Chapter 7 - 7: Finally! Something New!

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"Active skill name or magic spell"

'Active skill name or magic spell in thought'

"Activation phrase"

'Activation Phrase in thoughts'

"speech"

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Gaia/gamer system talking

[Skill Name] - Passive or Active - Lvl.1/100 - EXP: 0% - MP cost: or none

Description: Info on skill

[Item Name] - Rank: F- to EX - Durability: 1 to Unbreakable - ATK: 0 to N/A

Description: Info on the item

[Title] - Info

Chapter 7: Finally! Something New!

The next day*

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Same as the previous days, with another eight points into my MAG stat, but with only two points in both STR and END stats this time instead of the previous of three stat points each.

Slowly, as the days go by. Even under the debuff's effects. My stats rate of increasing through training are getting lower and lower. Unless I had to go through a extreme training to break my limits.

I'm pretty sure these basic training methods would no longer be effective much longer until only after keeping going at it for hours until I only get a single point if I'm lucky enough increase the stats.

For today; I wanted to focus on leveling up my skills when I neglect them for days now. Just because I had no enemy to use it on doesn't I couldn't level up some of them. I know for sure [Fire Devil Slayer Magic] wouldn't level up unless I kill something with it. So, that skill would be placed on hold for a while unless I want to use it on animals.

Honestly, I was planning to train my [Fire Devil Slayer Magic] since it's my first [Magic] from the Fairy Tail universe. But, Esdeath put her foot down once I told her what I was going to use my [Fire Devil Slayer Magic] on.

Esdeath may be cruel, evil, a major sadist, even a heartless woman, but she is never wasteful. Upon discovering that animals, that we could use to eat for a while to save some of our supplies. She rather forces her husband not to use one of his powerful skills just because he needs to kill with it doesn't mean she would like to eat ashes of the animals he burns to ashes.

So with that said; I started with [Innate Time Control: Time Alter] by switching between [Time: Double Accel] and [Time Alter: Double Stagnate] while joggling walnuts.

Three hours into this silly training of mine and I level it up thrice. One level per hour, which is pretty good for just joggling walnuts of all things while switching between the two effects.

Sadly, this didn't increase my AGI stat, but it wasn't that surprising. So, after gaining three levels in the [Innate Time Control: Time Alter]. I switched over to another skill while Esdeath continues teaching Lenalee other things she needs to know about surviving in the wildness.

At first, [Eagle Vision] would be the best skill to train next, but the skill keeps on giving headaches due to my current low INT stat. Not the right amount of points in the INT stat to support the [Eagle Vision]. Same with [Ultimate Eye] as well. Which is one of my powerful skills, without even cost a single point in MP.

But, once more my nerfed Gamer's ability reveals its ugly hidden restrictions. Where I could get all the skills I want, but I would need the right amount of stats to support the power of those skills or it would end up hurting me instead of helping.

So while under the debuff, [Eagle Vision] and [Ultimate Eye] won't be possible to train currently.

[Nabong Needle Ryu] is at a decent level already, so there no need to worry about it when I raised its level more than once back at the previous town before Esdeath turned it into a ghost town afterward.

[Sha Naqba Imuru] wasn't really a skill I need to level up when Esdeath is already powerful enough on her own without the need to be buff by [Sha Naqba Imuru]'s 3rd Effect: (5 x level)% buff increase to all teammates within (level) meter radius for (level) per minute.

Yeah, even at low-level for the [Sha Naqba Imuru]. This would be enough to increase Esdeath's power level higher than it already is and pretty much bullying others by just overpowering them with raw power.

[Sky Dragon Slayer Magic] is a no go either; well, more like it's at a good decent level right now. Making it not a top priority at this moment.

[The End - Gamer's Version] was a good idea at first, but I got nothing to use it on and the [Mana] cost is nonexistence too. Which make the skill a good one to train, but it's mostly a training ȧssist skill to learn other skills outside of the [Universe of Knowledge] within my [Fiction Adaption]. But, nothing much to learn beside maybe the [Magic] in this universe.

Sadly, those requirements for [The End] to work is a big handicap. So, this skill is off the list of needs to level up as soon as possible.

[Social Steath] would be a great skill to level up with [Eagle Vision], but I can't seem to find the right way to raise the EXP and just activating it doesn't work either.

Same deal with [Hundred Gauntlets], which I still haven't found the right methods to train it without the resort with me losing almost all my [Mana] just for using it once.

[Pumba] is actually a good skill; furthermore, I could use it to learn how to use other weapons along with my sword.

It wasn't a surprise that [Pumba] took in effect whenever I pick up my [Korosu] and [Acupuncture Needles]. Sadly, the skill's EXP didn't raise up a single time so far, and I know for sure it's because my [Basic Movements of Sword Skills] is the reason why even using my core sword style to fight didn't raise [Pumba]'s EXP up at all.

So with that said, I pull out a random sword from my [Inventory]. Rather than using my Teigu, which wasn't really needed in the first place and see if [Pumba] would help me improve this [Sword Technique] of mine I came up with during the civil war.

[Weapon Technique Creation]:

Weapon Focus: Sword

Core: [Basic Movements of Sword Skills]

1st Form: [Flick Sword Form]

2nd Form: [Cleave Sword Form]

Upon using the [Weapon Technique Creation] to recreate the [Flash Cut]. I felt like something missing this whole time had been filled. As the flaws in my [Flash Cut] has been fixed by [Pumba], which was a surprise to me as I require using a few skills to actually use the [Flash Cut].

While before having the Gamer's ability. The usage of [Flash Cut] literally tore my muscles each time I use it and the time I need to recover took longer each time I use it. But, I made sure not to pass the limit amount of times I could use [Flash Cut].

