1 week….. 1 week has passed since we left the Temple.

If I didn’t have the necessities needed to survive a long journey, I would’ve already died from starving or dehydration.

The huge Mountain Ranges I saw that doesn’t look far away from here because of how big and wide it was fooled me as I neared it. It just a little bit bigger compared to before. That means I’m still far away from it.

This ‘DragonEye Plains’ has the land span equivalent to the size of South Korea from one bottom end to the other side. Every individual mountain in the Mountain Ranges is as big as Mt. Everest, if not higher.

And right now, after utilizing my [Job] as a [Ninja Assassin] to focus on speed to get out of this wide green open plains just to get near to the Mountain Ranges, are surrounded by three dead corpse of ‘Wyverns’ that’s blocking the sunset, as to prove how big this individual ‘Monsters’ are.

With the look in my eyes staring directly to the Floating Orb, namely Messiah, I asked about the thing about these Plains not having any ‘Monsters’. He answered while being flustered.

“W-Well, I’m not technically the one that said that these Plains don’t have ‘Monsters’. It’s Wendy that said it, I just delivered what this Spirit wanted to convey to you because you can’t communicate with this Spirit yet.”

He had a valid argument, but why does it sound like his just making excuses and blaming others, considering he’s a God and the other party is basically his kin, a very low class too.

And if you don’t realize who Wendy is, it’s the name of the [Lower Wind Spirit].

“Hahh…. Let’s set up the camp first. It’s getting dark now. If you have any idea on why we were being attacked by ‘Monsters’ these past few days, don’t hesitate to explain it to me after I finished eating. I’m tired, I want to relax soon~.”

I signed as I express my feelings in regards to the current situation. The Floating Island, or should I call it a ‘Floating Country’ because I just realized how big it is, was nowhere to be seen in the horizon. It has already left these Plains days ago and was currently drifting away in the Northern Plateau right now.

“Yes, I Understand”

*Swoosh *Swoosh

Messiah acknowledged what I just said and Wendy just flickered a little bit and let a bit of a gust as to agree to what I said.

This all happened because of my naivety after checking my abilities while walking away from the Temple, and became overconfident that I can get out of here fast without encountering any problems.

*****

Several days ago, Carlos von Alexandros, the name Maki decided to use in this world, was training while in the journey to get out of the [DragonEye Plains].

He first trained his overwhelming physical capabilities. He can run so fast and tirelessly. Jumping over 20 meters above ground is not an issue. Pulverizing a huge boulder by punching it using only his bare hands is easy. He was doing all this without any backlash to his mental capabilities and senses.

It should have been weird for a normal person that can only do what a normal person is capable of, let alone a shut-in NEET, to do all of these inhuman activities without any backlash. He should’ve been dizzy when moving so fast or have the instinctive fear of heights when falling down, but all of this is not being experienced by Carlos. This should be thanks to his high [Senses] and [Mind] stats but he is not aware of this case.

After getting used to his physical capabilities, it was now the time to check what he was the excited about. His [Abilities], or to be exact, it’s [Magic]!

He first tried the most basic of [Magic Spells] that was default when you select any magic related [Job] and it was the [Magic Spell] [Fire Bolt].

After doing some tinkering using the [Abilities] window, he was able to cast [Fire Bolt].

Suddenly a red-glowing magic circle with the diameter of about 20 inches appeared in front of him. It was then that a small crimson orb suddenly flew out of the magic circle and then hit the ground 20 meters away before being swallowed by flames.

Carlos found out that using the [Abilities] window was inefficient when casting the Spell. It was at this part that Messiah found it weird that Carlos was using the [Abilities] windows, or ‘Records’ as recognized by Messiah, to cast spells.

“Young One, I thought you were utilizing the [Soul Contract] to be able to chantlessly invoke the spells.”

“Can I do it without using the windo… I mean the ‘Records’ and chants?”

“I can do it, so I thought you can do it too because of the [Soul Contract], but I’m not sure now because I’m not your Race.”

Even though Messiah is the one that manage the circulation of mana, and the same time, the ‘Record’, he was still not a library of the information. If he has the authority to view the ‘Records’ of this world, he should’ve just check it and get the information and then tell it to Carlos but Messiah is not in the [Fantashiem] right now. It is the same with these worlds ‘Records’, as Messiah doesn’t have the authority over it yet.

