11 Back to Dungeon

[Julis Alexia-von Riessfield]

[Lv 1]

[STR: I 0 ----> I 1]

[VIT: I 0 ----> I 2]

[END: I 0 ----> I 2]

[AGI: I 0 ----> I 1]

[MAG: I 0 ----> I 4]

[MAGIC:]

[SKILL: PYROMANCY: I]

Julis looked at her stats sheet with a deep contemplating look, the girl was trying to understand what she saw and how this worked,

While Alex updated his stats as well.

[Alexios Komnenos]

[Lv 1]

[STR: I 3 ----> I 4]

[VIT: I 6 ----> I 8]

[END: I 4 ----> I 8]

[AGI: I 2 ----> I 3]

[MAG: I 2 ----> I 4]

[MAGIC: POWER OF FALNA]

[SKILL: ELECTROKINESIS: I]

'Hmm, so training my Electrokinesis also improves my Vitality and Endurance? I should start practising channelling my magic as well, maybe then I will be able to channel lightning type mana in the long run?' Alex thought about possibilities for the future.

He then noticed a very curious girlfriend glancing at his paper.

"Interesting, what is the difference between Pyromancy and Pyrokinesis?" She asked him curiously.

"Well, if I had to take a guess, Pyromancy is fueled by magic while Pyrokinesis by mental energy?" He said with a shrug.

"Hmm, I see, does that mean it is more natural to use Pyrokinesis than it is to use Pyromancy?" Julis asked curiously, now that she was in a world where magic is very real… she wanted to know as much about it as possible.

"That… is something I have no idea about, but I suppose I can say that channelling electricity for me has become something like second nature."

The pinkhead slowly nodded hearing that, she was quite satisfied with his answer, fire control doesn't come that naturally for her, but then again she was using mana/magic, does this mean her fire is stronger as it was created from magic itself?

"Don't overthink it, Julis, this is not Asterisk, and trying to completely analyse everything is not going to work, there are many different types of magic—each Pantheon has its own unique magic systems and spells. You should only focus on your own powers and make them as strong as possible," Alex told her his honest thoughts.

Julis looked at him for a moment before nodding, his words made sense to her, this place has so many different types of energies, even mastering one would probably take several decades…

"I will try… no promises though, old habits take time to forget." She answered honestly as well.

This is where Alex decided to use the same words she said not too long ago, just with some small alterations,

"Just promise me you will try." He said with a knowing smile, something the pink head picked up on.

Julis realised that her words were used against her.

"Fine! But, you must also take care with that stupid Dungeon of yours!" She exclaimed with a growing flustering look, the pink head then decided to retort back.

"Don't forget that I am still here! I don't want to lose my b-boyfriend just a day after I met him!" That seemed to have gotten some sort of a reaction from him, as Alex's eyes widened, and he smiled.

"I was expecting some tsundere comments, but it seems you are opening up." He said with a teasing look.

"I am not Tsundere!" She quickly defended herself.

"That's what all Tsunderes say!" Alex teased her even more.

The pink head grabbed a pillow next to her and threw it at him.

"I am not!" The princess continued to defend herself, which in turn just proved his point. She knew that, but it was too embarrassing for her to acknowledge it.

"All tsunderes…"

"I am not!"

"As I said…"

