Chapter XV - Red Wolf's Lair

Inventory.

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Poor iron sword: 1

Mana stones: 5

C: 35

Food rations: 20

Rope: 1

Whetstone: 3

Bandage: 3

Stitches: 5

Lantern: 2

Beer: 5

Flint: 2

Fire striker: 1

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Sam: "My back feels so much lighter!"

Liza: "Thank you Kawano!"

Jack: "Kawano, are you sure that there isn't any kind of backlash like making your body heavier after using that space storage?"

Kawano: "no, I don't feel anything different."

Jack: "Then can you carry my sword too?"

Filda: "You might not want do that, Jack. If we're ambushed you might not have time to grab your sword from Kawano. Same for you Kawano, you better keep your sword in your scabbard so that it's easier to shethe it."

Kawano: "you're right..."

(Inventory(-): Poor iron sword ×1)

Sam: "let's light up a lantern.*

Jack: "Ok, now that we're ready let's go forward."

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5 Wolfs: "awhoooo!"

Jack: *slash* *slash*

Kawano: *slash*

Sam: *drawing bow*

Sam: *arrow stab*

Kawano: "we did it!"

Big Wolf: "whrahhh!!!"

Kawano: "A big wolf?!"

Filda: "godess of water, Queen of sea, cast thy rage onto my enemies, ice spear!"

*stab*

Kawano: "you killed it in 1 shot!"

Filda: "yes, but I can only do that 5 times a day, you need to be careful not to let your guard down next time"

Kawano: "I'll keep that in mind."

2 Big Wolfs: "wrhaaargh!"

Jack: "Kawano, I'll take the one to the right, you take care of the other!"

Kawano: "Got it!"

I wonder If I can stack skills

Kawano: "Strengthening! Vital Hit!"

*Stab*

Big Wolf: "whargh!"

Not enough?!

*slash*

*slash*

Kawano: "I defeated it!"

It was easier than last time. Probably because of my level, and the Vital Hit skill, but I also used up 6 mana so soon...

Jack: "I'm done! I'll come to help yo-"

Kawano: "mh? I'm already done too."

Jack: "hahaha! I don't know why I worried, Good job Kawano."

Sam: "Kawano, after we go back, you might want to get a rank examination, because you have at least the strength of a D-rank. If you could keep your strengthening skill up for more than 15 seconds, you could even be a C-rank."

Jack: "Anyway Kawano, could you get the corpses?"

Kawano: "Yes."

*Inventory(+): Wolf corpse ×5*

*Inventory(+): Big wolf corpse ×3*

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Kawano: "By the way, how much mana do you have Filda?"

Filda: "... I would say that I can use my weakest spell for about 50 times at once before being affected by mana deficiency."

Kawano: "what is mana deficiency?"

Filda: "you don't know?!"

Kawano: "..."

Filda: "Well... everyone is born with mana inside their bodies, but they can't use it until their bodies create mana channels, which is the passage that your mana goes through when casting a spell. Some people never get mana channels,  and some get them, but don't use it, so it deteriorates and becomes unusable."

Kawano: "is there a way to create these channels if you don't have them?"

Filda: "Not that I know of, but I heard a rumor that there's someone in the Capital of Aslaf can do it."

*blimp*

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New info!

There's a rumor going around that someone that can create mana channels is in the Capital of the Aslaf Kingdom.

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Filda: "anyway, mana deficiency happens when the mana in your mana channels is too low, and your body gets weak to the point where you could die at any moment, and it could damage your channels permanently. If that happens, any spells would kill you instantly."

Kawano: "Is there anyway to get more mana?"

Filda: "The only way is by training, but there are some items and enchantments that make it easier to cast spells, but they need mana stones to be created, and those are expensive..."

!!!!!

*inventory(-): Mana stone*

Kawano: "Like this one?"

Filda: "Where did you get those?!"

Kawano: "I found them in a pond inside a cave near the Town."

Filda: "you just randomly found them?! You're so lucky... You can make a magic weapon with those, or you can get your weapons,  or armor enchanted."

Jack: "shhh! I think that we're near the Red Wolf's lair."