Quickly, I included the new methods to use [Flash Cut] as I swing my sword, where blade-like afterimages started trailing behind the sword while I slowly swing it.

However, before I could focus more on improving the [Flash Cut]. The blade of the sword shatters into fragments. Surprised me a little.

"Wow." I heard Esdeath's voice behind me. Turning around, I found Esdeath already next to me and pluck the sword handle out of my hand as she looks at the remaining blade part of the sword, which isn't much and just an inch or two lengths of the blade.

Esdeath stares at it for a few seconds before tossing it away as it's a useless thing, where it's beyond repairable and wasn't worth the effort to find a way to magically repair it back to its original state.

"So what are you doing?" Esdeath's curiosity appears once she saw her husband literally made the sword leave a trail of afterimages like nothing by just casual swinging the sword.

Of course, Esdeath could do the same, but not the same way her husband did it. As her's would appear due to how fast she swings her sword.

"Oh, I'm just testing out [Pumba]'s [Weapon Technique Creation]. Found out this skill actually helps correct the flaws in my [Sword Technique: Flash Cut]. I'm honestly shocked I didn't use this skill earlier. Because I have been using my other skills to be able to use [Flash Cut] in the first place." I started explaining to Esdeath about the other hidden effects belong to [Pumba] beside the one revealed before me.

Like giving me the 1st Effect: Gain [Basic Mastery] of all weapons the user's hand touches may seem just a bit weak. Until I gained all the knowledge on how to use the said weapon like I trained with that weapon throughout my whole life.

But, it didn't show its true value when I was mostly using [Korosu] as the time and the [Acupuncture Needles] didn't give me much besides the methods on how to aim and throw it from a distance.

Then again, I didn't try out with any other weapons I could have brought with me. Both Esdeath and I didn't really need any other weapons and at the time. I forgot about the skill: [Pumba] and just toss everything, but replaceable weapons for Esdeath and I, which is mostly swords than anything else.

So Esdeath and I started experimenting with [Pumba] while leaving Lenalee to look at us from a safe distance while she munches on the well-earned meal she hunted down and cooked it herself after Esdeath teach her how to cook the animals she killed.

Well, both Esdeath and I found the problem, why the [Pumba]'s effects didn't appear when it's a passive skill. Was due to the way of my thinking of things. Where every time I hold something, I would think differently about it while holding a sword. My mind would always know it is a weapon.

For weeks of having this skill, not once did I think something like a bowl could be used as a weapon at the time and just meant to hold my food for me to eat.

However, once I begin thinking to use the bowl as a weapon. [Pumba]'s 1st Effect kicked in, along with the 2nd Effect: Give the user the ability to bend the weapon in impossible ways.

Yeah, even Esdeath didn't think a wooden bowl would be great as a weapon until she saw me literally bend the thing like it wasn't even solid and made a good crack a tree down. Of course, the wooden bowl was also destroyed the moment I smash it against a tree.

So the keys to making the [Pumba] work is by thinking with a mindset of anything could be used as a weapon and the skill does it work for me.

"You know what this means, right?" Esdeath looks at the cracked side of the tree before looking at her husband with a bored look on her face.

"I can become a master of weapons?" I joke with my wife, who clearly didn't get the joke and think I was being for real.

"That, and I'm going to have you use a few weapons for me to watch later in the future when I feel like learning how to use another weapon besides using a sword for now." Esdeath said to me before she walks back over to Lenalee and talks about other things related to survival.

As for me; I actually leveled up [Pumba] for the first time and three times at that. After using a bowl of all things to crack a thick tree with it and improving my [Flash Cut] too.

So for the rest of the day, I continue to level up the [Pumba] skill until it was time for dinner. Which I managed to level it up five more times.

The next day*

Day 32: Well, We Learned A Few Things...

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Last night was a bit different compared to the other nights, where I would use [Meditation] during the time the girls are sleeping. Well, for some reasons, Esdeath decided to have sėx the moment she made sure Lenalee was asleep and even made me use my [Nabong Needle Ryu] to keep Lenalee asleep by hitting the pressure points for sleeping and relaxation.

Afterward, Esdeath throws me to the ground as she kissed me with tongue and didn't even care about our clothes as she just unzipped my pants and she just moves her pantie to the side before inserting my pėnɨs into her vȧġɨnȧ. Making it our first sėx with the whole pėnɨs in pussƴ sėx.

Long story short; Esdeath's sėx drive went from nonexistence before meeting with me to crazy strong afterward and it was during almost breakfast time is when we stop. And lucky for both of us, mostly me, the Gamer's ability actually gave me the option to ɨmprėġnȧtė Esdeath or not.

Lucky for me, because Esdeath wasn't in the right mind and kept on going until she is literally dripping with sėmėn, and I got the feeling she would be pregnant with how much I came inside her last night.

Lenalee was very confused why Esdeath was limping and something dripping down between her legs. Which made it very awkward for both Esdeath and myself. Lucky for me, Lenalee is a female and this is Esdeath's job to fill her in or make something up to hide the fact that Esdeath and I had an intense session of sėx, where Esdeath would have been 100% pregnant after what happen last night.

It was a little awkward for Esdeath after getting back under control to wait for the sėmėn to drip out of her pussƴ before she could wear her pantie again without getting them dirty.

It's a good thing for Esdeath, that she made her husband put all her clothes in his [Inventory] or else she has to go commando with her pantie is literally covered with a sticky mess. She blames her husband, but knew she wasn't in the right mind and couldn't blame him, but she has to anyway from what she read in the books.

It took a few minutes until Esdeath managed to trick Lenalee to forget about it and she was too young to have the talk, which Esdeath don't know if she should or not give the talk until she talked with her husband about this and afterward it was settled with Lenalee being too young and wouldn't understand at all.

