Cold winds howled, the waters froze, a localized blizzard surrounded Mia, pouring every drop of mana she had on her spell. The monsters unfortunate enough not to get out of range were trapped as the water beneath them froze solid, their flesh soon to follow as the snow froze them solid.
Everything in a 20 meter radius was frozen solid, blanketed in white.
“Again…”
The low, dull voice of Mia spoke between pants, signaling another start to the blizzard with a load.
How long has she been doing this? Who knows.
She was never keeping track to begin with.
Tired of everything, frustrated with everything, and angry at herself she mindlessly kept up the cycle, unaware how she had trapped herself in an exhausting loop of anger. No matter how much she had calmed down by the time she loaded her emotions would be reset, back to the height of her tantrum.
Trapped with the whole world her unknowing hostage, she cast her blizzard, over and over again.
[Forcing it like this isn’t good]
[Recommended action is to take a break]
[Advice, growth in this way has dwindling value, moving on would be for the best]
[Taking a moments rest after this is a healthy option]
[your growth is commendable; it might be time to move on]
The words of Ami fell on deaf ears, as hard as she tried to communicate with Mia the girl herself had stopped listening.
[All monsters in this area are dead, the dead end has been conquered, any more past this point is ill-advised, undesirable results may occur in continued action… please stop Mia…]
Pleading did nothing, the blizzard continued.
[This is an official warning: stop this action at once. Refusal will result in punishment.]
[…?]
Demanding nothing, the blizzard continued.
Eventually the blizzard reached 30 meters, reaching past the monsters and further into the swamp. At this point the blizzard stopped growing in size, and instead the duration of it increased. During this time of extended snow, Mia finally focused, calming down enough to regain some semblance of composure.
She looked up, surprised at the howling blizzard surrounding herself “wha-what?” She straightened up, the blizzard waning as she stopped feeding it mana “what was i…doing…?”
*Clap*
She shot up, attempting to pull her trident from the thick ice but failing, losing her balance and slipping, falling onto her butt.
[Good to see you have finally calmed down Mia, you have spent a long while doing… that… and there is a lot to discuss.]
The voice of Ami rung in her ears, it sounded slightly different… less… monotone? “What, how…” Mia shook her head, she felt groggy, like she had just woken up with a cold. She glanced around at the scenery, recoiling at what she saw.
An endless field of white, littered with the frozen corpses of monsters “How did… did I do that..?”
[Yes you did, congratulations. It only took you a year’s worth of 10 to 30 second intervals]
She shot up, falling again due to shaky legs “A YEAR?!”
[A relative year, but a year nonetheless]
She gripped her head “A…year…” was she out of it for a year? It didn’t feel like it at all.
[Rather than focusing on that, please look at your status, while remaining as calm as possible, we are on a time limit.]
“Eh..? ah…ok…” she wondered what she meant by that, but opened up her status “Couldn’t be that bad…”
= = = = = =
Name: Mia
Status: None
Age: 8
Race: Fox Beastman
LVL: 16 > 38
Points: 1,170
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HP: 194/1100 MP: 212/5,300
Str: 101
Con: 110
Dex: 375
Int: 350
Mnd: 265
Lck: 1
SKILLS:
[Early Riser: MAX]
[Willful: MAX]
[Pain Tolerance: Max]
[Packer: 2]
[Sneak: 2]
[Danger sense: - ]
[Common Language: 1>2]
[sewing: 1]
[Magic Craftsmanship: 3>4]
[Mana Manipulation: 1] > [Mana Control: 3]
[Ice Mastery: 4> MAX]
*NEW*[Water Beginner: 1]
[Battle Dancer: 4]
[Martial arts: 3]
[Critical Eye: 3>4]
[Battle sense: 3>4]
[Disguise: MAX]
[Lying: 2]
[Presence detection: 1]
[Trap detection: 1]
[Acrobatics: 4]
[Cooking: 1]
[Cleaning: 2]
[Petting: 1]
[Threatening aura: 3>MAX]
[Dagger Mastery: MAX]
[Axe arts: 1]
[Sword arts: 1>2]
[Bow arts: 1]
[Polearm arts: 1>2]
[Trident arts: 1>2]
*NEW*[Spear arts: 1]
HIDDEN SKILLS:
[time: 2>3]
TITLES:
[Unlucky Child]
[Shrine Maiden]
*NEW*[Maiden of Snow]
*NEW*[Mana Tank]
[Torturer]
[Jester]
[Critical Striker]
[Trophy Maid]
Killer Titles:
[Goblin Crusher] [Bramble Crusher] [Toy Wolf Crusher] [Cat Beastkin Crusher] [Human Crusher] [Rabbi Spider Crusher] [Slime Crusher] [Peblet Crusher] [Lurker Crusher] [Snub Leech Crusher] [Nettle Bird Crusher] [Swamp Treant Crusher] [Puking Croaker Crusher] [Percaline Fish Crusher] [Starved Piranha Crusher]
= = = = = =
“Oh it is that bad.” She looked over it again in disbelief “My mana… skills… Maiden of- Time leveled up?!”
