[Fate’s Hand]
The countless paths set in stone are no longer as solid as they should be. You are someone who will change Fate’s path.
As a child of fate, your Guardian has the choice to borrow the power of the God of Reincarnation to make sure you live to your potential.
Charges 3/5
This skill will notify the user when fate changes.
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So I’m a child of fate, which probably explains one of my past class choices, but this also means I’ll probably be targeted by a plentiful amount of gods. But to fight back, I need to get stronger, which means I need to keep fighting to gain strength. God, this sounds way too simple. I also need to assign my stat points, so I should do that now.
Oliver Stering
CLASS: Fate Mage (Legendary *Baron rank*)
LEVEL:33
TITLE: Prodigious
HP:620/620
SP:740/740
MP:1370/1830
STATS:
STRENGHT:69
DEXTERITY:60->64
ENDURANCE:74
VITALITY:52->62
INTELLIGENCE:125->140
MANA:163->183
FREE STAT POINTS: 49->0
As we approach the boos area of the dungeon, I can’t do anything but think about the meeting, which seemed almost artificial, but my mind knows it was real, probably to keep me from going insane. I start manipulating the air around us to pressure and push us so we move faster, though it ends up being way harder than I thought it would be. But when we walked the correct way, we felt lighter, which, if used correctly, could help you day-to-day or even in combat.
As we reach the end of the cave, we see an elegant door that normally should be the door to throne rooms. Maybe the orcs consider the boss their ruler, or they may just be the strongest and forced the orcs to do it, but I shouldn’t think about it.
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I’ll open it,” Derek announced as he walked to the door.
I replied, "Probably the best decision, as you’re the tank after all. Just be careful.”
Derek pushes the door open, and I look to see what’s inside. It’s a dark room, but we enter anyway, as we still don’t know what to expect. As I enter last, the door shuts behind us, effectively getting rid of our only exit if something turns bad. The room lights up with an artificial sun, not unlike the artificial sun of the first tutorial, as that one felt like the actual sun. This one just gives off enough light to brighten the room we’re in. I turn to the farthest part of the dome-like room.
At the other edge of the dome, I see the boss of the dungeon. It resembles an orc king like the one in the fantasy stories I prepare [Condensed Wind]. As the boss starts charging at us with a club in its hand, despite its ugly royal appearance, it is using primal weapons, which says something as it charges. I throw my spell, hitting it directly in the face, but despite being one of my stronger spells, it does what looks like no damage.
Once close to 5 meters away, it stops then starts speaking, “Cough, cough, that was quite rude of you if I say so myself, and we’re even nobles, so let’s do this in a more honorable way; let’s duel this out like civilized people.”
[Duel Request]
The Lord { Bratuh, Great Warrior Of The Orcs}
If denied, {Bratuh} will be able to summon out his orc tribe to battle with you and your party.
If accepted, you will duel {Bratuh} with no interference, as your party will not be able to interfere and {Bratuh} can’t call his tribe for help.
Reward: Upgrade in Nobility Title
Penalty: Degrade of Nobility Title
I quickly read over it and responded, "Alright, I accept your duel,” as dueling has more ups than downs.
The other two go off to the side while I start casting spells. Bratuh starts charging at me this time with the intent to attack. Due to the difference in classes, I have to keep my distance, or else he’ll dominate me due to the class difference and the stat difference, but I have the advantage in magic as I fire spell after spell with no regard to my mana. The moment I hit him and he flinches, I gain the advantage. As I leap back to gain more distance, I see something flying at me, and I get hit. I quickly checked my health.
Oliver Stering
HP:237/520
SP:432/740
MP:830/1630
With half my mana down, I slow down my rate of fire and fire lower-rank spells. The orc notices this and asks, “Why are you slowing down? You looked so confident earlier.”
I reply, "Well, I am a mage; I can’t cast as long during battle, unlike a warrior.”
We keep battling with the conversation already past our heads as I feel my mana supply dwindling even more I start dodging and focus half of my effort on taking mana from the surroundings as I keep dodging and retreating while collecting mana I slowly but surely build up a [small mana bomb] as I keep the spell charging. The orc looks like he found something out but decides not to voice his opinion.
I pull out my still-charging spell to launch at him. When I see the vortex of mana being pulled in by the spell, out of panic, I throw it forward straight at Bratuh. It explodes bigger than I thought was possible because of the name of the spell. It ended completely, obliterating the orc and the battleground, with me also caught in the crossfire but being far enough to barely survive, and just like that, the battle was over.
[Spell Upgrade]
Small Fire Bomb -->Vortex Fire Bomb
Despite the new spell upgrade, my health is in critical condition.
Oliver Stering
HP: 7/520
The other two, which I totally forgot about, as they get closer, one of Olivia starts casting a healing spell, which starts regenerating my health, but due to the constant strain due to all the mana used, I fall asleep due to the mental exhaustion.