I continued trying out my new Techniques, they all packed more than just a mere punch. Their power was rather surprising, with a few Spirit Fists and Piercing Tree Kicks I was able to easily kill Hollows within the E+ Rank of strength, and with some more intensity and magic, even D Ranked Hollows were no exception.
Although I can also fight using my weapon and hitting things really hard by unleashing powerful blows, these physical attacks always spend some Mana and Spiritual Energy to be strong, the stronger they are, the more they drain away at my energy.
However, with these Physique Techniques, it is not the case, they require incredibly small quantities of energies to utilize, and pack a really strong power. However, I have yet to grow accustomed to fight physically , so maybe it would be good to take Karate Classes or something.
Unlike in Arcadia where I have a Player Avatar and I can activate and learn Skills without having to actually learn how to fight and everything else, in real life I cannot just button smash my way through… Well, I can, but that'll overspend too much Mana and Spiritual Energy.
In our last fight, I ended using all of my strength and energy and was too tired to properly fight against the Demon King when he manifested himself… If it wasn't for the Gods and my friends' aid, he would had managed to capture us.
So that's why I must develop a way to fight without overspending all my energy, especially in areas where I cannot expand my Spiritual Terrain to regain Mana and Spiritual Energy faster, such as Dungeons, which seem too infected with Miasma and Nether to do it effectively.
And because of that, I was considering taking some self-defense classes in a Martial Arts place. Not exactly Karate, I mean, whatever works…
"Phew… I am so exhausted. You didn't told us we were going to fight monsters today!" Rita complained. She had used her magic to crush many of the hollows.
"Well technically Hollows are the most harmless of monsters compared to everything else, they don't harm people unless they see or detect your Mana, and they just mostly wander aimlessly." Said Mark. "Though, with the increase in people with Magic, their attacks might be reported more and more."
"We've killed more than a hundred now though…" I said. "I think we've at least made the city more secure for the moment, until new ones form naturally."
"Haha, using a giant pickaxe to crush things was so fun!" Lily said. "Using magic in real life is really shocking… I never thought there could ever be such a thing."
"It is really shocking, isn't it?" I sighed. "Though, I wish we could go back to our more normal days…"
"I can't say I am not enjoying this a bit…" Mark said. "However, I guess you're right…"
"There's still a lot of questions without answers though." I sighed. "Like the relationship between Earth and Arcadia, and the Demon Kings… And everything else."
"What?! You two are so boring! This is awesome!" Rita said. "I love my magic; I can do the shores so easily now…"
"You're using magic to do shores?!" Asked Mark. "W-What about your family?"
"They can't see a single thing." Rita shrugged. "Anyways, we've got tons of loot here! What do we do with this?"
All over Lily's backyard, there were over a hundred black crystals glowing with black auras. They were all our loot or today's hunt. I was honestly feeling pretty tired right now, so I wanted to go back home and have a nap.
But we should use these items while we have them, might as well grow as strong as we can before getting surprised while being unprepared, right?
"Alright, let's do some little strengthening before leaving." I nodded. "Let's absorb these the old-fashioned way because it is more efficient than just absorbing the rocks right away."
Like that, we taught Lily how to do the magic circles to absorb Magic Crystals and we divided our loot equally between the four, so there wouldn't be any complains. Everyone worked together so it was quite fair.
The only bad thing about Hollows is that they only leave either shattered pieces of their masks, or tiny black crystals, or their black mud, none of them are edible, and are better off as materials for crafting, so we cannot enhance our physique by eating them.
[You have absorbed a tremendous quantity of high-quality Mana.]
[Hundreds of new Spiritual Runes have been inscribed within the Magic Circle.]
[Your Magic Circle has improved from Tier 2 Rank 8 to Tier 2 Rank 9.]
[Several New Spells have been created: {Spiritual Battle Aura}, {Spiritual Muscle Enhancement}]
[Your Magic Power has greatly improved.]
[You are growing closer to awakening your own Innate Ability.]
I heard the voice once more, whispering to my hears. I was wondering what this entity could be, but as I asked anybody if they knew, nobody had an idea. I was the only one that could hear her words.
"Do you know what this voice is?" I asked the Great Spirit.
"Hmm, I can faintly sense something speaking to your mind." She said. "But I have no idea either… Though, its origins seems to be this very world, somewhere… deep?"
"Deep?" I wondered. "You mean underground?!"
"I… Am not really sure. I am really unfamiliar with this world's magic or any entities." She said while shrugging. "The only thing I'm sure of is that there's another guy above the skies, I think that's the god you guys believe on, or something? He's tremendously powerful yet he only watches and does nothing else."
"So the voice is not from Earth's "god"…" I sighed. "Come to think of it, do you know what that god is? Is he similar to Arcadia's Gods?"
"Not at all." The Great Spirit explained. "He's a "god" artificially created from all of Earth's humanity's beliefs. It is complicated to explain, and this is as much as I've figured out. Though, the voice you hear seems to be coming from this planet itself…"
The planet itself whispers to my mind…?