Shing! (Sounds of sword slashed.)
-1 (Health points deducted.)Ack! (Monster cries in pain.)Tsk! This wooden sword really did little damage. Currently, the monster health points were 99/100. My attack could only deal 1 damage to it. I did all I can just to kill this monster named Pale Toad, but my damage ain't high enough. This monster is level 1 only. But, for a reason of me being so weak, it's so difficult to kill it, yet my peers could easily eliminate these monsters.If I couldn't manage to kill this one, how could someone like me become a strong Magician in the future?Right now, all my peers already at level 2 and above. Yet I'm stuck at level 0. What a shame. No, I don't care about shame anymore. The most important to me now is to earn money, to buy medicine, in order to cure my sister's illness.If only I learned an attack magic skill. But too bad, I've got a self-healing magic skill instead. This magic couldn't even be of use to aid my sister's illness. And no one wants me at their party, because my skill is useless to the group.Fwoosh!!The Pale Toad flung its 1-meter tongue towards me. I jumped on my right side to avoid the attack that was approaching hastily.It passed at me with a whoosh!After I successfully avoided the attack, I slash it as many times as I can.Zing!-1Zing!-1Zing!-1(Sword continues slashing while the enemy's life points decrease at every hit.)I flung my wooden sword repeatedly at the monster's body, trying to kill it with guts without glory.Currently, I am at the pond fighting the Pale Toad. This pond is outside a town where I live. Now the current health of the toad was at 96/100 HP.My brows wrinkle a bit. And I feel my breathing is out of order already.Our training will start on Monday, so it's better to gain more experience before it starts.If I said experience, it doesn't mean the experience like in video games that you received after you killed a monster. What I meant by it is the actual experience in combat.If you're wondering why I am fighting a monster outside the town, then let us turn back the time to where it all had begun.About three and half centuries ago, the whole world came to an end in a devastating apocalyptic cataclysm.In the last report of NASA, it was stated that the real cause of this destruction was the abnormal force that pulled down all the residing meteorites surrounding the earth planet.Those meteorites were being pulled on the earth's surface and caused the rain of meteors. Thus, it was followed by high-intensity earthquakes and destructive tsunamis.However, these three calamities were not just the reasons for world destruction.One month had passed, humanity thought that the calamities had ended.However, Something unbelievable happened next. Before they could grief upon the loss of their properties and especially their loved ones, another tragedy had started to peek out from the shadows.The whole world was shrouded by mist. From this mist, grotesque and vicious-looking creatures came rushing to feed on humanities. They were mutated beasts of any type of animal.Once again, humans were drowned in sorrows and despair.At night, the cries of humans and howls of these mutated beasts were the sounds that could only be heard. Humans had no way to fight back this horror. Even modern weapons were useless against them.Many days had passed, and the human's population plummeted to 1/5. Yet their suffering was far from ended. Even though nothing had resolved yet, with all the calamities that had happened, a new predicament had begun to bud.Pandemic!Humanity was pushed to the brink. The new kind of widespread disease had appeared. It killed millions of humans in just a month. No one comprehended the cause of the pandemic. Not even experts discovered the cause. Mostly the cause of deaths was because of Cell Deficiency.Many years had passed since the calamity. The monsters from the mist are still causing havoc and the pandemic is steadily spreading. When humanity was about to give up a ray of hope finally brimmed.A Filipino specialist doctor accidentally discovered a foreign cell inside a patient's body. The doctor was known as Dr. Eman Pablo. He said, "the cell is exceedingly vague, almost invisible from microscopic equipment. This cell exudes a negative kind of energy. And this energy causes damages to other cells in a person's body."Thereafter, many experts began to search for a way to stabilize the foreign cell. Later on, they called the cell a Hollow Cell.Ten years had passed, a UN researcher known as Prof Mana Gram, had discovered another type of energy from the fallen meteorites, which was the positive energy.After so many years of extensive