~ Part 3

Supernatural skills are skills that cannot be explained by my current Earth’s science knowledge. There’s an explanation on these by alternating or manipulating souls and bodies, or making miracles which are beyond Science. But I understand the process behind it and I can’t share this to others as its confidential and it’s a very, very long to explain the details.

These skills are given to me by an angel at night of 7th Month while I stare at the night sky with one moon.

“Good evening to you Joel”

“Ohhh..g.o.o..d…good e..veni..ng to you to , how..how can I help you?”

I greeted the angel while stuttering and slightly trembling because I am so shocked at the moment. But I regain my composure to listen to his next words as I met True God before, so no need to fluster to this kind of situations.

“Our Lord likes you to have these skills”

The angel shows me the [Resurrection], [Living Blessing] and [Guardian Angel] skills.

“These are God like skills…why are you giving me these?”

“You know” the angel points his finger towards the sky. Okay I get it.

“Okay okay…I will gladly accept these..Thank you..ah..you don’t mind how I will use these skills right?”

“Well, it’s up to you….see you then”

“Have a nice trip, I think?…….Farewell”

Then a thin white light envelops around the angel and he/she vanish.

I wave my hand and back to staring the clear night sky. ‘What a night.’

Resurrection [master level]

Returns the dead alive. The time of death must not exceed in 40 days.

Living Blessing [beginner level]

Grants blessings to creatures/things. Cannot be applied to oneself or nonliving.

Guardian Angel [master level]

Calls your Guardian Angel to aide you. Your Guardian cannot be controlled, harmed or killed because of its other realm existence. Two hours a day is the usage limit.

I tested [Resurrection] in dead creatures while training my other skills. The 40 day limit is based on the time of souls to remain in mortal realm before it goes to spiritual realm. Every hostile creature that I revive will immediately dealt by me. I only revive-kill cycle dead monsters once not twice or more because I respect the dead.

[Living Blessing] gives me the ability to grant abilities to living things or blessings except for me and nonliving things. I didn’t level this one as I only want to use this properly and I don’t want to gain a ridiculous title again. I will master this one later.

I can call my guardian angel through [Guardian Angel] skill. My angel has a handsome/pretty face, let’s call it has majestic face. It has no gender in the first place though. He/she and its equipment can’t be identified by my [Identify] skill. Well it’s obvious that he/she came from other realm. His white armor is very elegant with wing designs with beautiful carvings and you can feel holiness in it. He has halo above his head shining like a diamond, wearing a golden sandal and his weapon is a rotating mace. Rotating mace it means that the mace’s head will rotate for additional damage. Imagine a spike ball rotating at maximum speed hitting an opponent.

I usually call him all the time. Not to fight monsters but as a talking buddy. We talk many things like the heavenly battle, the battle with the angel and demons, how other worlds exist, what is his/her current job at the moment and many more. And lastly his name is “John the Brave Guardian”.

Author note: I prefer the genderless angel from now on as male because his name is ‘John’

“So you’re interested in us?” [John]

“Well yeah, anyone will be” [Joel]

“I never mind telling you even you already know it. My job, Guardian, is to protect the mortal people from devils and sometimes we protect them from danger depending on how high is their faith to God. We do not protect people with no or low faith as the devil will stay by its side and we don’t interfere with that kind of people as they choose that path that’s why your old world is full of that kind.”

“Why not fight the devil then, you may save the person”

“We cannot interfere at the moment. Only when the [Judgment Day] comes and as I said earlier the person itself chooses that path so we don’t take action. Our Creator gives the humanity the time to choose sides before the Last and Final Holy War.”

“and that’s Judgment day”

“Yep and looks like my time is up”

“Okay then, thank you for your time amigo”

“No problemo amigo”

Then a thin white light envelops around the angel and vanish.

Next is martial art.

Dance of Death [master level]

Known as Sayaw ng Kamatayan or “Yaw Yan” in Earth. This is one of the deadliest martial arts as it is movements are alive, quick, fast, free and formless and most of all deadly. Like the wind adaptable to changing situation.

I am excited to this skill because it covers most of the areas. And why I choose this? Because it’s an all-around martial arts and it helps me to discipline myself, stay cool all the time and fearless. And most of all, I just love this.

The training is very hard at first but day after day. I learned the proper basics. During my training, this martial art has the same resemblance with muay-thai but differs in the hip-torquing motion as well as the downward-cutting nature of its kicks, and the emphasis on delivering attacks from long range while Muay Thai focuses more on clinching.

The difference between the two martial arts is the basics. Although Muay Thai may really have a huge similarity with Yaw-Yan but if you observe more closely you'll see that it's not. Yaw-Yan's push kick is not actually a push kick compared with Muay Thai that really looks smooth on the ring. Yaw-Yan's push kick is actually a devastating strike if you really have an eye for combat.

