Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

Chapter 35: Sword Arts.

"The Black Horizon Sword Arts?"

Felix asked with a curious expression on his face. He looked at the rusty unimpressive grey book in his hands and decided not to judge it from its cover.

"Yes, this sword art is suitable for beginners to get to know the basics and methods to use a short sword in a fight."

Elsa looked uncertainly at the rusty book before voicing out again.

"Well, for your information, this book was actually unearthed from the ruins of a faraway kingdom by some higher-up members of our guild. But because it was incomplete, it was sent here in the inventory and treated as an ordinary sword manual."

He nodded and raised a question he was puzzled about.

"By the way, are there any ranking for such sword arts and manuals? I remember you saying that the aura cultivation manual was called basic. So are there other grades of it too?"

Elsa hit her forehead lightly with her fist and smiled wryly.

"Sorry, it seems I forgot to mention it to you."

She turned back into her serious mode and started explaining what he asked.

"Basically, there are five grades for manuals as well as weapons. From the weakest to the strongest, they are; Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. All the grades are further divided into low, high, and peak subgrades."

"The knife you previously had was a low common grade weapon while your new short sword is of high uncommon grade."

She stopped and contemplated for a few seconds before muttering.

"As for that sword art, it's an incomplete manual from a ruin, so its true value is uncertain, and therefore it's only graded at peak uncommon."

Felix processed all the information and realized that the knife he was using before was not that impressive just at the ordinary grade, but considering it was a weapon that he stole from some worker of a slave trader, it was understandable.

He felt thankful for the rewards the guild gave as he held the short sword in his hands tightly, and looked at 'The Black Horizon Swort Arts' manual. Both of them were of nice quality at the uncommon grade.

"Is there anything else you want to know about?", Elsa asked crossing her arms.

Felix narrowed his eyes over his new weapon and asked.

"Can you tell me more about the war? Like our enemy guilds and other details."

She raised her brow and shook her head at his request.

"No. You are still not ready yet. Only after you successfully attain aura and train the sword arts will I tell you more about the war. Until then, you'll have to grow stronger in order to face the upcoming events."

Her tone was stern while refusing him to get anywhere near the topic of war.

In her opinion, he was only lucky to have killed the three enemies because they underestimated him as a kid. Whereas on the other hand, a war with several guilds fighting would not be easy for a kid to handle.

Felix held back his groan when she refused to answer him but he quickly asked her another question changing the topic, afraid that she would not allow him to participate in the war in the end at all.

"Then what will I do after I become an official guild member?"

She replied while shrugging.

"Well, you can join a team and complete missions together with them. Most of our missions need to go out of the city, and considering the details of the missions are kept a secret, I don't think you'll be targeted by the enemy guilds."

Knowing what he'd do after becoming an official member, he noted it in his head.

"Okay, I think I should get back to my work. You can go to your room and train from now on. Missions for the unofficial members are temporarily closed, so you cannot do that. So spend this time to grow stronger to become suitable for you to join a team."

She walked back to the door, opened it with her card, and left the room with Felix behind.

"As you are an official member now, the third floor which has the trading hall for guild members and training rooms will be available to you."

"The fourth floor is for guild meetings and research while the fifth floor is used for other activities like alchemy, formations, and rituals. But the sixth floor and the seventh floor are still off limits for you as the higher-ups of the guild including me live there."

Elsa kind of boasted herself in the end but continued moving back to the stairs while swaying her flirtatious hips.

He understood about everything she said and walked behind her until they reached the second floor.

"Well, I'll be going back to my work while you should go train in your room. If you have any doubts, do not hesitate to ask my help."

She grinned and balled up her fist in a threatening yet cute manner.

"I may not like it, but I'm a really strong fighter with aura."

Felix twitched his lips and did not refuse her help.

"Thank you, Miss Elsa, I'll be going now."

He waved his hands and quickly moved toward his room holding both the new rewards with a smile on his face.

'I can finally train to become strong now.'

Now that he had a manual to train his aura, he could finally become a warrior and say goodbye to his weak body. As for becoming a mage? He was not in a hurry to create a skill to attain mana, because even if he wanted to, he knew he could not afford it.

That's why he was thrilled to have finally found a way to strengthen his body and work on training aura for becoming a warrior. With the weak body that he had right now there would be no Felix in this world if not for the skills he created with the system.

And to get more skill points, he would have to get stronger and kill other beings. Sure, he killed many monsters and four humans until now, but that was all by using tricks and weird skills. If he were to fight one-on-one with any one of them then without the use of his skill 'Silent Steps', he wouldn't get to catch them off guard.

Also, while fighting, if his enemies get to know about his skills, they will also realize their weaknesses and remain prepared for them. So, having the strength and the use of aura would help him achieve much more than he could do now.

He also wanted to join a team and start doing missions, which was why he was in a hurry to grow stronger, or else he would be left behind when the guild fought the war.

It was kind of crazy how he wanted to take part in the war considering he was a normal modern person a few days ago, but the experiences he had after transmigrating changed his mindset and made his old tendencies of getting into trouble reappear.

The subtle oppressive influence of society and the world from his previous life was slowly getting removed from his consciousness. The freedom from slavery and struggles made him feel liberated as his whole body radiated joy and radiance as proof of his smiling face.

Opening the door to his room with his card, he entered the room and closed the door locked in a hurry.

His face gleaming with excitement, he kept the short sword leaning beside the closet and sat on the chair while glancing at the aura manual in his hands.

Taking a gulp, he placed the book on the desk in front of him and slowly opened the first page.

"Here we go....."