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NeziulOner cursed as the flame began to burn his Mana. So she still had control over it huh, that was quite the power. It seemed to be different than magic, which would be the only reason why this girl, who was revealed to be elfin, would have such powerful control over it. If it was magic then it would fully be Oner's power, but since it was different it wasn't. Oner was focusing, keeping the flame from burning his Mana anymore as he was slowly ascertaining control over it to expel it. Unfortunately, this meant that he couldn't move while doing this since he was using all of his control over his very spirit and being to keep the flame from doing anymore damage, the circle on his forehead channeling more light into his arm where the flame was as he directed more of the force of his Spirit Veins, only Thomas actually knowing what the lines on him were though, into his arm. So while this kept the damage only minuscule, it prevented him from helping Ascot and Belle as another foe joined the battle.
By the time Jake came over Oner was almost done. "I am fine. I am almost done expunging this flame from mine being". When the flame column erupted though Oner's eyes widened as he was just far away enough from Jake to not get consumed by it. "No other options art available..." This would be much quicker, but it was something he didn't want to have to resort to. It was either this, or one other option, but the other option was something more risky than spending the extra seconds needed to rid this flame from him normally, and in battle every second could spell life or death. The other option could possibly spread the flame to Reno, making it have even more potential fuel and thus harder to keep back.
So as the girl was focusing her assault on Jake he snapped his other hand, mentally giving Jake an apology for spending this time not helping him and helping himself instead. A hand mirror appeared. Next he focused and in the next instant, plunged his hand literally inside of the mirror. After that he drew his hand out, the mirror shattering as he drew his hand out, the flame now being held in his hand, which he quickly threw away, Oner panting softly after that. "Curse this foul art... Reno I beseech thee to help Jake while I recharge..." Oner muttered this beneath his breath, knowing that the problem with accessing the Mirror Realm was that it took alot of Spirit, and Oner was only using his own Spirit only instead of his and Reno's.
Now Reno manifested, raising up before with just a snap he chanted a quick 'Thunder!', a few Thundaja level lightning spells dropping from the sky onto the elfin woman, covering a large area in a blast of lightning that wouldn't harm Jake, the next spells cast in the next moment surrounding him in several layered shields of spinning air and lightning, it being hard to even see Reno in the 'tornado' of wind and lightning that was protecting him. Until Oner recovered his Spirit after doing that he would have to fight this woman without his help, without his white magic. This wasn't a good situation. Fortunately it didn't take too long for that to recover as long as Reno didn't utilize Darkness, then he could help recover Oner's Spirit fairly quickly, but even the precious seconds that took would be crucial.
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So they didn't know? Well Elim didn't really mind, he was mainly just curious. Olaf was still a bit of concern. Golems usually don't have emotions or possess the ability to speak. How was this construct acting as if it was alive, as if it had a soul? There was a bit of concern there, and as much as he wanted to get rid of that concern with a quick slash of his sword cloaked in Fire, he decided against it. He didn't seem like a threat for now, and the exact nature of whatever power created this creature was unclear. It could be something benevolent that placed a soul into it, so Elim wasn't going to attack based on an assumption.
So with that they continued onward, Elim remaining silent unless someone went to speak to him specifically. He felt like there wasn't anything he could contribute to any conversation that happened on the way. The blue mage continued to go up the mountain until he saw what Jared was looking at. "Now that's some magic..." Elim was a bit awe inspired by it. A palace entirely made of ice. Not unheard of in his own world, but still awe inspiring whenever it was seen. There wasn't much time to wonder though as three figures began to move into the palace.
"Good, some practice..." Elim drew his blade and began to run up the stairs, moving very swiftly despite the armor he wore. Of course his armor only looked somewhat heavy, whether it actually was was a different story. He was glad that the stairs were not slippery, so this allowed him to run more quickly, not needing to be bothered with keeping his pace to avoid slipping. Once up the stairs and inside of the palace he changed his blade into a bow, an arrow of fire forming on it as he pulled back an invisible string, his eyes scanning the area for the figures or listening for any sounds as he was already moving on ahead, not taking into account that the others may not move as quick as he did. If they did then good for them, they could help out.
