Siul woke up from his deep, comforting sleep and thought over his future plans. His body was energized for the day.
"Now we will have to monitor the subspace world for new advancements and continue to develop our understanding of magic... So much to do. I don't even know where to start with magic... I should practice my control."
Bon's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Look at the world!" The black crystal was already out and floating around Bon.
Following Bon into the world, they soon arrived at a tribal village.
"This is Genius 2's tribe?"
The tension was even higher than usual. It was not tension that came from survival, but something different. He observed the oddities in the people's behavior.
"They are training to fight?" Siul thought it was unusual. Why would all of the tribe member need to be trained in fighting? "Bon, what is going on?" Siul was curious.
"War!" Bon said curtly.
The simple word shocked Siul.
"War!? What happened?" Siul could not believe that a war was already beginning.
"Remember Genius 1? Well, he found Genius 2's tribe and well... Since the time we have forgotten him, the guy has only gotten terrifyingly better at controlling mana. He has even taught his whole tribe now. Or... What's left of it at least. A scout party from Genius 2's tribe was attacked by them, but one managed to escape. Now, they are all preparing for the possible fight." Bon explained the events.
Bon led Siul to where Genius 1's tribe was camping out. Siul was not very surprised to find that Genius 1 seemed to be in control of everything. Nobody dared to disobey him.
Genius 1 assembled his survival-harded tribe and gave a short, but seemingly inspiring speech that riled everyone up. A trace of true hope lingered on their faces as they looked in the direction of Genius 2's tribe.
Siul watched the tribe slowly move through the forest, approaching Genius 2's tribe. They were exceedingly cautious and were constantly on the lookout for any danger. Their experience from living in the deadly wilderness evidently paid off in vigilance and raw power. On the way, they dodged all dinosaurs that were in their path.
Finally, it seemed that Genius 2's tribe noticed that danger was approaching as a youthful scout appeared from the shadows and warned the tribe. Immediately, everyone inside tensed up as they moved to the outskirts of the village.
Siul thought of something and tried to sense the mana inside of their bodies.
He was disappointed to find out that he couldn't look at the mana activity directly inside their bodies, but he could see that they were dissipating small amounts of mana from their bodies. Suddenly, a few thin tendrils of mana extended between squads of people. They pulsed constantly.
"Are they communicating?" Siul murmured and continued to watch them prepare for battle. He focused on Genius 1's tribe to see what they were doing.
All of them held sharpened bone swords and daggers with bright faces. They seemed to use the same methods as Genius 2's tribe before noticing something unusual about their weapons. He looked closer to find that there was a thin film of mana covering them. He did not know what it did exactly, but he suspected that it made their weapons sharper and more durable.
Genius 1's tribe emerged from the trees. The two sides saw each other. Hell broke loose. Both parties yelled battle cries. Diplomacy was thrown out the window the moment their gazes met. At first, Genius 2's tribe looked like they wanted to negotiate, but they gave up that thought as soon as they saw the attacking tribe rush forward.
[War has broken out for the first time between intelligent creatures. The first of many. War will become as common as flowers throughout history. With war on one side of the coin, the other side harbors opportunity that paves the way for advancement. Each side has no choice but to become stronger.]
[+2 achievement]
The battle was cruel as bone swords clashed. There was no high pitched screeching of metal. It made for a strange theme of battle, one that caught Siul off guard.
"They didn't even try to negotiate with Genius 2's tribe." It was the easiest solution to the problem and one side already didn't want to fight. Not only that, it would also equally strengthen both sides if they joined together.
"Genius 1 is not right in the head. From the very start he has been greedy and power hungry unlike Genius 2 who helped the whole tribe."
"That seems about right... Did he feel threatened by the presence of another tribe and not only that, but had a somewhat safe and permanent area to reside in? He may have wanted what Genius 2's tribe has for himself to increase his ruling power more... Despite all that, it was idiotic and outright foolish to start a battle with Genius 2's tribe." Siul was disappointed in Genius 1. For all of his intelligence, it seemed that he was only good at magic and that was it. He was not meant for a role in anywhere that asked for even the smallest bit of critical thinking.
