Free World Seed: Game Start by Justin Miller

felt. This was the difficult
part, I found. Attuning myself to a school of magic was one thing,
but mimicking the magical aura of something felt entirely different.
In the end, I drank one of the potions anyways after ten minutes.
Immediately, the scab fell off and my wound faded away, with my
health finally rising to maximum.
    Another
hour of practice, and I felt like I had managed to mimic the feeling
of the blood weed. It was just for a moment, but in that moment it
felt like I was holding the herb in my mana again between my hands.
The realization of that surprised me so much that I lost the feeling
right away.
New
Skill Acquired!
Mana
Signatures – Beginner Level 1
    Exp:
0%
    This
skill allows the user to alter their mana signature to match a
studied object. Higher levels may allow the user to conceal their
aura entirely, or blend it with their surroundings.
    The
presence of the skill caused another burst of excitement, and I
foolishly thought that possessing the skill would automatically
enable me to repeat the action. Have I learned nothing yet? It took
another ten minutes to regain the sensation of mimicking blood weed,
but I was slowly growing better.
Wisdom
+1
    Messages
like that appeared every now and then while I was practicing,
probably showing that I was learning how to control my mana better.
The third time, it took me three minutes to get the feeling of blood
weed, the fourth only one minute, and after that I was able to
produce the feeling after only a few seconds.
    The
next thing I needed to practice was the fireflower petals. Only the
petal, because I didn’t use the rest of the plant in the
recipe, and was unsure of what the result would be. So, plucking
another petal, I put it between my hands to focus. Again, I was able
to get the feeling of it after a little while, and started to try to
reproduce it.
    Thankfully,
I at least knew how to shift my aura this time, so it didn’t
take too long to match the aura to the herb. But like before, I kept
repeating the process until I was able to do so in a matter of
seconds. Of course, my mana supply wasn’t unlimited, so I had
to take a break for a half hour while I ate some more stale bread.
But after that was done, I got back to it, and finally managed to
replicate the aura.
    The
next step was likely going to be the hardest. Three petals of
fireflower and two stalks of blood weed made twenty potions. So,
first I needed to test how much mana it took to replicate a single
blood weed or flower petal, then divide it by the appropriate amount.
For instance, I’d need only a tenth of a blood weed, and just
over a tenth of a petal.
    This
process easily took me another hour before I got the individual
components correct, and by now I had earned a total of 8 wisdom
through all of this. But now I was finally able to produce the
feeling of blood weed in one hand, and fireflower petals in the
other, then mix them together. Once the two sensations mixed, I was
presented with a whole new healing, a warmer and gentler one. And now
that I knew how to do this, I’d be able to do so in the future
much more easily.
New
Spell Developed!
Alchemic
Heal – Nature Magic Spell – ★☆
    This
spell allows the user to replicate the effect of healing potions
through their magic.
    Mana
Cost: 10
    I
smiled as I saw that this spell registered as half a star higher than
my others, but afterwards I laid back on the giant leaf and let
myself fall asleep. It had been a long day, and the sky was already
dark after I finished practice.

Chapter 8:
Vengeance Rides Upon the Wind
    A
few hours later, I awoke with a start, my body drenched in a cold
sweat. Fucking bunnies…
    The
experience the day before had actually left me with a nightmare,
where I was being chased through the woods by a pack of horned
rabbits with blood red eyes. Of course, I was the one rabbit sized,
and they were giants. The dream ended with them picking me up and
slowly eating my body, one adorable nibble at a