" You must be asking many questions right now, and I am assuming you must be super excited for having a soul seed since the parchment always chooses hosts without a soul seed. The reason for that is because two soul seeds cannot coexist inside a person, and on their fight for dominance the host would lose his life "

This information was available to everyone in Irwin's time so he wasnt surprised about it.

" If you have seen my memories you should know that the parchment isnt restricted by what you might call the norm. It can use all elements as long as you make the perfect skill explination to it "

" Explination? "

" The parchment has 3 innate abilities , 'Extract' ; 'Transfer' and Create .

The create ability is used to create skills, you need to write the skill down in a way so that the parchment fully understands what you want it to be, or otherwise you wont get what you asked for .

I still remember the time I wanted to create a skill called ' Chasing Inferno ' and instead of chasing my opponents the damned flame chased me .

I had to run for 3 afternoons before it finally stopped, oh the good old times "

His expression turned to that of a nostalgic old man but Irwin wasnt paying any attention, he just couldnt believe what was happening to him ?

Was God finally helping him? With this a super parchment that could make anything you wanted ?

" sounds too good to be true doesnt it? And thats because it is, self created skills consume twice the amount of energy as normal people, oh and by the way the parchment is super jealous and it blocks any attempt of you learning a skill you havent created, so there's that tinzy bitty detail I need to mention.

" Tinzy bitty detail? This thing is a scam you dumb cunt? Are you telling me It consumes twice the mana normal skills consume? Wait , oh no ".

He fell to his knees, and his hopeful thoughts dissapeared completely, he just realised that he couldnt use any mana. Bastard children would never be allowed to learn such skills so they would not threaten the position of legitemate heirs.

" As for the other abilities, Extract is how the parchment extracts energy from beings .

There isnt only mana in this world, at least on my time there wasnt! The high elves down south normally use life energy extracted from plants and animals to fuel their abilities, and this skill allows you to extract such energies from every living thing, but my advice is to not use it on friends and family because it only works on dead beings .

Once they die the remaining energies take a while before they disintegrate .... "

He kept rumbling on about things but Irwin stopped listening, this guy actuallly lived in a time where elves were still alive? Did he just tell him the elven skill secret that many kings were still researching to this day? Then could he create skills fueled by life energy instead of mana? The contest was only two weeks away he could never learn how to channel mana this quickly by himself..

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" as for the transfer skill, its something that you should keep hidden the entire time and never be seen using "

His tone changed and got Irwin's attention .

"The energy summoned from extraction, soul seeds and even skills you create can be transfered into beings or things. The sword I carry was turned into a powerful sword throught this ability.

It used to be a rusty old sword since u only need the base material, I transferred many skills into it and made it what it is "

This parchment was a menace and blessing at the same time, if used properly he could fullfil all his ambitions and make his dreams come true, but if he was flashy in any way his life could end.

If he made artifacts with it and sold them those giant business owners would be put out of bussines and cut him into a thousand pieces .

" The parchment has thoughts and feelings so try not to insult it or it will kill you, be friendly to it.

I will leave a memory of my training with you so you wont die before you even enjoy the parchment.

Good luck little fella, off you go now "

The whitehaired swordsman waved his hand and he felt the pull again, and he understood that he was definitly going to vomit this time.

He occupied his mind into coming up with skills this time, so when he finally opened his eyes the mental fatigue wasnt as strong as the previous.

He supported himself up fully excited and called out the parchment to finally test it out .

" Brother Parchment.. Can I call you brother? Come out please ? "

Nothing happened, then he realised he was calling for a magical parchment alone in the woods.

Imagine if Edgar or the maid saw him, they would think he had gone insane.

" You're scarying me brother parchment, was this all a dream? Have I gone insane ? "

He tried lord parchment , master parchment, holy parchment but it was futile. Nothing was happening.

" Who is the best soul spirit in the world " he finally yelled, and as if it were saying ' it is me ' the purple parchment finally showed up and fell down rolling on his hands.

" Quite the narcissistic one arent you, he said laughingly in full relief that what he saw was real.

" Can the greatest soul spirit in the world allow me to create a skill pretty please? "

His plea was successful, the writing brush appeared and it wrote down few things

- Name of the skill:

- Skill description:

- Energy Type/Cost:

Note: The more energy consuming the more powerful the skill!

"You truly are the greatest, you made it so convenient"

As if to acknowledge his compliment the parchment started flickering .

" We need to defend ourselves first so lets make a defensive skill "

Influenced by his predecessor's barrier he saw in the memory, he wrote down .

Name: Nullifying barrier

Skill Description: Creates a green barrier fueled by life energy that is most effective against mana attacks, it can be fueled from inner energy channeled by host or outside items and artifacts.

Energy type/cost: Consumes 1 life energy ( LE ) to maintain it for one minute.