Chap 3 :The new self
Silvan looked at the walls, And looked at the strange orb that appeared before him he then looked at his hands. Even the smallest details were visible to him.
" Yes it worked!" Silvan again uttered.
[ Eyes of Azur Eagle(Rank 1): Enchants Visson.
Skills: Focused vision (LV.1)
Further skill will be unlocked upon upgrading the genetic code. (0/1200) ]
Silvan right away tried the skill.
As he focused..His vision itself zoomed showing him the finest details on his hands. The cell groups within his hands the scars that he even doesn't know existed within this hands. All were visible to him.
[Focus Visson(LV.1): Focuses on a single point]
"Nice so this is how it works. I can even upgrade for further skills"
One may think why choose such visson considering there should have been many other great choices. The truth was there are but there was a big reason he had chosen this.
If one asks what's the best and crucial thing a mage needs. For many others they would say Mana capacity,perhaps Mana control or even the body constitution.
But to him the truth was, It was Visson!. Visson is something that forms the essence. Visson is the thing that is directly connected to the mind. Also visson was the thing that helps the most during combat from other senses of a mortal.
Being able to see more is able to survive more in a battlefield and moreover for a mage who has to have deep focus. Visson plays a crucial role as even a split second of distraction can lead to death.
Silvan looked here and there trying out his new senses before he realized something odd within himself.
He touched the area where is heart. And felt some sensation within. There was something within his heart. As Silvan focused more he realized it was automatically sucking mana from the environment. That wasn't normal as humans aren't beings that can absorb mana automatically.
In front of his eyes multiple blue screens flashed almost blocking his view. Making silvan no option to read them.
[Name: Silvan Owsris
Affinity: Fire
Trait: Puppeteer
Cultivation: First stage of Body tempering (0/300)
Stats:
Qi : 150/150
Endurance : 4
Strength: 6
Agility: 5
Intelligence: 23
Genetic Codes:
•Eyes of Azur Eagle [Rank 1]
Focus Visson(LV.1)
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Silvan looked at it with utter confusion. Despite being familiar with systems in his past life.
"Wait cultivation? Dungeon lord?.. from the arcane game or something?" He thought.
As if then the system understood the screen changed and a new information appeared.
[Dungeon Lord: Silvan Owsris]
Rank: 1 (5X5)
Active perks: None
(500 Dungeon points are required for ranking up)
Feature's:
Dungeon Map <>
Buy/sell <>
Summon <>
Subjects <>
Soul slots : 0 <>
"Am I a dungeon lord or something. Will it make me spawn monsters and kill adventurers just like in the game!" Silvan was utterly shocked thinking that a former guardian of his continent will now kill humans?! Or something!.
After living in the world and reading many books including fantasy ones he had some depth. Dungeon lord was one thing but the next thing intrigued him was his status window.
[Cultivation: First stage of Body tempering (0/300)]
He was also familiar with such terms. In his past life there were such people who focused on using mana to make the body stronger. He had mixed feelings seeing hes one now or related to them as in the past world such people were mostly used on Frontlines working as literal meaning of meat shield. His Visson expanded a bit on them after living in the modern world knowing culture and things.
He quickly tapped onto the options which were available there on the dungeon lord function.The shop remained the same except for the fact he can't take anymore from here as it requires something called a " Dungeon points " and he has no idea how to gather them. There's also a selling option. Soul plots were empty with no details whatsoever along with the subject page.
as for the dungeon map it showed a picture of a small cube where he was standing looking at the screen. Silvan realized as he moved so the figure moved meaning it was showing the place he was standing there. He turned it off.
" Oh. I have a different element now. It's fire that's good'
Silvan thought and noted as it's good to have. the next thing did have some details. Silvan was familiar with this term. It was the trait. Each person is born with unique different traits that only new selective people have. Some are common some are extraordinary.
[Trait: Puppeteer (low)
Allows one to create strings of mana to Connect, Control, conduct and shape objects ]
"Strings of mana is that even possible?"
But thinking again anything is possible now with a sigh he accepted it. In his past life mana didn't have any solid forms but here he could create mana forms here.
He walked towards the edge of the entrance and tried seeing what was outside.
"Trees.. am I in a forest?" He questioned himself. The water was extremely cold for some reason. That made him not want to go through it and the force of water was quite terrifying.
He turned around gazing at the so-called dungeon. In no sense it looked like a dungeon it looked more like a carved out room.
