The Mana Sponge
-“Woow…I didn’t see one of these in a long, long time.”
-“What is it”
-“I believe that his is an elder egg. This is how some unique creatures in this world get born”
-“From an egg? I though only birds did”
-“Well that is true but in some rare cases an egg materializes from the mana of it’s mother. The stronger the mother the better the chances of it being born. While the creature is in the egg the mother keeps feeding it mana until it can sustain itself”
-“What about this thing around the egg”
-“I don’t know. I didn’t see anything like it before. Try to remove it carefully while I go help Gulliver start with his training”
Orion took out his dagger and tried to remove it. Orion couldn’t even scratch it. He called a fire elemental golem and ordered it to stay still. He approached the egg towards the fire but it didn’t do anything. He tried water as well. Not knowing what else to do he tried to bite it. Shockingly his teeth went into the substance like it was cheese. And without thinking he swallowed it. He got a message window he couldn’t ignore.
Health and mana permanently increased by 20.
He though it was a onetime thing. Then he took another bite
Health and mana permanently increased by 30.
It seems that the mana and health by a certain amount of points each time he eats that substance.
Health and mana permanently increased by 30.
Health and mana permanently increased by 10.
Health and mana permanently increased by 15.
Health and mana permanently increased by 5.
Health and mana permanently increased by 20.
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Health and mana permanently increased by 50.
Health and mana permanently increased by 20.
He finally finished and only the egg remained. Orion increased his mana and health by an astonishing amount of 580. It was like he leveled up over 200 times and put all the stat points into his health and mana. He now had a health of 795 and mana of 920. Relael came back just in time.
-“I see you removed that thing from the egg”
-“Yes”
Orion grinned.
-“Now what?”
-“Well pour your mana into the egg.”
-“How?”
-“How should I know?”
Orion tried to focus and pour mana into the egg but it didn’t work. Then he remember his mana painting skill. He used the skill and covered the egg in a black color. As soon as he did the mana paint disappeared.
-“This is it”
-“You did it?”
-“Yes. Can you tell me what do I need to do to master the sword?”
-“Oh yes. Well It’s simple. While wearing the suit you wore to train your body movement you will swing this sword in the air as many times as you can. Imagine fighting someone or something. When I see that you are ready we will take this to the next step.”
-“I understand. Then I will begin as soon as I am ready”
Orion took out some silk and put the egg on it. He tried to cover the egg with many different colors but the egg only absorbed white, black and blue. He kept experimenting with the mana paint. He tried even making the color glow but the egg only absorbed when the blue color was glowing. So after finishing all that he could and ran out of mana he realized.’ The egg only absorbs black, white and blue. And when I add the bioluminescence to the mana paint it only absorbs blue.
After running out of mana Orion didn’t drink any mana potions. He got up and started swinging his sword trying to get a feel for it. He kept getting hurt from time to time. As time passed he got hurt less and less from the sword and armor. Even though he had body control at master level he still was getting hurt by the suit from time to time. Since now he had enough health he didn’t need to stop so often to recover his health. Each time his mana recovered naturally he stopped his training and went to the egg and put all the mana he had in to it. Every time he used blue he gave it bioluminescence. He used 40% black, 40% white and 20% blue every time he used mana paint.
He repeated this process for two days before getting notified that he finally learned the skill.
Skill learnedSkill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:One handed Sword MasteryBeginner10%You can now use a one handed sword more efficiently.
After a week of continuous training he finally raised it to Intermediary and the egg was still the same. Well almost the same. Now it had some light grey lines on it. Gulliver was still training with Relael. Orion noticed that Gulliver was getting faster and faster. Gulliver was training with a large axe similarly to Orion, just fighting the air. Relael approached Orion and handed him a pair of shoes. The shoes were made from a material that made them heavier than iron.
-“What are with these shoes”
-“You will need them for the next phase of you training”
-“And what exactly is that”
-“Put them on and follow me”
Orion put the egg in the inventory and put on the shoes. He could hardly walk. I was hard to even lift his legs from the weight. As soon as Orion reached the edge of the lake Relael pointed to get into the boat.
After reaching the middle of the lake. The old man handed Orion a fish scale the size of a penny.
-“You will need this as well. Put it in your mouth and under your tongue. As long as you have this you will be able to breathe underwater. “
Orion put it in his mouth. It tasted a bit salty.
-“Now when you reach the bottom there will be a creature similar to a jellyfish. It will be attracted to you. This particular creature wants to be hurt but it is quite a difficult thing to do. Only when you reach master level will you be able to hurt it. Until then it’s like hitting a piece of iron.”
-“Will it try to hurt me?”
-“Haha….no. It will just follow you around like a puppy. Well then. Good luck”
Orion then jumped out of the boat and went to the bottom of the lake as fast as a boulder. As soon as he reached the bottom he already saw the creature. It was round with two large black eyes. It looked like a jellyfish only it had very small tentacles. It was around two meters wide and its tentacles were one or two centimeters long.
Orion swung his sword as hard as he could but the water got in the way and the swing was very slow. And when the sword reached the creature it was like hitting the ground with a broom stick. Orion was frustrated and tried different methods of striking. Each time it was like he in slow motion. When he got hungry he went to the surface with the help of some water golems he created. And at the edge he created some earth ones to help him reach the edge.
