9 year old (4 years in DxD)
I looked at my hands where a round ball of magic continue to form and move around, ones in a while it would be extinguished, but I powered it back up.
This was a pure magic manipulation to increase my control over my magic, the ball was the energy that was just formed and I traversed the magic through my body to my hands and from there shaped it like a ball.
This was an exercise that I thought of myself, thinking that I was wasting way more magic; I had first done as Robert has suggested. That had made me more aware of my magic as well as my senses. After that, I had started to make it harder still as I started to run with only a singular sense.
Like navigating an area using my only nose, then increasing my pace as the exercise began to make me more aware of my surroundings. This also increased my balance as tripped a lot. A lot was an understatement, I can use my nose and ears to identify what is in front of me, but stones on the ground are difficult to identify.
If the weather condition worsened, that added more difficulty. Taking all that into account it was safe to say that I had a memorable year.
Still, I was happy with how my life currently is; there is no particular worry apart from making myself powerful. I am working on that steadily, in both the chakra and magical departments.
I know in the next few months, I would get my second wings. I did get my fifth tail though, that was a day of celebration and for that, I bought myself a phone. It was a miniature computer with lots of gigs, as good as any computer. That enabled me to see what the news was in real-time as well as provide lots of information to improve myself.
This was in the way of exercise; I put a cabinet aside for my weights, which were constructed using alchemy. This time I started with only wood and first converted the wood into metal, this took a lot of time to perfect, simply because I had to do it perfectly. Picturing wood converting to iron was simpler than steel, as while iron only contained mainly iron, steel contained iron with a variety of different elements.
Then I made my own weights, it was just making circular iron blocks with space in between for the rod. Taking this in mind, I made the rods, both smaller and larger ones with a lot more care as they would be straining in between.
With weights, I could train easily as I just increased the gravity upon them whenever I was able to do the full set of my exercise without much strain. A full workout consisted of 4 hours of doing different things; the internet was really a good thing.
I used a lot of searching techniques that were used by me to extract relevant data in my old world, here to the internet was filled by junk and only little was actually useful to me. Still, I used the available information to both help me in my physical department and a magical one too.
With the additional increase in my magic and my control I was finally able to master Rasengan, I went through all three steps, using alchemy to make the balls and balloons, while it is a power hog, and it is an excellent technique that doesn't need that much chakra to maintain.
I love this life that I now have, the purchase of my house was really the best thing that I could have done. While I could have saved the money that was spent on the house and spent in the forest sleeping on the floor, it only looks good while listening or reading about it. There are so many things that are wrong with that setup.
First is the thing continues to weigh up on you, you continue to think about alternatives and there is a restlessness that is present in you. You know that the way things are you are living on the edge, with no comforts just going through the motions. A house can change your mind very quickly. It is a place where the outside world doesn't matter that much.
Then there were animals in the forest that I have to take into account, having to wake up in the night to feel that there are a lot of ants on your body or there is a small animal that has crawled into your habitat are very bad situations.
Even if I was a criminal or a slave to someone, at least I was enjoying my life, I was able to sleep on the bed, use a mirror to admire myself, have a warm comfortable towel around me to wash. These things may look small but by thinking of what could have been they all add up and making your conditions a depressing place.
I am a hundred percent sure that buying a house is the best choice, even though I would have continued to save my money nothing much would have happened. It took about one year of hunting low and mid-class animals to get me 700 gold coins; I would have to continue to save for a few years to just make the contract that I have on my head abolished.
Taking into account that I am an accessory to a high-class murder, that case might open up ones more as I was able to pay such a large amount in such a short amount of time. They consider me dead or on run currently and I don't want to change any opinion on that account.
Even if I prove that I killed him in self-defense, I would be showing my position to a lot of different groups, I would have to tell my account of how things went and there would be many would want a low-class devil without many recourses was able to kill a high-class devil.
