Chapter 13 Taking A Decision

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If I wanted to use Lucifer's powers, then I guess there's no point in waiting anymore. I really want to summon a Spirit, a useful one this time, but I cannot simply do it in front of everyone.

Why? Well, what if the spirit retains their memories and begin calling me "Lord Asmodeus!" all the time? It will obviously bring a lot of suspicion. I would prefer for it to never be found out that I am a Reincarnated person, if possible.

So I had decided to wait until tonight to move out into the wilderness. Using the swiftness and agility that infusing Qi across my body can give me thorough usage of some basic-level Body Enhancing Techniques.

Talking about Qi… And Aether, I had not seen them in the Status Page.

Are these "Stats" not real? Or not considered in the level ups or calculations? Perhaps they're the power "outside of everything" that not even this Status can dominate.

I suppose already seeing how in this world nobody even knows about Qi and even less about Aether, I could easily abuse this as my own Unique Power…

Even without this stupid gift of Lucifer, I might be able to grow stronger decently fast as long as I can refine different types of Ki and find certain materials to do that.

But the Qi I am best at using is… Blood Qi, of course.

That's why I will kill two birds with one stone and try to hunt down any wild beast I can find outside, with my bare fists.

And well, the aid of a new spirit, if possible.

Spirits cost Mana to summon, but can be kept around indefinitely after that.

Whenever they "die", the spirits go forcefully back to the Spirit Orb, and might take a few days to regenerate and be capable of summon itself once more.

Also, you can store the spirit while still being alive as well, and the next time it's summoned, the mana cost will be reduced…

Spirits are connected to the user's Mana as well, so they drain the user's Mana to conjure their power as they don't have their own personal energy source.

I suppose I will have to leave the Mana I have for my spirit this night, although I still have the desire to see if I can learn any conventional Spell.

For now, I decided to walk back to my room, I was not in the mood to walk around the town. Although now that I was considered old enough at five years of age, I could go take a trip around and learn and find new things, but I am more interested into cultivating my Qi.

I sat cross-legged on my bed and closed my eyes, entering into a state of meditation. I made the Qi flowing from my Core move around my Qi Veins all across each Pressure Point, slowly nourishing them.

This was a simple Meditation Technique named [Qi Flow Technique] it is one of the most basic there is, and the only one this small body can currently use.

Erika had gone back to her home after lunch as she wanted to show her spirit to her father, and might not come back until tomorrow, so I can be by myself.

The hours passed, I ended taking another nap to prepare my mind for the night, and after having dinner, everyone went to sleep. A farmer family sleeps around 9 PM to wake up early in the morning and work in the field.

After waiting around three hours to make sure everyone was sleeping, I opened the window of my room and jumped out.

My house had two floors, so the jump was roughly twelve meters, nothing hard, infusing some Qi into my feet made them light as a feather. I was able to step on the air before reaching the floor through the [Cloud Step Technique] which literally allows someone to walk on air.

Although it costs a lot of Qi… so I cannot really use it freely.

Making sure nobody was watching, I swiftly moved to the forest outside the village's walls, by jumping over them by using Cloud Step Technique, of course.

There were some guards on standby, usually the villagers take turns so they can guard the place at night in case there were Bandits. These attacks are common in villages, so the people have to be cautious.

I easily evaded everything and made my way into the dark and eerie forest nearby, where the Hunters of the Village usually go to hunt down wild animals. My father is also a Hunter who usually joins the weekly Hunts where they take down Wild Boars or Grizzly Bears.

They do it to get the meat, the pelt, and the spirit orb inside, which they sell for money, but well, the duchy has been recently asking for more and more hunts, so my father has been forced to participate in two or even three hunts a week…

I hate how they order the people around here to work and risk their lives so much… But I guess it is not as if they had any other options. Everyone is poor after all and we are technically all owned by the Kingdom and the Duchy in here as "citizens", going against the Duke's orders means we are violating our ruler's decision and going against the law…

Infuriating, I know. I don't like to be ordered by anyone, but as of now, I am merely 5 years of age, so I have not participated in these hunts.

I reached the forest and then walked directly inside. Many kids my age would be scared of even entering this place, however, this seemed like the perfect place for me.

Summon.

I summoned the Grimoire once more, and quickly moved the pages, finding the page that said [Summon Spirit 0/1].

[Summon Spirit? You will randomly be given a Spirit based in the Souls of your Fallen Comrades]

<Yes> <No>

It is random, so I don't know if I will get anyone I specifically want.

But at the very least it is something…

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