research, they finally found a way to stabilize the Hollow Cell, it was through resonance with the positive energy from fallen meteorites. They later named the meteorites as Gram Metal.With the resonance of the two opposite energies, the Hollow Cell had stopped finally on destroying other cells. But before they could rejoice for this success, later on, they discovered that the patient's stability was still undue. These two energies were too strong for the human body to handle; therefore, another comprehensive research was established again.Finally, after many years of researching, they finally succeeded in curing the pandemic. They invented a gadget that could break the limiter of the human body. Only by breaking the human's limiter that the patient could handle the toll brought by these two powerful energies, the Hollow Cell, and the Gram Metal.With the help of the new gadget, everyone with the symptoms of Hollow Cells could level up their bodies to become stronger. Every level up was equated to a 1% breakthrough to their limiter. Now, the gadget was known as System Deity.Not just humanity had stopped the pandemic, they also now have the means to fight back these magical mutated beasts.Three and a half centuries had passed after world destruction. Numerous things have changed. One of the biggest changes was the world geography, from big to a small country, the Philippines was one of them. If before, the Philippines looks like a granny, now it looks like an egg! No more Mindanao, Luzon or Visayas. Now it's Upper Region(Luzon), Middle Region(Visayas), and Lower Region(Mindanao).On the outskirts of a small town from the Middle Region of the Philippines, a young man was currently fighting a monster.This young man was known as Yman Talisman. Almost 2hours now had passed since he was fighting the level 1 monster known as Pale Toad.Currently, he flung his wooden sword rapidly in his hand to the monster at the front.Heyah!Zing!-1Zing!-1Shit! (He swore under his breath.)But no matter how hard he flung his sword, the damage was still 1. Since the wooden sword has a +6 attack and his base attack was 5, it means that toad had 10 defense.But in actuality, these status numbers are just a measuring tool. What's important was a person's ability on how he handled a fight.Yman woke up early on Sunday morning. Because he believes at the sayings that, "the early birds that get a choice which is more important than the worm itself".He knew this well, that's why he got up early on that morning because the one who came early at the venue of the evaluation exam would be able to choose a better starting skill. But for some reason, he had been dragged in the alleyway and ganged up by the group of five youths before he arrived at the venue.Therefore, he was late and had no choice left but to get the worst starting skill among the rest, the self-healing magic.He not only got a starting skill, but also a System Deity.The system deity was a round ball object as big as a golf ball. With designs of profound carving and imprint. To activate the System Deity, the owner must feed it with his own energy to light up all the imprint on its body, then it would spread automatically at the back of the owner's neck like a wris
|This punk! Irrational as ever. Hah, I don't have free time for these idiots. Better leave for now and come back later. It's better to hit some training dummies to increase my combat experience.| Yman thought while trying to get rid of some algae that was sticking on his body.When the group of Kiko had noticed him,"I thought it's a frog. Who would have thought that it's Yman? Haha!" Kiko said while sarcastically laughing so hard."Hehe, Kiko bro, I think Yman thought this pond was a river. Haha!``said one of Kiko's friends. This guy named Marco."At least he knew how to wash his body. Haha!" Another of Kiko's friends indicated. The guy named Bruno."But now, he even looks dirtier than before. Hehe!" Marco said while covering his nose and mouth with his hand.Hahaha! The six youth were batshit laughing."Hah! What would you expect of an orphan? He can't even buy food to eat." Kiko said while ge
Yman and Sistela didn't stop bantering until they arrived at a rundown apartment.He was about to use the key when he noticed that it wasn't locked.|She's here.| He thought. The door made a creaking noise when he pushed it. "Yman, is that you?" asked by a voice from inside."Yes, Miss Pai, " he replied.A woman wearing an apron came out of the kitchen. On her hands were a bowl, a bowl of steaming porridge. A system deity was floating beside her. Based on her figure, she was in her 20's. She's pretty and sexy. She has chest-nut color and curly hair, which is shoulder length. She has beautiful eyes, and she stood at the height of 5"6. Same height as him."Oh, how's your evaluation exam..." She asked. But she suddenly paused when she noticed his figure. His clothes were tattered and wet. And all over his body were covered by mud and algae. "Eh? What happened to you?" she surprisingly asked.Yman scratched his head befor
