After a couple of hours of how each element works and how to use them which I found very boring besides the fact there's apparently a 'good' and 'evil' element as well. They are apparently made from all the elements and the good and evil factor. Warlic then proceeded to pound the mastery skills of all the elements into me.
Fire mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of fire magic. As this skill increase, the amount of fire produced will increase and the strength of fire magic also increases.
+10% in strength in fire magic
+1% in fire resistance
Wind mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of Wind magic. As this skill increase, the amount of Wind produced will increase and the strength of Wind magic also increases.
+10% in strength in Wind magic
+1% in Wind resistance
Lightning mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of Lightning magic. As this skill increase, the amount of Lightning produced will increase and the strength of Lightning magic also increases.
+10% in strength in Lightning magic
+1% in Lightning resistance
Earth mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of Earth magic. As this skill increase, the amount of Earth produced will increase and the strength of Earth magic also increases.
+10% in strength in Earth magic
+1% in Earth resistance
Water mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of Water magic. As this skill increase, the amount of Water produced will increase and the strength of Water magic also increases.
+10% in strength in Water magic
+1% in Water resistance
Ice mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of Ice magic. As this skill increase, the amount of Ice produced will increase and the strength of Ice magic also increases.
+10% in strength in Ice magic
+1% in Ice resistance
Light mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of Light magic. As this skill increase, the amount of Light produced will increase and the strength of Light magic also increases.
+10% in strength in Light magic
+1% in Light resistance
Dark mastery Beginner level 1 (0%)
Allows the manipulation of Dark magic. As this skill increase, the amount of Darkness produced will increase and the strength of Dark magic also increases.
+10% in strength in Dark magic
+1% in Dark resistance
"Well I won't go as far to pound every one into you but these are the basic 8. Now you'll be using fire magic against the foes. With the exception of one they are weak to fire. The other one is weak to light magic. Figure it out."
So its up to me again. Man hell training is coming closer and closer.
"Why didn't you teach me a spell like fire ball?"
"Why would I?"
Because you're responsible for me dragging me into this mess but I can't say that. I made a different answer.
"Because that's how you learn new spells. You get a fireball book and read it to learn the magic."
Is it done differently in his world?
"Hmm...how interesting. What I taught you is the basic of the basic. It'll allow you to manipulate the elements itself. It depends on you to learn and master the spells you want whether its through a book or experimenting. My magic seems to be much more flexible than your world's magic."
So you won't teach me either way.
With that we walked to the next and final phrase of the training. The moment we got near the yellow line that separated the tower into two I saw there was a massive number of the Bugbear, Laundry Golem and the dirty sockmonkey. I couldn't even count the number of enemies I had to face.
"You can begin any time. For your benefit you can cast one spell before crossing the yellow line."
Well I've be damned. What spell do I use...hmm...fire will work but I need a lot of it.
I thought of creating a big fire that would push the enemies away enough for me to get in. Using my knowledge which came from Warlic pounding it into me I imagined a large fire spreading and consuming all of them.
"Flamethrower."
In an instant a massive fire came out of my hands and burnt back the countless foes in front of me. This will be easy.
I checked my experience bar to see it rapidly increasing as well. It was literally increasing by 3% per monster I killed but I was killing so many of them at once that I would level up quickly. As fire was coming out of my hands I walked over the yellow line and continue the massacre.
You have levelled up
You have levelled up
"Eden! These monsters have infinity respawn capabilities so be careful"
No need to worry I have plenty of mana to spare wait what?! My mana was less then 200 in a matter of a couple of seconds?! Shit! I have to stop before I run out.
I stopped the flames coming out of my hands and I saw the remains of the monsters. However the bugbears were mostly unaffected by my fire. It seems it was the monster without the weakness to fire.
For now I have to stall for time. They shouldn't respawn so quickly. But such thoughts were quickly killed off.
Behind the group of Bugbears that numbered in the 20s was another group of 40 which were made of Laundry Golems and the dirt Sockmonkeys.
Shit! Why are they respawn so fast?! Damnit I have to make a wall.
I focused my thoughts on making a sturdy wall. It was a mix of Earth and ice elements which were both solid. This strengthened the wall I made but it took a total of 50 mana to make it.
"Earth-Ice Wall."
I looked back at Warlic who was calmly looking at my current situation without any care.
"Warlic! Why are they respawning so fast?!"
"Well they are weaker so we made so they could come back more easily then before and this is the results. Don't worry. You can deal with them at with your abilities."
No I can't! I'm already down 100 mana in the first 20 seconds and I have no way to get it back fast enough.
Before I could complain the wall started to break down. The bugbears were hitting it, the laundry golems were smacking it and the sockmonkeys were kicking it. With so little mana left I have no choice but to use smaller spells to deal with them.
First I waited for them to break a big enough hole that I could run into. After a bit they managed that. I imagined lightning shocking and stunning them all and waited for my chance.
Now!
"Chain Lightning."
