"It's over..."
A beautiful girl with long raven-black hair sighed heavily, falling into the embrace of her soft bed.
Her icy blue eyes stared blankly at the ceiling as she tried to process what had happened today.
As per usual, she attended her lectures and completed her assignments diligently, ate lunch with her friends at the campus cafeteria and rejected some guys who had tried to flirt with her.
Truly, nothing out of ordinary happened, until the after-class club meeting.
At first, she thought that choosing this, Mana Control club, wasn't a very great idea because other clubs caught her attention more, however, in the last second she decided to join nonetheless.
She just had a gut feeling that she needed to give it a shot.
As she entered the classroom she quickly scanned the people residing within and no familiar faces caught her eye.
Unfortunately as she settled into her seat, a certain guy approached her.
"Can I sit here?"
She looked up to meet his purple eyes, however, something about them seemed off. The guy was dodgy.
"No, I prefer to sit alone."
Without stuttering she delivered an answer and to her surprise, the guy managed to take it without protest and walked away to his previous seat.
'At least he's not pushing.'
She leaned against the back of the chair, releasing a soundless sigh.
After that the president of the club came in and commenced with the meeting, shortly describing what this Mana Control group was all about and the plans in the future.
To her surprise, the meeting actually went quite well.
In the next week, the club will also be going to a Mana rich dungeon, which is a very good opportunity for every member to improve.
Being from a well-off family Luna had been to many of such dungeons hence knew how good the experience was.
This was an event one would look up to and yet, she was dreading it.
For some reason, she could not shake off the feeling of unease.
Her gut feeling had never steered her wrong before and she couldn't remember the last time she felt this uneasy about a situation.
'Status...'
~~~ Status ~~~
Name: Luna WhiteThorn
Rank: E
Strength: E-
Agility: E
Stamina: E
Intelligence: E+
Charm: A
<-- Mastery -->
Magician [ Lv. 7 ]
The degree of understanding and control the user has of the Magic.
Martial Artist [ Lv. 5 ]
The degree of understanding the user has of hand-to-hand combat.
<-- Weapon Art -->
Ice Dragon's Fist [ ✪✪✪✪✪✪ ] - Intermediate Proficiency
Ice Dragon's Fist is a martial art created in the Northern Mountains by people who constantly perfected their techniques to slay dragons.
[ First Movement { Ice Aura } ]
The user is able to coat their body in Ice Aura that increases their striking power, defense and speed, turning themselves into a lethal weapon.
[ Second Movement { Icy Death } ]
The user is able to unleash a focused blast of icy mana from their fists, capable of freezing and shattering anything it touches.
<-- Skills -->
Sixth Sense { B }
A skill that enables the user to have heightened intuition and perception of danger.
Eyes of Mana { C }
A skill that allows the user to see mana flow in living beings and surroundings.
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Looking at the golden letters floating before her eyes, Luna sighed.
She was stronger than most of her peers, one of the so-called 'generational prodigies' that only appeared once in a millennium and yet, she couldn't shake off the uneasy feeling that something was not right.
It was a very unnerving feeling, especially when she couldn't pinpoint the source of her unease.
"I hope I'm just overthinking it."
Muttering to herself, Luna reached for her hair, slowly twisting it into a ponytail so that it wouldn't obstruct her vision.
Although her brother is not the... wisest, Luna had to agree with him on one thing - if something was on your mind, a good training session could help clear it.
***
"I've ranked up!"
Looking at my status window I couldn't help but exclaim in excitement.
The Essence of Ascendancy usually enhances one's physical abilities, however, since I was very close to ascending to a higher rank, it seems that it also helped me rank up.
Swish...
Extending my fist, I punched forward, hearing the distinct sound of the air being displaced. I could tell that my striking speed and power had increased significantly.
"Good."
Scratching my chin, I smiled satisfied with my progress.
Now that I've ingested the Essence of Ascendancy, there were only a few things left for me to prepare for the upcoming club outing, one of them being buying a skill.
Yes, I'm finally going to buy a fucking skill!