So with that they continued onward, Elim remaining silent unless someone went to speak to him specifically. He felt like there wasn't anything he could contribute to any conversation that happened on the way. The blue mage continued to go up the mountain until he saw what Jared was looking at. "Now that's some magic..." Elim was a bit awe inspired by it. A palace entirely made of ice. Not unheard of in his own world, but still awe inspiring whenever it was seen. There wasn't much time to wonder though as three figures began to move into the palace.
"Good, some practice..." Elim drew his blade and began to run up the stairs, moving very swiftly despite the armor he wore. Of course his armor only looked somewhat heavy, whether it actually was was a different story. He was glad that the stairs were not slippery, so this allowed him to run more quickly, not needing to be bothered with keeping his pace to avoid slipping. Once up the stairs and inside of the palace he changed his blade into a bow, an arrow of fire forming on it as he pulled back an invisible string, his eyes scanning the area for the figures or listening for any sounds as he was already moving on ahead, not taking into account that the others may not move as quick as he did. If they did then good for them, they could help out.
Ren was waiting for everyone else to arrive now, the first person other than himself to arrive being Mike. Ren just gave him a look when he ran up before returning to his game, but then Mike asked a strange question. Ren looked up at Mike, raising an eyebrow as he did so. Dark power? Well... Ren knew that he had a dark power within him. He was more curious on how the hell Mike had found out about it. He just sighed heavily before returning back to the PFP in his hands. "Just shut up alright. I don't know how you found out, but you need to learn how to keep your mouth shut. Its a skill that will save your life one of these days".
Ren said nothing after that. His tone there was cold and apathetic, as if he probably knew but didn't care. It was also a tone with a slight bit of bitterness to it, meaning that he really did want Mike to shut up and drop it. After that brief bit though Lucian would be the next one to arrive. Both Mike and Lucian would see that Ren was Level 20 now. He had bandages wrapped around his right hand up to the wrist. They weren't wrapped around his fingers though, just the hand itself and the wrist.
Now only Sasha and Silas would be the only others left to arrive if they were even coming. "If they aren't here by 11:50, then we can just go in without the others if we even should go in at all..." Ren continued to play on the PFP as he spoke, the three of them being probably about a couple of blocks away from Gekkoukan since hanging around right outside of it was probably not the best idea. With the Minimap though they could easily find one another.
Ren said nothing after that. His tone there was cold and apathetic, as if he probably knew but didn't care. It was also a tone with a slight bit of bitterness to it, meaning that he really did want Mike to shut up and drop it. After that brief bit though Lucian would be the next one to arrive. Both Mike and Lucian would see that Ren was Level 20 now. He had bandages wrapped around his right hand up to the wrist. They weren't wrapped around his fingers though, just the hand itself and the wrist.
Now only Sasha and Silas would be the only others left to arrive if they were even coming. "If they aren't here by 11:50, then we can just go in without the others if we even should go in at all..." Ren continued to play on the PFP as he spoke, the three of them being probably about a couple of blocks away from Gekkoukan since hanging around right outside of it was probably not the best idea. With the Minimap though they could easily find one another.
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Ill try to post from AWA (Anime Weekend Atlanta) if I can, but I don't think I will be able to.
Gonna be at AWA this weekend, so I won't be able to post probably. Ill get this thing started back up when I get back (if everyone is still even here)
Divination Grinding: 31 - 24 Divination = 7
Mike does pretty well in his grinding of Fortune Telling, managing to get it up several levels through the course of the afternoon as he garners information on people. He isnt really able to tell precise locations, but he can tell if they are in a safe place or dangerous place, and all of them are safe, although when Mike looked up Ren...
Divination: 4 (Critical!)
He was able to sense something... strange about him. Like his being was obscured by some sort of dark, malevolent force. He was safe, but at the same time, Mike would have sensed some sort of dark power in there within Ren, this keen use of Divination gaining him another Window as well.
And there you have it, do with this what you will in your next post.
Mike does pretty well in his grinding of Fortune Telling, managing to get it up several levels through the course of the afternoon as he garners information on people. He isnt really able to tell precise locations, but he can tell if they are in a safe place or dangerous place, and all of them are safe, although when Mike looked up Ren...
Divination: 4 (Critical!)