Just when he prepared himself to just pass through the waterfall. A big huge screen appeared in front of him.
[Dungeon lords can't exit the dungeon.
All dungeon lords are given the exclusive skill.
Silvan halted taking a step back. " Double body?"
As he muttered the screen changed showing him the details of the skill.
[ Double Body: Creates an Identical body with all available abilities.Can switch between main body and double body with 10-second cooldowns. Upon the destruction of the double body,the dungeon lord can create a new one using mana]
[Dungeon portal: Enables sending resources or new Dungeon subjects back to the dungeon or transfer subjects.Double body cannot pass through the portal itself.]
Silvan examined the details closely. "These skills are quite versatile," he thought. He can explore and gather resources, which is crucial for expanding my dungeon's capabilities. The 10-second cooldowns for switching is practical, allowing for quick reactions if needed.
"However, I need to be careful; if my double body is destroyed and I can't switch back in time, it could be fatal." Silvan mumbled thinking about how souls worked.
As he thought he realized it made sense in some way as they put the restrictions of dungeon lords not be able to exit the dungeon.
"Wait doesn't that mean. I can easily escape?" Silvan muttered realizing it really is.
"It means I can use it for high-risk tasks without worrying too much about permanent loss."
In second thought silvan sat down in the lotus position and focused his mind and tried sensing the mana at the environment. This place was rich with mana at least twice the density from his past world.
He tried gathering in his heart to create a magic circle around his heart And just as he expected the moment he did..The gathered mana quickly got sucked in. Making his conclusion correct.
" I can't create Mana circles with that core being in my heart. Wait does that mean I'm a monster?" Silvan thought for a second.
As in simple logic in his world only monsters had such cores, they couldn't create mana circles despite being highly intelligent enough to rival the most wise men among humans. Despite that they were extremely strong. As unlike humans who need a magic circle to give existence to the elemental essence. Monsters didn't need one as they could easily summon the element.
Silvan's heart pounded and he tried just that. He focused his heart and tried sensing the elemental essences within his core.
" The warm sensation should be fire right?" Silvan uttered in his thoughts and upholded his hand and imagined a small flame coming out on his palm.
His core reacted and spined little sending forth warm red fire essences out following the vein of his left hand.
A flickering flame appeared right on his hand. Silvan opened its eyes and looked at the dancing flame. Silvan stood up and took a deep breath and with great focus he swung his hand like how one throws a ball.
Just as he did. As if the flame knows what he wanted .It launched off detaching from his hand and crashed right at the wall of water.
Creating a momentary hole. Although it lasted just for a split second it was enough for silvan to measure the power of it.
" A power equal to that of a mage apprentice not bad " He muttered reopening his status window and looked on his status. I see that it was 2 points of Qi.
" Now that I think about it. Why is the system calling it Qi instead of Mana?" One might think it won't make any difference but it does in his past life. Every single word on the system mattered.
Silvan sighed realizing he can't know why this is the case and perhaps he was thinking too much? As anything can happen as it's a new world.
"So that was five points of value. It wasn't that much though.. I see the value measurements also changed.." Silvan sighed realizing he has to get used to these new measurements of mana no Qi while using.
How monsters increase their mana capacity was a mystery even in his world. Many theories were suggested while the famous one being they were stored at his blood vessels.
He can sense there's really a good amount of Qi stored there beside the cores still he wasn't sure about that.
" Double body activate" Silvan spoke up and tried seeing what kind of changes this new skill of his will have.
Just he did, The lifeless orb that was on the floor started glowing before some good amount of Qi got sucked out from within his body and entered the orb.
The orb glowed for a split second before a mass of light formed right beside it and expanded becoming an exact replica of him even wearing the same clothes.
It looked exactly like him. Even with this new visson detecting something different was hard of course he can tell it was fake as there's no signs of life within that thing.
He also felt some sensation. Silvan concluded that was the connection the skill talked about and closed his eyes and imagined entering the other body.
He slowly opened his eyes sensing some changes within the surroundings. His vision changed and just like that he was on the double body.
Silvan blinked as he adjusted to the sensation of inhabiting the double body. It felt surreal—like stepping into a perfectly tailored suit, except the suit was... him. He stretched his arms and moved his fingers, Quit shocked at how identical everything felt. Even the faint breeze from the waterfall chilled his skin in the same way. He looked at the entrance.
" It was time to see where the hell I am"
To be continued...