Furthermore, thanks to the last night activity, we had to stay in the same area before continuing because of Esdeath, who couldn't bear the feeling of walking with sėmėn inside her pussƴ and had to sit almost for the whole day until almost all of it leaked out of her.

Which lead to me taking the role to train Lenalee for the whole day until Esdeath is in good condition tomorrow.

The next day*

Day 33: Disappointment

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

8 hours into [Meditation], and I'm close to leveling it up and something I'm looking forward to. When the [Meditation] reaches level 2, then I would get double the amount of MAG stat per hour.

After yesterday of trying to train Lenalee. Esdeath was right, even without having to say anything in the first place, because I suck at teaching others and have a hard time explaining the right words to a child.

So while Esdeath was sitting nearby laughing at me, for multiple mistakes I made to explain to Lenalee about which plants are poisonous and which would be helpful for treatment through external usage.

It's a good thing I have [Sky Dragon Slayer Magic] at the time or Lenalee would be in dire situations. As this happens more than once and planted a seed of fear into Lenalee whenever it came to training with me.

At least with Esdeath, Lenalee learn from her mistakes since Esdeath explain things clearly for her to understand while on the hand with Esdeath's husband. Lenalee would rather train the stuff she already knows like workout exercise than learning under him. Because she gets hurt by his mistakes more times she could count.

So after breakfast, Esdeath resume her role as Lenalee's teacher once more, much to the little girl's relief and Esdeath's amusement.

Esdeath still has some bits of a problem during the day due to the leftover sėmėn still inside her vȧġɨnȧ and would take much longer for her body to get rid of them. Nonetheless, the sėx was great in Esdeath's opinion, but the troubles at the end weren't something she likes to deal with unless she figures out a way to get rid of the sticky mess similar to how she got rid of them after doing different types of sėx.

This means, that Esdeath and I promise each other only to do pėnɨs in pussƴ sėx whenever we feel like it and only release it inside once just to satisfy the needs.

The next day*

Day 34: Has It Been A Month Already?!

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Sadly, that's getting hard to keep after last night. One moment, we tried it again after Esdeath wanted to feel it again. Esdeath went crazy once more before I had to put Esdeath down and release outside, much to her disappointment before she got mad at me for ruining her skirt. Took all morning to clean them, with Esdeath forcing me to do it.

Anyway, Esdeath and I figure this much be the Gamer's ability causing Esdeath to go crazy or something, maybe even something else, but Esdeath didn't care about this one bit. In fact, this made Esdeath very happy due to how she notices how I always look forward to the time for Lenalee to sleep.

Either way, Esdeath and I made sure to relieve her of her crazy urge by doing other types of sėx until she had enough. Which led to the whole night without sleeping. Not that Esdeath felt any different from not being able to sleep for a day or two.

"Man, a month passed by already since we met. Things went by so fast too." I said to Esdeath, who helping Lenalee fix her mistakes on how to sharpen her survival knife with a whetstone.

"Yup. Now, be a dear and set up the table and chairs. It's almost time for lunch. Also, remember after lunch. You're going to give me a pressure point massage like always." Esdeath sends a smile to her husband and feels happier than she had been before this whole crazy month went by.

"Yes, honey." I roll my eyes at my wife and wonder why Esdeath wanted us to use the words: Dear and Honey more often with each other. As some sort of pet name or something. 'Pretty sure it in one of those books she read in the past.' I wonder what else did this Esdeath of mine read that changed her compare to the canon version.

As the reason why I give Esdeath a pressure point massage; well, after seeing how Esdeath keeps on showing how her back was hurting her one day and found out she always go out to get a back massage after coming back from a mission back in the Empire.

But, ever since we arrived in this universe. Seeing as it's just mostly Esdeath, Lenalee, and I until we find a town with people in them. I offer Esdeath to do a pressure point massage, which Esdeath was curious about the difference between a normal back massage and to a pressure point massage.

Well, Esdeath loves it and will demand for one every single time after lunch for an hour before resuming on our travel.

Instead of using oil, which I don't have any in my [Inventory]. I would just use [Nabong Needle Ryu] to send me the instructions similar to pressure point massage without the use of oil. Well, it worked out and Esdeath didn't complain one bit the whole time.

The next day*

Day 35: Esdeath's Influence Over Lenalee

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Instead of having sėx with my loving wife, who I'm seriously starting to wonder what kind of books did she read in her spare time and should thank the authors of those books, then beat them to death afterward.

And not doing any [Meditation], I continue to try on creating other spells for my [Fire Devil Slayer Magic], but it was a fruitless night and a waste of [Mana].

"Are you still mad that you can't create a new spell for your [Fire Devil Slayer Magic]?" Esdeath asks me, as she lay her head on my left shoulder while watching Lenalee trying to kill a wolf with her [Innocence], for killing the pet rabbit she had for a few hours before it got eaten by a wolf.

Yeah, Esdeath was planning for Lenalee to take care of a cute rabbit as a pet for a while, to teach her how much effort she needs to do take care of another being and the feeling of taking care of another living being. Plus, this just to show Lenalee how much effort Esdeath is putting to raise Lenalee.

Sadly, a nearby hungry wolf came by and saw the cute little rabbit and ate it, with Lenalee nearby, who saw this before her eyes and caused Lenalee to unleash the rage within her she buried for who knows how long after she went through.

So it was a surprise for me and Esdeath to hear Lenalee let out a battle cry and begin her fight with the wolf, which is bigger than the normal animals she hunts down. This included the rabbit.

After Lenalee killed the wolf after an intense fighting for half an hour; we learned that Lenalee wasn't angry because she cared about the rabbit, but because had it eaten by someone else instead.

I blankly stare at the pouty Lenalee, who lost her pet/food to a hungry wolf, then stare at Esdeath and she didn't look surprised at Lenalee's response.

