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[Eden....]
Yes....?
[You've been slacking off again weren't you. Only a few skills increased in level since the last time I seen it months ago. Also why are your magic skills, the first skills you got still in the intermediate level?]
"Umm....."
[I see that you got bored using normal magic. I guess I just have to give you some things to practise with]
Damn....
[Before anything else, I noticed that you still have trouble using mana efficiently. I'll have you learn at least 3 ways of controlling the mana in your body]
"..."
Isn't that a little too much?
[Not at all. In my prime, I was rotating on using a couple dozen different mana channelling methods at once]
"I'm not a monster like you! I'm a normal person!" I shouted out loud.
[Considering what you've been through and what you've done in a mere 3 years, you are further away from anyone from being normal and closer to anyone on being a monster. Now sit down so I can guide you on one of the basic mana channelling skills]
I sat down in this large empty room that was used for mediation and the like training. It was a simple 10 by 10 metre room that was extremely plain in order to allow people to focus better in them which leads to more things being done since people tend to get bored easily.
[The 3 skills I'll be teaching you will do three things. The first will just make it so you can control mana properly. The second will be used to increase the power and control over your spells and the third will increase recovery. Now first I need you to be able of the flow of mana in your body]
Umm....sad to say this but I don't know how to do that.
[Just focus on yourself. You'll eventually figure it out with that body]
Listening to llyfr, I looked at myself which was actually more difficult than I think it would be. The first thing I 'saw' was that there was a mass of mana where I was that expanded in great size. It was gold in colour....was this my 'Aura'? I Continued to look deeper into it where the Golden Aura eventually turned into blue mana which was roughly the same size as the Aura, it was just disguised under the Aura for some reason.
[Good, and it only took you a few hours to get to this stage]
Few hours?! Wait, I don't remember that amount of time passing!
[Well that shows how much you were concentrating. Your concentration stat increased by a point during this time as well]
I quickly checked my status window again and there was one extra point on concentration.
[Now that you can see your mana properly, can you tell me what's wrong with it?]
"Umm.....its too big?"
[Nope, guess again]
"Lacking in quality?"
[It's leaking outside your body]
"Oh....that's bad right?"
[You're losing mana as you are gaining it. Plus it causes your spells to become weaker and harder to control as well. You're also easy to find as well thanks to this which is why you seem to never be able to hide from people since that mana is literally like a beacon saying that you are here]
"So...what do I do to stop this?"
[First of all, you need to make sure your mana stays in your body for now. Note that it will be extremely painful to do so]
"..."
I wanna quit now.
[Quiet! Now push that mana back into your body!]
Following this command, I tried to manipulate my mana and pushing it back into my body. However my mana did not completely go in my body, it all just repelled outwards again when I lose focus for a moment. It was like squeezing a sponge and trying to make it stay compassed.
However eventually, I somewhat managed to do this which was very uncomfortable. To compare the state in between in event, before it was like a mass of mana in which expanded as much as it wanted, while now it was finer and in the shape of my body. But things are still not perfect since the outer layer of mana is pushing outwards occasionally leaking out once in a while.
Ding
[Good enough for now. The next thing you have to do is rotate the man in your body. That means allow the mana to flow properly inside. Think of it like blood. If it stops, then considered yourself weakened since you are unable to use mana properly like you are now. When done properly, you are able to distribute a proper amount of mana around your body. However when this is not done, then your mana will be more difficult to do, spells will fail more often, spells would often take more mana to use than normal and most importantly mana regeneration will be stumped]
So...is that the reason why I've been having more trouble than usual recovering mana especially in battle?
[Pretty much, now hurry up. I want to take care of the basics of mana channelling within a month]
A month of this kind of training....won't I need food and water?
[Use creation magic for that. I believe you need some training with that]
But the food I can make with it taste bland and horrible!
[Then level it up]
….
Fine. How do I rotate the mana in my body?
[Its simply thinking of mana similar to blood like I said before. Just flow the mana in the same way blood gets pumped through your body. A tip is to start small, you'll understand soon]
Okay....
I took a tiny bit of mana and started to move it through my body.
Ow ow ow ow!
"What the hell was that?!"
It was like a hot plate of metal was placed in my body.
[That's basically your body saying that it doesn't want mana to flow like that. Basically every time you make a mistake involving manipulating man in your body this happens]
"..."
I can't believe I'm thinking this but this is worse than the Hell Training back in Tellap town with the week long hitting session.
[Well as long as you do it correctly, your body will remember how to do it unconsciously. Its a trial and error sort of thing]
Isn't there another method that doesn't hurt as much?
[Yeah but it takes too long. This way, you'll be finished in about a week for this stage of the training. The other methods takes months or years to do]
"..."
I am not going to enjoy this.
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A Week later....
I opened up the mana channelling skill window.
