Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

In the middle of a dense forest, the stench of blood drifted in the air.

There could be seen a strange scene where the corpses of Orcs were floating around in a quicksand area.

Amidst the corpses stood a young boy who was rubbing off the blood from his shortsword on the body of a dead Orc.

"It seems you didn't need my help in the end. Great job there."

Felix raised his head to the top of a tree where Graham stood with an impressed look on his face.

"Oh, Sir Graham...I was just lucky.", he said humbly.

Graham stepped off the tree and dropped to the ground like a soft feather, as he replied.

"I don't think the word 'lucky' suits your results. It's more like you're... a genius."

He complimented while staring at the boy with deep interest.

"A dual profession of Swordman and an Earth Mage, I suppose. That's pretty amazing for someone as young as you."

Graham didn't hold back his praises, almost as if he wanted to win over the boy to his side from a certain someone.

Felix moved his eyes around the place before quickly coming out from the quicksand area and nodding at him.

"You're right, I had a bit of talent in both of the professions, so I thought it would be better to learn them both."

Graham folded his hands as he advised seriously.

"Hmm, there aren't many disadvantages of pursuing two professions, but if you can't effectively combine your strengths as both a mage and a warrior in battles, then pursuing both might end up just being a waste of time."

As Felix only created skills and didn't waste any of his time learning anything of the two professions, this didn't apply to him.

But he still nodded as if he realized the gravity of his words.

"I'll be sure to remember your advice, Sir Graham."

Felix then gave an impatient look as he pointed his thumb towards the deeper part of the forest.

"So to make me a better mage and a warrior, why don't we go out there and look for more monsters to hunt?"

His words made Graham raise his brows as he silently nodded, knowing both of them had similar quirks.

"Just what I wanted. Come on, let's not waste our time with these weaklings. I'll show you some really strong monsters.", he smiled and grabbed Felix's collar.

And then kicked off the ground to jump into the sky, making their way deeper into the forest as the sun slowly settled down on the horizon.

*****

After twenty minutes, Felix and Graham stood face to face with a 10-meter-tall giant monster.

The pressure coming off from the brown-coloured giant was so suffocating that Felix had to stand behind Graham to even look at it.

His instincts were crazily buzzing off in his mind to just turn around and make a run for it, but his blood boiled in anticipation of their clash.

'System, tell me that monster's name and rank!'

[Affirmative, the monster in front of the host is called a Forest Giant, and it is at Rank 4.]

Felix widened his eyes in excitement as the Forest Giant and Graham stared at each other, waiting for the other to make a move.

Like how Felix was scared by the Rank 4 Forest Giant, it similarly was terrified by the presence of the one-eyed human standing in front of it.

"Felix, this battle will be dangerous for you to be around, so stay behind some trees and wait for me there.", Graham ordered the boy who was waiting for the show to start with stars in his eyes.

"Uh, okay. Good luck then.", Felix gave him a thumbs up and quickly stepped away from the battlefield.

The area turned silent as a few leaves dropped down on the ground from the tall trees, with the tension rising in the air as both of them had a standoff.

Seeing that Felix had retreated to a safe area, Graham started walking forward and magically made a pair of metallic gloves appear on his hands.

He punched his fists as the gloves made a metallic sound, giving him an intense feeling of an adrenaline rush to start the battle.

"Why don't we begin?", Graham smiled at the Forest Giant with his one eye gleaming dangerously.

"GROAARR!!"

The Forest Giant hammered its chest as it let out a loud roar accepting the challenge that echoed throughout the place.

It stomped heavily on the ground with its enormous feet and rushed towards its opponent while raising its arms.

Graham jumped up and faced the Giant head-on as he flew over to punch at its face.

The Giant raised its large palms to block the attack, but then a large amount of light started gathering on Graham's hands, which made it go blind for a second.

'What the hell is that?!', Felix wondered from the side of the battlefield.

Unable to see anything, the Giant waved around its arms randomly in the air to hit its opponent.

But its fists didn't connect with anything before it felt something land on its head.

Graham landed on the Giant's head and pulled his fist back before thrusting a powerful punch downwards.

Boom!

The punch landed on the Giant's skull, shaking its mind as blood leaked out from all of the orifices on its head.

The Giant persisted from the heavy blow and slapped away the human from its head.

Graham didn't receive any harm as he landed on the ground softly and rushed back again towards the Giant with his fists glowing in the light.

The Giant was prepared this time to protect its eyes from any tricks as it took a defensive stance and waited for the second clash.

Graham jumped up again towards the Giant's chest as he conjured an enormous fist-shaped attack on his right hand that glowed in blazing blueish-white light fiercely.

The Giant narrowed its eyes at the attack but didn't shy away as it met the punch with its large fist.

"GROAHH!!"

It screamed at the top of its lungs and flung its fist savagely, hitting Graham's projection of his punch as their clash made dangerous sparks of electricity and aura.

BANGG!!

The air in the atmosphere shattered when their punches met as Felix, who was hiding in a corner behind a tree, blocked his vision as his hair blew back due to the fierce wind.

The tall trees at the place of their battle got rooted out from the earth due to the intense effects of the clash, the soil blasted off and the ground lost all of its vitality.

"D..Damn! They're destroying the forest...", muttered Felix in amazement and disbelief.

After a few seconds, he could finally see the result of their clash as the dust settled down, showing the two combatants who had both taken some steps back.

While there weren't any injuries or harm inflicted on Sir Graham, except for some dirt on his body, the same couldn't be said the same for the Giant.

It had basically lost the arm used for the punch and was swaying on its feet unable to stand properly with many wounds on its body.

Graham stepped forward towards the Giant who wasn't in a condition to move around.

He kept walking until he arrived beside the Giant, with his head reaching its ankles.

The Giant was aware of the proximity of the human but it couldn't do anything as it felt exhausted and drained out.

Gritting its teeth, the Forest Giant balled up its fist before sending it down.

But Graham easily dodged it and jumped up from the ground, landing on the Giant's shoulder.

He rapidly gathered a burst of lightning in his hands and forced it into the shape of a ball before punching the Giant's head while holding it.

KRIICKK!

A terrible energy of lightning shocked the Giant's head as it blasted apart in pieces with large amounts of smoke coming out from it.

The headless corpse of the burned Forest Giant remained standing for a few seconds, and then it fell down with a thud as Graham landed away on the ground safely.

Felix who had spectated the entire battle stood there with his mouth wide open.

He was dumbfounded by how easily Sir Graham had defeated an opponent who was at the same Rank 4 as him.

'....he isn't called one of the strongest of the Underworld for nothing.', Felix thought while still being stunned.

There stood Sir Graham without any notable injuries on him, just basking in the sunlight of the setting sun as he stared at the corpse of the dead Giant.

Felix approached the man from behind but when he got close, Graham suddenly turned around with his fist glowing in fierce light.

"W-What..!", the boy shouted in panic while quickly raising his arms to block his head from the punch.

As he felt the wind on his skin from the incoming attack, Felix knew he was going die right now.

There were a lot of questions going in his mind at the moment but the most intense was: why is Sir Graham killing me?