Chapter 21 The advantages of being friends with a panther 5 (2/2)
Class skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 800/1200] [Energy: discharge]
[Energy: upgrade shop] [Energy: information] [Energy: restoration] (new) [Energy: healing] (new) [Energy: absorb shield] (new) [Energy: reactive shield] (new)
Passive skills: [Fire resist lv 15] [Commanding lv 3] [Mental reinforcement lv 5] [Pain resist lv 5]
[Bone crafting lv 1]
looking over his status Mars saw the 16 increased status points and the new skills he had unlocked with energy units
”...i think it would be best to test them all at least once each”
unable to suppress his thirst for information Mars decided to test his new skill, starting with [Energy: restoration] and [Energy: healing]
”well the first one should be straight forward”
picking up the bone ax that was standing outside the cave Mars walked over to a random rock and smashed it against the rock with all his strength
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BANG*
”...how sturdy is this bone even?”
looking at the smashed rock and the ax that had only been chipped slightly despite destroying a rock that was 3 times bigger than him in 3 hits with the side of the blade Mars was a little confused but decided to give up on hitting rocks and transformed his hand using his claws to destroy the blade of the ax instead
”...now how did this skill work again?”
scratching the side of his head for a second Mars used his [Energy: information] skill
[Energy: restoration]
use cost: 10-100
status: unlocked
function: restores and repairs targeted objects at a rate dependent on the amount of energy units used
”so i need to load the energy units flowing the pattern that appeared in my memory when i unlocked the skill?”
closing his eyes to focus Mars loaded 20 energy units into his new skill and activated it as he opened his eyes
”...this is nice”
watching the bone ax in his hands being covered in a soft light and quickly being restored Mars was quite satisfied with his new skill
”...i wonder what would happen if it got snapped in half and i used [Energy: restoration] on it?”
thinking for a while Mars decided to test it out and picked up one of the numerous failed bone swords and snapped it in half, putting down the half of the blade he had snapped of the sword Mars stabbed it in a stump and took some steps backward before he activated [Energy: restoration] with 20 energy units
”...well this is certainly something”
after the light had disappeared the failed bone sword was whole again and the the blade he had stabbed into the tree stump had appeared attached to the rest of the sword leaving a mark in the tree stump
”but it's not perfect”
looking closely at the reattached part of the blade Mars could see it was only loosely attached and likely would not hold more than a few slashes in a fight
”well i did only use 20 energy units... maybe if i had used 100 energy unites it would have been perfect?”
not feeling like using 100 of his precious energy units on a test Mars moved on to the next skill and used his [Energy: information] skill to get its info
[Energy: healing]
use cost: 25-100
status: unlocked
function: heals user or target living organism by a rate dependent on the amount of energy units used
”...well seems like i am in for some pain if i have to test this on myself”
thinking on how to test a healing ability Mars got several ideas on how to catch some wildlife to test it on but desired against it as it should be evil to the animals and a pain for himself to catch them and unsheathed his bone sword and held the blade up against his lower left arm
”...for science”
gritting his teeth Mars strapped himself in the arm in the space between his Radius and Ulna bone, the 2 bones in his lower left arm and pushed the sword upwards towards his left hand creating a long and nasty wound on himself before pulling out the blade and sitting down on the ground as blood poured out from his arm forming a red puddle on the ground
”**** this hurts... well not as much as i thought, my [Pain resist] skill must be taking the worst of it”
looking down on his left arm and hand that was covered in blood Mars grasped the wound with his right hand to slow down the blood loss and loaded his [Energy: healing] skill with 50 energy units and gave a little prayer as he activated the skill
”please work”
as the skill activated the wound on his lower left arm was covered in a thin membrane of clear liquid that stopped the bleeding immediately and slowly pulled the sides of the wound together closing the wound slowly while Mars watched the process closely while counting the seconds it took as his wound healed completely
”so less then a minute to heal a wound this size but...”
flexing his newly healed arm Mars still felt some pangs of pain
”it's not healed completely, but i guess i can leave the rest to my self regeneration”
Mars stood up and mentally noted that the blood still on the ground and his sword had not disappeared and that his [Energy: healing] skill likely did not replace his lost blood
”well now to the 2 shield skills... but i likely need help from someone to test them”
as Mars walked over to the cave he thought of ways to cheer up the sulking Victoria