Aiden moved to the right and barely dodged the dagger by a few inches. It looked as though Tonpa was quite skilled in using a dagger and since Aiden was not good at dodging, he was at quite a disadvantage.
'Unlock skill Slash!' Aiden thought quickly while dodging Tonpa's slashes as he suddenly felt a tree behind his back.
Ding!
[ The skill: Slash has been unlocked. ] As the system notification appeared in front of Aiden's face, his eyes suddenly caught a wooden stick lying on the ground.
'Put 20 stat points in Agility system!' Aiden said as an idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
[ Agility: 12 --> 32 ]
'It's either a do or die situation for me. But I don't have any other option.' Aiden thought as he jumped towards the stick and rolled on the ground as Tonpa moved forward with his dagger.
The dagger embedded itself in the trunk of the tree as Aiden reached the stick and picked it up. He broke the extra branches off and stood straight while pointing the stick towards Tonpa.
"You think a puny little stick can do anything to me?" Tonpa asked while laughing as he took out his second dagger and got ready to dash forward.
'I hope this works.' Aiden thought one last time before charging forward with his stick pointed towards Tonpa.
'Put ten points in strength.' Aiden thought as Tonpa moved forward too.
[ Strength: 20(+10) --> 30(+10) ]
A grin appeared on Tonpa's face as he thrust the dagger forward in Aiden's direction but like an anime hero, Aiden moved in the left direction at the last second and dodged the dagger.
"Slash!" Aiden said as he swung the stick forward in a horizontal direction. A white slash moved out of his stick as it hit Tonpa directly in the stomach.
"AHHH!" Tonpa screamed in pain as he suddenly flew back and crashed against a tree.
His eyes rolled back and he fell unconscious as his body slowly slumped down to the ground. Aiden released a sigh of relief before he walked up to Tonfa and took his dagger.
He threw the stick on the ground and went near the tree from earlier as he dislodged the second dagger and concealed them in his clothes so that he would be able to use them at a moment's notice.
"Good thing I found that stick or else I would have died." Aiden muttered as he glanced around at the screen in front of his face.
[ Slash (5 - 100%)
(3 EE per slash)
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Requirements - Needs a Sharp Object.
- Creates a slash that will travel for ten meters in a straight line.
- The further the slash travels, the less damage it will deal.
- Deals 2x damage depending on the strength stat.
- This skill can only be leveled up by using it. ]
< You will have to use it in practical situations host or otherwise, the progression bar won't work. >
He had been reading the info and listening to the system the entire time and that is why he had waited till the last moment to use the skill.
Now that he was done with this, he glanced at Tonpa who was lying unconscious on the ground.
"I need to eat food at least once a day or I will start growing weaker. There's a chance that some other students might try to kill me and I won't be able to defeat them. I guess it's true that no fight can be won on empty stomach." Aiden sighed as an idea suddenly came to his mind.
He took out one of the knives and slowly made some cuts on Tonpa's body. Black blood started to flow out from the wounds as Aiden stepped back and glanced at his own palms.
All demons had pure black blood and Aiden had the same type of blood inside him.
"This should attract some predators who I can cut for meat. This will give supply me with food as for water, I can always use Liquid Changer to change their blood and drink it." Aiden muttered to himself as he wiped the dagger clean of blood and walked away.
"You will remember the location for me, right system?" He asked the system while walking away as he wanted to test something.
< Yes, host, I will remember the location. > The system replied as Aiden smiled and kept walking.
'Status Screen.'
[ Name - Aiden Locksworth Shadowstone
Race - Demons
Hit Points - 80 / 80
Elemental Energy - 198 / 200
Titles - None
Main Job Class - Prince Of Shadows
Exp: 17057 / 17210
Stats:
< Intelligence: 86 >
< Strength: 30(+10) >
< Agility: 32 >
< Dexterity: 16 >
< Vitality: 20 >
Available Stat Points: 52 ]
Aiden put twenty points in Dexterity and Vitality each since he wanted to have a little valances Stats.
[ Dexterity: 16 --> 36
Vitality: 20 --> 40
Hit Points --> 120 / 120 ]
"So this leaves me with only 12 stat points huh." Aiden sighed as he suddenly stopped walking.
The dead body of a deer was lying a few feet in front of Aiden as he took a deep breath and bent down.
"Shadow Manipulation." Aiden whispered as he manipulated his shadows to come in front of him.
He changed the shadow's shape to that of a rope.
He then tried to tie the shadow rope around the deer's leg but the rope passed right through the deer's leg.
"So only I can hold this solid object and it would pass right through another person's body. Good thing I didn't use shadow manipulation while fighting Tonpa." Aiden muttered as he got up and started making his way back to the place from earlier.
< Go straight host and turn right when I tell you to host. > The system gave Aiden directions as he wondered how he would be able to use his shadows on other people since the skill would then only be useful for fooling people.
But as he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard munching noises coming from the distance.
Aiden lifted his head to see what was happening and his eyes widened at the scene in front of him.
It looked as though his plan had worked but it might have backfired.
The creatures in front of him were clearly not edible.