Two days have passed since Yefan arrived at the village, in his stay he found the people living here to be kind and friendly, he also learned their names, for example the burly middle aged man was named Keredoth he was 45 years old, the oldest among them, he additionally learned from them some tricks about hunting, to begin with they were decedents of a tribe of hunters.
He noticed that they deeply respected the old man Wilkins, apparently he not only taught them language but also many other things like cooking, making clothes and also how to make sturdy houses , they were thankful and that is why they regarded him as an esteemed elder .
Yefan at this moment was standing where he first met the old man beside the waterfall Wilkins was also present and standing in front of him.
“Young man yesterday we talked about theoretical knowledge concerning magic and surprisingly you quickly understood “praised Wilkins.
“We also talked about the history of this world and the different powers in control, now we can begin the practical magic “
Yefan eyes were shining, from the memories of Mavi he was deeply affected and seeing their amazing magic and battles he had high expectations.
“First we need to know what type of elements you have affinity with, like I said there are six principal elements Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light and Dark “
Here the Old man paused, from his tattered robe he withdrew a rectangular piece of metal, this was the same as the magic cards that Rodin provided Xulong and the others with, he then threw it toward Yefan.
Catching the magic Card Yefan was bewildered.
“This is an artifact called magic card it can appraise the ability of its owner and also serve as an identity card in this world but the one that i gave you only have the role of appraisal and its unused so take it, to activate the card you need a drop of blood and … Oh right first lets teach you how to sense the Mana inside of you so you can sit “
Yefan sat on the floor cross-legged and waited for the old man to guide him.
“So now close your eyes and focus, you need feel every corner of your body, concentrate on your heartbeat and imagine the flow of blood circling inside “
Yefan immediately closed his eyes and began to concentrate, he listened to the old man advice and fixed his attention on his beating heart imagining the flow of blood reaching to every inch of his body suddenly a strand of white light began to condense inside his consciousness, it looked surreal but Yefan felt comfortable, that strand of light seemed like it was linked to him and was part of his body , it slowly condensed like a root slowly drilling into earth , but something was different compared to when his classmates and teacher first sensed their Mana, the white strand of light that appeared inside Yefan’s mind was abnormally thicker and longer .
Finally the white light stopped forming and Yefan opened his eyes.
“Old man, it was amazing I felt like I can see inside my mind, and also a white light condensed at the middle” described Yefan.
“Oh, it seems your mental strength is impressive, you succeeded that white light is the source of Mana inside your body, it’s also called root of Mana, because when your Mana Quantity increases the root will slowly grow and take the shape of a tree, when breakthrough to each rank the root will gradually grow, for example when I reached legend rank my Mana tree had leaves on its branches, but now alas …”
Yefan could see that Wilkins was probably a very proud magician back in his prime, he felt the sadness of a man who was ones powerful, Yefan suddenly thought of something.
(If this old man was legend rank magician, then what rank was Mavi and the other two that I saw?)
“Well now take magic the card that I gave you and do what I say “Wilkins reminded Yefan of the artifact that he gave him.
Yefan took the magic card and stared at it carefully , it looked just like a piece of metal to him , but it felt extremely light and soft , there wasn’t the usual hardness of the metallic structure , he also found that it was extremely flexible.
“Don’t look at its fragile shape, that thing is indestructible, only legend rank and above can inflict damage on it, so now let a drop of your blood fall on its surface “
Yefan then bit his finger and let a drop of blood fall on the card, to his surprise it was actually instantly absorbed.
“Good now from the root of your Mana imagine a part of it being extracted and direct it outside your body, to be precise toward the extremity of your finger you need to concentrate “Wilkins explained each step meticulously to Yefan.
Yefan following the directives of the Old man focused his mind and imagined that a little patch of light detached slowly from the root and flowed from his head toward his index finger, Yefan didn’t look like it but he was good in his studies and was always focused in class so when he remembered the science lectures he found that his control of the small patch of light became easy and successfully made it emerge outside of his body.
“Good control I thought that it will at least take you some time, well then that white light is shapeless pure Mana , let the card absorb it “
Yefan then let the card and the transparent white light make contact.
The light was also slowly absorbed, suddenly the smooth surface of the card began to change and numerous symbols began to appear one after another.
“Those symbols are magic symbols hold the card and think of the appropriate language they will be translated “
Indeed when Yefan did the following actions, the symbols changed into words.
Name : Ye Fan
Age : 17
Rank : beginner
Level : 1/10
Physical stats
STR : 420
AGL : 400
DEX : 321
END : 411
Magical stats
MP : 2200
M.ATK : 150
M.DEF : 150
Magic Control : B rank
Magic Affinity
Fire (High) :Blue fire(rare)
Lightning(High):
Blue lightning(rare)
Dark (High)
Wind(Middle)
Water (Low)
(Huh? Why does it look like stats from a game character well the numbers they are high for a beginner or is it the norm here?)
