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Chapter 33 - Chapter 32 : Foundations of power

Zilon went back to far away from the tree.

Picking up a stone he threw it.

*Kunck*

Zilon went further back and picked another stone throwing it on the tree.

*Kunck*

Zilon repeated this twice and when he threw the stone once more he was not too surprised when he missed.

He threw it again and it was still a miss.

" Well I suppose that's what you can do with 15 Accuracy points, Still quite good if you ask me" Zilon sighed as he saw the results on his Accuracy stats.

'Although I somehow expected it but it's still disappointing ' Zilon thought inwardly.

' After all I am just level 1 ' Zilon sighed inwardly.

Zilon summoned his panel again

[Status Window Opened]

[Status....]

- **Name:Zilon

- ** Level : 1

- **Race: ???

- **Age: 15

- **STR: 5

- **AGI: 6

- **ACU: 15

- **STA: 12

- **MAG: 50

- **MAN: 60

- **SLP(Soul power): N/A

-- **Exp(experience points) ; 0/100

-- ** Order : None

-- ** Class : N/A

...

]

" Though I wonder how will I even level up, what do I even do " Zilon sighed inwardly.

Earlier he had tried experimenting on his other stats apart from accuracy (ACU).

He had tried to sense the energy around him but he soon realized that it's not as easy as how some fantasy books make it.

" Don't tell me I am going to have to remain weak forever" Zilon slumped down on his knees as he started to feel depressed.

"Hey ,Zilon you're up early"

Zilon heard a voice a little familiar call out to him.

Looking back ahead of him he saw Rivor entering through the front door and waving at him.

Zilon was slightly relieved as he needed someone to ask questions to and seeing how Lyla is he was trying to avoid asking her to much.

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" I see well you have so many questions there ,so which should i answer First" Rivor said to Zilon.

The both sat on the ground and one had a hand on his chin while the other with bag besides him sat and stared at the sky.

" Well I think I should first ask on how to actually level up " Zilon asked after recollecting all his questions in his mind and arranged them in order.

" Well there are multiple ways to actually level up, amongst the common way is to absorb soul power from other living beings " Rivor started his explanation still staring at the sky which had now turn yellow indicating morning.

" Soul power? " Zilon asked , recalling seeing a status info on that.

Rivor then turned around to face Zilon.

"Indeed soul power, everyone including me and you have a certain amount of soul power, the reason why the system measures this is because of the fact that there are skills and attacks that consume this form of energy "Rivor continued history expression calm.

" Soul energy,so not the exact soul, also when you said absorption what do you mean exactly , is there a process for it" Zilon asked now also looking at Rivor.

Rivor sighed softly closing his eyes for a moment before replying.

" When a soul is inside a person's body the only way to get it out is by killing said person,the system makes it a comparison for all of us, if you win a fight , a death fight to be exact then the loser's soul gets absorbed to nourish the winner making him stronger " Rivor explained with a calm expression.

" You can think of it as a reward, another part of it is the skill scrolls and weapons you get which can be considered as spoils of victory" Rivor added.

Zilon had a slightly surprised expression on his face.

' That explains a lot...'

" So to get stronger...I have to kill " Zilon voiced his thoughts with a heavy sigh.

A quick flash of an event that occurred on earth passed through his eyes for a brief moment.

"Well apart from that there are tasks that the system still give in form of missions to be completed , of course there are mostly there to help you breakthrough so you might not even receive any missions now until level 15 " Rivor turned his head once again to face the sky.

' I guess this is the true reality of this world the strong devours the weak ' Zilon thought, as he remembered the world he left,earth.

In his world money was power, of course if you had strength you could go far but in the end the paper is what makes a different between you and a corpse.

"I guess there is some difference....." Zilon chuckled.

Rivor looked at him at the corner of his eyes.

" Well you told me yesterday that magical beasts exist right I guess they won't be safe from me anymore " Zilon said with a voice filled with determination.

' Sorry, bunnies '

" I still have more questions for you sir Rivor " Zilon said with shining eyes,one of the things he likes the most was solving mysteries that bothered him the most, this was amongst and he was happy he finally got an answer to his question.

"Sure ask away" Rivor replied with a smile on his face as he looked at Zilon once again.

"What are Unclassified skills" Zilon asked.

"Oh I see so that's the grade of skills you got, well this are the very basic form of a skill, preferably the starting point for any skill out there, I want you to keep in mind there are about three categories of skills " Rivor paused slightly and then he continued.