"I am NOT!"

~~~~~~Later~~~~~~

[Do you wish to enter the Dungeon?]

[Yes] [No]

Alex mentally pressed yes and, in the next moment, he opened his eyes to see a familiar stone ceiling.

He was back in that safe house…

Slowly, he got up on his feet, he quickly noticed that his tunic pants were in a bad state, like something had shredded it below the knee area…

Seeing that, he decided to inspect his shirt and, as he had expected, found some holes around the shoulder blade area.

It seems he was not getting new clothes every time he entered the Dungeon.

This means that he will have to either craft them himself or they are drop loots from the beasts…

Yeah… he was quite doubtful of the latter option…

He will probably have to craft them himself.

Once he walked through the door into the main room, he looked to his left, towards the weapon racks, and saw that all the weapons were present.

Even the steel longsword.

"Hmm, what is this…" He was now able to see the items' names above them…

'Is this a mini HUD? Does it work with the beasts outside?'

It would be even better if he could have some sort of a measuring system…

Or maybe not, as Vegeta says, power levels are bullshit.

After checking the sword, he decided to not use it any time soon, not until he has reached the realms in which weapon type doesn't matter.

Instead, he grabbed the mace, and a leather belt to hang the weapon on.

He was about to leave but then he saw the yew longbow.

For a few moments, he stared at the bow, before deciding to take it.

So, he grabbed the arrows inside the quiver, which had a few straps on it. He then pulled it over his shoulder.

"Let's see how this goes…"

Then he left the safe house,

The outside was just as he remembered, the light source was in the east, making it look like it was morning, and the pine forest in front of him was as dark as ever.

He looked around, trying to find what would make a good spot for target practice. The only options he saw were either shooting at the small hill, which is his safe house, or at the very first pine tree.

The hill is out almost immediately as it would damage the arrowheads, and the pine tree… he wonders if it was safe to do so…

Either way, it would be better to lure the wolves out from the forest.

If that was even possible in the first place.

After deciding where to practise shooting the arrows, he pulled out the bow with his left hand and took out the arrow with his right.

Then, he tried to pull on the string, he realised that there was quite some resistance from the bow.

'Right, the first thing is to get used to the resistance…' Alex thought with a frown before releasing the arrow.

…

…

'And make sure to do more target practise…'

As the arrow went way out of its intended target, the good thing was that the tree trunk was massive otherwise he might have lost the arrow…

After an embarrassing first try, Alex tried again, this time he focused and remembered how to shoot the arrow properly. He learned when he was in his eighth grade, though he might have borderline picked up the Eight-grade syndrome, at least he was able to learn certain things from that time.

Like, for example, how to shoot an arrow properly...

He relaxed his hold on the bow, then he made sure the arrow was straight, after that, he started to pull on the bowstring. Alex could feel the resistance from the bow, once it was fully pulled, he released it.

This time it was better, not by much, but still better.

The teenager was not disappointed as he tried again, and again, and again.

Until the quiver was empty, he then collected all the arrows and tried again, and again.

He stopped when he saw his right hand was bleeding quite seriously.

'Hmm, once this is done I need to get myself a pair of gloves.' There was a small frown on his face when he saw his bleeding hand.

For a moment, he thought of using some of the tunic as a bandage, but the thing was not as clean as he wanted it to be.

So, instead, he decided just to sit still for some time until his bleeding would stop.

'I should try to find some source of freshwater. But, I don't even feel hungry nor do I feel thirsty… damn this place is confusing!' He frowned as he looked at the sky.

Just like last time, the light source didn't move at all!

'Right! the phone!'

The moment he thought about the phone, it appeared on his other hand.

'That's convenient.'

He inspected the screen and instantly his impressed face morphed into a frown.

The R.O.B's app was running, and he couldn't turn it off!

Then he saw the Dungeon option was blinking. So, he pressed on it, and what he saw there was a new option.

It was 'Loadout'.

Once he pressed on it, he realised that this will allow him to carry over his armour or the weapons he had on hand to the other side, while, at the same time, he can use his clothes from the real world as well.

'Yeah… I will say no to that option…' He realised that he only had his underwear on the other side.

Instead, he went back to the main menu where the inventory option was,

He pressed on it, and found that it is quite easy to store his stuff there. His bow with arrows and mace are now inside the inventory.

Though taking them out was slightly more difficult, as there is a pop for which he has to press, then the weapon or whatever was stored will manifest above the phone.

'Hmm, this is quite good, I can carry over some stuff from outside the Dungeon, like bandages or some pain killers, good thing I don't need to eat or drink.'

Then, Alex sweat dropped realising that he doesn't need to eat or drink, otherwise he would have probably been back to the outside world already. Luckily, without those vital things, he could stay in this place for God knows how long!

And train!

So, the next moment his phone disappeared as he wished for it to. Alex sighed at that, his current clothes had no pockets after all.

Once the phone was gone, he decided to try and feel his magic, the best way for now is to call forth the Power of Falna, the moment he felt the magic flow, he tried to control it, to control the flow.

But, it didn't budge, he could not control the flow. So, he tried again, and again, and again.

Nothing worked, then he remembered that human magic control was related to numbers and maths…

'Yeah… I am not going down that route…' He frowned when he thought about maths.

Maths classes are already a pain in the ass as it is.

'In that case…' He then decided to try a different approach.

He channelled his electricity, and tried to feel the magic flow with it.

Using electricity to control the mana flow in his body.

At first, the response was quite minimal, but the longer he tried, the easier it started to become…

With the side effect that his body would get numb because of the amount of electricity flowing through his body.

Alex continued this until the mana flow was possible to control to a certain extent.

It culminated when he decided to channel his mana into his hand.

He lifted his hand and saw his palm glowing a nearly blue-ish white, and there was electricity dancing in between his fingers.

'Well, this is… something else… Did I just change my magic nature as well?' Alex thought with some wonder, seeing his glowing hand.

After the successful experiment, he was ready for more tests before returning to shooting practice.

His idea was quite simple as he remembered watching A Certain Scientific Railgun.

Alex walked to the tree and channelled electricity to his feet and tried to stick to the tree trunk.

A couple tries later and he was successful after realising the perfect amount of electricity needed to stick to the surface without falling.

But, that doesn't mean it was enough to continue sticking onto the tree, as moments later, he has fallen onto the ground with a loud thud.

*Groan*

"Yep, it works, but it's quite draining…" Alex said while laying on his back and looking up at the 'sky'.

"Well, this should be enough. Now let's see if I can imbued electricity onto my weapons!"

Groggily, he got up back on his feet, before feeling like the world was spinning.

"Or maybe not, a five-minute break first!"

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