Ch 12 Preparations

"So what's your plan now? '' asked the Ancient One holding out an open palm.

I hand her a cup of tea from my inventory. She smiles

"I'm going to travel Ta-Lo up my gear and learn more advanced martial arts," I say.

I'm not sure if I can beat Xu Wenwu with just my mist form and subpar Kung Fu.

The rings make him stronger than usual and his movement is enhanced by the equipment.

Not to mention that because he is likely 400 years old or more, his fighting skills trump mine.

I do plan to sneak attack him but doubt that will take him out.

Also, the system said I could ignore normal physical attacks, I don't know what his rings are made of. If they are magical it could hit me regardless.

But if I can do what Shang Chi and his mom did by turning the rings against him this will be much easier.

"That being said, the way only opens on the Qingming Festival which is 6 months away" I continue

"So I was wondering if could stay to study and train for that time"

"You can of course stay and train but studying magic is useless for you"

"Well this place is full of knowledge and I thought you may have information on more of the world," I say

"Also I may have to fight an evil sorceress crane lady soon so learning to defend against magic may come in handy"

The Ancient One looks on in contemplation.

"You must be talking about The Crane Mother I've heard of her but she's from before my time, you have a tough enemy ahead of you"

"You may be unable to channel magic that doesn't completely discount you from some kinds of magic" she said

"Why didn't you tell me this before?" I say confused

"Because we seldom teach that kind of magic" she continues

"Magic where the energies are channeled by objects not our bodies, here at Kamar-Taj we house various relics technically you could use them"

"But don't they choose who wields them" I say.

"True we will have to wait and see, but in meantime, I'll give you some Sarcee talismans"

"They can create a temporary magic shield around them that specializes in blocking dark magic"

These were not in the movie.

"They sound useful" I say

"They need skill to use, the area it blocks is quite small and I don't know how to recreate them"

"I got them from Michael Twoyoungmen a shaman on a continent east of china filled by roaming tribes"

"I'll give you 30 talismans use them wisely" She finished.

I go to the room they gave me to stay in last time. Time to plan in these 6 months.

It turns out I can't cast magic but I can use magic items that's useful information.

Thanks to my inventory I could have loads of magical items for different situations.

I just have to find them first.

I want to raise my INT, it's annoying me stuck on 19 while the rest are at least 20.

Well there is CHA but I'll grow into it I'm sure.

I also want to spar against the sorcerers here for some more practice fighting magic.

I could now teleport back to Fu-Chou if I wanted to my family.

But I don't want to return until I've dealt with the Ten Rings, then I'll take a break and stay home for a bit, stock up on tea and explain some things.

They deserve an explanation.

I take one of the talismans out of my inventory and inspect it.

That Michael Twoyoungmen, interesting name. Maybe I'll visit him to learn how to make these one day or just buy a bunch.

The continent east of here she was talking about is probably America, once I deal with things here I'll travel the world seeing everything it has to offer.

I think I'll find the library I want to check it out.

I wander around the compound and I see Paddy across the courtyard about to enter a room carrying a bunch of scrolls.

Evil Smile

I turn to mist and fly around and enter through a window.

I flow along the floor so low I look like a carpet and see him about to sit down at a desk.

I flow under the table and reform between the table and chair.

"Boo"

He jumps back throwing all the scrolls and papers he's holding all over the floor.

"Jesus fucking Christ where did you come from"

"Hahahahaha"

"New powers, I can do this now"

I transform and sneak behind him then reappear.

"That's useful, but do you have to look like bloody mist, it's creepy" he says

I shrug "It's the color of my soul"

"That fits" he said mockingly

I turn my tongue to mist and blow plumes of mist in his face.

"Fuck off" he waves his hand in front of his face.

"What does it smell like?" I say after returning to normal.

"You know it doesn't have any smell at all," Paddy stated.

I raise a mist hand to my nose, at least I won't leave a trail.

"So you don't happen to have a spell that repairs clothes do"

The clothes my mother gifted me are getting a bit worn and torn. I shouldn't wear them when I'm fighting but I just look kicking ass in style.

He grins and grabs something.

"No, but me mum was a tailor, I can teach you how to repair it yourself"

He hands me a needle.

I take a deep breath its never easy, at least its a useful skill

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End of chapter

Next chapter Ta-Lo

I want to clarify the type of story I want to write real quick.

Lots of people asking if mc is going to make a super organization.

In the future like Vol 4 he will found a country that is powerful but hides like Wakanda.

Until then he will mostly travel the world going on adventures making friends and enemies and powering up.

Each Volume is going to be a continent.

Vol 1 Asia

Vol 2 Africa

And so on won't spoil too much.

The first Volume is probably the longest as I have the most planned there.

Vol 5 will be the start of actual MCU

There will be a ton of time skips so it won't last forever as it's 600 years to cover.

Black Panther

STR 35

AGI 35

END 30

RES 30

INT 20

WIS 25

CHA 25

PER 30