At Ernest's Cemetery, He held a black marble in his hand. It was an item that he really wanted to throw away when he got it.

Ivo was now in a room inside the temple. The interior of this place had nothing to show. Only a wall made of rocks and an oil lamp in the corner with a few candles. In this room, other than a few robes and 3 sets of plain clothes wrapped in sheepskin, and a wooden bucket filled with clean water, there was nothing luxurious.

Ivo sat on the only mat in this place. A mat made of roughly sifted palm fronds that was used by Shamans as a bed.

This was a room used by Shamans. And even by their standards, what Veibel had was already quite luxurious. Compared to his teacher who slept on the ground, the roof of his room that was just piled up leaves, and his daily life, Ivo could say that this was something very luxurious.

During his time playing Destiny, he had been a Shaman, and his condition was worse compared to Veibel. The teacher where he became a shaman candidate was really in a remote place where not even a single human being passed by.

It was a cemetery where people who got lost and died while exploring were buried. Those who accidentally crossed the area, when there was no hope of living anymore, would be buried in that cemetery.

Ivo inherited the cemetery and was ordained as a shaman after serving for 10 years.

That was one year in the real world. Although it seemed short, it also seemed very long.

Moreover, his teacher was someone who was completely detached from worldly life and focused on guarding the cemetery. Sometimes he would teach Ivo some things and share his knowledge. Sometimes his teacher would also invite him to reflect on life and death, leading him to think about the meaning of life and death from the teachings that shamans follow.

After he was ordained as a shaman, he finally understood what the post meant about the heavy burden of death and the Shaman who was assigned to guard the cemetery for his entire life.

Although becoming a Shaman was not the end of his journey at that time.

“I haven’t even been in this world for ten years and now I’ve already obtained this thing.”

Mana Nucleus. This is the result of years of research where the greed and madness of humanity can be seen.

A terrifying obsession once put forward by a mad Magician who wanted to complete the theory of parallel mana processing through another method. The limits of a Magician’s mana capacity and how the capabilities of parallel mana processing, produce the final product of a mana nucleus.

“Humans when born into this world are divided between those who have a Mana Nucleus and those who don’t. Whether or not someone can use magic is determined from here. Those who have it will allow them to access Mana and use that energy to become someone extraordinary.”

“From here, the distinction began to be formed between those who have it and those who don’t. This is the beginning that forms the social standards in this world where those who have Mana will be valued and those who don’t will end up as ordinary humans.”

This is the law of nature. Just like a cell where the nucleus will be damaged without the membrane that protects it, or like an egg that will be destroyed without its shell, the Mana Nucleus is the same. It's just that the protector that prevents the mana nucleus from being damaged is a living creature itself.

Then how could there be a Mana Nucleus right in his hand?

This is a history that not many players know. Ivo only knows a little from the few books he had read when he joined the Court of The Dead.

The magician was considered crazy because he came up with the theory that humans were just vassals or vessels for the magical energy of this Mana Nucleus. As a vessel, he strongly opposed the beliefs brought by the worshipers of light who believed that all living things were given blessings, and humans were blessed with Mana when they were born.

The worshipers of light said 'This is the virtue of light that guides humans out of darkness.'

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He also opposed the order of Mother of Nature, with the theory he put forward.

The order of Mother of Nature said 'Nature has given opportunities for living things to develop and fight for their lives. Mana is energy that is innately present within living things.'

However, the magician laughed at their statement. He laughed so loudly and did not hold back the magic he possessed. At that time, it was said that everyone on the continent listened to what he said.

“The worshippers of light foolishly believe that this is a blessing that will bring humanity out of darkness. The Order of Mother Nature believes that Mana is something that will bring us all to evolve. They believe that everything we have is determined from birth that separates us all.”

“NO!!! I don’t believe that. I don’t believe everything they say. Mana is a blessing? No, Mana is a curse and something that shouldn’t exist in this world. Mana is an anomaly of something that doesn’t exist in this world, it’s not a blessing from light and it’s not an opportunity that nature has given.”

