- The Starting Point of The Adventure -

Gaeana poured her blessings to Irumi. With her Goddess power, she gave the blessings with her oracles and hopes.

Gaena's oracle, heard like a beautiful song of poem in Irumi's mind. The touch on her head felt soothing and warming up her whole body to the soul as Gaeana's oracle goes. And by the end of the Oracle, Irumi consciousness slowly faded periodically. At the very last end of Gaeana's Oracle spoken, she finally lost her consciousness and faint away.

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'Mmh..', I moaned as I slowly gain my consciousness back.

It felt like I was lying down on a grass field. I can feel some warm from the sun. The smell of the nature and grass hit me. Birds chirping can be heard, wind breezed warmly, and here I am, still lying, yet to open up my eyes.

Slowly then, I tried to open up my eyes. The shine of the sun's light stung my eyes a little as they opened. I looked up straight to the sky. It was a beautiful sunny day with the blue sky can clearly be seen with thin clouds floats around freely. I am still lying down, putting one of my arms on my fore head near my eyebrows to give some shadow to my eyesight.

The wind breezes while I am still lying down there. The green grasses near shaked as they are dancing following the wind guides. I feel relieved that I am still alive until now, but I do feel missing them, the of my previous families.

My mom, my sisters. I hope they won't be so drown into the sadness on my death. Gosh, Gaeana! I missed them already now. I haven't had the chance asking about them to her.

'Sigh.', I sighed to distract my built up sadness. Trying to get rid of the sadness, I'm distract myself with trying to get a hold of what I have and what I need right now. I get up myself to put myself in sitting with both legs facing forward. Remembering the words of the Oracle from Gaeana, I got these skills in check.

'[Skills]', I uttered skills on my mind and the [Skills] list poped up infront of me. I scrolled, swiped, trying to look for a new folder of skills if there's any and yes, I do found it.

"[Gifts of Balance], huh..", I mumbled to myself reading the skills folder name. I taped on the folder and the screen opened the folder's content.

"Umu.", I mumbled. "[Longetivity], [Apraisal], [Magic Creation], [Magic knowledge] and [Conceal].. Hmm..", I said as I read the the only five contents within the folder.

[Longetivity]

Rank: SSS | Specific race unique skill

Passive.

The unique skill of an Ancient Human Race.

Durability: +60%

Resistance: +30% elements, +50% Negative status, +90% Environment.

Regeneration: Natural regeneration rate +25%, Natural Phisical Regeneration +50%, Natural Stamina regeneration +50%

[Appraisal]

Rank: C

Active.

Viewing the target's commonly known detail.

Limitation applied due to the lack of the appropriate God/Goddess' Blessing.

[Magical Creation]

Rank: SSS | Speciality of Irumi N.

Active.

Allow the user to create a magic which available as the user imagined.

The abilities that able to be created are based on the knowledge of the user's knowledge in Magic.

Efficiency increment bonus if Magic Knowledge Learnt alongside this skill.

[Magic Knowledge]

Rank: S

Passive.

The knowledge of Magic, Origin of Magic, Mana, Mana manipulation, etc. regarding to the subject.

Skill mostly known as a must have for a Sage who excels in the arts of Magic.

[Conceal]

Rank: S

Active/Toggled.

Allows the user to fake or conceal the user's personal information.

"That's that then..", I said as close the pop up windows. "Now.. how about if I try [Magic Creation] first, Shall we?", I'm saying them outloud as I raising up my hands with palm upside like I was holding a ball infront of my face.

'[Magic Creation]', I uttered the command in my mind. I feel like my arms were enveloped by warm gue which flowed like a water flow from my arms to the tip of my fingers. A feint round sphere appeared on top my palm, with 2 magic circles circling the sphere while spinning, rotating and cycling like the sphere is the center of them.

'Hmm.. I don't know how but I feel like I know how this skill works. Maybe it was because I have the [Magic Knowledge] skill? Anyway let's try something..', I mumbled in my own thougts.

I know how the magic works, how to manipulate the mana and everything related to magic and I even know its origin. My most favorite Job is this [Blade] Type [Warrior] Class. I took these [Summoner] and [Assassin] class mainly because I mostly played solo. Unless the requirement of a dungeon, quest, or anything requiring me to have a party, I usually just random it because I can clear most of them by myself.

'So.. What magic do I need to create?', I mumbled in my mind again.

