Dismay turned to delight as the system message popped; for a moment it looked like the spell had failed, shattering once more before it could reach Oberon’s target, only for that to turn out to be the intended result of his new ability. It was satisfying to see it completed, and also something of a relief, as it had been harder to figure out than any other spell he had worked on so far. It was different it was from the others, not a projectile but an attack created directly on top of the target, something which he didn’t understand until after the spell had been created. If he had known earlier, or guessed it, he might have had an easier time.

Regardless, with Wind Break complete he now only had one more spell on his list of things to accomplish today; difficult or not he seemed to be progressing quickly and the abilities hadn’t taken as long to finish as he had worried. Did everybody learn new skills this quickly? From what he had seen all of his fellow reincarnated humans earned skills just as fast as he did, their lessons last night has made that clear, but what about other creatures? Humans?

Other monsters were probably limited by their intelligence, but what about the Humans, Elves and Dwarves and others? Did they advance as quickly when they set their minds to it? The thought reminded Oberon of something, which he quickly checked. [color=f49ac2]“System: Open current experience.”[/color]

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EXP: 60% 
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[color=f49ac2]“Huh.”[/color] Since he had last checked he had gained exactly 20% experience towards his next level. Was that just from learning one spell alone, or a combination of things? His work on Wind Break probably contributed the bulk of it but maybe the little bit of experience he had earned for other skills in the process also added to his total? In either case it was a significant increase. Did this mean if he completed two more abilities he would level up again? Would creating a new ability be worth more or less than ranking up an existing one?

He’d have to keep a close eye on this in the future.

In the meantime he needed to get back to work. Now that he had finished distracting himself with playing around with the elements he wanted to return to the Wall spell and complete that; he had plenty of offense for the moment, now he needed a good defence to go with it. Earlier he had made progress by starting with a Mana Orb and casting Shield on it because that was how he had accidentally discovered the spell in the first place, but was that really the best approach? Wasn’t the Wall just a flat panel of solid Mana held between yourself and an attack, or was more than that required to defend against attack?

For now he was start with what worked. He formed a Mana Orb between his hands, holding it steady before casting Shield on it, the former absorbing the latter and beginning to change shape. Oberon let it unfold, becoming a flat pane of Mana, before holding it steady again. Like before it felt flimsy and weak, definitely not enough to stop an attack, so he began to compress the Mana like he did for the Mana Dart spell, making it smaller but hopefully also denser and stronger. He hadn’t wanted to make the Wall too small previously, but a shield that was too small was still better than a shield that was too weak.

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Check current experience level
Attempt to cast "Wall" by casting "Shield" on "Mana Orb I" and compressing it down with "Mana Shape II"
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[@Zeroth]