11 Strengthening
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[Skill]
Cooking I
Appraisal II
Swimming II
Shapeshift <Unique: Sovereign Dragon>
Swordsmanship I
Spearmanship III
Dagger Arts II
Throwing Arts III
Smithing I
Alchemy I
Tinkering V
Combat Arts :
▪Metronome X <Unique>
▪Grappling I
Assassination Arts :
▪Fatal Strike II
▪Stealth IV
▪Silent Steps V
▪Shadow Steps
▪Presence Meld II
Senses :
▪Vision V
▪Night Vision
▪Smell I
▪Hearing V
▪Sound Detection
▪Touch I
▪Taste I
▪Mana III
▪Life II
{Unavailable}
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"Appraisal, Fatal Strike, and Stealth" Ive been using them since I last stared at the Skill tab, apart from Fatal Strike I know how they've grown, but for them to have considerably grown hmm.. "close"
Theres alot of thing to note, however I'll find more of it tomorrow when I did leveling. "How should I say this, How about I swing swords like in those samurai films in the mean time"
Growth doesn't have anything metioned apart from it being literally Growth, I can certainly feel how It works. Or more like Its Learning that is exactly working, The human status definitely boosted that, however maybe, just maybe the both got mixed and that is what's happening
But you can say that you'll forever be on the growth status, perhaps its seperated by phases, however its not that I know the requirements for it. Getting stronger? thats basic knowledge but aside from that.. nothing seems to come up
I took the sword and stand "Then I'll just swing the sword repeatedly for now" they say that swinging it will help you get accustomed to it, which will then improve your swordsmanship. I also need to do some exercise in order to catch up "Lets see... Jogging, Squatting, Sit ups, and Push ups. Those were fundamentals the revolves around the whole body and can possibly be done here without needing some equipments. Jogging is for stamina that can be used for longer trials while the others strengthen the other body parts" Ive tested taekwondo before so I know enough knowledge regarding it, even if it wasn't completed I've attended enough lessons
I tried swinging the sword with both my hands *Swoosh* the air sound It made certainly is considerable based on its thickness, I tried swinging it considerably on an interval for a few minutes. Strangely my Strength seems to be fine thanks to Str
An hour... *Bling* "... no I must not, I'll check it later"
Then another hour "My stamina can actually keep up with this? my mind also doesn't seems to lose the concentration even when my eyes are wondering around"
And another one "I see maybe its metronome or that ive gotten used to it?" the pattern repeats at complete interval
And one more "Okay lets end It here,*Fwooh* the weight of the sword is certainly light so it didn't do much, but the mental strain certainly did hurt" wiping a few sweats I got, I tried to took a break
I set up the grill with the deer meat before doing some push ups while waiting "I can't be surprised anymore, before I can't do any of this or even last this much, its all thanks to the system that Im like this" Wont I grow muscles in the end? a Loli with muscles... . Im definitely not gonna be like that... definitely not... no I must not... Its just the system that grows right? and now that I remember it, I was originally a Dragon Race
"Now, I wonder how much I improved during that short time"
"Status"
[Requirements for 'Skill tab', 'Strenthening' was met]
[Some skills are Unlocked at the Skill tab]
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[Status]
[Name] Xylene
[Gender] Female
[Race] Sovereign Dragon : New birth
[Status] Human form
[Stats]
▪[Str] 14 (28) (10%)
▪[Def] 20 (40)
▪[Int] 51 (102)
▪[Dex] 16.5 (33)
▪[Agi] 14.5 (29)
[Title] Sovereign of Envy, Lost Memories V, Rebirth, Stealth Adept, {Unavailable}
[Skill]
Cooking I
Appraisal II
Swimming II
Shapeshift <Unique: Sovereign Dragon>
Swordsmanship II
Spearmanship III
Dagger Arts II
Throwing Arts III
Strengthening <Small>
Mana Capacity <Small>
Physical Resistance <Small>
Magic Resistance <Small>
Smithing I
Alchemy I
Tinkering V
Combat Arts :
▪Metronome X <Unique>
▪Grappling I
Assassination Arts :
▪Fatal Strike II
▪Stealth IV
▪Silent Steps V
▪Shadow Steps
▪Presence Meld II
Senses :
▪Vision V
▪Night Vision
▪Smell I
▪Hearing V
▪Sound Detection
▪Touch I
▪Taste I
▪Mana III
▪Life II
{Unavailable}
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"Uh? it changed that much?" For gods sake the screens feels more than just a decoration. "Just how many do I need to unlock? aren't I getting too much?" Unavailable remained at the bottom, It feels like I had bottomless amount of skills, The status already became big enough that I wanna say its the size of an LCD TV on a portrait
My work this time gave me a good enough results, how long have I gone here? not even a week... this growth rate feels like Ive eaten some R*re Candy, or got the Double exp card
"I feel like the stat category feels no longer useful based on the numbers of skills" *sigh* I fold the stats category
I sat down on the lotus position, then closed my eyes. The presences from the surroundings are suprisingly none, I always wonder why... when I tried sensing anything myself I can't even find any clue. Its like they are avoiding this position
"Hmm... Its already dark, I feel like something must be wrong based on my heightened senses or a premonition of a Woman?, but I can't check at all, I gotta be careful as things kinda starts to feels odd" This time I extinguished the fire from both pit and brought all my stuff back into the cave, I closed the door and ended the day on my bed just like that...