Damn that was a horrible week. Not only that I was feeling an extreme amount of pain every once in a while, the food was horrible as well.
Even pieces of bread had a soggy feel to it. And to make things worse, when I tried to use mana for creation magic, once in a while the same extreme pain comes back out of nowhere. Apparently, llyfr stopped correcting my spells so this happens more often now. Plus Creation Magic didn't level up yet and was leaning towards it only after a week worth of use.
[Good, now the second stage of the basic training can take place. This time you'll learn how to use your mana for offence and defence properly. Tell me the benefits of using mana in this way]
"Umm...I suppose using mana this way causes attacks to increase in power while its also easier to defend as well."
[Yes that is indeed true but the fundamental benefit is that the body is stronger overall. Even warriors using mana this way will find that they are stronger physically. The Soul is a reflection of the body and Mana is a core part of the Soul which means if you strengthen your mana in this way, then the Soul and therefore body will naturally become stronger as well. Plus you have a major benefit of being a being that uses mana from every fibre in your body naturally]
"I see but what does it have to do with the next part of the training?"
[That's simple. You'll learn how to naturally strengthen your body using mana alone. Battle Aura and the likes can only go so far when the basics are neglected. Now your task for the next week will be while rotating mana in your body, direct mana at certain parts of your body while attacking or defending]
"I suppose if I do something wrong this will backfire on me"
[Naturally]
"..."
I need to remind myself to not lose in a magic battle ever again.
Since the last week, the mana in my body gradually pumped itself around my body naturally. From the heart, it goes to the left arm, left leg, right leg, right arm, head and finally back to the heart again. Never stopping and always moving.
[First off, try gathering mana in your hands without disturbing the flow of mana]
I did just that and stopped the mana when it reached my hands.
Then the pain started immediately again at my hands.
Reacting immediately to the pain, I stopped the gathering of mana and let it flow. After a few seconds the pain disappeared from my hands.
[I said without stopping the flow of mana. You can't just block out the flow of the mana to collect mana. Take it bit by bit first]
I tried again by allowing the flow of mana in my hands to continued but taking bits of mana here and there slowly. Eventually I got the same amount of mana as before when the pain started.
"Ow!"
Once again the pain in my hands started and I naturally stopped the gathering of mana in my hands to stop the pain.
[Wrong again. You can't just take it bit by bit from the flow at a certain point. Its like having a hole where water can leak out and that water will eventually become big enough that blocks the flow of water. Try again but this time try to gather from everything at once at the same time and without disturbing the flow this time]
Is it me or llyfr is intentionally making me do the wrong things first.
[Pain is always the best way to make people learn things the fastest way]
"..."
That sounds like child abuse to me.
Another day passed since this part of the training started and I was actually getting the hang of it now. I could gather some mana in my hands without it causing an extreme amount of pain at once.
You have gained a property in mana channelling
[The next step will to be practising attacking while in this state. Just do some punches]
I punched the air in front of me with the mana in my hands. Almost immediately the mana completely disappeared being shot out into the air.
"..."
Was it suppose to do this...?
[Not at all. You're suppose to keep the mana in your body. This way the body is strengthened but mana isn't wasted needlessly like that]
"I see...."
It really took me a week to master this part of the training. By the end of the second week of training, I could do some attacks without mana being poured out like a fountain and my body was a bit stronger than normal now.
[Now I have 2 more weeks to pound the rest of the basic things you need to know involving mana channelling. The next step is to increase the speed and control you have over your spells. This means channelling mana outside your body properly now. Try making a fireball]
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Fireball
"Fireball"
I lifted my hand and a ball of fire appeared.
[Now what can you think you can do with that Fireball alone?]
"Fire it at an enemy, move it about and so on?"
[True but how precise can you move it?]
"Depends on how fast its going."
[What about say about the speed of a Fastball in Baseball?]
Ignore the fact that he knows about baseball....Ignore the fact that he knows about baseball....Ignore the fact that he knows about baseball....
"Not very much. It has to travel in a straight line for that to work."
[But what If there was a way to completely manipulate that fireball at the speed of a fastball?]
"Then that would be impossible then right? There's only so much the human brain can do at once. Plus I would have to focus on an extreme scale for that to work." I explained.
I did try once doing what llyfr said and that only resulted in the fireball moving a tiny bit before hitting the target and it also exhausted me mentally at the same time. It was something that you would normally wouldn't do due to common sense.
[This next skill I'm going to teach you will be able to increase your concentration, your focus, how fast you can think. A very dangerous thing but its benefit will make even the weakest of people seem like experts at combat. This is a skill that will affect you mentally accelerating your thinking process and capabilities at once]
"What's the catch to this skill?"
[Well.....you could faint while using it, headaches will be to the extreme as well and it could lead to complete mental breakdown sometimes]
"..."
