Chapter 55: Advanced Incantation

Kai was tired, catching to his breath. But Varak was far from defeated. Even with the wounds, it recovered quickly. As Varak slowly started to approach near, Kai noticed that Varak's wounds were healing. "It even has regeneration huh…" Valak's wounds were healing at an alarming rate. Kai sighed, pulling back his bangs up. He looked up at Varak, eye-to-eye, "Only a coward needs regeneration."

To this, Varak charged at Kai again, its eyes burning with rage. "It took the bait," Kai smirked. "I didn't want to use this," he whispered to himself, standing tall, his eyes showing no sign of fear. "But you left me no choice."

As Varak was closing in, Kai opened both his arms. His left hand glowed bright light, as his right hand glowed with a mix of thunder. During that process, Kai recalled back to his past life.

A small girl, around six years old approaches him. "Brother!" she called out, as Kai looked over her. She quickly ran to Kai, as he picked her up and laughed along her. "Woah, what's the hurry?" he asked, as the girl replied. "Brother, the thing you did yesterday. Two different spells together. I also want to do it!" she spoke up, her eyes sparkling, hoping for his agreement.

To this, Kai smiled. "If you really want to do that, you will need to practice a lot." He said, as the girl lost all her energy, "practice is boring…" she said. To her reaction, Kai chuckled. "Then you won't be able to become like me," he replied, looking away from the girl. The girl, started to panic, as Kai took a glance at her. "So…" Kai spoke again, as the girl looked at him. "I will teach you myself!" he declared, to which the girl lit up. She jumped from Kai's embrace, and started to ask Kai to teach her.

Nodding his head, Kai started to walk as the girl lead the direction. On their way, the girl asked. "But what is it called?" To her question, Kai patted her on the head. He smiled, as he replied. "It's called…"

The memory ends, as Varak was about to reach Kai.

"Dual Incantation!"

Dual Incantation: As it sounds, it's the casting of two spells at the same time. Even in such a world of magic, it is very hard to master. Mostly elite mages of the magic tower, or an individual with the blessing of the God of Magic, is able to do double casting or more advanced form of it. Since using two spells at the same time requires a lot of concentration, it takes a lot for one to master it if he or she starts from scratch.

As Kai extended his left arm, storm of arrows appeared, all aimed, charging at Varak. The creature roared as the arrows hit it. With all the arrows charging at it, it was having a hard time to close in. "Just a bit more," Kai thought, his right arm starting to glow.

Suddenly, the monster roared, a dark aura surrounding it. It started to charge faster at Kai despite all the arrows hitting him. Just as it was about to reach him, Kai's eyes narrowed. "Enough holding back," he added as he took a step to forward, "Triple Incantation: Magic wall!" The barrier appeared, stopping Varak in its tracks. The arrows continued to hit the creature simultaneously, causing a blinding explosion of light.

As the light from the barrage of arrows faded, Varak seemed to have vanished. "…It's gone? Just like that?" Kai questioned, his gaze falling on the pile of discarded scales. "Just with the arrows?" Doubt crept into his mind, but his instincts screamed at him to stay alert.

Before he could fully process the situation, Varak launched a surprise attack from behind. Kai, caught off guard, was hit on his left arm and thrown against the wall. His head throbbed with pain, and he could feel the warm trickle of blood.

The screen came up again, "Adventurer's health has decreased a lot. Total Cure has been activated. Complete healing estimated in 1 minutes."

Kai, too busy looking at Varak, didn't read the screen. The magic charging in his right arm began to fade. Varak, seemingly unfazed, started to rush towards him.

Kai stood up with the support from the wall, "I let my guard down," he admitted, narrowing his eyes at the approaching beast. "Too bad," he smirked, "for him!"

His right arm began to glow with an intensity that rivaled lightning. Just as Varak launched himself at Kai, it noticed that Kai was smirking the whole time. Time seemed to stop, as Kai whispered to himself, "Magic javelin!" he commanded, extending his right arm towards Varak. A javelin materialized above Varak. But this time, instead of a massive javelin, it was a small one. It launched, plunging downwards with deadly precision.

As it came into contact, it pierced through Varak's head, causing the beast to collapse. The once fearsome Night Terror now lay motionless, its reign of terror ended by a single decisive blow.

With Varak defeated, Kai slumped against the wall, his body aching from the intense battle, but healing at the same time. He looked at his left arm, wincing at the sight of the deep claw marks, when he noticed the wounds were slowly healing. "I am healing?" he whispered, when he noticed the screen and came to recall the first time he came to the dungeon and got the Total Cure potion.

"I completely forgot about." he admitted, as the screen displayed.

"Total Cure has been activated. Due to heavy damage, and adventurer's low level, the healing effect is slow." Reading so, Kai recalls back the hit he got, as he let out a sigh of relief. He looked over at the lifeless body of Varak. "Magic and muscle are both important in combat. But without a brain, they are no use." He whispered to himself, as he recalled back the time before he cancelled the barrier.

Inside the barrier, Kai was in deep thoughts. "According to what it was described, I can change the size of the javelin."

Back to him, "So, I just focused on making the javelin smaller in size, as I concentrated the magic at a single point," he looks at the lifeless body of Varak. "Earlier, when I used javelin, I noticed it had a strong impact, but due to its powerful force that spreads out when it comes to contact, it wasn't able to pierce through Varak's head. But, as I focused on making the size small, while boosting it's magic in a single point, it successfully pierced through Varak."

As Kai's wounds slowly healed, he turned his attention to the screen. "I wonder… What's my level?" he asked. To his question, the screen flickered and displayed his status.

Kai was surprised, but he began to read it. "Hmm, let's see," Kai murmured, scanning the information presented to him. "So, my level is 63, huh. Next, we have Strength: 13, Intellectual: 21, Vitality: 32, Agility: 09, and Dexterity: 17…" He paused, staring at the screen in disbelief. His face reflected his shock. "How can anyone survive with such stats?" he questioned, his voice heavy with incredulity.

He noticed an additional detail - there were 39 stat points left. "Guess levelling up gives me 2 stat points per level and he used the rest of the 87 points," he mused, his gaze returning to the stats. There, something caught his eye. At the end of the list, there was a hidden stat: "???": 1.

"A hidden stat?" he wondered, his curiosity piqued. "Maybe I will know of it later," he turned his attention to the other screen, displaying the completion of the quest. "Right, the special quest," he stared at the screen, displaying many names of different weapons, all ranked-A. Kai's gaze swept over the list of weapons displayed on the screen, each name sparking a flurry of thoughts. "Hmm… so all the weapons are 'Rank-A' huh. Let's see…"

"Bow is only good for long range, Sword is too common, Staff is not my style, next…" he continued to scroll through the list, pointing out all the negative points of the weapons. "Great-Sword is too unwieldy, Knuckles… I'd rather fight barehanded," he mused, mentally crossing off each option.

"Are there no good weapons?" He whispered to himself, looking through the list with a blank expression. Suddenly, his eyes finally landed on one particular name, "Scythe-Spear?"

-To be continued