"doesn't living G.o.ds run out of mana? i mean i'm so low on mana because i didn't have time to properly form my spells, but it didn't look like you used any spells?"

Mars gave a smile while he washed off his bone sword

"i'm sure they do, even i might if i use [Shadow magic] but my [Dragon flame magic] is level 5, so i don't need mana to use it"

Isabel widened her eyes and looked disbelieving at Mars for a little while before she gave a sigh

"and to think i was proud of my level 4 [Earth magic]..."

Mars smiled slightly while he washed his sword clean before he remembered something Info had told him about and looked at Isabel before asking

"what kinds of jobs have you had?"

Isabel paused slightly before she showed a smile

"well i started as a [Elf villager] like all the elvers born in the village, from there i leaned under a hunter until i maxed my [Novice hunter], [Apprentice hunter] and [Adept hunter] jobs... from there i became interested in joining the patrol teams so i powered though [Novice swordswoman] and [Apprentice swordswoman] in basic training before i found out my talent in magic is higher than my talent in sword wielding, so i changed from [Apprentice swordswoman] at level 7 to [Novice earth mage]... and now some 300 years later i'm a level 9 [Expert earth mage] one of the best in the village"

listening to Isabel Mars made a metal job ladder in his head, going from novice to apprentice, and then adapt to expert before he asked her for more information

"...what effects does changing to a higher ranked job have?"

Isabel sat down and looked out over the river before she explained

"well for one thing it helps with gaining and leveling skills, for example a person with the [Novice swordsman] job has a higher chance of obtaining the [Swordsman] skill"

"...i see"

Mars in thought for a little while before Isabel suddenly asked him

"why are you asking about jobs? don't living G.o.ds have jobs too?"

as Mars was finished with was.h.i.+ng his sword he stood up and shook the water off his sword before he answered Isabel

"no they don't, they have cla.s.ses"

Isabel was slightly confused but refrained from asking more and as her mana had somewhat recovered she also stood up and looked at the spider corpses that littered the river side, before Mars walked up to a corpse and burned it to ashes and took the magic beast core from the ashes and turned to Isabel

"do you mind if i take all the magic beast cores?"

Isabel became a little confused but since Mars and Victoria had saved her from harm she gave a sigh

"...well normally all cores we collect goes to power the barrier around the village, but sure if you can use the cores then take them all"

Mars made a fist pump in excitement before he walked over to the next corpse and reduced it to ashes with his flame too with a excited smile on his face as Victoria walked out from the forest edge purring loudly and walked up to Mars that quickly patted her on the head

"Victoria do you mind dragging the corpses in the forest out here?"

"okay"

Victoria was in a good mood and quickly walked back into the forest before Mars yelled out to her

"be sure not to get any blood or acid on you!"

Isabel also joined them and worked on getting the cores out and half an hour later Mars stood with with 32 magic beast cores in his hands and admired them with sparkling eyes while he mumbled

"32 cla.s.s 6 cores that's 6400 energy units... and there is 14 status points on them too..."

Isabel didn't know what he was going to use the magic beast cores for but she judge from his excited expression that it was something important and kept quiet while she observed before Mars snapped out of his daze and looked at her

"let's get back to the cave"

the trip back to the cave was quick as Mars didn't have any questions for the time being, so when they reached the cave it was afternoon

Alvin, Rex and Chloe was working on building the hut when Mars, Victoria and Isabel returned, Mars was a little impressed by the progress they had made and he judge that if they kept up the tempo the hut should be done in about a week, seeing Isabel return Alvin gave her a wave before asking

"how was the river?"

