It was a simple process . A simple process to go the opposite side of the planet . A simple process that cost Sam a 100 energy stones .
The process was more or less the same , except there were no screen and the attendant simply asked whether he wanted to go to the humanoid base or the dark side . Pretty straightforward .
Stand on the platform . Good luck on your endeavors . Zap ! Welcome to the dark side .
This time , there were no beautiful attendants , but a scary man with a scar on his eye . He released an involuntary killing intent when he looked at Sam , but then , simply patted his back and said :
" Good luck , pretty boy . "
It wasn't that offensive , as Sam could be considered quite handsome , with his deep red eyes and his almost pale skin .
' Almost like a vampire . ' Sam thought as he looked down in a small body of water . ' Damn ... I just need fangs . '
[ Vampire ]
[ A race that uses blood energy . It strengthens it blood energy by consuming blood of stronger creatures . ]
[ Common appearance : Red eyes , Pale skin , 2 sharp fangs , long fingernails . ]
' Fuck , what ? ' Sam said in disbelief ' Vampires all have long nails ? '
[ When compared to humans of the same gender , yes . The nails are considered one of the strongest natural weapons for many races , such as the Vampires , werewolves , etc . Such races rely the least on outside help and mostly grow by killing any and everything . ]
' Outside help , being , this robe of darkness and the glove of the Bloody knight ? ' Sam thought .
[ Yes . To them , it lowers their prestige to fight with something not produced by themselves . ]
' ... ' Sam thought for a while as he stood up and looked around ' So they do use weapons , but self crafted ones ? '
[ .. yes . ]
' Whatever . ' Sam shook his head as he found no monsters around him with the use of his sixth sense , which now covered a kilometer of radius . The information it provide somehow didn't blast his brain , like he thought it would . It instead seemed almost second nature to him as he relied on only his senses and nothing else . ' Search for high density of energy . I didn't get a map because I trust you . Don't let me down . '
[ ... ]
A small map interface appeared on the corner of his eye as he nodded and started running away from the city he just teleported into [ DuskShade ] .
' No forests . Just mountains and flatlands . The dark side isn't as good for hiding as I thought . ' Sam thought as he activated sixth sense to scan his surroundings .
[ Keep going straight . There will eventually be an area where there would be nothing but darkness . That's the closest soul torturer . ]
Sam nodded , but looked to his sides where 5 shadows ran by him as he stopped . ' They were ... '
[ They indeed seem to be following you . ]
Sam just chuckled and continued running towards the same direction .
He kept running for 10 minutes straight .
He kept running for another 10 minutes .
He kept ...
After an hour , he couldn't take it anymore and yelled " Howwwwww furthhheerrrrrrrr ? "
After that loud yell , he calmed down and looked around . He then sighed and asked again in his mind ' How much longer do I need to run ? '
[ The distance should be covered in about 47 more minutes if you run at your full speed . ]
Sam nodded and shook his head at his own misfortune . He simply started running again in the same direction as before . He would now see the scenery more clearly every now and then . Now that he knew he had to run for almost another hour , he didn't want to simply keep running monotonously . He took in the scenery of the wretched lands that had barely any greenery and had groups of people fighting every now and then . Sam would simply walk from a distance and most of those people won't say anything either as if it was a fight between only the two of them .
He saw them spill each other's blood with different types of spells , all aimed at destroying the other . In the end , only 1 of them was left alive , even if he had wounds all over and had lost an arm and had a huge scar on his belly .
The other man , however , was ground to meat paste by a wood element spell called wood hammer .
[ Wood hammer ]
[ Base level 4 ]
[ Create a hammer of wood elemental energy to deal magic efficiency as physical damage . ]
Sam asked what the base level 4 meant and Scout did his explaining as Sam calmly looked at the grounded man while the other person walked away .
[ Magic users have 4 stages , just like their tiers . ]
[ Elementary magic users learn magic that has use on any level as easy use magic . It creates the protective foundation for an intermediate magic user . ]
[ At intermediate levels , magic users get physically defensive and offensive magics , for close range . ]
[ Supreme level magic user get magics of mass destruction . These are magic that can effect whole planets , thus , most supreme magic users battle in open space or the mirror world . ]
[ Master level magic users combine all of their previous magics into 1 simple magic that they have the most compatibility with . These spells usually have the effects of all previous magic combined into one . Their consumption also varies from user to user as some even have level 10 magics that simply cost 1 energy and can be used infinitely . ]
Sam looked at each of the interfaces and instead of swiping them away arranged them into what could be called a book ... of interfaces ? He then acted like actually turning it and read each and every page over and over again .
' So ... what you are saying is ... It will only be smooth sailing till level 9 and then I have to fuse them myself ? ' Sam asked .
[ The mastery system has existed since the beginning of time . Nobody knows how it started , but whenever someone creates a new magic it gets recorded into something the magic users call the akashic records . From that point on , any magic user has a chance to learn that magic through the mastery system at a suitable level . ]
[ And as you may have guessed , the level 10 magics would all need to be created separately , so even the connection might not work . ]
[ But I may be wrong and it may work . There is no precedent of a magic user with his masteries connected after all . ]
Sam read through it all as he stood in front of a curtain of darkness . He didn't look at the curtain and simply walked in as he yelled " Fuck "