Chapter 6:
During the past few days, I remembered about my skill Soul Sense, which I was happy I had. It made my life much easier, whenever I was hunting, I would use it to locate some Snow Hares, while also avoiding dangerous creatures. I also learned something new about this ability, I can use Identify along with Soul Sense. So anything I find in my 500 meter range, I can Identify. I even gained 16 spirit from absorbing their souls.
While I was killing the animals, I gradually got used to killing the animals without barfing. The first few times were bad as I still had a bad stomach after killing them, but I adjusted to it. Regulus's Snare leveled up Beginner Level 2. I even leveled once to level 3, and I put one stat point into strength and the other into perception.
Regulus's SnareA skill using the essence of lions, mana and the soul to attack enemies. It will dig into the enemy and grab a tight hold on him/her/it. Then you damage the enemy both physically and spiritually. The skill provides protetion to the arm and brings fear to the enemy. The attack is very sharp and can break through armours more easily. 12% chance to take away 30 durability from armour, weapons, etc, after one hit. 30 mana/sec. You may shoot out the skill. 45 mana/shot.
I located Leon's house, which was 300 meters away from mine. The strange thing is, even though I'm level 3, I still can't Identify his level. Every day, Leon comes and eats with, but now he brings his own food.
I tried combining my Soul Sense with my Mana Manipulation to understand the mysteries of the earth element, and surprisingly, it worked. Some of the mysteries of the earth unraveled to me. I started to gain knowledge on how earth works and how rocks are formed. I also learned how mana can interact with earth, for example: strengthening the earth and compressing it.
While the mysteries of earth unpackaged itself for me, some memories of Luke surfaced. Although Luke lived in a world without mana and was a world leaning towards the scientific spectrum, the knowledge they learned helped me. I learned about erosion, about trees keeping soil together, about sand and about the lava and magma. Normal people would have took around 6 hours to understand the mysteries of the earth, but I took 1 and a hours to learn it. It was not because I was extremely talented, it was because I had the skill Soul Sense, coupled with the knowledge from Luke and my merged soul.
I heard a ding sound and broke out of my meditation. I fall out of my meditative state and rest on my back, wiping the sweat while checking the notification.
Earth ManipulationYou can now use your mana to manipulate the mana of earth. The amount of mana you use depends how long you use the earth mana and how much you use, as well as how you manipulate it.
I showed a toothy grin to no one, but it was satisfying. After resting a bit, I got up and walked a little farther into the woods to try out the skill Earth Manipulation. I learned in class that although you can manipulate earth mana, you can't manipulate other peoples elemental magic as they have their mana signature on it, just like how they can't manipulate my magic.
I send out my mana into the earth to control the earth mana. Earth mana is not flexible and smooth like normal mana, it was sturdy and compressed. It was like an unmovable wall. Some brown mana started to flow out of the earth and form into a ball in front of me.
Bringing out the earth mana, I tried imagining a lance made out of rock. Visualising it took about 10 minutes, but it was worth it. It was a meter long , 6 inch thick, stone lance. I shot it out with my mana, and it pierced through 2 trees, before landing on the ground. Rock Lance, sounded like a fitting name for it.
Manipulating the earth mana took all my mana, so I meditated, which resulted in the skill leveling up.
MeditationMeditating will recover your mana 4.02x the normal speed. Healing injuries is 1.55x the speed and resting takes 3.05x less than normal.
While I was meditating, I looked over Luke's knowledge to find anything that can help me. To tell the truth, I feel like Luke's memories are like a treasure trove, most of his knowledge is useful. I tried spinning my rock lance, and its powers increased dramatically. Although its power increased, so did its mana cost. I named this skill Revolving Rock Lance.
While I was training, I made some useful moves with the earth mana. Some of moves I made were, making an armour out of rock, a wall made out of rock and lastly a rock spike coming out of surfaces in contact with earth. The names of these skills were Rock Armour, Stone Wall and finally Rock Spike. Although I got no system notifications form creating these skills, I just named them to explain to others more easily.
