Ten Ton Mountain

In the middle-region of Ten Ton Mountain area, in a deep cave.

"Hahahaha! After years of plotting! I finally did it.." A middle-aged man with a big black hair and beard shouted. His voice echoing across the small cave.

"Hmmhmhmm" A muffled sound could be heard behind him.

"Little girl, can you shut up! I'm busy praising myself you see!" He looked back and shouted at a teenage girl tied up.

But all that he in response was more muffled sounds:

"Hmhmhmmmhm"

"Now, the second step is done... On to the third."

...

"Hmm.. I think I'm getting closer." August murmered.

"Seraphine, you are senstive to Mana, can you sense any abnormal Mana fluxations nearby."

"On it"

Seraphine closed her eyelids and focused on her surrondings. Her senses sharpened and the Mana entered her senses. A few moments later, she opened her eyelids, revealing her perfect blue eyes.

"Nope, I didn't sense anything abnormal nearby us."

"Hmm.. It must be deeper.." August muttered.

"What is deeper?" Seraphine suddenly asked.

August took a deep breath and thought about it, but a moment later convinced himself that is better to atleast say what he is trying to find.

"I'm trying to find an ongoing demonic ritual in a small cave."

This sudden relevation startled her, she never expected him to talk about rituals and especially demonic ones.

Demonic Rituals are forbidden in the world, it uses living beings, blood or things frown upon. The rituals can summon demons from the nether realm.

They continued their searching for only a few moments until a ear-piercing sound echoed up in the sky across the outer area of mountain area.

[You have been stunned]

(stun lasts for about one second)

August and Seraphine looked up and saw a big bird looming dashing over to them. He used [Inspect] on the creature.

|| M O U N T A I N E A G L E ||

[HP: 150/150]

[Level: 6]

[Description: Looming over the mountains, stalking their prey from the sky. They have one of the most striking yellow eyes that can see up kilometers away.]

"Seraphine, share mana with me!"

"Alright.."

The companionship 'Sharing Mana' skill requires both parties consent.

[Sharing Mana with "Seraphine"]

[Shared Mana: 10/10 + 50]

August could feel the power boost he just gotten, his entire body felt refreshed and reborn. He quickly used [Mana Maniplutation] and Mana flow quickly increased its speed.

[15+ Agility] [15+ Strength]

August who saw the eagle coming closer, took out his Bronze Sword and prepared a quick strike at it.

The eagle who was flying towards him, stopped when it was just a few meters away and dodged an incoming sword strike.

But August quickly jumped and slashed at the startled eagle.

"EHH" A weird sound came out of the eagle's peak. But it dodged again and August landed on the ground.

"Tch. I need to use that move now..." August said after landed on the plain ground.

"What move?" Seraphine asked confused.

August didn't say anything, but his actions did. He controlled the Mana in his body and made it slowly, but quickly flow into the the sword.

Starting from hilt all the way to the tip of sword. It started glowing with blue-ish light and radiating a mana-ful aura around it. When the blue glow covered almost the entire sword, August quickly slashed upwards to the unexpected eagle.

"[Mana Slash]"

SWOOSH!

A mana-ful half-circle slash came out of sword, it carried off an majestic aura and might.

Fortunely the eagle couldn't dodge this unexpected attack and left a huge scar on its body.

A huge red number appeared above the Mountain Eagles head.

[-52]

An instant after that number, a set of windows appeared in front an shocked and suprised August;

[You have self-created Mana Slash]

'Again?' August thought, while his heart was pounding. But he was preparing his second attack.

White the move he wanted to use wasn't a full-fledged skill, it could be call pseudo version. But the outcome was another self-created skill?!

Wasn't it supposed to be hard, one in a million chance of creating a skill?

SWOOSH!

Another Mana Slash came from August's sword, but the Mountain Eagle narrowly dodged the attack.

He continued swinging his sword upwards and sending waves of slashes.

A few slashes later;

"August! We have about to run off the shared Mana!" Seraphine shouted behind him.

"I know, no need to shout!" August shouted back.

"Then why are shouting!?" She shouted back.

