Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

"Two down, now six left..."

Felix jumped down from the trunk of the fallen tree after killing the Rank 2 Orc.

He surveyed his surroundings and detected many Orcs gathering in his direction.

"That was too loud I guess....", he smiled wryly as the sound of the tall tree crashing down must have alerted the nearby Orcs.

'Oh well, I better start the show before every one of them arrives.'

Felix flicked the blood off his sword and started running towards another group of Orcs, ignoring the wounded Rank 1 Orcs around him.

When he reached near to the group while under the effect of his 'Silent Steps' skill, he initiated the confrontation.

'Quicksand!'

The land a few meters before the Orcs started to soften, turning into a sludgy area.

A few seconds later the Orcs who were rushing at the scene arrived there, and one by one started to sink into the ground.

They didn't feel anything at first as their attention was on the massive fallen tree at the front, but after stepping deeper into the quicksand, they finally felt the struggle.

"Khweeh?!"

The Rank 2 Orc who was leading the group shrieked in confusion when it found that it couldn't take out its legs from the ground.

The other Orcs too struggled, pulling and pushing at each other to come out of the quicksand, but that only made them sink deeper.

Felix suddenly appeared out of nowhere from a corner and used another skill as he dashed over.

"Earth Spikes!"

A dozen spikes emerged out from the quicksand area, all of them striking at the Rank 2 Orc.

The Orc was already in an alert state, so when he saw the earth below him changing and forming sharp spikes, he hurriedly started swinging his weapon.

It was able to defend itself from a few of the spikes, but when the attacks came from all directions, the Orc got stabbed and suffered from several of the sharp spikes.

Felix skipped over from the outer region of the quicksand by jumping on the earthen spikes and arrived beside the Rank 2 Orc while still standing on one of the spikes.

"Let me end your pain."

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He raised his shortsword into the sky, and under the horrified gazes of the nearby Orcs, Felix performed a clean cut, directly cleaving off the Rank 2 Orc's neck while it was constrained by the spikes.

[You have killed a being higher than your own rank.]

[You have gained 100 skill points.]

The death of the Orc seemed to have angered the rest of the Orcs as they roared in unwillingness and started thrashing around the quicksand to move towards the human.

Felix saw that he was completely surrounded by the dozen Orcs in the middle of the quicksand as he calmly stood on one of the spikes.

The Orcs raised their weapons in bloodlust, wildly charging at Felix as they thought they had gotten him for sure this time.

But amid their chaos, Felix smirked teasingly and dropped down from the spike, his figure merging into the quicksand ground as he disappeared from their sights.

When the Orcs finally struggled off the semi-solid ground and arrived at the scene, all that was left there was the headless corpse of the Rank 2 Orc with no traces of the human.

"Ghraaawhh!!"

The Orcs roared in frustration and anger as they again failed to kill the human who was hunting their kinfolk.

*****

On a different corner of the forest.

A silver-haired boy came out from the ground with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Three dead and five more to go..."

Including the first two Orcs he had killed at the village, he had now killed five Orcs, giving him a total of 500 skill points.

"This is way better than getting only 10 skill points for every kill. I guess that's why the strongest always gets the most benefits."

With an excited gleam of a hunter in his ruby eyes, Felix looked in the direction of the fallen tree and noticed two new groups of Orcs arriving from a different location.

He started sneaking his way towards them using Silent Steps and hid at a spot behind a tree where the two groups would eventually meet.

'Terra Drain.'

As he waited, Felix activated his healing skill and absorbed the plentiful nutrients directly from the earth to replenish his stamina and vitality.

Though it didn't require him to have mana or any other energy to use the skills he created, using them without a limit would put a strain on his stamina and mental health.

That was why he too needed adequate rest and meditation to recover from his tired state unless he acquired a skill that would neglect these side effects.

'That kind of skill would cost a lot considering its usefulness. I should think of this in the future, and for now, create skills that would aid me in all the coming situations...'

Healing himself as he stood unmoving under the shadow of the tree, Felix sank in his thoughts and remained there until he felt the aura of the Orcs arriving.

He peeked out and found that the two groups of Orcs had arrived and were busy helping the other wounded Orcs.

The Rank 2 Orcs leading the two groups were checking on the corpse of their fellow kinfolk, their expressions a mix of fury and...fear.

The both of them discussed something amongst themselves and started commanding the rest of the Orcs to do something.

The other Orcs nodded and scattered away in different directions, leaving the area of the vicinity.

Meanwhile, the two Rank 2 Orcs stayed together as they surveyed their surroundings.

Felix who saw all this happening had a strange look on his face as he muttered.

"What're they doing...?"

As the other Rank 1 Orcs moved away from the area, he realised that this may be a good opportunity to take out the two of them without too much interference.

But something was bugging him at the corner of his mind as if he was being outsmarted by the Orcs.

He shook his head and concentrated his attention back on the two of them who were the only Orcs left in the surroundings.

'This is a nice chance, I better deal with these two before the others return.'

Coming out of his shadows, he sneaked his way towards the two Orcs with his movement skill activated.

When he reached about three meters near the Orcs, he commenced the battle with a skill.

"Dust Blast!"

A mini storm picked up from the ground, surprising the two Orcs before they were hit by dust and rocks.

The Orcs raised their weapons to their eyes to block the dust and prepared to counterattack as they had already seen him use the same tactics before in the village.

"Earth Spikes!"

The two Orcs who were charging towards him by resisting the dust storm were met with sharp spikes that randomly emerged from the ground around them.

They dodged the spike attacks, but simultaneously resisting the dust and dodging the spikes was not possible for them as they eventually got wounded.

Blood sprayed out from several parts of their bodies which hurt more as the dust particles fell on their wounds.

Felix jumped ahead as he took out his sword and engaged in close combat with the already injured Orcs.

"Black Horizon Sword Arts: Assault Impact!"

He heavily attacked one of the Orcs, blasting it a few meters away and turned to the other Orc.

A few red marks appeared all over the large Orc as Felix used another skill on it, and attacked all of its weak points without mercy.

On one hand was the Orc who was tired and hurt from all the attacks, while on the other hand was Felix, who had just used Terra Drain and healed himself to his top health.

The result of the battle was obvious as the Rank 2 Orc got stabbed in its chest and succumbed to death as Corrosive energy drilled into its body.

[You have killed a being higher than your own rank.]

[You have gained 100 skill points.]

Felix pulled out his shortsword from the body of the dead Orc, which fell on the ground with a thud.

"It's your turn now."

He turned around and pointet his sword at the remaining Orc who was staring daggers at him in hatred.

The Orc held onto its wounds and gathered its strength, before raising its head and roaring into the sky with all its might.

"KKRRAAHHHWW!!!"

Felix clamped his ears in irritation, the roar was truly loud as it buzzed his mind and senses.

"Just shut up you damn Orc!", he shouted in annoyance.

And instead of stopping, the Orc continued roaring again.

This ticked off Felix who was about to use his skill on the Orc, but what happened next froze him on his spot.

"GRAAWWHHH!"×3

From different directions, three roars echoed as if they were answering to the roaring Orc infront of Felix.

The four Orcs roared aloud as the three from afar came running towards Felix while the other dozens of Orcs followed behind them.

"Oh, so that's why you were shouting, huh?"

Felix nodded in understanding as he watched many Orcs surrounding him from all the directions with their enraged and crazy expressions.

The wounded Orc had an evil smile on its face as it felt satisfied now that they had the human in the palm of their hands all according to their plan.

But unlike what it had expected, the human infront of them suddenly grinned widely under their subjugation.

"Now this is getting exciting....."