"It's the right way to use them, right?"
[You received the first-stage skill 'Shadow Hide' from a skill scroll]
[You received the first-stage skill 'Raven Call' from a skill scroll]
"I understand Shadow Hide, but I have never heard of 'Raven Call'. What's that? And it seems like a very peculiar skill to get.. Wait! Is it because of my affinities?"
[Anthony Merin]
[Lvl. 2]
[10/20 EXP]
[Age: 21]
[Race: Human]
[Class: None]
[HP: 7/15]
[MP: 12]
[Soul Power: 750]
[Stamina: 52]
[Strength: 9]
[Defense (race-based): 2]
[Agility: 11]
[Dexterity: 14]
[Intelligence: 12]
[Instincts: 1]
[Talents]
[Combat Talents:
[Spear Talent (Low)]
[Sword Talent (Low)]
[Bow Talent (Low)]
[Utility Talents:
[Cooking Talent (Low)]
[Affinities:
[Rare Shadow (High)]
[Special Rare Raven (High)]
[Skills:
[Shadow Hide (First-Stage)]
[Hide in any Shadow near you by fusinc yourself with the Shadows.]
[Mana Cost: 1 Mana per 6 Seconds]
[Raven Call (First-Stage)]
[Call Ravens of equal Level to yours to help you]
[Mana Cost: 1 Mana the Raven per Second]
"What is the special rare? And what is the Raven Affinity?"
[The ranks of Affinities for elements are:
[Common]
[Uncommon]
[Rare]
[Epic]
[Legendary]
[There are also Animal affinities, but they are limited. The ranks for the animal affinities are the same, just with the 'special' prefix]
"And why did I get the Raven affinity?"
[That's Classified Information]
"Oook?"
"But for now, let's test the skills and after I will search for Damien!"
"Sha.."
'Shadow Hide!'
After my shouting was the reason for one of the worst experiences in my life, I decided it was better to not attract monsters with my measly 8 HP. Of course it was better to not attract monsters at all, but if I was prepared I probably would have easily killed the cockroach and the spider.
After activating the skill I felt a bit dizzy and when I recollected myself, I was in the shadow of the couch.
"Wow.."
But then I remembered the Mana Cost and although it wasn't long, I already lost two units of Mana.
"I should't waste it."
I quickly deactivated skill and.. Wait!
"Spirit, do I have Passive Mana Regeneration?"
[Your passive Mana Regeneration is 6 Mana per Minute]
"Why 6?"
[At Level 1 you had 5 and with every Level you get one addtional Mana Regeneration]
"I see... So at Level 5 I will be able to Hide in the Shadows undefinitely?"
[If you hide in the Shadows for too long, the skill wouldn't be able to gather the particles of your body and recreate it]
"Ohh.... I should try to avoid using it for too long.."
While we 'talked', my Mana regenerated back to full and my HP to ten.
"In five minutes I will head out, for now I can try the Raven Call skill."
"Raven Call*1!", I whispered. Suddenly a Raven materialized from the Shadows.
"Caw Caw"
"Cuute! And that cutie is supposed to fight against monszers with me?"
(Author´s Note: I linked a picture of the raven in the author´s thoughts (not mine))
I used 'Appraise' on him:
[Summoned Raven (Baby)]
[Level 2]
[Race: Shadow Raven]
[HP: 25]
[MP: 15]
[Strength: 12]
[Defense (race-based): 1]
[Agility: 17]
[Dexterity: 15]
[Intelligence: 3]
[Skills:
[Shadow Spike (First-Stage)]
[Causes 10 Damage to the Enemy, 20 if the Target is standing on Shadows]
[Mana Cost: 5]
[Shadow Claw (First-Stage)]
[Reinforces the Claws with Shadows, Claws cause 1.5 times the damage]
[Mana Cost: 3 per 5 seconds]
"..."
"What are that stats?! And why does a baby raven have them at level 2?! You can´t tell me that little thing can win against me in a pure strength contest! Come on little raven!"
*crash*
[-2]
"Oook, I believe it now.."
Suddenly I felt very dizzy and passed out.
-2 Minutes later-
"Hmmm? What happened?", I asked while holding my head.
[You exhausted all of your Mana]
"Ohh, I can only use the skill for 12 seconds.. *sigh* The Mana consumption is really something else.."
"Ok, my Mana is full and my HP at ten, I can get ready to head out!"
-5 Minutes later-
After searching the entire dorm room for anything useful, I found a couple of things to eat in the fridge, of which 2 were the common Bread, bringing my stock up to 3 and one cheese sandwich with the note "Come to the main hall. Damien" and a bottle of water. I packed all that into my backpack.
[Cheese Sandwich (Common)]
[Increases all stats by 1 for five minutes]
"So he really was out before me... I wonder what Talents and skills he got? Or does he only have one skill? But I can ask him about that! I really hope he cleared at least a few of the monsters on the way... Because to get to the main hall from the third floor, and the dorm isn´t too clean either... If all insects and whatever turned into monsters it´s going to be a hassle to get down..."
And with that I headed out.