Bodies fell from both sides, sounds of battle disturbed the area.
"Uh oh, this might be the end of the battle and Genius 1." Bon whispered from the side before flying down towards an agitated part of the forest. It was then that Siul saw a gigantic dinosaur towering over the trees make its way to the battle. Angered at the commotion
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Each side spoke a different language. Their yells and insults unable to be understood between each other. Still, it felt good for them to insult their enemies.
Suddenly, though, the chief of Genius 2's tribe issued an order and everybody retreated. They were quick and caught Genius 1's forces off guard. However, in the next moment they understood. Their worries were replaced by something much worse.
The last of Genius 2's tribe barely made it back into the cave before a large boulder was moved in front of the cave entrance with the effort of the whole tribe. Screams of terror from Genius 1's tribe were heard as the largest dinosaur that Siul had seen ravaged the area.
The clearing was in chaos. Genius 1's tribe scattered into pieces. The battle that only lasted a few short minutes was cut by the much greater danger in the form of a dinosaur.
"That was... An anticlimactic ending." Siul looked down at the humans below with pity. However, he could not feel bad. It was not any of his actions that had caused and even more so, it was due the actions of a foolish leader.
The battle initially shocked him. He, who had not seen much real battle or bloodshed, was able to withstand the sight when looking above. In a morbid way, it was like watching ants fight in his mind. Siul couldn't get the thought out of his mind and didn't dare to get any closer to the battlefield lest he get truly disturbed by the sight.
The dinosaur ravaged the area, eating the bodies of the fallen. It did not discriminate between the two tribes. Free snacks were better not wasted especially if they did not taste any different. After cleaning up the area, it found that there were no longer any other easy bites. It roared before turning around and walking back into the wilderness, leaving a trail of disturbed trees from its wake.
The two of them flew down and went through the boulder to see how Genius 2's tribe was doing. Not to their surprise, the entire cave was a busy mess. Wounds were healed with mana and people wept at losses. A lonely scout, the same scout that had come with the warning, stood in front of the boulder with deep and determined eyes. The mana around him felt much deeper. Nearly paralleling Genius 2 himself. The scout circulated mana as if he were fidgeting, but his body only stood still.
The scout's fists balled up before something happened in his hands. The mana started to manifest and took the shape of a sword. It resembled much of the bone swords that littered the battlefield outside. The scout looked towards his hands and smiled. He whispered something before running out of mana and collapsing.
A girl from the back of the tribe shook her head at the sight before taking the scout to a special building as if she had practiced the same actions dozens of times.
"It will recover." The mum liveliness of the tribe was rampant. The whole cave was shrouded by a shade of sadness, but it would only fuel the tribe to carve out their position in the world even more.
"The other tribe, though..." Siul looked deep into the wilderness. The attack of Genius 1's tribe had been crushed soundly, however he knew that an important figure was still alive.
"Genius 1 is out there... No, let's call him survivor." It was tiring to refer to the geniuses of the tribes as 'Genius.' Siul decided to give them an actual nickname. They deserved it after their troubles.
Siul knew that Survivor would live to make another attack with a twisted grudge. For all of his greediness, Survivor was still cunning and preserved his own life despite his lack of critical thinking. Not only was Survivor cunning, though, but he was also the first to discover magic in the first place. He was more talented and had more time to develop his use of mana than Genius 2.
"... I'll call Genius 2 Gaves, it is just too cumbersome to call him Genius 2."
Siul did not worry about Survivor much, though. Survivor would certainly be a pest, but he was no match for an entire tribe full of people wielding mana. Even if his use was more advanced, the amount of people was too much for one person like Survivor who only had a slight advantage over individuals.
Watching the rebuilding effort of Gaves' tribe, he heard Bon from beside him.
"Two more tribes have also discovered mana. One of them learned it about 2 weeks ago in the subspace world and the other seemed to have just learned it around the time this battle took place." Siul hadn't noticed it, but Bon had already checked on the other tribes.