Yefan was puzzled and he also noticed that he has an affinity with elements that weren’t mentioned by Wilkins.
“Well don’t be surprised by the numbers if they are low, they increase as you train “
(Low? These numbers are low? Really?)
“Ah old man, here take a look “said Yefan.
Ye fan gave the card to Wilkins, the instant Wilkins read through the information his eyes nearly popped out and he froze like a statue.
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“Hey old man, hey what’s wrong heeeey!”
Yefan made some gestures in front of Wilkins but in vain, a gentle breeze blew by and the old man had cold sweat pouring all over his forehead.
“You Are… Are you human? ”he awkwardly turned to look at Yefan.
“Huh what did you say?”
“Your strength is abnormal compared to normal humans , your Mana quantity is largely surpassing that of a beginner magician and you have affinity with rare elements but that’s not all you have affinity with five elements I have never seen a person as abnormal as you “
“Oh! so I’m a fucking genius? haha not bad not bad at all haha haha … “ Yefan was immersed in his self-praising .
“Genius ? A monster is more appropriate “retorted Wilkins.
“A monster ? Yes I like this word! “
“Young man from where the hell did you come from?” Wilkins lost his composure.
“Hey old man calm down, have you forgotten I don’t remember “
“Well sorry, I’m just simply too shocked when I began to tread on the magician path I didn’t even have the quarter of your Mana and blue fire? … Lightning moreover blue lightening? … ughh “Wilkins appeared to self-destruct .
“Hey hey what did I say calm down “
“Ah yeah yeah “
“You said rare elements “yefan inquired.
“Yes, as I said there is two types of rare elements one is a unique element different from the other six and the second is a derived element , for example there exists many types of fire, black fire, green fire, and blue fire … black fire has the property of not being able to be extinguished and only consume its target before disappearing , green fire has the healing property , blue fire is the most lethal fire and has the highest temperature it even burns the soul , to begin with lightning is already a rare element and your lightning is a derived element , there exist two types of derived lightning, purple and blue lightning, purple lightning is too hard to control it has an aggressive and violent property , blue lightning is said to be able to penetrate everything , legend says that blue thunder can cross to the core of the earth , these rare elements are said to appear in descendants of prestigious clans , so it is highly probable for you to be from an important clan but something is strange …“ Wilkins stroked his greyish bird while deep in thought .
“What is strange?”
“I have read many history books and saw many remnants of historic parchments but I never heard of any clans or high families having two rare elements “
(Well no kidding I’m a person from another world that got tampered with by some strange crystal, but that Mavi also used blue flames when he fought with sickly looking man, did I acquire his magic? …Sorry old man but I can’t reveal my real identity I’m certainly not a descendant from any bullshit clan ) inwardly thought Yefan.
“You are talented with only your physical strength you can contend with magical beasts of the 2nd rank “continued Wilkins with his discussion.
“Magical beasts aren’t ranked like magicians? “Asked Yefan puzzled.
“No, magical beasts don’t have the ability to cast magic spells but they have innate magical techniques, they are divided into nine ranks, each magician rank correspond to magical beast ranks”
Beginner ranked magicians - >Magical beasts of the first rank
Apprentice ranked magicians - >Magical beasts of the 2nd and third rank
Middle ranked magicians- > Magical beasts of 4th and 5th rank
Top ranked magicians- >Magical beasts of the 6th and 7th rank
High ranked magicians- > Magical beasts of the 8th rank
Legend ranked magicians- >Magical beasts of the 9th rank
“Eighth and nine ranked magical beasts can take human shape but generally the later in ranks a magical beast has that ability the purer the blood line is “explained Wilkins with details.
“Hmm I understand, so old man now can I begin to practice?”
“Well yes but before that I have to explain one other point”
“And what is it?”
“I was a close combat magician I see that you have high strength and endurance so I advise you to train with a weapon before learning spells “
“Oh …”Yefan was deep in thought.
(In the memories Mavi used a sword … and back in earth when I played MMO’s I always used a sword so…)
“Well I like the sword “replied yefan.
“Oh good I was an expert in the art of the sword and spear so I can teach you “Smiled Wilkins.
And like that began the days of yefan hard training, hacking techniques, piercing techniques, blocking techniques … everyday he was taught by the old man.
The day he hunted with villagers some normal animals, then studied theoretical magic knowledge with the old man, the afternoon he trained with the sword he was provided by the old man it was an old rusted sword but they only can make do with, fortunately it didn’t hinder Yefan training.
Surprisingly Yefan enjoyed the training and his determination made the old man nod pleasantly, their relationship also improved and Yefan began to see Wilkins as a master.
Another surprise was that Yefan physical stats were improving slowly, his strength agility dexterity and endurance increased by at least fifty points which made Wilkins sigh with amazement.
