12: Hidden dungeon of Thark forest (3)

[ !!! C rank monster core detected !!! ]

[ !!! 5 Stars Mana Art 'VOID' detected !!! ] 

[ Do you want to learn? ] 

[ Yes/No ] 

Kalki pressed the yes button on his screen and soon a purple color energy from inside of the core entered his body. 

With a quick flash a lot of information got poured into his head but thanks to the experience he got during getting the memory of Lautrian, Kalki didn't feel much of a strain. 

He put the core inside his bag. He has already decided to absorb it completely later as the mana inside will easily resonate with his own due to both mana art and core being of the same monster. 

"status" Kalki called out as he ran towards the spot where the fight was happening. 

'Status'

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Name - Kalki Hertz 

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Age - 13 years

Core - Silver

Rank - F-

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Strength - F

Dexterity - F-

Constitution - G+

Mana - E-

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Generis - unawakened

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Art :- Void [ 5 stars ]

- Percivoid

- {unawakened}

- {unawakened}

- {unawakened}

- {unawakened}

Skills :- 1• Swordsmanship {novice}

 2• Archery {novice}

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While checking his status screen Kalki noticed that his mana got increased by a major level thanks to learning mana art. Subsequently he also got his first mana art skill. 

The mana art skills as the name suggests are the skills that the user got when his mastery of his mana art increased. 

The Mana art only provides the skill equal to the number of stars it had and since the highest ranking arts only stand at 5 stars, it signifies that it provides only five skills. But if you had a low stars mana art then you would get fewer skills. 

However, after mastering your mana art you can create your own mana art skill hence increasing your mana art rank. 

Because Kalki already had the highest level of mana art one can get. He had to only focus on mastering it and get a deeper understanding of it.

After all the skills you obtain from mana arts change according to the person and understanding of their art. 

The first skill that Kalki got was pretty good for him. Though the status screen that he had won't show the description of the skill like the MC's screen does.

However, every time you get a skill instead of creating it by yourself you get around basic information about it. Thus he limitedly knew what his mana art skill does. 

'Percivoid' as the name suggests senses the vicinity of the user depending on the mana used and proficiency of the user. 

By sensing the surroundings he can get the knowledge to the microscopic level accordance to users mastery. However, because the skill gave a ton load of information simultaneously, it tired the brain out very quickly and overuse of it can fry brain in seconds.

Thus for Kalki right now it was a skill that he couldn't use even for a span of few minutes. 

As Kalki reached the area where the three boss monsters should have been fighting, all the while checking his status and mana art skill on the way, he saw pretty heavy damages to the surroundings. 

Reaching the designated destination, the crab and the second boss monster gale tiger were fighting alongside each other to defeat the Tamus who even though was fighting two opponents at the same time but was still dominating the whole battle. 

Kalki who was watching from the entrance of the boss's room didn't even think of entering inside due to the fear of getting hit by the sheer amount of skills that those three monsters were throwing at each other. 

[!!! 2 C- rank and 1 B-rank monster are detected !!!] 

[ Advised to evacuate to a safe place immediately ]

With another notification popping from the system Kalki dismissed it and focus on the battle happening at the front. 

The black fire was getting shot at the two massive creatures on the ground meanwhile massive air bullets alongside bubbles and mana-filled slashes were getting shot at the bird flying in the sky.

 With so much damage to the cave, it was surprising for Kalki how it was still holding on. 

Kalki picked up his bow from his bag alongside an arrow that had mana conductors at the front which helped those who could not cover their weapons with mana to deal damage high enough like those who can coat their weapon with mana naturally.

These arrows were very expensive and only this trip cost him almost 80% of all the fortune that he had. 

Kalki knew if he was successful in this dungeon the fortune he would get would be massive. Thus he without any doubts decided to put all of his bets. 

After an hour later the fighting was still going on with both sides showing immense resistance but their bodies were already showing signs of slowing down. 

Both the tiger and crab were severely wounded. The tiger lost one of its legs along with many burns throughout his body. Similarly, the crab's both chelipeds were gone but he resisted the burns with his outer shell.

In comparison to both tiger and crab, Tamus was in a far greater condition with only one eye being damaged but its flame and its intensity were massively slowed down due to him on low mana.

Seeing the three of them preparing what Kalki assumed by their conditions to be their final attacks, he also set up his arrow and used his mana art skill. 

'Percivoid'

Immediately after the activation of his skill all of Kalki's senses increased exponentially to the point where everything in his surroundings moved in slow motion for him. 

With immense information entering his head every second gave him massive details like the mana in his surroundings, mana left in the core of the monsters, the health status of the monsters, and even the places where monsters had taken the most damage.

Kalki knew this skill was overpowered but the same was its drawbacks. 

Within a second of awakening the skill his head already started hurting so without wasting any time, he loaded the arrow in his bow. 

With the surroundings moving in slow motion Kalki tried to launch the arrow but due to his body being way too weak, his muscles started tearing up.

But on the beneficial side, Kalki was able to feel the mana in his body moving in every inch which should not be possible at anywhere near the level he was in. 

Kalki tried to move his mana which was massive for some reason right now and meticulously he was successful in it.

The only reason behind his mana being weird that he could think of was maybe the mana cycle that he did with the egg before devouring it.

When Kalki felt the beasts were gonna fire their final attacks at each other, he also launched his arrow which was though not fully coated but was imbued with mana. 

He launched his two arrows in a single direction focused mainly on Tamus. With that he didn't close his skill but on the other hand, focused on the health of three monsters in case he had to launch one more. 

On the other hand the moment Tamus launched his final attack toward the other two monsters, he became severely low on mana and at that critical moment the two arrows hit his remaining eyeball.

Though the damage was not much, due to this Tamus wasn't able to avoid the attack coming from the two beasts down on ground, sealing its fate then and there . 

As Kalki sensed all three of the monsters dead, he canceled his mana art skill as he got the reverse damage that he was accumulating during using the skill. 

The bow from Kalki's hand fell and he fall on his back from the crouching position. His both hands muscles were already sore due to the arrow launched by him.

After ending the skill all the pain and headache increased many folds for him. Kalki tried to bear the pain however lost his consciousness in the process . 

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