I used a chain lightning attack for a split second which stunned them for 2 seconds. It used up 30 mana just for that but I managed to run through and get to the other side.
Good now I can push them to the corner.
I then used a wind magic to push them back into the right corner of the wall.
"Wind Gust."
This costed 15 mana. Less than I expected but it did not last long and was not complicated to use. With the monsters in the corner I could either burn them or freeze them.
Which one do I use now...
Freezing them won't kill them but it'll give me time to regain some mana. So I casted an ice magic that went deep into the foes' bones and froze them.
"Freeze."
This too up a massive 50 mana since it took a while to freeze them all.
Good now I have some time....wait what are those shadowy figures I see? It can't be...no way...more of them.
Opposite to the wall came another group of 40 monsters this time containing bugbears as well. With a little over 100 mana left and no plan I had to do something quick.
Wait! I can hide from them. There should be a couple of storage rooms and they can't get me there...at least for a while.
With a new plan and 40 monsters to get through I used some of the ice I made and converted it to water onto the floor. It wasn't a lot of water but it would allow electricity to flow through it well enough instead of air.
"Flood"
Casting the water magic costed 20 mana which was still kinda expensive but I'll have all the time I need after this. With water under their feet, I casted a lightning spell with the image of a lightning bolt coming out of my fingers.
"Lightning Bolt"
They should be stunned enough for me to pass them. Now to find a storage room...
And they were stunned. But only for 3 seconds. With this time I managed to get a 10 metre gap between us but they were closing in quick. To my left I saw a door that I probably could get into if I tried.
In there!
I ran straight to it, opened the door, got in and slammed the door shut.
Few....good now I can rest.
Bang Bang Bang
Or not.
The mobs outside the door were pounding on it. The door would probably last only for 10 minutes or so at this rate.
Damnit I don't have the mediate skill because I'm not a mage...despite the fact I can use magic as easily as a mage. I doubt Warlic knows that he could give me a class in the first place but what the hell?! Anyway this is a storage room right?
I scanned the small room I was in and thankfully found that it was a normal storage...a side from the numerous unspeakable things in here with me. I sat down trying to conserve some energy and allowed my mana to increase. As the banging of the door increased, so did the time until I had to get out shortened.
Wait didn't I level up twice before? Yeah I did! I should have 10 points to spend now! Lets see I have no need for strength for now but the agility would be useful. I have more than enough intelligence and wisdom for now so 10 points in agility should be fine right?
I opened up my status window and placed 10 points in agility.
Status Window
Name
Eden
Type
Neutral
Level
3
Class
None
Fame
30
Infamy
0
Title
None
Health
120
Mana
320
Strength
11
Agility
21
Wisdom
42
Intelligence
43
Vitality
12
Stamina
11
Concentration
23
Offence
10
Defense
10
Magic Resistance
1%
My stats are a bit different from before. My intelligence and wisdom increased a bit when I was training with the light balls. Stamina for some reason increased by 1 as well. I guess it was about time it increased in the weeks I played. Health and mana increased by 20....oh my magic resistance increased by 1%. Was it because of the element masteries I have? Well it doesn't do much for now.
After 10 minutes and regaining around 200 mana to my maximum the door was about to give out. Planning my escape from the room I prepared a couple of things. First was to use both lightning and wind magic to make my escape. Then to stall a bit of time I would then make Earth spikes come from the ground and kill a couple of them for the experience.
Come on.....when will they break down the door.....or I can just blast it away. That sound fine to me. Have to thin them out first.
I prepared a earth spike spell in my mind said, "Earth Spike" and spike made of the floor of the tower came out and impaled a couple of the monsters.
Now to get out of this room. But can I use two spells at once? I'm pretty sure its the same concept as making several light balls at once.
In my right hand I imagined a sharp blade and in my left I imagined a wall of wind. The air around my hands moved a bit before becoming what I wanted it to be.
"Wind Blade. Wind Gust. Contain"
Good, now how much mana did I lose with that? Lets see I lost 20 mana from the Earth spikes and another 30 from the two spells I casted just now. Time to get started.
I cut the the bolts of the door with the wind blade which meant that the monsters can push in now, but I also used the wall gust to stop them. It seems that the wind gust drains my mana at a constant rate as well so I just pushed the monsters and mob to the opposite wall quickly.
I just used up half the mana I gained. Well might as well kill some more of them.
I imagined a ball of fire in front of me, being throw at the stack of monsters at the wall.
"Fireball."
30 mana from taken from me and a sort of big fire ball flew and burnt the monsters to a crisp. After that more monsters started to spawn at a rapid rate.
Do these monsters spawn after I kill some of them? Wait didn't they spawn when I just froze some of them? But none of them spawned when I was in the storage room. So....I better get in another storage room before more get created.
I quickly ran and found another storage room to hide now for a while. I tried not to look into the actual content of the stuff since I might lose something important or worse to those unspeakable things.
How much more do I have to do...no rest.....constant danger.....man I regret this.....