While eating he fed mana to the egg and talked with Gulliver and Relael. They laughed from time to time. Relael kept making small pranks to both Orion and Gulliver. Gulliver never responded the way Reelael expected so he gave up. Relael and Gulliver got quite close. It was like they were childhood friends. Relael even though Gulliver how to read and gave him books so now Gulliver has raised his intelligence and could speak better.
One month later he finally reached master level in one handed sword mastery. He could now move as well as on the surface in the water. He could also successfully cut the creature into small pieces but it would quickly regenerate.
Skill reached Master levelSkill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:One handed Sword MasteryMaster10%A personal style of fighting with a one handed sword. You are able to use extreme speed with the sword making it invisible to the naked eye while in mid-swing.
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On the egg the lines were jet black and there were also some very thin blue lines. Orion didn’t expect that the egg could absorb so much mana. He already used enough mana that his mana painting skill also reached master level.
Gulliver was now no longer had a fat belly. All the fat on him disappeared only muscles remained. It seems that his bones changed as well. He now had more human features. Gulliver also reached Intermediary level 5 with the axe.
Relael then congratulated Orion for his accomplishment.
-“I didn’t expect you to master it so quickly. Even I only mastered it in 4 months. Congratulations. Here is your gift”
He handed him the knife they spoke about earlier. Orion took it and inspected it. He didn’t find anything weird. He put it in his inventory.
-“Do you wish to continue”
-“Yes.”
-“Then take this weapon as well and just repeat the steps. You should finish it very fast since its similar”
Just as Relael said it took Orion two weeks to master the dual sword mastery.
Skill reached Master levelSkill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Dual Sword MasteryMaster10%A personal style of fighting with dual swords. You are able to use extreme speed with the sword making it invisible to the naked eye while in mid-swing.
Then another week to learn dual dagger mastery.
Skill reached Master levelSkill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Dual Dagger MasteryMaster10%A personal style of fighting with dual daggers. You are able to use extreme speed with the sword making it invisible to the naked eye while in mid-swing.
The next step was combing the two. The only problem was of balance.
Since you learned all the combinations of dagger-sword you created a new personal style using a sword in one hand and a dagger in another to create a deadly personal style
Skill createdSkill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Dagger-Sword MasteryBeginner10%A personal style of fighting with dagger in one hand and a sword in the other. Using this combination makes you impossible to be read by your opponent.
It took him two full weeks to finally master it. Just using the sword was easy. But using the dagger and the sword was more complicated than he though.
Skill reached Master levelSkill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Dagger-Sword MasteryMaster10%A personal style of fighting with dagger in one hand and a sword in the other. Using this combination makes you impossible to be read by your opponent.
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You acquired a perfect balance being able to use both weapons at 100% efficiency making your blades invisible in mid swing.
Gulliver also acquired mastery with the two axes. He was happy and could talk as well as any other.
Happy that he finally mastered his skill he decided that he needed to do something about his egg. The egg was jet black with some small thin blue lines across it. No matter how much mana he poured into the egg it kept absorbing it. Finally he got tired and decided to try something new. Relael and Gulliver were inside the house eating.
He asked Relael to get him a big pot. He took the pot out from the house. He put the egg in the pot and then poured mana potions over the egg. The egg kept absorbing pure liquid mana. Finally the egg couldn’t absorb the mana at the speed Orion was pouring and now the egg was floating in liquid mana. Orion used 30 mana potions. The egg kept absorbing it and then small cracks started to appear on the egg. After absorbing all the mana in the pot Orion took the egg out and put it on the grass in the sun.
The cracks in the egg kept getting bigger and bigger. Suddenly the cracks stopped an Orion worried poured some of his own mana into the egg. He didn’t see any mana potions since he could control the amount using mana paint. As he kept feeding it mana the egg started to glow white. Then similarly to a heart beat the glow increased whit each beat.
After a few minutes the egg was impossible to look at and it still kept glowing brighter and brighter. Suddenly there was a huge light burst and Orion shut his eyes. Seconds later he opened his eyes and the glow was gone. The egg was gone and instead of the egg there was a small bird like creature. It looked like an eagle. It had black wings and white feathers, blue eyes that slightly glowed. Some of the white feathers had a slight tint of light blue at the end. The eagle was so small that it could fit into Orion’s hands. It looked at Orion and then it tilted its head.
Orion stared at the small fragile creature in front of him and a name left his lips
-“Aslan”
A window popped up in front of Orion and
You acquired a new pet.
Aslan tried to fly but was too weak. His wings moved a bit but then got exhausted. Then using his legs he climbed up Orion’s shoulder. Then he rubbed his body to Orions head. Aslan was small but it didnt have any weight. IT was like nothing was on Orion’s shoulders. Orion then inspected Aslan’s stats.
Aslan Status WindowName:AslanAlignment:NeutralLevel:1Species:????Titles:-Fame:0-Health:15/15Mana:50/50Strength:5Agility:15Attack:10Defense:11Wisdom:20Intelligence:30
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