'This… this is what I get? From all those hundreds of god damned talents… I get this… bullshit.' Alan thought to himself as he stared at the last three remaining talents before him.
[ Slight Nature's Favour ] [ Level 1 ]
[ Feel slightly more at ease in natural environments. ]
[ When inside a forest gain +1 Agility. ]
[ Faint Nature Attunement. ] [ Level 1 ]
[ Very slight sensitivity to ambient Magic. ]
[ Increases User's perception of Nature and Spirit magic. 0 to 1% ]
[ Slight Natural Archer. ] [ Level 1 ]
[ Bows feel marginally more natural to hold and aim. ]
[ When holding a bow, gain the instant bare bones knowledge on how to use. ]
Reading the descriptions and buffs that each talent granted him, the furious expression on his face slowly dissolved as his eyes narrowed in focus whilst he raised his hand to hin chin and rubbed it softly in thought.
'This… isn't some bad. Slight Nature's favour is interesting but at the current level that it's at, it's just the worst option here. The two that are actually useful are the Faint Nature Attunement and the Slight Natural Archer talent. One gives me the ability to sense magic in the air? Or likely in nature whilst the other instantly lets me learn how to operate a bow, even if its just the basics, it's still not bad at all and all of them are level one which means they can be upgraded.' Alan thought to himself as he slowly sat down onto the grassy field and closed his eyes, it wasn't an easy decision to make as he would soon be entering a different type of dungeon and it would most certainly be much harder than the current one, there would be actual enemy monster inside.
'Let's just rule out the first one instantly, its useless. So, that leaves the other two. I don't have a bow at the moment and neither do I have the money to buy one or the knowledge on how to use one. So yeah, guess there really wasn't much of a choice but even if there was, magic is usually tied with intelligence right? And I do have a maxed out intelligence stat.' Alan thought as he quickly came to a decision and raised his right arm towards the holographic panel infront of him, opened his eyes and used his index finger to click onto the Faint Nature Attunemnet trait.
[ Do you wish to pick 'Faint Nature Attunement' ]
[ Yes. ] [ No. ]
'Yes.'
[ Ding! ]
[ Talent has been selected. ]
[ Closing System Talent window until next selection. ]
[ Ding! ]
[ Faint Nature Attunement has been granted to the user. ]
Even as the system told him that the talent had been granted, he couldn't sense anything, atleast for a moment as his eyes widened slightly in confusion, however he soon noticed the change, it wasn't something he could ignore at all.
A faint sensation of pain was spreading throughout his entire body and then slowly converging towards his forehead.
The pain was mild for a moment, however it was quickly ramping up until the point where he slowly bent on himself, his hands holding his forehead.
'Ahh fuckkk. Why does it hurt so fucking much every fucking time! It's a magic fuckin' system. Make it instant damned it.' Alan thought as he felt the pain turn from a mild headache into what felt like someone was drilling with a screwdriver into his head from all sides at the same time.
And then the pain continued even further, growing exponentially as it moved from the sides of his head and directly into his eyes.
Two lines of blood started falling down, one from each eye, his eyes unable to even be narrowed or closed, the pain was blinding, he couldn't see anything, couldn't feel anything else but the pain that was currently ravaging his eyeballs.
Time passed, he had no idea how long or how quick it had been when the pain suddenly stopped as if a switch had been flipped, leaving as quickly as it had come. As if it had never happened, the only proof that it had even happened and he hadn't hallucinated it were the two lines of dried blood coming from his eyes and down to his chin.
And the other visual change. His eyes had changed just slightly, it wasn't noticeable really, it was barely a change, if at all, however they had gained the slightest bluish green tint to them.
Something that no human could ever notice, it was so small that even a supernaturally enhanced perception would have to try hard to spot the difference between how his eye colour had been and what it was currently.
Putting his hands flat onto the grass and slowly using them to lift himself up, Alan stood on his feet and looked around.
Everything appeared normal at least until his gaze fell upon one of the Straw Dummies.
It majorly looked the same, with the exception of the very miniscule and faint bluish aura that seemed to coat each part of the dummies, enveloping them in a faint bubble that was barely noticeable.
Walking closer to one of them curiously, he noticed it in closer detail.
He could barely see it, yet it was undoubtedly there.
'Is the thing covering it mana? So these things are made of it? Not actually real materials. In that case wouldn't that also?' Alan thought to himself as he quickly brought out both the basic wooden baseball bat and the rusted bread knife and held one in each of his hands.
As his eyes moved from the bat to the knife, he quickly confirmed his theory.
'Everything that the system has is giving off a slight magical aura thing, but the knife doesn't have one at all.' Alan thought as he noticed the slight mana enveloping the entirety of the baseball bat and yet the bread knife didn't have even a flicker of it. It was just that, a regular rusted bread knife that he had found in his run down kitchen drawer.
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