“How should I know the chant of every spell I have?”

“How can you not know? You’ve been using it all this time”

Using spells in the game [Fantasy End] doesn’t require you to chant in your VR gear. You just needed to activate the preselected spells, wait for the chant to channel then the magic will activate. It’s as simple as that.

“Just take it as a side effect when we did the [Soul Contract] ritual.”

“….Is that really the reason? Hah~ ok, this should take a lot of training if you are a beginner in regards to magic but to simplify the concept of ‘Chanting’, it have three verses as a standard. The ‘Source’, the ‘Action’ and the ‘Activation’. For example on how a normal job as a [Mage] will chant using [Fire Bolt] is ‘Using the magical powers that are residing inside me, Burn the ones that I consider my enemies! [Fire Bolt]!’ or something along those lines.”

“Eh! That’s so Chunni! But I think I get how the chant works. It’s just that is there any other way to cast a magic without a chant?”

Carlos was not an Otaku Shut-in NEET without a reason. Fantasy novels were like a tutorial or manual for him just for this situation.

“You can just request the spirits around you for them to be the one to cast the spell on your behalf. You just have to give them Mana but the spells they can cast is limited.

“Oh, so Wendy can cast a wind magic?”

“You are right, but because Wendy is only a [Lower Wind Spirit], she can only cast [Apprentice Class] wind magic spells.”

This is the reason why Spirit related [Jobs] is useless if you don’t have a Magic related [Job]. The spells casted by a person who have a spirit related job cost less mana because the concept that the one that cast the spell is the spirits but the person have to own the [Magic], or teach the [Magic] itself to the Spirit if he wants the spirit to be the one to cast the ‘Magic Spell’, and the person just need to give the spirit the required Mana. This concept is ignored as what important is that having a spirit related job cost less mana.

“Ok Wendy, Cast [Wind Slice]!”

*Swoosh *Swoosh! *Slash!!

There is a delay, which should be the channeling time before Wendy activated a magic circle similar to [Fire Bolt], but this time it’s green then a sound of wind slicing was shot out to the area where the [Fire bolt] was shot out earlier.

“Oh! Good job Wendy!”

*Swoosh!~ *Swoosh~

“Ok! Let me try this ‘Chanting’ to cast [Wind Slice]! ‘Using my Mana, Sever my Enemy! [Wind Slice]!”

And just like what happened with Wendy, Carlos was able to use [Chanting] and was successful in invoking [Wind Slice] for the first time.

“…Did you really forget how to chant, Young One? You even manage to shorten the chant of [Wind Slice].”

And this continued while they were journeying the [DragonEye Plains]. They use the [Magic Cottage] that have the appearance of a typical modern day small residential house when the night comes. It have all the basics needed for a comfortable portable apartment as it has a bathroom, kitchen, a dining room and a bed to sleep in so it was perfect for a long journey.

He practiced not only his [Magic], he also practiced his other abilities such as [Skills] and [Techniques]. He also tried to familiarize himself with his mountain of equipments and items that’s compatible with his four [Jobs].

This was happening without any monster interference until the current day.

“Young One, those flying ‘Monsters’. Aren’t they coming this way?”

“Shit! Those are ‘Wyverns’ right!?”

*Swoosh! *Swoosh!

“You can just defeat them, why are you panicking?”

“Ah! Whatever! Hey! Messiah, help me if I’m in a pinch ok!?”

And that’s how Carlos fought with the three ‘Wyverns’ with him right now focused on the job [Ninja Assassin], He was running to get out of the [DragonEye Plains] fast, but because of this, he was in a little bit of disadvantage because of how big the ‘Wyverns’ are, and their ability to fly while he was only using a [Dagger].

But the long time of training did pay off as he fought with the ‘Wyverns’. Maybe because Carlos looked small and weak or because he only wore black thin equipments, the ‘Wyverns’ didn’t take advantage of their ability for flying and just landed around Carlos as they surrounded him while having the eyes that have the looks of hungry beast.

Little did they know that the equipment Carlos wore were a set equipment of [Legend] grade that specializes in [Ninja] related ‘Abilities’.

“[Blind Flash Jutsu]!”

