“Information Panel”
In an instant, a blue screen appeared in the air.
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Name: Ivo Graham
Race: Human (100%)
Age: 17
Speciality: -
Strength: 11
Agility: 13
Stamina: 10
Intelligence: ???
Mana: 25 (100)
Luck: 1
Talent: -
Skills: Intermediate Mana Sense, Magic Codex, Martial Arts: Six Manifestations One Harmony, Magic Sense Seal.
Status:
- Human who possesses the Heart of Fearlessness
- Human with two Mana Nucleus
- Human who masters Parallel Mana Processing
- Creator of the martial arts of six manifestations and one harmony
- Theoretical master of Martial arts and magic.
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“Oh, now I have two mana statuses. It must be the effect of the Mana Nucleus I just consumed.”
Ivo could feel that he had two sources of mana within him. Especially the second Mana Nucleus that he had just swallowed, there was a very strong feeling about it.
It felt like the development brought about by this second source would develop much better compared to the first magic source I had.
“Reaching three-digit stats means that this second Mana Nucleus that I swallowed has potential in the first awakening stage. Its development path is better than I expected.”
“No wonder the surge in mana stats when I consumed it back then was quite high. When I was in the second awakening stage, the increase brought about by consuming Mana Nuclei in the past even reached more than 500.”
‘There will indeed be a huge surge in mana capacity when reaching the first awakening stage. If the same thing were to happen a second time, of course, the results would be many times greater.’
While muttering, he opened the description of his status. A blue screen with static colors floated in the air
[Human with the heart of Fearlessness: A human whose fear was erased by possessing the heart of him who had been forgotten.
Human with two Mana Nucleus: A human who defies the laws of nature. A figure that is closer to a strange, inexplicable phenomenon than a human. Because his mana is so pure, whether by chance or not, he managed to do something impossible for humans.
A human who masters Parallel Mana Processing: This status is just as it says.
Creator of the martial arts of six manifestations and one harmony: A human who recreates a martial art that has been lost and forgotten.
Theoretical master of martial arts and magic: As a player, he has accumulated a lot of knowledge about two major fields in this world. Martial arts and magic, he is a master of these two things. Even geniuses cannot compete with the knowledge he has.]
Ivo's attention focused on the second status. His brow furrowed when he read the description. "It's not wrong, but isn't it too much to say that I'm no longer human?"
This case has never happened before. Ivo had a little hypothesis about this. And it was mostly influenced by the characteristics of the mana in his body that were so pure. This was the characteristic that players had when playing Destiny.
Even purer than the Mana in nature itself. Because it was so pure, the direction of development was limitless but the limitations were also huge. Players had trouble forming a specialty because of this pure mana condition and needed to spend about 1 year continuously training like crazy.
‘This was never shown in the status panel. So it seems that players have to find this themselves. And the other…’ Ivo only glanced briefly and didn’t care much. It was the same status he saw when playing Destiny.
There was nothing to look at anymore, Ivo closed the information panel in front of him again.
As he walked out, Veibel looked worried but when he saw that Ivo was fine, he finally became quite relieved.
“It seems that everything went quite smoothly.”
“It seems so. I don’t feel anything wrong. Maybe it’s because of my body condition where the Mana I have is still in a pure state.” Ivo said casually.
Veibel who heard it frowned slightly. Although he didn’t bring it up, he also wondered how there could be someone who had mana but still maintained such a pure mana condition in this world.
Has he never used magic before?
That was the question he wanted to ask but Veibel didn't bring it up.
Such a pure mana condition only exists in newborn babies. As time goes by and develops, one must have used the Mana in their body to do something.
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At that time, the mana condition in the body will start to change. There are indeed some ways like the Court of The Dead to change the form of Mana to the direction one wants. But Ivo's case was so strange that he had never seen it.
Seeing this, Veibel asked Ivo one thing. "Are you sure you can pass the third test? With such a pure mana condition, wouldn't you be at a disadvantage in this?"
"Maybe. I know that I am very weak right now. The standard for entering the White Snow Academy is the first awakening stage. Although it seems impossible, sometimes miracles can happen, right?" Ivo said with a smile.
Veibel might not know it, but Ivo knew that there was an event that would shake the foundation of the White Snow Academy in the final test. As long as he could survive, the chance of him being accepted into the White Snow Academy was 100%.
The problem was survival.
Veibel sighed softly. “I hope you succeed.”
“Although I was never accepted into the White Snow Academy, my life is better now.” Veibel smiled as he invited Ivo to sit down and served him water.
“Free from the complicated politics of Ernest City. Free from the responsibilities I once had in the past. And most importantly, free from the sycophants of Ernest City.”
“Are you happy?”