He was able to sense something... strange about him. Like his being was obscured by some sort of dark, malevolent force. He was safe, but at the same time, Mike would have sensed some sort of dark power in there within Ren, this keen use of Divination gaining him another Window as well.
And there you have it, do with this what you will in your next post.
Resting for the night healed the Time Compression Stress ailment, which was nice since he still felt a bit of that even as he went to bed, it having lessened instead of having gone away completely after he left the Time Compression Pseudospace. It lessened by one stage. Still, it was Sunday. The day of the deadline of the Quest, the Quest being due at Midnight. In the morning when he woke up all refreshed at a regular time, not really bothering to try and get up early today. No. They would need all of their strength if they were going to go through with this plan. This was why Ren wasn't planning on performing any Grinding today.
"Just preparations for now..." Ren got out of bed and went to his computer, deciding to just eat some of the snacks he kept at his desk as a breakfast. He was too lazy to actually prepare breakfast right now, the aura of a neet flowing through him at the moment. They filled him up and Ren never got fat, ever. Despite that his metabolism he began to wonder if he was ever going to grow beyond his short height of about five feet. Not that he really cared. Ren wasn't much for keeping appearances up, and only made himself look somewhat presentable every day just to not stand out more than he already does.
Spell Tomes or Magical Tools that help with frost or demon magic that were in his price range. With near a million Yen, which Ren figured was probably chump change to people in the abyss but to Ren it was more money than he had ever had total in his entire life, not counting what he has already acquired with the Gamer Power. With that, Ren began searching for one of those two things, willing to spend part of the morning doing so.
Auction Search: 87 - 14 Luck + 25 Multiple Search Penalty = 98
Ren found... nothing really. Well, nothing special anyway. To phrase it properly, he didn't find anything special that was on sale or that he could afford even if it wasn't. Magical weapons and items were expensive. Spell Tomes, which were books that contained info on a single spell, were also expensive, but not too expensive. Still expensive enough to blow away a large chunk of the money he currently had though considering that the cheaper ones were either Upper E or Lower D Rank purchases. There wasn't really much on there though that Ren was willing to blow tons of money on.
With time wasted, as he had no Toggles to grind aside from Meditation, which he didn't bother with, Ren decided to move on to something else after having spent around an hour or so searching. "Time to prepare for midnight." Renewing his Jinx, making some Runes, and creating some better Essence Weapons were all a part of his preparation plans. If he had any time left, he would try contracting another Demon. He wanted to save some time though to just rest and relax in the evening, unwind by playing some games before their quest began.
First came renewing his Jinx of Draining. After that, he decided to attempt making another Hex or two.
Jinx Renewal: 4 (Critical!)
The Hex Renewal worked. In fact, it worked so well that he felt like he would be able to use its power more before it ran out. After that, Ren thought for a few moments, wondering if he could make some sort of paralysis hex. "It would certainly be useful against human foes..." In the games he played, the job of a black or dark mage, while sometimes was dealing major damage, was also more or less debuffing. By making the enemies weaker it made them easier to destroy. That was what his Black Magic would be for once he leveled it up some more, Ren not having paid too much attention to it ever since he now had two other forms of magic to focus upon.
Jinx Creation: 3 (Critical!)
A Natural at Black Magic. Being called such a thing probably... was both good and bad in a sense. Perhaps it was Magic Affinity, but Magic was coming so naturally to Ren, it felt incredible really. With one of the Death Runes he had as a focus before to harness the powers of death like he used before to make the Mark of Numbness, he was able to create the Hex and still even keep the rune intact. The black magic mark on his right hand glowing some, Ren cringing a bit as it hurt, but he endured it for now, looking in apt satisfaction at the new windows that appeared. With that out of the way, Ren wasn't stopping there. That grand showing of magical prowess ranked up his black magic enough, he figured he would learn some black magic spells, something he wasn't planning on, but figured he could do anyway.
Hexes were the next step in the path of black magic. Hexes were similar to Spells, but were created differently. Black Magic is a magic born from dark desires. It made Ren wonder if White Magic was the opposite if it even existed. It was something worth looking into, a buffing or positive magic of sorts. Unlike other forms of magic, if one had the desires and means of focus or symbolism, one could create any form of spell as long as it is within the mage's power. If it wasn't, then the attempt to create the spell would probably kill them.
