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This is a work of fiction. Names, monsters, skills, places, etcetera, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2014 by FrozenArrow. All rights reserved.

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Narxus couldn't believe his eyes when he saw what was written on the power badge. Iryl as well couldn't believe what he saw.. A short while after the light disappeared from the power badge Iryl couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

" Eh..? What does this mean ? "

" This is.. "

Narxus didn't give an answer as he was still uncertain of where to begin.. As for the power badge what was written on it is..

***Low Level Power Badge***

External Energy Level: ???

Spiritual Energy Level: ----

***Low Level Power Badge***

(Author: I 'll be using this way to show what items such as the power badge are saying.)

Iryl was staring at Narxus who was still immersed in deep thinking as he was looking at the power badge.. With hesitation in his voice Iryl said.

" Excuse me.. Narxus..? If you don't mind can you explain to me as well..? "

Narxus then turned his gaze towards Iryl as if he was a robot and said..

" Rare.. Rare find.. "

" Eh..? "

" You.. What is wrong with your body ?! It doesn't make sense.. "

SFX* (BAAAM)

Narxus hit his hands on the table and got up from his seat. His actions startled Iryl a little but soon enough he rushed towards the drawers and once again began searching..

" Mid level.. Mid level... Where is it got damn it..? "

Iryl waited patiently as Narxus was searching the drawers and then.. As if he found a lost treasure Narxus's eyes lit up.. He then quickly rolled and once again he sat on his chair..

" Now! Use this power badge! "

With a happy expression and a grin on his face Narxus passed the new power badge to Iryl..

" This is..? "

" A mid level power badge! When question marks show on a power badge it means it's level measuring is insufficient for your power! So you need the next in chain. For example the low level power badge can measure up to level 100. The next in chain which is the mid level power badge can measure up to level 1000 and so it goes on.. "

' Eh.. That's quite a useful item! I wonder how it is made.. '

Before Iryl could ask another question Narxus said..

" Now! Now! Go on use it! "

For one more time Iryl placed his finger that was dripping of blood on the small circle and a stronger light than before engulfed the whole room.

***Mid Level Power Badge***

External Energy Level: 687

Spiritual Energy Level: ----

***Mid Level Power Badge***

Iryl was staring at the numbers while thinking of one thing..

' Guess that's normal..? '

But then he turned his gaze towards Narxus who was having spasms as he was trying to say something..

"...6..8..7...68..7...687.. No way! That impossible! How can a brat have 687 external energy ?! Not even the best hunter of our camp has half of his external energy..! "

His gaze then reverted back to Iryl.. As for Iryl, he was now sweating as he saw Narxus staring at him. Once again Narxus stood from his seat and went over to where Iryl was.. The problem was that this time from Iryl's point of view it looked like a zombie crawling over to him.. As he saw the (zombie) Narxus closing in Iryl fell from his chair and crawled at the edge of the room.. Too bad for him, escape was impossible the room was too small for him to move freely! Narxus caught him from the arm and touched him all over his body..

" How is it possible ?? Just where do you hide all these muscles for your external energy to be so high ?? "

" Please.. Stop! Show mercy..! "

Iryl was crying out like a small animal that was being struggled as Narxus examined his body all over.. After a while, Narxus stopped his (examination) and went back to his seat...

" Ghmm! Eh.. You can come sit if you want.. "

Iryl was trembling in the corner of the room as he heard Narxus.. All he could say though was one thing..

" You are cruel.. How could you be so cruel.. "

Iryl went slowly and hesitantly back to his seat.. As he sat Narxus opened his mouth.

" But, that really surprised me! I still don't understand though.. How can your body's external energy be so high and yet you have no muscle at all? "

' That's harsh.. Does that mean that elves think that external energy is all about muscle ? '

Narxus continued with his monologue..

" Is there anything else apart from muscle for one to increase his external energy.. Well that will be the only logical explanation for yours to be so high. So ? "

" So..? "

" What did you do to increase your external energy ?! "

Narxus eyes were sparkling as his gaze was pinned on Iryl..

" Well that is.. External energy refers to a kind of energy outside of the body when internal energy refers to the one inside the body.. So.. Doesn't that mean that external energy is the energy we use and form around our body ? Sure enough muscle is an important factor but.. Energy is energy, muscle is muscle.. Why do we have to connect those two together ? "

Narxus was left with his mouth open.. He was staying still like a statue at the words he heard.. He then placed his hands on his forhead covering his eyes as he screamed..

" AAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! "

' Ehh..? '

Iryl was scared from his reaction and curled over the edge of the room as he said..

" Are you.. Ok..? Narxus..? "

Narxus then looked at his hands with a sour face as he said..

" So many ears.. How could I.. Someone like.. To not have noticed such a simple thing.. "

' Ehhhh ?? '

" Brilliant! Just imagine the possibilities! But, how did you figure such a method of training..? "

" Well.. When you meditate you just collect the energy around your body and place it in yourself.. Isn't that common sense? "

Iryl had a perplexed look on his face as he saw Narxus..

" What do you mean when you say meditate ? Meditation is used in order to communicate with the spirits around you and increase one's spiritual energy.. How can you use meditation to... No.. No way.. What if you don't use it to speak with the spirits, but collect energy.. Seal it in your body.. And then.. "

He suddenly stopped and turned to look towards Iryl..

" You.. You are a genius! To come up with such a method.. "

' Genius? Isn't that supposed to be basic logic..? Oh! That's right this is another world.. What else will I see.. '

Iryl sighed and then said as he went back to his seat..

