A couple weeks had passed since Kore had arrived in this dungeon and during that time she has been teaching me all about magic to do with the mind. So far I have only been practicing on some wild animals or some weak willed harpies that said they didn't mind helping me train.
Baal came by often and would always help to the best of her ability. Baal, being a succubus, had the mental affinity and had mastered it completely so, therefore, she would use it to help me focus and guide me into performing the magic correctly.
Kore would, in addition to Baal, help me out when needed and was the one that actually taught me the spells in the first place.
Progress so far was slow but well worth the effort. I could now plant ideas into someone's mind and not leave any traces of the spell I used along with for a few seconds manage to control certain parts of a low levelled and low intelligence monster's body. In addition to both of those, I could also now see people's emotions, and sometimes, if I really focus, thoughts, but only if I made a conscious effort so Baal was currently teaching me how to do that subconsciously as if I could always do it from the beginning.
"Kiera, hunny, that's wrong. I know you can tell their emotions by staring at them so try doing it but looking somewhere else and we will progress from there."
"Hoh~ seems someone is getting comfortable around my darling and is even addressing her as hunny~"
Baal ignored Kore and continued giving me guidance.
I followed Baal's instructions and looked elsewhere as I tried reading the emotions of the caged fire dire wolf that was placed next to me.
"Should I start?" I asked Baal.
Baal smiled and said, "Whenever you're ready." In a soft tone.
I used my mental magic and thought of reading the emotions of those around me but focused on the wolf next to me. Information flowed into my mind in a steady stream.
"The wolf is.. scared, hungry and angry. Correct?"
"Well done. We'll try the next monster then."
Baal took the cage away and put a new one down that contained a torched bird.
"Have you caged one of every monster or something?" I asked as I looked down at the bird that was thrashing about.
"Well yes but I haven't gotten the ones with high intelligence yet. We haven't progressed far enough for you to try it on them so I didn't bother getting them."
"How long did this take you?"
"Not long really. Maybe half a day or so." Baal said with a smile. "Anyway, that doesn't matter. Try it on this."
Just like before, I used my magic to read the thoughts of those around me but just before I was about to activate it Kore called out to me.
"Kii! Stop! Don't do anymore, you've been training to hard and if you push yourself too much while trying the mental affinity then you can permanently damage yourself. See you're bleeding." Kore used her thumb to wipe away the warm blood that slowly dropped from my nose.
"I didn't realise." I said before giving a small smile to Kore, "thank you, Kore."
"It's fine." She shook her head, "We should do something else instead. Since you've done magic, how about we try a different weapon. What weapons can you use so far?" Kore asked me with a gentle smile.
"I have mastered both the bow and sword while the scythe is at 77%. Other than that, I haven't used another weapon." Kore hummed after I finished speaking.
"What weapon would you like to try?" Baal said.
I gave a moment to think before answering Baal's question, "I'm not to sure."
'I haven't thought about it. There are multiple weapons I could use like a spear, axe, hammer, crossbow, daggers, whips, clubs, lances, and other stuff. I don't know what I should try.'
"Would you like to try multiple or just focus on one to begin with?" Baal asked.
"I should probably focus on just the one."
"Why don't you try using a spear?" Kore spoke to me.
"A spear?"
"Yes, I know how to use spears so I could teach you if you wish."
'A spear…. I don't mind it so why not.'
"Sure, thank you Kore."
"Pleasures all mine." She smiled.
"Am I still needed or shall I leave?" Baal asked.
"You may leave." Kore answered.
"Very well. Good bye Kiera, say my name when you want me to return."
And just like that, Baal left. Kore told me to transform Adonis into a spear and I did exactly that.
"Now, shall we start with simple posture, how to hold it and change grips quickly along with some basic attacks." Kore said as she placed her hands on my shoulders and began moving my body around into a stance.
"How should I hold the spear?"
"Shift your hands down a little and have your hands a little further apart and it should be good."
I followed Kore's guidance and completed the most basic of basics to master a spear.
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<*ping*>
< You have gained the skill [Spear mastery: 1%] >
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'Well that was easy enough.'
"Practice some simple movements with your spear and follow it up with another. For example, thrust forwards and drag it up diagonally to the right, give it a spin and back to your side."
"Alright." I replied and did the movements Kore told me.
'Thrust forwards.'
I thrust my spear forward, 'drag it upwards diagonally to the right.'
I guided my spear up to the right and spun it around, 'spin and back to my side.'
I ended off with my spear at my side with the tip facing towards the ground.
"Well done, just practice simple movements and if you want, follow it up with another move. Once you can do them easily with perfect posture then we can move on. It shouldn't take you long as you master things pretty quickly." Kore smiled and I continued the doing simple movements like the one I had just done over and over until night fall.
"You can stop now~"
"Are you sure? I can still continue." I asked as I wiped away a bit of sweat that rested just above my brow.
"Kii, you need to rest once in a while. After all you are no longer in the body of a g-" Kore quickly stopped what she was about to say and corrected herself, "you are a mortal after all, you still have basic needs."
"I'll stop then." I said as I transformed Adonis back to normal.
I was slightly curious about what Kore was going to say but I wasn't going to mention it until she could tell me it comfortably.
'I'm no longer in the body of a what?' I shook my head to rid myself of these thoughts that flooded my mind.
"Come on darling~ let's go and get some rest." Kore winked at me and grabbed me by the hand, leading me back to my home in the ravine.
"There's no need to grab me." I smiled as I followed behind Kore.
"Haha, hurry up so I won't need to drag you then, darling~"
"Alright, alright." I quickened my pace and walked beside Kore, hand in hand.
Eventually we returned to the ravine and went inside before going to my room and comfortably falling asleep together.
"Goodnight, Kii."
"Goodnight, Kore."
"Sleep well, my love." Kore gently spoke as she rested her eyelids and drifted off to sleep.
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Name:[Kiera]
Age:[6]
Race:[Black elemental wyrm]
Gender:[Female]
Level:[6/250]
EXP:[1663/2500]
HP:[1034/1034]
MP:[1324/1324]
SP:[1099/1099]
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Strength:[1031]
Intelligence:[1158]
Endurance:[1089]
Mental force/power:[ERROR]
Agility:[1046]
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Skills - [Scratch] , [Thrust] , [Inspect] , [Bow mastery] , [Perfect aim] , [Elemental breath] , [Bloodlust] , [Elemental master] , [True dragon] , [Copy] , [Spacial storage] , [Sword mastery] , [Fire blade] , [Transform] , [Chef] , [Scythe mastery: 77%] , [Wind enhancer] , [Inferno] , [Poison manipulation] , [Fire resistance] , [Telepathy], [Override], [Limit breaker], [Black flames], Skill set: [Flames of destruction],
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Passive skills - [Night vision] , [Mastered spacial awareness] , [Steal] , [Regeneration] , [Elemental resistance] , [Polyglot]
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Armours - [Armour bent from the flames of death],
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Body modifications - [Armoured scales - activated]
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Titles - [The anomaly]
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Blessings - [Blessed by goddess of reincarnation] , [Blessed by goddess of space]
(A/N - I'll try make a ton of chapters throughout my holiday so even if I don't feel like writing on certain days then I'll still have something to post, I'm sorry for not posting.)