Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

Holding the sword arts manual in wonder, Felix shook his head and kept it back on the table.

'Though I'm curious about the book's history, It isn't the time to be thinking about this.'

He went back to lying on the bed and narrowed his eyes as he became serious.

'The remaining skill points should be exactly 3330 now, which I should use to create new combat skills.'

As he pondered in his mind, Felix closed his eyes and recalled all the moments of battles from the few days of hunting with Sir Graham.

There were lots of skill ideas going around in his mind during the hunting days, but he couldn't decide on a particular skill as he was afraid it would be a waste of skill points if he created something useless.

'The kind of skill that I need right now is something which can help me during the guild wars, but I don't know the rules and the way this war is going to happen.'

While his mind continued thinking of the possible skills to aid him and make him stronger, he heard the door knock.

Knock Knock!

"Felix, open the door.", Steve's voice sounded from outside.

'Oh, I forgot about him.'

Felix got up from bed and opened the door, coming face to face with Steve, who had an inquisitive expression on his face.

"Hmm, where have you gone these days? That guy named Falcon said you were going to the forest. Was that true?"

Felix nodded at the boy and replied.

"Yeah, I told Falcon to inform you that. A very strong person from the underworld took me to hunt monsters in the forest, I learnt a lot from him."

Steve widened his eyes in amazement and smiled enviously.

"Ah, that's amazing. I wish I could hunt some monsters, too."

Felix chuckled at the boy's words, who was similarly a battle maniac like him, but then his stomach grumbled.

"How about we talk over dinner?", Felix asked in hunger.

"Exactly my thoughts."

Steve grinned, and both of them walked towards the dining hall after Felix locked his room.

When Felix and Steve entered the dining hall, they felt a change in the atmosphere than usual.

The dining hall was filled to the brim with guild members, who had gathered from all the branches and returned from their missions for the sake of the guild war.

Felix and Steve grabbed their meals and sat at a table under the heavy aura that was of a battlefield where fights would suddenly break out.

But the strict rules of the Twilight Chaos guild and their punishments deterred any problems from taking place, reducing the dining hall to an adrenaline and bloodlust-filled domain.

Unfortunately or fortunately, this didn't stop Steve from chattering as usual and keeping Felix entertained throughout the dinner.

Sometime later, Roven and Eric too joined them at the table.

The two of them seemed to have grown a bit stronger than before, which they revealed as advancing a subrank.

They then spent the time discussing the upcoming guild war, but it seemed that nobody knew anything about the way it was going to happen.

From what they knew from the last guild war in Edenmont City which was dozens of years ago, they heard that the Duke of the City would be the one to oversee and supervise the guild wars between the guilds for fairness.

So, the rules and way the war was going to take place depended on his decision, which he would announce on the first day of the guild wars.

After finishing their meals, the four of them bid each other good night and returned to their rooms.

Felix used the washroom and changed his clothes into something comfortable before jumping onto the bed.

"Sigh....in the end, I couldn't figure out what skill to create."

He muttered under his breath and stared at the ceiling.

'Tomorrow, I should receive my sword from that blacksmith. Maybe that time I should also use the forbidden library of the underworld to broaden my knowledge....'

Unfortunately, Felix wasn't a nerd, or else he would've first found a library after coming to this world and absorbed all the information until he behaved like a normal person in this world.

'Let's rest for now, I didn't get any good sleep these five days in the forest.'

He closed his eyes, relaxing his body comfortably into the soft mattress of the bed, devoid of the hardness and strange feeling of sleeping inside a thin tent.

Felix took low breaths, his mind turning into nothingness as slumber overcame him.

*****

The next day.

After having a good breakfast, Felix left the guild building and made his way to the secret tavern using his new skill 'Map'.

The usual journey of around fifteen minutes took him only eight minutes to reach his destination, which made him nod at the usefulness of the skill.

'It'll save a lot of my time, especially in emergency and dangerous situations.'

Arriving at the tavern after secretly wearing his mask, he walked through all the way into the underworld from there and entered the black market.

The place was bustling as usual, but there was another interesting rumour spreading around of the start of the guild wars that were taking place tomorrow.