[Right, that is the most important bi-]
[Skill: Time. Level 1 – Grants the authority to {Save} and {Load}. Grants one Save slot. Grants access to assist features {Assist Mode} and {Log}. {Save} saves the user’s current state to any available slot, {Load} returns the user to that state. Experience, levels, memories, and stat points gained after a save point are lost, if a moment in time is lived enough times a vague memory may remain.
{Assist Mode} Provides basic assistance when operating the skill [Time]
{Log} Provides a detailed chronological description of events between Saves.
Level 2 – Grants a new save slot. Memories are no longer lost when loading.
Level 3 – Grants a new save slot. Access to [Assist mode]’s knowledge Vol 1. Access to the [Time] specific skill [Slow: 1] ]
“Another slot!” She shot up, wobbling a bit on her feet as she struggled to maintain balance “And knowledge? Slow?”
[Yes, with this new level up, I am able to assist yyyooooouuuu fuuurrrt- stooooop uuuussssiiiing slow… If you would allow me to-]
Mia had activated the skill [slow] and the world around her moved, as you would expect, at a much slower pace while she remained at regular speed “Neat, doesn’t last long.”
[Skill: Slow, LVL 1: You have been granted the first true authority of time, slowing its pace for everyone but yourself. Slow time for a few seconds, the amount of time slowed increases with the skill levels of both [Slow] and [Time]. Current time allowed: 5 seconds]
“That will useful.” Mia nodded to herself, she tried to activate it again but found she was unable to, a cooldown? No… she checked her mana, finding it had been all but drained, only 30MP remaining “…that takes a lot…”
[Mia.]
Mia plopped back down on the ice, sliding a bit “But my mana went way up… this the cause?”
[Title: Mana Tank. You have repeatably spent a large amount of mana, a feat normally accomplished by court wizards in times of war. Doubles the effects of MND.]
“Yeah that was it.” She was thankful for this, and was sure that combined with her evolved form of mana manipulation she had a truly insane amount of mana, speaking of.
[Skill: Man- MIA!!!!]
“….What, I’m doing what you wanted, aren’t I?” She crossed her arms. Frankly, she was still angry at her, not fully understanding why, she just was.
[Yes well, you have glossed over the most important part. I am now able to help you with more information.]
“Ah, cool… “
[Skill: Man- MIA!!!!]
“Can you not take over the status screen?” Mia looked up into the sky, her face squished into a look of annoyance.
[I do not think you realize how useful this is, this was the level I was officially able to start talking to you at, a lot of features have been unlocked with knowledge, with the time we ha- are you listening?]
“Hrm? Yeah, am.” Mia had pulled up a tiny little status screen to her side, reading it as Ami talked.
[Skill: Mana control, LVL 3: Evolved from Mana Manipulation. Mana naturally bends to your will, following your command. Further reduces the cost of magic and casting magic will come naturally to you.]
Yeah, this was good.
She had gotten the hang of casting ice magic recently, able to shape it and use it in different ways, making it easier was just perfect. ‘but how easier?’ she had 30 mana left… she tried making a da- “oh that easier.” With just a thought ice formed in the shape of a dagger in her open palm, checking her mana it had only cost her 2MP as opposed to the previous amount around 20-50, depending on complexity.
Still, it only requiring 2 was nuts, and this was just a dagger…
[I can answer why it costs so little.]
“Because of another new skill or title, right?”
[…]
“So useful.” Mia rolled her eyes, checking out another new addition to her status.
[Title: Maiden of Snow. The element of Ice has returned your favor, blessing your very being with its cold touch. Ice is now an extension of yourself, your essence. Ice magic costs 90% less to cast, while being twice as powerful. Any magic you cast of a different element will now be stained with ice, adding to its power. Ice magic is now 50% less effective against you. All ice spells ignore 50% ice resistance.]
“Yup, that’s it.” She wondered to what extent *your essence* meant but she could not argue with the perks. The ice around her rose up, forming into a chair, the entire motion feeling natural “other magic is now stained?” again, she had no clue.
[Magic cast of a different element will also have the ice element attached to it.]
Mia sighed “OK, thanks Ami.” Not like she could cast any other magic to begin with.
[You have unlocked water magic.]
“Eh?” she checked again, “Oh hey, I can. When did that happen?”
[You started learning it with your shoes.]
“…ok what?” she glanced at her boots, rotating her feet to get a better look at them from different angles “These boots? The ones made with ice magic, the ice magic boots?... these boots?”
[Yes those boots, specifically the insides.]
“I don’t get it.”
[That flexible ice you made, that involves combining ice magic with water magic. You have been manipulating water magic when making and maintaining those boots. As small as it may be, doing that for a year will eventually net you with water magic.]
“oh.” Well, she couldn’t argue with that, or the results “Why didn’t you tell me before?”
[I literally couldn’t.]
“And you can now because…?”
[Oh, is someone finally willing to listen?]
“…” Mia stood up, grabbing the trident and pulling it out by manipulating the ice. She tossed it onto her back and started walking “Also the stat points to point…” she sighed heavily, that was going to take awhile…