Ren decided to use his Survival Knife as the focus medium for the first attempt at a spell. It had cut into alot of enemies and he had been using it for a while, even having enchanted it a few times with temporary magics. It would make the perfect focus.
Attempt at Hex Creation: 32 - 52 Ritual Black Magic - 7 Skill Bonus - 3 Magic Ritual ID Bonus = -30
Ren could feel dark desires bubbling within him. Desires to hurt, desires to harm, desires to cut down enemies. The knife was a perfect Symbol for this, its blade glowing with a black energy for the ritual as Ren's chanting continued. In order for the ritual to work properly one had to feel their own creation, their own Hex. Experience the darkness of it for themselves. Without hesitation Ren closed his fist around the knife, cringing some as he could feel it cutting into him. No blood came out, but he could feel as if it was coming out, running over the knife and onto the circle where the knife had been placed.
From the 'wound' he could feel the dark magic beginning to move into his hand, the mark pulsating and glowing with a dark power. It was hot, and felt like it was filling his very being, attacking it, empowering it, corrupting it. He felt the demonic force within him react in kind, the two dark forces moving within him now, Ren cringing and crying out loudly in pain. The ritual was working, but he could feel his HP dropping, Ren wondering if he could even endure this dark power corrupting and eating away at his being as he felt both the darkness of his black magic and the very demonic energy within him starting to merge as one, something Ren tried to stop, but for some reason he just couldn't, no matter how hard he tried.
Because of this, he felt as if it was tearing his very being apart, his MP and HP both being drained at very fast speeds, dark thoughts slithering into his being like some sort of white hot malice. He couldn't even focus himself to resist the malice, relying on just sheer willpower to resist.
Endure the Power: 53 - 22 VIT = 31
Resist the Corruption: 75 - 32 WIS = 43
Ren's eyes were rolling back in his head a bit, the dark power starting to burn and eat away more at his very essence while it seemed to corrupt more of his mind. He tried his hardest to keep himself with whatever force of will he could muster. It was all too much, but somehow Ren barely managed to pull through. He collapsed to the ground after that, exhausted, barely able to move. HP and MP were both extremely low. He felt though that this power was tamed within, whatever it was. A force of dark will and demonic strength. Something that just seemed incredibly dangerous.
Ren felt weaker physically while his mind felt duller for some reason. His eyes widened when he discovered that said force had weakened his body and damaged his mind permanently, a -1 to each Stat being listed, except Luck of course, so just his Physical and Mental stats. "Dammit... that's the last thing I need, today of all days..." Ren panted heavily, slowly crawling towards his bed. Luckily though the new windows explaining some of his new stuff was interesting, but Ren was wondering if the loss of five entire Stat Points was worth it. Those weren't going to be easy to come by, not easy at all, especially now that he was Level 20. He had lost a total of 11 Stat Points to these dark powers so far. Ren wasn't really sure how many more he was willing to lose.
Too tired to do much else, Ren decided to first heal himself as much as he could with Healing Wave before resting, resting the rest of the morning away, making sure to set an alarm to get himself up around noon.
And get up he did. Feeling a bit more refreshed now, it now being around noon. The afternoon was all Ren had left to prepare. He wanted to grind until he leveled up again, but decided against it. Ren wasn't too keen on utilizing a power that nearly killed him yet, so first he decided to practice a bit of Essence Manipulation. He figured that two Minor Crystals and two Frost Crystals would make a decent dagger of sorts.
Essence Manipulation: 26 - 48 Ritual Water Magic - 7 Magic Affinity - 3 ID Bonus = -32
The manipulation worked like a charm. With Shimo's help, a dagger of chilling energy and solidified essence of frost was now sitting in Ren's hand, which was then soon enough stored within a Rune. He needed a new weapon now more than ever since learning that new Black Arts Spell destroyed his Survival Knife. It wasn't that strong, but Ren figured he would use it if need be. Next he wanted to create a water knife. He thought about a trident, but decided against it.