"Haha, like I said, it doesn't matter to me what happens in the outside world. I don't even care about the guilds, as long as they don't give me any trouble...."

"Nah man, it would be exciting to see all of them kill each other. This kind of thing doesn't happen usually in our city."

"You lunatic....though that sounds good to my ears. Kekeke!"

Everybody was discussing about the guild wars.

Some had positive opinions while others were negative, but one thing was for sure, there was nobody who didn't know of the upcoming event.

Because the underworld was tightly restricted by the forces of the outside world, not allowing this lawless place to disturb the lives of the normal citizens.

And only under the agreement between the powerhouses of both the parties was the Underworld City of Edenmont allowed to exist, on the condition that they would not,, directly and indirectly interfere with the other's matters.

Felix perked his ears throughout his way but didn't hear anything interesting other than what he already knew.

He went on his way and reached his destination before entering the shop, excited to see his upgraded sword.

When he stepped in, he saw Bellard sharpening a piece of metal of his anvil, who looked up at him and smiled stiffly.

"Oh Phantom, you're back. Wait, I'll call my master."

The man walked into another room without waiting for a reply, making Felix awkward.

'I knew he's kind of an introvert, but with that huge figure of his, it feels weird...'

A few seconds later, the owner and the blacksmith of the shop, Sir Reegan walked out from inside with a thin and long object covered in a cloth.

He sat at the counter while Bellard stood beside him, and gestured for Felix as he placed the object on the counter.

"Please."

Felix nodded and walked over before grabbing the object in his hand with patience.

He calmed down his excitement and removed the cloth covering the object, revealing a matte black scabbard and a dark crimson hilt which emitted a dim glow.

Placing the cloth away, Felix held the scabbard firmly and slowly took the blade of the sword out.

A sharp light reflected throughout the shop, urging Felix to close his eyes but he instead just narrowed them, not taking his eyes off from his sword.

The blade appeared pristine clean as it shined brightly, and felt cold to touch when Felix moved his fingers on it.

There wasn't much change in the appearance except for making it look more extraordinary and a bit longer than its previous length.

'Inspect.'

Felix used his new skill on the sword, which displayed the details of his sword.

[Name: 'Unnamed'

Grade: Low Rare

Description:

A lightweight and sturdy sword with a sharp blade, which causes destruction proportional to the strength at which it is used.

Can cut through the thick skin of Rank 3 beings and can negate mana-induced attacks with the blade.]

Reading through the details of the sword, Felix nodded and became satisfied with the result of the upgrade.

"It's done well, I now understand why he recommended you for the job."

Reegan just nodded at the compliment, not changing his expressionless yet professional face.

Placing the sword back on the counter, Felix took out his exclusive card, which contained all the money he had earned in the underworld, and handed it to the blacksmith.

"Here, the rest eighty percent of the payment."

Yesterday, he had already paid the advance payment of twenty percent and now he paid for the rest.

Reegan received the card and promptly scanned it above an orb, before handing it back to the boy.

"Thank you for using our service, we hope to receive your order again."

The blacksmith stood up and moved his hand forward, to which Felix grabbed it and shook his hand.

"Yeah, thank you for upgrading my sword."

After placing the sword's scabbard on his waist, Felix gave Bellard a nod and walked out of the shop.

The master and student duo looked at each other after he left before Reegan voiced out as he moved towards his room.

"You didn't have to stay up the whole night to work on his sword. That goes against my rule of professionalism."

Bellard scratched his head awkwardly, not sure how to reply to his master.

Reegan stopped at the door, with his face turned away and continued.

"But I'll let it slide this time-."

'-because I've never seen you work so determined and dedicated before.', he raised the tiny corners of his lips.

"Yes, Sir.", Bellard nodded and looked towards the door, wondering what his previous teammate was about to do.

*****

Felix arrived at the Underworld Castle with his new sword that he kept glancing at.

There was this strange feeling he was getting from the sword as if it was going to be something he would hold dear to him.

'It doesn't have a name yet huh, I wonder what name would be suitable....'

Felix crossed the bridge and walked over to the guards, who inspected him for a while as he showed them his exclusive card.

The gates of the castle opened up, and Felix walked in, hoping to explore another facility of the castle where he could gain lots of information and knowledge.