Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Crabhammer

Health: 1500/1500

Mana: 1000/1000

Stamina: 500/500

Active Skills: Water Bullet Lv 70, Steel Claw Lv 90

Passive Skills: Underwater Resistance Lv 40, Water Absorption Lv 50

Sharp Starfish

Health: 1200/1200

Mana: 1100/1100

Stamina: 1200/1200

Active Skills: Water Slash Lv 50, Adhesive Touch Lv 90

Passive Skills: Swim Lv 50, Water Absorption Lv 40

Plant-Tentacle

Health: 8265/15000

Mana: 10000/10000

Stamina: 5000/5000

Active Skills: Water Arrow Lv 70, Steel Tentacle Lv 60

Passive Skills: Swim Lv 30, Water Absorption Lv 50, Whip Mastery Lv 40

Each of those monsters was pretty much a small fry that Leon could kill with a single thought. However, against a thousand of them, Leon couldn't do help but pray that Darya would watch his back. Both of them would stay alive as long as they keep Mana Armor active, but they would die if the supply of mana liquid inside the container of steel Leon created that was again connected by a hose to their bodies gets destroyed. Leon felt like he was over-dependent on that kind of thing. But in the end, that silly plan had saved them from being overwhelmed by hundreds of aquatic creatures.

At first, Darya felt like increasing her aim by using Earth Bullets to kill those monsters. However, when they started to get too close, she copied Leon and began to explode their heads. Starfish and the tentacle-plants had no heads, but ripping them apart was enough to kill them.

Fortunately, that was the only massive wave of monsters that they had to deal with. The battle ended after ten minutes, and after waiting for a few hours, no other monster came... it looked like the smell of blood attracted all monsters nearby, and they would have to wait for the next day to do that again. Still... Leon and Darya were pretty much okay with that.

"Phew... those things and their tentacles scared me." Darya frowned.

Leon wondered if that was some kind of feminine instinct, even though he wasn't a woman, he felt threatened by them... probably because the Kraken and its tentacles surprised him early. It was better to think that instead of imagining something more traumatizing.

"Let's clean this place up and see if we obtained anything," Leon said.

Leon wondered if he was getting lazy by moving the bodies of the monsters to the center of the island by using Telekinesis, but in the end, that was the fastest method to get rid of any evidence that a battle happened there. They did obtain some magic items, but everything was pretty much trash. Amidst that pile of corpses and trash Leon found a single tome.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Earth Wall.

Cost: 15 mana

Cooldown time: 10 seconds.

"Yep, it is useless considering that I have three other spells which can guarantee my life as long as I have mana."

That being said, it was another type of spell Leon could learn to obtain some status points. Speaking of status points, Leon obtained a few during the battle. However, instead of allocating them, he put a single point in intelligence because he wanted to see how much his damage would increase. He recalled the damage the Kraken received in mid-air... now he just has to repeat that... he just has to put himself in danger again, just to satisfy his curiosity.

"... I'm utterly stupid." Leon let out a long sigh.

"Why are you so down after winning such a battle?" Darya frowned.

"I was just thinking about something else... you can rest now," Leon said. "I will get rid of the Kraken."

After making sure that the monster had no air inside its body, Leon moved the creature to the ocean and covered all of its body with a layer of steel. After that, the corpse sank. After losing the sight of the monster's shadow, Leon returned to the island.

The next day, Leon did the exact same thing after filling the steel containers he created with mana liquid. He looked for a Kraken and gave the monster the chance to attack him... but once again, he escaped.

Kraken

Health: 8258/15000

Mana: 10000/10000

Stamina: 5000/5000

Active Skills: Water Cyclone Lv 150, Suction Lv 90, Dark Ink Lv 80

Passive Skills: Swim Lv 80, Water Absorption Lv 150

After killing the Kraken and facing a couple hundred more enemies, Leon did the math. A single point of intelligence increased the power of his lightning by 0.1 percent. Most likely, the level up of the skills made things more efficient instead of just increasing the power, since somes skill don't cause damage or need a target like Cook or Craft.

In the end, even though Leon satisfied his curiosity, he ended up with one more question on his head... Was it better to keep increasing his mana, or to increase his intelligence instead? In terms of raw math, allocating one point of intelligence was also like increasing his mana pool effectiveness by 0.1 percent. However, without mana, he couldn't keep spells like Haste active for long periods of time...

"So incredibly annoying..." Leon sighed.

Leon managed to come this far without anyone giving him guidance. He was actually the one who provided guidance to others. Although it was shameful considering the things he managed to accomplish by himself, Leon wanted a master too. Someone who would know all the answers and get rid of Leon's worries... such convenient existence would be greatly appreciated. However, instead of something like that falling on his lap, Leon practiced Earth Wall, while he was trying to learn the other versions of that same spell.