After Axxel woke up after exhausting his mana, he looked around him. He felt good knowing he, angela, and her uncle successfully protected the village. It was the place that welcomed and helped him after all. All the villagers were happily walking around with their kids and laughing. But none of that mattered as of now. Because something even better hit him in the face as soon as he woke up.
[Ding!]
[Mission: Defeat Shadow Panther has been completed.
[Mission: Defeat Shadow Panthers (3/3) has been completed.
[Does the host want to claim all rewards?
[Y/N?]
Axxel quickly got up and skipped to the forest without a care in the world. Once he went into the forest, he opened the window. He quickly tapped yes. As soon as he hit yes, he felt power surging and coursing through his body and veins. Because of the sudden burst of levels, he threw up. Then checked his status, and he had to hold his jaw up. He was absolutely astounded.
[Axxel Lvl 8]
[Race: Human]
[Level 8: 250/500 XP]
[Stats:
[Attack: 46
[Defense: 57
[Agility: 160
[Mana: 4000
[Skills:
[Mind of the Ocean(Passive), Beast Transformation(Locked)(Incomplete), Mana Forming, Lvl 1, Mana Bullet Lvl 1, Mana Replacement Lvl 1
[Stat Points: 75]
I don't think words could describe how happy axxel was. All you could hear were happy noises. He just sat there smiling. If someone saw him right now, they'd think he had a loose screw. 'D-Do I touch, or Do I not touch?!?!' he thought while moving his finger back and forth, hesitating to even touch the stat points. Right as he mustered up the courage, and reached out to tap the stat point button, a window popped up.
[Ding!]
[Due to mana exceeding 3500, all mana related skills have leveled up 3 times.
[Mana Forming has leveled up to level 3.
[Mana Bullet has leveled up to level 3.
[Mana Replacement has leveled up to level 3.
Axxel without hesitating, said, "Mana Forming" and then cast the mana bullet skill, this time even being over-excited, he didn't lose an ounce of control over the bullet. So he decided to compress the mana bullet as it was moving. The pressure coming from it destroyed the grass under it without it touched the ground. Air started swirling around the bullet. But Axxel still hadn't lost any control over it. But when he tried to compress it more, he felt his control slipping away. So instead, he created 4 more mana bullets next to him, all being compressed. The power it took for him to keep the bullets under control was too much so he let go thinking they would dissipate. He couldn't be any more wrong. The bullets flew at hundreds of miles per hour. They ripped through the trees like they were paper, heck almost like they were water. Axxel was terrified. What if someone shot those at him. Using his brain, he noticed that compressing the mana stops it from dissipating. As before, he just kept the mana swirling around itself. After that, a notification popped up.
[Ding!]
[Host has created a new skill, branched off from the 'Mana Bullet' skill.
[A name has already been chosen.
It was regretful, but axxel was interested in seeing what the system named it.
When he checked the skills tab, he saw the skill name, 'Mana Bullet(Compressed)' under the 'Mana Bullet'.
After checking the name, he was a little disappointed but shifted his attention towards the 'Mana Replacement' skill. He then used the skill to make an arm out of mana. This time, the mana was completely opaque, and it wasn't a mixture of light and dark blue mana, it was just a dark blue this time. And it felt more real than last time. Like last time, it felt unnatural when axxel touched it with his other hand. But either way, he was happy. Instead of disabling the system, he tried adding claws to the arm, then he tried a big blade on the side of his arm. They both worked perfectly and didn't feel as much mana draining as he thought.
[Ding!]
[Host has made a branching skill from the 'Mana Replacement' skill.
[Names have been chosen automatically.
Axxel then went and checked the skills, and looked at the new skills. They were named, 'Claw Form', and 'Blade Arm Form'.
Satisfied, axxel went back to the village, as the sun was already setting. And his level for the 'Mana Forming' skill went up to 4. Today was another good day.