Sad to say but that's not the worse thing that has happened or will happen to me.
"Okay but how will I gain the skill in the first place?"
[Well I just have to remove your mental limits for a bit so you can get a feel to it. I'm going to start now, you may feel a bit strained]
"Wait a sec-"
The world instantly slowed down for me. Sound disappeared for starters and the fireball looked more bright than usual as well. When I tried moving my body it seemed slower than usual and took 3 times the effort to move it at all. Then came the headache.
"Owwwwwww!"
My head seemed to split in half as the world went back to normal. I was holding my head in pain on the ground. However llyfr didn't seem to care at all.
[The first time is always the worse time. Anyway the first step here is to learn how to enter that state. Just try feeling it out since instinct will properly kick in after a few days]
True enough, after a few days I've found myself entering that state once in a while with a severe headache afterwards. And then eventually the skill itself appeared after I managed to stay in that state for a full second though it felt like 10 seconds of hell for me quite literally.
It took me 3 days of agony to get this skill. I'm not even sure if this was worth it at all.
[Eden, you have 4 days to master this skill enough for practical use. For training....what about using the Fireball to do some stuff. Learn your limits as well in the accelerated state]
With that llyfr disappeared again. I wonder what he does when he's not taking care of me. Well the good thing is that I can use this skill any time I want now.
"Mental Acceleration."
With that, the world turned grey. In order to even use this, I had to shut off several things including my sight of colour, sense of smell, taste, hearing and even touch to a certain extent. However the result was that my head didn't explode every time I wanted to use this.
But I soon found out that being I this state for too long would hurt....a lot.
"Owwwww!" I screamed in pain once again due to the headache.
With that one use, the skill levelled up. Was this kind of skill easy to level up or was I doing something right?
[I believe your body and more importantly your head adapting to the skill itself. Every time you have the splitting headache, the mind remembers to adjust itself properly for the skill to work well. This results in the skill levelling up. Just keep on holding onto it like that for a while until the skill gets to intermediate level. Then I'll teach you a method to reduce the strength of the skill later]
"..."
Is it me or am I going on the hard thorny path with countless traps on it instead of the soft fluffy and generally less painful path....
However I cannot go against llyfr for lots of reasons so I just decided to endure for now.
Activating the skill again, I immediately noticed that I took a bit longer for my head to split open mentally.
And the skill levelled up immediately again.
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Time to do it again.
"Mental Acceleration."
Soon the pain came again as I endured it and soon disappeared. The skill experience increased by another 15%. After reaching Beginner level 5, the experience gain by using it like this decreased a lot. Now it takes a few tries until it levels up.
Plus it takes a few minutes for me to recover enough to use the skill again.
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Another 2 days passed making this the 5th day for the training for this skill. The skill was at beginner level 9 and was on the verge of levelling up again.
"Mental Acceleration."
After what seemed to be forever the pain came back in a bad way as I squirmed about on the ground in pain.
Another thing was that the Endurance stat was getting a good increase with these kinds of actions.....at this rate the highest stat I would get would be Endurance. I didn't have to say that it was natural that concentration increased quickly here as well.
I sighed....so that was what llyfr meant when he said he would teach me the method of controlling this skill properly. It wasn't that he didn't wan to teach me that right now but rather the skill had to reach a certain point in order to do that.
[So you're finally done with being a masochist?]
Who the hell is a masochist! It was because of you that I had to endure this pain!
[Yes, yes but now you need to learn how to use it properly with magic. Create a fireball again and then activate the skill while moving the fireball]
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Fireball
"Fireball"
A ball of fire appeared over my hand as I started to move it about in a circular fashion.
"Mental Acceleration"
I started the Mental Acceleration in which the world turned slow and grey for me. The fireball for whatever reason seemed to be 'normal' for some reason.
[Now you notice that the fireball is normal compared to the rest of the world right?]
Yeah...
[Decrease the strength of the acceleration first. I don't want you passing out while I'm explaining stuff]
I decreased the power of the skill in which the world seemed a bit faster and had more colour and sound in it.
[Okay now for the explanation. The world is running at normal speeds while you are running at a faster speed which also includes the spell you use. While the fireball is moving at normal speeds for you right now, to others its running at twice or triple the speed. Another thing is that you are able to control the fireball better in this state. First make the fireball move around you gradually increasing the speed]
I did what llyfr told me and the fireball moved about my body. Bit by bit, it went faster and faster until it seemed like a ball of light spinning around me.
[Now make it go the other direction immediately]
By instinct I followed llyfr's words and a sudden pain that was the headache and another surprise which was my eyes blacking out occurred.
Bang
It seemed the fireball was fired somewhere but I couldn't see!
[Calm down, your sight will return soon as the mental strain disappears]
I deactivated Mental Acceleration and waited a few moment for my sight to recover.
