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Ding!
[You have activated the [Mana Release] Innate Ability!]
[You've released the power of your Mana to an extent, generating a powerful Aura of Mana that can conjure magic and spread your magical power and magic spell reach as further as the limits of your own Talent.]
[Current Limit: 20 Meter Expansion.]
[You have activated the [Spirit Sanctuary] Innate Ability!]
[Your body has become the Sanctuary of Spirits! You can now channel their power into your own body and attract nearby spirits of nature, receiving their aid.]
"I see, they're really like buffs." I nodded. "Mana Release allows my own magic to be conjured from afar?"
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "Yeah, it is an incredibly strong Ability that High Elves can develop or are born with." Said Alice. "Your mother, your grandmother, your grandfather, and many other members of your family have it. It is the reason why their magic can reach so far away from their own bodies."
"Incredible... And the last one is quite alright I guess." I said.
"It is actually really strong, it'll let you channel spirit's power much better and without tiring you, and occasionally you can receive the aid of nature spirits, this is an ability high elves use to survive and thrive in forests." Said Alice.
"Oh, well if you explain it like that, it is indeed quite good." I nodded.
Well, let's check the other two Skills while we are at it...
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[Hero Seed: Lv1]
Skill Proficiency: 0/10000
A Developing power within your very being. A Hero Seed will enhance your talent and learning speed of all kinds of Magic types and Martial Art types by +500%.
Your charm over people as a hero is great, and you have an easier time influencing people and growing friendlier to them through the natural charisma of a hero, Charisma increases by +500%.
Those who you create bonds with will receive a special benefit in their growth, as they will be catalogued as Hero's Companions.
Additionally, you can sometimes awaken the [Heroic Potential] of a target with talent, allowing them to learn new innate abilities, magic, or skills.
Level Bonus (1): Increases All Stats of the Hero's Companions by +50%. Those who you've awakened their [Heroic Potential] can share a part of their strength with you, but it will only have 25% of its original power.
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[Divine Protection: Lv1]
Skill Proficiency: 0/10000
You've blessed by several gods, giving you a natural divine protection that grants immunity to Lesser Status Effects, Lesser Mind-Altering Abilities, increased damage dealt using any elemental attack by +200%, and decreases the damage you receive from Monsters by -30%.
A natural invisible [Divine Barrier] around your body can also shield you from 1 (+1) Lethal Attack(s) to your soul or body once a day, either of the two.
Additionally, you can now develop your own Divine Barrier and transform and modify it by fusing it with your Mana and Spiritual Power, and you can also share its uses with another person by imbuing the barrier into them instead of you.
Level Bonus (1): +1 Divine Barrier Charge. When Divine Barrier Charges remain, you can activate your [Divine Barrier] to further enhance your Magical Power or slightly imbue it with Divine Power, enhancing their power and effects by +100%.
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D-Damn, both are insane. Hero Seed now allows me to awaken other people's hidden potential and enhance companions' stats even further! And then Divine Protection straights up increases the Divine Barrier Charge with each Level?!
So I can now take two lethal attacks... or grant this to another person completely and help them survive a completely lethal attack instead.
To make things even more amusing, the Divine Barrier can now manifest as some sort of buff as well, as long as the Divine Barrier Charges are not used yet, it can enchant my spells and magic, and add a tiny bit of divine power to them as well.
I feel so much stronger now!
"I feel like I'm overflowing with power..." I sighed in surprise. "All of this was well worth the 15 million EXP, for sure."
"I told you so!" Alice said proudly. "And to make things even better, you can level them up to gain even more strength. Your Divine Barrier is the best thing, at Level 10, it will have a total of ten charges! Meaning you can be invincible for ten attacks against anybody, every day."
"Yeah, but it looks rather hard to level up..." I sighed. "Do I have to activate the barrier to gain proficiency?"
"A-Ah, yes." She nodded. "So you'll have to take a lethal attack..."
"T-That's a bit harsh." I sighed.
"I-I'm sorry..." She apologized.
"It's fine, I can just... maybe kill myself?" I wondered. "Nah, that wouldn't do. How about I blow up my soul?"
"T-That's horrible! Wait, let me modify it... It might still be super hard to level up, but it won't make you do something terrible..."
Ding!
[You've exchanged 1000000 EXP, the Skill [Divine Protection: Lv1] can now gain a bit of Skill Proficiency whenever the Divine Protection's enchantment ability is activated on spells conjured at a target.]
"Now you can just train it like you would any other Spell-related Skill!" Alice said in relief.
"Meh, I wanted to bomb my soul..." I sighed. "Well, whatever. For now I should go have some dinner, let's go-"
Suddenly, the door opened and Nephilim walked in.
Ah, I guess I can have some snacks before dinner-
"Nom... Young lady your snacks are here- Ah..." She looked at the plate.
Completely empty.
She ate all of my snacks!
"Y-You did it again, Nephi..." I sighed. "This is serious, we'll need to control your food addiction."
"I-I'm sorry..." She bowed her head.
"Sigh... Well, let's go have dinner, how about it?" I asked.
She nodded while licking her lips.
"Dinner!" She said happily, as we walked downstairs. "I love dinner!"
"You just love every kind of meal, to be honest~" I giggled.
Like that, I had dinner with my whole family, including uncle Arafunn, Aunt Aina, Susanna, and my grandmother.
And in the morning of the next day... a giant airship arrived from the skies.
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