Taking the Mafia to the Magic World

Chapter 977  End of the First Year in Anicane

"One year..." Vicente muttered as he looked at the device in front of him, while Prisiche was standing next to him, smiling as much as her master.

In front of Vicente was his status screen on the device he had bought after his 11th month in Stonewall.

{Vicente Fuller}

{Cultivation: 9-Star Archmage (quasi-Magus)}

{Origin: Polaris Realm}

{Magical Forms: Throne of Light and Darkness; Magnetism.}

{Rank: Outer Disciple; (201st in Combat Center rank).}

{Professions: 7th stage Blacksmith; 6th stage Healer; 6th stage True Sorcerer.}

After another five months of hard work, Vicente had made very good use of the resources of the partnership with the Manifold Family and developed his knowledge as much as he could. With the help of his allies, supervisors and master, he had completed his initial three compulsory activities and a further nine optional missions.

With his fights in the Combat Center, he was now approaching the top 100, an achievement he had hoped to reach within his second year in Anicane.

But now that he was in the last minutes of his first year in Anicane, what was on his mind was the end of his limitation. The special effect that came from his promotion in Polaris Realm was about to disappear completely!

Eager to leave the core area of Ravengarde and explore the 'island' of Light Cay and its possibilities, Vicente was naturally eager and happy.

'In a few more moments, I'll finally be able to make use of magical resources again, cultivate, and leave this area.'

As big as the city's core was, this was a relatively weak area, considering that, outside the area of action of this city's formations, 100 times stronger mana was available to everyone.

With this in mind, Vicente turned his attention to the equipment in front of him, looking at the system's home screen.

{Wallet}

{Missions}

{Mandatory Activities}

...

{Status}

{Affiliations}

He ignored {Mandatory Activities}, already aware of what his duties with the sect currently were. After completing his previous activities, he, as expected, received updated duties. It was now his duty to become an 8th stage Blacksmith, as well as to reach the 7th stage in his medical art and sorcery.

The {Missions} tab didn't catch his eye either. He currently had five missions in progress, three of which he could only do when he left the Ravengarde core and two which he didn't intend to complete straight away.

Clicking on {Affiliations}, the most interesting tab for a faction leader, as was his case, he saw a screen he had grown accustomed to over the last few months.

{Affiliations: Golden Partners; Manifold Family; The Ancient Garden.}

[Golden Partners]

[Members: 13 (Vicente Fuller), (Larissa Carstensen) ... (Jogard Loyalar).]

[Average Level: 7-Star Archmage.]

[Message]

[Distribute digital resources (resources available to the faction: 1,891,214 stone coins).]

...

[Faction missions: 3 (Escort) ... (7th Stage Beast Hunt).]

Among the options he read out, he could choose to click on the members' names, which would give him the option to find out the level, vital status and what that person was doing, or click on the other options to communicate, share resources or even check out group missions.

There were other options available to Vicente, and the system was completely different for his faction members. Among the existing buttons was the [Delete] option, which basically allowed you to remove a person from the faction.

Vicente clicked on Larissa's name, who he wanted to meet as soon as possible to join the group mission she was carrying out right now.

[Larissa Carstensen] n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Cultivation: 1-Star Magus]

[Vital Status: Alive]

[Current Position: The Flower Cliff (updated 4 hours ago).]

[Detail: Left the city core to lead a team of five on the group mission [Escort] to Mightville.]

...

[Message]

Vicente chose the option that stood out in his vision and jotted a brief text advising his companion of his current situation and how he intended to join the group carrying out the mission.

However, he didn't know if he could do it. Mightville was only five days' journey from Ravengarde, but depending on how fast Larissa's team progressed, he might have to change his plans.

'If she doesn't get this message in time, perhaps it's time for me to travel to fulfill some of my responsibilities to my sponsors.'

The Manifold Family had made demands in their agreement that could only be completed when he finished his year-long period of seclusion in the Ravengarde center. Now that there was less than a minute to go until that happened, he would surely soon be charged to travel to Ponddown.

But while he was thinking, Vicente suddenly felt a pleasant sensation, with his body stopping absorbing mana from the surroundings beyond his control. When this happened, he couldn't help but stop thinking about everything unrelated to his magical essence.

With a sigh of relief, he smiled satisfactorily. Although being able to get stronger continuously was good, on the whole, it wasn't pleasant not being in control. Also, when his sensitive period ended, all his power stabilized, with all the transformation that had taken place over the last few months finally solidifying.

For months, Vicente had felt as if he were a walking jelly, with no fixed shape or solid structure. Now, however, he felt like a rock, totally different from those months and much more impressive than when he was in Polaris Realm!

"Finally!" he said as he parted his lips, with Prisiche congratulating him soon after.

Putting the equipment in front of him aside, Vicente collected his ID and headed out of the house.

His objective? To leave Ravengarde's protected area and feel Anicane's full mana!

Obviously, Anicane's mana varied, with some places being stronger or weaker. But as Ravengarde was a powerful city, only special fantastic areas of this majestic world could surpass such a place.

Halfway there, Prisiche informed him, "Master, Miss Larissa answered your message. Unfortunately, their group has already arrived in Mightville. You'd better not waste your time going to her."

"Right. I'll see what else I can do in the next few days..." he said aloud as he passed through the barrier, feeling his heart beating hard before facing the full reality of this world.

The moment he set foot outside the barrier, he noticed a terrifying pressure hit him, immediately making him sweat as he felt as if he should prostrate himself!

As he felt this, something else inside him caught his attention.

'That feeling...' He swallowed his saliva before looking at a building in the distance, the training center of the group that sponsored him.

Running towards the building, Vicente made his way quickly, in a hurry to find a cultivation room and advance his stage!