Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

Roven's words pulled the three out of their sudden clash.

They turned to look at where he was pointing, and took a step back at the sheer amount of their 'guests'.

"Shit, we should've made a run for it after killing these kobolds."

"Nah, it's better this way. Last time I didn't get the chance to fight."

Eric and Steve muttered before staring at each other as if they didn't like what the other said.

Felix had his eyes sparkling while watching the monsters walk toward them as he absentmindedly took a few steps forward.

"....more...", he liked what he was seeing as he could obtain more skill points from killing them.

Roven raised his hand sideways and stopped before Felix could dash onto the monsters.

"Wait Felix, there's more than 50 of them this time. It would be better if we handled this carefully."

His words woke Felix up, who concentrated on looking at the number of monsters ahead and nodded with a serious face.

As much as he wanted to cause a massacre and get all the points from killing the monsters, about 50 of them seemed a bit too much for him to handle, without using all of his skills that is.

If he was alone right now facing the monsters, then by using the skills Silent Steps, Earth Swimming and Earth Spikes, he would have killed all of them without a problem.

But unfortunately, that was not the case, he had to hide all of his power and only use skills like Ratio technique and Agility Burst in battles if there was anyone spectating him.

'Maybe I should create some skills that could be used in front of everyone which don't look that suspicious.....'

Giving that a thought, he decided he would spend some time thinking of a nice skill like that for a later time.

Seeing the 50 kobolds getting closer, Roven quickly gave a strategic order to the rest.

"Eric, you stay at the rear above the carriage and launch fireballs to the farthest kobolds. And Felix, you protect him from any of them getting near. Steve, you handle the left wing while I'll take the right. Now go!"

Ending his order, Roven launched himself to the right side of the road while Steve too followed and went to handle on the left side.

Eric jumped up on the carriage and started to create many fireballs which were smaller than the previous one, before throwing them to the farthest kobolds.

Felix stood before the carriage and waited for a few seconds for the kobolds to arrive, and when they did, he dashed ahead swinging his sword and started taking their lives.

While fighting, he took a glance at Roven and saw him beautifully weave his long sword, taking the monster's lives one by one without any mistakes in his accurate steps.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Steve was using his hands and legs, punching and kicking the kobolds all the while attacking them with his sword.

'Why can't he do one thing properly?'

Shaking his head, Felix watched a dozen fireballs flying above his head and crashing on the poor monsters.

The kobolds tried to dodge them, but their proximity to each other didn't allow them any space to move, resulting in every fireball causing huge damage and even deaths.

'These fireballs are sick!', he thought in his mind before gripping his sword tightly and slashing apart a kobold's neck.

'But the feeling of my sword sinking deep inside the monster's flesh...now that's addictive..'

Letting out a chilling smile, Felix ignored everything and pushed himself towards the kobolds, fighting at a faster rate to get the most kills, and the corresponding skill points.

With the four of them taking out the monsters from all four sides, the kobolds slowly fell until some minutes later, none of them remained standing.

Eric could be seen panting for breath on the carriage as the fireballs sucked him dry of all his mana.

Roven and Steve walked back from their sides while the latter mocked.

"That's pathetic, Eric. Just some fireballs and you're tired already? Talk about weak."

Roven looked at the boy speechlessly before giving him a jab on his head.

"Shut up, Steve. Look closely, Eric killed more kobolds than you here."

Surprised at his words, Steve rubbed his slightly painful head and turned to look at the still burning corpses of the many kobolds.

His face turned a bit red in embarrassment, but he gave a shrug not showing it.

"Whatever, at least I'm not panting like a dog."

Eric gritted his teeth and was thinking of a comeback, but Roven was quick and didn't want them to start another fight here.

"That's enough guys, we can't waste more time here, other monsters will be arriving here from the scent of the blood, so we got to hurry and leave."

Looking at Eric who was exhausted of mana, he walked over to the carriage and took out a potion from their supply sack.

"Here, drink this and burn those monsters blocking the way."

Swiftly snatching the potion, Eric downed it all in one gulp and stood up on the carriage again.