I let out a tired sigh, "I don't know if letting you raise Lenalee is a good thing or not."

Esdeath raise an eyebrow at me, "Oh? Then should I have left little Lenalee back with those bad people instead of raising her up to be a powerful woman like myself and have the strength to fight back against those that wanted to kill me?"

"No-" I was about to say something to counter her words, but Esdeath cut me off right away.

"Exactly, so be a good husband and let me do my work. Isn't that right, Lenalee?" Esdeath pulls Lenalee into a big hug, which Lenalee return and she wouldn't have done this weeks ago until she got used to Esdeath after spending so much time with her.

"Yup." Lenalee didn't dare look into my eyes as she closes her eyes and sticks her tongue at me instead. If she had kept her eyes open, I would have seen the fear in her eyes whenever she looks at me.

I gave up, my willpower to continue this argument with Esdeath wasn't the worth the punishment Esdeath would inflict on me if I continue. Anyone that tells me, I'm whipped by my wife would get killed by me after looting everything of value from them first.

The next day*

Day 36: Why Didn't I Think About This Earlier?!

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Finally, after a whole night of brainstorming and some experiments. I found a way to raise [Hundred Gauntlets]'s level up. But, it's kind of tricky to do and timing it right. Workable, but after experimenting pretty much the whole night and losing tons of [Mana] at the progress.

"Hey, Ragna what got you so excited?" Esdeath sit up from her sleeping position, as she let out a yawn and rub her eyes before getting out of her sleeping bag. Revealing Esdeath wearing only her undėrwėȧrs, with a white buŧŧon shirt on.

"Did I make any noise last night?" I ask Esdeath, with a smile on my face as I look at my [Hundred Gauntlets]'s window screen, that show me the skill level is at Lvl.12/100. Leveling up the skill level by a total of 10 times last night alone.

Esdeath tilts her head as she slowly blinks at me before stretching her muscles, then walks over to me and wrap her arms around my neck.

"Nope. Did you use [Meditation] like always?" Esdeath knew how quiet her husband would be when he uses [Meditation] to raise his MAG stat. So she wonders why her husband would ask this question the first thing in the morning and when she just woke up just now.

"Not this time." I smirk at Esdeath, who frown a little before an answer appeared in her head after a few seconds.

"You went to sleep like a normal person?" Esdeath grin at me, then did a quick kiss on the lip to cheer me up. "Joke aside. What's the reason for asking me this?"

"Remember my skill: [Hundred Gauntlets]?" I ask Esdeath, with the excitement at the discovery I made last night and can't wait to include it in my fighting style.

"Isn't that the one that gives you the ability to reverse the cause-effect?" Esdeath answered my question with a question of her own, to see if she got the right skill in mind.

"Yup. Now watch this." I move Esdeath away from me, as I unwrap her arms off my neck, much to her disappointment before standing on the side to see what I'm about to do.

I pull out another normal sword that's pretty much another copy of the same sword I used with [Flash Cut] before it broke. Then slowly starting swinging it while using [Flash Cut]. Like the previous time, a trail of blade-like afterimage appears and not a few seconds later cracks appear on the sword. But, before letting the sword be destroyed like the first one. I activate [Hundred Gauntlets].

[Hundred Gauntlets]:

Target: [Steel Sword]'s blade - 3 MP

Cause: [Flash Cut] - 2 MP

Effect: Destruction of the blade - 4 MP

Time: 5 seconds - 5 MP

Cost: 14 MP

A drop of 14 MP and the cracks disappeared right away before Esdeath very eyes and I stop before wasting anymore [Mana] just to fix the sword from breaking. Again.

"So you can repair broken things?" Esdeath still doesn't see why this would make her husband feel so excited about preventing something from breaking, which is good, but not worth being so excited.

I roll my eyes at Esdeath, "Back in your universe. I didn't think a way to use the [Hundred Gauntlets] without having it drain my [Mana] like nothing. I forgot, that I could technically 'program' what my skill could do. If my other skills could work the same way as a program, then I could the same with [Hundred Gauntlets]. Instead of completely reverse the cause-effect of the sword. I would be losing [Mana] like crazy."

I return the sword back to my [Inventory] before crouching down to pick up a small rock, then walk over to Esdeath and hand it over to her.

Esdeath raises an eyebrow at me and wanted to ask why, but took the rock from my hand anyway without a word.

"Now close your hand with the rock in it." I said to Esdeath as she follows my order, as she continues to look at me with curious eyes.

[Hundred Gauntlets]:

Target: The [Rock] in Esdeath's left hand - 6 MP

Cause: Picking up the rock and hand over - 7 MP

Effect: Held by another person - 4 MP

Time: 10 seconds - 10 MP

Cost: 27 MP

Another drop in my [Mana] reserve as I activate the [Hundred Gauntlets] once more.

"Open your hand, Esdeath." Esdeath opens her left hand and much to her surprise, there nothing in her left hand and can't find the rock she just hides by wrapping around it with her hand.

"How?" Esdeath looks at me with eyes of surprise and becomes fully awake at this.

"I didn't target you or myself, but the rock itself. I made the cause never happen. And the rock is back where it was before I picked it up. Found out the [Hundred Gauntlets] actually affect space and time." This is why I'm excited, because even without possessing the [All Fiction], the modified version of [Hundred Gauntlets], where the [All Fiction] would make the target into nothingness.

While the [Hundred Gauntlets] would bend space-time, to make the cause never happen in the first place and doesn't make anything into nothing. As the rock return where it was before I picked it up.

"The first example I had done was to show that, while using [Flash Cut], you saw how cracks started to appear right away and were close to breaking into fragments like the previous sword I used with [Flash Cut]. Using [Hundred Gauntlets], I made it look like I never used [Flash Cut], which prevent the sword from being destroyed." I started explaining about the first example I showed her, so she could understand what I was trying to show her.

