Well Im moving and something heavy or at least loud was at some point put on my barrel, but I kind of blacked out for a little bit there...but though it wasn't exactly how I planned this all to go it did flow in the direction of my plan so, I guess it's a success. Now to wait till I feel we have stopped and escape…or workout an escape first…first is good I have time.

Ok so pushing a little on the lid tells me I'm correct in my assumption that there is something on top of me. So this leaves me with one wait till that is lifted off, most likely escape route, two try and cut a hole in the barrel to see what we're passing as we travel and maybe escape through breaking my way out…this plan has only one flaw I haven't a knife with me to use to cut it with…I guess I could try magic though if so I would probably be best trying to use it to push whatever's on top off rather than cutting.

Ah well really I just need to think of something to do in an enclosed space…that may or may not have enough air flow…wait the fact that I'm still breathing fine and feel good should mean it's ok. What does it feel like to be running out of air? Dizzy? Faint? Headaches? I don't know my body's doing its normal thing of feeling bad when I think something's up so I have no clue if anything really is or if it's just my normal false alarms gah I hate my stupid body and it's love of fake problems just tell me when things are actually wrong Grrh.

But I think I was feeling fine before I started thinking there might be a problem so till there's any real big change I won't go breaking out…

No, no it feels wrong to wait around it what probably isn't a death trap but makes me feel uncomfortable grr stupid head and it's desire to be 99.9% safe most the time… Whenever I'm seemingly not doing things dangerous and it switches to attack everything that moves while you have fun mode…ah that was a stupid mode in my old life…though most the guys at the bars had it coming the jerks.

So I should just poke air holes in this thing. Now to think on how to do that, fire was easy to work out simply knocking two  it's of mana together can spark it and then you just gather oxygen or nitrogen or really anything flammable. Pushing and pulling could make a blunt attack but how do I cut…cutting in the end is the use of force to split connections. So let's make a small mana net and try and hit it and split it….hehe ok maybe that's not the way but if I try while imagining the feel of sharpness and try to mould a collection of mana into a sharp form I might get it hehe I'm doomed.

Maybe if I move the cluster at speed. Nope.

Make sure that only the smaller ones of around the same size are at the front and the larger ones at the back to put wait into the smaller ones.

Make the ones in front smaller fine with the big ones the denser ones should be crushed we need strong small particles of mana the sharp parts of things are always small on the edge. Big is blunt small but strong is sharp. Yes it cut my net. This feels if a little bit vague still to be the correct way to make…you have learned «Mana Cutter».

«Mana Cutter»(rank 1)(level1)

Mana cutter is a form of magic that uses both manipulation and  control of certain types of manna to cut objects. Depending on the manna collected for the spell it will deal more damage. 

This spell can be used to cut through other magic and the mana connections making it.

«Dmg» (1-2)

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«cost»(12mp) 

My gods that's useless in damage fireball at rank 1 did 3-8 for 4mp and it also has a level and rank so why would this spell cost so much just to do so little…is it because it took me that much more effort to visualise and make use of it… Oh well let's just activate it but damn I'm gonna be really sleepy soon.

I try and form the «Mana cutter» around two fingers and stab a hole int the barrel…it's still holding as a spell and though it's taking a lot of concentration hmm is it possible to keep this spell stable like «mana net» and «mana web» it doesn't seem to have much of a drain rate just a large up front cost huh but as long as I concentrate I can keep cutting huh ok not as bad as I thought urg ow that didn't cut… But in each strike I can blunt it or more to the point let go of the smaller mana’s I need to level up my hold skill really. Would levelling be better than ranking then to start with?

Oh well I have holes to sightsee through and breath now though, I think I'm gonna nap now…huh I've ruined a barrel for most uses I should apologies for this latter I guess. Oh well, good thing I've always been good with motion hehe…zzzz

After my snooze I notice were still traveling and from what I can see beyond the goods and the cloth flap above us with its constant waving around loose is trees…and lots of them. But it should be grassy fields not trees he always goes on the north road up to candlebrook not through the forest to…oh dear he's going to port, he shouldn't be but he is. That's a two day ride not most of a one day ride….oh crap or is it worse and he rode straight past and is taking the path to the capital through the woods and mountains that's even longer to town…

Will it work outside of a route the in game spell needed us to find a route first to use it…a route that could only be found after reaching a town but at higher ranks it could be used anywhere  and mine is a unique variant maybe it will work gulp. This was stupid, this was real stupid.

I was hoping to get the hang of If it in town and uses its free cost to spam it till I ranked it all the way I could but now I'm a character that brings higher danger encounters in a forest…a that's not just gonna be silly rabbits or boars that's, that’s not even highwayman we could encounter God knows how many dangers in here… Why did he not just go up road like he normally does.

*Creakeak*eke*

What was that.

“What the hell is that thing!?”

Those words, those words are never a good thing to hear. Especially when your having your own little panic just from seeing trees never mind, that those words are scary to hear yelled at anytime.

“Holy mother protect us, Stephanie move like the raging stallion I thought you were when I bought you not as the lazy mare you are.please please get us out of here”

*Creakeak*eke*

*Crack*”Ahhhhhhh”

And with a wearling feeling and and a large thud that came a few too many times I found myself spinning and out of the barrel…it seems I wouldn't have to worry about how to get out or how to apologies for the damage I caused. It seems all I had to worry about was the 50ft tall beetle that was throwing around the wagon and driver in its pincers…

I don't remember that in the game.

What the freaking bug is happening here…I just expected a demon wolf pack or bear…not this.