Chapter 13 : Types of skills

"That will be all for today now we'll move on to the theory class."

Miles, lying on the ground, his body covered with bruises, light wounds, dust and sweat, upon hearing Fujiwara's words, dropped the black knife in his right hand with a gasp before sitting on the ground while Fujiwara sat on a tree branch completely dry.

"It's been more than two months now that you've been training to maintain your mana flow in battle, although your stamina is still lacking I'm going to blame it on your age, although you're still lacking in battle experience and technique, you're now at an almost decent level, now I'm going to teach you the true use of mana."

"To begin with I'm going to ask you a question, in your opinion what is the most important thing in a fight."

Miles looked thoughtful for a brief moment before replying with confidence.

"Creativity."

Fujiwara fell silent and looked at Miles in amazement before returning to his usual cold expression.

"You are less stupid than I thought, it is true the most important thing in a fight with someone of your level where slightly stronger than you is creativity."

"The greatest users of mana are not those who have the most power, but those who know how to use mana the best."

"The best way to use your mana creatively is not to use it in a raw way but to refine it into skills that match your abilities and techniques."

"In order to be able to use mana properly, the most seasoned mana users have divided the skills into fives types."

"Amplification is the fact of reinforcing a technique, a weapon or even his body with mana, transformation, it consists in modifying the very essence of his mana it is an extremely difficult type of use because it is necessary to have a soul and a rather powerful control to be able to use it, I will explain you more in detail that another time."

"Summoning, it is quite a demanding type because it requires a large amount of mana, perfect control and a strong soul, it allows you to create from your mana items such as weapons or even advanced technological products some specialized advanced users can even create living creatures from mana."

"Contemplation allows the user to manipulate the mind and senses of his opponent, it also allows detection and perception. It is one of the most difficult types to learn but it is still one of the most important because it gives a clear advantage to the user."

"And finally, projection, it is a type that allows to extend the control of one's mana to the outside world, it allows not only to manipulate one's mana over long distances but also to manipulate the mana around one, this type is the most difficult of all because it requires a level of control that is almost humanly impossible."

Miles, who already knew all this, just nodded and pretended to be surprised before asking with a curious look.

"Sir, there are no other types of skills than these?"

"Yes, there are skills that can be acquired by establishing contracts with demonic beings from other dimensions but it is not worth thinking about, because it is a path that only desperate morons take."

"There are also innate skills, that is skills that we have from the moment we awaken to mana, the possessor of such skills are rare but not exceptional because an innate skill is not really powerful in fact a learned skill is 90% of the time more useful."

"Well, already start thinking about what kind of skills you want to develop, keep practicing knife throwing and don't come back to the camp until you have dulled the knife blade."

Fijiwara climbed down from the tree then walked towards the camp in the distance leaving Miles sitting alone on the ground with a bitter smile.

Miles having no choice sighed slightly then whispered.

"Appear."

The blue book quickly materialized in front of him, he opened it and found the front page revealing several lines of text.

[Name : Miles Woodward

Age : 10 years old

Body : F+

Soul : E+

Energy : E+

Will : D+

Skills :

//The man who saw a supreme being//

-Rank: A+

-Types : Passive

_Effect :

*Invulnerability to the aura of low beings.

*Your resistance to the oppression of higher existence is greatly increased.

*Your resistance to psychic pressure is greatly increased.

*Your resistance to illusion arts is greatly increased.

//Mana Will//

_Rank : D+

_Types: Inate

_Effect :

* Your mana follows your will

AP (Action Point) : 6

A smile appeared on his lips as he read the text in front of him, the next second he whispered the word "disappear" and the book disappeared, he then got up from the ground picking up the knife that Fujiwara had given him and started to train again.