He rushed to climb on the wall surface to peek outside. But before he came near to it, he was halted by one of the soldiers. The soldier was wearing steel armor and a helmet. Only his thick brows, round eyes, and bearded face were showing."Hey Kid, what were you doing? You're not allowed here. Go home, quickly, " said the soldier while showing a worried look on his face. His hands were gripping tightly on his bow. But Yman noticed that his quiver was empty.He lightly smiled and said, "sorry venerable soldier, I'm here to offer my help," Yman respectfully said.The soldier couldn't believe what he just heard. How could this young man be able to help in this hopeless situation? Where hundreds of monsters and with a mutated one also were rushing to attack this side of the town wall.Even with the high-level magicians that hurling high tier magic to the monsters outside, but the monsters still coming relentlessly. If this goes on, they will
"Well, venerable Sir, what do you think?" He asked.After examining and feeding the arrow with magic, the soldier nodded in agreement.It looks like he was wrong. It certainly came from rank B+ Demon Wood."But kid, is it not still too expensive for an arrow? Even if this was made from rank B+, I think it is still overpriced, " the soldier said."Kufufu, venerable sir, what is money without life? Don't think you can redeem your life with points after you die. As long as you're alive, points or money will come back to you, as long as you work hard on it. But if it is your life that will lose, it will be lost forever," Yman said while his hands gesturing, it can't be helped."Well...... When you said it that way. I see no room for arguments."Later on, the soldier had decided to buy. Until more customers were coming to buy on him, at the moment, he sold 30 sets. And now he accumulated 300 points; he grinned from ear to ear. Now he could buy a decent skill. If Yman was not mistaken, ther
The next morning, Yman wore his new uniform, a dress suit of black and white, paired with black pants. And a big backpack on his back. With him were his sister and Ms. Pai. They were heading into the Academy via train. Ms. Pai would be an adviser at the Academy and him as a trainee and a student at the same time. His sister, of course, would be coming with them, since no one would take care of her at the apartment.Sistela and Alo were floating beside Yana. Alo was the name of Ms. Pai's deity.From his profit of selling arrows on yesterday's chaos, Yman was able to advance his deity, Sistela, into level 1. Now, she was capable of floating.. But the pay wasn't cheap, because he spent 500 gold points.Although he spent a considerable amount of his points, he acquired a new additional magic skill in return, a quick movement skill for a distance of 10 meters. The skill name was Rapid Leap.However, he wishes to obtain an attack magic skill. But too bad, he doesn't seem to have luck in thi
And again, a bees-like murmur had broken out once again."Look, that mountain guy again," said someone around them. Yman couldn't even recognize now if who was talking or not."What a stupid person, it just a moment that he changed his seat and now already got into trouble, tsk!" someone grumbled and clicked her tongue at the end of her words.The girl looked puzzled as to what, why, or how the things turned out like this. Many people that had gathered around them were throwing insults toward the guy who bumped her.'Is this guy the most hated guy in the whole world?' She couldn't help questioning herself.She glanced at the guy who bowed 70 degrees. But it seemed this guy didn't care what other people were saying towards him. ."Uh-Uhm, i-it's fine, don't worry about it, I'm fine, " she nervously said while urging the guy to stop bowing because she felt scared in this kind of scenario.After the girl said that she's okay, Yman was about to leave when, "Kiko, look, look, Yman was here
