Nanomancer Reborn 1-10

"Urg. I want food." Shiro complained whilst she searched the other bodies.

Yet none of the corpses had any mana stones.

"Haaa…. Just my luck. Forget it. [Collect]." Shiro said as she collected her loot from the wolves.

Mana stones had to be manually excavated because the moment she chooses to collect, the wolves bodies would disintegrate into natural mana before scattering. This includes the mana stone which would just be a waste.

"Mn?" Shiro paused when she smelled an enticing aroma. The source seemed to be the mana the wolves disintegrated into.

"Ah! I can eat this!" Shiro exclaimed as she quickly sucked all the mana into her mouth. Though she pouted a little since she had reacted a little too slow causing her to waste the mana from the start.

Rather than a meal, it was like she drank a soup. Neither filling nor unfilling. She was satisfied for now.

Turning back to her inventory, she had a look at the bounty.

[Wolf Fangs x4]

[Wolf Pelt x4]

[Wolf Eye x7]

[Broken Bones x10]

"Che, just a bunch of miscellaneous items. This missy isn't a blacksmith nor a pharmacist. Give me a weapon or something." Shiro complained before she scrapped the items for some gold coins.

[Currency Gained – 40 USD]

"USD? Isn't the currency of Aria; gold, silver and copper?" Shiro muttered seeing the unfamiliar currency.

"Maybe I'm far into the future and the currencies changed?" Shiro concluded. She did have another theory which was world travel, but that was a bit ridiculous.

[CAN DISINTEGRATE DEAD THINGS FOR LOOT, TURN THAT LOOT INTO CURRENCY, AND EAT MAGICAL ENERGY FOR FOOD]
- CHAPTER 1
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Sitting down, Shiro hugged her legs as she finally decided to look at her surroundings.

While it was a snow forest, Shiro knew she was in a dungeon. Probably around the low to mid levels of the tower due to the low levels of the wolves.

"[Location]" She commanded.

[Snow Forest Dungeon 2F]

"Snow Forest? Doesn't that mean my magic would be weak to the dungeon boss?" Shiro said seeing the location. Even if she did spend all of her points to focus around her Nanomancer class, using a cold weapon such as a dagger would do minimal damage to the boss. Heck, unless she creates a gun, she wouldn't be able to use her Nanomancer class to clear dungeons.
[CAN GET HER LOCATION THROUGH MAGIC]
- CHAPTER 1
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She seemed to have gained an idea as she waved her hand around before laying on her back.

"Since you mutts don't want to attack, this missy will sleep. I need some bodyguards anyways." She said closing her eyes.

[MP: 250/600]

During her wait, she heard the sounds of flesh being ripped causing her opened her eyes to five wolves being impaled by the traps she set down earlier.

She wasn't afraid of them not working since she had already tested out the traps on the first batch of wolves. The only downside to this was how much MP it would use. It was a combination of spells which when combined, expressed more potential than normal Tier 1 spells.

The idea of combining spells was learnt during her time in the hero's party. Even though her Nanomancer class didn't need it, the mage had always said it was better to learn as much as you could in case of unexpected situations.

Looking through the hearts of the five wolves, she found a single piece of Mana stone the size of a pinkie.
[CAN LAY TRAPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF WOLVES THAT WOLVES CAN'T DETECT AND THAT TAKE OUT FIVE WOLVES WITH NO ISSUES]
- CHAPTER 1
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The equipment wasn't visible since it had three options. Visible – Energy – Hidden.

Visible was as it says, visible. Energy means having a faint energy outline of the equipment over what you're already wearing. Hidden means not viewable at all. A homeless person could be wearing a full set of Purple equipment for all you know.
[CAN MAKE HER EQUIPMENT INVISIBLE IF SHE WANTS]
- CHAPTER 2
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Stalking her prey, Shiro waited for the LVL 5 bear to be far enough away from the rest before striking.

Her goal was simple, strike the weak point.

Unfortunately, the weak point was the anus.

<Tier 1 Ice Magic – Ice Spear>

The Bear seemed to sense danger as it wanted to turn around and fight the danger. However, the spear was already travelling up its ass.

Shiro made sure to run around the Bear before making a block of ice to stop the Bear's screams from reaching the other monsters.

"Hush Mr Bear. Just a little anal probe!" Shiro shouted quietly as she used Ice to trap the Bear down.