He didn't waste time and quickly conjured a dozen fireballs before striking the corpses blocking their way on the road.

The kobolds were reduced to ashes within minutes, and everyone jumped back onto the carriage.

Taking the reins, Roven jerked up the horses who started walking past the corpses and moving onward toward their destination.

Sitting at the back of the carriage, Felix had a huge smile on his face as he saw the amount of skill points he got on the road.

'220 skill points and we're just starting the mission, huh? It seems there's going to be a lot of fun later too. Now let's think about a nice skill I thought of before....'

Turning to stare at the blazing sun above the branches of the trees, Felix started to ponder silently.

But too bad, there was a chatterbox sitting beside him, and it seemed the boy didn't like the silence.

"Hey, you saw that Eric? The dude got nothing except for his red balls, haha..."

Letting out a sigh, Felix wondered how Roven dealt with these teammates of his.

*****

A few hours later, the carriage finally arrived across some human settlements, before it reached Wuller Town's gates.

Overall, the appearance of the town from the outside looked a bit empty, as no other people were entering or leaving the town except for them.

A scene that was the complete opposite of what they could see at the gates of Edenmont City.

A guard standing near the gates walked over and asked for their identification, to which Roven showed him their guild cards.

Looking at their identities, the guard gave them a deep look and let them go ahead.

Slowly, their carriage started moving and entered the town through the gates.

The guard gave them a side look as they moved inside the town and hurried out into the forest with an excited face.

Felix and Steve poked their heads out of the carriage and gazed around at the town.

"Why is it so.....empty?", Steve muttered while looking around the town, trying to spot anyone.

Felix wondered the same.

As a town situated near one of the nice great cities, Wuller town should have been bustling with activities too, but what they were seeing told them otherwise.

"Maybe it has something to do with the bandits, which made the people staying near the entrance evacuate deep inside the town.", Roven replied with a frown on his face.

Moving deeper, they finally saw some people moving about, but the people were acting cautious and walked hurriedly while keeping a distance from others.

It looked as if they were scared of something, and didn't want to get themselves in trouble as they kept their heads low.

Felix moved his eyes here and there, staring at the abnormal footprints on the road.

He pointed at it and asked the others.

"Hey look at that, isn't that strange? It looks as if some horses were running a race over here."

Staring down, the others too saw the strange footprints and nodded their heads.

"Yeah, that looks as if dozens of horses made a mess running all around the town. And it's not just here, they're all over the Town's road.", Roven stated with narrowed eyes.

Steve made a serious face and gave his analysed opinion.

"I think I know what happened here."

The three turned to look at him, especially Eric who had his eyes wide in surprise.

'No way....this guy? There's no way he knows what happened....'

Felix nudged the serious-faced boy and asked curiously.

"What do you think?"

Steve gave a light cough and pointed at the footprints before answering.

"I think a butcher was chasing after the horses to kill them, and they were all running away from him."

Hearing his words, Roven and Felix narrowed their eyes and thought about it.

Eric was left speechless as he retorted in a disbelieving tone.

"Wait! There's no way you guys think he got the truth, right? I mean, why would a butcher out of everyone be running after horses in this deserted town??"

Shaking his head, Roven replied with a frown.

"Steve's guess is not that strange. With most of the people leaving the town, there must be some kind of scarcity for food. So the butcher must be out of livestock to sell and went after the horses. Its a plausible reason."

Felix stared at the shocked Eric who still had disbelief on his face, and turned towards Steve who too had his eyes widened in surprise thinking they bought his random guess.

Suddenly, Felix's eyes lit as he thought of something that could help them.

"Wait here guys, I'll be right back.", saying so he jumped out of the carriage and walked over to a pole at the side of the road.

The others turned to look at him curiously wondering why he got off all of a sudden, but they saw that he was just standing still near a pole.

"Is he taking a piss?", Steve asked tilting his head out.

Roven and Eric shrugged not knowing the reason either, but they too thought the same.

On the other hand, Felix touched the pole and muttered hopefully.

"Flashback."