As a country bumpkin, I knew that I would eventually do something wrong. Something that those city folk wouldn't like. I just didn't think that people could be so, so cruel. It might sound a tad naive, but I believe that at least a sliver of good can be found in everyone.
So when they offered to accompany me to the new cave I'd stumbled upon, I agreed. It's a dangerous world after all and they were adventures who had actually gained access to their mana!
I was a fool.
As you would probably guess, they kinda tried to take me out of the picture at the first sign of something valuable.
That something turned out to be an absolute shit tonne of mana crystals.
Now when I said tried, I meant that they were interrupted by a giant fucking golem. My estimate is that it was at least 20 meters tall. The thing had no sense of actual danger, so it ended up causing the cave to collapse.
So, here I am.
In a hole.
Underground.
Alone.
Starving.
Dehydrated.
Bored out of my mind.
And in a lot of pain.
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When I first woke up from the golems rampage, I had no idea what to do. Well I had a few ideas but none of them were actually feasible in my current state.
Being stuck in a hole sorta limited my options.
Although on the bright side, I think I unlocked my mana.
Maybe.
The details on what happens when you unlock your mana are restricted to those who have actually unlocked it. So I actually have no clue on if I have or if I'm hallucinating.
Congratulations On Unlocking Your Mana!
Due To Your Mana Unlocking The System Can Now Be Accessed
Jerald Brown
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Vitality: 35
Strength: 19
Constitution: 24
Wisdom: 21
Mana: 10
Mana-Ability: Mana-Body Connection
Is this normal for mana users?
Wish I knew.
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I've lived a fairly good life, all things considered anyway. My mother died when I was 6 years of age, so my father ended up raising me up on the farm by himself. That was it really. I had friends, I did work and I spent money. The only reason I was in the capital is because I found this here cave and decided, hey I've got no need of it, why not just give it to those city folk who can actually put it to use. I'm just a simple farmer after all.
Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.
Well, I was a simple farmer.
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I've been stuck here for a while now. Not sure how long it's been, but it has to have been at least a day or two.
My stomach is in a lot of pain and my throat has gone completely dry.
I'm probably gonna die soon.
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I should be dead.
I kinda wish I was. From what I know, humans can't go any longer than a week without water and hunger only a little bit longer than that.
I've been counting the seconds and I'm fairly sure that it's been almost 2 weeks, perhaps a bit longer.
During that time I've mostly been trying to use my mana. All I managed to do was heal myself from my injuries and while impressive and immensely helpful, it's not gonna get me outta this place.
Mana
What it is, can be simplified to: Energy
It's used to power up all races, it's more of a weapon these days though. It can be used by mages to cast spells or warriors to enhance their bodies, it's pretty adaptable.
People are still finding out new uses for it to this day.
Of course, more educated people would probably give you a better description of what mana is but, again, I am but a mere farmer.
Now, why did I bring this up? Because I think I may have found something new. It has to to with that whole Mana-Body Connection thing. It's doing….. Something, to my body.
For one, my ears are getting pointy.
As are my teeth.
And my nails.
On both my hands and feet.
Also……
Jerald Brown
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Vitality: 67
Strength: 11
Constitution: 38
Wisdom: 32
Mana: 22
Mana-Ability: Mana-Body Connection
Sooo, yeah.
I'm in a lot of pain here.
Just in case you wanted to know.
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I maaaayyy be going insane. Just a bit.
I've been down here for a very long time now. I think I've actually died a few times! Isn't that just great.
Lately, I think my eyes have started glowing. I can't be sure because the dark looks the same as when I used to see the sun.
I have night vision now. Aren't I just amazing!
Oh, speaking of changes. You know all those pointy bits that started growing? Well now they're as sharp as a knife! Even my ears! I know, crazy right?!
I stopped counting ages ago by the way. Soooo, still no clue how long I've been stuck in this, hole? This is a hole right? So why haven't I tried digging again?
I feel a bit stupid now.
Jerald Brown
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Vitality: 124
Strength: 3
Constitution: 112
Wisdom: 102
Mana: 123
Mana-Ability: Mana-Body Connection
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Recently, I've come across a new ability I can use with mana. Besides just using it to strengthen my body, I've found that I can project it outside of my body. Not very far mind you, just a couple of inches and even that takes effort on my part.
It helped with my digging though!
My tunnel goes up diagonally. So far it's gotten about a hundred or so meters up, maybe?
I've also figured out what this stuff in the status means
Vitality: Life force
Strength: Total muscle mass and/or density in body
Constitution: Overall hardness of body
Wisdom: How good you are at making choices and effects how fast your total mana regenerates
Mana: Total amount of mana you have
Aren't I Just a genius!?
Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahah!?!?!?!?!
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I realised something recently. Well it might have been recently, it could have been a while ago.
My hair turned green.
Like, literal green. Like the forest. It's spiky too.
Also, I need a haircut.
Ah! I almost forgot to tell you about my holes progress! Thanks for reminding me.
Well, it's very long now and I'm surprised that I haven't hit the surface yet. I mean, I'm only under a cave right? Right!?
Jerald Brown
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Vitality: 303
Strength: 2
Constitution: 296
Wisdom: 300
Mana: 301
Mana-Ability: Mana-Body Connection
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I realised a while back that the only reason that I'm even alive right now is because mana is taking the place of food for me, of course mana has no nutrition, so my strength which relies on having muscle would keep going down.
Recently moving my body became a tad hard. I think it's because my strength reached 2.
Soooo, got any ideas? Cause I think I'm fucked, don't you?
Oh? Is that light? It is!
Fuck!!!!! My eyes are burning!
Whew that hurt. Oh well, who cares anyway? I'm free! I can finally……
………..Why are the clouds so far below me?
Jerald Brown
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Vitality: 389
Strength: 2
Constitution: 382
Wisdom: 379
Mana: 385
Mana Ability: Mana-Body Connection