I have to learn 40 basic kicks in order to execute and apply complex advanced kicks requiring great dexterity, flexibility, and mastery. Most of these advanced kicks are trick kicks which always caught unsuspecting opponents by surprise. Yaw-Yan advantage from other Martial Arts is it’s faster and more powerful. A Yaw-Yan fighter utilizes the strength of his opponent against him through leading techniques; it means no blocking at all. This is simply redirecting your opponent energy to your favor. Yaw-Yan specialized to disarm knives, guns and stick in a split second without the use of force only using the arms and legs as the weapon.

This martial art is a perfected special skill with great impact, smooth and very pleasurable like dancing. It is an excellent physical fitness exercise also and a fine art of self-defense, which requires the proper full use of skillful body movement. In fact for two weeks, I lose 15 pounds.

Its style uses mobility and swift maneuvering footwork and it countered the balance of force when fighting. You will become a combatant fighter to force the opponent to make a voluntary sacrifice reaction to his own detriment. I can easily detect the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses by way of quick strike. Yaw-Yan techniques are applied to paralyze, eliminate, disarm and injure the enemy. Yaw-Yan is very flexible style without limitation.

All Yaw-Yan weapons are used for close range, medium range, long distance and in-fighting. The hand and foot striking techniques are equally unique and deadly-lethal weapons. It stresses fastness, accuracy and power by practical and realistic actions.

After few months of training, I started to test my techniques to kung fu kangaroos that lurk west of this Great Plain. Just like its name, they are kangaroo-creatures that use martial arts, not just kung fu but other martial arts.

Every time my trick kick hits at the back of its head, the kangaroo fell down with broken cranium. For the first time, I realize how deadly this martial art with just one strike. What I did before is to trick the kangaroo by side kicking him making him to defend at his side. But along the way I quickly changed my foot’s form, instead hitting his arms, my foot hits the back of his head. It’s like a death scythed kick style.

I fought for hours defeating hundreds of them making me adapt to dangerous situations. Most of the time, they just fell down with one kick hitting the back of its head and others died from hitting their vital organs. Now I know why this martial art is fast, formless and most importantly, deadly.

“Well, that’s one of the most enjoyable fighting experience I have without using magic”

Next is 'title'. Title earned by doing the same thing in thousand or many times, by learning a skill or just the World’s system’s mood.

Titles don’t give you additional effects.

The last descriptions will act as a warning if the others will found out and some sound like an insult. Or it is just the World’s System insulting me.

Title:

The Living and Breathing Library

The Knowledgeable One

Fast Learner

Window Cleaner

Da Wildlife Survivor

Lucky Bastard

Magic Scientist

Magic Engineer

Kill Joy – Spell Hinder

A Cat Burglar?

Paranoid Covert Operator

The Most Professional Killer

Death Dancer

Are you a Goddess?

I focus on a certain title to check its description.

Window Cleaner

Due to your numerous skills invented making the status window look ‘dirty’. The System World has given you this title to clean it up. You have the ability to group your skills regardless of either active, passive or both.

I earned this title after I learned the Dance of Death to master level.

“The system tries to compliment me in a ridicule way.”

Because of this title, I started to sort my skills. I admit my skills are many and the status window started to get ‘dirty’. Let’s follow for now.

Lucky Bastard

You earn this title because of your recent achievements, discovery, and lucky encounters, resulting of what you are now. Your luck is increased either its good or bad. What a lucky bastard.

“Ha ha ha ha ha….the description again..Do you have a problem with me System!?”

I shouted to the World’s system, hope that ‘System’ hears me. We’ll I admit that these past few months I am lucky in good and in bad way. Most of them are good but when bad luck comes, it makes my day worst.

Da Wildlife Survivor

You remain alive and always carry on, despite the hardships and trauma you experience in wilderness. You sir I salute you. You are stubborn like a cockroach. People may respect you and sometimes redeem you like a God especially the natives in the wild.

“Why am I compared to a cockroach?….Is your brain not functioning properly system?”

Damn, this thing always ridicules me in a creative way.

Magic Scientist

A magician that always use scientific concepts and tricks to create modern skills and spells. All skills don’t need any chants as long as it follows scientific laws. Mages with bad intention will chase you to death. Mages and people with good intentions will admire you and easily learn your teachings.

Magic Engineer

You design, build, develop and maintain magic tools and stuffs with scientific applications. Beware of dwarves as they will constantly chase you to explain and share your works.

“These two are one of the few with good descriptions together with some warnings at the end.”