With all that it was really an easy choice to buy the house, I was thinking of naming it but thought that was a little too dorky and as such shelved that thought.
All that aside, I was content with my lot; I have 350 gold coins saved for rainy day, spent some on the mobile phone and accessories. I had my clones study the medical field from the net in conjunction with trying different things on fished using medical chakra.
Still, now that I know a lot about the body and how it can be healed, I have to do something about my non-existing increasing in Mystical palm Jutsu. I thought what to do and then taking the problem apart, I concluded that the main problem was fishes or insects that I could experiment upon.
I was high up on the hills and as such there was no river or pond nearby where I could catch fish to experiment upon. With that now identified, I took a wood log and started to convert it into a sheet of metal, after some time and a lot of magical energy I was able to do so, it was crude and uneven at places but it was a sheet all right by the time I spent all my magical energy. Then I thought of the correct location to make a pond.
I can't make one near my house as that would attract more wildlife and birds as such I looked around the mountain and after some thought concluded that rather than going up, I can make a pond at the base of the mountain.
It was easy to make it there as I will not have to fill it myself, I will just make a large hole some distance away from the mountain when the rain would come (it comes frequently) it would be filled easily as I would just make trenches that lead to the pond.
All I have to do now is to make my sheet of metal a proper spade, it would take a whole day to get it right but that was alright, there were still things to do before I could start digging. Which side should I make the pond; there were some very different animals all around me, I have to be aware that whichever side I choose, doesn't eat my fishes. I have to set up a schedule to clear out the area of all the animals then integrate it into my hunting schedule.
So much work to do, I looked down to see that the ball of magic was still moving in a circular direction in my palm. This world was a lot different in the department of power level, here you can get powerful in a variety of ways, in just one year, and I was a lot better in controlling my magic as well as increased my chakra abilities.
Leaving the thing about the pond, for now, I stood up from my meditating position and stretched my body. With one last stretch, I went toward the house to freshen up.
The next day
I had properly thought about the pond last night and concluded that the area of wild boars was a good position; it was bad as feral hogs do eat fish on occasion but I can easily keep the population of hogs down.
The rest of the choice was not that good as while elephant doesn't eat fish they are way more powerful and travel in a herd. In comparison, wolfs are both dangerous and eat fish so they were right out of the selection.
With that in mind, I started to jump downwards using chakra to stick to the surface of the rocks; I kept in mind to keep my winds tucked as there was a lot of wind on the slope.
I didn't empty my magical core today as during my digging there was more than even chance that I could encounter a fight. I had prepared before hand for this situation, I had my sword and a variety of other essentials with my medical kit was in my inventory if things went bad.
It was only a slight challenge to reach the bottom, I have perfected the various routes to reach the base of the mountain, and I can even do this with my eye closed. After reaching the bottom, I pulled out my suppressor and wore it as I didn't want to give my position away.
I began to travel toward the area that I marked while looking at this area from the top of the mountain, I didn't even have to watch my body, due to constant practice of stealth, my body is moving without generating any noise, and it was automatic by this point.
I first wanted to assess the area properly, I don't want any unexpected surprises and with that in mind I began to climb up the trees, it really was the best way to travel the forest.
I reached the area that I marked using broken chair parts that I threw from the top. It was one of the old apartment one, it broke in an accident when I was sleeping on it.
I then pulled the spade that looked a lot better, than taking it as a marker drew a circle of about 5 meter in radius, it was a little uneven due to a single tree in between, but it was better this was as I can just catch fish while sitting on top of the branches. It would work as good camouflage.
Taking that as a point I began to move in the forest while taking special care to spot the variety of plants and animals. While looking around the area I spotted a single boar roaming around, looking around it to see it was really alone, I began to go near it, it was moving away from my site.
It was a medium-sized boar and probably just entered his adulthood, I spent a movement looking at it then mapped its route, taking in account its speed, and I ran a little further in the direction. As I had emptied the meat box for the transportation of fishes today, I refrained from making traps and looked around.