August was about to reply, but the Mountain Eagle, whose HP was around 20%, quickly dove to him and stunned him with its screech.

The stun lasted one second before it disappeared, but that was enough time for the eagle to close the range between them.

[-40] A long scar could be been seen on August's stomach.

"Arghh.." Even though the pain sensors are decreased to 35%, the pain was still there to process..

August quickly used Mana Slash on it again, but the eagle unluckily dodged again, afterward it propelled itself to the sky. Gaining high ground, to avoid August's slashes.

"This..." August muttered under his breath.

'Mana Slashes use a lot of Mana every slash, I can't keep up with this..'

'And how can I reach that height?!' August thought while staring at the flying eagle.

'If I throw my weapon at it, I will lose it and make more vunerable, making me an easy prey if I don't insta-kill it.'

'I need something that can be taken back?'

'But I don't have any skills that be taken-'

'Divine Vault.. Marked items can be controlled through ones will...' August thought while his eyes sparkled when he found a solution.

In the outside world, only a few seconds has already passed while he was thinkin, so he has enough time to try his new skill, he got from the Yellow-Legendary Random Chest.

"[Divine Vault]"

Suddenly a small yellow-goldish portal appeared beside August. He stared at the portal with interest, but quickly focused back to his mission.

He took his Bronze Sword and marked it with the connection of the portal. After that he controlled the sword through his mind and will, and made it fly to the eagle.

SWOOOSH!

The sword looked like it gained sentience and quickly flew to the shocked and unprepared eagle. He aimed the sword tip at the eagle's head, the eagle was unprepared for the suprise attack and the sword landed perfectly between its eyes.

Slowly the eagle fell down, while at the same demateralizing into blue particles, at the same dropping an item on the ground.

[You have aquired 12 XP]

"Huff. Huff."

"The Divine Vault drains a hell out of my mental strength and Mana?" August muttered.

He looked at the golden-looking portal and deeply thought; 'But with this, I have covered both long-distance fighting and group-fighting.'

He withdrew his Divine Vault portal and took the sword hilt by his hands again.

He then checked his Mana reserve and saw it used up all the shared mana and even his own. The Divine Vault sure lives up to its 'divine' name, but the consequences and costs are also unimaginable.

He then read about his newly created Mana Slash skill.

|| M A N A S L A S H || (NEW)

[Type: Active Skill]

[A slash formed by mana unleashed by a sword]

[Effect: Increased 2x base damage mana slash]

[Cost: 5 MP / Slash]

He nodded in approval, he also just remembered that this skill could also be learned from Skill Scrolls, like Mana Maniplutation and Danger Sense aswell. But self-created ones are always the superior ones.

Talking about that... He remembered an game update will be released in the upcoming days to fix the major stuff. For example that status screens or monsters and etc.

August walked closer to the dropped item and saw it was a feather, he regonized the item, but nontheless he used [Inspect] on it.

|| F E A T H E R ||

[Type: Item]

[Rarity: Grey-Common]

[Grade: F-]

A simple common feather... he picked it up because he had space in his inventory. But he also saw that he should visit a Bank and empty his things in his inventory, because its almost full.

He continued his walk deeper into the mountain area, he looked behind him for a second, before shaking head and continued his search.

'Tch. Should've used Mana Maniplutation to boost my Agility from the beginning..'

Meanwhile around hundred meters away from him. A lone woman figure could be seen following his trails.

"Did he just take down a eagle.." Luna muttered.

"Yes, it was a Mountain Eagle. I'm very impressed and I felt the same famillar majestic aura spread around the battle."

"Do you think he is a King?" Luna curosily asked.

"No, I think maybe he chanced upon a rare encounter and discovered something that can create that kind of aura.."

"I think he contracted royalty." Luna suddenly said.

"No, royalties are prideful and wouldn't be in some contract with someone.."

Luna was about to continue their convoseration, but got interupted by ten meter long green snake.

"Rock Snake..." Luna muttered, she used [Inspect] on it and saw it being level five.

"Well... Time to battle." Luna said and stood in a battle stance ready position.