I remembered that I need to learn many things in this new world. Common sense, History, Life Style, Maps, and everything. I may have an overpowered body and skills due these stats and gifts from Gaeana-Sama. But the problem is...

'I've never been in a fight with a monster! What if the monster is so wild and experienced in a fight because they lived in wild?! what will happen to this small me?!', that sudden random thougts kind of flipped the panic side on me.

'Wait, shouldn't I have a beginner protection first?', I snapped. 'Gah!! I should have asked for that to Gaeana-Sama!', I raged with myself in my own mind.

'Inhales', I tried to calm my self with breathing. 'Okay, calm down me. Now, I've been holding up this spell quite long without making anything anyway. Shouldn't it drain my mp by staying like this? Let's check it.', I wondered.

'[Status]', I said the word in my mind.A status Screen poped up.

"I see the [HP]/[MP]/[ST] are on 100% value. But there are no numberings on it. My statuses as well consisted of 5 ?????-s. I just realized it. I should have checked it first when I was still on Gaeana's Chamber. Gah! Why am I so Clumsy.", I raged with myself again. But this time, outloud.

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I keep my sight on my statur bar, I can see the MP bar dropped to 99% but immidieatly increased back to 100%.

'Hmm.. I guess my MP regen covered the periodic MP loss.', I mumbled in my mind as I get the grasp of it.

Okay, I do know golem creation/summoning also works in this world from my hunch. Let's see if I could create a golem like a beginner protection orb thingy in the game.

So first, I will need the medium for the magic first. I canceled my [Magic Creation] skill and open up [Magic Crafting].

'[Magic Crafting]', I mumbled the skill name in my mind while maintaining the same pose because I only need to make one simple tiny thing.

Under me, a quite large circle of magic circle spins below me in yellow color, approximately around 1,5 m in its diametres, and on my hand, 2 magic circles in blue and green color, spinning, rotating, and circling a feint small cubicle which also spinning and rotating itself while colored in warm red as the 2 circles' core.

I closed my eyes again. Focusing on what I want to create, and what I need my creation to be functioned. I want it a small ball core which can float, and can be added with multiple skills matched to my stats and skills, and also with the strongest durability as possible. It took me 4 stacks of [mithril] ores, 2 pieces of [Large Radiant Pure Magic Stones] (a drop from an [ancient dragon] dungeon back when it was a game), and 1stack of [dragon's cores]. Basically, those are the highest materials on the game that I grind everyday which can be sold in high price or used to craft/create high level items/equipments. I confirmed that I have plenty of those in my storage as I always grind them daily anyway. I opened my eyes as I imagined how the item is created.

I saw the materials needed for the craft being sucked and vaporized to particles into the core from my right palm's black gem which radiates dark shine slightly. (Because the gem has a function which connected to my inventory and storage.)

The red cube slowly changing color as it sucks the materials from the gem on my right palm. The color became darker and darker, the 2 magic cicles also spins, circulates, and rotates faster as the cube's color become darker and darker.

Once the cube absorbs all the materials, I feel the burden on my right arms become heavier. The cube colored in black-red color and the circles, including the one below me getting smaller as me as its center while the 2 circles which encircling the cube getting smaller as the cube as its center.

I can see faintly inside the cube like there's a sand inside it which making a rounded form bit by bit as the circles getting smaller and smaller. When the circles are almost all closing to its centers, the rounded object in the cube also almost finished it's shape and 'clash' the 2 magic circles and the cube broken to pieces and the rounded object fell on my palm.

The burden of mana flowing on my arms suddenly gone, the circle under me as well.

'Appraise', I mumbled the blacksmith's skill in my mind as I look at the orb on my palm.

[Irumi's Mithril Orb]

Class: Miscellaneous.

Created by Irumi. A rounded object, made from the highest materials which take form as an Orb.

Can be used as a Medium for Magic purposes.

Rank: Unknown

Weight: 8 Kilograms.

"Hmm.. The weight is a perfect 8 kilograms. But it doesn't feel weight at all. Felt like a ball. Hmph, must be because of my OP status built. Fufufu.", I grinned as I said those words while juggling the Mitrhril Orb On my Arm.

Then after finished praising and feeling proud my ownself, I grab the orb and stand up. With the hype still high within me, I continue with my experiment.

While standing up, my instict can presence the whole area near me is a grass field, quite some distance infront of me the grass field divided by a road like space with some feint carriage's wheels like traces and footprints. I neglected my instinct because I don't presence anyone, anything alive or danger nearby as far as my presence can feel.

