I wake up early in the morning and stretch, and with a groan I hit the off button on my alarm. It is July thirtieth, thirty two days until the start of school. I check the alarm clock and nod as I read 6:00 AM.

Not a lot has happened during the past month. I started a training routine, I practiced my blacksmithing, I did some reading, and I did a lot of exercise. Also, I found out that unlocking abilities don't actually need to be on purpose! A few days ago, I unlocked the passive ability ‘Speed Reading Lv1’ which does pretty much what you would think it does. It increases the speed I can read and the time it takes to understand information read a little.

But the important thing is that I wasn't even trying to get it. I was just casually reading and I got the notification that I unlocked it! This means that I can probably get a lot of abilities to improve upon the things I try, which will help a lot when learning new tricks, which will in turn increase my survival chances. It's a small thing now, but in the future it might just be the difference between life and death.

I sadly didn't get any passive skills for exercising however, so I have to just keep working my muscles to the bone. I roll off my bed and change out of my PJ’s and into my workout clothes. Well, I say workout clothes but I really mean a pair of breathable shorts that are a little small and a t-shirt with the word YOLO printed on it. I don't have any income to buy actual workout clothes for myself yet.

I then started doing exercises, pushups, sit-ups, mountain crawlers, war machines, you name it and I did fifty of it. While I was exercising I mentally reviewed my topics of study and compared it to my old world. I haven't found a single difference from this world and my old world, in terms of mortal history, science and math that is.

While it is very much a good thing for me, it is also very strange at the same time. I know that I am on a different planet, a different universe, but it feels so similar… it sometimes feels like I could just go to my old apartment and I would find my father and mother eating breakfast…

At that thought I nearly hit my head on the carpeted floor, from faltering during a burpee. I shove the thought aside, I don't have time for that sort of thing.

I went through my day as the hours passed, following the schedule as normal. Until I felt a rush of power throughout my entire body, just after two in the afternoon while I was practicing my punches.

“Finally! My soul has recovered fully! Where did I put that paper?!” I said out loud in relief, it had taken my spirit energy production an entire month to fully recover from enchanting Masatr. And it took three entire days for my body to recover to a reasonable level of health where I could do physical activities without wincing at moving my arm or legs a single inch.

I hadn't ignored thinking about the possibilities for enchanting a ring though. I had mentally gone through several enchantment possibilities before settling on one and actually making a workable plan for enchanting a ring for it.

I had placed the enchanting plan in the most secure place in my room I could think of, my desk’s top drawer.

I had long since memorized and learned it by heart, but having a physical copy as reference was still a good idea. I swiftly walked over to my desk and opened the drawer, shuffling through various papers to find the plan for the MD ring.

As soon as I had found it, I concentrated on opening the gateway to the Soul Forge. The door appeared and I twisted the handle and swung the door wide open, I stepped inside and looked to the forging area.

Not much has changed in the realm, so I run through the empty space and rummage through the mythril bits and bobs on the table that were the sacrifices of my diligent blacksmithing practice. I find what I was looking for quite quickly and I bring it into the light, the “Common Middle grade mythril ring” reflected the light back at me and captivated me with its shine for all of a second before I went and ran back out of the soul forge.

I quickly gather all my blankets and my pillow in my arms and walk into the center of the Soul Forge. I place the blankets into a nest for me to sit on, and quickly throw myself into preparation to start the enchanting process.

Why am I rushing around to start as fast as possible? Well, I have two good reasons for it. One is that the less time I take to enchant a new ring, the faster I can enchant the next one, and the better my soul will develop. The second reason is I was really excited to make this enchantment. It would help a lot with an insane number of things if it worked.

As soon as I sat cross legged on my pillow in the center of my blanket nest, I started reading my enchantment plan and mentally reviewing everything I had written on the page I was holding in my right hand.

After a few minutes, I placed the page beside me and held the mythril ring firmly in both hands, it was time to start.

I start concentrating on my soul, I feel its power flowing inside it… I feel the power it gives off, the power it leaks in excess… I take hold of that power and drag it inside of myself, holding it in, feeling my soul fill and I start to feel the burning of my muscles, the pressure on my entire body, the force threatening to explode out of me… Now it starts.

As the minutes go by I think to myself, while straining to contain the power flowing through me, ‘I must hold on…’ ‘Just a little longer now…’ ‘Almost there!’ then I feel my soul come firm, stretched to its limit. ‘Now!’ I mentally yell as I start chanting.

I then begin to channel the energy to flow inside the ring, filling it with my intent as I release it as slowly as I can, this will be even longer than my first try so I need to make it last much longer than I did before.

“A ring that when Spirit Energy is channeled into the ring, it marks the Spirit Energy with the ‘Ownership’ mark as it passes through, only identifying the spirit energy for further effects.” I say in my deepest voice, letting the elvish words flow out of my mouth along with the spirit energy throughout my body, causing the ring to slowly rise into the air from the power flowing inside it.

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“When the Spirit Energy is marked with the ‘Ownership’ mark, the ring makes a connection between the Spirit Energy that has been marked and the wearer of the ring’s soul using the ring as a medium within a six feet radius from the ring, that allows the wearer to mentally control the positioning and shape of the Spirit Energy within the bounds of the connection.” I continue, thanking the elf who made this language so much shorter than English.