"Another good news is that after finding this discovery of how to use the [Hundred Gauntlets]. I gained 3 points in INT stat and 2 points in WIS stat." I feel a bit sad though, because after remembering this method and applying to the other skills. The Gamer's ability didn't reward me more stat points into the INT and WIS stats afterward.

"Yeah, I can understand why you're so excited. If you can use [Hundred Gauntlets] on, let's say a throwing knife. You've thrown it at someone and you use [Hundred Gauntlets] on the throwing knife only, which make it return back to you instantly while leaving the inflicted knife wound behind as a result. But, with no throwing knife in sight." Esdeath quickly figures out what made the [Hundred Gauntlets] so powerful and could save her husband lots of resources later on in the future if used right.

"Oh, yeah. How much [Mana] do you have to use the [Hundred Gauntlets] in the first place?" Esdeath wonder if this was another thing that made her husband happy, because if the cost wasn't too much and was this powerful already at a low cost of [Mana], then it is no surprise to not be excited about this.

So, I started explaining all the methods to deal with the cost of using [Hundred Gauntlets] through 'programs', I decided to make it each word and second would cost a single point of [Mana]. Which technically not a lot, but once I go for a more detailed on what I'm targeting, the cause, the effect, and how much times I had to think about the right words for them would be the total amount of MP I have to spend.

Compared to the programs for my [Fire Devil Slayer Magic] and [Sky Dragon Slayer Magic]. The [Hundred Gauntlets] is literally a fixed effect, unlike those two skills that can change to other effects like nothing.

"Now, this is great and all. But, do you mind bringing out the bathtub? So I could clean myself." Esdeath walks back to where her sleeping bag is and started rolling it up.

Finding a good spot before making my [Inventory]'s window, expand large enough to the size of a bathtub and manipulating the large blue screen window to be laying on the ground before giving the mental command to release the bathtub out of my [Inventory].

Found this hidden feature to manipulate the size and shape of the [Inventory]'s window and where for it to appear in the first week of gaining the Gamer's ability.

As for the reason why Esdeath requested for a bathtub to be brought out and why we even have one in the first place in my [Inventory]. Is because we can still take a bath, thanks to Esdeath's Teigu and my [Fire Devil Slayer Magic].

[Demonic Fire Creation Magic]:

1st Form: Ball - 1 MP = 1-meter radius

1st Factor: Heat manipulation - Varies MP = Change the temperature of the flames

1st Effect: Release heat

Name: Heat Control - MP cost: Varies | Minimum: 1 MP per second

One of the spells I created for the [Fire Devil Slayer Magic] during the days Esdeath and I planned for packing things we may need once we transfer to a different universe.

At first, this spell was meant for melting down Esdeath's ice long enough to turn into liquid form and even warm up the water as well. But, later on, I found out this spell could be used for deadly methods as well due to the spell's effect of manipulating the heat of the flames belong to the [Fire Devil Slayer Magic]. As the flames on default are already beyond hot that burn anything it touches to ashes and sometime not even ashes are left behind.

So, Esdeath would drop a large block of ice into the bathtub, then I would use [Heat Control] to melt the ice and warm the water up as well near the end. Making it possible for us to take a bath, even in the wild, which Esdeath loved once the idea of having a portable hot bath to enjoy.

Which is why there is a reason why neither Esdeath or I worried about having to hurry to another town to clean ourselves after messy days of training or fighting.

"Esdeath." I called out to my wife, who passed me the rolled up sleeping bag before snapping her fingers to drop a large block of ice into the bathtub.

I put the sleeping bag in my [Inventory] before casting [Heat Control] to melt the ice and once the bathtub started to fill up with hot water. Esdeath uses her Teigu once more to drop another block of ice to cool down the hot water and melting the ice enough to fill the rest of the bathtub.

Esdeath removes her undėrwėȧrs and her white buŧŧon shirt, then pass it over to me, which I bring out a bucket to drop it in.

"You have no idea how happy I am for us to bring this bathtub with us." Esdeath said to me in a relaxed voice once she laid her body in the bathtub filled with warm water. "If possible, I would have wished we met earlier just for this alone." Esdeath loved her husband so much during the moments like this.

"Yeah, you said it every day now." I look at Esdeath before getting a splash of water onto my face by Esdeath, who looked amused.

"And I will say it again the next day. Now, come over here and watch my back and I will do the same for you afterward." Esdeath said to me, as she moves herself to the position of revealing her back to me.

"Yup, like every day." I roll my eyes at Esdeath, who splash me once more for my remark, causing my shirt to be wet now.

The next day*

Day 37: Second Time The Charm?

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Yesterday, I focused on three skills: [Meditation], [Pumba], and [Hundred Gauntlets]. Where I use [Meditation] during the night, 7 hours in, while both [Pumba] and [Hundred Gauntlets] I used to experiment on what their limits are.

Of course, I gained 2 levels in [Pumba] while [Hundred Gauntlets] gained 3 levels. But, what I found through using it different ways was worth more than gaining those levels.

I tried using [Hundred Gauntlets] to revive a dead animal after the second Lenalee killed one and see if I could revive it. The result: I end up losing my whole MP and end with a penalty of not being able to use [Hundred Gauntlets] for a whole hour.

Never knew skills would have a penalty on them, but good to know now instead of later on, where it could change the bad to worse.

So, that being said, either [Hundred Gauntlets] weren't high level enough to do this or my MP wasn't high enough to affect the dead animal's soul. Since technically I have put 1 MP into the word: Soul to affect it with [Hundred Gauntlets]. Guess 1 point of [Mana] wasn't enough and it backfires on me.

Still got the [Hundred Gauntlets] to level up though. As for the [Pumba], no penalty yet, and just managed to try using anything I could get my hands on to see how could I use them as a weapon.

