Seeing the decisive leaps he was making in his comprehension of Shadow Manipulation, Luck felt the same was possible for his Bone Manipulation.
(I need to be a bit creative) Luck thought as he stretched out his hands, causing the bones from an open corpse to disassemble and float towards him.
As he learned, he had found out that it was much easier and mana-saving to manipulate already existing bones instead of creating them out of thin air. Although materializing them was also easier than trying to manipulate the bones of a living creature.
He had already experimented with Luke with this.
(Am I a bad brother?) Luck thought, though he didn't feel a shred of guilt. If he succeeded, he could always reverse it, right?
Luke stepped falteringly as he looked at his brother. He didn't like the look in his eyes; it made his spine tingle.
Luck shook his head, expelling any unnecessary thoughts. That type of bone manipulation was still way above his power.
(I guess it's better to focus on what you're good at) Luck thought as he sighed.
The bones of the beast floated around him as he studied them, watching semi-amazed as they turned semi-liquid while he manipulated their structure.
They folded, stretched, and compressed as he bent their shapes to his whims, finally settling for a pair of whips.
Luck wasn't satisfied yet, though (Too simple)
The ends of the whips changed again, forming a pair of hands, serrated claws replacing fingers.
Luck smiled brightly at the result, moving his creations as though they were his own limbs.
*Ding*
[Congratulations! You have created the skill [Bone Hans(Av)!]
[Congratulations! Your Bone Manipulation has increased in proficiency!]
[Congratulations! You acquired the title [Beast Slayer]
Luck already expected the first two messages, but the last one caught him by surprise, causing him to push his new spell to the back of his head.
"Titles"
His soul book appeared immediately, flipping to the page it was called out for.
[Titles]
[Beast Slayer(Av)]
Able to deal 10% more damage to beasts of all kinds.
(Well, that was pretty straightforward.) Luck thought as he shook his head in disappointment. On the bright side, though...
"It's a start," Luck muttered as he waved his arm, causing the constructs to shoot forward, latching onto an unsuspecting boar and digging into its ample skin into the soft tissue below
*Squeeeeeeeee*
The boar squealed in pain, thrashing around in an attempt to get rid of whatever was causing him to suffer.
Luck covered his ears in annoyance as he waved his arm again, "Shut up."
*Puchi**Puchi**Puchi*
*Thud*
The boar collapsed onto the floor, dead with three pristine white spikes sticking out of its sides.
"That's better," Luck said evenly as he noticed dozens of other boars rushing towards him. He grinned darkly, causing the boars' killing intent to dim considerably due to the unexpected reaction. They seem to be having second thoughts.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
"Bone Hands," Luck whispered underneath his breath as four more hands appeared behind him, adding to the existing two.
The carnage began