The energy gathered with my intent starts to form the red shapes in the air that impact the small mythril ring floating in the air, nearly causing the ring to go flying away but only causing it to start quivering in the energy’s grip.

“When the Spirit Energy leaves the ring, the ring makes the Spirit Energy get marked with the most abundant molecular structure of the first one eighth of an inch of matter cubed it passes through, that upon the ‘Transformation’ signal, will cause the Spirit Energy to turn itself into the specific type of matter it has been marked with, changing the first mark applied into the ‘Transformed matter’ mark for identification for further effects.” I pant out, not letting my voice falter for a second, longest line done.

The red energy is now forming almost sharp runes now and they impact the ring with all the faster, causing the tiny band to move a foot away from where it was floating before but it rockets back even faster. I can feel the spirit energy flowing into the ring, it is as slow as I can make it but I start worrying that I won't have enough Spirit Energy reserves to finish. But I will finish! I will enchant this ring, so powerfully it will be a High grade item!

“When matter with the mark ‘Transformed matter’ receives the signal ‘Return’ it will reverse the effect of the ‘Materialize’ command and turn the matter back into Spirit Energy which then will change the ‘Transformed matter’ mark into the ‘Dematerialized’ mark when the effects of ‘Materialize’ are fully reversed.” I chant out, picking up my speed a little.

This time when the energy starts to go towards the silver ring, I can see that the red energy is forming clear runes that are glowing and shifting constantly. Before impacting the ring and sending it a good three feet away and then disappearing into the silver that is now taking on a slight sheen of red light to it.

“All Spirit Energy marked with the ‘Dematerialized’ mark will be pulled to the center of the soul of the wearer and as soon as it enters the soul, the Spirit Energy marked with the ‘Dematerialized’ mark will be stripped of all marks to be reabsorbed by the soul.” I shout out loud, willing my energy supply to keep flowing out and fill with my intent.

The runes appear in the air and shoot at the ring, leaving a streak of red in its wake, impacting the ring and causing the red hue to get even deeper and making faint deep red lines more visible.

“When the wearer gives the ring the mental command ‘Materialize’ the ring sends out the ‘Transformation’ signal to the ‘Ownership’ marked Spirit Energy that has also been marked by a molecular structure, within a six foot radius.” I continue, my strength and energy almost completely exhausted as I watch the red lines to become more visible and the runes impacting its surface

“When the wearer gives the mental command ‘Dissolve’ the ring sends out the signal ‘Return’ to matter marked with the ‘Transformed matter’ mark, within a six foot radius.” I finish chanting the elvish words, exhausted but relieved. I watch the red runes start streaking towards the silver band that is now glowing red , and get absorbed into the red lines that start to absorb the red glow into itself, condensing and collapsing parts, until the glow fades and the ring floats back into my hand, a silver mythril ring with bright red lines all over the metal.

My newest creation is finished! I name you the MD Ring, The Material Duplication Ring!

Now, let's find out what exactly I made… ‘Appraise!’ I think, activating my ability. The blue screen blinks into existence. Reading the words “Scanning…” with the three fluctuating dots moving on the screen I lay back on my blanket nest and relax my body. “Urg…” I exclaim as I lay back, I hurt all over…

The screen moves with my head so I can still see it and I watch the screen for a few seconds before it blinks and changes into new words “Scanning complete.” which then faded, replaced with the boxes with information on the ring, just like with Masatr.

Name: Material Duplication Mythril Ring

Grade: Uncommon High

Abilities:

- Allows the user to control the positioning and shape of Spirit Energy that has passed through the ring, within a sphere with a six foot radius

- Upon passing through a material measuring one eighth of an inch cubed, it will be able to transform into that specific type of matter when the command ‘Materialize’ is given.

- Matter created with the second ability can be transformed back into Spirit Energy upon the command ‘Dissolve’ which will then be pulled back into the soul of the wearer to go back into the Spirit Energy reserves of the wearer for further use.

I read it through carefully, I feel my mouth curling into a smile, widening with every line I read, only twitching a bit at the rank.

I did it! As long as it does what it says it does that is… it will allow me to duplicate materials! Unlimited practice material!! Unlimited Mythril!

A notification pops up on the blue screen reading “Congratulations, you have earned 35 Ring Gold, check the store for the total amount.”

I read it and smiled. I can afford a gold bar now, I think. I just need to find a buyer…

The screen flashes with another notification, this time reading “Congratulations, Ring Maker has leveled up to Level 5.”

Nice! I will be able to make something even better next time! Perhaps I will make a High grade ring next time! Ok, I will need to plan for the next one, but not now… Let's celebrate now… mentally celebrate… my body feels like it is hating me right now…

Let's go! Just like that, my biggest issue is solved. You see, I had a stark lack of cash to buy any material for anything. I desperately needed a mortal metal to practice on and metal bars aren't exactly growing on trees. I couldn't just go buy some either as I don't have any money yet. But now, I could go up to a metal fence and with the ring touching it, run some Spirit Energy through it and materialize it in my pocket to keep making more! Another thing is that I could probably make another ring to put connected to the MD ring and use it to create steel or mythril shields to block attacks.

I will need to test and practice using it a lot though to get to the point of using it fluidly in a fight.

But now… I need to get to my room... so I don't pass out in the Soul Forge… This is going to feel terrible.