Changes

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Yo!!

Author this side!

Well, I made a mistake in the past chapters. So here I am to correct those mistakes.

actually from the start, I decided to create levels of mastery in the manual because the manual was an entirely different thing from the arts.

(you will get to know layer on series)

Thus I have already fixed it and just for you to know Kalki has mastery on a competent level.

In the end, I will provide you with how the levels are based.

So hope you enjoy the chapter and don't forget to leave comments on the series.

Thanks for your support.

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"Status"

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Name - Kalki Hertz 

Age - 16 yrs old 

Talent - Platinum

Rank - E-

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Strength - F+ 

Agility - E-

Stamina - F 

Mana - D-

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Charm - S-

Mind - D

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Art - 

1• Shadow dragon art (divine)   

  ~ magic art of shadow dragon Erebus. Let the user control the darkness and shadow according to will. All magic gets absorbed in shadows at the highest level. 

2• Light dragon art (divine)    

 ~ magic art of the light dragon Ciana. let the user manipulate and control light at will. Can be used to heal and buff other's magic. Users can become one with light at the highest level.

Stigma -  

1• Understanding 

~ Helps the user to understand at an unbelievably fast pace. 

2• Space-time migration 

~ give users a personal pocket dimension that can be used according to the user's will. 

Manual - 

Swift dagger style (2 stars)    {competent}

~ A low-level dagger art that focuses on agility and quickness of the user. Makes the basic movements of a double-handed dagger swift.

Skills -  

1• Calm mind (D grade)  {passive}

~ automatically activate to keep the mind calm in all situations. 

 2• Dimensional Sense (S grade)  {Active}

~The user can sense things around his surroundings. From the point of teleport, sense can be used to sense surroundings even in other dimensions if marked.

Sensing range may be very proportional to the mana of the user.

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•Hoax mask    (Heroic)

~ allow the user to hide their real face behind the mask. 

~ allow users to deceive others by changing their rank and stats on everyone below A rank. 

~ bounded item (item can be removed and equipped only at user's will).

~ after the bounding item will behave as a regular object. 

~ shape and color of the mask can be changed according to the user's will. 

~auto heal ( damage below 30℅ can be healed automatically… time may vary).

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After checking the information about the mask I instantly made a binding contract with it and the bright light mask disappeared from my hand. I moved toward the mirror and thought of activating a mask in my mind. With bright light, my face from nose to neck got covered with a black mask. 

Looking at myself in the mirror I found it delightful. The black mass was complimenting my black hair and jawline and my blue eyes added a cherry on top of that. 'Not on the level of the main cast but good looking'. 

After praising myself and the mask for a few minutes,  I deactivated it. Looking at the two tasks remaining on the to-do list, I decided to get them tomorrow and move toward the mattress to get some rest. 

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(2 weeks before the start of the academy)

{A certain boy's POV}

The past few months for me were exceedingly good, the reason being my selection to hexagon academy. Even though my rank was a little bit lower I knew from my gut feeling that my school life was gonna be exceptional or as I thought until I got that skill. 

My parents were very respected heroes in their neighborhood and with my father being a 'silver' guild owner, we were quite rich. I too was quite famous either because of my parents or due to my good looks and grades.

Later, my selection made me even more famous as more and more low-ranking heroes started to join our guild. Just before my departure to the academy my father and mother gifted me a random skill box. 

'Random skill box' is one of the items that drop during the dungeon boss hunt. But due to the low drop rate and having chances of getting a high-rank skill many people try to buy it.

Thus, they sell at a very high price. The good thing about the item is that it doesn't matter from which level dungeon you get it because the skill that you get depends on your luck.

Usually, random skill boxes provide skills between ranks 'E' to 'B'.  But sometimes very lucky people can get an 'A' rank skill. People that get skills above 'A' rank are only 2 so it's useless to talk about that. 

At first, my parents wanted to come to drop me but due to the huge workload, they weren't able to come.  My trip was gonna take approximately 1 week so I decided to travel 1 month earlier than the opening ceremony so that I can get comfortable in my new surroundings. 

My parents agreed to it and gave me a 'random skill box' as my 16th birthday present which was just 4 days away. After packing my stuff which my mother helped me with, the next day I took the train towards the united city. 

(2 days later) 

I was getting impatient. 

In the past two days, the only thing I did was eat and sleep. Because the train was going through some wild areas networks were absent most of the time. I even tried to read some course books and the academy guides but let me tell you, that thing was literal sh**holes. 

In the end, my impatience got the better of me and I decided to open my random skill box one day before my birthday. 

Looking at the navy-colored box in front of me that has a question mark on every side,  I closed my eyes and prayed to God even though I was not a religious devotee. I put my hand on the box and ejected some mana into it. 

With a 'ting' sound a notification appeared. 

[ 'Random skill box' detected]

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[Do you want to use it?] 

[Y/N]

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I closed my eyes and clicked on yes. With that, the box vanished in thin air and a new notification appeared. 

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( 2 weeks before the start of the academy )

In a big black room, a ray of moonlight was falling on the bed and a boy with dark purple hair can be seen sleeping on it. From his expression, it seems he was experiencing a bad dream.

Suddenly he screamed and opened his eyes. His whole face was covered in sweat and moonlight falling on it was making him glow.

"What the hell was that? Where am I ?" 

Drago looked at his surroundings in fright. He was utterly speechless right now as he walked up from his bed and moved towards the balcony.

From the balcony, a beautiful view can be seen where many small buildings were illuminating and the whole city was looking like a group of stars. With the presence of cool wind, a fresh smell of sakura can be smelled in the air.

Drago looking at the view remembered the glimpses of that devastated scene in which fallen buildings can be seen and bloody smells can be smelled everywhere. As long as eyes can see bodies of humans and monsters can be seen littered everywhere.

Touching his face, Drago moved inside the room. His eyes fell on the half-emptied wine bottle on the ground which was leaking on the floor. A little smile formed on his face, he picked up the bottle from the ground and with continuous gulps started drinking it.

*Gulp*

*Gulp*

*Gulp*

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" Ahh…."

" So I do get back in time. Isn't it? "

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"Status" 

A loud voice echoed throughout the room.

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"Status"

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Name - Drago Velson

Age - 16 yrs old 

Talent - Diamond

Rank - E

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Strength - E+ 

Agility - E-

Stamina - E

Mana -E+ 

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Charm - S+

Mind - E-

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Art -  wind sylph art (heroic)      

Stigma - *unawakened* 

Manual- Imperial spear style (5 stars) {competent}

Skills -  1• concentration (B grade) {active}

             2• fireball (B grade) {active}

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" It sure looks like I have to go school one more time "

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Remembering his past, Drago's eyes started tearing up.

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"Pull yourself up!! You didn't do anything bad right now "

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"In this life, I have to pay back each one of those bastards"

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Drago calmed his mind and decided to form a plan.

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"It looks like first I have to check any irregularity except me and secondly let's awaken my stigma"

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"This life is sure gonna be interesting"

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Each manual has a different stage of mastery :

•Novice

•Competent

•Proficient

•Expert

•Master

Artifacts, items, and arts usually have stages as follows:

•Common

•Rare

•Unique

•Legendary

•Heroic

•Mythical

• Divine