I awoke to my mother weeping at the funeral for the two villagers who had died. She was holding me in her arms as usual. My parents had thought the fear from the attack had exhausted me and that was why I had passed out. Then they had let me sleep for a whole day. I had been so exhausted by my Mp reaching zero that I didn't even dream. Not that I would have been in a real sleep like stupor anyway. Since my soul changed, all my dreams have been vivid ones. I'm always aware that I'm asleep and can do whatever I want.

This time, however, had been like I blinked and here I was at a funeral. I held my tiny hand together and gave a prayer thanking the two elven men who died protecting us. I mourned their loss as I felt possibly responsible for their deaths. Of course, I felt sad; I'm not a monster!

Remembering the events that unfolded yesterday, I checked my status screen.

name

Juren

Knollen

Age 1 Yrs

traits

level

12

Unused

Pts

60

Elven swiftness

Elven talent

Elven longevity

Elven spirit

hp

225

mp

4260

Soul memory

str

0.3

Mp regen

360 min

Simultaneous thinking

end

0.3

chosen

agl

.3x10 = 3

Soul vortex

int

42

Wis

36

Cha

1(+50)

Con

0.3

I had 60 points to spend, and I had a good idea how to them. I now had access to magic! Oh, the things I can do now!, I thought. I noticed a discrepancy in my stats. I had one hundred and twenty more health and sixty more mana than I should. I asked why and a prompt popped up.

+10 Hp gained per level

+5 Mp gained per level.

Ah, so not all stats are just gained through points, I told myself. Health and mana points will increase automatically but spending ability points on Constitution or Intelligence will raise them further. Five Mp a level is better than nothing but a hundred Mp per point made spending points on Int worth it alone. Also, the system explained to me that the power of spells is increased two thirds by Int and one third by Wis. Wisdom was the source of mana regen and wisdom also controls how fast spell casting can be, at least... It normally does.

As I already knew elemental magic isn't affected by regular spell requirements. Since elemental magic casting is based on how strong the soul is and not system assisted. This didn't mean it would not help at all. The spell casting bonus was just an increase in the brains processing speed. I already knew I could cast two spells simultaneously. Something that would normally take years of training or reaching a high level. Both Intelligence and wisdom synergize, and they feed into each other. A mage needed to raise both stats to be effective!

So I spent twenty points on Int and twenty on Wis. Tired of always having to be carried around I Spent five points in Str and End each. last, I spent ten points in Agl because I felt it would be a waste of a ten times multiplier not to. Who knows? Maybe I'll find a way to get a skill that uses Agl to increase casting speed. I said to myself internally. I was also pretty sure my enemies would not just stand there and let me work my magic. I may need to run or fight in hand to hand combat as well. Despite the fact that it was a sixth of my earned point I did not feel they had been wasted.

I contacted Zotherg hoping he would be able to provide further advice for my future advancement. The ancient elemental nearly screamed my head off!

"Yeeeeeesss, you did it!" The elemental exclaimed in mind shattering volume.

"What?" I replied meekly.

"You crossed the threshold, my lord. You did what has never been done. You awakened your elemental powers as a mortal. As such you can use almost all elements and not just one like us." Zotherg explained excitedly in a now much lower volume.

"Why does that matter? Humans can cast all elements using spells." I pointed out.

I could hear deep breathing sounds before Zotherg replied. " Spells are slower and inefficient compared to our magic Juren. One has to put mana out into the air to draw a runic formation or speak a formula using immense mana to make it form. Most mages design their spells to pull some ambient mana in to supplement the cost, but that's where we're different my boy. We are natures children, and all excess ambient mana automatically feeds into our magic. It's why even Dragons fear us, even though they share a similar ability! Why did you think you could hold that panther down so long on a measly three thousand mana?"

I let the immense amount of information Zotherg said sink in. For the first time, I was aware of how special I had become. If everything he said was correct, then it sounded like I was practically a baby dragon! Well, baby true elemental to be more precise but all the same shocking. Ugh, one more thing to keep secret, I thought. It felt like I was becoming an Elf man of mystery! Well, I hear women like a man who is "mysterious".