Rise of Ivan Hunt: The Un-magical.
In a world where all life had the ability to utilize magic in one way or another, there was a boy named Ivan of the Hunt family. Hunt family was known for their amazing mana imbued technology, along with producing many grand mages in a single family. But Ivan was the only black sheep, a disgrace to that family for not having any aptitude for magic. Ivan did everything he could to use magic, but it was all for nothing. So, instead of trying for the same thing, Ivan trained to gain combat and weapon skills so that he could survive in the cruel world where with magic comes magical beasts and enemies.
One day, wandering in a forest, Ivan came across a ring with a shiny brown gem. Wearing that ring he didn’t feel any special but with a simple swing of his arm, suddenly earth in front of him rose up and transformed into a spike. Seeing this he was stunned, but after blinking a few times he flicked his arm a little in the direction of a boulder. This time the boulder split in half, with a few more swings and flicks of his arm in different ways he found that every time something different would happen but only to the earth-based things.
With a ring able to use earth magic, Ivan started to hone his skills, using his sword and martial arts to perform different combos and unique attacks so that he may become a professional hunter and earn for himself. But there was a slight problem, the ring only allowed him to use its ability ten times in a row, after that, it needed time to recharge, like 5 minutes for a single shot. When he searched about this in the library he found that this type of weapon only can only be used a few times, unless another source gives it energy.
While doing all of this, a thought came to his mind, if there was a ring that made him capable enough to use elemental magic, then there must be items for other elements too. He also came across a text stating that “martial artists can use life force energy which is also Chi to get stronger.” With this, he tried to use chi but wasn’t successful. So he started to look for a master or other texts to find a method that will help him in understanding and utilize chi.
Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months, as Ivan became stronger and more skilled, he fought beasts that were stronger and came across a few crystals that those monsters dropped after dying, but they were all useless to him. One day when he was exploring a cave he came across a giant beast that was in a league of its own, but it was fatally injured, after a last few breaths that beast died, dropping a crystal that was glowing orange in color. He took that crystal and went back to his place.
After coming back, Ivan contacted his best friend who was a forger. He told him to create an armor made from the glowing crystal. That friend asked him how he got a crystal that he as a forger has never come across. Ivan lied and told him that it was dropped from just another low-grade beast. The reason behind his lying was simple, if anyone found out about that crystal they would definitely kill for it. Two days later the armor was done and it looked like a normal plain armor with some orange glowing patterns across it. With just a glance he knew that the ring and the armor were the same grade. Now Ivan using his skills and equipment will start his rise to the top, even without having a magical ability himself.