The Bear thrashed around wildly causing the Ice to show signs of breaking.

"Come on, just a little further." Shiro said as she hopped behind the Bear and continued to push the spear.

The Bear seemed to have gained a sudden boost, clenching its anus and snapped the Ice Spear in half.

*CKK!!!

The Ice broke as well freeing the Bear. Turning around, it glared at her with bloodshot eyes.

[Bear LVL 5 – Empowered + Enraged]

"Hm, I like to say that your anus muscles are very healthy" Shiro smiled as it served to make the Bear angrier.

It opened its mouth to scream but Shiro made another spear and stabbed it through the mouth pushing it down the throat.

Since the first spear still had a piece inside the Bear's anus, Shiro grinned before clasping her hands together.

Her MP dropped quickly as the two spears joined together skewering the Bear to death.

"Yikes, killed through penetration of both holes even though you're a male. You have my condolences." Shiro prayed even though she had a grin on her face.
[TAKES OUT AN ENHANCED BEAR BY DP'ING IT WITH TWO DIFFERENT ICICLES]
- CHAPTER 2
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Although she couldn't use the equipment from what she could tell, she could still recycle it using her Nanomancer class.

It would make it so that the equipment she crafts using Nanobots later would be more powerful than what it would be without recycling some trash equipment.

With the Nanomancer class, she was a walking recycling machine.

Leaving the area quickly, Shiro sat on the tree and watched the three newly arrived Bears look around the area where their comrade fell.
[IF SHE BREAKS DOWN A WEAPON SHE CAN CREATE IT AGAIN WITH NANOBOTS]
- CHAPTER 2
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With my current stats, I would probably put up a decent fight with a top tier E rank adventurer.' Shiro thought since her highest stat was halfway to the three digits.

To become a D rank adventurer, one of the requirements was to have a three-digit stat in any given area. Naturally, with a D rank adventurer being 5 times more powerful than average men could only mean those higher up in the ranks were monster amongst men.

They could sneeze and accidentally kill you.

While she was almost three times as strong as average men, Shiro knew any random D rank adventurer could swat her to death.
[SMALL AMOUNT OF SCALING, D RANK ADVENTURERS ARE RIDICULOUSLY ABOVE AVERAGE PEOPLE]
- CHAPTER 2
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Targeting another low-level Bear, Shiro jumped across the trees as she would occasionally swing on a branch to increase her distance travelled. Since she is a Snow Girl, she also had the choice of floating, but that would take quite a bit of MP per second and not worth it in this moment of time.
[CAN FLOAT]
- CHAPTER 2
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This time, she took extra care to remember the Bear's movements as she stabbed it in the anus without any mistakes.

Instead of connecting two spears together, she opted to make the spear explode into shards which then expanded to kill the Bear.

It proved to be a better method since not only did this method help her level up a few times, the Bear's wouldn't be able to endanger her as much.
[HER ICE SPEAR CAN EXPLODE WHEN INSIDE PEOPLE]
- CHAPTER 2
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*BOOOMMM!!!!

The ground shook since the paw missed her narrowly. However, it still sent her flying forwards causing her to roll heavily across the ground.

[HP: 680/1200]

"Urg… God damn Bear." Shiro muttered feeling pain all over her body.

The Bear didn't give her a chance to recuperate since a second paw was already heading towards her.

Thankfully, the force of the first attack sent her next to the obelisk.

[Obelisk Teleportation]

[3F]

[2F] <-

[1F]

Immediately tapping 1F, Shiro saw her vision shift as she was teleported to the edge of a forest.

Sighing in relief, Shiro laid back waiting for her HP to regenerate.

When a person used the obelisk, it wouldn't teleport them to another obelisk. Rather, it teleported them to the edge of the floor and he/she would need to make their way to the obelisk once more.

[HAS MINOR REGENERATION]
- CHAPTER 3
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Peaking her head out slightly, she exposed her two azure eyes as she glanced over.

The scout seemed to have noticed something since he shot an arrow towards where she was.

"Ah!" Shiro was surprised at how they shot without warning. Quickly ducking, she looked at the arrow embedded into the tree.

'How rude!' She thought, turning back to the group.
They took their positions with Trevor at the front, Xin Feng and Bonney behind him. Jin and Clare were situated at the back.

Trevor slammed his shield down as he shouted at her.