Fun fact: I can still use [Mana] with [Pumba], even when it isn't an active skill and channel my [Mana] through a piece of paper to make it razor sharp and use it as a projectile. The idea came from Hunter x Hunter series, who knew I could recreate the same effects, kind of, with [Pumba].

Yeah, Lenalee would never be able to look at a piece of paper the same way ever again after she saw me cut down a big tree with just a single piece of paper.

Currently after over a whole week; Esdeath, Lenalee, and I found another town and this one look more populated and have better equipment that included advanced technology.

"Huh, seeing with my own is a lot different than the knowledge implanted in my brain is completely different." Esdeath said to me, as she notices how there are more lights brightens up the town compared to the previous one.

"How about we find a place to stay for the night before we look around this place, which we can do tomorrow." I said to Esdeath, who was busy looking around the place as we enter the town without any problem. Even Lenalee looks around with interests.

"Alright." Esdeath agreed with her husband, as it's getting close to night time and she rather has a place to stay over the night in a big place like this; well, smaller than the Captial, but bigger than the villages she raided in the past.

1 hour later*

It took some time, but we found a place that would accept our money without the need for documents and IDs to rent a room for our stay in this town. Who knows what we would find in this town, maybe a city, and maybe find something interesting that catch our attention.

The next day*

Day 38: Excitement, Then Disappointment

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Last night, we had some problem; well, more for Lenalee as she not used to sleep with so much noise outside and neither Esdeath or I could blame her. As the only one who could sleep through the loud noise of the night would be me, with Esdeath bȧrėly sleeping through the loud shouts from the nearby club.

We may have picked the wrong place to stay, with it being so close by to a populated street filled with night activities. But, it's the only nearby inn without too many restrictions to rent a room and only require money to do so.

Of course, I could use [Sky Dragon Slayer Magic] to create a soundless barrier in our room, but my debuff is still in effect and my MP wouldn't last long enough to keep the spell up for hours.

Furthermore, just one taste of the air in this town almost made me puke with how bad it was. So, I wouldn't be able to recover my [Mana] via eating the air around, with how the air is polluted in this town.

So for the rest of the night, I couldn't use [Meditation] at all and just took out a notebook for me to write any ideas for spells to create for my [Slayer Magics], and so far, pretty much all the ideas for future spells wouldn't work due to the lack of [Mana] at my end.

During the morning, Esdeath helped Lenalee take a bath while I guard the bathroom, much to some of the people nearby amusement at this sight. Good thing the [Gamer's Mind] help me out by getting rid the feeling of being embarrassed.

"Honey, are you done yet?" I called out to my wife while ignoring the nearby females pointing and giggling at me, with the males knowing how I felt right now as they went through this before in the past.

"Don't rush me! You know how I like to take my time!" Esdeath shouts at me through the door, causing more people to laugh in my direction.

'Why did this Esdeath had to be one of those types that take forever whenever they're taking a bath or anything related to the bathroom.' I wonder if this was one of the other flaws for this Esdeath.

'Well, I married Esdeath. So I may as well deal with it. Plus, with all sėx and Esdeath actually being great at cooking. I would be stupid to not love Esdeath and...I'm beginning to think [Gamer's Mind] is taking on Esdeath's side to make me fall for her even more.' I let out a tired sigh as I try to see if I could use [Pumba] for another [Sword Technique] or something similar I read in those wuxia novels back in my universe.

[Weapon Technique Creation]:

Weapon Focus: Sword

1st Core: [Basic Movements of Swords Skill]

2nd Core: [Killing Intent]

1st Core + 2nd Core: [Sword Intent]

I blink once, then a second time, and then a third time, as the knowledge related to [Sword Intent] flooded into my mind and went beyond what I could comprehend at this very moment.

'Well, shit. I was just messing around and it works.' I was dumbfounded at that I literally gained the famous [Sword Intent] belong to wuxia novels universe.

However, I found one major flaw once I gained [Sword Intent] and that is I require [Qi], which I still have no clue how to get even up to this date.

I was this close to going berserk at this when the information [Pumba] giving me for the [Sword Intent] still haven't finished passing me all the knowledge about [Sword Intent] before completely sealing up 99% of the knowledge, much to my surprise.

Because of that 1%, I found out the method to make my own [Sword Qi] instead of absorbing the universe's [Qi] like what my family and any other families back in my Universe does. Along with the other characters in wuxia novels.

DING!*

Due to learning how to create your own [Sword Qi] through an unnatural method. The user lost the ability to absorb the multiverse's [Qi] forever.

DING!*

You have unlocked the stat: [Sword Qi]!

And just like that, I kind of ruin my chance of ever gaining the ability to absorb the [Qi] from any universes. However, at least I can create my own [Sword Qi] now. Which was a bit weird of feeling my own [Sword Qi] now I have it. Furthermore, I can feel something sharp and dangerous coming from that little amount of [Sword Qi].

Bringing up my status list, to see if anything else changed besides the new stat: [Sword Qi] added.

Status List:

Character Name: Ragna D. Mercer

Alignment: Neutral - Chaotic

Lvl: 11 - EXP: 1030/204800

Profession: The Gamer

Title: [Husband of Esdeath D. Mercer] - Have the ability to teleport to your wife location instantly per 24 hours. Title effect will still be in effect even if it's not equipped.