After resting for a bit, I went hunting to find some food. I took out a map, which I created of the area I traveled in the forest. Creating the map even rewarded me with a new skill.
Cartography (passive)You can create maps with ok proficiency.
I went to an area with a relatively high number of Snow Hares. I activated Sneak so that I don't scare any of the rabbits, but I noticed something is not normal, I can't locate any of the rabbits. I activated my Soul Sense, and I noticed that all the Snow Hares gathered. I tried concentrating my Soul Sense on the specific spot, and I noticed something different about one of the rabbits. The rabbit had a horn, and had red eyes. I Identified the rabbit, and I got ready for a fight.
Horned Rabbit Level 2
A level 2 Horned Rabbit, it was the strongest monster that I found other than that lion. Since I got much stronger than before, I wanted to fight the rabbit. I sneaked close to the rabbit pack and sat down to meditate. I need as much energy and mana as possible to fight the rabbit.
As soon as I rested enough, I started channeling earth mana to create a Revolving Rock Lance, which took about 20 seconds. I then used Soul Sense to locate the rabbit. When I found it and positioned my attack, I let it fly. The rabbit pack was in a tiny meadow which is surrounded by the forest. I was perched high up on a tree, and the moment my attack went loose, I jumped across to trees to avoid the rabbits detection.
Turning my head over, I looked at the Horned Rabbit, it seems it sensed the attack and jumped out of the way. All the rabbits then turned towards the tree I was on and charged it. Normally the Snow Hares weren't aggressive, but under the lead of the Horned Rabbit, they started to attack. Soon the tree got toppled over, but they found nothing. Noticing this, the Horned Rabbit commanded the others to attack every tree surrounding the meadow.
I quickly jumped all the way to the back of Horned Rabbit, and sent my mana into the Rock lance. I then shot it back at the rabbit. Sensing it the rabbit narrowly dodged, but it got a scrape on its belly. This enraged the rabbit, which caused it to slam into the tree I was on. The tree toppled over, but I was able to jump onto another tree.
Knowing that it will be hard to kill the Horned Rabbit, I went after its minions. I used Soul Sense to attack all of their souls, but I failed because all together, their souls are stronger than mine. So I tried again, but did it one by one. There were 20 Snow Hares in total, and after absorbing their souls, I gained 25 points in spirit.
I was almost out of mana, so I couldn't use my elemental magic in the risk I might not kill the Horned Rabbit with the mana left. So I jumped onto the ground and sneaked towards the rabbit. When I was close enough, I jumped towards the rabbit using Regulus's Snare with my left hand.
The rabbit turned around, but I grabbed hold of it. I started to smirk in happiness, but the rabbit didn't let everything go my way. As I was absorbing its soul, it stabbed its horn into my left hand. I let go of the rabbit in pain, before receiving the backlash of breaking away when absorbing a soul. I then spit out a mouthful of blood, which luckily lands on the rabbit blinding it for a moment.
Using this I jump backwards and try to hide again to sneak attack, but the rabbit lunges towards me. While it was attacking me, time slowed down. I think this is what people call slow-motion perception. It supposedly happens in a life and death situation, but I feel like mine is much stronger than a normal persons. Is it because of my perception stat?
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The rabbit is slowly flying towards to my heart, and I tried to think of something to defend against it. I then remember my skill, Stone Wall. I slam my right hand onto the ground, and everything returns to normal. A wall springs up from the ground, and the rabbit slams into it. Its horn made a hole through the wall and was inches away from my heart. Luckily the wall stopped the attack.
Reacting solely on instinct at this moment, I smash my palm on to the stone wall. This pushes the wall outwards, creating a stone spike that pierces through the rabbit. The rabbit struggled for a while before dying. I got no spirit because I didn't absorb it's soul, my magic killed it.
I fall back on my butt and wipe the sweat off my forehead before sighing in relief. Thinking about it for a moment, I succeeded, I beat pack of rabbits.
