Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

Felix walked out of the training room after spending three hours in there.

He was sweating buckets and gasping for breath from training by pushing his body to the limits to check his upgraded power.

But even though he was finding it hard to even walk from all the exhaustion, there was a huge grin on his face at the thought of having gotten stronger.

'Damn! Who knew only one potion would make me this powerful!', his eyes glowed fiercely remembering the nameless shop and the lady who had sold him those potions.

'What if I drink all of those potions at once? Won't I get a whole stronger than I already am?'

His thoughts got messed up as he felt greedy for more power and strength, but then he suddenly shook his head recalling what the lady had said.

'No. I can't do that! She said one potion once every three days, and there must be a reason why she said that, so I can't be careless about it....'

Felix didn't want to do something that would have an adverse effect, so he forgot about trying to do anything stupid and instead limped his way back to his room.

Taking one last bath for the day, he jumped on his bed with his tired body and drifted to his dreams.

"Zzzzz...."

The boy lay there, quickly falling asleep, and not mindful of the chaos he would bring to the arena of the underworld tomorrow.

.....

The next day, Felix woke up early as he had planned and sneaked out of the guild building without anyone noticing.

He took out his map and walked over all the way from there to the tavern he had exited yesterday.

And while walking over, he did not forget to quietly activate his Silent Steps skill and wear the black mask to hide his identity.

Arriving at the tavern, he kept the map and entered the lobby by swinging open the door.

Like the last time, the people there only gave him a glance and returned to their work.

But among them, one man stood up from his seat the moment he entered inside and walked over.

Felix looked at the man approaching him while wearing a gray robe and instantly knew who this man was.

'I still don't know his name but he's one of Mr.Dealer's men from yesterday.'

The robed man neared him and whispered in a low voice.

"Mr.Dealer is expecting you. Please follow me."

Then the man turned around and walked upstairs.

Felix already knew the reason he came to him, so he chased behind the man as they both entered into one of the rooms.

There was a hidden staircase path in the room which the man opened the way to and they walked inside.

After stepping down the stairs for about a few minutes, they arrived at one of the sparsely populated corners of the underworld.

The gray-robed man paid the guard a few coins and guided Felix all the way to the lonely house where Mr.Dealer had brought Felix yesterday.

Opening the door, both of them entered inside and saw a group of people present in the house.

"Swoosh!"

All eyes turned to them, especially on Felix as the gray-robed man swiftly made his way upstairs leaving him there.

Felix kept himself calm and glanced around the hall at the people staring at him.

There were a total of three of them, all wearing masks and slight armor with their weapons resting on them, ready to be used at any time.

Felix slowly moved his hand to his sword and gripped it as he became alert.

The hall was in absolute silence as the people there kept glancing at each other without speaking a word.

But the silence was abruptly broken as a voice from the stairs reached them.

"Ahem! Now now there's no need to be so guarded against each other, you guys will be working together as a team for this task."

Everyone turned around and saw Mr.Dealer walking down the stairs with his signature smile on his face.

The three of them stood up at his presence, while Felix walked forward from the entrance and stood beside them.

'So these guys will be working together with me?', he eyed them with more interest taking in their details.

Of the three, two were men and one was a woman, all wearing masks that hid their faces and wearing dark outfits.

Mr.Dealer arrived near them and said.

"How about we start by introducing all of you?"

The four of them nodded before one of the men walked forward and introduced himself.

"I'm Falcon, a zero-rank warrior using a sword and I've been participating in the arena battles for about two years now.", the man wore clothes like a swordsman with only his brown eyes revealed from his mask.

Felix raised his brows knowing this guy had been fighting in the underworld for two years when another man walked forward and introduced himself.

"I'm Bellard, a zero-rank warrior, and I fight with a hammer.", said the robust man standing 2m tall with his short hair and wearing a mask hiding his lower face.

He wore bulky clothes that could fit three Felix in there, and wielded a hammer behind his back that was about the same length as him.

The only woman in the room came forward and did the same.

"I'm Crystal, Zero-rank warrior. The weapon I use is a long sword."

She stood at an average height with every part of her body covered in women's warrior clothes except for her pair of shiny green eyes that weren't covered by her mask.

Seeing that it was his turn, Felix also went forward and introduced himself.

"I'm Phantom, Zero-rank warrior and I use a short sword as my weapon.", he went back to silence as everyone turned towards Mr.Dealer.

He nodded at their introduction with a smile knowing that he was the only one who knew their real identities and that they were still guarded against each other. experience-NovelFire

It was normal for them to behave like this because if they didn't, then he would have felt that he had made an error in selecting them for this task.

"Good!", he praised and continued. "As you all already know, I'm your one and only Mr.Dealer and you all have been invited here to participate in an important mission."

The four of them nodded seriously already aware of the fact that what they were about to do was dangerous and may even cost them their lives.

"I've already discussed with each of you the terms and the rewards of this deal, and what's left is to assign you guys your position and the battles that you'll be going to take part in."

Mr.Dealer motioned with his hand toward the empty side to his left, when suddenly the gray-robed man appeared like a ghost there.

The four of them were a bit surprised at the sudden appearance of the man, now knowing that this man was actually not just a worker but a master who could easily end their lives.

The gray-robed man handed Mr.Dealer a set of papers and vanished behind like a ghost, leaving the four of them who took a silent gulp.

Felix licked his dry lips as his eyes remained at the place where the man was standing just now.

'To think he could move so fast. No! it didn't feel like he was moving, almost like he teleported. Crazy....what rank even is he?'

Mr.Dealer glanced briefly at the several parchments of paper in his hand before giving the four of them one paper each.

"Take this. I've already scheduled your battles, all you have to do is go there and take part in it. Every one of you will be limited to three battles a day so that we don't alert them into thinking that we are acting against them.", he explained.

"Of course, they're not so dumb that they won't even notice it, but taking it slow will give us more time to plan and prepare for the next course of action."

After saying that, he waved his hands and materialized four bags in front of them.

Felix's and the other's eyes widened when they saw these things appear out of nowhere but the only woman, Crystal showed just slight surprise in her eyes.

'Holy! Is that the legendary storage ring or something?', Felix exclaimed in his mind eyeing the fingers of Mr.Dealer and noticing a strange ring that released a bit of glow.

Mr.Dealer smiled seeing their reactions and decided to motivate them.

"If you complete this task successfully then I'll be able to secure some of these rare space rings for you guys. So give it your all and win all those matches!"

The three men's eyes lit up at the chance of getting such a rare treasure and they replied seriously with vigor.

"Yes Sir!"x3

Mr.Dealer smiled while nodding to himself, but then turned serious as he warned them.

"Also, try not to talk or have conversations with your opponents because they may have ill intentions, and may try to misguide your minds into believing their lies."

Seeing them nodding at him, he gave one last advice.

"Let me remind you again. The people you will be fighting against are from the dark guilds, so never ever let down your guard, do you understand me?"

Hearing Mr.Dealer's warning, the four nodded firmly and decided to never show any weakness in their upcoming battles.

"Alright, you guys can go now. I'll be watching your fights from a distance and will protect you from any ugly tricks that they come up with. Now, goodluck in your battles and I hope you win."

Gripping the sheet of paper in their hands, the four of them slowly moved out from the house while the gray-robed man quietly accompanied them to the arena.

Watching them go, Mr.Dealer let out a tired sigh and shook his head.

"There's still a lot of work to do, I can't be getting tired now..."

The man went away to deal with various problems that needed to be handled for their missions to get completed without a hitch.

But hitches were not so easily taken care of, because they came at the time when it was the least expected.