nebis professions were numerous, starting required finding professionals to teach.
If there was no lineage, one had to go to specific professional organizations to pay and learn, which consumed money and time just to get employed.
When Li Ang casually pointed at the "Archer" profession, his profession bar added a new profession.
He clenched his fist, and it seemed as if an understanding of how to draw a bow and shoot arrows emerged in his mind in an instant.
This meant that he could effortlessly practice multiple professions.
This would greatly enhance his adventure capabilities!
Why do Sky Knights organize teams or even groups? It is because various troublesome situations may arise during adventures, requiring the appropriate professional to step up.
Some Sky Knights have thought of practicing multiple professions, but such people often lack depth and find it tough to reach the pinnacle of any profession to become true experts.
Moreover, every profession needs matching equipment and corresponding Summoned Beasts, which multi-professionals cannot afford.
But with the system, the number of professions doesn't seem to matter, nor does the tier...
"Speaking of which, the girl from earlier is a Swordsman."
Swordsmen are not very common professions.
Among the many professions in Nebis, there are special hidden professions, often requiring the advancement of other professions or receiving ancient inheritances to practice. Li Ang was too busy with team affairs to find these inheritances.
Swordsman is not a special profession, but it bears some similarities. Its practice demands a clear lineage of swordsmanship, requiring some substance.
That Secret Technique "Gale Slash" she used was likely from her swordsmanship training.
Yet, having encountered top-tier professionals, Li Ang was not surprised by this; what caught his attention was that Treasure Artifact.
Treasure Artifacts are the most special category of equipment, made with extraordinary materials and infused with pure energy during forging. Once formed, they never get damaged and have growth potential.
For the holder of a Treasure Artifact, it can serve as both Equipment and Energy Source, handling two roles in one.
Ordinary Sky Knights may face compatibility issues when using equipment and energy devices, like using a Fire Attribute device to enhance an Ice Attribute weapon—basically ineffective.
However, freely choosing equipment is a luxury most people cannot afford.
But Treasure Artifacts do not have this problem; they carry their own energy that accurately amplifies their power, achieving a greater-than-the-sum effect.
Treasure Artifacts are the dream equipment of high-tier Sky Knights.
If it became known that there was a Treasure Artifact on Satus Island, it might really cause trouble.
However, the girl's Sword Treasure was only at level 3, suggesting an energy deficit inside, which is quite rare.
"So, what exactly is with her…"
Li Ang returned to view his Equipment and Summoned Beast panels. The system seemed to suggest improvement paths, waiting for the right moment to unlock them.
If used well, could he really become an army by himself?
This system that suddenly appeared, with its capability of creating infinite possibilities, is indeed a "gold finger" fitting by name.
Li Ang lay back on the bed, preparing to sleep just like that.
Previously, he slept on a wooden bed, covered with a blanket he wove himself with grass, which was now gone, but his body now could easily withstand the cold overnight.
Letting out a long breath, his heart was mixed with a hundred flavors—certainly joy, but also puzzlement over other matters.
Being kicked away after striving for ten years only to receive the gold finger now?
Shouldn't that feature have come with the initial journey through time? In past novels and animations, that's always how it was portrayed.
Li Ang himself wasn't a devoted player of "Nebis Fantasy," as the game had never even launched.
He was an investor in the game, and when the project was aborted prematurely, the IP and all materials were handed to him during asset liquidation.
Already heavily in debt, he placed his hopes on this game to turn things around but ended up with a mess to deal with.
He perused the game materials, pondering the possibility of restarting the project, but he'd read very little before suddenly passing out and traversing worlds, merely glimpsing at tons of information.
Due to his lack of understanding, he only realized which world he'd arrived at more than a year into his traversal.
"If the system had come sooner, would my ten years have been entirely different?"
Without foreknowledge, he hit wall after wall without missing any.
"Oh well, yesterday is gone and unchangeable; now that I have the gold finger, everything must look forward."
The ten years of adventure experience are also a significant asset. Whether the system came late as a sign or simply out of bad luck, he decided to put it out of mind for now.
Li Ang determined that this time, the newly formed team must be composed of steady, calm, and highly efficient people to progress steadily.
With the gold finger now, forming the new team should be quicker.
"Let's rest well today, and continue exploring the system's capabilities tomorrow."
As Li Ang thought, he gradually drifted into sleep.
In a daze, a thought struck him like lightning, and he suddenly sat up from bed.
"I've got it!"
Zoe… Zoe, Z, that letter.
He patted his forehead. Before traversing, he had perused little of the "Nebis Fantasy" game data, but he remembered that the official setting allowed players to decide the main character's gender.
These two main characters, he and she, each named with a beginning A and ending Z.
If he's not mistaken, the male protagonist's name was "Aidan," while the female protagonist was "Zoe." Written in the world's language, these names appear differently than the English alphabet, but that's how the game's creators intended.
"Satus Island—I recall the protagonist starting on a small island; turns out it's here."
The girl from earlier was indeed the "true protagonist" of this world.
Li Ang had crossed over to this world ten years ago, and she was just a toddler then. Whether she was on the island wasn't detailed in the game's original script, as he barely knew her then.
Her current apparent age now matched the character setting.
This indicated that the main storyline of "Nebis Fantasy" was likely about to commence!