Essence Manipulation: 8 - 58 Bonuses = - 50
The water essence dagger was easily created, and a bit stronger than the ice one thanks to both the materials he used, and the fact that his Water Affinity was much higher than his Frost Affinity. With two elemental weapons created, Ren decided a bit of an experiment was in order. He wondered that if he used a bit of his own Mana, the technique of Essence Manipulation, and his more or less pretty good knowledge of magic if he could somehow use these two weapons as ranged weapons for launching blasts of the elemental energies within at an opponent. It was certainly worth a shot.
So first he turned on Mana Focus and Essence Manipulation, deciding to use his Water Dagger in the experiment since it had more uses available to it. This was a pretty foreign concept though, so Ren wasn't sure if he could even do it or if he was even doing it right if there was a way to do it.
Essence Focus: 13 + 25 Unknown Method - 51 Focus - 5 Focus Title Bonus = -18
It was incredibly difficult, but somehow Ren pulled through. By focusing into the mana the magical weapon was powered by and by grasping the Essence of the weapon, with a burst of mental focus he was able to eject it out with a slash, creating a blade like wave of water essence. He looked down at his dagger after that, a small smirk appearing on his face after he saw the new Window that had appeared.
With that, a third of the afternoon was gone. Ren decided to spend it grinding his newest Whisper and Hex, the Whisper having been updated again when Ren learned that Cold Fire whisper Skill Book. Of course, Healing Wave would also be trained here as well so that he could be healed, letting Shimo and Undine also assist with Healing when necessary. Grinding these Skills was a bit harder, especially since he had to face Corruptive Encroachment a couple of times, but with proper focus and inner strength, and thus a bit of time wasting, it was fought off. A couple levels were gained in Harm, the newest Whisper he acquired, and the corrupted being Skill.
Ren decided that for the last bit of preparation today he would just make a bunch of Runes before heading off to Gekkoukan. Healing Wave Runes was going to be what he made. Of course, he turned on Mana Shield in case any of the Runes decided to explode on him like before.
Rune Magic: 5 - 58 Bonuses = -53
Rune Magic: 96 (Fumble)
Rune Magic: 12 - 58 Bonus = -46
The first one went well, but the second exploded right in front of him with enough force to nearly shatter his Mana Shield, which he was glad that he kept up. After that, Ren rested for now, playing games and just relaxing.
Once it was around 10:30 PM, Ren left for Gekkoukan, getting there around 11 PM. It was an hour before midnight, Ren hanging out a bit away from it on a nearby bench, waiting for the others to arrive now.
"Just preparations for now..." Ren got out of bed and went to his computer, deciding to just eat some of the snacks he kept at his desk as a breakfast. He was too lazy to actually prepare breakfast right now, the aura of a neet flowing through him at the moment. They filled him up and Ren never got fat, ever. Despite that his metabolism he began to wonder if he was ever going to grow beyond his short height of about five feet. Not that he really cared. Ren wasn't much for keeping appearances up, and only made himself look somewhat presentable every day just to not stand out more than he already does.
Spell Tomes or Magical Tools that help with frost or demon magic that were in his price range. With near a million Yen, which Ren figured was probably chump change to people in the abyss but to Ren it was more money than he had ever had total in his entire life, not counting what he has already acquired with the Gamer Power. With that, Ren began searching for one of those two things, willing to spend part of the morning doing so.
Auction Search: 87 - 14 Luck + 25 Multiple Search Penalty = 98
Ren found... nothing really. Well, nothing special anyway. To phrase it properly, he didn't find anything special that was on sale or that he could afford even if it wasn't. Magical weapons and items were expensive. Spell Tomes, which were books that contained info on a single spell, were also expensive, but not too expensive. Still expensive enough to blow away a large chunk of the money he currently had though considering that the cheaper ones were either Upper E or Lower D Rank purchases. There wasn't really much on there though that Ren was willing to blow tons of money on.
With time wasted, as he had no Toggles to grind aside from Meditation, which he didn't bother with, Ren decided to move on to something else after having spent around an hour or so searching. "Time to prepare for midnight." Renewing his Jinx, making some Runes, and creating some better Essence Weapons were all a part of his preparation plans. If he had any time left, he would try contracting another Demon. He wanted to save some time though to just rest and relax in the evening, unwind by playing some games before their quest began.
First came renewing his Jinx of Draining. After that, he decided to attempt making another Hex or two.