Carlos used some strange hand gestures to cast a [Ninjutsu Technique] that blinded the enemy around him with Carlos as the center. The ‘Wyverns’ lost their visions and started to panic. They unfolded their wings to fly in the sky but before they could do that Carlos did another thing.

“[Shadow Manipulation Jutsu]!”

Carlos then manipulated their shadow making the ‘Wyverns’ lose their control over their body. The ‘Wyverns’ just stood there and this was to last thing the ‘Wyverns’ remembered. Carlos activated an [Assassin] active buff skill [Killing Edge]. This skill can triple the damage it inflicts to enemies that has their body under any abnormal condition. In this case, the enemy is under manipulation.

“[Killing Edge]!”

Coating his [Dagger], which is a [Legend] grade too, in a deadly red aura as to confirm that [Killing Edge] actually activated, he attacked the unmoving ‘Wyverns’ neck one by one and severing them, making it separated from their body. The [Dagger] should have been short but with the help of the skill and Carlos overwhelming [Stats] advantage, he made it possible. The ‘Wyverns’ shouldn’t really have been Carlos enemies as it is only a B ranked monster in terms of ranking in [Fantasy End].

And with this, Carlos first ever battle had ended in his overwhelming victory, even while he was nervous for facing ‘Monster’ for the first time.

*****

“You say it is strange that ‘Monster’ really did show up here in [DragonEye Plains]?”

*Swoosh! *Swoosh!

As Wendy wanted to prove that point, she flickered and released a gust.

“Hmm, Young One, I think I get what Wendy is trying to say. I just ignored it a few days ago since it didn’t really do anything to us but the ‘Mana Concentration’ of the ‘DragonEye Plains’ is rising rapidly.”

“The ‘Mana Concentration’ is rising? What does that do anything with ‘Monsters’ appearing?”

As I was training magic I did slowly started to feel what you call Mana around me. I thought that was the result of me continuously using magic, but I guess it is the rising of ‘Mana Concentration’ around me. I can still feel it now that the Mana gives more and more of a clear feeling.

“This place didn’t have a high concentration of Mana for a long time now. That is why Wendy who was living here was still an ‘Infant Wind Spirit’ even after being here for a long time now. She just evolved when the Mana Concentration started to rise. And the reason why this place shouldn’t have any ‘Monsters’ is because of that. ‘Monster’ doesn’t like places where there is no high concentration of Mana. Mana for ‘Monsters’, especially [Magic Creatures] is like what is air for human.”

“Oh, so it’s like that. So now that this place is slowly rising in its ‘Mana Concentration’, the monster can now move around this place.”

“…Young One, you really did become intelligent. You forgot a lot of things that is regarded as common sense but your head did get a huge improvement in regards to wisdom.”

“I’m not sure if you’re complimenting me or insulting me…..”

*Swoosh~ *Swoosh~

Wendy circled around as if trying to cheer me up. This Spirit really is cute~.

“Ok! I got what we need to do! We just need to do what we have been doing but while killing ‘Monsters’! I can even get them as targets for practicing all my [Abilities] and to get used to my [Jobs]. It can also be called as clearing out pest~ isn’t it killing two birds with one stone.”

After spending a night using the [Magic Cottage], the journey continued but with the addition of using the encountered ‘Monsters’ as training partners and experimental subjects for my development.

Not only ‘Wyverns’ showed up. There’s a large variety of ‘Monsters’, and they all came from the Mountain Ranges. There’s weird looking, huge, brown Goblins, Blood-colored Orcs, Twin-headed Ogres, 4-5 meters giant Werewolves, Dinosaur-sized Stone Lizards and more.

We noticed that these ‘Monsters’ are not only going in the [DragonEye Plains]. They are running away from the Mountain Ranges. The reason for this is obvious, as the Mountain Ranges are the territories of the ‘Wyverns’ and it is said that they are being led by a ‘Dragon’.

I continued improving my familiarity with my abilities, with some advises from Messiah, and the adorable comfort from Wendy.

Then another week has passed.

I’m now standing at the very foot of the first Mountain in the Mountain Ranges that is the ‘Wyverns’ territory. The moment I take a foot on this territory, I take a look at my [Activity Log] and [Mini-Map] window.

“[Istreadore Mountains Ranges] huh…. That sounds cool, isn’t it?”

And another long journey will commence again to get past these mountains where these individual mountains are as high as Mt. Everest, or will it?