Jeff stood as he hunched forward, the sweat on his brow was sliding down his face.
His eyes were deadlocked onto the panting Dire Wolf in front of him. The beast was growling while blood trickled from a fresh burnt wound on its leg.
Jeff and his pet little bastard had already dealt a lot of damage during the fight. The beast circled warily, its once ferocious speed now dulled due to the relentless barrage.
"We're almost there, little Blue," he shouted aloud.
Blue, who was perched on his shoulder, gave a happy wobble in response. Then, in his palms, a fireball slightly larger than a golf ball began to hover.
It was compact and pulsing, literally radiating with intense heat. The flames licked around his palms as if eager to explode.
"Blue, let's go ahead and finish this beast."
The Dire Wolf, hearing his words and seeming to understand them, lunged one last time while snarling through clenched fangs.
Seeing this opportunity, Jeff smiled and shouted, "Now, Blue!"
Hearing the command, Blue fired an Aqua Shot. Due to the compounding of the skill, the high pressure of the shot was now far more powerful than before.
The water blast smacked the wolf right in the jaw, but it was not powerful enough to deal real or serious damage.
However, the results were acceptable since it made the beast flinch and stagger.
"Perfect!" he said as he stepped forward with a fireball in his hand.
"Eat this!" he growled while hurling it with all the force his body could muster.
WHUMP
BOOM!
The fireball struck the Dire Wolf squarely in the chest as it erupted in a burst of flames.
Smoke and cinders shot out as the beast yelped, stumbling back with charred fur and a seared hide.
With that, it dropped with a grunt and collapsed to the ground, motionless. Jeff stood still for a moment, then began to pant.
As he then collapsed to the ground, motionless from exhaustion, Blue jumped and landed on his chest with a slight jiggle.
"Your Aqua Shot is getting better. Training for a few more days will really turn it into a deadly skill," Jeff said as he gave it a thumbs up.
Blue wobbled indignantly as it heard the praise, clearly enjoying from it.
"This is like the third time we've killed a Dire Wolf today. Too bad we can't finish all of them," Jeff said with a sigh.
"Mew-Mew," blue rubbed its jelly body on his cheeks.
"Let's devour our prey, little bastard," Jeff said to Blue as they made a fire and started skinning the beast.
With that, they began to have their fill, and their stats started to increase. Jeff could only finish one Dire Wolf, while Blue seemed to have an endless stomach.
He could literally devour it all if he had not finished the first Dire Wolf.
"Is this one of Blue's abilities?" Jeff muttered as he shrugged his shoulders and proceeded to move on.
After resting for a moment, they started their hunt once again. Soon, they spotted a wild, large green snake.
He had no idea what it was called, since this owner never bothered to study any kind of beast encyclopedia.
It released a powerful poison, but for Jeff, it was easy to dodge. Then it was followed by Blue's Aqua Shot, which hit the snake's face and distracted it.
Jeff then released a fireball that engulfed the snake in flames, burning it, but it was still alive.
It responded by releasing another wave of powerful poison at their location. Jeff quickly dodged to the side and began spamming another fireball.
Because of the earlier damage the fucking snake could not dodge killing it right there and then.
"This one is much tougher than a Dire Wolf," he uttered as he moved toward the snake, which was about seven feet long.
Thanks to his fireball and improved stats, along with Blue's support, hunting Dire Wolves was not much of a problem. But this snake caused him a bit of a trouble.
But did he lose? Nah he wins!
After preparing another fire, even though he was full, he still wanted to eat it since it would increase his stats.
Once it was cooked, the aroma of the snake meat spread outward.
With a bite, overflowing juice dripped onto his tongue as he tasted the flavor. It was so bland that it made him sigh.
As he finished the meat on his hand, he then looked at his stats.
Attributes:
Health: 17.20 | Strength: 15.48 | Agility: 13.77 | Stamina: 12.04 | Mana: 51.61 | Magic Power: 22.35
...
[Congratulations you have become a full fledge awakener. To congratulate you, you will be given a random skill]
[The grade would also be random so its up to the host luck]
"Eyy a random skill. So, I finally become an awakener?" Jeff said with a happy expression.
Opening his stats and yep, their it was.
Rank: First-Level of Mana Awakening (Congrats for becoming an awakener)
After looking at it, he then glanced at the system that was spinning wildly, and finally, it landed on a skill.
[You have given a skill: 'Blood Control']
[Skill: Blood Control
Level: First Order
Description: Allows manipulation of any kind of blood. Can shape blood into weapons, restraints, or shields depending on the user's imagination.
Mana Cost: Varies it's uses]
...
Seeing that he had received such a powerful skill, his eyes glowed brightly. This skill was literally an amazing one.
He had read lots of novels and watched movies about the ability to control blood, and now he stood up completely excited.
He raised his hand full of anticipation, with his palm open and fingers slightly curled. Across the clearing, in a patch of grass where he had stood earlier, something began to stir.
The leftover blood of the snake they had eaten shimmered faintly. It began to tremble and then slowly rose.
Thin streams of dark red liquid lifted gently into the air, swirling like threads caught in a breeze.
They hovered and twisted in slow motion, dancing above the grass as if acknowledging his command.
Jeff stared at it with his mouth agape, he was completely amazed. It looked so cool as it waved like silk being fanned by the air in front of him.
"No way,"
Jeff did not move as he changed its form into a needle, a square, a sphere, and many other shapes he could imagine, which made him greatly amazed.
After playing for a whole minute, making the snake's blood circle around him, he suddenly felt dizzy.
[Warning Mana Depletion]
"What?" he uttered as he fell to his knees.
When he stopped using it, the dizziness finally disappeared.
[Mana: 3/51.61]
"Damn, that consumes too much mana," he uttered, since he had only been playing with it for just a few minutes.
[You have used Blood Control for the 1st time]
[Compounding initialized +1% per cast.]
Seeing that it increased by just one percent made him sigh. Even with these so-called cheats, it would still take him some time to become overpowered.
But he understood that if he just kept spamming and increasing the compounding, the results would eventually add up like regular addition.
With that thought, he sat down again, and he and Blue decided to finish the rest of the meat, which made him burp.
After finishing all of it, he stood up and stretched. With Blue by his side, he went off for another round of side training.
Since his cultivation level was very low, he needed to make his skills stronger, especially because his talent in cultivation was terrible.
The only reason he had reached this level was because the food he had eaten over the years contained mana.
With that in mind, he began spamming another set of fireballs to increase their firepower.
...
Jeff Attributes:
Rank: First-Level of Mana Awakening
Health: 22.65 | Strength: 20.77 | Agility: 17.44 | Stamina: 15.38 | Mana: 58.03 | Magic Power: 26.83
Skill:
Fire Ball
Compounded: +232% Damage
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Blue Attributes:
Health: 32.35 | Strength: 3.36 | Agility: 1.86 | Mana: 77.14 | Magic Power: 8.38
Skill:
Aqua Shot
Compounded: +127% Damage