Chapter 47: Skill Effects and Creating a Hunting Domain!
Chapter 47: Skill Effects and Creating a Hunting Domain!
Frank walked out of the Monk Clan residence as he crossed through the Special Realm Space where the clan headquarters were situated. He hurriedly walked through the streets, reaching a local 7Eleven Minimarket, he had not forgotten that he promised Abraddon, the God of Beasts in Terra, to bring him food and entertainment from Earth.
Frank grabbed several types of savory snacks, from potato ships of all the flavors available, such as spicy, chicken broth, seafood, extra spicy, pepper, cheese, and more. Alongside sweet snacks such as all the flavors available of Poky, cookies, mochi, KitKat, amongst many others.
And about beverages, he bought as many as he could, from sweet milk drinks to various flavored teas and even soups in cans.
The section of Light Novels in this 7Eleven was rather lackluster, but Frank managed to find a few good ones, such as a certain Light Novel about a Spider, another about a Slime, and he could not forget the one about the Death Mage.
“This should be good enough… I do not know how fast a god can read, but three volumes of each should be sufficient? He also has to learn how to read Japanese, so I guess it will take him some time, unless he uses some godly power for it?” thought Frank, as the minimarket seller glanced at him with his eyes wide open, as the young and slim man in front of him was buying over hundreds of junk food.
“Does this guy even have the money?” thought the seller, as he recited the exorbitant number of the price of everything to Frank.
“I see, can I pay through my debit card?” asked Frank.
“…Eh? Ah, yes…” muttered the seller, as Frank quickly bought everything through his bank card and left the minimarket almost emptied.
Frank had asked about a part of the value exchanged from the items he found to Matsuo to be money deposited into his bank account specifically for this, so he had plenty of money to spare and buy Abraddon whatever he wanted.
“Sigh, I can’t believe I just wasted over two hundred thousand yen, really, money is slowly losing its value in my head…” thought Frank.
Frank then quickly saved everything inside of his Inventory as he noticed no one around, I was over eight pm, so he hurriedly ran towards the train. After around half an hour, he was back home, greeting his parents and sister as he quickly joined dinner with them.
After the delicious dinner that included eel meat, Frank went to take a quick bath before settling down on his bed, although the day was long, he seemed to not be tired that much.
Frank quickly glanced at his phone as he pressed the World’s Gate app, as he was suddenly sent towards this space.
“Alright, time to train some Skills… But first, I kind of want to see their descriptions, I have not actually done this for a while… And some are making me really curious…” said Frank as he sat down cross-legged into the cold floor of the temple-like hall that harbored the World’s Gate.
“Should I add some furniture in here? It beats sitting on the floor…” thought Frank, glancing at his new Skills descriptions alongside a few not-so-new ones.
[Instant Domain Creation: Level 1/10]
A Skill learned after acquiring the ability to manipulate Mana around a certain space to automatically create a Magic Domain, a space-separated from the real world but that at the same time, is present in there.
The space created takes upon the appearance where it was generated, for further customization, the improvement of the Skill is required.
Cooldown: 10 Minutes.
[Level 1: [Newbie Hunting Domain (Rank 1-2)]
“Ah, quite straightforward… So, I can create a Hunting Domain that can make monsters up to Rank 2 appear… if I want stronger ones, I assume that I must level up the Skill, probably through the repeated creation of Domains…” thought Frank.
[Body Aura: Level 1/10]
The ancient technique derived from China’s Ki Manipulation Techniques, but that uses Mana instead of Ki (Life Force) to create an impermeable layer of Aura that covers the body.
This Aura Enhances all of the user’s physical capabilities, such as Strength, Defense, and Speed, while sharpening reflexes.
The Skill can be left activated indefinitely, but Mana will be drained constantly.
“Oh? So it is a derived technique from China’s ones? Interesting, this made me remember the Cultivation Novels I once read a lot… This technique uses Mana instead of Ki… Then aside from Mana, another force can be weaponized? I guess Life Force is something I should have already known, seeing how my Gift of Life is a Skill that manipulates Life Force…” said Frank.
[Bronze Skin: Level 1/10]
A Technique derived from the ancient skin-enhancing techniques of Europe, used in ancient times to harden the skin of warriors. This Skill makes the user’s skin as tough as bronze, enhancing defensive capabilities. This skill effectiveness can be enhanced with each level up.
The Skill can be left activated indefinitely, but Mana will be drained constantly.
“Another rather straightforward Skill, though I never imagined that it could have originated from Europe… This one Skill alongside Body Aura will come in very useful,” said Frank.
