OK so i got a complaint that it was hard to read the aquamarine color i used for Special stats so i won't be using it, i think i'll change over to a nice purple. BTW don't know if u guys noticed but i got boxes working, and i will be updating the chapters already released to include them.
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I opened my eyes to see the world covered in black, i thought for a second that i was at Kyanu's realm but i was in my new body, not my old. There was no trace of the goddess with her random foods or lounge chairs and grand beds. Even the greenish-white marble floor that usually was present on my dream trips to the underworld was replaced by a rough cobblestones.
“You really do try your best to push the limits, don’t you”, said a voice to my left.
The the ground a few meters away burst with a pillar of fire and out stepped the goddess in her usually red sheath dress.
“Hey kyanu, whats up with no lounge chair or food, and when did you redecorate” i asked in rapid fire.
“Ash you nearly died, usually when we meet, we meet in my chambers, but do you have any idea where you are right now. This is the Cavern of Endings, it’s not officially a part of my realm, but it’s what you mortals call the death's doorstep. I don’t think you get it ash. You. Nearly. Died” she said in slow pace.
….well shit. Until now i hadn’t realized it, but at Kyanu’s words i realized that i was freezing cold, and what's more i couldn’t hear my own heartbeat.
“If i hadn’t been dead once already i might be freaked out and panicking, but since i already died once, and i am pretty used to coming to the underworld by now, i think it’s safe to say i’m not that worried” i said, just trying to get the goddess who was clearly upset to calm down.
“Ash, i know you're not worried but i am. If you die then with what the council have decided-” she broke off and stopped.
“Kyanu, what happened” i questioned.
“Nothing it’s just that, with you defeating a major gods symbol, even if it was only a baby-”
“That was a baby boar?” i broke in.
“The gods discussion on what to do with you is being fast tracked by the council, if going by human years the options for what to doing with you will be agreed on and voted for in 10 years tops” she said.
“WHAT, you mean i only have 10 years left” i was shocked. She assured me that the council would have moved at a slow pace and taken thousands of years to decide, but now i’m on a time limit. Most likely there is more than a few gods gunning for my head.
“Ash, as much as i would like to discuss this with you, you need to wake up, for now i suggest you lie low, don’t kill anymore huge monsters or you're going to cause waves in heaven and in Ryalia” she said quickly.
“Wait what do you mean in Ryalia” i said as i could feel myself fading from the underworld and waking up back to reality.
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When i woke up, i was sore as hell. I was lying on my back staring up at the now red sky. Everything hurt, my ribs felt like they were cracked or broken, my head felt like someone took an ax to it. I look around to see that the boar was crushed beneath a huge pile of stone a few meters away from me with his mouth open as if screaming til he died. It’s nighttime and i can feel my stats have recovered from being drained by the armor.
“Time to see if that works” i said to myself
I start circulating mana around my body to see what the damage was. I heard from kyanu that some Doctors and pill creators could circulate Chi around their body or the bodies of others to see what the problem was, she said that this method i could theoretically use with mana if i put only a small amount into my body and made sure it didn’t disperse into my limbs or organs. After swirling it around for a few minutes i received a notification.
Through continuous use you have gained the ability
Body Probe LV1(Active)
I quickly open my stats to check my new ability only to find more than a few things have changed.