“We are merely vassals of what is called Mana. Humans… No, this world shouldn’t have Mana. Something that has been determined by nature, I will prove that we are all merely vassals of what is called mana.”

After saying that, the Magician disappeared and was never found again. People mocked him and called him a madman.

Several years after that, the Magician returned and shocked the world with a black marble that he carried in his hand. That object destroyed all understandings that existed at that time about magic that originated naturally and shook the beliefs held in this world.

That was the Mana Nucleus.

An object that could make even an ordinary human into a Magician or Martial Artist and reverse the laws of nature. This was an achievement even greater than the achievements of the alchemists regarding the Philosopher’s Stone.

Of all the religions, only the Court of The Dead was unaffected. They didn’t care about this because the basis of their teachings lay in the pursuit of life that would end in death.

No, they weren’t unaffected, but they were the organization that supported the Magician in the formation of the Mana Nucleus. The Magician eventually gave the research to the Court of The Dead and joined them.

That was the history he had read in the Land of The Dead. There were more details explaining the involvement of parallel Mana Processing in it and the various crazy researches that involved many deaths and tortures.

“The decision I have to make is clear. There’s no way to refuse the gift they gave me. The problem is, if I’m found out using the Mana Nucleus, things will get troublesome.”

But, what choice did he have?

Throwing this thing away was also impossible. Accepting it meant that the relationship he would have with the Court of The Dead could not be reversed.

Ivo actually did not need the Mana Nucleus that much. This item did have the effectiveness in making an ordinary human who did not have mana into someone who could walk as a magician or Martial Artist.

“There is no harm in using it.” Ivo put the marble into his mouth. When the Mana Nucleus touched his mouth, it felt like a hard candy that was accidentally swallowed.

For those who were born with a Mana Nucleus, when they reached the first awakening stage, the Mana Nucleus would fuse into the body and make someone officially enter the first awakening stage.

The first change was here. When the Mana Nucleus fuses into the body, the Fusion will bring a miracle to the body. Depending on the type of development a person has, one Talent will bloom.

“My initial goal was to force the Mana inside me that was still so pure to continue to increase the Mana sense. With the Mana sense Talent, my development as a Magician will be unstoppable. Fulfilling the requirements is not a problem.”

I don't know what the effect of someone having two Mana nuclei in their body would be when experiencing their first awakening. This has never happened before.

Ivo could feel the Mana nucleus that he had just swallowed inside his body. The marble seemed to enter a transparent form and move through the Organs inside his body.

While feeling uncomfortable, Ivo remained silent without making a single sound.

With his intermediate mana sense, he could easily feel the entire Mana Flow inside his body. All the events that were in front of him, he could see it so clearly.

Hundreds to thousands of blue threads formed from pure energy were connected to his body. Ivo could feel a very strong discomfort but strangely his body did not reject it at all.

This Mana Nucleus was different from the original form that came from his body. Ivo could feel that he had 2 Mana Nuclei inside his body and the flow of 2 of the same pure magic energy.

This process was not painful and did not take much time. The process took place so perfectly without the slightest error.

"Strange, it shouldn't be like this."

Contrary to what he had expected, he now had 2 Mana Nuclei in his body. Not only that, the two Mana Nuclei were no longer devouring each other as he had expected. There were no side effects or problems with the incompatibility between the mana in his body and the mana in the Nucleus.

Ivo had consumed this thing in the past and knew the pain he had to go through. This was also the reason why Veibel remained on guard outside and did not interfere with the process that Ivo was doing. He also forced Ivo to do it here because if a problem occurred, Veibel could quickly resolve it.

When he opened his eyes, Ivo saw the information panel in front of him.

[You have obtained the Mana Nucleus.]

[Mana stat has been changed. The latest status has been added.]

When Ivo opened the information panel, he finally understood what was happening. Why didn't he feel what he felt in the past.

"So that's how it is."