I didn't find any other boar with that done, I traveled back to my marked area and after taking off my shirt, I used the spade to dig the marked area. I will have to make the pond a little deep as if the depth is slanting or only a few feet, boars can easily go inside the pond to wash themselves making the pond dangerous for the fishes, many will die if any mid-ranked animal began to use magic.
I made a clone to both keep a look out and to practice leaf-cutting exercise, I don't know what my element is, but with no way of knowing, I choose the freest to use, as you don't need that much hand seals for wind Jutsu, just controlling chakra ones and directional ones. It is one of the most offensive elements, which made it best for me.
I will also be able to use Rasenshuriken Jutsu; it doesn't have any major requirements, wind release and Rasengan being the only requirement, of course, you need to have a medic nearby as during the process of learning there is a very real chance you can injure yourself.
I began to carefully dig the ground, using extra care to not make sound, as that would attract attention; I focused more on digging and as such when my clone did a chakra pulse, I hit a rock with my spade making a clanging noise.
I focused on my clone to see him rolling his eyes toward me, I peeked from the hole, that I was in too see there was a single adult boar that was coming in my direction, it probably heard the sound and was now checking the area.
I concentrated on it some more and after noticing its movements, I concluded it was at a minimum mid-level as there was a fluidity in its movement that is absent in low-level animals. I took a stone from the ground and threw it. After that, I put my spade in the inventory.
The stone struck the trunk of a tree some distance away, the boar made a grunting noise and stopped for a second then he began to look around the forest, taking that as my chance, I jumped up from the hole and stuck myself to the trunk above using chakra.
After pulling myself up, I noticed my clone was on a higher up branch looking around us, I motioned him to remain there as I used tree-climbing exercise to move up the tree. He motioned me that he was going to burst, nodding I closed my eyes and waited for the new memories.
There was a small burst of smoke and then I knew why my clone was higher up in the trees, it looks like there is a herd of boars was in the area and they were moving toward this area.
I looked again to see that yes there were a lot of boars in the area, thinking about it, maybe the boar was asking others to come here, anyway, it looks like this area is full of them.
I can't kill them as there would be no profit in that after I have made them aware of my presence, they would just make their meat unhealthy. Looks like I have to wait for them to go away, I can pass the time doing something though.
With that in mind, I plucked a leaf from the tree that I was on and began to cut through it, well more like, make a small cut as I can only do that currently. I was only able to concentrate the wind in a small area.
While doing this, I noticed that the boars were making grunting noises and looking all around the clearing, one of them even checked the hole I made just now.
It continued for a few minutes when suddenly the grunting got a lot louder and multiplied too, leaving the leaf for a second, I concentrated on the surroundings to notice there were a lot more boars than before.
Then I noticed a large, about 2-meter long adult boar that just screamed his presence came in the clearing, he first communicated with the already present lot, he made his way toward the hole, he looked at it for a second then thumped his snout on the ground.
At ones all the soil that I had taken out was deposited back in the hole, I cursed, that was 2 hours of my time you snot-filled boar, I was so tempted to come out of hiding and kill all of the boars in the ground. Controlling myself, I breathed deeply for a minute, when I was sure my emotions were not controlling me, I looked around to see that all of them were going off in different directions, looks like they were checking all the area.
This must be a proper pack, with alpha controlling the pack properly. That just made him a huge target for me; I am going to kill that boar. That's for sure, it is just waiting for the game for some time, till they stop their movements, then I can plan how to kill the alpha.
First thing first, that was a high-class animal, meaning he must have some control over magic, especially ground magic as he was able to control the soil very easily. Secondly, I can't kill him when he is near the herd as the lower level would just sacrifice themselves to give the alpha time to run away or attack me.
Thinking about that, made me realize that traps would have to be done carefully, I looked around to see alpha going off in the direction of the river, tailing him from the treetops, I maintained some distance while looking for other boars, and they were searching the nearby area.
