CHAPTER 24

Jonathan wanted to follow Greyson advice by not creating a skill at the first point of creation, but seeing the system message, he didn't know whether he should follow Greyson advice or not.

He was curious to see how the system would separate him from the rest. Greyson mentioned that everyone was doomed to develop an E ranked skill at the first point of creation, but he wondered if he could escape such fate with the 10X progression rate from the system.

Jonathan still had thoughts of moving forward, but he hates to be curious about something and not trying it out.

He straightened up on his spot.

"I would like to create a skill."

Jonathan responded in his mind and he felt the energy in the surroundings was starting to circulate around him. He didn't ask Greyson anything on skill creation because he didn't plan to create one at the first point. Now that he was doing so, he had no idea what he was going to experience.

Jonathan was still lost in thoughts when he lost his breathing. His heart felt heavy and so with his head, all because he wasn't able to breathe anymore.

He forcefully tried to breathe and slowly he was able to take air through his nose. Jonathan immediately got an understanding of what was happening to him. Greyson mentioned that creating a skill was done by attracting the energy from the surrounding to oneself, so he was basically drawing in the energy in the surrounding by forcefully trying to breathe.

With that understanding, Jonathan put more effort in trying to breathe. He struggled for a little while before his breathing came back at once. As his breathing came back, he saw something was forming around him. The substance formed in a minute and a black liquid substance hung in the air.

Jonathan's eyebrows moved when he saw the color of the substance. He didn't remember any of the stones Greyson gave him to be black. His eyebrows raised higher to his forehead, could it be he created a skill higher than a B ranked skill.

As Jonathan thought about that, he noticed that the substance was in a liquid form, not in a solid form like the one Greyson gave him. Before he could self doubt himself completely, the system helped him out.

[Host has developed an E ranked skill.

Jaguar Claws!]

Jonathan was stupefied when he saw the system message. He couldn't believe he actually developed an E ranked skill, despite having 10X progression rate on his side.

The black liquid substance burst then and a glowing brown energy came out from it. The brown energy ball moved to Jonathan and Jonathan's body absorbed it.

Jonathan's expression darkened at once. If he had known, he would've listened to Greyson's words. Just as Jonathan's body absorbed the energy, a system message came up.

[Jaguar Claws has experienced a breakthrough.

E ranked +]

Jonathan's forehead folded a little. He had no idea what the system meant by a breakthrough. He wondered if it was the system way of saying a level up, well, one level up was shit!

He was still thinking about it when the voice from earlier sounded in his mind once more.

"You can level up the new skill you have developed by practicing it on the training ground. 

Skills can experience a breakthrough in the training ground of the magical path, and in the real world, but practicing in the magical path training ground is faster.

If you would like to practice your new skill just jump and you would automatically be teleported to the training ground."

Jonathan felt like it was a voice sounding in his head, but it was more like he was gaining knowledge on what to do at a rate that he couldn't understand.

He thought of continuing with his advancement on his magical path, but he decided he should see how the training ground looks like and also practice the skills Greyson gave him.

Jonathan took a leap and he instantly disappeared from his spot.

In a blink of an eye, Jonathan found himself in a large room with the design of a dojo.

A long system message appeared and Jonathan read the message quickly.

It was a list of all the skills he had and he finally understood something about the breakthrough he just experienced.

[D ranked skill—Body slam.

Progression—Level 0]

[C ranked skill—Spinning Kick.

Progression—Level 0]

[E ranked skill—Palm Strike.

Progression—Level 0]

[E ranked skill—Glowing Burst Fist.

Progression—Level 0]

Jonathan's eyes moved to the last skill which was the one he just unlocked.

[E ranked skill—Jaguar Claws.

Progression— E+]

He easily spotted the difference between the skill and the rest of the ones he had. The rest were showing levels on their progression rate but this particular skill was different, meaning it had already developed past the stages of levels, which was understandable given his 10X progression rate.

Although he manifested a E ranked skill, the skill went through a massive progression.

He doesn't know the maximum level for a skill to evolve to a plus sign, but it would definitely be a massive one.

The fact that he had no idea about the magical side of this world was making things difficult for him.

Jonathan placed his hands on his jaw as he thought of how massive the progress was. He believed the maximum level for a skill was level ten, so after level ten would be the plus sign.

This made Jonathan wonder if there could be another stage after the plus sign. If there was another stage, perhaps it could be a non ending progression.

He couldn't imagine the thought of never reaching the maximum potential of a skill. Well, that was basically how a skill should work. Since there was no such thing as perfect, then nobody should ever be able to reach the maximum stage of a skill.

Practicing a skill a hundred times only makes you better than somebody that hasn't practiced it at all, and practicing a skill a thousand times only makes you better than somebody that has done it a hundred times. This was how real life progression on skill works, in his previous world though, perhaps this world could be different.

Maybe there was something called perfection in this world. Regardless of that, Jonathan wanted to see if there was something beyond the plus sign and the only way to find out was to practice the skill.

Jonathan's fingers were immediately covered with blue color energy as he took his fighting stance. 

The moment he activated the Jaguar claws skill. He gained knowledge of all the progress he had made on the skill, and his guess was correct. The maximum level of a skill was level ten, and after level ten was the plus sign, beyond the plus sign was oblivious to him.

He had no idea if he would get another plus sign if he continued to practice the skill or not, well he wanted to know.

Jonathan took a different stance. It seemed all he had to do was to perform the skill over and over until something showed up for him in his mind and in the system as well.

Pretty easy he must say and with his 10X progression taking effect too, he would be leveling up quickly like a mad dog.

Jonathan practiced the Jaguar Claws skill by performing it multiple times without stopping. After a few hours of continuous practice, he received two messages from the system.

[Host has experienced a breakthrough.

Jaguar Claws: E++]

Jonathan cheeks moved when he saw the message. It seemed the progression of a skill was endless in this world.

He wondered how this would be comparable to a D ranked skill or a C ranked skill. 

A C ranked skill would definitely be stronger, but it might equal the strength of a D ranked skill.

Jonathan thought of trying it out immediately, but the second message from the system popped up then.

[You have exhausted all the energy you accumulated. You will have to rest to recover your full energy back.

Resting time: 24 minutes.]

Jonathan's smiling cheeks went down when he saw the message. He really wanted to test both skills out to see the difference, well, twenty four minutes wasn't a long time, and he could leave to continue with his advancement in his magical path while the twenty four minutes resting time elapses.

Jonathan didn't need to be told what to do to go back to the magical path, he was a fast learner.

He sat on the floor and channeled his energy to his heart.

He closed his eyes and the next moment he was in the magical path, currently standing at the last stairway he stopped.

Jonathan thought of moving forward when he received an invisible blow on his chest. He collapsed to his knees and his head became heavy, like it was about to explode.