Name: Fraxia of the Forest shadow villageAge: 10 Class: Magic SwordsmenRace:Beastmen(Subrace:Vulpes)Level: 131[12%](LEVEL UP reward available) HP: 2400/2400MP: 1305/1305 STR: 573VIT: 199 AGI: 184DEX: 159 INT: 261WIS: 206 LUK: 0Skill Points:437 Skills: Death Resistance LV5 [43%](Passive), Grave Talker LV1(Active), ??? LV??(???),
Divine Soul armor LV23 57%](Active/Passive), Mana Manipulation LV45[2%](Active), Telepathy LV29 [89%](Active/Passive), Fire Ball LV6 [54%](Active), Water Trap LV4 [18%](Active/Passive), Lightning Bolt LV8 [98%], Body Probe LV1[5%](Active)
Titles: Envoy of Death, Lady luck's fool, Apprentice of a goddess, Hunter, Novice Magician, Enigma of Fate, Calamity Slayer, Legend Status: Badly Wounded, Dehydrated, Exhausted, Mental strain(Child)
I can immediately see the improvements of me battling with the rank 6 Stone Skin Demonic Boar, fighting enemies above your level can help you gain stats, the more you stress your body the more your gain and considering that i literally went to hell and back, i am more than satisfied. My STR went up by 50, my VIT went up by 20 points as well. All of my stats changed to some degree as well as STR and VIT, my AGI went up by 40, my DEX went 20 as well. The gain in my non-physical stats though was smaller, my INT went up by 10 and my WIS by 5, compared to my other stats these were the hardest to level up because i had been using them so much. According to kyanu WIS was supposedly my ability to be creative and smart, while INT boosted my thought processing speed and memory. The normal INT and WIS stat of a normal graduate magician was 50 and 70, and thanks to my Apprentice of a goddess title, instead of normally having one's INT equal their mana capacity, i had 5x that amount. The benefits of the title where split so i can regen mana as fast as a master magician from the human capital.
I also had many new titles and 437 skill points. Now normally i keep about 20 skill points in reserve just in case i need to add them to something for whatever reason, but now i had enough to raise a single stat to an incredible amount. I'll deal with distributing those later but for now i check the new titles.
Enigma of Fate
You have survived numerous circumstances and befuddled the mind of Fate
Effects:
Affinity for Luck magic
Calamity Slayer
You have killed an enemy that would have gone on to destroy civilizations and topple kingdoms. A certain being is grateful for your services and rewards you as such
Effects:
Charm LV1(Active)
Legend
You have stood upon the battlefield and dominated an opponent of profound strength. People will tell tales of your might in generations to come
Effects:
+100 to all stats
“...”
“What use is Luck magic if i have 0 luck” i said gritting my teeth, Fuck you Luck goddess.
The other two titles though. Legend is a good bonus to killing that beast, but Calamity Slayer…
Somebody else besides Kyanu is supporting me, although i am quite concerned that it says “being” and not god. At least i know that a lot of the gods want to kill me or are watching me, but now there's another player at the table.
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Going by stats alone compared to an ordinary soldier or magician, i am at the level of a royal magician or high priest who has studied for a lifetime. Going by physical stats i could be a veteran general or even a commander of an army, if a general or royal magician took a look at my stats they would most likely die of depression because it took me 10 years what they did in a lifetime. Of course not everyone can have a god's backing, but still i don’t think i will be showing off my status anytime soon. Too many people would love to get their hands on me which is more than i care for and way too many gods or “beings” are focused on me than i definitely care for.
There are some many things i want to do with my menu but right now i have to prioritize. I open up body probe to check the description.
Body Probe LV1(Active)
The first step in healing is recognizing there is a wound
Effects:
Gently insert Mana into a body to probe for injury.
Currently can detect broken bones and common injuries
At higher levels can detect Disease and viruses
Cost:
10 MP
I activate body probe and start the process of checking my body, everything either is sore, stings or just plain old hurts. After a few minutes of use i hear a delightful DING and a notification pops up.
Body Probe Complete
Damage Assessment...
Skull Fracture
Heavy bruising on left side of face
Broken collarbone
4 broken ribs
2 fractured ribs
Broken left tibia
Missing right leg
Broken wrist
Missing right arm
…
…
Wait, fuck what?
“EH” i yelled coarsely
I tried to get up and check to see if the thing was kidding but i didn’t have the energy and it was a probably a bad idea to do that with a broken collarbone. I immediately fell right back down hitting my head on the hard earth underneath me.
“Ok ok don’t panic just for now try and stand up, you can deal with whatever consequences later” i reassured to myself.
The sky was rapidly getting darker and i was not in good enough shape to fight, heck even a child could come and grab a rock and bash me over the head until i died. With 199 VIT you would think that my injuries would be healed almost instantly, but sadly that is not the case. Say i broke my arm and it would take me a month before it healed, with higher VIT you would heal in a week or less depending on how much VIT you had, but there are limits. My VIT at most can stop me from hemorrhaging or getting infected easily, but reforming broken bones in hours would take a lot more VIT than i have. With so many injuries i can probably heal in about a week and a half, maybe 2.
