Chapter 5 Strength of the Locals

Alodar rarely took chances, especially in an environment he was still relatively new to. In the following week after the discovery if a local humanoid population, he replaced the lost Sun Soul with a different kind of elemental a Dark Mark, It was similar to a sun soul in combat ability and could also fly, but during the night was almost unnoticeable. It also only had two abilities Shadow Meld which allowed them to blend into shadows or dark locations, and Dark ray a beam of dark energy, works like a reverse flashlight though not very impressive by Alodar's standards. He had summoned this Dark Mark for reconnaissance on the locals. It would keep watch on them during the night and during the day a Sun Soul would take over for it.

In the week of time that Alodar had the locals under surveillance, he could estimate the strength they held. To Alodar's relief the locals were weak, they were almost pitifully weak. The average forager in the "tribe" as Alodar called them, was not even strong enough to fight a Sun Soul, a creature that was referred as the weakest summon, sure if the Sun Soul couldn't fly it would be far more even but still that was almost too weak. At least the hunters had some strength, they could probably hold their own against a farmer from Kau but then again the lack of Mana makes it not much of a surprise. The leaders of each team of hunters was stronger but it was just enough to be barely noticeable. The only ones that attracted the attention of Alodar was the "council" as he called them. They "council" was a group of spell casters, mostly druids who seemed to control the whole "tribe". He had no real basis for the strength they might posses, but it seemed to be not much more than the hunters.

Regardless of the weak locals, Alodar was still cautious, he was no fool and while much of the evidence pointed to the contrary, believed that there was some powerful force of entity on this world. It may even be some lesser god or weak deity. The strength the locals displayed was that of level one creatures to level five or so. While level doesn't mean combat ability it does help. Levels are how much Mana they have used to increase their "level". Mana is split into three forms, Aura or Prana which increases ones physical abilities making them faster, stronger and far harder to kill. The next form is Magic, magic is used by all spell casters to cast well spells hence the name, however Magic is used to increase ones ability to calculate and life span which unlike Aura wont slow down aging only making it so that spell caster who have lived for a long time look very old yet an Aura user would look younger if they were the same age. The last form is Phase which is used to summon other creatures and make contracts with them, it doesn't provide much physical improvement or calculative improvement, it does however make Summoner resistant to harmful energies.

Depending on what the individual decides put their Mana into, they are then classified by the form of Mana they have most, as an individual can have all three forms of Mana. Levels themselves are just stages that provide certain innate powers and abilities, but most things have to be learned whether it be skill with a weapon or a spell. Even Summoners must learn the plane and race of the creature they wish to summon as well as make unique contracts with said entities. This also why even if a higher leveled person is "stronger" they might still lose to someone of lower level. Most creatures and monsters have a level, usually they are Aura users as it is the one with the most noticeable effects. They however have natural strength or abilities like the Sun Souls Light ability which is something they are born with.

The locals don't seem to have any innate powers outside of the norm, and other than being quite dexterous and accurate are not far different from the humans of Kua, so they are not much of a threat. However Alodar decides to keep an eye on them for the time being, as he is only limited by the amount of Mana around and that is only fixed with time, and the locals seem like something that might keep him entertained for a while.