"it's not as close as i would like but---"

as Alvin and Isabel began talking Mars tuned them out as he had more important things to do, so after quickly greeting Rex with a wave he walked into the cave along with Victoria before he cheeked his status

"status"

Name: Mars

Age: 0 (vessel 5220)

Race: Half-dragon human

t.i.tles: [Living G.o.d of energy] [Conquer of Salen] [Tyrant King] [5000 year prisoner] [Man that fell from the sky] [Contracted]

Cla.s.s: [Energy]

Cla.s.s level: 14

Status points:

Strength [23/1000] Const.i.tution [29/2000] Dexterity [20/1500]

Intelligence [19/600] Wisdom [22/900] Charisma [12/50] (up)

Active skills: [Dragon-flame magic lv 5] [Swordsmans.h.i.+p lv 4] [Shadow magic lv 2]

Cla.s.s skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 497/1200] [Energy: discharge]

[Energy: upgrade shop] [Energy: information] [Energy: restoration] [Energy: healing] [Energy: absorb s.h.i.+eld] [Energy: reactive s.h.i.+eld]

Pa.s.sive skills: [Fire resist lv 15] [Commanding lv 3] [Mental reinforcement lv 5] [Pain resist lv 5]

"...looks like i need to start a fire"

after confirming his stored energy Mars quickly ate 3 cores bringing his total stored energy to 1097, before he walked out of the cave again and started to gather some firewood before he heard Alvin yelling

"what!!! 32 stealth acid spiders!!!"

Mars looked over and saw Alvin's panicked expression as he grabbed Isabel while yelling and showed a slightly mean smile before he grabbed his bone ax and went into the forest to look for some firewood along with Victoria, when he returned half an hour late with a load of firewood he saw the elvers had all stopped working and was talking with each other

"what... are they... doing?"

Mars looked down at Victoria that had followed him and after putting the firewood down he kneeled down and patted her head

"...well i suppose they are talking about something they don't want us to hear... but never mind that, what do you think about them?"

Victoria turned to look at the elvers for some time before she looked back at Mars as her horns flashed

"i... don't like them... they look... at me... with weird... eyes... but..."

Mars had noticed the way the elvers looked at Victoria, but as he didn't think he could do anything about they wiriness he had ignored it, after all Victoria was a cla.s.s 9 magic beast so some fear was expected

"...i like... Chloe... she played... with me"

Mars gave a helpless smile and thought 'she properly doesn't like you very much' as he petted Victoria on the head and gave a s.a.d.i.s.tic smile

"well let's ask her to play some time"

hearing she could play with Chloe again Victoria purred loudly as she nuzzled up against Mars and enjoyed being petted until Alvin walked up to them and looked at Mars before asking politely

"...do you have some time?"

Mars was a little annoyed that Alvin interrupted his petting time with Victoria but he still gave a nod while he still petted Victoria on the head

"first i have to thank you for protecting Isabel"

Mars looked up and saw Alvin was bowing his head to him

"thank you for protecting my elder sister"

Mars stayed silent, until Alvin raised his head and gave him detriment look

"now that's out of the way, i have to ask you as the captain of the 6th barrier forest patrol team to hand over the magic beast cores or at least give me a good reason as to why you kept them"

Mars looked into Alvin's eyes and saw his determination and stood up and put a hand on the grip of his sword

"what if i refuse?"

Alvin gave a sigh before he hardened his expression and matched Mars by gripping his own sword

"then for the sake of the village, i will have to take them from you by force"

"even when you know you have no chance against me?"

"yes, this is for the sake of the village"

"you sure have some b.a.l.l.s..."

Mars and Alvin stood and faced off in silence for a few tense seconds before Mars gave a wide smile and walked up and gave Alvin a pat on his shoulder

"i like it, very well i will tell you why i need them, but first..."

Mars closed his eyes briefly focusing on loading his [Energy: healing] skill with 50 units of energy, before activating it and healing Alvin's shoulder and other minor wounds completely

"help me gather some more firewood"

Alvin looked dazed, with cold sweat on covering his forehead as he felt the wound in his shoulder close quickly he instinctively moved his shoulder a little, finding no pain he gave Mars a puzzled look

"well i can't have you working while injured"