'Well damn, maybe I didn't prepare enough for this. I didn't think I'd be brought into a giant cave with no source of light at all.' Seth complained as he realized he didn't think it through and he let the excitement get the better of him.
'I guess I'll just come back with a flashlight, I need to be more careful and mindful in the future.' He thought as he started turning around to walk back into the portal to come out of the dungeon, only to realize that there isn't a portal there anymore.
"Well, I'm fucked." He let out a long sigh afterward turning back around only to have the darkness stared back at him. Seth tried thinking of a way he could make light so he could see but he couldn't come up with anything until there was finally a spark in that tiny brain of his.
'Oh wait a minute, don't I have magic I can use? Let's see how the hell do you use magic, in novels they usually just say the name of a spell and it just magically appears but I don't know any spells.' and with that tiny spark appearing it flew away just as fast as it appeared. Seth tried yelling out all types of spells he could think of with his lightning magic.
"Lightning Bolt!"
"Thunder Shock!"
"Lightning Arrow!"
"Lightning Spear!"
This went on for nearly 10 minutes of Seth just shouting out all of the random lightning magic skills he could imagine looking like a fool. In the end, he gave up and started to walk forward holding his spear.
[The system has noticed the host's incapability to use magic, therefor a tutorial shall be given on how to use magic.]
'...You seriously couldn't have given me this tutorial before? You just had to make me make a fool of myself' Seth pouted.
[First, you will need to feel the mana inside of you, close your eyes, and focus on feeling the inside of your body. The mana should feel like a cool current running through all of your body.]
'Wait wait let me find a safe spot first, after all of that shouting I wouldn't be surprised if some short green gremlins were on their way to kill me right now.' But sadly the system seemingly has no care in the world for what he says and continues on with the tutorial.
[Second, once you find it you will need to know how to use it, try focusing on bringing out that mana while imagining what you want to create with it.]
'Fine fine we'll do it your way I just hope I don't die.'Seth closed his eyes and focused on the inside of his body as he was instructed to do. At first, he couldn't feel anything at all, he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary until he slowed his breathing down and really paid attention to what was going on inside. He could slightly fool a cool sensation moving all around his body but it was very faint.
Next, he tried moving that current to his hands, and with a bit of trouble, he was able to move it slightly. Unfortunately, he heard a slight snarl coming from behind him so he quickly opened his eyes and swung his spear backward without looking. 'What the fuck was that?'
[Detected 2 Goblins in close vicinity]
'Well, I don't know what else I expected..' He slowly walked backward trying to see anything in front of him but it was just pitch black. He could see barely a foot in front of him but that was enough for him to see a tiny green goblin that was about 3 feet tall running toward him. He has never fought anything in his life so he didn't know how to react and instinctively stabbed at the goblin with his spear shoving it directly through its head.
He had no clue he could react so fast but he didn't care at the moment he was trying to listen for the other goblin that must be close by. It had the exact same strategy as the other one just running at him with a small dagger in its hand but before the tiny goblin could reach him he stabbed it in its head.
"Little fuckers I can't even see and you still died, how pathetic." Seth took his spear out of the goblins head and tried getting a better look at them, he bent down and observed them. They were just about 3 feet tall with no clothes on other than a rag around their waste, they were bald and they were a light shade of green. Their teeth looked very sharpy, they are probably sharp enough to bite through bones.
'Let's hope they aren't able to get their hand on me anytime soon..' He thought as he looked at their fingernails which were black and just as sharp as their teeth.
'It's good to know the system will notify me if monsters are nearby but I shouldn't rely on it, it notified me after I heard one of them so it probably has a certain range and won't be good against monsters who may use magic from long range.' Closing his eyes again he slowed his breathing down and felt his mana. He slowly had it travel to his and he opened his eyes while moving his arm up and opening his palm forward.
Thinking of a lightning bolt coming out of his palm he pushed as much mana out as he could.
*Bang*
The lightning bolt came out of his palm and flew forward clashing into a walk causing a slight explosion. It felt incredible and it looked incredible. He did it again and it felt easier to do and it looked like the lightning bolt had made an even bigger explosion.
'Wow, this is incredible. I can't believe I can really use magic, I never thought this would ever happen.'
[Learned Skill -Lightning Bolt-]
[Lightning Bolt - Rank F -
Mana Cost - 10
Level 1 - 10/100
The user throws a bolt of lightning out of their hand. The lowest ranking skill of lightning magic.]
Wow it's so powerful and it only costs 10 mana to use it, I can't wait to see what other magic there is in this world. His excitement was brought to new levels it has never reached before and he couldn't wait to clear this dungeon now.
'But I still have no source of light which was the whole purpose of doing this.' Sighing he tried thinking of ways he could make a source of light with his newfound proficiency in magic. 'But I still have no source of light which was the whole purpose of doing this.'.
'Maybe if I try and make an orb of lightning and keep it floating in front of me it will be able to light the place up.' Trying his new idea, he tried pushing out mana with the idea of keeping it contained in a ball. But this proved to be very hard to do and he couldn't contain it in the shape of a ball for more than a couple of seconds before it fizzled out.
'Well I know it is possible but I just don't know why it's not working, maybe I need to be constantly adding mana into it so it doesn't die out.' He tried again but this time constantly adding a steady source of mana into the ball.
The lightning ball flew out in front of him and lit up the room just like he wanted, it really worked. 'You know I would like to consider myself a genius' Seth laughed while finally being able to see where he was in the cave.
He had only been able to walk about 10 feet since he had first come in here so he was still in the starting area. It was a wide cave that was about 20 feet tall and was mostly grey, in front of him was a big tunnel that probably led to where the goblin's houses are.
With his spear in hand at the ready and his lightning orb floating in front of him giving light, he treaded forwards into the dark tunnel.