[Taunt Failed]

"Huh? Aiya! You five want to kill this miss!?" Shiro shouted jumping back to avoid another arrow.
[REACTS TO ARROWS IN FLIGHT]
- CHAPTER 3
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Sliding slightly on the ground, she looked up to see the Guardian charging towards her with his shield.

Conjuring up a block of Ice, she blocked the charge causing the Guardian to be stunned for a moment.

Rolling to her side, she avoided the stab of the assassin. Her instincts were kicking in since she wasn't the strongest person in her previous life for nothing.

Mid-roll, she aimed her palm as a Tier 1 Ice bullet shot towards the Assassin.

The assassin was hit, but her body flashed with a white light healing her up.

"Tsk." Shiro clicked her tongue before she retreated back into the forest. A group fight was disadvantageous for her right now. They were weaker than her if she fought them 1 on 1 but this was currently a 5 v 1.

She landed on a branch and quickly stabilised herself.

Looking at the five who were vigilant against her, an idea entered her mind as she gave them a provocative sneer.
[DODGING ATTACKS FROM A PART OF E-RANKS]
- CHAPTER 3
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"Hmm… current goals, current goals. Number 1 – Reach LVL 20. Number 2 – Leave this Dungeon." Shiro muttered while a flaming fox jumped at her.

She waved her hand as a spear of Ice stabbed the fox through the mouth killing it instantly.

Since it was a fire attribute monster, it had a weakness towards Ice and water resulting in an instant kill.

"Weak." Shiro said, kicking her legs back and forth.
[INSTANT KILLS A FIRE TYPE FOX]
- CHAPTER 3
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Spreading her palms, electricity and metallic effects sparked as they started to twine together.

"My mana has reached enough for me to make use of my dagger creation. Though not as intended, it should work like a charm on you." Shiro said with a grin.

Two daggers formed in both her hands as they had neon blue veins travelling down the blade. The Daggers took 1000MP each which would be fine if she was higher level. But right now, each dagger was just a little under a third of her total MP.

[Nano Crafted Ice Dagger (Blue) – LVL 18

+10 Piercing

+10 Sharpness

+10 Ice Element

Durability – Until stored MP runs out

MP – 1000/1000]

*RAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

The Golem cried out causing molten rocks to separate from its back and shoot towards her.

Sidestepping some of the rocks, Shiro frowned seeing her HP drop a little due to the slight AOE(Area Of Effect).

[HP: 1750/1900]

As the two large boulders shot towards her, Shiro twirled both daggers in her hands before throwing them towards the rocks.

When the daggers hit the rocks, Shiro clenched her fist as Ice started to spread outwards from the daggers.

During her time hunting the Fire element monsters back on the first floor, she had managed to combine both classes together in some instances such as now.

When crafting the Dagger, Shiro inserted Tier 1 magic in the centre which made the Dagger akin to a grenade that can be detonated at any moment she wants.

The sudden contrast of temperature created through her Ice caused the boulders to explode due to Thermal Shock. As the boulders exploded, Shiro flexed her fingers causing the daggers to fly back into her hands as if they were magnetised.

Running towards the Golem with narrowed eyes, she threw one of her daggers at the face.

Seemingly understanding the danger the daggers possess, the Golem made a small rock to counter the dagger.

Shiro took its reaction into account as her second dagger shot towards the leg.

Stabbing the leg of the Golem, Shiro didn't combust the dagger but instead used it as a foothold.

Jumping up, she grabbed the first dagger then twisted her body before she stabbed it into the Golems chest.

Combusting both daggers, the force sent the Golem stumbling backwards as Shiro landed lightly. She quickly scanned her own HP and MP to see how they were holding up.

[HP: 1450/1900]

[MP: 1150/3550]

Shiro frowned at the damaged she took to her HP since just being near fire caused her HP to drop a little every second. It was one of the negatives due to her being a Snow Girl.

[HER DAGGERS CAN TURN INTO REUSABLE GRENADES POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BREAK BOULDERS. THEY'RE ALSO MAGNETISED TO COME BACK TO HER]
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The Golem's arms solidified causing the daggers to bounce off. Opening its mouth, fire element surged towards it and a ball of fire was being created.

"Ah right. A breath attack." Shiro said as she remembered most Elemental Type [Elite Class] or higher monsters were capable of breathing out a breath of their respective elements.

