Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

After rushing back to the cave hidden under the cliff, Felix swam around the area and searched for another group to leave.

'System, show me how many skill points I have left right now.'

[Affirmative.]

[Skill points: 140]

'Hmm, so only this much is left...I should try saving more skill points for now and later use them all on a strong skill that can help me in the war.'

Actually, he wanted to use those skill points and create some skills that could help him in the current situation. But he also wanted to save them if there was any urgent need in the war.

Also, there was no need to only depend on new skills as he could fight monsters head-on and try to grow stronger in the typical manner of a warrior. Or else he'd be left behind in terms of pure combat and be more of a fighter who only knows how to use tricks.

As he continued to survey the area, he eventually found another group of five apes moving away from the group in the opposite direction where the previous four apes went.

'Let's go, time for duty...'

Felix trailed behind them for obvious reasons, sneakily poking his eyes out from the ground along the way, and making sure that no other apes were following behind.

The five of them seemed to travel a lot as although ten minutes had passed, they still did not stop.

Thinking that there was no need to waste more time as they were also far away from the cave, he decided to take action.

'No need to take a risk by taking them all on, let me just separate them.'

He planned after some time of pondering and swam up above the branch of a tree.

'This idea may be stupid but it's the only way.'

The apes were running with quick jumps, so he could not outrun them and try a sneak attack from the front. Left with no choice, he could only think of one plan.

Standing on one of the branches of a tall tree, he took a deep breath before shouting aloud.

"YOU DUMB MONKEYS!! DADDY'S CALLING YOU!!"

His shout echoed into the forest but it didn't reach that far, only arriving near the five apes.

Abruptly stopping at the loud voice that they couldn't understand but still felt a bit insulted hearing it, the five apes scanned their surroundings for the source.

At this time, Felix was swiftly sneaking toward the five apes who made a dumb decision of separating and finding the strange voice.

It seemed they had planned to catch a new type of prey that could spew vulgarities and present it to their leader, who would later reward them for the gift.

As for their prey, he was slowly coming out from the ground while holding his short sword from behind one of the apes.

'I'm sorry, I was never your daddy...'

Activating his skill 'Ratio Technique', he eyed the red line at the center of its back and thrust his sword into it, deciding to quickly finish it off.

The ape was pushed forward by Felix into a bush as the green leaves turned bloody.

It tried to resist but could only struggle under Felix who twisted the sword in its heart, leaving behind only one of the two to survive.

[You have killed a being higher than your own rank.]

[You have gained 10 skill points.]

As he had handled the kill in silence, the other apes didn't notice a thing.

Without wasting a second, he again swam into the ground and sneaked behind the other apes, taking their lives one by one.

*****

Near the cave where the fanged apes were gathered.

A group of nasty green goblins appeared, slowly approaching the other monster tribe while hiding behind the many trees.

Alas, a confrontation was inevitable as some apes finally noticed them and started screeching loudly alerting all the other apes.

The goblins revealed themselves with a snarky grin on their faces and ran ahead, attacking the group of apes.

Both monster tribes erupted into a clash of battle as the colorful forest started turning red from all their blood.

"ROOAARR!!"

A loud roar echoed out from the cave as a more muscular ape who was 2 meters tall came out while drumming its chest.

"GRAWW!!"

As if replying to the big ape from the side of the goblins, a large dark green monster walked over holding a giant wooden club in its hand.

The two strong leaders of both the tribe stood at the back waiting for the weaker monsters to end their battle.

*****

[You have killed a being higher than your own rank.] x4

[You have gained 10 skill points.] x4

Four more messages from the system came by as Felix stood in the midst of the dead corpses of the remaining apes.

He took out a vial from his pocket and spread it over a slight wound that had appeared on his arm when he accidentally swung it around an ape's fang trying to push it away.

"I cannot make such silly mistakes, because if not for this potion then the wound would have grown a lot without immediate care."

Felix looked in awe as the part where he had applied the potion slowly closed back and healed itself. He kept the remaining half vial back in his pocket and swung his arm feeling no pain at all.

"Amazing, to think only a small amount of that liquid could heal that wound..."

He smiled looking at his arm and thought it was not a bad choice to have brought those potions even at the cost of the mission's reward.

"I should hurry back and look for some other group of apes to kill, or else it'll get late and they'll notice something unusual."

Adding 50 more skill points to his collection, he started his skill and swam into the ground going back toward the cave.

'Killing these apes one by one takes a lot of time, so should I try taking a crowd head-on? But if they surround me on all sides and attack from long range by throwing stones, then I won't be able to react quickly...'

Deliberating on whether he should change his strategy to save time or remain to do the same even if the apes may start getting suspicious of the lost members, Felix continued to move while keeping his eye on the area.

Suddenly after a few minutes, he started hearing roars and shrieks of several monsters from the front when he had almost reached the cave.

'Wait- What's happening.....'

His mind became alert and he started to swim faster before he arrived at the bloody scene of two different monster tribes fighting for their lives.

Poking his widened eyes out from under the ground, he gazed dumbfounded at the group battle taking place in front of him.

The Goblins grinned evilly and slashed their blades letting out snarky chuckles while the Fanged Apes screeched in anger at the invaders and swung their claws.

'Fucking hell!!..... What the fuck are you doing to my skill points.....'

Felix could only grit his teeth in pure wrath as his ruby eyes gleamed furiously in madness looking at the carnage that was happening before him.

'It doesn't matter, now that you brought yourself in front of me, then be ready to get killed.'

Taking some deep breaths, he calmed himself down after a few seconds and started planning to add the filthy goblins to his skill points collection.

He went into deep thought and calculated how he should take part in the battle in front of him.

First of all, he knew that jumping right in was suicidal, and moving in and out from the ground to steal a kill in the chaos was also hard.

'Should I try creating a skill now? Or is there another way for me to approach the battlefield?'

Sneaking around the area, he gazed at the scene when his eyes finally fell on a horrible monster two meters tall.

'Wait- That looks like...', he took a gulp in dread as his throat felt a bit dry looking at the monster that was just standing straight while radiating a strong pressure in the surroundings.