HP: 7.5/107.5 - Regen: 1 HP per hour

MP: 135/235 - Regen: 1.7 MP per minute

DM Tier 0: 70%/100% - Regen: 0 per minute

Tier 1 Requirement: 7/10 Lvl: 1 [Akuma]

Sword Qi: 1/0 - Regen: 0 per minute

[100 HP + 100 MP = 1 Sword Qi]

STR: 35 (-75%): 8.75

END: 43 (-75%): 10.75

AGI: 29 (-75%): 7.25

INT: 54 (-75%): 13.5

WIS: 69 (-75%): 17.25

MAG: 94 (-75%): 23.5

LUCK: 20 (-75%): 5

RES: [Dark Matter]: Tier 1: 99% (Can't add points into this stat) [Require level 2 Akuma for 100%]

Point: 9

Money: 0

Age: 19

I stare at my status list's window screen and frown at the [Sword Qi] stat and how to increase the amount, because it looks like due to losing the ability to absorb the [Qi] around me. I also lost the ability to regenerate my own [Sword Qi] and have to continue creating it instead if I wanted to use any skills, techniques, etc that requires [Sword Qi].

Just a single point in [Sword Qi] and I could still feel how much raw power is in it. But, I have no clue how long this [Sword Qi] would last if I use it right away.

Nonetheless, that 1% knowledge over [Sword Intent] was enough for me to know how to manipulate the [Sword Intent] through my body, giving the effect of my body like a sword, and that my [Sword Qi] is literally my [Sword Intent] as well. Which mean, if I use up my [Sword Qi]. I won't be able to use my [Sword Intent] at all.

As for creating more [Sword Qi]; I let out a mental sigh of relief as if I didn't have enough HP and MP, even with the debuff still in effect. I wouldn't know what would happen if I didn't have enough to form one point of [Sword Qi].

'Really wish I did this crazy idea weeks ago. Could have saved me so much time to increase the amount of [Sword Qi] I have available for my usage.' I feel pretty stupid right now for not trying this idea right when I discovered the [Weapon Technique Creation] could fix the flaws of my [Sword Techniques] should have been my first clue and wished that I used the [Weapon Technique Creation] the day I got the skill too.

'Hmm. I will guess I will call this [Sword Intent - Stage 1] until I find a way to unlock the other 99% knowledge of [Sword Intent].' I have no clue if this [Sword Intent] would be the same as the wuxia novels and wonder if I could use the knowledge I have from those wuxia novels would work for my [Sword Intent].

Before I could think about if I should leave this town so I could get some clean air to eat, where I could work on increasing the amount of [Sword Qi] I possess. The door behind me open, with Esdeath and Lenalee coming out. Stopping me from doing something I may regret or not.

'I'm getting ahead over myself and rushing too fast.' I feel stupid that I got too excited about the chance of gaining the [Sword Intent], which back in my universe is a big thing and I just got it like nothing. Well, I did fuse it with my [Basic Movements of Skill Skills] with killing intent to make it work, so maybe I already have the chance to gain [Sword Intent] way before gaining Gamer's ability.

Then again, [Pumba] literally forced them to fuse while if I didn't have [Pumba]. The chance of me fusing the two would take years or even longer.

Furthermore, I have a small guess that If I try to gain the other [Weapon Intents], then I would be just courting my own death. After all, one of the cores for [Sword Intent] is [Basic Movements Sword Skills] while for the other weapons. I got nothing and this small guess feeling is trying to tell me to stop before I do something beyond my control.

Therefore, no [Weapon Intents] other than [Sword Intent] from this point on unless I get lucky later on.

"We're done. Ready to go out to eat?" Esdeath looks at her husband, where she sees the familiar glint in his eyes whenever he found something worth being excited over. Over the month of being with her husband had already given her enough time to tell all kinds of signs from her husband, to know what they mean now.

"Yup. And I got something to tell you over breakfast too." I said to Esdeath and all she did was raise an eyebrow, with a small smile on her face as she leads Lenalee and me to a place nearby for breakfast.

2 hours later*

After a decent breakfast. Decent because of how we're so used to eating Esdeath's cooked meals for almost a month now. Who knew that Esdeath's cooked food has better taste than the one we ate in this universe.

Then again, we've only tried the ones that we find first and just went in to eat. Honestly, the food here in Scandinavia is expensive.

As for our money; well, I got all of Esdeath's money and valuable things in my [Inventory] after she took me to her treasure vault to empty the whole place. But, we don't if they worth anything in other universes and just took everything.

We have yet to find any pawn shop to sell some of Esdeath's golds, yup she got solid gold bars. And my Gamer's ability doesn't count them as [Money] for some reason.

"Think I could learn this [Sword Intent]?" Esdeath was really interested in this [Sword Intent] and wonder if she could use it along with her Teigu after what her husband told her a few examples of what it could do. Then, she really wants to learn how to use [Sword Intent].

"Maybe. I use [Sword Qi], which I finally learned how to produce after so many years now. As for you, Esdeath. Maybe? I did merge my killing intent with my [Basic Movements Sword Skills] with the skill: [Pumba] to force them to fuse together. See if you could just use your own killing intent together with your sword or with your Teigu?" I have no clue if Esdeath has the ability to use [Sword Intent] in the first place since I can't even learn it the natural way without cheating my way to learning it.

"Hmm." Esdeath really wanted to learn how to gain the power of [Sword Intent], but after learning how many years of efforts put into it to learn the next stages and so on. "Nevermind. I will focus more on my Teigu than my sword. After all, if what you said is true, then it's best for me to focus more on my Teigu and it shouldn't take me too long to recreate those trumps my prime created less than a year."

Esdeath knew her limits and rather focus on her time on something that would give her the best results with half the effort instead of taking so long to work on something that she may not even get the chance to get. As the saying goes, "Work smart, not harder."

"Alright." I said to Esdeath, who currently holding Lenalee in her arms, so Lenalee won't end up getting lost in this big town. I know I would.

"So what's our goal for staying here?" I ask Esdeath, and honestly, I wanted to leave this place as soon as possible so I could level up my skills along with increasing the amount of [Sword Qi] I possess.

