“You sure you are taking your time.”

“I am trying.”

“You sure? There is nothing you have to do manually; core would have done it for you, just will it to flow the mana.”

“I don’t even know what it is, mana you speak of. Yes, I know the name from novels and stuff but I don’t even know what it is. Is it liquid, gas? Some kind of energy?”

“Like I said, you don’t have to do anything. Just will it to make it for you. I know, the things you have experienced are hard to accept and get used to, but Liam now isn’t time for questions. I will answer your questions after we are done. Empty your mind and claim the land.”

“…”

He was frustrated but had no choice, so he just did what he is told to do. As Octavia said the moment he thought about it he felt something leaving his body. There was a little pain but nothing unbearable. His face paled and lost his balance for a moment, but he fixed his posture quickly.

“Liam, are you okay?”

“It’s okay mom.”

As he said, mana flow stopped and on the pillar, a light appeared.

“It looks like you are successful. You can control it like your core, put your hand above the pillar and it will show you.”

Liam nodded, then put his hand above the pillar.

“Uh, it is empty.”

“Normal, you didn’t even name it yet.”

“I need to name it?”

"Yes, you need to name it. You can use your name for it, 'Land of Liam' for example."

"Mental command?"

"Yes."

After deciding on 'Land of Liam' he started to chant it again and again in his mind, another panel appeared

Land of Liam

"Okay, I named it."

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“Then we need to start to collect mana. To make the land collect mana, we need to find a source of energy and convert it to mana. If I were to program it to use the nearby unnecessary energy flows, there will be a small amount of generation; but even if we enlarge the land, production would be little from land.”

“Why do we need mana for?”

“Right, questions. Mana can be used for anything; you can use it to produce something you need with it, if you have the necessary facility’s or as you imagined, you can even shoot fireballs. But it’s inefficient if you use a medium like the laser gun I gave you it will be ten times more powerful and the mana usage would be minimal.”

“We used your ship to claim the land, and I don’t think there is another machine that can use mana, let alone one that can produce.

“We used unimportant pieces and bits. I admit it while producing the control pillar brain of the ship was used. But other valuable units still there. For energy, we don’t need to use Earths facilities. I can build a primal energy generator, but I need some materials. I can’t use ship for that, we can use them for far more complicated utilities; like a storage unit or a production facility for workers.”

“Workers?”

“Yeah workers, who is going to mine if we don’t?”

“Before we produce them, are we going to mine the material?”

“We can hire some people to do that.”

“Okay, details can be discussed later; what disturbs me most is the evolution you speak of.”

“To be honest, I can’t buff your attributes all of a sudden. As I said I am a mental type, I can help you with your brain, by teaching you how to use it and enhance it with mana. Enhancing part might hurt. On the other hand, you need to evolve your body naturally.”

“Naturally?”

“Feeding mana into your body while using your body to its limit. Mana will eventually help you surpass that limit and evolve.”

“I know you said, it’s my reward; but would you please help my family too?”

“Yes, I said it’s a reward and it is yours, not your family. “

“Can I teach them?”

“Why not, I will not share anything highly confidential.”

After that, they discussed for two hours how to lay the infrastructure for their base while Emma dozed off on Octavia’s bed.