I then scream " Yes I did it!" and started dancing and celebrating. The kill notifications appeared.
You have killed 20x Snow Hares, you have gained 10 exp each.
You have killed 1x Horned Rabbit, you have gained 20 exp.
After calming down, I cut off the hide of the rabbit and wrap around my arm wound. I have now gained another wound, and my other wounds weren't even fully healed. At least my leg healed, and I don't have to limp anymore. I meditated to rest a little. When I was fully ready, I got up.
Picking up my trophy, I headed back to my house. I carried the rest of the rabbits in a stone wagon I created. When I arrived home, I put the other rabbits in my house, to save for later. Now I don't have to hunt for a few days. I brought out the Horned Rabbit and took all of its hide off. Cleaning it under water, I then took a took a stick and put it through the rabbit. I then add some spices, I found them in the forest while I was wandering. It was some Blue Pepper, Purple Onion and some Black Curry Leaves. Although I didn't have a lot of spices, it was enough for a tasty meal. The Blue Pepper, gave the meat some spicy flavor, as well as softening the meat and giving it a cool touch. It also gave the meat a sour taste. Purple Onions gave the meat a crispy flavour as well as some salty taste. It also contradicts the Blue Pepper, which causes you to have a explosion of flavour, every bite is spicy but goes into a cool sweet taste. The Black Curry Leaves give the meat a nice aroma. It enhances the tastes as well as making meat melt in your mouth after each crispy bite. I read some books on spices on floor 0 since I got the cooking skill to advanced.
Just as I finished cooking it, I saw Leon running through the woods to my direction. He tripped on a rock, but he immediately got up. He was drooling a waterfall. He had some food in his hand but he didn't even care about it. He came to me and kowtowed asking " Please can I have some of that meat. I'll trade all my meat for a little of yours. PLEASEEEE!" He looked up at me with puppy eyes.
I sighed at his pitiful appearance and gave him some meat.
I just say " You can keep your meat."
He looks at me with shining eyes and yells "Thank you thank you," in delight.
As soon as he finished he said thank you once again and left. I look at him with a weird gaze, not knowing what to do.
After I finish my meal, I go to my usual training area, and sit in my meditative position. I then try to comprehend the other elements in the same way I did with earth (Soul Sense combined with the mana). People can only comprehend elements in the dungeon (floor 1 and above), as for the reason why, I don't know.
To be continued.
Status Screen:
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Status Window Name:Arjun HunterLevel:3Race:Black Tiger/High Elf HybridGender:MaleTitles Reincarnated One2 Souls, 1 Body Merged Souls-Health Regen:1.3x fasterMana:348 / 348Mana Regen:1.85/ Sec-Strength:17Agility:27Vitality:22Dexterity36Intelligence:49Wisdom:33Charisma:30Luck:20Spirit154Perception 17
Skill List:
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SkillsMana ManipulationIntermediate Level 3Mana/Soul ArmourBeginner Level 4Mana/Soul ClawBeginner Level 9IdentifyBeginner Level 9Mana/Soul RoarBeginner Level 6Cooking (passive)Advanced Level 1 Engineering (passive) Intermediate Level 3Parkour (passive) Intermediate Level 8Blade Proficiency (passive)Intermediate Level 4Firearms Proficiency (passive)Intermediate Level 2SneakIntermediate Level 5ScoutIntermediate Level 7Leadership (passive) Intermediate Level 9Picklocking Intermediate Level 1Disarm Intermediate Level 2Soul SenseIntermediate Level 1Soul ManipulationIntermediate Level 1Regulus's SnareBeginner Level 2MeditationBeginner Level 3Cartography (passive)Beginner Level 1Earth ManipulationBeginner Level 1
Author's note: Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I know there is a lot going on in this chapter, but I hope you guys can bear with it. There will be more fighting coming up. How was the fighting scene? Was it good? Remember to leave feedback, criticism, reviews and comments, it will make the story better.