And if I had the ability to regenerate my own [Sword Qi]; I would have used my [Sword Intent] by now to see what the limit on my version is. Hell, I didn't even get an exact number of how much the [Sword Intent] would buff my attacks. Be it physical or mental attacks. As [Sword Intent] is both for me.

"Let's just look around first. I want to see what the difference between this place and mine." Esdeath wanted to see all this universe has to offer and maybe find some worthy prey to hunt down.

3 hours later*

So far, we found some interesting places to visit. By interesting, I meant the place where we found some Akuma and Exorcists walking around the area. Where I found at least around 9 Akuma while Esdeath located 3 Exorcists just a few blocks away during our walk.

"I'm surprised to see many Akuma and Exorcists in this town." Esdeath wonders the reason why there are more Akuma is due to the number of humans here and the Exorcists just arrived from what she could guess.

"I'm more surprise these Exorcists haven't developed the ability to detect Akuma or anything related to the supernatural world." I said dryly since one of those Exorcists walked past Esdeath, Lenalle, and I just half an hour ago and they couldn't tell the difference with us from the other humans.

"Think we should meet up with one of the Exorcists?" Esdeath's question made me look at her with a confused look on my face, which Esdeath notice right away. "After all, we've faced level 1 Akuma already. However, we never faced an Exorcists with experience in using their [Innocence]." Esdeath explained her reason why she may want to meet up with one of those Exorcists, even when we have Lenalee with us.

If those Exorcists found out about Lenalee's [Innocence], then we'll have to fight them like Esdeath wanted to in the first place.

"Then, all we need to do is let Lenalee activate her [Innocene]?" I ask Esdeath, as we head back to the place we stayed last night. "Because I rather not reveal too much to the Black Order, that they could make counter plans against us in the future."

"We could do that, but I rather we sleep first before doing so. We're going to need our rest, and by we, I meant Lenalee and me. So make sure to watch over us." Esdeath gives me a kiss on my left cheek as we enter the inn and go to the room we rented for a few days.

The next day*

Day 39: The Possibility Is Endless!

(Continent: Europe: Country: Scandinavia)

Last night I had to wait for a while until my MP recovers before casting [Tier 1: Healing Body Stress] repeatedly onto myself. As it should be the best one out of the three healing spells to recover my HP back to its peak. Much to my relief as having my HP back to full instead of only with 10 HP, which is very bad if a good enough hit land on me would be enough to kill me.

If I had just waited for my HP to regenerate naturally on its own. I would have to wait for days before it gets back to full, even with the debuff still in effect. My HP regeneration is just too slow.

"Now, how do you want us to do this?" I ask Esdeath, as we plan out the time, place, and routes before meeting up with one of the Exorcists that we stalked to their temporary base in this town yesterday. We didn't even go out to eat breakfast and just eat in our temporary bedroom.

"First thing, first. We need an escape route to out of this town if things go south." Esdeath knew the first thing to a good plan is to have an option to retreat at all time or else it would turn into a last stand plan instead. Not that she doesn't like these kinds of plans, but she rather only does that against worthy preys.

"Alright. What you got? I will give you my own input after we heard about yours." I said to my wife, as I made sure to react at any moment if someone barges into this room without our permission.

"One: I would create an ice wall tall enough to block the enemy side's sight of us and drop a giant boulder of ice over the top of them, to give us enough time to find the best way to get out of there and hide in a nearby building. This way we got some cover as we continue moving the opposite direction of the enemy before taking a few turns to confuse them if they chase after us." Esdeath started explaining her escape plan and how she could do almost all the work alone, where some part would need to be tweaked as we're not used to this town yet.

This means our escape plan would be very limited and we don't really have the time to scout the whole town, which would take weeks to do so. Therefore, we're going to improvise pretty much the whole plans and just make an outline of what we should do in the different scenario.

It's a good thing today the debuff is removed and we won't have to worry about me being a burden due to being limited to how much [Mana] at my disposal. As for Lenalee, she would have to come with and stay very close to Esdeath at all time.

Because neither Esdeath or myself are going to take our chance of leaving Lenalee here without either of us stay with her at all time. As the chance of her being kidnap could be high or low. But, either way, there will always be a chance and a chance we're not going to take.

"Now, that we have our escape route cover for now. How are we going to approach them?" I may have experience in civil wars, but that didn't mean I was the leader or the tactical officer in the field during those times.

This was one of the good points in Esdeath's opinions as she like being the leader and finding out her husband wasn't really a leader type and more of a follower made her days. She still loves him, even if he, not the leader type. Esdeath has experience in training soldiers to become a leader of their own squad before. So it shouldn't take too much time for her to teach her husband to be one.

"Like you said yesterday. We can just let Lenalee activate her [Innocence] near an Exorcist and see if they come towards us. This way we have the field advantages by leading the Exorcist close to a place we're familiar with." Esdeath said to me while pulling Lenalee off the floor and onto her ŀȧp. Much to Lenalee's annoyance as she was busy reading a new book she just got yesterday.

"If they come peacefully?" I wanted to include all the possibilities of what the outcome would be once we got the Exorcists' attention onto us and lead them to the location we picked out for the meeting.

"Then, we just talk about something like maybe a few tips on how to train Lenalee in her [Innocence]." Esdeath really wanted to fight those Exorcists at the moment she meet with them, but she knew this would be a bad idea at this moment. Who knows what kind of bizarre types of [Innocence] these Exorcists possess.

She learned her lessons with the Teigu back in her universe. As a result, Esdeath would always be on her guards against anything related to the Teigu or anything similar to one. And the [Innocence] falls under this same category as the Teigu.

"I see. So about the location, we're going to use for the meeting. Where do you wish for us to lead them?" This was one of the most important parts of the plan if we want to make this meeting with the Exorcists a successful one as the location for the meeting would also decide on our escape route for us to use at any moment.