Mioda Yusa awoke inside a small cell within a dungeon. As his vision focused, he found the area silent and empty of chairs, beds or people. The young caster had dark-brown hair, hazel eyes and dressed in mere rags.
What happened...I can't remember anything before a moment ago
Looking down he found himself wearing a black and red mage clothing. "Seems I'm some kind of wizard, though I can't remember any spells that could defend me in case something tried attacking me...I won't get anywhere sitting here, I might as well find a way out of here"
Mioda slowly made his way over to the bars of his cell, he could feel his body hurting as if he had just been in a bad accident.
I can't think of any spells and I don't have any of my belongings. I'm sure I had maybe a spell book. Rarely any magic caster can go without their book of spells. Maybe it's in a nearby room"
Placing his palm against the locked door, he gathered what minor mana he had left to pick the lock. With a click he manage to step out of his cell. Still badly hurt but managing to walk he found himself down a long-darkened path, light faintly filling the hall. He carefully checked each room, slowly opened each door. After two or three door he could feel the mana emanating from his spell book.
The young magic user slowly made his way into the small room. It had a red carpet with an open window in the middle of the wall. Mioda found what he assumed to be his wizard robe folded on a small desk with his spell book right next to it. Putting his black and red robe on, he felt his energy began to return a green light outlined his body before vanishing.
"Health Auto-recovery" An A.I voice announced. "Heath auto recovery?" Just then He realized the small HP bar on the bottom left of his sight. "Hmm, if this is some kind of MMORPG game, leveling up should increase my health bar" That's when a group of armored knights could be heard entering the halls nearby. "Hmph, hopefully they'll be just what I need to power myself up"
He stepped out into the hall, his mana nearly full from holding his spell book in his bare hand. "Halt! A group of knights in silver armor came charging toward him, swords in hand. His spell book began to give off a faint golden light. Mioda looked down to see the book fly open to the first page. A spell appeared. "Hmm, these seems to be a new spell even if it's the only one I know for now. "Force of the mind!" With an abrupt wave of force, the group of men went flying backwards, crashing into each other as they landed on their back.
This spell is useful against crowds, but isn't the offensive type, therefore I'd only slow them down. For now, seems I'll have to find a weapon to actually fight back
Looking down at the floor he spotted a sword one of the knights had dropped mere moments ago. Quickly going for it, Mioda dove right for the blade. The group of knights prepared to attack but even in his weakened state, Mioda managed to keep up with the knights, clashing with them.
With an abrupt slash Mioda managed to fatally wound one of the knights in the abdomen. "Let's try this, force of the mind!" Throwing his blade, he used his magic spell to laugh the blade at a fierce speed, piercing through two of the three knight's chests. They hit the ground as he reached his blade covered in blood.
LEVEL 2 ACHIEVED
Yusa suddenly felt healed, all the soreness had vanished.
Yes!
Dashing full speed, the caster unleashed a barrage of sword strike right for the foe. Noticing his target was keeping up, he kicked a blade up into his hand now dual welding two swords attacking as fast as he could. "Force of the mind!" As the man got sent back across the hall, Mioda Yusa rushed past him, slashing past him. The foe fell to the ground dead.
With a deep breath he dropped the blade. He noticed something laying on the ground, it was a silver necklace with a red gem in the center. Putting it on he slowly felt stronger.
Hmm, what effects does this equipment have?
Just then the items info popped up. "MP regeneration boost, good that will make using spells a little easier"
He finally got outside of the dungeon where all he saw was a forest. Having no other choice, he decided to venture through the forest with many different color leaves floating in the wind. Just then he noticed his spell book was glowing in his robe pocket. Pulling it out he watched as it once again opened to reveal the 2nd spell: "Lightning magic: Lightning strike"
"Good, as I gather more spells it'll be easier to defend myself against anyone that tries to attack me. The only issue is trying to find the nearest city or even village. Maybe if I was able to sense mana from others this would be a lot simpler but for now, I'm basically going in blind at this point" Mioda continued through the forest when he was spotted by a black wolf. Mioda could see the level of the animal right above it's head.
"Hmm, level 4. Higher but not really something I should be too worried about. Lightning magic: Lightning strike!" A bolt of lightning fired from his index finger at immense speed, the wolf jumped attempted to evade the coming attack but was struck in the back leg, electricity racing through it's body.
The beast's health was now at half but still could fight back. It released a howl with such force it sent the magic caster staggering backwards into a tree. He saw his HP go down but knew if he got one more shot on the creature, he would win the fight. "Lightning strike!" The bolt laughed right for the target just as the wolf leapt over it right for the man. It brought it's claws out when a loud slice rang out through the forest.
Mioda looked to see a man with blonde hair dressed in a blue mage outfit. He slit his katana to his side before turning to his friend. "Well then, good thing I showed up. Otherwise you could've been malted by a dark wolf. My name is Sokia Kinyoda, I'm a magic caster hoping to explore the world and go on great adventures. Who might you be?"
"My name is Mioda Yusa. I'm hoping to become a powerful magic caster" The man looked at the stranger's level: "15 hmm, no wonder he managed to defeated the wolf so easily. How strong is he just at 15?"
"I can see you're merely a level 2. If you're going to become a powerful caster, you're going to have to boost your level and learn more skills. At this level you should gain enough EXP fast. Allow me to help with a little training session" Mioda was unsure but knew he needed all the help he could get.
"Whenever you're ready" Sokia responded. Taking a deep breath the low-level caster fired a bolt of electricity from his index finger right for the combatant. Instead of attempting to dodge, Kinyoda pulled out his blade, stopping it with the tip. The single strike of lightning reflected of the sword into three separate blasts going right past his target.
"What!?"
"If you're having trouble figuring out how I did that, not only is my speed far higher than yours, my blade reflects any magic level five or below. So your magic would be useless against me in a real fight. But since this is a practice match, I won't even use it" The swordsmen tossed his sword behind him, landing in the grass planted in the ground. "Sometimes levels aren't important, why don't you show me!"
Kinyoda charged forward without a weapon at super-human speed. Yusa used force of the might slowing him down. His opponent was sent backwards for a moment before landing on his feet unharmed. "Heh, was wondering when you'd use that. But seems it's not effected enough. If you wanna survive long enough to work your way up you'll have to use melee attacks at some point, not all magic-users can rely fully on magic"
The young novice caster nodded advancing right for his mentor. He threw a punch but missed, giving his opponent an opening to strike back. Mioda was struck across the face, causing him to fall and land on his back. He watched as his HP went from half down to the red. He took a deep breath standing back up as his HP slowly replenished itself. However, it was so slow it would be a while before it would be full.
"Hmmm, you have the technique, but because of your low level, your speed and power are limited. Once your level improves you should be a great fighter" After his health was restored, they ventured across the forest until they reached the city. They decided to stay at an inn and looked for a hunting party to join so they both could level up and improve.
An aqua blue haired woman dressed in white sat at a desk in a large lobby. "Welcome to the Aguwa guild registration center. My name is Suki Casuwa. Here you can find a hunting party to venture out and collect items to keep or come back her to sell for gold. First we should test your power using this device. It reveals an estimate of your hidden power"
Both warriors looked to see a large triangle made of a shiny glass-like material. Sona placed his palm against the device, it began to vibrate with a blue outline glowing around it.