"What the hell was that for?!"
[Simple, you need to learn what happens if you strain yourself in that state. Honestly the worse that could happen would be that you would faint at a bad time. Don't do the impossible even if it is possible in your normal state]
"So...what was the point me me losing my sight and the extreme headache again?"
[Pain teaches you better than other methods. Its perfect for a lazy person like yourself]
True that I may be a 'bit' lazy but that doesn't explain that every method of training involves doing the wrong things first!
[Better to learn the wrong things now instead of later]
Still but if you told me in the first place of what would happen it would at least give me a chance to prepare myself!
[If I told you what each action did, you wouldn't want to do them no matter how long]
"..."
Just tell me what I need to do....
[Okay then, good to know you approve of my teaching methods. Next thing you have to do is practise for now. Combine this training with the Mana Channelling one and you will be find for the next 2 days where the last but of basic training begins]
"..."
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Two days later....
Well...that's another skill in the intermediate level.
Right now I was manipulating a fireball that was moving at high speeds. It was moving around my body but this time it was sometimes shooting off in an entirely another direction once in a while. By the time I had finished this exercise I was quite hungry.
"Creation Magic..."
I created another loaf of bread at hand.
Ding
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It was like God was blessing me though I was an enemy to Gods....
Destroying the piece of bread at hand, I created another loaf of bread and this time it actually taste like bread! I then created a plate and then meat on it and it really tasted like meat! It was a miracle!
Hoorah!
Though the taste isn't perfect yet...who cares since it doesn't taste like soggy crackers now!
[Now for the next torture...I mean training]
"..."
It feels like someone popped all the fun right now....
[Shut it! I have a week until I have to hand you over for your next torture session!]
Now you don't even bother to correct yourself....
[Anyway the last basic skill will be the most important. As such I didn't teach it to you until the very end since that would make things to easy for you with the other skills]
"..."
Tread wisely llyfr....
[This skill is a recovery skill which I believe you have none of]
"Yeah but doesn't my body heal fast enough?"
[In your normal state? No. This skill is designed for someone like you who has too much mana. Now to heavily wound you...]
"Eh?"
In that one moment, it felt like the headache was actually fine to me. That was how much damage and pain I was in right now.
"Cough"
I fell to the floor holding myself together as my body was heavily wounded with deep cuts and broken bones at once.
What the hell was that for?! Those words screamed into my and from my heart.
[Now to explain how this skill will work]
Wait a minute, I'm dying here!
[If I really waited a minute, you would really die. Now onto the explanation]
"..."
This asshole...
[The skill will involve compressing mana into a method that would accelerate the speed in which you would recover. I believe I used this a month ago when you had severe wounds caused by the Sage person you lost to]
"..."
[A more preferred method would be to reverse the wounds but that's extremely difficult and risky to do so I'm going to teach you the other method which is causing your body to heal faster. Naturally this has other beneficial side effects such as the increased mana regeneration during this period of healing as well. However you are somewhat weaker in this state so don't use it while being attacked. Now any questions?]
"How long will it take me to learn this skill?"
[About.....now?]
There was another sudden pain in my body. The limbs that were disjointed snapped back into place and the bones mend itself in an instant. The cuts on my body also closed up and healed at an alarming rate.
"So...we're done with this right?"
[Of course not, I'm going to wound you over and over again so you can level this skill up fast]
"..."
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck! Get me out of here quick!
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Another week passed with me becoming more deranged and tired than usual.
My body burst into wounds again. I couldn't even feel pain in this body anymore right now.
"Recovery Burst...."
And so the extreme pain came back again as my broken body repaired itself.
"..."
[The training so far is finished. And on time as well]
"Eden are you there?" said Thinny on the other side of that door.
When he opened it, his face was in shock.
"What the hell did you do to stain the floor with this much blood?" he exclaimed looking at me and the floor.
After those words, I fainted from a week long lack of sleep.
Part 2 – The Assassin Training
When I woke up, I was scrapped onto a chair with my arms and legs being restrained.
"..."
What's with this situation...more to the point, why am I being scrapped to a chair? I looked around but it was too dark for me to see with my current eyes. However after a while I noticed that I was in one of those training rooms again.
Am I going to be trained (tortured) in here then?
"Eden you're your awake" said a relatively deep voice that I knew belonged to the person 'named' Thinny.
He walked in front of me with a knife at hand. Was he going to use it on it? It can't be worse than what llyfr did to me....at this point a mere knife or death doesn't scare me that much...which is very sad on my part.
"How long has it been since I've...."
"Fainted? 3 Days which means we're 3 days late in my schedule for your training"
Well considering that I was forced to bear wounds over and over again for a week straight....I'm surprised that I'm still sane....
"Anyway, to speed things up, I would need to see your current stats."
"Show Thinny Status Window."
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