Chapter 8
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An hour or 2 before evening, I was now sitting at the living room, having an headache, as for the 2nd time, I was again shocked and baffled.
Sighing, I then looked at the 4 books in front of me, neatly place atop of the wooden table.
[The History and Utilization of Mana: Book 1]
[The Legend of the Summoned Heroes]
[The Theory of Skill Creation]
[Myth behind the Appearance of Skills and Profile]
And all these books were written, and published, from the most famous and popular, powerful also, guild, [Mythologia]. It is quite ironic really, that 200 years back in the past, this guild once was called [The Devil's Cast], or [The Fool's Guild].
History is one of the most crucial, and very noteworthy subject of discussion, for information, theory, and study of the past, which will help us to unlock layers of mystery, and profound knowledge that our ancestors have. Which is been used for almost the life time of a human could have, but it was only during the era where we took hold of such thing, as very crucial
Back in the old days, when we all believe in superstitious, myths, and folklores - we still do, but not the same in the past - history are merely subject of "legends". Legends say and blah blah, legend say and blah blah blah, and legends say blah blah blah, we don't, nor we did believe on it, and just pass along the words, as "legends". Not until some of us started writing, what really happened on those times, recording all those things for the future, becoming the very witness of its root, that we took the word "history", as history.
One was merely spoken, while the other is written, and we believe on what the latter told us, cause it has roots, and it has the term, realistic, on it, than the former one. The guild bases thier theories in both ways, from the legend, and from the history. But as most grows up in legends, their guild didn't grow, as most people tend to believe they are fools. Some even think they are trying to blaspheming their ways and culture, which end up them, being called as devils.
During the afternoon, after I finished studying all the needed information regarding my status and skills, though I still don't know how to increase my mastery, I still gained some knowledge regarding this new updates. And back when I was using my skill, [Pierce Strike], in the tunnel, I then suddenly arrived to a wooden structure, it was long that I think it was connected to my house, but as I didn't found any hidden entrances, so I wasn't sure.
After finding it, I tried digging more to fully see what it really is. The wooden structure was indeed connected to my house, so I hurriedly went out of the tunnel, and entered my home. As I merely dug straight underground, I was able to find the spot where this hidden place is, at my kitchen.
Arriving there, I thoroughly examined the whole place, and only to find out that the sink, which is made from a sturdy wood, was hiding a hidden doorway. It was place underneath, with little to no light could pass, so finding it is really hard, except of course if you trying to look every crook and cranny of the place, which is did. It took me 30 minutes to find it.
The door was coated with the same paint of our wall, carved with a perfect shape, and the way to open it, is to find the small hole, below its left. The passage way is quite narrow, but enough for my body to enter without any problem. As I walk in
Crackle Crackle Crackle Crackle
Torches then decendingly blaze, lightning the room with its dimly glow.
"There might be some mechanism, or magic imbued here"
Though quite nervous, I still went down. I think I know how it feels to be in a horror movie now, rather than running away, here I am, stupidly going down.
I carefully went down, as the staircase were quite old. As I arrived at the bottom, I then saw a small, old wooden box, a chest. It wasn't locked, but to be careful, I went back up, took a shovel, went down again, and
Tonk Tonk Tonk
And poke the wooden chest, you can't be too careful nowadays. After getting no reactions, I then open the chest, and found those books.
To summarize what those books have, here are the things I understood about each one of them
[The History and Utilization of Mana: Book 1]
<> it talks about how to feel the mana inside you, and how to nurture it. Every living thing has mana inside them, but they are quite weak, so we can't really feel them much, except for beings that were born with strong mana, like {Dragons}, {Archfiends}, and some more. To nurture it, one must start at a very young age, most preferred at 5 to 6, and fall in deep concentration of meditation, to look deep inside you.
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The training time depends on the individual, but some people tend to do it at early morning, till the peak of afternoon, like Monks.
Though you can train yourself even pass the stated age, but it will be quite hard, as compared to your younger self, the mana inside you is now being compressed deep inside, so feeling it will be quite tougher, and nurturing it will take a considerable time, though there are some late bloomers.
<> Mana, or [Gratia Vitae] (grace of life in Latin) manifested back before the beginning, or before the humans were born. It was created by the Gods, and was then blessed to this world. [The First Man] was the 1st man who receives it, and [Ḥawwah] was the 1st woman.
But just because it was written as such, doesn't mean we humans were the very 1st to receives such grace. Back in time, before the humans were born, the [Elementals] were the 1st to utilize mana, followed by {*Malakh}, {Dragons}, {Archfiends}, {Beastfolks}, then us humans. {Elves} and {Dwarves} doesn't use mana, but rather they can communicate to [Elementals], which is why they are regarded as one of the [Those who Speaks the Ancient].