One month quickly passed, the weather began to change and the temperature dropped radically, Yefan already threw his previous student uniform and now he was wearing a black leather pants, boots and a light leather armor with a hood made of simple clothe attached on top of his shirt, due to the coldness of the weather he also wore a fur coat, all of them were made by the old man, Yefan enjoyed the esthetic sense of the old man because I made his appearance appear like a fearless warrior and with the sword hanging on his waist it accented his sharp aura .
Yefan was actually hunting an animal name black stripped dear , it looked like a deer from earth but it was slightly bigger and had several black lines crossing its fur vertically , this animal is nocturnal so the moon was already hanging in the sky , accompanied by Keredoth and a number of young male hunters armed with daggers and bows , they slipped through the trees silently , obviously they were experienced hunters and had done this sort of thing many times .
“Hey behind that tree”
Suddenly one of the young hunters whispered, indeed a black stripped deer made its appearance and was peacefully eating grass, apparently it didn’t spot them.
Carefully and little by little they approached it, Keredoth readied his bow and was about to shoot his arrow but a slight sound made the deer become alerted and it instantly prepared to escape, the black stripped deer has a highly developed hearing so it is difficult to hunt, disappointment was seen on the face of Keredoth but he was about to tell them to search for another target, a shadow leaped from behind him, he didn’t even have the time to see it clearly.
Sfx: Kacha!
The deer who was previously about to escape had its head cleanly cut horizontally , the sound was that of the head making contact with the grassy floor , slowly the corpse of the deer also crumbled .
Keredoth and the others were astonished, beside the corpse of the deer a young man with long black hair and wearing a black fur coat was standing, his hand was gripping a rusted long sword, that’s right it’s our hero of the story Yefan.
After a month of training, Yefan saw his skills improve each day that had passed, the old man taught him a set of agility techniques that lets a person move as fast as an arrow and Yefan Just demonstrated its might.
That was the first time Yefan cut a living thing with his sword but he strangely didn’t feel nauseated or terrified at the sight of blood it was like he did it as long as he remembers.
“hahaha Yefan because of you we will have a feast tonight !”
“Yeah!!!”
Keredoth and the young hunters cheered, seeing them Yefan laughed happily after living with them for longer than a month he liked this simple people , back in earth he remembered the ugliness of his relatives and the people around him so he felt warm when talking with old man and the villagers .
Returning with their dinner Yefan and Keredoth were welcomed by the loud acclamation of the inhabitants of the village after that the women lit a fire in the middle of the village and placed the deer that they skinned carefully on top of it to slowly roast, all the villagers sat around the fire, that was a tradition they always ate together.
Little by little a sumptuous and appetizing fragrance more intense than that of the small horned fish that had previously been eaten by Yefan was smelled.
“Haa nothing beats the meat of a black stripped deer, its meat is plump and tender “Kerdoth praised while liking his lips impatiently.
From inside his house Wilkins slowly made his appearance.
“Old man, come eat with us “seeing the Old man Keredoth hastily proposed.
“haha I see that you’ve caught a good prey” looking toward the black stripped deer that was slowly roasting Wilkins laughed heartily .
“It wasn’t us who caught it was Yefan , he was amazing when all of us thought the deer was about to escape he instantly killed it , he was too fast “exclaimed keredoth excitedly .
“Oh to catch with the reputed speed of the black stripped deer I see that you’re hard training finally bore fruit” Wilkins was pleased at the rate Yefan improved.
“Yeah I also perfect the set of sword techniques old man “added Yefan.
“ohh good then starting tomorrow you will begin your magic practice, I’m a fire magician so I can teach you some fire spells but concerning your lightning element I can only tech you basic spells, even the fire spells that I can teach you are not that amazing because your element is not a simple fire but blue fire, but at least I can teach you how to shape your Mana it will become handy also in close combat , this old man doesn’t nearly have one tenth of his previous ability so I’m sorry that my teaching can be this limited “ Wilkins made an apologetic expression.
“Don’t say that old man you already have done many things for me , without all of you I can’t imagine how I will be able to survive I’ve learned many things from you and you even taught me to fight so it’s already enough “
“haha hey why this gloomy mood let’s eat haha the meat is ready “
“keredoth your drool is reaching the floor “
“hahahahaha!”
“Your making fun of me but all of you are also drooling “ Keredoth made a funny expression
“ahahaha!”
All the villagers including Yefan and the old man began to laugh it was a happy and harmonious sight.
Name : Ye Fan
Age : 17
Rank : beginner
Level : 1/10
Physical stats
STR : 496
AGL : 452
DEX : 372
END : 460
Magical stats
MP : 2225
M.ATK : 150
M.DEF : 150
Magic Control : B rank
Magic Affinity
Fire (High) :Blue fire(rare)
Lightning(High):
Blue lightning(rare)
Dark (High)
Wind(Middle)
Water (Low)
End.