Darius quickly darts back into the library, going deeper in to try and find another way out. He heads towards the back, hoping there is a back door he can leave through. As he reaches the back of the Library he hears howls from the front. He glances back before he looks around again, finding a door that leads further into the library he quickly enters and closes it behind him. He looks around for anything he can use to block the door, finding the remains of what looks like a hand cart.

He quickly picks it up and jams it against the door before he turns to run deeper into the building. He sees a sign of some kind on the ceiling, showing what looks like a person going through a door. He follows the arrow on it, turning down a corridor. He continues to run down the corridor as he hears something crash through the door.

He follows the signs down a few more corridors before he comes across a final door, he runs up to it and pushes against it. He feels it move just a little “Damn, is it blocked or something?” He says as he takes a few steps back, before he charges against it. It bursts open, sending a metal dumpster flying into the wall of the next building.

Darius looks around the alley, before he starts to run down the way leading away from the front of the library, preparing an Arcane Tendrils. He forces as much mana as possible into it, not focusing on it too much, before he hears a cracking sound coming from his hand. He stops as he looks at his hand holding the Arcane Tendrils confused as cracks spread across the spell template he made.

He looks at it surprised and confused as he tries to hold the spell together. The spell suddenly starts to expand quickly as a large quantity of mana is drawn into it. It takes over half of his mana before it starts to stabilize again, the spell itself looking similar if larger. Darius looks behind him, seeing the wolves coming down the alley. He frowns before he holds out the hand holding the Arcane Tendrils, which then blasts down the alley to land right behind the lead wolf.

The tendrils explode out with a loud boom, growing at an extreme rate to wrap around not only the wolves, but also the nearby rubble and trash, some of the tendrils even go through broken windows to wrap around the walls of the buildings surrounding the alley. As soon as the tendrils finish growing they start to pull back to the center, the wolves becoming a blur as they are pulled.

Darius looks away from the Arcane tendrils as he hears some splatting. He starts to run down the rest of the alley again, hearing the walls from the buildings being torn out as he reaches the end of it.

Darius doesn’t dare to look back as he continues to run through the streets, soon finding a place to hide. Once he feels safe a screen pops up.

You have gained the Skill [Mana Overcharge lvl 1]

Can charge spells with an extra 300% mana.

Increased levels reduce mana cost to overcharge

Increased levels increase amount of overcharge possible.

Skill level up [Arcane Tendrils lvl 10]

Radius increased to 8 metres

Damage increased by 50%

Mana cost reduced by 30%

Level up

Level up from level 10 to level 12

You have gained 20 HP, SP, and MP

You have gained 4 to all attributes, 24 to all regen, and 30 unassigned attribute points.

Trait Gained [Rational]

Double mana capacity gained from Intelligence.

Increases thinking clarity.

Darius can barely believe his eyes as he reads over the screens “Holy shit, just simply holy shit.” He mutters as he rubs his eyes. ‘Okay, I think I’m going to get at least wisdom up to 50, and I’ll try to get intelligence up there too.’ Once Darius confirms the changes another screen appears.

Trait gained [Experienced]

Doubles Mana regeneration gained from wisdom.

Gains 25% more experience.

Mana regen huh, I'll admit, with your build, not a bad choice

Darius looks around as he feels his mana regeneration, he slowly leaves his hiding place a bit more confident that he can deal with anything in here. He looks around as he continues to walk, deciding to head to one of the tallest buildings to get a look at what’s left of the city.

It takes him a while, and he doesn’t encounter any more wolves as he makes his way. When he gets to the building he heads inside, looking around for the stairs he walks around. The ground floor of the building has rubble and destroyed furniture spread throughout it, and he eventually finds the stairs in a corner of the building.

He climbs the stairs, keeping an eye out for any movement as well as trying to hear any sounds in the building. Nothing happens as he climbs, eventually reaching the top floor. He leaves the stairwell, heading into the floor.

Darius walks down the hallway, eventually stopping at a door and opening it. The room he finds himself in looks to have been a living room, with some kind of couch and table in it. He ignores them as he walks over to the windows, looking out over the city. Darius quickly notices a light flashing on and off on the other side of the city, in what looks to be an arena. ‘Well, looks like that is where I need to go.’