Chapter 21: The Giant and Whiterun

After leaving the Riverwood trader, I soon left town and walked along the river that should lead to Whiterun, one of the Holds of Skyrim, and the only neutral one when it comes to the Civil War.

Today would be my third day in this world, and I have yet to feel tired of it or the need to return to the real world.

As I traveled to Whiterun I encountered some wild wolves and elk which I hunted down and skinned for their pelt, besides that, I spent my time reading through the 'Spell Tomes' and the Book on Magicka Manipulation that I bought from Lucan.

Something I found was that the Book on Magicka Manipulation went heavily onto the history of Magicka and its origin, but to be honest, I just skipped that and moved onto the more practical section of the book that went over how to use and sense Magicka.

I first started with the Sensing part of the book since I first needed to be able to sense the Magicka around me and within me.

While I did what the book instructed, I put the free attribute point I got from clearing Bleak Falls Barrow into Constitution, raising it to 12.

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Name: Damian Dust

Race: Human

Age: 18

Magicka: 100/100

[Average Human Attribute is 10]

Strength: 10

Perception: 10

Endurance: 10

Constitution: 12

Intelligence: 12

Dexterity: 15 [A/N: Combined DEX and AGI]

Magic Control: 5

Magic Capacity: 10

Free Stat Points: 0

Skills: [Quirk: Danger Sense], [Radiation Immunity], [???]

Blessings/Curses: [Blessing of the Warrior Stone]

[A/N: I will be adding quests and such to gain the blessings of all the Aedra, Daedra, and the Ed'Ada (Original Spirits) that I know of which he can gain their blessings or curses]

Inventory: Nord Warrior Armor Set(Nordic Footman Helmet, Mail Shirt, Leather Boots), 8x Minor Healing Potions, 4x Minor Magicka Potions, 2x Minor Stamina Potions, 48x Iron Arrows, 1x Hunting Bow, 2x Imperial Swords, x2 Throwing Knives, and a Simple Leather Armor(Equipped)]

[System Points: 125]

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Looking over everything I nodded before regaining my focus on the meditation I was currently doing.

After closing my eyes I took in a deep breath and numbed all of my senses.

For what felt like hours, I felt nothing, until...a strange warmth, the same warmth which was described as Magicka.

I could feel the warmth that was concentrated within my body all within my heart, I then took in another deep breath and 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 the warmth to move throughout my muscles through the blood being pumped by my heart, warming it up and somehow slightly strengthening my muscles!

[Congraulations on learning the Novice-Tier Spell, [Body Strengthening]!]

That's useful.

Upon opening my status I found that my strength was increased by a single point for a cost of 52 Magicka, and after waiting some time, I found that the effect only lasted 30 Seconds...

Once the spell wore off, I took in a deep breath and started absorbing the Magicka from my surroundings to refill my Magicka, I also found that my body could do it passively but if I actively willed the Magicka around me to enter my body, I could enhance the speed at which I absorbed Magicka.

Now that I knew how to use and regen my Magicka, I continued back along the road heading to Whiterun and read through the Spell Tomes I bought or found.

Before long I found myself at the edge of the forest and in the distance, I could see a huge city with a huge castle on top of a large hill that allowed the castle to overlook its surroundings.

I could see dozens of farms scattered throughout the plain and thought, 'This must be Whiterun, one of the nine holds of Skyrim.'

With a single step and then another, I began to make my way to Whiterun.

After walking for 20 minutes I began hearing the roar of some kind of beast and the shouts of several people.

Thinking something was going on I pulled out my bow and began making my way over to the scene and was surprised to find three figures battling out with...a Giant Being?

Instead of cowering away towards the clearly dangerous being, I instead felt my lust for battle begin rising and smiled in delightment for the foe fighting before me.

Unsheathing my sword I rushed towards the giant while drawing the Magicka in my body towards my hand.

I began imagining my skin becoming as hard as Oak and found that a green spell appeared in my hands, ready for use.

Pushing more Magicka into the spell I then crushed the spell and with a flash of green light, my whole body was covered in the green light.

This spell was called oak flesh, basically, it would add an extra layer of protection that would be as strong as oak, which was great for a fight, I even learned that there were higher forms of this kind of defensive magic that I knew I just had to get my hands on.

With half of my Magicka gone, I then retracted the rest of my Magicka back to my heart where I then circulated it through my body and into my muscles, raising my strength a tiny bit.

And with that, I charged towards the Giant with a vicious smile on my face.

Soon the three fighting the Giant noticed me and looked towards me with respect as I dashed from behind the giant and slashed the back of its leg and managed to cut a ligament causing the Giant to fall to the ground and roaring out in pain.

Then one of the three fighting the giant beside me, who was using a bow from afar, used this opportunity to strike, within moments an arrow flew through the air and struck directly into one of the Giant's eyes causing it to roar once again as it used one of its arms to cover the now bleeding eye.

Then with the two others, we rushed and attacked any vital point available to us.

And by the time we finished our attacks, the Giant was dead.