My eyelids fluttered open to the pitch-black room. I begin to recall what happened and remembered I had finished my project and had finally begin to the test the results. On its maiden voyage the ram slammed into the mana barrier, tons of feedback followed.... and then nothing. the concussive wave must have thrown me against the back wall and knocked me unconscious. I summoned all my strength to check my body for injuries, everything seems to be in place as my weakened hands brush past my pant pockets I feel a bulge that wasn’t there before I quickly slipped my hands into my pockets and pulled out the known object the texture feels of some sort of paper. I wonder if something is written on it. I have two matches left. This might be the clue I need to proceed. I quickly decide there’s not point in light if your dead and I didn’t have any better ideas I slowly pulled out and unwrapped the last two matches I cautiously remove on and place it on the ground next to me as gentle as a father. I then rewrap my last source of light and gently return it to its hiding place. I return to recently placed match pick it up and strike it across my jeans.
AHH! the light burned my unaccustomed eyes luckily, I was able to keep a hold of it. I forced my eyes open despite the streams of water running down my face from the irritation. and looked at the paper.
"You idiot your supposed to survive not kill yourself. How many times does it take assaulting a magic barrier and getting HURT from the rebound to stop hitting the barrier, I understand magic is new to you but you’re going to need to adapt quickly last shot
p.s. for real this time I don’t care if I Seee you get killed I won’t interfere again.
p.s.s, stop hitting the barrier its annoying....
See you soon
- Fred"
Wow so he saved my life I’m assuming and healed my wounds that explains a lot. It's obvious he's hinting at seeing something or the SIGHT anagram in the book but I don’t get it.
I fall to the ground in a fetal position as a stomach cramp assaults me and the pain takes all control of my body as I writhe on the ground. I pull myself together and start crawling towards the sound of the dripping, sweat streams down my face into my eyes as I pull myself closer inch by inch. When I reach I grab the shirt and wring all the accumulated water into my mouth and I force myself to swallow it. Returning to the fetal position the intense pain calms to a tolerable level. I lay there breathing my thought returning to me after being lost in that black hole of agony.
I must persist with my back on the ground and my eyes closed I stomp I foot hard to prepare to get up. Bam! I slam it on the hard-stone floor the sound resonates through the cavern, I can almost feel the waves of force spreading from the point of contact into the surrounding earth.... Wait I can feel it. the more I focus on it the more clearly the picture becomes. It fades. AGAIN! I slam my foot on the ground and focus on the sound waves reverberating off the walls the energy spreading to the surroundings. A complete image appears in my head I can clearly see everything in this room. But it’s not stone its metal. and there aren’t any bones just rods of steel. and I look to where the door is and... there nothing no bars... it couldn’t be... if there isn’t anything physical there I know the barrier is there... I stand up close my eyes and take a stance and stomp hard on the ground again standing up I can get more leverage, I get an even clearer picture I can see into the next room it’s a lounge, with a person sitting on the couch behind him is a table full of every food imaginable my mouth waters and my stomach. I look around and I feel the ground and I now I feel only the smooth metal no longer the dungeon. I decide to light the final match. I pull it out and for the last time strike the match against my now jean shorts. the match blazes and around me I no longer see the cave but a metal room with random junk scattered throughout it on the wall I see a power panel I walk over there open the power panel and throw the breaker...
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Light assaults my eyes and when my pupils adjust I see what I can see the room very clearly and even the magic barrier, aka a door on the right of the door was an exit button. I slowly walk over and press the button. The barrier falls and I walk into the next room to see Fred laying on his ball watching tv pigging out on popcorn. The screen he is watching is 4 cameras set up in the room to monitor my progress
I walk further into the room and look at him he turns around and we make eye contact a smirk appears on his face. just as the aroma of food assaults me and my instincts take over as I’m forced to topple end over end to get some nutrition in my body I’m naturally a big guy I need meat! after gorging myself on succulent rib eyes and French deserts the finest cuisine this world knows.
I look over to see Fred setting next to me. He puts his hand on my shoulder and my slightly emaciated figure returns to its healthy look my pain goes away and I feel absolutely normal he looks at me congratulations you barely passed. You first power you have is to commune with earth as shamans would say but it to put blankly you can bend the earth to your will. There are many different channels people choose to do this with. You copied tophs ability to see while she is blind and you were able to break the low-level illusion I had cast on you. quite an interesting scenery for you to come up with a cave prison stranded in the middle of nowhere great idea. I do applaud you on the device despite how stupid it was. Break a god’s barrier with a mere mortal metal. Never...
as he rambles on and I’m staring with a blank face getting my humanity back emotions flood me as he speaks first anger for the torture I went through then bliss when he tells me the extent of the power I can feel my connection with ground firmly now that my body has healed and I’m in full health I’ll have to experiment later. when I understand I was stuck in an illusion the entire I realize the true terror of the magic I’ve always read about I could’ve died the worst possible death with my path to freedom and food just a button away,
Alright you passed round 1 with a ehhh.... %80 -40 for being a brute +20 for speed and style. I am able to give you the choice between 2 common rewards.
!) Earth Magic 101: beginners guide
2) Claws of the Earth Dragon Part 1 of 6
So basically, the option between being a mage and being a magic melee that sounds like a very generic wuxia title is he just trying to peak my interest.
So, Fred what do I have to earn both of these, His face lights up I’m glad you asked if you can defeat a D ranked demon beast in hand to hand combat you may have both.
DEAL!