The first thing that Dave did when he got up was to check his status sheet.

Name: Dave Class: Mage

Level:1 HP:120 MP:170

Strength:8 Vitality:12 Agility:9 Intelligence:16(+1) Preception:7

Skills

Horse Riding(English and Western style)(lvl:5) (old): A combined style of horse riding- you are fairly advanced with horse riding

Animal Care (lvl:2) (old): From small animals to the medium you took your time and cared for many animals be it washing, cleaning their fur or just scratching their belly. the system will help guide you when you need help.

Rhythm Follow (lvl:4) (old): The ability to follow the rhythm, used mostly for playing music and dancing in a different world but also important while casting magic in this one.

swimming (lvl:3) (old): The ability to swim. Nothing special, just swimming.

Mana Control (lvl:1) (new): The ability every new mage gets when they first start. from sensing mana to moving it around to forming magic, this is the beginning. The system will help guide you when you need help.

Fire Magic (lvl:1) (new): a basic ability to use fire magic. The system will help guide you when you need help.

Earth Magic (lvl:1) (new): a basic ability to use earth magic. The system will help guide you when you need help.

affinities: taming+summoning, fire, earth and space

Just as he thought the same weird sentence in both fire and earth magic skills. “the system will help guide you when you need help.” so far the system has done nothing to help. As Dave was about to remove the earth wall he tried to focus on those words which made a window pop up.

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focus on the mana and imagine the wall disappears little by little with each beat

As soon as the words disappeared from his view he heard a soft beat going at around 100 BPM, it was faster than he thought but after a few failed attempts the wall disappeared and he saw the wide forest once again. “So that's what it meant, I should probably not use it if I'm in a fight, the high BPM would probably throw me off.” while Dave was mumbling to himself his stomach started to rumble, reminding him that he didn't eat at all yesterday. He grabbed his bag and climbed up a nearby tree. While he sat on a steady branch, eating a sandwich with some dry unrecognisable meat in it he took out the second booklet he got from Hermes, this one was about the main continent and the areas.

Apparently, there was only one continent and a lot of small islands in this world. the name of this world and the continent was Spade, it got that name based on the shape of the continent. Dave was currently in what seemed to be a forest named "Iwan"(at least that is what Hermes said) and was in the middle of the continent to the south of him were two countries. south-west of him was Frttich and to the southeast was Teflady. To the west of him was Bichadom and to the east of him was Verdaloon. now to the north of him was Tgeormed and if you go even further north you will find yourself in front of the biggest mountain in the world, and its name is Ogoleet but most people call it by a different name because of the creatures that live there, dragon mountain. Last but not least was the country called Eppasone which was where Iwan Forest is.

Dave skimped most of the countries' descriptions, he noticed all species lived peacefully together, there wasn't a country for a specific race of humanoid. some islands did so but not a country in the main continent. what he did make sure not to skimp on was the details on Eppasone and Iwan forest.

"Eppasone is a country ruled by a queen and king, the queen is the ruling figure in this country and the king is usually the one who marries into the royal family. this country was founded by a female hero in the distant past. She killed a few kings and queens of small countries and combined those countries into one before suddenly disappearing. Still, not before leaving a few heirs." As soon as Dave finished reading he couldn't help but remember how Hermes told him they didn't need another hero to try to unite the entire world. "huh, the gods probably killed her because she tried to conquer the continent."

"Iwan forest is a small forest that for some reason countries keep fighting for, it doesn't have any special ingredients or strong monsters so it's unclear why countries keep fighting for it." "That sounds ominous, I hope there won't be a war while I am here..."