<> Mana has become the center of everything, but it isn't "everything"
[The Legend of the Summoned Heroes]
<> 70 years ago, [Summoning Magic] was discovered by the {Dragons}, and was then utilized by the {Elves}, summoning someone from the other dimensions, from the other world. But the 1st summoning was a failure, only taking half of the once full body of the being. 130 years in the past, the Humans succeeded, summoning being after being, which then spark the [Great War Armageddon], causing billions of lives to lost, because of their greed and malice. With everything turned to ashes, when everything became dark and silent, the [Heroes] ended the war, after a hundreds of years.
The [Heroes] was among the summoned one by the Human race, yet they defile their tyranny, and brought life and peace to the world. But 30 years after the war, they vanish, suddenly disappeared. No one knows where they are now. They all search high and low, yet not even their ashes was found. All that was left, were their tales and legends.
<> It was found later on, that the reason [Summoning Circle] was successful, only to the Human race, was because it can only summon Human also. Another discovery was then found, that the other reason it became a success, was because the magic circle was made by a Human, or it was mainly use, to summon Humans. But some thinks that the other races could also summon someone, by changing the layout of the magic circle, though no one has yet to succeed.
[The Theory of Skill Creation and Classes]
<> Skills, or [Secunda Gratia] (second grace in Latin), a newfound power that suddenly emerge, has an equal footing to mana. Its orgin is unknown.
Skills, unlike mana, can be made without a thorough understanding of one's deep. You can basically learn skill just by swinging your sword, running very fast in the plain area, jumping from one branch to another, casting spell, and much more. Skills became a very convenient thing than mana, as one doesn't really need to be restricted by age, or lineage, even race to have one.
<> Classes were already established back in the past, but only after the [Heroes] were summoned, did the classes, became a [Class]. In the past, when one becomes a paladin, one could only use shield and sword to protect everyone, using one's mana. They are revered as a strongest knight. But after the [Heroes] came, classes has now a significant difference between the past, and the present. Even adding something new.
When someone becomes a [Paladin], they could easily use healing magic, without being blessed by a holy mana, which is a type of mana that lets an individual, use healing magic, or holy type magic. To become a [Paladin], you just needed to be a [Knight], and rank up.
Though there are [Class] that only needs ranking up, some needs some different conditions, and one of them is [Blood Witch]. To become a [Blood Witch], one must sacrifice children under the [Blood Moon], and drink their blood, and if you made a single mishap, you will die. Blood will come out at every existing holes in your body, draining and suffocating you to death.
With the [Class] emerging, the changes of the world has turned into more than anyone could think of, and no one knows where it will be heading.
<> To receive a skill, one just needed to surpass its limit, or go beyond the understanding of the basic. To learn [Slash], a person just need to swing its sword from morning till afternoon, and to learn [Desolate Slash], you just need to swing your sword to the limit, surpassing your past self. Try swinging your sword to a huge trunk of tree, and try slicing it into half, only then can you learn [Desolate Slash].
Some skills can only be acquired with specific conditions, like [Summon Undead], which requires someone to be an [Undead Necromancer] to utilize it. [Blood Drain] can only be taught if you have a special class, [Blood Witch].
<> Every skills has its own mastery, we call those [Mastery Points], which will boost ones skill when it levels up. To gain a [Mastery Points], one just need to kill a living being, or use their skills during combat. The stronger the skill, the more [Mastery Points] it needs.
[Myth behind the Appearance of Skills and Profile]
<> Thousands of years ago, everyone only know the existence of mana, but after the discovery of the [Summoning Circle] by the {Dragon} race, skills and [Profile] suddenly emerged out of nowhere. It was theorize that when the 1st summoning was a failure, it was somewhat a success also. Some scholars thought that whatever that thing that was summoned, it brought back some of its knowledge to this world, which is the cause of the sudden emergence of newfound power, called skills, and a thing where these skills are stored, called [Profile].
It was stated that it also made a bridge between the worlds, but this theory is yet to be verified.
Though the book was quite thick, especially the [The Theory of Skill Creation and Classes], and [The History and Utilization of Mana: Book 1], the main point was those I summarize, and the remaining ones are merely idle chatter, and nothing more. This isn't new anyway, as back in earth, when making a thesis book, especially that contains 1000+ words, we tend to add some words that is still within our research, but not really the main point of our research, just to add up to those 1000+ words.
After reading those one, I was now able to know how to make skills, and how to increase its mastery. With that, I then head to my room, and rest for the day.
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*Hebrew for messenger, which is ones referred to angels