Siul forgot that the box often spent most of its time exploring the subspace world. There was nowhere else it could even go. Bon was incredibly familiar with the world and would certainly know of quite a few beautiful places.
'I should take him somewhere in the near future...' Siul wanted to show Bon the real world too. The plan of learning magic, however, took too much time. He thought that learning magic quickly would be easy, but before he knew it, a few months had already passed and he had only touched about the first molecule on the tip of the magical iceberg. He didn't even want to think about the potential of the subspace world and the technological side of things. The scale was just too big to comprehend.
Scanning through the menu, SIul remembered the achievement they had gathered.
[Upgrades]
[Current achievement: 15]
[Material Production: 15 achievements]
[Rudimentary Radar: 30 achievement]
[Energy Propagation: 100 achievement]
Looking at the available options, Siul was unsure as to what to do.
"Bon, we have enough achievement for the material production upgrade... Should we get it?" The upgrade menu and achievement were shared by the two of them. It was important to consult Bon in the matter as well.
"I feel that we should not purchase it. Achievement is scarce and it has taken us months to get 15 points. We have no need for an upgrade that seems to just produce materials. In the future we would still be able to purchase it, but I think the rudimentary radar, for all of its vagueness, might be more useful." Bon thought that the material production was entirely useless for the moment.
Siul let Bon's opinion weigh in his mind. He was not too optimistic about the material production upgrade either and like Bon had said, achievement was hard to get when they were also trying to achieve their goals. It was hard to know what the rudimentary radar would do exactly, but he found it to be a better gamble than the material production upgrade.
"Yeah, we should get the rudimentary radar first." Siul wanted to purchase an upgrade, the urge was hard to resist, but he knew that he would have to wait. If he did not, he would earn the ire of Bon and end up wasting a lot of achievement which was not in the best of both of their interests at all.
Bon left to continue exploring the world and Siul ventured out towards the light magic plant grove. Bon had managed to find a particularly abundant grove of the plants which made it easier to replenish mana from the density of mana in the area alone.
Sitting in the middle of the grove, but far enough from the plants to not disturb them, he concentrated on himself as he remembered the battle earlier.
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From his experience, it was impossible to peer directly inside another person's body using his mana perception alone. However, he could see a byproduct being emitted from the people's body as mana was being used. He thought of a name and landed on "aura."
However, due to the simple nature of what anyone knew of mana, including himself, it was easy to deduce what the people were doing. The first thing Siul tried to do was mimic the way the tribe people enhanced their bodies. The aura around all of them increased drastically as their bodies were enhanced more and more. This meant that they were using or manipulating a lot of mana at the same time.
He continued to think until an idea popped into his head. To concentrate on mana, it used up focus and burned some of it up into aura. Everytime mana moved throughout its pathway, it would make Siul a little stronger. So, if he combined the two, meaning that he would artificially accelerate his mana pathway, it would not only use up a lot of mana, but also strengthen his body.
He scrutinized the simple path in his body. It was a loop with no other connections. It was simple and could not be any less complicated at connecting the body's most important parts and organs.
With the idea in mind, Siul tried to accelerate the path, but he found that it was extremely hard to do so without taking direct control of a portion of the pathway. Focusing on a part of the pathway that he had extended his control on, he continued to expand it until it encompassed his entire pathway. By now, a headache had formed, but it was nothing too serious.
Taking control of the mana inside his pathway, it started to move faster with his focus. Immediately, he could tell the difference in the power of his body. Taking out mana and using mana to accelerate the processes of the pathway used a lot of mana up, but it would allow him to not only have a temporary strength boost, but also as an ordinary means of cultivation. Of course, the means of cultivation was not efficient and only worked when he had a lot of mana stored up, but it was still a method to accelerate the development of mana in his body.
If he ever had an overabundance of mana, he could always just circulate some of it around without much consequence. There was a con to using this method, though. The faster he accelerated the pathway, the bigger the strain of his mind and focus. Not only that, but if he wasn't careful, it could end up damaging his pathway too.
