The Witch Hunter System Chapter 60 Naming Incident

‘Kyuu?’

The Unnad Fairy tilted her head at Vaan’s comnt with a confused look that seed to say, ‘Of course, we can understand with telepathy. Or how else are we going to communicate?’

‘I suppose you’re right,’ Vaan responded with a wry smile.

Although the Unnad Fairy possessed the appearance of an adorable young human girl, she also had fairy wings, brownish-golden eyes, rock horns, and a brown furry dress that seed to be part of her body.

After Vaan started communicating with the Unnad Fairy, he learned that she had been alone in the dark stalactite cave since she gained awareness of her existence.

‘Kyuukyuu,’ the Unnad Fairy conveyed her thoughts.

The Unnad Fairy was an Earth Spirit, a spirit born from the earth elent-rich cave. She never had anyone to talk to. Thus, she never learned to speak.

Although she could produce sounds with her mouth, they don’t have any aning in any language. They were just sounds that helped her convey her thoughts better.

‘It took hundreds of years to give birth to a Low-rank Earth Spirit… I wonder how long it would take to give birth to Earth Spirits of a higher rank…’ Vaan mused.

Nevertheless, the Unnad Fairy that Vaan had contracted appeared to be young and lacking—but that also ant she had a lot of room for growth.

After Vaan finished producing his black gunblade, he created two dozen rounds of simple sharp-pointed pellets and three eight-round magazines to hold them.

Once they were all completed, Vaan stored everything inside the Heaven-Swallowing Space and gave the Unnad Fairy his full attention.

‘You’ve been alone ever since you were born, so you were quite excited to et finally soone who was also attuned to the earth elent, huh?’ Vaan thought.

Otherwise, he didn’t think it would have been easy to enter a contract with an Earth Spirit.

‘Kyuu,’ the Unnad Fairy replied as she flew unto Vaan’s palm and rubbed her cheeks against it. She completely treated him as one of her kind.

Vaan slightly smiled and asked, ‘Do you have a na?’

‘Kyuu?’ the Unnad Fairy tilted her head.

Although the Unnad Fairy understood the aning behind Vaan’s question, she didn’t understand the need for one.

Was a na necessary?

‘So you don’t have one. No surprise there,’ Vaan thought. He had already expected as such when she was called the Unnad Fairy. ‘You want to know why a na is necessary?’

‘Kyuu,’ the Unnad Fairy nodded.

‘A na is necessary because it is a form of identity. We na to identify, symbolize, refer to, and describe things. It gives us the power to simplify, organize, and even forge connections; to bring things closer to us.’

The power to ta.

People might underestimate it, but naming also had such power.

‘Kyuu?’ the Unnad Fairy asked if possessing a na would also bring the two of them closer to each other.

That being said, they were already as close as they could get due to the contractual bond they shared.

‘Of course,’ Vaan smiled with a nod, nonetheless.

‘Kyuu!’ the Unnad Fairy eagerly asked Vaan for a na. She wanted him to na her. No, only he can na her.

‘I’m not very good with nas, but I will try and think of a good one since you insist. Hmm, since you’re an Earth Spirit, giving you a na that has a simple earth aning behind it won’t do you justice…’ Vaan contemplated.

As Vaan stared into the Unnad Fairy’s small yet big brownish-golden eyes, she also stared back at him silently with anticipation.

‘You have a pair of beautiful and pure eyes that seemingly possess the boundlessness of the earth. As I have hopes that you will also embrace the earth’s boundless love and affection…how about Topaz?’ Vaan wondered.

‘Kyuu!’ the Unnad Fairy happily accepted the na, not thinking too deeply into it.

Nevertheless, the mont Topaz accepted her na, sothing unexpected happened. Topaz winced as she felt like sothing was branding her soul.

At the sa ti, Vaan also felt power getting drawn from his body, making him feel weak and lethargic like a sick person. The situation startled him greatly.

Even so, Vaan could do nothing but watch it unfold.

Although Vaan said there was power in naming things, he spoke taphorically. He never expected the power to manifest literally.

‘Kyuu!’ Topaz cried.

Topaz felt sothing sinister attaching to her soul. But even though it felt sinister, it didn’t harm her in any way.

In fact, it felt like it was enhancing her existence.

Ding!

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Ding!

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[Earth Spirit Body (Low-rank)]

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Effect 2 (Updated): When you are in touch with the earth, you will receive a 30% buff in overall defense and natural regeneration.

Effect 3 (Updated): when consuming earth-attribute dicine, you will receive a 30% buff in its effects.

Effect 4 (New): When you are in touch with the earth, all earth-related magic will receive a 30% decrease in mana consumption.

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Vaan’s lips twitched as he heard the notifications.

‘This exaggerated change that only occurs after bestowing a na onto another existence… Isn’t this one of the Great Devils’ abilities?!’ Vaan’s gaze turned serious after analyzing the situation.

Only the Great Devils possessed the ability to give other existences a power boost or chance at evolution by granting them a na.

Furthermore, it was said that the Great Devils only used it on their most faithful followers.

‘Kyuu!’ Topaz flapped her wings around Vaan excitedly. After the initial discomfort, she felt inexplicable joy and comfort.

After all, she did upgrade from a Low-rank Earth Spirit to a Mid-rank Earth Spirit.

Although Vaan was happy for Topaz, he could not help but frown at himself. He didn’t doubt that he had paid a certain price to make that change happen.

He would have to think twice before bestowing more nas in the future.

‘To possess one of the Great Devils’ abilities… Don’t tell I did beco the seventh Great Devil Contractor? But that doesn’t make sense either…’

Vaan furrowed his brows in thought.