Quickly utilising the float passive of Snow Girls, she avoided the fire breath.
[USES FLOAT IN MID-AIR TO AVOID A BREATH ATTACK]
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She walked towards the Golem before slowly increasing her speed into a full-on sprint. With her AGI reaching 65 points, she was three times as fast as an average human adult.
[CAN SPRINT THREE TIMES AS FAST AS A NORMAL HUMAN ADULT - ABOUT 21 M/S]
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There was a bear in front of her and it was a LVL 7 Empowered Fire Bear.

Sending out a single Ice spear, she killed the bear easily.
[INSTANTLY KILLS A FIRE BEAR WITH AN ICE SPEAR]
CHAPTER 4
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The Bear swiped his right paw towards her as Shiro smiled.

Jumping up, she landed on the top of the paw softly.

Running up the arm of the Bear, Shiro created a dagger in her hands.

[MP: 3550/4550]

Reaching near the head of the Bear, Shiro's eyes became cold as she plunged the dagger towards the eye.

The Bear tilted his head to avoid the dagger while he swiped his other paw at her.

Before the paw could build up any momentum, Shiro had already frozen a scaffold-like structure on the Bear's body stopping the paw.

"Come on~ Do you really expect me to let you hit me with that paw of yours? My frail body can't handle it ya know." Shiro grinned as her dagger destroyed the Bear's right eye.

Exhibiting great flexibility, Shiro stepped on the back of the dagger and kicked as hard as she could.

The force sent her through the air, but she landed softly with a smile.

[OUTMANEOUVERS A LEVEL 20 BEAR WITH EASE, SEALS ITS MOVEMENTS WITH ICE, AND STABS IT IN THE EYE]
- CHAPTER 5
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Clutching her hand, Shiro caused the dagger to blow up with all of the stored MP.

*BOOMMMMM!!!

The resulting explosion caused the ground to rumble as Shiro stumbled. Restabilising herself, she looked the head of the Bear.

"Ouch." Shiro muttered unconsciously since she could see parts of the Bear's skull. The muscle fibres were pulsing as they tried to join back together but failed.

*WRRAAAANNNN!!!!

The Bear roared in madness, charging towards Shiro.

Jumping onto the tree branch, Shiro jumped once more as she landed behind the Bear.

The Bear didn't turn around as the flames on his back grew larger.

Creating a block of Ice, Shiro hopped backwards whilst she saw the Ice block melt in mere seconds.

Raising both her arms slightly, two Ice Spears materialised as she threw them both towards the Bear.

After throwing the spears, she quickly created a third spear.

With a slight delay, she twisted her body and threw the third spear with all of her might.

The first two spears were aimed towards the arms of the Bear as the last one was aimed towards the chest.

*CRR CRR!!!

The first two spears made contacts and froze over instantly, locking both arms into the ground.
[ICE DAGGER CREATES LARGE EXPLOSION AND HER ICE SPEARS ARE APPARENTLY HARDER TO MELT THAN NORMAL ICE]
- CHAPTER 5
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Freezing the ground beneath her feet, Shiro started to skate around as her agility helped increase her momentum.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOM!!!!

Most of the fireballs missed but for the odd few which were on target, Shiro created her own Ice Bullet as it cancelled each other out.
[CANCELS OUT FIREBALLS WITH ICE BULLETS]
- CHAPTER 5
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Not allowing it a moments rest, Shiro made a Nano Dagger and tried to decapitate the Bear whilst it couldn't retaliate.

She frowned as she saw the dagger fail to cut deeply into the neck.

"Che, we'll do this the hard way then big guy." Shiro said as she flicked her wrist and a second dagger materialised.

Stabbing the dagger through the tongue and jaw of the Bear, she froze it in place to make sure it couldn't move.

Making one more dagger, she twirled them both as she cut away at the face of the Bear. Layer by layer, the Bear's cries became more painful.

It tried to thrash around crazily but Shiro kept a constant supply of mana to the Ice locking the Bear down. This prevented the Bear from leaving since the Ice always regenerated.

The Bear had also tried to coat his body with fire, but the Ice was mostly concentrated near Shiro so it didn't melt as easily. He could only suffer while Shiro slowly killed it.

