Chapter 4-A small Incident_Cleaning up another world.

Once the day was over, I began to look at what I wanted to get with my skill points. After thinking for a bit, I decided to pick up Telekinesis (Level 1) for 25 skill points. I wanted to learn how to read, I needed to be able to pick up books first in order to do that. I decided to save the remaining 10 skill points in case I needed them later. I spent the next 30 minutes figuring out how the skill worked. I tried lifting various objects, and while I didn't feel any kind of strain at all, they would just randomly fall after some amount of time, and I couldn't lift other objects for a bit afterwards. It seemed heavier objects took a much shorter time for this to occur. I wonder if this world has some equivalent to mana.

I take a look back at the crystal and find that Mana sense exists for 10 skill points. I end up deciding to get it since telekinesis is pretty much useless without it. After obtaining it I noticed something quite interesting. My status now includes my mana capacity. It's pretty low. Furthermore, I can feel the mana inside of me. It's got a similar feeling to water, though I feel like my current mana capacity is currently a mere puddle. Looking through the obtainable skills, I see that Mana Storage Capacity (Level 1) and Mana Regeneration (Level 1) are both obtainable for 10 skill points each. Well, that's four levels. Which shouldn't be too bad.

I spent until the following morning cleaning out the sewage ditches around the adventurer's guild. I also found a small piece of wood by the side of the road and practiced manipulating it with telekinesis. I ran out of mana several times throughout the night but learned quite a bit about how telekinesis worked. I also spent quite a bit of time using analysis on various objects. I believe I leveled it up at some point, as I unlocked the ability to view the effect of exposure to hazards. That being said, it was quite limited. Here's sewage for example

Wastewater

Hazard level-High

Contamination level-Extreme

Exposure effect:

On contact: little effect if removed promptly

Open Wound: High Probability of Infection

Ingestion: Severe illness

This was a lot of stuff that I already knew. But I found it pretty neat. When the morning came, I finished up with where I was and threw the stick back to the side of the road. I'd cleaned 60 meters of sewage, so I could tell I was improving. I got back and checked the crystal.

Species: Cleaning Spirit

Level: 9

Mana 50/50

Experience: 756/1800

Skill points: 5

Skills: Cleaning Aura (Level 9), Air Purification Aura (Level 8), Sanitization proficiency (Level 7), Language Learning Proficiency (level 3), Memory Enhancement (Level 2), Analysis (Level 2), Telekinesis (Level 2), Mana Sense (Level 1)

All I had to do now was get one more level and I could get the Mana storage capacity. I did want to practice more telekinesis though, as I understood the language fairly well. I left the guild and found a back alley where no one would notice an object mysteriously hovering. I spent the next few hours practicing with telekinesis. Interestingly enough, I found that I could break things by applying force the right way, by snapping a stick in half. I also got a very convenient shortcut as I was practicing lifting large objects. I was lifting this large rock and holding it until my mana drained completely and then waiting 30 minutes for it to recharge. At around the tenth time I'd repeated this process, I felt a noticeable increase in the rate at which my mana regenerated. It now to 25 minutes to recharge instead of the regular 30 I'd gotten used to. Furthermore, after an additional 5 cycles, I felt as though my available mana pool had also increased. Now it felt more like I was standing in a large puddle of water.

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I spent the rest of the day continuing my training and felt like I was making a decent bit of progress. I also felt more in tune with my mana pool as I could more precisely sense how much mana I had remaining. Once the sun went down, I entered the guild hall and checked my status with the crystal.

Species: Cleaning Spirit

Level: 9

Mana 75/75

Experience: 756/1800

Skill points: 5

So that saved some skill points. At any rate, it seemed the most efficient method to train magic was to lift heavy objects and completely drain my mana pool. Also, it didn't appear to give me any experience to reach the next level, so it seemed like I would have to continue cleaning the sewage at night for the meantime.

I went out that night to clean the sewage. Cleaning them was getting rather monotonous but I did have my new friend rocky to accompany me. He was a fairly heavy rock I could lift for around 5 minutes at a time, so I would alternate between lifting rocky and cleaning sewage. Maybe I should go and get an actual friend in this world. I also decided to move into the alleyways. There were guards that patrolled at night. It was just that they didn't notice the sewage disappearing. I wasn't going to risk them seeing a floating rock.

I'd spent several hours cleaning out the alleyway when I saw a man dragging another man into the alley. The first man threw the man against the wall, and in typical robber fashion, held a knife to the other man's throat. "Your money or your life" the robber growled. The man was clearly frightened, but he pulled out a bag of coins and gave it to the man. "I swear, this is all I have!" The man said.

I wanted to help with telekinesis, but I was worried about if I caused the victim to get hurt. My plan was to wait till the robber released the man and then to get the man his money back discreetly by causing the robber to "accidentally drop" the money. It turned out though, that the robber had no intention of letting the man go. "I believe you." The robber said. He moved to slit the man's throat. In shock, having expected something entirely different, I quickly tried to use telekinesis to get the robber's knife arm away from the man... and accidentally tore the robber's lower arm off. I dropped the arm as the robber screamed in pain and collapsed. The man also screamed in horror at having seen a man get his arm torn off, even if that man had just been trying to murder him.

In shock myself, I flew up to a rooftop to observe what occurred afterwards, one to protect the man from other robbers, while also telling myself the whole while that it was an accident, that I didn't mean to rip the robber's arm off, and that the man had deserved it, but none of that really helped me to feel better about what had happened. In the end, some guards showed up. They applied a tourniquet to the robber's arm while questioning the other man. Fortunately for the victim, the robber appeared to be a repeat offender, so they let him go free after a bit of questioning. They were a bit curious about how the robber's arm was torn off, however. After taking the man to one of the apothecaries to make sure he didn't die prior to trial, they filed a report on the strange occurrence to be sent to the mage's guild for investigation.

This makes things a bit more complicated.

To be continued...

Chapter 4-A small Incident

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