After finishing the last piece of chicken wing, I patted my full stomach. A broad smile floated on my face. Since the food was still hot when I ate them, my body had warm up a bit thanks to that. Of course, I did not forget what caused me to have such a delightful meal. It was my skill, Creation Magic.
Fully knowing this, I'd love to explore the skill more in-depth. It would be foolish to ignore such a convenient magic. Who'd be willing to do that kind of stupid thing?
I pondered for a while as to what I'm going and able to create next. Food would be a waste right now since I already had my fill. I'm quite cold actually so I wonder if I can create a small fire at least? There's only way to find out. Let's try it.
I hold out my right palm and once again, closed my eyes. Honestly, I don't think that closing my eyes is a necessity but I guess it helps me concentrate more on creating a clear image. I tried to build an image of a palm-sized blue flame. I made the flame to be blue because like the fire people used to cook things, it gives more heat. Hence will warm up my body more than the normal version of fire.
The image in my mind was slowly building up.
After a few moments, I could feel that my energy was sucked up again and heat was felt on my palm. I opened my eyes and saw a bluish flame. I thought that the blue flame was very beautiful. The heat that was emanated from the flame was strong yet comfortable. My right hand didn't feel like it would burn at any moment. Through my hand, my body also felt the warmth. It made me relax a bit more.
Thus, the result of creating a blue flame is a success.
This magic helped me a lot. I may be lucky after all.
I think I had spend about an hour of my time doing the experiment and eating. Eating was probably the one that took up most of my time. I do tend to savor the food I eat. That may be the cause of my slow eating habit. Well, it's worth my time anyways so I didn't care much about it.
I wanted to experiment a bit more with my new found power but then again........ we have a guest here. And a very dangerous one to top it all off.
The guest was a huge black bear with a height of 2 meters tall. I noticed some rustling near the bushes earlier but to think that it would be a bear. How could the figure of a bear that big could not be seen from the bushes? If I had known, I would have run away.
I put out the flame that was in my palm and I slowly stood out from my sitting posture. I didn't want to suddenly stand up since it may provoke the bear that's only about 7 meters away from me. That'd be a death wish.
"Grrrrr....."
The bear made such a growl when it saw me standing up.
The bear's action startled me and almost made my poor thumping heart leap out of my chest. I currently had nothing to guard myself with so the only option right now is to run away with my tails between my legs. This was not cowardice but a wise choice if I wanted to see another day. I'm certainly not willing to fight the bear barehanded.
Looking out for any signs of the bear attacking, I slowly and carefully tried to move my feet. But well, I forgot that the bear was also looking out for any suspicious action that I would take.
"Guraaauurr!"
The bear immediately started to move at a frightening speed not befitting it's large size. Of course, I had already started running when the bear growled earlier.
I ran as fast as I could while trying to not panic too much as it could lead me to my demise.
I ran and ran without looking back but I still heard the footsteps of the bear. Not being able to suppress my current anger, I shouted.
"What the fish is wrong with you, bear?! I didn't do anything to you! Go find something else to eat, you over-sized lump of fat!"
In response to my shout, the bear growled.
"Guuuraaaaauurrrr!"
What a mistake to do. I only made the bear even more furious now. What the heck was I thinking?
I need to lose it somehow as my stamina is depleting as we speak. Come on, think Ren! Think!
Aha! This is a forest isn't it? If I could make full use of its terrain, I might be able to lose this annoying bear.
Thinking so, I switched my course to the right. Right after, I switched to the left then back to right again to confuse the bear. I repeated the same course of action since the bear's footsteps were becoming more distance and hard to hear. I repeated the same thing until I couldn't hear its footsteps anymore. Of course I did not stop there. I hid myself behind a bush for safety measure.
It may have sounded easy but by all means it's not. My stamina was completely depleted. If the bear would find me now, my fate would be sealed. My breathing was rough but I tried as hard as I could to calm it down. I didn't want to make too much noise.
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Even if I'm saved from the bear right now, I wouldn't be safe for long. This is a forest. Forest is home to many dangerous animals and predators. I needed to find a way to leave this freaking place with my life intact.
I tried to think. Maybe it's foolish to try to think right now but there's no other way. I couldn't rely on pure luck. There's no way that I would survive like that in this predicament.
.......
That's right! There's Creation Magic wasn't there?
Magic Creation. As the name states, it could create things that I imagined. If I could create a flame, I don't think that creating spears and any other weapons would pose a problem. But, a close combat fight against the bear is very risky. Therefore I wouldn't use the said idea. Instead I have a much, much better one.
I could just create magic itself!
Okay, now that that's decided, what kind of magic should I make? Well, I don't even know if it will work but it wouldn't hurt try would it?
I really like animals, including that annoying lump of fat (bear). I guess this means that I don't need such a destructive magic. For now at least. I just hope there aren't any kinds of things other than animals in this forest. For example, monsters.
Maybe I should consider making an attack type of magic later on. For safety measures.
Since I don't want to hurt any animals, I suppose I can make a crowd control magic. A cage or vines that can trap them and make them unable to move would be nice.
Now that that's decided, it's time for the hard part.
This time, in an attempt to create a whole new magic, I didn't close my eyes. I left them opened because I think it's easier like this as I could determine where the magic materialize. I put out my hand, with my palm open as I'd often seen in anime, I began the sequence of creating magic also known as imagining. My target was a nearby boulder that was half of the previous bear's size.
I, of course didn't neglect to stay cautious of my surrounding as I was in a crouching position. It's to keep myself hidden. My stamina had not yet recovered so I want to avoid any unnecessary event to happen.
In my head, I imagined that a lot of thick, sturdy and long white vines (certainly not tentacles) binding the boulder. I also imagined some kind of magic formation in my mind that I had also seen in anime.
The magic formation that began forming, to my delight, was circular with many ancient words carved onto it. I knew that it was ancient words thanks to my Language Comprehension skill activating on its own. I guess it's a passive kind of skill. The magic formation was quite big, which did not help concealing my position. The formation itself was white in color. It gave me the feeling of something holy or the sorts.
After the materialization of the magic formation, the image of the vines that I had build up started to appear from the ground. Slowly but surely covering the entire boulder. After a few more seconds, the boulder had completely been bound.
Yes!
It's a success!
After the success, I felt lightheaded.
Was this caused by the consumption of magic?
I guess trying to make magic itself was worth the lightheaded that I'm currently feeling.
Trying to confirm something, I took out my platinum plate status thingy and traced along my finger on the carvings once again.
Status WindowName: Ren TatsukiAge: 17 years oldRace: UnknownLevel: 5StatisticsStrength30Defense25Agility45Intelligence600Magic300Luck60Skill(s)-Creation Magic
-Language Comprehension
-Ancient Magic: Holy Binding (Holy Magic)Title(s)None
Oooh~!
It's there!
The magic has been registered!
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A/N: Again, dear readers, if you have spotted any grammar/spelling mistakes in this chapter, please kindly tell me. I want to improve the readability even by a little bit. Other than that, thanks for reading :D