After a few minutes of constant attacking with her two daggers, Shiro panted heavily seeing the Bear finally die.
[SLOWLY CUTS A FIRE BEAR BOSS TO DEATH, ITS FIRE NOT BEING ABLE TO MELT SHIRO'S ICE]
- CHAPTER 5
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Turning her attention to the Lucky Skill Stone, she couldn't help but put on a slightly bitter face.

[Lucky Skill Stone (Purple) – Disguise

Disguise – Disguise your status from under any peeking eye.

Cost – 100MP upon activation. Will take another 100MP each time someone peaks at your stats.

Duration – Until cancellation

Cool Down – None]

[CAN DISGUISE HER STATUS FROM OTHERS]
- CHAPTER 5
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Looking at the destroyed surroundings due to the fight, she couldn't help but rub her nose slightly.

'This is just the destruction caused when I use my Ice powers. When I get the higher level Nanomancer skills, I would be the enemy of nature preservation.' She thought as the destructive prowess that came with the Nanomancer class was incredible.

[FIGHT WITH THE BOSS BEAR RUINED THE LANDSCAPE]
- CHAPTER 5
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Entering the second floor, they made their way to the obelisk once more.

They froze seeing the destruction magnify by a few times.

"D rank?" The man asked with a serious face.

"Definitely." Ken replied.

"Alright! Everyone prepare yourselves. The two monsters' may very well be fighting right now. We'll take advantage of this and finish them both off." He said as they nodded.

The party of 5 was nervous as they gulped unconsciously.

When their vision cleared, they froze in shock.

"!!!"

The entire room was encased in ice as there were some parts thicker than others. Melted sections could also be seen as they knew whatever happened here was beyond their league. This shouldn't be something a single E ranked could output.

'The Snow Girl!!' The party of 5 though collectively since she was the only one staying in the Ice Element System whilst everything turned to the Fire Element System.

The first man's expression turned serious as he turned to Ken.

"Record this down. Saturday, 24th, January 2045. E rank Dungeon 14. Location, New York. Entry, Dungeon Monster Escape. Estimated Rank, D." The man said as Ken nodded and wrote everything down.

"Do you guys know anything about the monster?" The man asked turning to the five.

Xin Feng looked at his friends and nodded.

"We have a clue. It was a named monster called 'Shino' or something. S, H, I, N, O. Her race was Snow Girl." Xin Feng said as the man nodded.

"Put this through the guild." The man said as Ken entered everything into his device.

[Name – Shino

Estimated Danger Rank – D

Race – Snow Girl

Additional Information – Soloed an E rank Mutated Dungeon.]

The first ever record of Shiro in this world was a misspelt file...

[SHIRO IS A SOLID D-RANK MONSTER LEVEL WITH D-RANK ADVENTURERS, AND HER FIGHT WITH THE FINAL BOSS ENDED UP FREEZING OVER A THRONE ROOM]
- CHAPTER 5
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'[Light Bearer Hero]… If only I can see you one more time.' Shiro thought as her killing intent surged outwards.

She suddenly remembered where she was and quickly restrained the intent. Peaking slightly at Liam, she saw that his face was slightly pale.

She tilted her head as she gestured her confusion.

"Hm? Oh it's nothing." Liam replied.

'What was that?!' Liam thought nervously looking around. The sudden killing intent made him hold his breath and cold sweat run down his back. He couldn't locate the source as the killing intent was so dense and it covered quite a large area around them. He would have never imagined the source to be the young girl sitting in front of him.

[UNTRACEABLE HIGH LEVEL KILLING INTENT]
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"Whenever you're ready." Emilia said and Shiro nodded.

Ice started to spread outwards from her feet as the entire stage became coated with a layer of Ice.

Emilia smiled before stamping downwards and cracked the Ice.

In the time she took to stamp down, Shiro was already near her.

'Fast.' Emilia thought.

Shiro punched towards her as Emilia hit the side of Shiro's hand and deflected the punch.

She followed along with the momentum and punched with her other hand. Ducking quickly, Emilia tripped Shiro's legs as her body was suspended slightly.

Emilia quickly pulled back as Shiro created Ice around her and slid backwards.

She raised her hands as Ice Spears formed next to her.

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Emilia dodged and punched the sides of the three Ice Spears shattering them easily.

By the time she retracted her punch, Shiro was back in her reach.

Shiro punched towards her stomach as Emilia tried to dodge backwards.

Her movement was suddenly stopped as an Ice block was preventing her from moving.

