Rock was not surprised by this announcement. Because it was included in the basic explanation provided by the system. That's also why he started at level 15 and not from 0. Creatures that are born are at level 0 and as they grow they grow and gain levels by killing. But for the creatures made of energy their levels are fixed according to their quantities of energy but it also varies with the time.
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In some ways some life forms have an advantage over others. Let's take a life form made of mana and compare it with any creature made of flesh.
Their main difference: Endurance!
A creature that is born from mana will cease to exist the moment it uses up all its mana.
While a normal creature would suffer from a headache for at least a day before the repercussions disappear. This process results in death for Mana creatures.
In Rock's case he has to be very careful with his mana level to prevent him from reaching a certain threshold and dying.
But most defaults are balanced in nature to maintain the natural balance. In this case the creatures of mana they are very talented in their uses understanding its functioning and developing new technique to use them.
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Standing at a rock with arms made of stone in front of a small monster or rather a pile of rough stones assembled one on top of the other in front of the corpse of a brown mole.
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This creature had a bluish glow to it, reaching out its stone stump to inspect the corpse.
As this light moved towards the corpse.
A stream of information emerged inside Rock.
This flood of information is like a hubbub, or rather like trying to listen to someone in a crowd. You can pick up and understand some of the words, but the meaning of what you heard cannot be understood.
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Among the little information he could find the name of the creature. It is called "Brown Mole" and it is a monster that has the ability to dig and live underground.
It only comes to the surface in case of danger and has a pair of claws strong enough to dig right into the ground.
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After this influx of information Rock took a moment to calm down and regulate his "thoughts" in some way.
This effect triggered something very mild and long lasting like a minor pain in the skull.
On his status a new state has been displayed: Mana Migraine
[Mana headache is an information overload that mana-based creatures are more likely to experience. It is when they receive a surplus of information while their mana control is insufficient].
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This status effect ended shortly after the magical absorption was performed.
Despite this, the effects of this Migraine were to disrupt thoughts and instill uncertainty in his actions.
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Once the side effects were over Rock decided to think about how to better use his energy.
He experimented with guiding his intention through his mana in very small doses.
His doses of mana were sent to a pile of dust.
The dust started to float briefly before falling back to the ground. This little exercise alone put mental pressure on him and helped him to improve his understanding.
By doing this exercise several times he tried to reduce the range to a very small area to make a condensed piece of dust fall.
Swirling the dust around, gathering it in one spot, scattering it and making it take on different shapes for a few seconds.
Using the following days he created a new shape in the rock.
So anyone with an inspection analysis could see his work.