In a small village surrounded by a wooden fence where there is a large number of people, most of them are young people wearing brown uniforms with a logo on their shoulders.

These different groups are accompanied by adults dressed in black who give them advice during their training to improve.

Away from the village is a group, the group that Rock followed into the forest, resting around a fire eating food.

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Rock decided to walk around the village to get a feel for the area.

He jumped on a few small branches before he landed and made his way towards the village through the underbrush.

Crack, crack, crack

Step by step or rather arm by arm Rock moved the noise of his joints at the level of his arms could be heard by being extremely attentive.

While being careful and slowing down his walk Rock arrived at the fence.

This fence is giant according to Rock.

He rested for a little while before climbing it.

Statut

Race Short-Armed Rock Rank 0 ⭐ Level 15 Age 4 Months HP 10/10 Mana 13+(2)

Stamina

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13

Strenght

2

Dexterity

1

Intelligence

4

Constitution

5

When he looked at his status he saw a change in his Mana.

(Why did my mana increased?)

[The purpoise of the increase in mana is related to its use. Mana is like a muscle, the more you use it the stronger it becomes. Mana beings or even certain Races close to Mana like Elves or Dragons see their mana increase with its use and time].

His mana having finished being recharged he got up and sneaked into a gap in the fence between the high grass advancing more and more from a house away from the village.

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As he got closer and closer to this wooden hut he noticed that there were buckets full of blood nearby.

Still near this one, shreds of meat and skins could be seen drying.

Large pieces of meat and skins on pieces of wood.

A butchering workshop, this place must have been a butchering workshop, a place where the corpses of animals are treated to have meat and skins, materials necessary to survive and to make clothes to spend the winter or to sell skins to earn some money.

As he entered the workshop, Rock could see the carcasses of monsters such as silver pheasant, tusked boars...

As soon as Rock approached the table where the corpse of the boar was lying, stretched out and still bleeding.

In spite of this corpse and the still fresh blood he felt a kind of attraction inciting him to get closer as if a link existed between him and the remains of the beast before his "eyes".

Feeling this bond Rock climbed on the table before a notification appeared in front of him.

[Detecting a Mana Core Low Quality]

[Absorb energy?]

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[Yes] [No]

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-> Yes

After selecting this option the [Low Quality Core] turned to dust before a wave of energy rushed towards Rock hitting it suddenly.