Chapter 25: CH 25
Still, it was enough. The beginnings of a plan formed in his head.
Harry spun on his heels and dashed towards the entrance of the tunnel that he had entered from.
Behind him, he heard the scuttling start up again. Seeing their prey run had apparently restored the spiders' confidence, and the rest of the murderous abominations weren't far behind. Harry ran as far into the tunnel as he could, trying to make sure that all of the Inferi and spiders were in the tunnel.
As soon as he felt confident enough with his position, he turned around, putting his hand together and pooling in as much mana as he could to the point where he could feel his lungs struggling in his chest. With a single thought, he ignited it and tossed it into the swarm of creepy-crawlies scuttling towards him.
It was less like the flamethrower Harry had hoped for and more like a controlled bomb, but it did a trick. Harry's magic sang as an immense shockwave and a wall of fire overtook the entire tunnel in front of Harry, incinerating anything in its path.
When the light faded from Harry's eyes, all that remained of his army of enemies were a couple of stragglers with burnt legs near the back, ashes, and a large number of coins and bills that looked like they'd total up to a fair amount of moolah.
Harry collapsed to his knees panting from exhaustion.
After a moment to catch his breath, Harry noticed a box in front of him as the Shield of Lily faded.
You have leveled up!
+5 stat points!
+50HP
+25MP
The exp he had gotten from slaughtering the zombies and spiders must've pushed him over. Harry then quickly pulled up all his stats,
Harry Potter
Health-250/250
Mana-125/125
The Gamer
Title-The Boy who Lived
(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in Home Turf)
Level-5 Exp-460/2400
Race-wizard
STR-8
VIT-4(+3)=7
DEX-4(+3)=7
INT-9
WIS-5
LUC-6
POINTS-5
MONEY- 75£/11G0S0K
Harry Potter is a wizard, the son of Lily Potter and James Potter. He has bad eyesight making it difficult for him to do well in class. His magic has gotten him trouble over the years in various schools. Strange things seem to happen around him. Harry is unaware of who he is, and wishes to find meaning in his life. Harry loves his mother, and hates the Dursleys.
Status- wizard, giving Harry - +3 VIT, +3 DEX and the ability to control magic, talk to snakes, control his appearance and look cool.
An important thing that Harry noticed was that his wizard status boost had also gone up, which must have had something to do with him leveling up. It hadn't done that when he had evolved from Lv-2 to Lv-4, which meant that it must've been only once per every 5 levels.
Ping!
For your logical thinking, you have gained +1 Wis!
'That's convenient,' Harry thought as he closed the open boxes and quickly gathered up all of his loot, which all totaled up to a fantastic amount.
100£ and 12 G
It was amazing! If things kept progressing at this speed, Harry would have enough money to pay for his own school fees and finally rid himself from his dependency on the Dursleys without just turning into a street side beggar.
While walking back towards the domed hall, Harry couldn't help but wonder what was it that determined the amount of loot he got from his kills. He didn't know for sure, but he had a feeling about what he was.
With a thought, Harry brought up his stats and pressed on Luc.
Luc-6
Luck determines your luckiness. This is useful in certain skills and also determines what you get as loot. The higher your luck the more chance you get of obtaining higher loot
Harry's eyes widened at this. This…this was what he needed. He then quickly put all his stat points in Luc.
STR-8
VIT-4(+2)=6
DEX-4(+2)=6
INT-9
WIS-5
LUC-11
POINTS-0
Satisfied with that, he moved onwards towards the end of the tunnel, where he found the few Inferi who had managed to survive the flame blast. Too wary to use up what was left of his mana, Harry decided to use something different. Pulling out his old kitchen-knife that he'd stolen from the Dursleys, Harry used his other hand to pool some mana onto the blade and set it on fire, after which he stabbed them each in the head. One by one, they all dissolved into dust.
Ping!
A new skill has been made due to constant use!
Blade Mastery, Lv-1 (80%)
Allows the user to freely handle swords and knives.
5% more damage when using blades.
After everything was cleared up, Harry walked around the chamber, gently brushing his fingers over the curious little symbols that adorned the wall all around him.
Wondering if they had any magical properties to them, Harry gently pushed some mana into one of the symbols. Immediately, it started glowing. Then the ones beside it…then the next…then next.
Slowly but surely, every single one of the symbols in the cavern lit up with a gentle silver light.
Caught off guard, Harry could barely manage to stay on his feet when the whole cavern he was stood in groaned and started quaking. Loose rocks and dust fell from the ceiling and a group of bats, shaken free of their perches, flew around the cavern forcing Harry to duck as the ceiling above him groaned and parted, opening up to the lush forest above.
The moonlight flooded the cavern, and as soon as it touched him, the floor he stood on started rising as well, lifting Harry along with it slowly up to the ground level.
Harry looked around with panic, desperately trying to figure out what was going on, when suddenly an extremely loud howl ripped through the air.
"Wait a minute," Harry muttered as he realized what was going on. The boss that the quest mentioned…could it be what he was thinking? Harry's eyes flitted to the sky, and immediately his suspicions were confirmed. The full moon that shone on him so brightly was much more foreboding than it had been before.
Every muscle in his body tensed, and Harry was suddenly on guard. If what he thought was actually true and there really was a werewolf that he had to fight, he didn't want to use fire and draw attention to himself.
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