High-class animals are sold at a lot more price simply because their body contains a lot of magical energy and many chefs can make dishes that provide spectacular results, like an increase in control of a specific element after eating them for some time. Potion makers can use their bodies for a variety of results too. With that in mind, I never let the boar get away from me.
I had left the high-class animals near my home, simply because I was not sure I would be able to kill them that easily. Now, that I have a lot more chakra and know a Rasengan properly, that is old news. I can kill him if any member of his pack doesn't attack me.
The alpha situated itself near the river and began to take a nap, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity. I silently began to roam all around the area to familiarize myself and to kill the boars present in the nearby area.
I found three boars nearby and all of them were relatively easy to kill, I just had to use my genjutsu to make them sleep then rotating their neck to kill them and then putting them in the box.
After making the final run, I found the alpha still sleeping; it looks like this is my lucky day. I went through the hand seals to take him to even deeper sleep and after doing that, I began to walk toward it silently.
When I was near the boar, I first thought of killing him similar to his pack mates but then, shook my head. The alpha was a high-class animal, it should be able to overpower me for a short amount of time. I also had no way of knowing whether he had a way of affecting his skin using magic. I took out my sword as that can penetrate his skin.
I made a clone and after giving him a signal of three, we both situated our self on either side of the boar. Signaling him with one with my mouth, I lifted my sword upward; my clone copied the motion and then motioning him the location as I mouthed two.
At three, both of us, made a swift movement toward the area that I marked before. The sword dug deep into the neck on both sides of the boar, there was a movement that I thought the attack had killed the boar.
That thought was disabused when the alpha, grunted loudly while his body vibrated so fast that both the swords that were in the body broke. After that, he looked around and finding my clone, as I jumped up, toward the tree thinking of sneak attacking him ones again.
I looked at all the blood that the alpha was losing and shook my head, even with that much damage, the alpha was thinking of attacking first. The alpha thumped the ground and large stones shot out of the ground where the clone was standing.
The clone had seen the thumping motion though and as such just rolled to the side, but as soon as it tried to stand up, it got burst as small very fast stones burst from the mouth of the alpha.
Defeating the clone, the alpha thumped on the ground and released a loud grunting noise. Then it began to make his way in the forest. Thinking this was my chance, I started to form Rasengan in my hands while jumping from tree to tree.
Going a little forward, I used Sharingan to predict the movements and jumped from the tree as soon as the Jutsu was completely formed. I landed just in front of the alpha and ground the nose and mouth of the alpha.
Even with all the pain, the alpha tried to ram me, I jumped back so as to make some space while circulating more chakra in the Jutsu.
There was a lot of blood on the front side of the alpha, it looked at me with narrowed eyes and then tried to shoot more of the bullet stones. As I had an excellent grinder in my hand, I ran toward it while positing the Rasengan such that all the stones were coming in the center of the Jutsu.
Seeing as the small stones were not affecting me that much, the alpha charged toward me, as I was nearing him, I noticed that the ground near me was liquefying. It looks like he has more tricks up his tusks, still, I just used chakra surface technique to run properly on the surface.
I grunted at the force of the collision, even if the front of his face was grinding away, he was not retreating and instead increased the force toward me.
I increased the chakra in the Jutsu and after a short battle, in which both of us were trying to force each other to move backward, I noticed a flatter in his steps, I took advantage of that and further ground the damaged face of the alpha.
Finally, now that I was convinced that the boar was not faking I stopped the Jutsu and panted from the exhaustion. It was definitely a rush though.
I quickly checked my surroundings and taking into account that there were still other packmates, I heaved the alpha in the box.
After that, I took off up in the trees and traveled toward the base of the mountain. I would continue to make the pond tomorrow, I was too exhausted today.
Thoughts
Thanks for the reviews; I was not able to make time in between this week so had to do the formatting yesterday.
I went through the first six chapters again, corrected some mistakes and reposted them.
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