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Chapter 159: Creating my first skill?
Chapter 159: Creating my first skill?
Alicia, after deciding to take advantage of the situation to make him agree to her fantasies, is excited inside as she says to him in a low tone that no one else can hear.
"Little Brother, after we go back, I wanted to..."
Aiden listens to everything his big sis is saying. The more he listens, the more he realizes how even now, she's thinking about these things.
'But the way she said it and how eagerly she explained the details excites me.' He feels a little relieved knowing she didn't ask something outrageous, like disliking Isla or anything similar; otherwise, this small loving moment would have turned into a long chat.
'I knew my sister would keep her word, but it's still surprising to see her control herself so well.'
Regarding the things she talked to him about, Aiden didn't waste any time and happily agreed to whatever she wanted him to do.
Alicia, seeing him agree, becomes thrilled as the thought of going back and doing those things appears in her mind, but she controls herself for now, even holding back her emotions so as not to show him too much happiness.
She doesn't want him to get too complacent about this and says in a firm voice:
"Okay, I forgive you for now."
Aiden, hearing her words, finally feels relieved and gives a final deep kiss on her neck as he lets her go, seeing that the ladies have started to look tired.
He begins to think if he should go and continue fighting to close the gate and extract the cores. After a few seconds, he decides to close the door, seeing a large number of zombie bodies lying on the ground in the distance; their numbers are not to be scoffed at.
He has previously killed a total of more than 600 zombies, including the ones his sister and the other two ladies killed. Now, after about one and a half hours of nonstop shooting, they had killed quite a hefty amount of zombies, as the corpses lay crowded on the ground, making it harder for zombies to walk.
Without wasting any more time, he orders the gate to be closed in a loud, commanding voice. Ava, hearing her leader's voice again, feels her heart clench as it reminds her of the horrible sight she saw earlier, but she doesn't let it stop her from doing her job as usual.
'Why are you acting like this over such a little thing? Don't be foolish and think there was ever something between us to begin with.'
She says these things to console herself, but deep down, she knows those few moments have affected her more than she thought.
Still, she doesn't waste any time and quickly begins to follow his orders. In a few more minutes, she closes the gate, knowing what they have to do afterward. She doesn't even wait for him to say anything and quickly orders everyone to gather the cores from the zombies' bodies.
She also notices her sister, Isla, acting a little unusual today, as Isla is regularly mumbling to herself while faintly blushing from time to time. If Ava were completely focused, she would notice and connect Isla's unusual behavior to the mysterious woman she saw earlier receiving the same pat from Aiden that she had received.
But she doesn't notice this and ignores her behavior for now, starting to take out the zombies' cores along with the others to keep herself busy with work.
Aiden doesn't find Ava's behavior weird at all, thinking she must be getting used to things, and he decides to do the necessary tasks without even telling her.
He looks at his big sis and says in a calm voice:
"Big Sis, let's go. We should help too; it will save time."
Alicia doesn't mind working with him and happily agrees. While she wouldn't have done this if she were in charge, since her brother asked, she wouldn't decline. More importantly, it would also help her practice with mana, and she remembers what Isla said about creating a new skill, so this is the right opportunity to try it.
"Hmm, okay, Aiden. I also want to improve my control over mana and create a simple skill."
Hearing her words, he remembers something and looks at some of the ladies who are using their hands to extract the cores, like before, while Isla and a few others are using their mana.
Seeing this, he orders in a loud, commanding voice:
"I want everyone to use their mana to extract the cores, even if it takes a bit more time."
Hearing their leader's orders, the 4-5 individuals who were still using their hands to extract the cores changed their method, even though they found this method more difficult than simply using their hands.
Their strong leader has given these words, so they follow them unconditionally, as it must be for their own improvement.
Finally, he moves toward the zombies' corpses with the intention of extracting the cores, using his mana to create a hand of mana and using that to take out the cores.
It only takes him a few seconds to create the mana hand, while he uses his knife to cut open the zombies' chests. This spell is easier to cast than the thunder spell, which would take him about 3 seconds.
He remembers what Isla told him earlier, and after using the mana hands a few more times on different zombies' corpses, he starts thinking about what name he should give this spell. After a couple of seconds, he decides to name it "Mana Hands," as that's what they literally are.
On his first try naming the spell in his mind, a transparent green screen appears in front of him:
[Would you like to create a new spell "Mana Hands"?]
Seeing the screen, he happily thinks "Yes," and the screen changes.
[Would you like to confirm each time you create a new skill?]
[Keep in mind, that naming a new skill can affect the skill's future growth, so choose carefully.]
Aiden still decides to choose the option to create skills directly without confirming, knowing that the name of a skill would affect its future growth. He just has to be careful when naming it, with no need to confirm every time.
For now, he couldn't think of a better name for the hands made of mana, so he decided to go with the same name. After naming it, a few pieces of information start to enter his mind, aligning with what Isla previously mentioned to him.
Now that his first skill is finally created, Aiden decides to see what the rank of the new skill "Mana Hands" is, calling out the status screen in his mind.
[Character Information]
[Name: Aiden Cross]
[Age: 16]
[Race: Human???]
[Talent: Celestial (EEE+), Air Affinity (AA+), Lightning Affinity (S+)]
[Potential: No Limit]
[Mana Cultivation: Mortal Realm???]
[Bloodline: None]
[Physique: !@#$%@# Physique]
[Health: 515/515]
[Strength: 11.5]
[Agility: 10.9]
[Stamina: 11.74]
[Mana: 10.2]
[Vitality: 10.3]
[Intelligence: 10.7]
[Defense: 10.4]
[Skills: Mana Hands(E-), Swordsmanship (B-), Equilibrium Combat Style (B), Knife Mastery (CC), Marksmanship (CC+), Cooking (A-)]
Seeing the new (E-) rank skill appear in his status Aiden is pleasantly surprised as he has not seen anyone of the ladies with an E-rank skill but he knows the reason behind it.
'It must be because my control over mana is much better than theirs'