“I got it!” Natalia was shocked as she acquired the passive skill. “I really got it!”
“Great,” Almond smiled.
“Now share its details. Let’s see how powerful it is.”
Natalia shared the skill while grinning from ear to ear, “It’s freaking awesome!”
[Mana Crystalline]
-Description: You have Mana crystalline pathways established in your body. Uncovering their mystery can allow you to step into the advanced usage of Mana, and you can also teach others how to form Mana crystalline pathways once you discover how they formed in your body.
-Skill rank: S (Growth)
-Effect(s):
—> +50 Mana stat.
—> You can store 1000 Mana in Mana crystalline pathways, which you can use to recover your Mana pool.
Lily and Almond were dumbfounded as they reached the skill’s details.
“This is crazy, this skill’s potential is way high,” Almond muttered.
“Nat, once your Perception and Focus reaches 50+, you should give an hour or two daily to learn more about Mana Crystalline in your body,” Lily said. “This is a big boon.”
“For sure,” Natalia grinned.
Suddenly, Almond got a call, and he picked it up via his wristwatch that was connected to his mobile phone.
“Great, our new ride is here,” Almond said as he lightly laughed. “Our new day is off to a good start. Let’s go and finish the deal in the guild before diving into dungeons.”
…
They arrived at the League of Firefly guild base like a gust of wind in their new flying ride.
Many people already recognized him because his fights yesterday were recorded by multiple people and spread everywhere, even on the internet.
Almond was already being considered a Super Rookie of GAA by many people.
Lily, Almond, and Natalia went directly to the guild forge, where Almond paid for 93 Rare-grade trash items. He directly sacrificed them without further ado and unlocked his Spirit Factory.
Lily had also ordered three tough crystal cubes, and they were ready. Almond put a Moonlight Crystal in each of them, successfully creating a super-useful monster detection and lighting item. Focus Field could also discover monsters, but it cost Mana while using this item was free except for its one-hour cooldown, not to mention it illuminated 50 meters of radius.
Almond gave one to Lily and kept two for himself, intending to use one for himself and one to experiment in the new option of his Spirit Forge Factory.
Almond left quickly after finishing matters in the guild.
He contacted Roken after parking his new ride in the GAA branch’s parking area and found out that the duo was in the training hall.
‘His voice was hesitant. Did they land in some trouble?’ Almond raised his eyebrows. His eyes flickered as he went inside like a gust of wind, soon arriving at the training zone.
Indeed, when he arrived there, he saw Roken and Julian hanging upside down in the air, their legs bound by magical vines controlled by a blond-haired guy in Doman’s group.
He was a bit speechless to see them getting bullied like this.
“What’s going on?” Almond spoke, his voice high as he walked towards the group.
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“Hey, newbie. I told you we’ll talk later,” Doman said with a grin. “C’mere, we are having some training-related fun.”
“I don’t have time for stupid shits. I have a dungeon to enter with those two,” Almond plainly said before he took out his sword and slashed in smoothly, projecting a simple magic slash as he cut off the vines.
Julian turned while in the air, landing on his feet while Roken fell on his back.
Their Mana was drained, so there was no way they could break free from those vines themselves.
“Did you say that we are simply doing stupid shits here?” Doman narrowed his eyes.
“Did I stutter?” Almond asked as he raised his eyebrows.
“Hey, newbie. It’s better to show some respect to seniors, you know?” a guy in Doman’s group snorted coldly. “You never know when you might need them.”
“Seniors? Ah, right. I am your senior in that case,” Almond smiled as he glinted, activating the wristwatch and showing his position in the GAA. “According to GAA, my position as a Special Hunter is above you all.”
“Bullshit, there’s no position like that here,” Doman frowned.
“By saying that, you are denying Admiral Rudra’s authority, you know? He appointed this position himself.”
Everyone’s expression changed.
Almond shook his head as he sighed and turned around, “Anyway, we don’t have time for stupid shits. Let’s go, Roken, Julian.”
“Hey, newbie senior, since you are well above us, how about giving us some pointers?” Doman baited Almond, a sly expression forming on his face.
“Get an appointment.”
Hearing Almond’s response, Doman’s face turned dark while Marina and her group burst out laughing.
…
“What happened back there?” Almond asked, his face speechless. “Like how can you give into them and then suffer?”
Roken sighed, “Julian just doesn’t want to quit.”
“I have no reason to decline his challenge,” Julian said with a deadpan expression. “I lost, so I had to hang like that.”
“And then I had to join the fray and lose,” Roken rolled his eyes.
“What was the challenge?” Almond curiously asked.
“Rock, paper, scissors.”
Almond almost slipped and became even more speechless.
“Yeah, but it’s not normal rock, paper, scissors,” Roken said. “When you lose in a bout, the loser must use their hand moves to defend against the winner’s unarmed melee attack, mostly punch or slap. If you successfully defend, nobody gets points, but if the winner’s attack hits you, then the winner gets a point. The first one to get three points wins.”
“Geez, that Doman is a melee fighter, he trains in hand-to-hand combat. Of course, he’s bound to win.” Almond shook his head as he unlocked his aircraft’s doors, and Roken quickly took the passenger seat.
“I know, but I’ll win someday and smack his smugness out of his soul,” Julian’s eyes icily glinted. “Imagine when he loses against someone he used to bully.”
“Rejoice because that day will come soon,” Almond chuckled and went to the backseat. “And Julian, you’re driving since I have something to do with a skill. I’ve sent you the address of the dungeon door.”
“Alright.”
Sitting inside, Almond used the Spirit Forge Factory skill as his consciousness arrived in a large dark hall with a skully maw with a whirlpool in its mouth at the end and exotic weapon slabs on both sides of the wall.
Almond’s Spirit Pocket had 99 normal monsters’ Spirits and 1 Floor Boss spirit.
‘I have to earn a lot of gold if I want to unlock the other guaranteed forge options,’ Almond thought as he looked at the big screen above the skully maw showing the requirements.
‘What if I sell my Spirit Items at a cheaper price? I can essentially make thousands of spirit items as long as I have spirits. I can extend durations of good items and keep other items’ duration to 3 days…even if I sell them cheap, I’ll earn a lot of gold coins.’
Almond’s eyes glinted. ‘Well, no harm in trying. My items are pretty good, better than normal items, so they’ll sell for sure.’
Almond directly put 99 Spirits in the Maw’s whirlpool, keeping only the Floor Boss spirit.
‘Now, time to check the new guaranteed function and the weapon slabs.’