*BOOM!

She managed to catch Shiro's punch before it hit her stomach while her other hand was aimed at Shiro's face. Similar to how Emilia blocked her punch, Shiro had already created a piece of Ice to link her spare hand and Emilia's hand together stopping her to exerting force.

Sensing danger, Emilia quickly jumped backwards as Ice exploded out from Shiro.

Not giving her a moment's rest, Shiro flicked her wrist as ice wrapped around Emilia's legs to stop her from moving.

Shiro dashed towards Emilia as she twisted her body and threw an ice spear with increased momentum.

Emilia's face became serious as she punched downwards. Her hands glowed for a moment before that glow disappeared.

The punch shattered the ice as Emilia flipped backwards avoiding the spear.

"Alright you pass. Combat experience is definitely above a E rank. Mana is above E rank. However, you haven't Classed Up yet so we'll leave you with a E+ Rank. Would that be fine?" Emilia said stopping the examination.
[SHIRO DOING AN EVALUATION FIGHT, VERY GOOD SPEED FEATS AND CLOSE COMBAT FEATS AGAINST SOMEONE WITH FAR SUPERIOR STRENGTH]
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When making her ID, she did see another similar entry as it was a record about an escaped monster.

However, the system clearly showed Shiro being a human Ice Mage. Not to mention, the monster was called Shino, not Shiro.

[Name: Shiro

Estimated Age: 13

Rank: E+

Class: Ice Mage

LVL: 20]

[SHIRO'S DISGUISE SKILL TRICKED BOTH MANA DETECTORS FOR FORMING AN IDENTITY AS WELL AS COMPUTER TECH]
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[Passive Skill Gained – Mini map]

[Skill Gained – Inspection]

As the passive skill suggested, a Mini Map could be seen on the top right corner of her vision. It allowed her to see the surroundings as well as white dots to represent humans.

Her icon was the shape of an arrow as it was also white. This was due to her [Disguise] Skill changing her displayed race to human with the addition of changing her class from Snow Girl to Ice Mage.
[HAS A MINIMAP SKILL THAT PINPOINTS PEOPLE'S LOCATIONS]
- CHAPTER 7
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Entering the Dungeon, she saw that she was in the middle of a plain. Slimes were jumping around as one tried to attack her.

[HP: 3795/3800]

'…' Shiro looked at the blue slime which dealt 5 damage to her.

Crouching down, Shiro gave the slime a smile as she reached out her hand.

Tapping the would-be forehead of the slime, she froze the slime instantly and shattered it.
[INSTANTLY FREEZES AND SHATTERS A SLIME]
- CHAPTER 8
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[Cold Aura (Passive):

The area around you will always be cold and fluctuate depending on your anger and bloodthirst.
Walking back to the Dungeon gate, she left with a light smile.

The people were surprised seeing her exit so fast as they saw her enter a few minutes ago. But they shivered slightly when she walked past due to the low temperature.

As she was walking, Shiro couldn't help but notice some changes to her skin. After her Class Up, her skin became much smoother and soft looking that she couldn't help but give it a pinch and poke.

Her skin was cool to the touch as it was rather refreshing.

'How nice.' She thought.

To outsiders, a beautiful young girl was walking whilst prodding her own arm.
[HER PASSIVE COLD AURA CAUSES PEOPLE TO SHIVER WHEN SHE WALKS PAST]
- CHAPTER 8
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As Shiro's frustration grew, the temperature around her dropped as frost could be seen forming over the device.

"Erm, hello? Excuse me?" A shivering voice rang out behind Shiro as she calmed down quickly.

Turning around, she saw what seemed to be an Elf.

She had long blond hair, pointed ears, emerald eyes, a delicate face and modest body proportions. Her height was roughly half a head taller than Shiro.

She sighed in relief as she felt the temperature rise again.

[FROSTS OVER A PIECE OF TECH WHEN ANGERY]
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"I'll show you the way." Lyrica said eagerly as she went to grab Shiro's hand.

However, she flinched slightly feeling how cold her hands were.

Shiro frowned at her hands and could only give Lyrica an apologising smile.

"No worries. Is it something you can't control? I saw it get colder when you got annoyed outside." Lyrica said as Shiro nodded.

[IT'S DIFFICULT TO HOLD ONTO HER CUS COLD]
- CHAPTER 8
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"Mn….." Lyrica slowly opened her eyes as she felt refreshed after sleeping.