Maybe I’ll think how the system works. I earned these two titles after I make different chemical reactions like freezing flame, ultra dry, ultra cold and many crazy science skills applied with magic. I made different magic tools that resembles my old world devices like an [Environmental Refrigerator ]powered by environment’s temperature, holograms, AI latop with advanced AI that always correct and sometimes debate with me, cellphone powered by fuel cell, an item tracker that locates your misplaced items and many many more.

Kill Joy – Spell Hinder

Title earned due to your numerous actions of interfering the enemies’ magic chant or in middle of processing a magic or spell that leads to their deaths or suffer grave injuries together with their cramp faces. Enemies will lose moral or interest to fight you after you interfere their majestic display of magic.

“This again?, I’ll change my mind… you are a bad system, you hear ME!”

Due to my knowledge that I can disrupt magic process from my enemies, I earned this ridiculous title.

A Cat Burglar?

Title earned due to your numerous thievery actions in the wild. Thieves may have strong affection towards you.

“Oh come on, you make me sound like a thief, I just steal some eggs,… okay to be exact 1260, it’s not a big deal right?”

Yeah I steal 1260 eggs, one for breakfast, one for lunch and one for dinner for this whole year. Its not a big deal. Those ostrich eggs are just so delicious.

Paranoid Covert Operator

Title earned due to your numerous successful covert operations. Covert operations have high success rate close to 100%.

“Can you just change it from Paranoid to Cautious or any other cool words..system? Yo ho!! Please”

Man, people will think I have a screw loose in my brain, even though it’s augmented. I should stop this self-talking of mine.

The Most Professional Killer

Title earned due to your numerous successful assassinations. Assassins may fear you and some may idolize you.

“System, thank you for this cool title, I know you are not bad guy”

This title is cool and has an air of dangerous approach; I don’t care about the assassins as long as this title remains. I earned this title after I assassinate 510 grey wolves, 300 horsemouse, and 210 grass deers during their sleep or nap time. I just try to experiment how effective is my stealth skills at that time when I try to assassinate a single target surrounded by its comrades. But I don’t know that I will earn a cool title.

Death Dancer

Countless enemies die because of your martial arts’ lethal moves befitting of its name: Dance of Death. Whether they’re big or small, tough or soft, all of them have the same fate. Warriors may afraid of you, some may kill you and others will respect you.

“Oh Oh Oh ..this is my favorite it shakes fear to my opponents… thank you system”

Well my mood always change every time I see these two titles, it makes me forget those ridiculous titles.

I earn this title after I defeated almost a thousand kung fu kangaroos using only [Dance of Death].

Are you a Goddess?

Due to your glamorous fake act of being a goddess granting blessings, you’ve earned this title. Congratulations. This world’s religion may find you a heretic and self-proclaimed gods will try to control or kill you.

“System…I get back what I said..you are an ASSHOLE!!!, you hear me!!!”

I remember that time when I disguise myself into a Goddess and float above the Liodog, a dog size creature with lion features. My current choice of blessing is increase strength so I try to bless them. Before I started ‘blessing’, a sudden pop up shows in front of me showing another ridiculous title earned.

“What the hell?....Are you kidding me?..System what have you done??!!!!”

I just do it once to surprise the monsters to watch their reactions but this title emerge in my view and made my mood for that day ruined. Let’s calm down for now. Let’s think that the system is just an irreparable brain damaged AI. Let’s forget those titles and proceed to next one.

Unlike title, Talent/Power gives effects.

World’s Tongue

Able to communicate proficiently to all creatures from intelligent beings to low IQ ones.

Spirit Bulwark

Your soul is divinely protected. It cannot be controlled, restrain or harm.

These two was given by an angel, at night of 11th Month, 7th day. At that time a light appears and an angel walk towards me.

“Hello again”

“Hello, what’s our business for today?”

“Please receive these.. ”

He showed me the [World’s Tongue] and [Spirit Bulwark] talent/power

“Thank you…I have a feeling that I’m gonna fight a high level devil?”

“Who knows…Farewell”

“Have a nice trip? I guess”

Then another light appears and he vanish.

Another angel encounter again. I already tested [World Tongue] and I can communicate with nonspeaking beasts, read and write other languages, proficient in speaking and able to read body movements like if the wagging of the beast’s tails, sniffing in their butts, licking and any animal behaviors. Unfortunately, I can’t test [Spirit Bulwark].No need to worry since it came from the God from above.

After I read my status window, I looked around and start fiddling around. Interesting things like items ranging from rare to legendary, my inventions like rice cooker, heater, refrigerator, prototypes of weapons and power generators, and expensive minerals and ores.

As I keep sorting items and cleaning my room, my [Air sense] detect interesting locations. My destination is around 1000 to 2000 kilometers south of here. I hurriedly arrange my things, take a bath, eat my breakfast which is an Ostrich scramble egg, wear my outside cloths and equip my exclusive weapons.

“Time for treasure hunting” with a smiling face.