BXBX NOVEL Chapter 11: Mana Control!
Chapter 11: Mana Control!
Ding!
[You have entered the World\'s Gate!]
[You can choose which worlds you can travel into here, just touch the monolith and select your next destination!]
"I am here…" muttered Frank, as he crossed his legs and sat down on the cold floor of the ancient temple-like structure that was the enclosed space of the \'World\'s Gate\'.
"To think that Earth would be just as much of a crazy place than Terra… Was all of that \'normal life\' that I had simply an illusion? Man… I am a bit tired, mentally. For some reason, I cannot tire myself out physically as long as my HP is full…" muttered Frank as he talked to himself, opening his status as it showed his HP bar filled.
After going through so many events and learning so many truths untold to others on Earth, Frank felt quite overwhelmed, and after finishing the dinner with Matsuo\'s family, he immediately rushed back home so he could relax for once and assess the mountain of information that he had acquired today.
"System, can you at least answer me a question like this? How does the time go in other worlds if I am in the World\'s Gate?" asked Frank.
Ding!
[The World\'s Gate is not a world, but a space where you can travel to other Worlds inside the APPs of your phone]
[However, whenever you are on it, the time in the other worlds will go as slowly as when you are in a normal world]
"I see… So, it is all the same, two days in the world I am is simply an hour in the rest of the worlds?" asked Frank.
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"I guess I am right if it isn\'t answering me… Now, what do I even do? I feel conflicted. Just yesterday I was looking at the future with a lot of brightness, I was going to finish High School and finally go to university, I was actually going to study to be a doctor… but can I even do that any longer? The moment I got this power, the game-like System and the world traveling thing, have my life on Earth been condemned to become filled with the dangers of the underworld and the terrifying organizations that live on it? Have I been revealed the truth about this world for real now? I feel like ignorance is bliss now…" Frank said, talking with the System.
The System, however, did not offer any words for him.
However, as Frank fell into a small abyss of overthinking things, his mind suddenly sparked with a cold breeze, as it settled down and calmed.
"Hm…? Why do I feel so calm out of the sudden?" Frank said as he glanced at his status. There was nothing different from what he had seen before aside from a bit of more stats after leveling up to level 4.
However, the System was able to answer this question.
Ding!
[Your Skill [World\'s Traveler\'s Body: Level -] give you the ability to adapt to any world situation]
[This means both physically and mentally]
"Is that so? Wait, is this why my mind has been so calm? Even when Harumi almost killed me, I calmly bluffed my way off her until Matsuo came to help me out… And even when I met with the Great Ancestor, her presence was even more terrifying than Harumi, yet I didn\'t falter with her that much…" said Frank.
Frank felt as if the problems on his mind did not simply disappear, they were still there, but instead of the constant fear, frustration, desperation, and slight despair of a few seconds before, he felt calm as if each problem were listed inside a book on his mind, and he was able to calmly analyze them and know that there was a solution for each one.
He had many problems that he wanted to solve, but he knew that they could be solved through various means.
Frank then stood up and slapped his face two times, his strength was rather high, so he even lowered a few points of his HP by doing this, which pain dulled out almost instantly afterward.
"I am really like a Game-like character… My HP is the only representative of my status, the pain goes away quite quickly, and it seems that even damage that should break away my bones will just decrease my HP instead, such as when Harumi grabbed my shoulders with her strong arms and almost broke them… but it simply didn\'t happen" said Frank.
"Now that I think about it, most of the problems on Earth can be resolved through… well, it will sound cliché, but bear with me. Strength. Yes, I need strength. But not JUST brute force. I need strength in variety, on abilities, in ways of both defending and securing the safety of my family… Strength in the versability of what I am capable of… Just now, I am just a Healer, but I am fairly sure that I can earn more Skills than simply healing" said Frank.
Frank then glanced at his status window, as he saw the three new Skills he had now.
"I had acquired two interesting skills, which I had ignored at the moment that I got them for obvious reasons… But Curse Resistance and Hypnosis Resistance were acquired, most likely because I was able to resist those effects or attacks from Harumi… Vampires are truly cheating, they have so many Abilities that they end up being quite ridiculous…"
Frank then touched both Skills as he tried to see their descriptions.
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[Curse Resistance: Level 1/10]
A Skill acquired by someone capable of resisting the power of a Curse inflicted upon them and heal itself from such power.
This Skill increases the Resistance against all types of Curses, both from external forces or internal forces.
The user can also use such skill with \'Gift of Life\' to cure the Curse effects of others with variable results.
Increase the level of this Skill to strengthen its effects.
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[Hypnosis Resistance: Level 1/10]
A Skill acquired by someone capable of resisting the power of Hypnotizing Abilities inflicted upon them, to the point of rejecting them out of the user\'s mind.
The Skill increases the Resistance against all types of Hypnosis and mental attacks from external forces.
The user can also use such skill with Gift of Life to recover other individuals from states of hypnosis or mental encroachment.
Increase the level of this Skill to strengthen its effects.
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"So I just acquired a Skill by resisting an attack? Would I be able to get Poison, Bleeding, Burn, and other Resistances if I experience those status effects and heal them through my Gift of Life as well? My ability might be even greater than I had originally thought…"
Frank then concluded that his Ability, the System, and his Phone, gave him not only a game-like status system but also the ability to learn Skills through certain actions.
"Now I know that I can get resistance abilities through this method… but it is not like I have any method available to inflict myself with such statutes that wouldn\'t be drinking bleach or cutting myself until I bleed without stopping… And I am not that desperate to do these for now," said Frank while rubbing his chin.
Then, Frank came with another idea…
"Does hitting something would give me a skill like \'Strong Blow\'? No way, right?" thought Frank as he glanced at the brick and mossy walls of the World\'s Gate.
"I don\'t lose anything trying…" muttered Frank, as he bared his fists, sensing his inner Mana, the one he subconsciously used to conjure Gift of Life, which he weirdly enough, naturally was capable of molding around his fist.
They felt like small layers of warm mist that covered them thoroughly. Fran then began to concentrate even more Mana into his fists, as he suddenly realized that he could do much more than simply… punching.
However, as he felt that he was running low in Mana due to using it without control by covering his fists with it, he decided to quickly use it in something, as he felt that he was getting more used to its feeling.
"Okay, just a simple swipe," said Frank, spending the last tidbits of Mana and sending a strong swipe that released a slightly larger wave of Mana towards the wall.
The wall trembled slightly as Frank suddenly got a few holographic notifications on his System.
Ding!
[Due to your acquired experience over mana manipulation, you have learned the [Mana Control: Level 1] Skill!]
"Mana Control! I got a Skill from it! But not… Mana Swipe or whatever I thought would come out… Perhaps the System would not simply create whatever wacky skill by simply anything I do, I suppose it is a more serious System than the one I\'ve seen in other fictions… or maybe I just needed to do this exercise more? My mana ran out immediately, and according to the System, I have to wait around half an hour for it to fill up again…"
Frank sat down cross-legged again on the floor, as he then glanced at the items he acquired inside his Inventory.
The Inventory could be considered a unique Ability of its own in Earth, as it was a powerful Space Attribute Ability that let Frank store a large number of items inside and move them wherever he wanted, the items stored inside would not decay nor discompose, it was as if time stopped inside.
He grabbed a scroll he had obtained on his visit to Terra when he completed the Quest of taking the weed out of the backyard…
The scroll seemed to be made of an ancient paper that Frank felt would crumble at any moment. And alongside this,
"This item…"
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