Jinx Renewal: 4 (Critical!)
The Hex Renewal worked. In fact, it worked so well that he felt like he would be able to use its power more before it ran out. After that, Ren thought for a few moments, wondering if he could make some sort of paralysis hex. "It would certainly be useful against human foes..." In the games he played, the job of a black or dark mage, while sometimes was dealing major damage, was also more or less debuffing. By making the enemies weaker it made them easier to destroy. That was what his Black Magic would be for once he leveled it up some more, Ren not having paid too much attention to it ever since he now had two other forms of magic to focus upon.
Jinx Creation: 3 (Critical!)
A Natural at Black Magic. Being called such a thing probably... was both good and bad in a sense. Perhaps it was Magic Affinity, but Magic was coming so naturally to Ren, it felt incredible really. With one of the Death Runes he had as a focus before to harness the powers of death like he used before to make the Mark of Numbness, he was able to create the Hex and still even keep the rune intact. The black magic mark on his right hand glowing some, Ren cringing a bit as it hurt, but he endured it for now, looking in apt satisfaction at the new windows that appeared. With that out of the way, Ren wasn't stopping there. That grand showing of magical prowess ranked up his black magic enough, he figured he would learn some black magic spells, something he wasn't planning on, but figured he could do anyway.
Hexes were the next step in the path of black magic. Hexes were similar to Spells, but were created differently. Black Magic is a magic born from dark desires. It made Ren wonder if White Magic was the opposite if it even existed. It was something worth looking into, a buffing or positive magic of sorts. Unlike other forms of magic, if one had the desires and means of focus or symbolism, one could create any form of spell as long as it is within the mage's power. If it wasn't, then the attempt to create the spell would probably kill them.
Ren decided to use his Survival Knife as the focus medium for the first attempt at a spell. It had cut into alot of enemies and he had been using it for a while, even having enchanted it a few times with temporary magics. It would make the perfect focus.
Attempt at Hex Creation: 32 - 52 Ritual Black Magic - 7 Skill Bonus - 3 Magic Ritual ID Bonus = -30
Ren could feel dark desires bubbling within him. Desires to hurt, desires to harm, desires to cut down enemies. The knife was a perfect Symbol for this, its blade glowing with a black energy for the ritual as Ren's chanting continued. In order for the ritual to work properly one had to feel their own creation, their own Hex. Experience the darkness of it for themselves. Without hesitation Ren closed his fist around the knife, cringing some as he could feel it cutting into him. No blood came out, but he could feel as if it was coming out, running over the knife and onto the circle where the knife had been placed.
From the 'wound' he could feel the dark magic beginning to move into his hand, the mark pulsating and glowing with a dark power. It was hot, and felt like it was filling his very being, attacking it, empowering it, corrupting it. He felt the demonic force within him react in kind, the two dark forces moving within him now, Ren cringing and crying out loudly in pain. The ritual was working, but he could feel his HP dropping, Ren wondering if he could even endure this dark power corrupting and eating away at his being as he felt both the darkness of his black magic and the very demonic energy within him starting to merge as one, something Ren tried to stop, but for some reason he just couldn't, no matter how hard he tried.
Because of this, he felt as if it was tearing his very being apart, his MP and HP both being drained at very fast speeds, dark thoughts slithering into his being like some sort of white hot malice. He couldn't even focus himself to resist the malice, relying on just sheer willpower to resist.
Endure the Power: 53 - 22 VIT = 31
Resist the Corruption: 75 - 32 WIS = 43
Ren's eyes were rolling back in his head a bit, the dark power starting to burn and eat away more at his very essence while it seemed to corrupt more of his mind. He tried his hardest to keep himself with whatever force of will he could muster. It was all too much, but somehow Ren barely managed to pull through. He collapsed to the ground after that, exhausted, barely able to move. HP and MP were both extremely low. He felt though that this power was tamed within, whatever it was. A force of dark will and demonic strength. Something that just seemed incredibly dangerous.