After Almina's speech, the next who climbed the stage was an aged man. The man had a slight beard on his face and medium length hair that was revealing the length of time he spent on this world based on its faded color that was no tinge of black. He stood at estimated 5'8 feet tall; with a lean body and exude gentleman demeanor. He was wearing a dress suit colored by black and white, and the emblem of Middle Region Magic Academy was distinct on the left chest area of the dress he was wearing.When the man stood straight at the center of the stage, every trainee went silent, with only their indistinct gulping sounds were slightly discernible. Every trainee staring intimately with a closed mouth; while awe-inspired at the man on the stage.He slowly lifted his arm holding a microphone toward his mouth. When the mic stopped at 3 inches away from his mouth, the man opened his mouth. His voice wasn't high or low. First, he introduces himself, then, he greeted everyone, which is followed by
As the fight of Yman against the Noble Rat reached the peak, the meeting of the Elites was still ongoing.After explaining to the Elites about the current situation of the academy, Elder Paan proceeds on discussing the shaded individuals that could be seen displayed in the holographic screens at the end of the clips."I'm sure you are wondering who those people on the screen..." the elder stopped then glanced at the Elites one by one. Noticing that all of them had no idea who those people are, she continued by snapping her fingers. After the elder snapped her fingers, the ten shaded in black figures suddenly revealed their real appearances.The Elites noticed that each of those individuals was wearing academy uniforms of different academies.They also noticed one specific person wearing an academy uniform from the Middle Region Magic Academy. .She has smart looking-eyes, a small nose, and rosy red lips. Her sky-colored pupils gleamed like the crescent moon reflected on it. And her sh
While the meetings of the members of the Elites were ongoing, Yman was struggling against the evolved Evil Rat which now had the name of Noble Rat and reached the pinnacle of D, the D+ Wanderer.Now it stood on its 2 limbs. It's supposed red eyes had turned into hazy yellow. Its pure dark blue fur that covered its whole body, now had milky-white fur arcing on its stomach down to its middle part. Its two ears grew longer, about 10 inches long that stood like horns on its pointy head. And on its face, gleaming in metallic luster, the whiskers were protruding like long needles. Even its razor-sharp claws had grown longer and sharper.Khaaaaaaaa!!! It suddenly yelled. The raspy shrill from it sent shivers on him.The cloak he was wearing had already torn, the clothes were tattered, and marks of blood could be spotted on some of its torn areas.If not because of his healing magic, not only his clothes would be torn at the moment but also his flesh.. For once he was thankful for having such
Not only humans fighting against humans, but also demihumans were against demihumans, and beasts fighting against beasts."The video you just watched were collections of clips from the previous battle in the Worlds Magic Academy Competition." Suddenly said the elder in a stern voice that devoid of emotions.It was cold and a little hoarse.Ahem. (She cleared her throat once again.)The Elites remained silent waiting for the continuation of the elder's words."Probably, some of you might already know the purpose of Magic Academies. Or why it was in such a rule or system. It was of course to prepare you from the sudden attacks of the real enemies lurking everywhere.. But before that, some precarious issues needed to be solved at first.Support us at N~ovElB(I)N(.)NETRight now, this academy was in a tight situation and was in danger of getting pulled out from this world. If that happened, not only the academy would be gone.Also the city itself.Since, this city's resources mostly came
The other Elite members seemed like they were from the native of this world.Kesha glanced at the empty seat. The person whoowned it was still recovering at the moment. He was sent to the famous magical hospital in this city.Sadly, he had injured himself at that time when they fought the rank C+ Mustang Spider. But because of having great talents in magic and owning 4 different types of ability for being a fledgling trainee only was more than enough for him to acquire a seat as an Elite trainee without going through the test.Kesha could only sigh and prayed for his fast recovery.Next to her was a man with medium length red hair. He was sitting calmly while closing his eyes and arms across his chest. With his right leg on top of his left knee.. This person was no other than Mai's cousin, Brai.Kesha noted that this person was also a handsome man and was kind of mysterious. Unlike the infamous wastrel who only knows how to hurt his comrades.Everyone certainly thought that that guy
