Chapter 16 The advantages of being friends with a panther 1 (1/2)
as Mars woke up the next day he walked out of his cave and looked up at the sky
”...rain huh”
as he stood and looked up at the gray sky Victoria ran up to him from behind and rubbed her face against him while purring
”good morning to you too Victoria”
as Mars greeted the big panther that was acting more and more as a spoiled kitten he instinctively moved his hand up to pet her on the head while feeling to soft fur he discovered Victoria's soft black fur now had a pattern of orange-red mix in that covered all of her body like a thin spider web
”wait Victoria what happened with your fur?”
as Mars was panicking slightly over the unexpected change, Victoria kept purring seemingly unconcerned by the change in the color of her fur as her horns flashed
”got... stronger”
unable to connect the change in fur color to getting stronger in his head Mars asked Victoria
”you got stronger?”
”yes... stronger because contract... with Mars”
Mars still confused remembered that he had exchanged mana with Victoria during the contract forming
”so because of my mana your fur changed color?”
”yes... also got new magic”
as Mars was still a little confused he asked Victoria
”new magic huh... can you show me?”
”sure”
Victoria stopped rubbing her face against Mars and walked a little in front of him as her fur seemed to start to melt into pure shadow covering the area around her in darkness for a few seconds before suddenly a black fire spear shoot out from the darkness hitting a tree a little over 30 meters away in an instance creating a head sized hole in the tree while passing straight through the 5 meters wide trunk and piercing deeply into a rock behind the tree before exploding with a loud bang blasting pieces of rock all over
”...”
looking at the devastation from a single spell Mars was dazed as he watched the black fire slowly eating away at the tree while pieces of hot rock still rained down from the sky until Victoria ran up to him again purring even louder than before with excited eyes as her horns flashed
”strong magic... praise me”
Mars was still a little dazed but still patted Victoria for some time before he pulled himself together and remembered that a contract was a two way road and opened his status to cheek
”status”
Name: Mars
Age: 0 (vessel 5220)
Race: Half-dragon human
Titles: [Living god of energy] [Conquer of Salen] [Tyrant King] [5000 year prisoner] [Man that fell from the sky] [Contracted](new)
Class: [Energy]
Class level: 10
Status points:
Strength [23/1000] Constitution [19/2000] Dexterity [20/1500]
Intelligence [19/600] Wisdom [18/900]Charisma [10/50]
Active skills: [Dragon-flame magic lv 5] [Swordsmanship lv 4] [Shadow magic lv 2](new)
Class skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 200/1000] [Energy: discharge]
[Energy: upgrade shop]
Passive skills: [Fire resist lv 15] [Commanding lv 3] [Mental reinforcement lv 5] [Pain resist lv 5]
[Bone crafting lv 1]
”so i got a new title that seems to have raised the cap on charisma and a new skill... but how do i use [Shadow magic]?”
as Mars was petting Victoria with one hand
he held the other up while he started to circulate his mana around inside his body while he tried to activate his new skill for a few minutes with Victoria's purring as background sound but after trying for a few seconds without success he decided to ask the master on the subject of [Shadow magic] for a little help
”Victoria how do you usually use [Shadow magic]?”
in response to his question Victoria tilted her head a near perfect 30 degrees to the right side and gave Mars a blank look as her horns flash
”Mars... what is [Shadow magic]?”
looking at the shadow death panther or rather Victoria that was giving him a blank look Mars almost fell over before answering weakly