Ren felt weaker physically while his mind felt duller for some reason. His eyes widened when he discovered that said force had weakened his body and damaged his mind permanently, a -1 to each Stat being listed, except Luck of course, so just his Physical and Mental stats. "Dammit... that's the last thing I need, today of all days..." Ren panted heavily, slowly crawling towards his bed. Luckily though the new windows explaining some of his new stuff was interesting, but Ren was wondering if the loss of five entire Stat Points was worth it. Those weren't going to be easy to come by, not easy at all, especially now that he was Level 20. He had lost a total of 11 Stat Points to these dark powers so far. Ren wasn't really sure how many more he was willing to lose.
Too tired to do much else, Ren decided to first heal himself as much as he could with Healing Wave before resting, resting the rest of the morning away, making sure to set an alarm to get himself up around noon.
And get up he did. Feeling a bit more refreshed now, it now being around noon. The afternoon was all Ren had left to prepare. He wanted to grind until he leveled up again, but decided against it. Ren wasn't too keen on utilizing a power that nearly killed him yet, so first he decided to practice a bit of Essence Manipulation. He figured that two Minor Crystals and two Frost Crystals would make a decent dagger of sorts.
Essence Manipulation: 26 - 48 Ritual Water Magic - 7 Magic Affinity - 3 ID Bonus = -32
The manipulation worked like a charm. With Shimo's help, a dagger of chilling energy and solidified essence of frost was now sitting in Ren's hand, which was then soon enough stored within a Rune. He needed a new weapon now more than ever since learning that new Black Arts Spell destroyed his Survival Knife. It wasn't that strong, but Ren figured he would use it if need be. Next he wanted to create a water knife. He thought about a trident, but decided against it.
Essence Manipulation: 8 - 58 Bonuses = - 50
The water essence dagger was easily created, and a bit stronger than the ice one thanks to both the materials he used, and the fact that his Water Affinity was much higher than his Frost Affinity. With two elemental weapons created, Ren decided a bit of an experiment was in order. He wondered that if he used a bit of his own Mana, the technique of Essence Manipulation, and his more or less pretty good knowledge of magic if he could somehow use these two weapons as ranged weapons for launching blasts of the elemental energies within at an opponent. It was certainly worth a shot.
So first he turned on Mana Focus and Essence Manipulation, deciding to use his Water Dagger in the experiment since it had more uses available to it. This was a pretty foreign concept though, so Ren wasn't sure if he could even do it or if he was even doing it right if there was a way to do it.
Essence Focus: 13 + 25 Unknown Method - 51 Focus - 5 Focus Title Bonus = -18
It was incredibly difficult, but somehow Ren pulled through. By focusing into the mana the magical weapon was powered by and by grasping the Essence of the weapon, with a burst of mental focus he was able to eject it out with a slash, creating a blade like wave of water essence. He looked down at his dagger after that, a small smirk appearing on his face after he saw the new Window that had appeared.
With that, a third of the afternoon was gone. Ren decided to spend it grinding his newest Whisper and Hex, the Whisper having been updated again when Ren learned that Cold Fire whisper Skill Book. Of course, Healing Wave would also be trained here as well so that he could be healed, letting Shimo and Undine also assist with Healing when necessary. Grinding these Skills was a bit harder, especially since he had to face Corruptive Encroachment a couple of times, but with proper focus and inner strength, and thus a bit of time wasting, it was fought off. A couple levels were gained in Harm, the newest Whisper he acquired, and the corrupted being Skill.
Ren decided that for the last bit of preparation today he would just make a bunch of Runes before heading off to Gekkoukan. Healing Wave Runes was going to be what he made. Of course, he turned on Mana Shield in case any of the Runes decided to explode on him like before.
Rune Magic: 5 - 58 Bonuses = -53
Rune Magic: 96 (Fumble)
Rune Magic: 12 - 58 Bonus = -46
The first one went well, but the second exploded right in front of him with enough force to nearly shatter his Mana Shield, which he was glad that he kept up. After that, Ren rested for now, playing games and just relaxing.
Once it was around 10:30 PM, Ren left for Gekkoukan, getting there around 11 PM. It was an hour before midnight, Ren hanging out a bit away from it on a nearby bench, waiting for the others to arrive now.
Well Equipped is the one you currently have displayed, the others are just there.
But yea, that equipped thing was also from when I decided on having the titles not stack.
But yea, that equipped thing was also from when I decided on having the titles not stack.
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