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Meanwhile at the far corner of the forest at the place where the rock golem went, a giant monster was lurking around, With its glowing crimson eyes staring the the remains of the golems laying on the ground, with its 8 long legs and vicious jaws it released a loud shriek that can't be heard inside cave, but sent intimidation around the place
The day ended like eveny other day for Xylene, however the forest already begun to change
The forest at which Xylene at, was mentioned as Dead forest at both literature and legends. The forest was located on the far lower right of the map which Xylene gotten. The forest has the most active Dragon Vein in the planet, as there are no creature ever been able to reach this place. The Dragon veins was known to be forbidden area to many living creatures as only creatures that live above the sky can traverse through it with the exception of Dead Forest. The Dead forest originally have dense amount of thick mana and is known to inhabit no creatures, it was only named that way because no humans and the likes ever manage to live there or even around it as strong monsters would always lair near it, The same happen on other Dragon Veins but it was especially stronger on this place. However during the phase at which Xylene was born, all existing Pure Mana around the Dragon Vein was gathered and compressed to make the very existance of Xylene. Because of that... some creatures from nearby places who noticed the change would be able to enter it by then, and that is exactly why some of them ever managed to get there.
The Dragon Vein which was located on Dead Forest have Purest of Mana that only ever stayed at one area. Due to its thickness and purity, it was fairly visible like myriad of colors in waves, it almost looked similar to Aurora Bourealis on earth
The Dead Forest was surrounded by 3 Great forest. One of the forest was at the south side that is filled with nature and animals which inhabits the abundant growing area influenced by the planet's energy, it was almost an eden if not for it being covered and hidden by both the west and east forest which was known to Inhabit Rabid and Ferocious monsters with some being calamity type leveled monsters. The cave which Xylene resides was inclined near the south edge of the dead forest facing the south side, it was at the center of the 3 forest and Xylene only ever done her hunting on the South forest's outer area. The north side was only filled with plains and hills as well as cliffs which was prone to flooding as rain unanimously always happen there
The Existance of Sovereign Dragons all comes from Dragon Veins that comes from inner layer of crust that has opening till the surface, it can be said that its appearance looked like '\' on the map. As all Pure Mana was clump together at one place to create an existance based on its cataclyst, the existance of the Sovereign Creatures was made. However there are nothing that indicates any of that at literature as it was never even known by anyone, none are even able to do anything about it as even the existance of Sovereigns remain unknown, however never would they know that the <True Calamity> that were told that appear and roam around the world was born on Dragon Veins and bear the title of Sovereigns. The other Sovereign's lives was shorter but their powers was unparalleled that its like a short fused bomb, with the exception of Dragon Sovereigns as the dragon's lives was dictated by their powers. Dragon Sovereigns and the others normally never had an ego to begin with, as the cataclyst only ever judge their appearance, and they only ever followed their instincts
The Dragon Vein on the Dead Forest collects all impurities of mana within the nearby atmosphere, It has strong enough power instantly suck dry all of the mana around it killing off all of those creatures that have mana on the spot, the Dragon Vein which will then release off Pure Mana into its surroundings, that dense and Pure Mana could poison and destroy those that are near within it, which was called the Pure mana essence, as only mana found on the atmosphere can be absorbed by the body, that waves of mana was avoided by any creatures
Every creatures on Azeltine have mana capacity, it was for them to live and absorb mana on the atmosphere that could have poisoned them instead. There are only 3 areas on the continent that was connected to a Dragon Vein, The mana on Dead Forest have the highest level of purity even among all the other Dragon Veins and is considered the deadliest. The one on the Mountain of Gaza which was located on the center of the continent has the more spread out Pure Mana. While the one at the deep trench at further top left was known at the name of Dead Sea, it has the Dragon Vein on the Sea Floor and almost anything was sucked exept for those on the coast. Dragon Veins have the purpose of filtering the mana from the surroundings and releasing Pure Mana around it, these Pure Mana would then be used by the planet as an Energy to circulate itself, it will turn itself on its axis and heal itself, this mana is also the cataclyst on the creation of <Labyrinths> and <Dungeons> as well as <Natural Phenomenons>. After the Energy was used up, the planet would then release it on the atmosphere back as mana for the creatures to use, and by then returns once again into the cycle
And like a calamity that happens every centuries, the magic of the world will weaken at the birth of a Sovereign. However the only exeption to that was the Dead Forest, But apparently at the birth of Xylene all of the world's mana began to decline and the first ever Revolution ever occurred
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