บท 11: Wanting to change, I decide, it's time for my adventure.
Starting my new daily routine, it's become a habit to use Stealth all the time, not just in the dungeon, if I'm not with rose or at work I always have it on, I would still greet rose every morning. After leaving the guild I make my way to the Hostess of Fertility, I would have breakfast and help get everything ready for the day, after everything was complete, I'd head to the dungeon.
I'd hunt till my backpack was full, but it takes hours to do and because I'm using Mana Bow the entire time, I would have to take a break to regen my mana. After all my testing, I've found that it takes 200 mana to conjure the bow, and each arrow uses 20, I haven't been using my bow Black Husk, because my strength makes the string snap just from pulling it.
When my mana hits 50% I would sit down and meditate, I would get attacked sometimes but, I would break the walls before meditation so it wasn't so bad. I would stay meditating till I felt my mana was at 80% then continued to hunt, my control and ability to feel my mana increased when meditation maxed out.
My mana control became better to the point, I was able to pull my mana out of my body. When I first succeeded, I found that mana is like sand, and depending on how I use it, I'm able to make different phenomenons. My first attempt ended in failure, I was making friction with the mana, aiming to make a fire.
I was trying too hard and used too much mana, I made a fire I just didn't expect the explosion that followed. After that incident I held off from using my mana like that for awhile, I focused more towards expanding my mana to my surroundings while still feeling it, I kept trying even though I lost the feel for the mana, after it got to a certain distance away.
After repeated attempts I gained a skill [Mana Sense] - By expanding your mana to the surrounding you can detect the mana of living things.] After it became a skill it was far easier then before to control, the range depends solely on how much mana I use.
After a month Artemis and Hephaestus finished the bow, and I could finally use it, when I went to get it they were discussing a name for it. It's a solid black bow made from mithril, the string is made from mithril threads, because the bow was made with a strand of Artemis's hair, I asked if we could call it "Mother's Gift" they liked it.
Apon picking it up hieroglyphs glowed blue across the bow, starting from the grip flowing out like water, Artemis wanted to update my falna and took the bow from my hands for a moment. Kneeling down with my back exposed to her, I didn't know she cut her finger on the bow, her blood flowed across the bow and the hieroglyphs glowed blue again.
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Sara
Level 1
STR I 67 -> D 500
VIT I 30 -> E 400
DEX H 162 -> S 999
AGI I 46 -> C 600
MAG H 156 -> S 999
MAGIC: MANA BOW
SKILL: System Link
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Artemis was kind of surprised by my stats, but with how much I've been training, she knew it was going to be high, especially with the fact I wouldn't let her update it. I just couldn't get used to both my system stats and my falna stats, I would make mistakes if I updated my status every time.
Artemis explained that I don't have the type of excelia needed to Level up, that I'd need to fight something that is actually challenging. I may be doing something impressive every day, but it's not a challenge for me anymore, I kill a thousand monsters every day, but if I don't actually go on an adventure, I'll be stuck where I am.
Like how when I started hunting every day, I only gained a level every other day, hunting more wouldn't work. I don't want to miss work just to level, but I just got a growth weapon and I don't want Artemis, my goddess, the woman I view as my mother, who made this bow for me, to see me just stay stuck repeating the same things.
Having realized that I'm just repeating myself like my past life, I had a daily routine, something to strive towards. I put in effort, but when just 1 thing happened that broke the mold, I became a shut in. I was afraid of people, so I wouldn't get a job, it effected my daily routine, and I eventually started fearing leaving the house.
I talked to rose about how I'm just repeating myself, that if I don't strive for change, I fear I'll just become like I once was. Explaining that I'm going on an adventure for the first time in my life, it was never an adventure for me, it was a hunt. I may be an adventurer because I've registered, but all I am is a hunter, going out to get just enough to live, is not what I wanted in this life.
Telling Mama Mia was easier, she expected that I'd eventually become a full time adventurer, Syr was her usual teasing self, but she did want me to be careful. I prepared to stay in the dungeon for days, I won't be coming to the surface till I've killed something worthy of leveling up.
Standing in front of Artemis's office, I feel nervous to talk to her, after focusing on my breathing for a few seconds, I knock on the door, "Come in" walking into the office I ask. "Can we talk for a bit, there's something I want to talk about." "Sure sweetie what's up." "I'm going on an adventure and I won't be back for a while, so I wanted to tell you. I view you as my mother, and I don't want you to be sad because I die, so no matter what I'm going to come back. I refuse to die to anything other than old age."
"I see... When I first met you, you were this timid ball of anxiety, almost as if you were afraid of everything in the world. But then you started coming out of your shell, you called me mom, I didn't know what to do, I govern chastity so." "I could never and would never have a child, the members in the familia are the only one's you can consider my children, but they never viewed me as a mother, just their goddess."
"But you were different, calling me mom or mother, and you genuinely considered me as such. When the bow was finished and you wanted to name it Mother's Gift, I felt what it's like to actually be a mother." "So I want you to understand when I tell you this, if you die I'm going to punish you." "Geh, Yes mother!" "Pfft hahahaha"×2 "Alright mother, I'll be going now, I love you." "I love you too my child, be safe."
Leaving the office I head to my room I have to get ready, after packing everything into a backpack I bought for my trip, I sit on my bed for the night, opening my status I add stats so I can come back no matter what.
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Name: Sara
Level: 101
Health: 26,800/34,300
Mana: 7,191/10,050
Stamina: 64%
Strength: 109
Vitality: 268 -> 343
Dexterity: 201
Agility: 176
Magic: 201
Unassigned stats: 75 -> 0
[Magic]
Mana Bow - Able to conjure a bow and arrows of solidified mana or reinforce a bow and arrows with mana
[Skills]
Pain Resistance Lvl.31 - Reduces pain felt by 15.5%
Stealth Lvl.81 - Hiding reduces your presence by 81%
Mana Control Lvl.33 - Your control over the mana within your body increases with your understanding of it
Meditation Lvl.Max - Through meditation while focusing on your mana you can increase the speed you recover mana by 100%
Mana Sense - By expanding your mana to the surrounding you can detect the mana of living things.
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Sara
Level 1
STR D 500
VIT E 400
DEX S 999
AGI C 600
MAG S 999
MAGIC: MANA BOW
SKILL: System Link - You are able to view your falna and it's growth in your status. When the level of your falna increases all stats will be added to your status at a 1/4 ratio.
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Laying on my bed, I can only hope it doesn't take long to find, a worthy pray.
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