" Well.. Enough about external energy.. What I am more interested in is the internal energy! Huhuhu! If my external energy is that strong then my internal energy must be as well! "

" Well... That is.. "

Narxus had a kind of sad expression as he said..

" When the power badge shows ---- (Author: Didn't know how to express this..) It can mean two things.. "

" Two things! "

Iryl's eyes were now sparkling with excitement as he was waiting for Narxus to keep talking..

" Sigh.. "

With a sigh then Narxus continued..

" Well, allow me to educate you a little in order for you to understand what it means.. "

With that said then Narxus began his lecture.

" First of all I need you to understand one basic thing. As you know elves gather and communicate with the spirits. That in itself is very common. But, there are also cases that elves can not communicate with the spirits.. Those cases are rare though and are being called Non-Spirit Collectors.. "

Iryl mumbled as he was listening..

" Non-Spirit Collectors... "

Then Narxus after talking a deep breath continued with his speech..

" In contrast to them most elves are Spirit Collectors. And that's also the basic rank for internal energy.. Even though we can have an unlimited amount of internal energy the higher it goes the tougher it is to acquire. The highest amount ever reached though was from the person who also made the ranks.. And that is none other than Shin Randel.. "

' Shin Randel.. That person again.. He must have been really strong! '

" He separated the ranks in nine different categories that are like this.. "

Narxus took a paper out of his pocket and passed it to Iryl. What the paper said was the ranks in order from bottom to top..

***Paper***

Spirit Collector

Spirit Controller

Spirit Expert

Spirit Master

Spirit Ancient

Spirit Sage

Spirit ruler

Spirit King

Spirit God

***Paper***

As he inspected the paper Iryl gulped once and said in a low voice..

" Spirit.. God.. "

But that didn't pass Narxus ears as he said.

" Hmm! Amazing isn't it ? For a person to reach spirit god ? Not one elf has ever made it up to that rank! Only him.. "

" Ehh..? What is the highest rank an elf from our village has ever reached..? "

" Don't tell me.. You don't even know ?? You have been living with the sage for so many years and you don't know ?! "

' Sage..? Does he mean gramps ? '

" By Sage.. Do you mean gramps..? "

Narxus couldn't help but be shocked at Iryl's words..

" Gra.. Gramps... Pfft!! Hahaha! To think that someone would call him gramps.. Yea.. That gramps of yours is a monster more or less.. An avarage elf would reach up to spirit controller or expert at most.. Even I am only a spirit master. Yet he, he managed to achieve the rank of a spirit sage! It's not such a small feat. "

Iryl was astonished to think that the Elder was such a powerful person..

" So.. In terms of spiritual energy how much does he have in the spirit sage rank ? "

Surprised Narxus said..

" Well.. It is between 500-600 levels of spiritual energy, but still it's a tremendous amount.. Let me ask you.. Do you know what spiritual abilities are ? "

" No idea at all.. "

"...Well, when one reaches the level cap of his rank he must obtain a spiritual ability in order to rank up. That ability defers to each person. And that ability is also carved on your body. "

Narxus then stood up and turned around as he removed his leather top.. In his back though could be seen four different tattos. All four where circle shaped and had a word in them. The words were also carved in elvish language. As for where the tattos were placed one was in the middle of his back and the others around it.. One above and two at the sides. Before Iryl could say anything Narxus said.

" That is the symbol of the contract that one makes with the spirits. Each circle is equal to one contract. And every contract is with a different spirit! "

Iryl was staring in awe.. and then he asked.

" So how does it work with the spirits ? Can you freely use their abilities ? "

" Hahaha! That is a very nice question! Allow me to explain. The first spirit ability is always random. You can not select with what kind of spirit you will make a contract with.. The most usual spirits are those connected with the four elements. Earth, fire, water, wind. But, there are exceptions! An example of that is Mirana. "

' The nurse..? '

" Mirana has made her first contract with a life spirit. And thus her spirit ability is heal. The word in her back is also HEAL. "

' Ehh! So she is special! '

" Those are very rare exceptions though the chances of making a contract with a spirit other than the four elements is about 2%.. "

" After one makes a contract with his first spirit it becomes a hardle to make contracts with other spirits.. Because of the first contract the spirit resides in your body and allows you to use it's power. But, when you have to rank up you have to seek out more spirits! And once you find one compatible with your other spirit, you have to fight it. If the spirit is the one that wins, it gains control over your body. And if you win you gain another spiritual ability to use. "

Iryl was astonished at the information he had just gathered and with his eyes wide open he asked.

" Then, what about me ?! What does that mark means ? "

"..."

Narxus was silent before he said.

" In your case the first thing it can mean is, that you can not gather and communicate with the spirits and therefore be a Non-Spirit Collector.But, this is the most improbable case.. The other thing it can mean is that your spiritual energy has yet to awaken.. Elves spiritual energy usually awakes around the age of 10 but there have been cases that it took up to twelve years to awake.. "

When Iryl heard Narxus say those words was feeling like the world was about to crumble in front of him, he lost the happiness in his eyes and made a sad face.. But then, Narxus tried to cheer him up.

" Hahaha! Don't worry I am sure that your spiritual energy will show up soon! Even if it doesn't with your talent in external energy you will be a great hunter! "

" Teacher.. That didn't make me feel better at all... Well, I 'll be off now thanks for everything! "

Iryl tried to make a smile as he opened the door in order to leave the small room. And before long he had already left, leaving only Narxus in the room.. Narxus couldn't help but murmur to himself..

"..A genius huh..? "

END Of Chapter 8

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PS: Next time... The plan again.. Or so I hope...