I bring up the skill tree to see my abilities,
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{Xerox}
Main Orphan skill:
Copy a random skill from a person you rescue
[Greater Mana Manipulation]
Skill obtained from the man you saved:
Current Level: Imbue – Can directly imbue objects with mana
Skill will Level up with use: max level will allow tandem use
[Greater Wind Magic]
Skill obtained from the woman you saved:
Current Level: Tornado
Level can not increase by use: must use mastered mana manipulation to level this skill
[Basic Spear Art]
Martial Skill obtained from stabbing Fenrir with branch:
Current Level: Thrust – can thrust long sharp weapons with relative accuracy
Martial Skill will Level up with use: max level will allow tandem use
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Xerox was a good choice; I have to save people anyway so might as well help myself to their powers at the same time.
But to think that those people had such strong base powers. I need to be weary of my fellow Orphans, they start off with some serious firepower.
The first skill I want to try is [Greater Wind Magic], but how do I use it?
"Greater Wind Magic!" I chant, nothing happens.
"Whoosh!" I yell, but yet again no luck.
"Tornado!" I cast, and a funnel of wind begins to form in front of me. But as fast as it started, it ended. I cast once more, this time chanting in my head, and once again the twister appears. It grows about 4 meters high before it disappears. Maybe without a target the spell just runs out. It doesn't matter,
"I can use magic!" I scream into the open,
And that same blood curdling scream sounds off in reply, echoing off of the tree it sends me into action.
While my feet slap the cold mossy floor of the forest, I begin to think about the other skill I received. If I can imbue objects with mana couldn't I imbue myself with mana. As the thought passes through my head, so does mana and it begins to spread across my limbs strengthening my muscles making my sprint feel like a jog.
[Level Up – Greater Mana Manipulation is now at the Augment level]
Sooner than I could comprehend I arrive back at the injured man. This time I pick up the branch and imbue it with mana before augmenting myself to be faster and stronger than the last time. I lunge at the Fenrir and pierce its flesh in a fraction of a second, sending the beasts face towards the sky.
The beasts turns its ferocious mug and stares within my soul,
BANG!!!
The branch that was lodged in the beast explodes ending the ferocity in its eyes and replacing it with a glazed over distant look. The branch couldn't withstand the mana and it burst. The beast whines as its legs give out and it falls to the ground the man laying right beside it.
"Padraic!" the woman cries out lowering herself next to the man and the beast.