3 Chapter 3
"F*U*D Y**!"
"Ha!" Lucas woke up with wide eyes and gasped intensely. Sweat poured out of his body, and his skin looked pale.
"Nightmare?" He muttered in confusion. He didn't understand what the voice was saying, but he felt something gripping him.
"Probably nothing— ughhh!" A surge of headaches washed over his mind. He grabbed his head with his two hands and screamed in silence as he tried to resist the pain. Lucas writhed on the bed for several minutes until his headache receded.
Lucas slowly got up and sat on his bed. His face was stoic and full of contemplation as he looked down at the floor.
"Eyes of Observation, activate," he muttered, and a semi-transparent window appeared in front of him, showing him information about himself.
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Name: Lucas Harren
Race: Human
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Magic tier: 1
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Strength: 8/81
Dexterity: 11/94
Speed: 10/80
Endurance: 7/82
Will: 70/100
Mana: 5/100
Magic: 2/100
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Talent:
Eyes of Observation
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Curse:
Chains of Worthless
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Skill:
Tier 1 Fire Magic Mastery
Tier 1 Water Magic Mastery
Tier 1 Earth Magic Mastery
Tier 1 Wind Magic Mastery
Tier 1 Healing Magic Mastery
Tier 1 Basic Magic Mastery
Tier 1 Physical Magic Mastery
Intermediate Alchemy Mastery
Basic Enchanting Mastery
Tier 1 Runic Magic Mastery
Basic Mana Control
Basic Mana Circulation
More ….
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"What the hell?" he muttered softly. His eyes went to the talent section.
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<Name: Eyes of Observation
Description: A complex magic that has been bestowed in the form of talent to Lucas Harren by ????. This talent has allowed Lucas to see information about his target. However, some information might be obscured and can only be obtained by making the correct deduction or having the necessary knowledge about it.>
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Lucas looked dumbfounded. A complex magic that bestowed upon him? By whom? While he was grateful, he didn't think he was deserving of this. Still, he thanked the one who gave him this, as he finally found out what made him unable to use magic. The problem was the curse that latched onto him.
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<Name: Chains of Worthless
Description: A tier 8 curse magic that has been inflicted on Lucas Harren ever since his birth, rendering him unable to channel his mana perfectly to cast magic and causing backlash instead. This curse can't be detected by someone below tier 7 and can't be undone below tier 8. The caster of this curse is unknown.>
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Someone cursed him, ever since his birth, and a tier 8 curse at that. What sin did he commit against this person?! What wrongdoings did he do to them?! He didn't understand how he got cursed by a tier 8 magic. Was it a hereditary curse? But if that were the case, then his parents would have known. Then, did someone hate his family? But why curse him? Why curse the third son of the family, who might not have anything at all? Why not his brothers? Why not others?!
Lucas couldn't understand the reason behind this, especially since the caster was a tier 8 mage, a mythical tier since only in the ancient past were tier 8 mages recorded, and nobody had ever reached that tier nowadays. Was there a hidden tier 8 mage? But still .... Why did that person curse him?
No matter how much he tried to think of the reason, he couldn't find it. He couldn't make heads or tails of it except for the fact that he couldn't dispel this curse until he reached tier 8 magic, which seemed far-fetched, or tried to find someone with tier 8 magic to help him, which also seemed far-fetched.
With a shake of his head, he decided to think about other things. First, his attributes. According to the new information he received in his brain due to the headache. Strength, Dexterity, Speed, Endurance, and others were attributes in numerical values to show his progress. Those attributes, except for Will, had different highest limits. For humans, the highest of their attributes was 100. For Beastmen, their physical attributes had a higher limit of more than 100. For Will, any mortal being would have a maximum limit of 100 at most.
Looking at his attributes, only Will, Mana, and Magic had the highest limits. While the rest varied, showing that he had full talent in magic and above-average in physical abilities.
Lucas couldn't help but let out a wide grin. This changed things. Not really, but it did give him a huge boost of confidence to know that he had good attributes.
'It will really be a huge waste to not train myself physically too,' he thought. He didn't like exercise, but seeing his physical attributes were also really good, he felt bad not to train himself. The weight of being wasteful was too much for his reluctance to train his body, making him determined not to be lazy in training his body in the future.
'Now, for my skills ….' Skills only registered once he had mastered them. Thanks to him studiously reading books and understanding the theories behind those magic spells, he managed to register a lot of mastery in the process. Of course, understanding the theories would be different from the practical part, so he wouldn't say he was fully skilled.
'I need to get more skills then….' he concluded.
'Next.' His eyes wandered to his bed, and another window popped out.
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<Name: Lucas Harren's bed
Type: Furniture/bed
Description: An item of furniture that is used as a place to sleep, rest and relax. It is a luxurious bed made by a renowned crafter with high-quality materials.>
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"Interesting," he muttered. Eyes of Observation or EoO extended to many things, and he could easily garner information with a glance. This would be really helpful to know things.
Lucas rose from his bed and approached his desk, where a book titled "Spell Scroll Crafting" awaited. He used EoO and obtained information about the book. Furthermore, he could record the book itself and read it later without physically handling the book, but to achieve that, he had to meticulously examine each page of the book.
'This will be incredibly useful for me in the library,' Lucas thought. He didn't want to spend too much time physically present in the library, and this ability would be immensely beneficial in that regard.
'What else can it do?' Lucas sifted through the new information he possessed. Apart from providing information in statistics and descriptions, EoO also bestowed upon him the ability to analyze spells, albeit requiring prior knowledge of those spells for a thorough analysis. Not only spells, he could analyze almost anything as long as he possessed the requisite knowledge. It could also analyze a battle, suggesting the optimal course of action for him. So far, that was the extent of its capabilities, but as he grew stronger and acquired more knowledge, EoO would give him more abilities to be used.
"Now, what to do?" He glanced at the window, and the sky was still dark. Then he checked the clock, which showed it was still around 4 in the morning. He woke up early, and there was still time before his younger sister or big brother came to wake him up for the exercise.
Should he focus on meditation or swiftly complete reading the book "Spell Scroll Crafting" quickly so that he could make his own spell scrolls? After contemplating for a while, Lucas decided to finish reading the book.
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Author: Sorry for only updating now. Since last week, one by one, my cats have been sick, and one of them even gave birth prematurely. (One of the kittens that was born prematurely even died when it was only two days old). I'm quite stressed about all this. Please wish me the best and a speedy recovery for them. Aamiin
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