[Divine Brand of the Monk Family of Tokyo: Level -/-]
A Skill that represents the brand and crest of the Monk Family of Tokyo, it enhances the user’s Magic by a small percentage (invisible) while granting the ability to collect Contribution Points for the Clan.
“Wait, so this enhances my Magic? I guess that is a nice plus…”
[Mana Control: Level 3/10]
A Skill learned by those talented in the Control of Mana, the ability to bend Mana to one is will.
This Skill gives the user the ability to bend mana to his will to a certain extent, which can be increased by the further increase in the Skill’s level. It also lowers the Mana Cost of Spells.
“Oh yeah, Frank had already explained this before, but I didn’t know that it lowered Mana Cost,”
[Fire and Burn Resistance: Level 2/10]
A Skill learned by someone who has bathed in scorching flames and had burnt their skin and flesh, yet had survived from such pain and suffering and had slowly developed resistance to high temperatures and burns.
This Skill enhances the resistance of any Fire Attribute Attack while increasing the resistance over the Negative Status Effect of Burn.
“Very obvious effect, though the description is a bit too overly detailed, System…”
[Abraddon’s Divine Protection: Level -/-]
The Divine Protection of Abraddon, the God of Beasts of the World of Terra, an honorable mark that grants their wielders the power to become a Hero.
Increases Experience Points Gained, stat growth per Mana Core breakthrough, and Skill Proficiency, while giving the user a greater affinity with Beasts, Nature, and Beast-people.
“Oh damn. Does this thing enhance my EXP gained, stat growth per Mana Core Cultivation Rank, and Skill Proficiency?! Wait, it means that I can level up Skills faster? …This is way too good. I was actually thinking about asking Abraddon to take it back because it will bring me trouble in Terra, but I guess the benefits vastly outweigh any trouble I will go through…”
[Abraddon’s Champion Divine Crest: Level -/-]
The crest represents the Champion and future Hero of Abraddon, the God of Beasts of the world of Terra.
This Crest enhances the ability of the user to increase their Mana Core Cultivation Rank while bringing a greater talent with all kinds of Magic.
“This… makes me cultivate even faster I guess… and, huh? It gives me talent in all kinds of magic? I guess that’s fitting of a Champion… Though I am not swallowing this whole Champion thing yet,”
[Mana Core (Gray): Level 1/10]
A Skill that represents the user’s Mana Core, which is of a semi-transparent gray color, a unique Mana Core that can conjure all kinds of Magic and cultivate at an outstanding pace by absorbing any other kind of Mana Core.
This Skill Level will raise as the Mana Core Cultivation Rank increases.
“Ah, so that was it, this Mana Core lets me conjure all kinds of Magic- Hey, that’s way too good though! Is there any trap in this? Is this for real?”
[Gray Magic (Innate): Level 2/10]
A Skill that represents the user’s ability to conjure the mysterious Gray Magic, an Innate type of Magic that has awakened through the formation of a Gray Mana Core.
This Magic grants the user the ability to create new Spells of its liking while giving proficiency to all kinds of Magic.
The power of any Spell is enhanced by the Skill Level.
[Current Spells: [Mana Bullet], [Spinning Mana Bullet]
“I see, so I can create any Spell I want… Is it being easy as the Skill Description says so? I doubt it, I don’t think I can create a Fireball simply by thinking about it, there must be some proper knowledge about it that I need… or I could also cheese it through with a Skill or Spell Book…”
Frank decided to try out his luck as he tried to ‘create’ more Spells, he first tried to conjure fire, which he failed to do so, then wind, which he failed to do so, then water, which he failed to do so… and he went around almost every attribute, failing all of them except… conjurations using pure Mana.
Frank designed a new Spell where he was able to manipulate his Mana into a long whip-like thread of Mana, which he named Mana Thread.
“I think I can even bind with it… but I need some practice… I wonder if I can create a Hunting Domain in here?” wondered Frank, as he had just recently finished doing his daily quests and acquiring small amounts of experience and 10 App points.
“Err… how exactly do I say this…? Hm… Create… Hunting Domain?”
Flash!
Suddenly, Frank’s view changed… or that is what he would have liked to happen, but the view was still the same. However, he was now inside a special Domain that resembled the actual space where it was created.
[You have created the Instant Domain [Hunting Domain (Rank 1-2): Abandoned Temple]!]
“Abandoned Temple…?” wondered Frank, as he suddenly felt the presence of a creature lurking behind him!
“Screech!”
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