Leon stood still outside the dungeon, right in front of a huge tree.
He looked up at it with a neutral expression.
“Well then let’s make a skill and bring this tree down for my bathtub.” Leon spoke with a neutral expression as he activated the skill.
<Skill Crafter>
[Please pick a name for the skill…]
“Blast Seal.”
[Skill ‘Blast Seal’ has been created.]
[Rank has been set to F by default.]
[Please state the use of the skill.]
Leon began speaking clearly and directly.
“When used, this skill will enchant the user’s hand with a seal marker. Wherever the seal is applied, it will create a very small almost negligible explosion, dealing -1 HP damage on command. Each seal costs 20 mana. Seals can be applied back-to-back and if two or more are applied close together, the next seal’s damage will increase exponentially by 1% .”
[Processing…]
Leon stared at the screen and thought to himself.
‘After creating “Mana Return,” I was trying to make something similar. I think I found the right wording with this skill.’
‘If I make the system think it’s a weak skill, I can get something like this approved. First seal deals 1 HP damage.
If I place another seal near it, it’ll do 1.01 HP. Then Ten seals will deal 10.43 HP damage, Twenty will deal 22.02 Damage, at hundred seals it should hits around 170 HP Damage but twist comes when thousand seals are applied to an opponent… Because it will deal around 20000 damage and that is broken. And the system won’t flag it.
Because when reading the skill, it costs 20 mana per seal and barely increases the damage. But… with infinite mana, it should make one hell of a damage dealing skill.’ Leon thought with a serious expression.
[Skill description accepted.]
Leon smirked and clenched his fist. “Fuck yes.”
[Please select a chant word for the skill {Blast Seal}.]
“Seal.”
[Chant ‘Seal’ has been registered.]
[Mana Cost: 20 MP per seal]
[Cooldown: 5 minutes after each blast]
[Would you like to learn this skill or destroy it?]
“Learn it.”
[Congratulations! You have successfully learned the skill {Blast Seal}]
Leon stepped forward, facing the tree again.
“Now… let’s test it.” Leon spoke with a smile as he activated the skill.
“Seal.”
A small glowing circle appeared on his palm. He touched the tree and removed his hand.
[Seal Applied]
[-20 MP]
[+102090 MP]
[Please select chant to detonate the seal…]
Leon paused for a second.
“Huh. A chant to blow it up… ?”
“Kaboom.” Leon spoke without thinking much.
[Chant ‘Kaboom’ registered as the detonation trigger]
‘Although the skill looks good on paper calculations, There’s still one big problem with it and that is time.
If I can’t apply seals fast enough in a fight, the damage will amount to nothing, making it a stupid skill to be used in a fight against a moving target.
But, I have thought of a way to bypass it as well, if placing my hand once applies a single seal, then sliding it should…’ Leon thought as he touched the tree again and this time slid his hand to the right slowly.
Notifications started popping up.
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
…
“Haha… It’s working.” Leon spoke as a smile appeared over his face and he kept sliding.
‘One seal can’t be applied over the other one unless I take my hand off and place it over it again, but if I slide my hand around the empty surface, I can make more and more seals.
Just like I thought.’ Leon thought with a smile as he stopped his hand at one place but the notification didn’t stop.
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
…
More and more messages appeared in front of his face without any stops.
“What the fuck…?” He asked with a confused expression as he couldn’t understand what was happening and suddenly he felt his head getting heavier.
“Oh fuck—” Leon spoke as his mana dropped sharply and he immediately pulled his hand back.
[-400 MP]
[+102101 MP]
As soon as the mana regenerated back to full, He felt his head getting back to the normal state.
“Fucking hell… I need to get my level up or this mana draining shit will keep torturing me.
Even Adaptive Body doesn’t get to turn on because it regenerates so fast.” Leon thought as he slowly looked up at the tree’s stump and noticed the seal that he just created.
It was darker than the other seals and clearly visible from a distance.
“The seal is… stacked ?” Leon muttered with a confused expression as he slowly looked at his hand again.
‘How is that happening ? I can understand that the seals are being applied on the empty space but why didn’t they stack when I touched it the first time ?’ Leon asked with a confused expression.
“I need to see this again.” He spoke as he placed his hand over the tree again.
[Seal Applied]
Suddenly, a single notification popped up in front of his face.
‘Okay… Will it start stacking now ?’ Leon thought with a confused expression as kept waiting.
Ten seconds passed and nothing happened.
Suddenly, he began sliding his hand upwards.
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
The notifications started popping slowly as the seals were being imprinted on the tree’s stump as his hand moved upwards slowly.
Suddenly, Leon stopped his hand in one place and his mana started dropping rapidly, as notifications flooded his view.
“The seals… they’re being applied over the same spot again.” Leon spoke as his eyes widened in shock and his body weakened slightly.
But before it got worse, his mana regeneration kicked in again.
[-400 MP]
[+102106 MP]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
…
Leon removed his hand from the stump as he understood, why it was happening.
“I’m not removing my hand. That’s why the system doesn’t reset the seal point. But it also can’t stop the skill from applying more seals at empty surface either. Because that would go against the description I gave—’back to back.’ It’s stuck in a loop.
Applying one seal won’t trigger it, but if I move my hand and stop it at one location after that, it will go crazy.”
He stepped back, breathing heavily, and did some quick calculations in his mind.
‘Holy shit… What did I just create?’
‘I can turn anything from a small wooden piece to a massive building into a bomb. A massive, controlled explosion. So I’m draining 400 mana per second. At 20 mana per seal, that’s 20 seals a second. Which means… in 50 seconds, I can reach 1,000 seals easily.’
‘That’s over 20,000 damage and if I kept holding it for one hour, the damage numbers will cross into trillions.
There has to be some limit on this skill and if there isn’t one… Then I could destroy a whole kingdom in less than an hour.
Fuck the kingdom… I can destroy this whole planet in 24 hours. It’s sad, that I can’t test it… I mean, Who would want to destroy a world full of sexually frustrated MILFs ?
But, I will still test a thousand seals on a tree just not near the dungeon,’ Leon thought with a smile as he started walking inside the forest.
—
Somewhere High above the mortal worlds, in a quiet corner, two angels sat on a glowing marble bench.
One of them was the same angle that transferred Leon’s soul to the other world.
“So, You killed him by mistake and sent him to another world with a magical smartphone ?” The angel asked with a confused expression.
“Yeah,” the other angel said. “He asked for one. I figured it was harmless until I keep a close eye on him. He’s having fun down there and I think there are many girls who wants to marry him.”
“What about you ? Didn’t you kill a guy who wasn’t supposed to die ?” He asked with a confused expression.
“Yeah that was a big blunder, I was only supposed to take out a cat walking through an abandoned street.
That stupid human came in between and got himself killed. I had to transfer his soul in another world and took a verbal oath that he won’t tell anyone about it.
If he breaks it, he will die immediately and my work will be less.” The angel replied with a neutral expression.
“Well, aren’t you watching him then ?”
“Not really. He’s boring. Just tries to mate with every married woman he sees. Spends his time drawing some long numbers in snow.
After that I stopped observing him.”
The other angel blinked. “What?”
“Yeah. I’ll check on him again in twenty years. Kill him again, process his soul. Back to being the perfect angle.”
“You’re lucky. Mine’s got forty more years left, and because of that magical smartphone, I have to keep watching him 24/7.”
“Sad for you huh ? Mine can’t do anything… He has no good skills and I don’t think, he will get any.”
[Author: This chapter might feel longer, it’s 1500 words.]