Chapter 7: A race against time 

When Malik woke up, he was by a beach with an endless ocean to the side. Looking around he found the Goddess, lying down on a beach towel, and a thick sun dress hiding her features from him. "Great work, you could have landed it better but for now that was sufficient." She said while rolling over to look at him. "I would say that you earned about 300 points with that one, but just so you know, you only get rewarded the first time so no double dips understand." She spoke. 

"I know I need to do better, but I didn't know that if I made a girl get upset at me there would be consequences, well besides from the obvious of course." He spoke. 

"The phone is your magic item and along with your house they are the 2 true magics I gave, linked to your very soul and your Skill "Pictures" which may be your most powerful skill so far is dangerous because it uses your soul as a source. When you take a picture of someone while using the skill it exchanges pieces of the user's soul and the recipient's soul, then they are consumed by one another creating a strong and dangerous bond, if you don't want that bond to be created then don't use your skill "Pictures", people can still fall in love with you without it, it's just going to take longer. She answered. 

"Ok, I didn't know my house was also magical, what does it do?" He asked 

"It can do a lot, but your level is too low but since you asked, Shapeshifting: The house can change its layout, size, and appearance based on the needs or desires of its owner (you). 

Teleportation: The house can move to different locations at will, allowing its inhabitants to travel anywhere in the world but this has limits, you must own a building there for this to work. 

Sentience: The house is aware of its surroundings and can interact with its inhabitants, providing them with information, advice, or even companionship but it hasn't awoken yet. 

Invisibility: The house can become invisible to protect itself and its inhabitants from unwanted visitors, but your level is too low, and it needs to be awake for this. 

Time Travel: The house can transport its inhabitants to different time periods, the ability will come way later so, put it to the side for now. 

Healing: The house has the ability to heal its inhabitants of any injuries or illnesses, that's what the pool is for in the basement, though you can also do the same thing just on a smaller scale, also you shouldn't let people know about your basement it's too important, it's up to you to decide who can see it. 

Protection: The house can create magical barriers to protect its inhabitants from harm, this scales with your level and plot armor skill. 

Sustainability: The house can generate its own food, water, and energy, making it completely self-sufficient, it's already doing this, so you're welcome. 

Adaptation: The house can adapt to any environment, allowing it to survive in extreme conditions, this can be very useful when you start spreading and opening stores all over the place. 

Illusion Creation: The house can create illusions to entertain its inhabitants or deter unwanted guests, but it can only do so much." She listed out while stretching 

"Holy Shit . . . just holy . . . wow, why didn't you tell me about all that before?" Malik said in surprise. 

"It would be more entertaining for you to figure out on your own," she said. 

"Thank you, for real but I have a lot to do but I don't have the energy to do it," Malik said. 

"Because you took the next step with Ino, you'll be fine for about a week or so, but when the time runs out you might die, not sure but I know it's not going to be good." She said while sipping on a full bottle of Champagne. 

"So if I'm lucky 7 days, oh and I am lucky but . . ." he said with a big evil grin "I only need 5 for my masterplan".