'Oh right! Shiro!' She thought as she instantly sat up.

She looked around and was surprised seeing Shiro at the desk with lots of paper around her.

Currently, Shiro had tilted her head back as it seemed like she was fatigued.

Noticing that Lyrica had woken up, Shiro grabbed a notepad and quickly wrote something down.

[You're awake.]

She looked over with a smile.

Lyrica was both shocked and surprised.

"You learned reading and writing in the time I was asleep?! How?!" Lyrica asked.

[Decoding. I matched my audio cues saying the words with the alphabet. I slowly decoded what each letter sounded like and memorised it.] Shiro wrote down as Lyrica couldn't believe someone could learn a whole language in the time she was asleep.

"Unbelievable…" Lyrica muttered.

[Is it really? We live in a world with Dungeons and monsters. I think learning language in a day isn't that shocking.] Shiro wrote down with a grin.

"I suppose so." Lyrica said as it made sense.
[LEARNS HOW TO READ AND WRITE IN A TOTALLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A FEW HOURS]
- CHAPTER 9
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The temperature around her dropped as Ice started to coagulate on both ends of the handle.

As the Ice finished, Lyrica was surprised at what Shiro held in her hands.

It was a dual-ended blade. On either side of the handle was a double sided sword as Shiro lightly threw it over to Lyrica.

[Give it a try.] Shiro wrote down as Lyrica nodded.

Holding the weapon, Lyrica waved it around as she became more proficient.

"Wow! Shiro, this weapon is really easy to use." Lyrica said surprised at how easy it was for her to use it.

'I knew it.' Shiro thought with a smile. What Lyrica experienced was hidden proficiency.

Hidden proficiency was a situation where the body would exhibit movement habits for a certain type of weapon. It wouldn't show up on the status board so it was hard for people to know which weapon suited them. Most of the time, it was custom made weapons.

For those who did discover their hidden proficiency, their combat prowess soared as their body movements were designed to fit that weapon.

While the dual ended blade wasn't exactly Lyrica's hidden proficiency, Shiro already knew the weapon was something similar to the dual ended blade.

She noticed this during the fight as Lyrica would always fall back on using the bottom of her sword when she was forced into a tight situation.

When used with a longsword, it is suicidal. When used with a dual-ended sword, it was effective.

[Try attacking me now.] Shiro wrote down as Lyrica nodded.

Twirling the blade, Lyrica charged towards Shiro.

Parrying the top down slash, Shiro twisted her body as she dodged the other end of the blade.

Lyrica didn't let her loose as the blade followed Shiro's movements like a ghost.

Parrying her attack several more times with a few close calls, Shiro was surprised at how powerful Lyrica's hidden proficiency was.

Even though she was suppressing herself until she was roughly level 10 in stats, it was still amazing for Lyrica to sneak in a few close calls.

The spar finished as Lyrica panted heavily. Shiro, on the other hand, was fine as always.

[Congratulations Lyrica. You've found the weapon you're really good at.] Shiro smiled and showed her the writing.

"It's all thanks to you Shiro." Lyrica replied happily feeling her confidence rise.

Shiro was an enigma for her. The moment she arrived; Lyrica felt her life change. Shiro gave her confidence and even a weapon she was strangely proficient in using. If Shiro never appeared, Lyrica doesn't know what kind of a state she would still be in.

[SHIRO FIGURES OUT WHAT WEAPON LYRICA IS SECRETLY PROFICIENT IN AFTER ONE EXCHANGE, CREATES THE WEAPON WITH ICE, AND IS CORRECT WITH HER ASSUMPTION]
- CHAPTER 9
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[As we agreed before, I'll lock down the serpents and you decapitate them ok? Quick and simple.] Shiro showed Lyrica the note as she nodded.

Shiro turned her focus in front of her as two serpents were being picked up on the Minimap.

Shiro quickly made two Ice spears as she threw them towards the Serpents.

Missing the serpent's bodies, the spears created an arc that locked them in place.

[Cave Serpent LVL 10]

[Cave Serpent LVL 8]

Without needing to be reminded, Lyrica already know what to do.

[MONSTERS ARE ALSO ON THE MINI MAP, HER ICE LOCKS THE MOVEMENTS OF TWO LARGE SNAKES]
- CHAPTER 10
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