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I open up the goddesses stats to take a look at whatever spells or combat powers she has.

Name: Hyuna, Goddess of IceAge: 10Class: Elemental Creator(Restricted)Race: Immortal(Subrace:Gelum)Subordinates: 2400000Level: 1016[2%]HP:100/100(Restricted) MP:100/100(Restricted) STR: 10(Restricted)VIT: 10(Restricted)AGI: 10(Restricted)DEX: 10(Restricted)INT: 100 (Restricted)WIS: 100(Restricted)LUK: 10(Restricted)Skill Points:5(Restricted)Skills(All skills Restricted): 

Freeze LV 1(Active)

Create Ice LV1 (Active)

Petrify LV1(Active)

God's Eyes LV1(Active)

 Magic Power Release Control LV1 (Active/Passive)

 Creation Control LV1(Active)

 Spatial Storage LV1(Active)

Ice Prison LV1(Active),

Freeze Over LV1(Active/Passive)

Command LV1(Active), More»»

Titles:The One who Creates

Ice Goddess

 The Cold one

 Worshipped one

Bringer of Frost

Creator of Ice

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Status: Normal(Restricted Immortal)

I press More on the Skills tab and another screen comes up.

Skills continued(All skills restricted): Create Ice Elemental LV1(Active)

Divine Ice Blast LV1(Active)

Blizzard LV1(Active/Passive)

 Divine Realm Key(Passive)

Frozen Wrath of God LV1(Active)

Polar Zone LV1(Active/PAssive)

 Cold Immunity(Passive)

Summon Icebound Horror LV1(Active)

 Insta-Chill LV1 (Active)

Divine Voice LV1(Active)

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I instantly was happy. Ice magic should be able to combat whatever earth magic or gladiators that the adviser picked out without killing them. Now normally fae’s especially fae elites are very tough and even if you dropped a mountain on one he/she still has a chance to crawl or blast its way out and keep swinging, slightly annoyed and injured but for the most part fine. It has to do with their Absurdly high magical affinity. All they have to do is pour some mana into their bodies to enhance their regeneration to insane levels and poof they can hop back into combat.

According to records the only way to kill a fae elite is to either exhaust or cut them off from their magic supply or eradicate their entire body instantly before they have a chance to regenerate. This is what makes fae elites particularly tough to deal with and when i snapped that guards neck back in the alley i made sure he didn’t see me. At most he probably was knocked unconscious from the shock of having his neck snapped, but i have no doubt that he is up and pissed at whoever broke his neck.

The reason any race can’t use this trick is because fae’s are built with incredible magic affinity. Meaning that they can directly pour mana into their bodies without trouble or worry. If someone else of another race where to do it say a certain fox girl, such person would die of magic poisoning or simple explode.

“Before you start testing magicks i must warn you that you cannot use all of them. Some of my magicks require Divine Power in order to use”

“WHAT! I thought you said you would help.” i mentally shouted.

“OK look. Most of my magicks use divine power of ice or a large amount of mana.”

“And how is this supposed to help!” i demanded.

“Calm down. While you can’t use most of what's here, but i can give you some of my Ice apostle spells. These are the spells that i usually grant my most devout followers but in this case you should be able to use them with a bit of modification.” she said.

In Front of me mana of the ice element appears and takes the form of several spell formations. They include included a few magic circles and descriptions.

"These spells usually use faith mainly to power it but i have modified it to accept mana of the neutral type and i removed my seal.”

Mana, Faith, Divine power, Chi, and others can be used to power spell formations. Spell formations traditionally are usually used by wizards who are at the forefront of spell formation research because mana is plentiful and things like Chi and faith had more useful applications. Take for example my fireball spell. I use neutral mana to power and fire it. Now a spell as basic as a fireball can be powered by almost any energy like faith, Divine power or just plain mana, but there's a difference between plugging a car battery into a handheld flashlight or a car that has headlights.

Of course Divine power can be used for god type spell formations and is better off that way, but in an emergency can be used in my basic fireball. Now things like advanced fire magick like the offensive spell Fire storm can only be used with fire mana or neutral mana and the same can be said for high rank spells or more advanced spell formations. The Consumption efficiency ratio is what researchers strive to improve, but it all boils down to using the right tool for the right job.

Some spell formations have seals on them so they can only be used by certain individuals like followers of a god or members of a royal family. Most gods have a premium set of spell formations that they give to a specific member of their church like their pope. Only the maker of a spell or the person or persons who have power over the seal can remove or alter the formation. Kyanu has such spells but they all require either Divine power or a negative type of energy which i don’t have.

I look over the Spells that she sent me. They are a little more complicated than the normal spell formation. Spell formations are not the only way to conduct the powers of the world but they are the easiest to use. I use just pure thought to manipulate mana and produce the desired effects like how i change the ions in the air to produce lightning or cause friction in the air to produce heat and sustain it with concentrated mana.

The spells in front of me the goddess had modified to suit my abilities but they lost some of their strength. There's five of them and they all are themed ice of course after her element, but what am i supposed to do about drawing them.

“Now what?” i ask.

“Will them into your mind and absorb them. You will then understand how to use them.

Will them into my mind? Well considering that wizards and sorcerers spend years trying to develop this stuff this is actually pretty quick. Like a skill book in an RPG actually it's pretty much identical to skill books now that i think about it.

“Hurry up child for they will disappear if you do not hurry. I didn't expend precious mana that could have gone to rebuilding my status as goddess so you could waste it” 

You know what never mind. Skill books never had an annoying goddess berating the user if they didn’t use them immediately. Mana can be moved through sheer will or thought so this is nothing new but taking foreign mana into your body feels weird like having another person put their hand inside your stomach.

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Congratulations

You have learned the Ice of the Apostle magic tree V2

You are not a follower of the Ice goddess but she has adjusted the spells to your abilities.