" The first category of skills are the one you start from somewhere but have the potential to become stronger as you grow " Rivor stopped allowing the info to sunk in before he continued.

" The second category is those ones that start from somewhere and remain that way forever, basically they don't grow and the way you know them is not by there grade it's by there effects, if a skill is too powerful naturally the laws of the universe finds it's ways to weaken it hence why it can't get any stronger than that " Rivor paused again then he added.

" The last category Is those skills which can merge to evolve into stronger versions or entirely different skills on its own " Rivor concluded with a sigh.

Zilon felt like Rivor would fit to be a teacher, he did not know why exactly.

' maybe its the aura, or maybe because how easy he explain things ' Zilon thought inwardly.

" I see okay then but what are passive- Active skills" Zilon asked as he glanced at his panel briefly.

" Hmm, those skills are a combination of passive and active skills,which are super rare skills to come across" Rivor replied slightly surprised.

" That doesn't really answer the question" Zilon replied a little annoyed.

" *Ahem*,* Ahem* Well I will give you the explanations separately then, active skills are usually skills that require you to activate them manually like fireball,were you have to activate and heat the energy you gathered, passive skills are skills that are usually always active which means they are either active already or they activate when specific conditions are met, if you ask me I will say there are more like *Titles* Though" Rivor closed his eyes with his hand supporting his head.

"Ohh,so when you mean combination it's actually a skill which can be activated and can also active on its own if such requirements are met , hmm hey what do you mean titles " Zilon asked as he felt more and more intrigued.

" Wait you don't know that too, isn't that already obvious" Rivor asked as he looked at Zilon with surprise.

That surprised look seems more like a mocking look in Zilon's perspective,Zilon had to glare at him and it made him cough up twice in discomfort.

" Well if you must know, titles are like extra buffs for a said person and can also act as nerfs to others, there are some titles that affect groups which can be your allies and /or your foes, it also almost always have a conditions before it can be used effectively, Now it really depends on the title you get really , and before you ask there are no standard ways to actually get a title,some people end up having not even one throughout there long lives so it really depends just mainly on luck" Rivor replied.

Zilon could fell his head expanding with all the knowledge he just received.

He held his chin as he kept on analyzing and processing everything he just heard.

Rivor on the other hand looked back to there house and could tell that someone was looking at them.

'hmm, interesting ' Rivor closed his eyes giving time for Zilon to process information.

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Of course the person he was talking about was Lyla and she was observing there discussion through her own method.

She was currently in her room sitting on the edge of her bed with her legs on the ground.

She had a slight frown on her elegant face .

' I honestly did not expect him to receive help from anyone other than me but it's okay..... At the least he is making progress '

She sighed softly as her honey colored eyes shines slightly in the dimmly lit up room.

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Zilon was still processing his thoughts,in the end he might need to reevaluate everything before he goes to sleep Incase there are things he missed.

' As of right now I have three more questions ' Zilon thought as everything started to make more sense to him.

" Then if that's the case how do I activate skills? " Zilon asked.

" Hmm? That isn't quite hard you just need to imagine the name and the effect of that skill to The particular part of your body, for example if you have a speed related skill or strength related skill you might want to imagine it's effect on your legs and hands " Rivor exclaimed.

While he gave his example he drew a small dagger and it suddenly got engulfed in green flames.

"Wow..."

"Now I want you to know that this isn't precisely magic, it's a skill that boost multiple traits in my sword and power overall " Rivor added as the green glow faded after a while and he returned the blade back to its sheath on his waist.

" Now before you do anything there are different types of energy system for different types of skills, I as a warrior use Kai energy to power up my skills which is the general energy warriors use, Mana can be a good replacement for Kai since Kai it's slightly weaker than Mana but not everyone has access to Mana,and even so not everyone has good control over it " Rivor could still sense Mana energy in Zilon so he was expecting more of the skills he got to lean more on that.

In the end what he bought for him were more or less related to that....

" Hmm , well I guess I should tell you which skill I got " Zilon thought about and decided to tell Rivor about the skills he got excluding the one he picked up and accidentally absorbed and chronico eyes.

' I don't feel like telling anyone about this skill let it be my secret triumph card '

In the end it's the only skill he could tell was useful and powerful.

Rivor immediately opened his eyes sat upright,and stared at Zilon waiting for him to continue.

Zilon seeing his attention on him took a deep breath and began to tell Rivor the skills he got.

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