I finally try using Mana Manipulation to create a sort of human puppet that i can see though and hear though, and after taking a look at my body...it’s bad. The right arm is cut off at the elbow, but my right leg is completely gone, foot, knee, thigh and all. The cut off ends have scabbed over thank the gods, that means i don’t have to worry about bleeding out. For now let's not concentrate on my body and try and deal with the boar.
There is so many things i want to take off the boar, from its stone skin which could be good for armor, to it’s heart which i can use in alchemy. I recently got Spatial storage as an ability, which i can faintly remember that Otaku kid in my class going on about how useful it is. I activate the armor and on my left arm appears the gauntlet instead of on my right as per usual. Even though it’s on my left hand it still has the same appearance as it did when it was on my right hand for which i am glad.
I use the puppet and combine it with myself sort of like an exoskeleton. I use it to replace the limbs i am missing with glowing blue ones and manage to prop myself up and look around. The battle between me and the boar certainly had an everlasting effect on the environment unfortunate to say. 2 very large rock formations, several kilometers of earth upturned and probably hundreds of animals and demonic beasts displaced from their residences.
I see my arm and my leg lying a few meters away and walk over to them and pick them up and put them into spatial storage. Kind of freaking to pick up your own severed limbs, my best guess as to how they were severed is when the last rock formation fell some of the shrapnel must have severed them. I’m just glad it was my limbs and not my head, although this does present a problem as to how i’m going to explain to my parents why i am missing an arm and a leg.
Speaking of which, it looks like i am a little lost after getting turned around so many times being chased. For now i must deal with the boar and try and find shelter for the night.I walked over to the boar and take a look around to make sure it’s totally dead, paranoia i guess after paying literally an arm and a leg for not being careful in battle against it. Time start to the grisly process of skinning, deboning and dissection, and so for another 5 hours i harvested many good pieces of material from it.
When i looked up from my work i realized it was definitely dark and i could hear howls of wolves and roars of monsters in the distance. I was just about done with my work anyway.
From that single gigantic boar i harvested it’s heart, tusks which were still in fine condition, the eyes, many teeth, all of it’s bones, meters upon meters of stone skin hide, and a few tons of boar meat. The eyes, heart and bones can be used in alchemy primarily as well as for weapons, food and sorcery. Sometimes you need a good sacrifice like a rank 6 Monster heart to summon a big monster or cast a powerful spell. The Tusks which took a LONG ass time to saw through with a mana saw, can be used for vanity items or high rank equipment like necklaces, charms or weapons.
The hide i found separated into two kinds, the physically resistant and the magically resistant. I harvested the physically resistant hide that was flexibly yet tough grey hide and would be great for armor, and the magically resistant hide, which took me a good hour to cut through and pull off, was located on the underside of the boar and was highly resistant to my mana blade and shattered it a few times, was a bright red hide that after i took all the bristles off was a perfect for a coat or hood. After running, fighting and generally being beat up the entire day, my training clothes which had weathered with me even under a waterfall were in tatters. My shirt and pants were in tatters exposing some “sacred places”. If i was a bit older, with the ripped leather and tattered shirt i might have been mistaken for a vagrant or prostitute, so i immediately after skinning it and getting rid of all the hair turned a small portion of the red hide into a cloak that offered some protection, although i probably looked like little a Red Ridding Hood sex doll.
(AU Note: Little girl, ripped up clothing, red hood...where's the Wolf Flag Raised)
I gathered up all the material and put it inside the spatial storage ability on the armor. I couldn’t take it all because now it was seriously dark and monsters might be heading my way, so all that was left was the head and a big portion of the boar. I was about to leave when i looked down at the gauntlet on my left arm and remembered, i can absorb part of the boar. I hurried back over to the main body of the boar and put my hand on it and activated Integrated Potential LV1(Active). The body of the boar started getting smaller and smaller until i Heard a pleasant *DING* and a notification appeared.
Integrated Potential level up from 1 to 13
I open up my menu and check Integrated potential.
Integrated potential LV13(Active)
Be confident in your potential and aware of your inexperience
Effects:
Absorb Materials for the use of Transformations.
Time taken to integrate materials depends on level and quality of materials.
Material absorbed is proportional to material needed for Transformation.
Currently Integrating:
Stone Skin Boar(Time left: 20 days 23 hours 52 seconds)