You have learned Ice Cannon Mk.2 LV1(Active)

You have learned Ice Slick Mk.2 LV1(Active)

You have learned Summon Winter Wolf LV1(Passive/Active)

You have learned Freeze Bomb LV1(Active)

You have learned Frostbite LV1(Active) 

“Now they are all level 1 but most of them where my personal creations so i spent years developing them to be the ultimate ice arts but they all used faith which you have none of so don’t expect much. Then again they are skill above the normal Ice spell.” the goddess says.

Magick tree’s are a special power that the gods can bestow upon mortals. Unlike a normal wizard who would record their findings in a leather bound book, a god would store their spell formations in pure mana which must have been what i consumed. Possessing a magic tree is supposed to be an honor and a privilege which kings and emperors would covet so the people who have them are either neutral, taken by a kingdom or smart enough not to reveal they posses one.

“Alright let's try them out” i say out loud while looking around the ready room for a target i can use.

“Hey wit you shouldn’t-” the goddess was about to say.

Suddenly the gates of the Arena opened and the door back to the hallway locked.

“ALL CONTESTANTS PLEASE ENTER THE ARENA” came a voice over the loudspeaker.

“Shit, no time to test. OK just give me an explanation on our way out. It’s either that or i resort to the usual screwing around with magic...again. I make dash down the tunnel while the goddess is giving me a quick once over of all the spells.

“Easy enough to figure out Summon Winter Wolf summons A WINTER WOLF. Other than that Frostbite is a close range spell that allows you to freeze and individual with the options of either freezing their flesh dead or just leaching the energy out of their bodies. Ice Cannon will blast a big piece of ice out of your palm at shatter into shrapnel on impact, Freeze Bomb...just don’t use that one in close quarters and--”

I could no longer hear her when i ran into the arena. There were hundred of people in the stands and several private boxes appeared to be in use. So much for low key.

“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S EVENT. TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL CONTESTANT FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT. SHE IS A NEWCOMER BUT HER SKILLS I ASSURE YOU ARE NO LESS THAN THE QUEEN OF KILLS!” the announcer blasts ink everyone's ears.

I could no longer hear the goddess, which was somewhat surprising seeing as her voice is in my head, and the crowd was cheering. I could see bets exchanging hands and the dwarven advisor was talking to someone in the shadows of the private box he and the princess shared. I was a bit curious who the armored dwarf was talking too so i used my enhanced hearing to eavesdrop while walking into the arena.

“And you sure the referee will not betray us.” the dwarf said.

“Yes M’lord, once the girl goes down he won’t stop the match. She will die and without problem.”

!!!

OK, time to up the game a little seeing as someone doesn’t like me. I walk to the center of the arena and the Referee comes out and starts explaining the match.

“There will be three rounds. The details on your opponents will be explained at the start of each round. You must clear all rounds in order for victory to be attained, but this will not be a death battle so there is no need to push yourself but please do your best.” the Referee said with a very good poker face. 

“OK what's first on the kill list. I said while taking out one of the crystal swords i picked up in the ready room.

The gate i came in through seals shut and the Referee backs away and the gates on the other side of the arena open. From here i can see the outline of some very big, very mean looking things. Outcomes 5 huge masses of muscle that are held back by a few fae elites acting as handlers with chains that glow with magic and spears made of crystal.

“Oh...Forest trolls…” I said in a small voice.

Forest trolls, 8 meters tall is average, Strong enough to break through stone walls, and armed with a pair of gutting horns located on the sides of their lower jaw. Inside i was actually laughing my ass off. Forest trolls! Forest trolls are ‘monsters’ of the 4th rank that hunt and live in the forest. They can stand on two legs and crush enemies like a bear bringing its hind legs down or they can run down their prey like a lion.

The fact that they have 5 they aren't barking and clawing at each other is remarkable but to think they would spend 5 on me makes me feel honored. Forest trolls are technically faekin that devolved into lesser creatures, but the fae still treat them as fae’s despite all this. The Humans are the ones who originally named them as monsters since they attack settlements and villages, and since Forest trolls are very territorial no village could go a month without a troll crashing in looking for something to eat.

Adventurers are usually hired to deal with them as monsters to which the fae grow angry about, but hey what are going to do. A mouse would say a cat is a monster but to the cat the mouse is just a part of its dinner. The humans are just used to being the cat that's all. Now capturing a forest trolls takes a lot of effort since they can sniff out prey from kilometers away and are incredibly fast for their size.

The reason i am laughing inside is because that dwarf thinks that mere forest trolls are gonna be enough to kill me. I think i had trouble fighting them when i was 6 or was that 7? I can’t remember when i did but it was a long time ago and because of the number of forest trolls i cleared out of the forest when i started hunting was in the tens. Pretty soon after i started hunting they got the idea that the territory didn’t belong to them anymore.

“PLACE YOUR BETS” the announcer calls out.

Although on the bright side this will be an easy round cause all these things know how to do is Charge, Charge, Bite, and charge again. Really the only thing i have to worry about is those horns.

“FIGHT!” announced the Ref.

The handlers say a few words and the chains that are holding the beasts come off freeing them. The handlers are moving to scramble out of the arena when one of the trolls uses its claws and grabs the fae and smashes it into the ground. The other trolls quickly swarm the downed fae as he screams for help but is ultimately devoured by the trolls. One of them rips off the elites head and another fights him for it. Oh yeah, better add being eaten alive to the list of ways to kill a fae elite.

The crowd is in a frenzy as the trolls hunger is not sated by a single meal. Of course then the leader troll turns it’s head and it’s eyes land on me and licked its lips. The leader roars and charges me while running on all four and the rest follow suit.

“Oh this is gonna be relaxing”