Rebirth: Son Of Lucifer - Volume 1 Chapter 10 10

They went back to classes that morning, and by lunch James was starving and his stomach growled. luckily his school made good food and it didn’t take long. Sitting down he ate his food quickly, feeling full after.

As they all ate their food James was lost in thought. Before long he decided to say something, “do you think high school will have competition against each other and like a ranking of stats/ fighter in the school?”

Will: ” It’s possible as that’s still a year before now”

Ben: “A turnament of students… Y would they?”

Will: ” Show to other schools how much better their students are, be able to have it so students can get rankings, academics will probably be a option eventually once certain events overwhelm the general population.”

Ben: “I guess so,”

James: “Speaking of which I believe we should go hunting after school today,”

Austin: “For what cause”

James” Fun,Fame, Lvls, Loot”

Austin:” Ok, when,”

James: “After school ends, we go to the woods and see what happens,”

They all agreed to this and the day went by slowly.

Isaiah for the last class of the day was sitting next to his crush. She had long brown hair, with blue eyes, she was a bit smaller than him. she was waring a pair of black jeans and a purple hoodie with the zipper undone, and a white shirt. Her name was Nicole. She had good grades and was generally a quiet person except with her friends.

School ended and they all met up. Walking into the woods, they searched around for any sign of a monster.

As they hadn’t found anything yet, they looked around the woods longer while they talked. A conversation about there stat increase had came up at a point showing that they had all rose from about 30 points each person. This showed they were of similar stats to Isaiah however still a little bit lower.

James stopped the group when he found a bears claw print in the ground, and ahead of them was a huge cave in front. They could feel a strong presence form it. After a moment of hesitation they agreed to go in.

As they entered the caves entrance, it grew a but colder and darker. The floor was covered in claw prints and a slightly bad smell.The farther in they went the more apparent this became.

Will: “This is a huge cave,.. Maybe it could be big enough to make something out if it”

Ben: “Like a base or something?”

Will: “Yeah, ”

Isaiah: “That would be a good idea to have one eventually, however at the moment we don’t need that”

They soon stoped as they saw a large outline in front of them. They stood their silently watching it. James went forward twords it while the rest stood there waiting. As he approached in the darkness he could see what looked like a massive Bear with copperish fur. The breathing of the beast was not quiet but load enough to be noticed. it’s breath clearly visible to the eye. James stood there deciding what to do…

*You can stab it, or walk away*

‘Ik…but I doubt I’ll be able to really hurt it, especially sense I haven’t learned to use my lightning yet… I’ve been to busy with everything else…’

*Well… you could use your brain for once maybe*

‘…’

After bickering with system for a moment he activated [mana blade] and slashed at the figure. As he did this it slashed through this flesh and blood covered his hand, The bear stood up roaring in pain and anger revealing it’s hight was about 8 feet tall. James leaped back sending him Sliding back to the group. no one in the group had learned major magic or elemental at the moment as he had only been able to teach then up to the [Mana Blade] level of magic as they focused their time elsewhere.

As they all activated it they all decided to let Isaiah and James take point (lead in first), and follow them, as the two rushed in slashing at the massive animal, the other three went behind it sneaking up and slashing its back and legs.

Bear roared in pain as it fell down due to the back of its legs being slashed and taking multiple slashes pouring blood out its body.

The beast looked up staring at James before slashing its claw out to sever him into however James was just barely able to move out if time, as well as Isaiah who was next to him however Isaiah’s leg got caught barely and was thrown against the side of the cold rock wall. James quickly rushed forward and thrusted his hand to the bears head cutting into its brain removing the last but of life it had and killing it.

*You have slain a lvl 6 Copper bear*

* you have gained 50 XP*

After they had all gotten this message James ran over and helped his brother up from the ground who was injured with a bit of blood on his head and leg. Quickly they ran back home and took Isaiah to the hospital.

…A few hours later…

Doctor: “He is fine, however we recommend letting him rest and for him not to leave his bed for a few days at minimum.”

James:”…Thanks Doc…”

They carried Isaiah out of the hospital and back to James’s house. Laying him down on his bed.

The rest went home with only minor scratches and dirt on them. As well as their mana being empty making them feel exhausted as they used all of it, pouring into one slash, to cut the bear.

James sat on the couch downstairs.

‘System, how do I use my lightning skill.’

*You should be able to this naturally if u try hard enough as its a natural skill of yours. However if you wish to mean actual mana based magic, then you need to learn to convert mana into a elemental form, or learning from some form of magic book, automatically giving u the magic, which you then only need to cast it, however it will consume mana usually.*

‘I see..’

James put his hands out a but from his chest and the palms of his hands faced inwards towards each other. After moment of him calming his breath and concentrating, he felt the electricity building in his hands. Soon after sparks of electricity shot between each palm connecting to the other palm.

*Inate skill learned [Electricity manipulation]*

….Soon the electricity in his hands grew stronger…

*inate skill learned [ create Lightning] [Lightning manipulation]

James opened his eyes and stared at the lightning in his hands with a mix of emotions.