Reflected in his eyes the shining image of the Evil Rat that was undergoing an evolution phase.The brilliance that envelopes its body had even brightened the place a little.Tsk! Yman as he gnashed his teeth. Never in his wildest dream to be able to see an actual evolution phase of a beast.Seemingly, beasts or monsters will undergo an evolution phase when their battle experience reached a certain threshold.Currently, Yman was downed on his butt on the cold pavement ground, while staring at the Evil Rat in surprised and without batting an eye. Sistela's voice rang in his ears which made him snapped from the shock and pulled him back to reality.He did not even notice his health points which now short of 150 points. After the tail whip attacked that landed on his back, -150 health points were taken from his health bar..He certainly questioned his luck. If seeing it from a different perspective, he might be lucky for witnessing such a rare event. But the situati
Sistela warned after noticing the second Evil Rat made a wise leap in the air while opening its largemouth. Some green liquids were splattering around and looking like small particles of lights when they were hit by the illumination of brilliance from his holographic map.Yman narrowed his eyes. Even though this Evil Rat managed to avoid the ball-web traps, the smoke abled to hinder its vision.He summoned his strength and sent a stab to the leaping Evil Rat.Shing!-30 HP in the red text was visible in his vision when his stab was successfully landed on the Evil Rat's jaw, which followed by squeaking noises from the Evil Rat when the tip of Gladius sword dig in about 3 centimeters in its flesh.|20 defense!| Yman quickly calculated the enemy's defense based on the damage that he dealt it.He has 20 attacks and an additional 15 from the resonance with his deity and another 15 from his Gladius sword. It was 50 in total, but he only managed to take 30 of the monster's healt
Yman scratches his head and forced a dry laugh when he realized that the water passage was still too small for the monster to pass through.He remembered what Mrs. Merced (the woman who issued the quest) said to him. That when he reached the dead end, there was a hole where a person can pass through to his left side. But Yman could not see it, the hole that she mentioned.Suddenly, he heard Sistela's call: He then glanced at the map that was hanging steadily above him. He noticed a thin layer of the wall outline. Based on the map, it was located two steps away from his left side."Must be a camouflage." He muttered and summoned his spear from Cyber Storage..He then pokes the part where the thin layer on the map was shown. Yman narrowed his eyes when the wall that looks so sturdy bend inwardly like a piece of something soft like it was made of cloth, a camouflage cloth to be specific.|It's a well-made replica of the wall.| He thought. |But
The Underground Channel entrance located at the west side of the city, under the bridge, and near the river-dam that streaming steadily towards the end. On the opposite side of the entrance, there was a big dumpsite area that could be seen a little distant from the river-dam. The place was known as West District.At the dumpsite, he could see some smokes that were flying towards the sky and resembles the clouds as they continued to hover higher.After Yman stepped in the entrance, he asked his deity to activate the radar.Sistela replied:He said: "It's not sudden. It's better to have a perfect mapping from the entrance towards the farthest area that we can reach." She questioned him.He scratched his face and replied: "Don't worry, we sure to leave the place before it happened.."Hearing what he said, she resigned then followed what he wants and activated the radar without further retorts.But she really was worried if she emp
Yman asked Sistela about the current time before they going to enter the Underground Channel entrance.He nodded at her after her reply and reminded himself that he only had 2 hours to finish his intention in this place for the day.But Sistela has seemingly noticed something.Suddenly, her complaint was heard by him.At the moment he was wearing a cloak of black color. It covered his body like a robe. His mouth and nose were covered by a mask to get rid of the pungent smell that might invade his throat. The cloak and mask both had poison resistance.His enemies were poisonous creatures, so, it was only natural for him to dress such a way.. No one knows if when the danger would come. One could only realize a danger after they found themselves in a situation.Yman's lips extended into a smile after hearing her, then he cleared his throat and said: "It's not like that. The air