"[Magic Creation]!", I said it outloud while thrusting my right hand which grabs the orb tightly to the air and making an Ultraman's changing form like pose.

With my mind set up that I will use the Orb as my medium before I said those words, the skill as well recognized the items as medium and created 3 feint magical circles which circling the orb on my hand in fixed directions.

I pulled down my hand looking at the orb on my right hard which circled by 3 feint magical circles colored in red, yellow, and blue. They radiated feintly and slightly. Maybe it's because of the sun shines brightly that make the circles seems feint, or so I thougt.

I proceeded the experiment as I've seen enough of the magic circles phenomenon. I close my eyes and focused my mind on the Magic Creation with the orb on my mind.

Within my mind, I imagining the creation process like it was back in the game. I see a screen with borders just like the game itself. In the bordered screen on the right, there's the [Orb item], below it there are 12 blank [slots] which I identified as skill slots, arranged neatly just like the game. 4 slots in each row so basically there are 3 rows. Next on the bottom of this border there is a button with label [Finalize].

Next on the left bordered screen is the list of my skills which quite larged and arranged neatly per-folders and a mouse pointer icon which moves with my mind as I want to.

Lastly below the skills list border, there's a neatly same length border with the length of the border above it. In it, there are 2 drag-able buttons on bars with 100% annotation on the right end of the bars and 1% annotation of the left end of the bars. The top one has a [Max HP] annotation on top of the bar in centered position, and the bottom one has [MAX MP] but placed on the bottom of the bar.

So basically, I choose the skills I want to put on the golem and choose the [HP]/[MP] of the golem based on my max [HP]/[MP].

'Hmm, let's try something else.. how about if I drag the folder the selected class' skill folder?', I mumbled in my mind as I move the cursor to the Folder with [Mage Class] Symbol on it and drag it to one of the skill slots. I frozed a moment.

'GG. LOL', I mumbled and laugh in hype in my mind after I frozed a little due the folder is able to be placed on the skill slots.

So basically, the Golem will able to use the skills listed in the folder which can be logically used by a round shaped Golem. (e.g. MP regen, fireball, water ball, etc, can be used. Wand mastery, Equip Gem Orb, skills can't be used as the golem has no hands. But the passive/bonus given by the skills will still be applied to the golem).

I added 8 out of 18 folders of respective combat/main-sub jobs and fill the other 4 slots with unique skills which not listed in any folder. Because it require certain conditions to get the skills such as Quests, Test/Trials, Achievements, etc. I added the other extra slots with Mind Synchronization, Supressed Stealth, Environtment Camouflage, and Float skills.

Lastly, I dragged both of the [HP]/[MP] in the same amounts, [75%]. Then finally, I moved my cursor to the [Finalize] button and click it. And then, A small bordered screen poped up in the middle to confiem the selections.

'Do you confirm to add the selections to the Golem? [YES] / [NO]', The annotations on the pop up screen says so.

'Ohohoho~ Yes of course, please?', I mumbled in ezcitements within my mind while moving the cursor to the yes button and click it.

The moment I pressed the button, a sudden heavy headache strikes my head. My whole body feel pains, shakes, heavy and like my whole body and soul being shrinked to some point and sucked to the ball.

I endured the whole process for some minutes and when it stops, I feel the orb in my hand gone. I opened up my eyes and saw the Orb floats perfectly. It makes a magic circle pointed towards me colored in golden yellow. And so, I automatically realized the golem is working and casting [Heal] on me.

'[Status]', I mumbled the command in my mind as I bowed myself down on the grass field with both of my arms as holdings due to the immerse pain I just felt.

My status screen poped up, and I can see both my [HP]/[MP] are low and regenerating. The [HP] regenerated faster thanks to the golem whose helping me.

I thougt in my mind for the [Golem] to activate [Supressed Stealth], and [Environment Camouflage]. The golem presence and sight vanished from both of my sight and presence. Due to the [mind sync] passive skill, I always know where the [Golem] is as it always sync-ed to my mind.

I lied down on the grass field again, trying to calm myself down after experiencing the pain while waiting for the [Golem] to fully [heal] me. Well, I can [heal] myself, but I feel like the [Golem] should be the one doing that as this was actually caused by it in the first place.

And so, I named the golem as [Aeon].