“Of course. I am very happy.” Veibel smiled softly as he answered. He continued. “You may wonder, where is the happiness of someone who has left the worldly life? What is so fun about living in an old temple, sleeping in a small room on a thin, rough mat.”
Ivo nodded when he heard that. Veibel who saw that looked at the surrounding buildings. The old temple that he had occupied during his time as a disciple of the Shaman at Ernest’s cemetery until he was appointed as a Shaman. Veibel had lived here longer than he had lived in the Mansion of Ernest City.
“Happiness does not lie in luxury. Happiness varies from person to person. Some poor people are happy about their poverty, some blind people are happy about their blind eyes, and there are people who mourn the death of a loved one but are happy because a better ending awaits them.”
“The more you look at the world, the more you see there are people you can’t understand. What makes them like this, what is in their hearts that they can remain happy even when experiencing misfortune.”
Veibel paused for a moment as he looked north. Where the gate of Ernest City Cemetery was located.
Ivo also looked in that direction, there, one could see some people entering this place and some exiting with red eyes.
“I envy those who can feel like that. Just like I envy you who can meet someone I admire. Really, isn’t life itself something interesting?”
“That’s right, I can become friends with a Shaman like you. Mr. Veibel, life really is interesting.”
The two of them laughed as they discussed this.
Indeed, their meeting was a coincidence that even Ivo didn’t know would end up like this. But since Veibel said that the two were friends, he ended up in this place and had a conversation like this.
Under the sunlight, Veibel stood and looked at Ivo. The shaman robe he was wearing fluttered slightly in the blowing air.
He looked at the people in this cemetery. The feelings of this entire area were transmitted to him. The cries of the people who came, the wails of those who lost their loved ones, and the bodies of those who collapsed because they were unable to bear the burden of death, all of them could be felt by Veibel.
“Life will come to an end.
Everyone who lives will die someday.
But the journey we have taken, will it all disappear after it all ends?”
Veibel asked while chanting a little verse. Ivo who heard it answered with another verse.
“Life will indeed end one day.
Death will come to all of us, no one is safe from it.
Everything we have gone through is never lost. We will meet again someday and laugh remembering the day we went through.”
Veibel who heard Ivo's reply showed a wide smile. Both of them laughed and enjoyed the day until the sunset in the sky.
***
At night, Ivo walked away from Ernest’s funeral. There were still a few days until the White Snow Academy entrance exam.
Ivo returned to the inn where he was currently staying. When he opened it, a Masha immediately rushed over to Ivo.
“Are…are you okay?”
A worried expression was clearly visible on her face. Masha who looked beautiful before now greeted Ivo with a worried and anxious face. She saw Ivo who was in good condition and still intact.
“This afternoon, I felt the magic device installed in this place suddenly activate. When I checked, there was no one there. Only a window was open but I didn’t see you there.”
Ah, I forgot to tell her. Yeah, maybe it’s okay. As far as I know, even though she is a descendant of that person, and is also part of the Rumanoff family, Masha is just an ordinary human.
She is neither a Magician nor a Martial Artist.
It would be bad for Masha to get involved with him further after he entered the White Snow Academy.
“I’m fine. Thank you for worrying about me.”
Ivo calmed Masha who kept apologizing for putting him in danger and not being able to provide the appropriate level of security.
Yeah, he should be the one apologizing for using this place as a plan to trap Ivor. But he felt that things would get quite complicated if he explained that this was his fault.
In the end, Masha offered to make a special meal for Ivo.
“You can sit down and rest first. I’ll make a special meal for today.” With big strides, Masha ran to the kitchen.
“She’s still great as usual.” Ivo leaned back while resting his body. Although he didn’t sleep under the influence of magic, no drowsiness came to him.
“Even so, this place is quite quiet.”
The atmosphere of the inn was still quite quiet. It could be said that he was probably the only person staying here. Very few people knew that Masha opened a very nice inn in Ernest City.
“They probably left immediately when they heard the rent was so expensive.” Ivo shook his head while continuing to circulate his magical energy.
By utilizing the intermediate mana sense, his magic training became faster than before. The second Mana Nucleus also helped a lot in this regard, making the magic energy training he did even faster.
By doing this, not only did the range of his mana sense become further, but the mana capacity inside the Mana Nucleus also became larger. This would be a great boost when he reached the first awakening stage.
For him to form a specialty, he had to use the mana inside his body. Not relying on media like mana crystals that he always used.
That would take quite a long time.
When the night grew late and the moon shone quite brightly, Masha came while carrying a plate filled with fragrant food from spices.
Even from where she was sitting, Ivo could smell the aroma that made his lips wet. Masha placed the food on the table and opened the iron cover that was on top of the plate.
The steam from the food rose into the air showing the beautiful shape and aroma of the spices that seemed to tickle his tongue.
“Please enjoy.”