The headache he had was not the level painful just for increasing the speed by. If he did it anymore, the headache might continue on for the rest of the day.
Letting go of the mana pathway, Siul thought of the other applications that the tribesmen used. One was a way to communicate through tendrils of mana and the other was covering or sheathing an object in mana.
The first was easy as all he had to do was connect a tendril of mana to or with another person. They could then communicate in a simplified established language like morse code or certain pulses of mana would be certain orders or movements.
The second was easy enough to figure out too, he just had to figure out how to manipulate mana outside his body. Making an entire object out of mana like he had seen from the scout was just a more advanced and more mana consuming version of covering an object.
After figuring out the applications that the tribe's people used, Siul moved onto what he had originally planned for the day.
"I need to increase my mana control. That means I need a few exercises, but there is only so much I can do with training my mana finesse inside my body. I need to train it outside too. Doing that may be even more effective too." Siul thought for an hour on the matter, but he did not know of the way the tribe achieved this. He had a few ideas, but they were either too dangerous or too vague to test out.
"Maybe the first step is opening the rest of my body?" Siul looked at his body. Other than his mana pathway opening most of the major parts of his body to mana, the majority of his body was still in a state of actively resisting mana.
Taking control of the mana, he manipulated a tendril. It was manipulated into the slog of resistance in his body .The effort was hard and slow, but each time he passed over an area with mana, it resisted the mana much less. The longer a part of the body was covered in mana, the more open it would become.
This is going to take a week and then some..." He could not manipulate the mana infinitely and he had to rest every now and then to let his mind recover from the constant focus and fatigue.
Over the course of the next few days, Siul practically camped out in the field of light magic plants. No small animals dared to come near the grove and no large dinosaur dared to come either with the plant's dangerous methods of attack. Siul shuddered at the variety and ferociousness of defense mechanisms that the plants used.
As Siul constantly moved the mana, he found that his concentration and ability to manipulate the mana also increased. It was natural, but he knew that it was easy to improve quickly when learning something new. Later on, though, he knew that he would have to make a determined effort to improve his mana control.
Six days of camping passed in the grove. His body was evenly opened up to mana and although not as smooth as his mana pathway, it was passable. This, however, was where he encountered another problem. In any effort to push mana out of his body, it was like he hit a wall and he was met with far greater resistance than before. He was not sure if he should forcefully make the mana go through his body or not.
Getting up and patting off the dirt, grass, and dust that had settled on him, Siul entered into observation mode. He was going to check on the magic wielding tribes to see if he could get any more information.
Arriving at Gaves' tribe, he found that they were already doing well and most of the village was already repaired. The sadness was already long gone. They were long used to death in the ruthless world and now, a ray of hope shone on their faces as they used mana to strengthen their bodies.
The battle was just a temporary setback and they would return stronger than they were before. If before they were only slightly optimistic about the future, they were now beaming with brilliant wills.
Flying around, he picked a random house and floated through it to find a man meditating on the first try. The aura around him was flaring an unusual amount.
"Is he accelerating his mana pathway? Mana Circulation?" Siul did not like long and cumbersome names unless they were necessary.
"Anyways, let's see if I can steal anything off of observing him." Siul had hit a wall and he was still not sure if it was safe to push mana out of his body. He preferred to take things safely, at least until he got a good grasp of mana.
Siul watched the man meditate, but he only heard silence and his own breath.
Suddenly, with a deep breath, the man opened his eyes and stretched out his palm before expelling mana out of it. It was manipulated clumsily.
"How do they do this?"
Siul continued to observe the man as he performed a few exercises. From forming various shapes, to drawing pictures, before finally spinning the mana as fast as he could, the man began to meditate again, but something was different this time.
It was not possible to see where the mana was inside the body, but Siul could still feel a large amount of mana being gathered near one of the man's fingertips.
With a large rush of mana, a dense amount of mana hit against his finger before flooding out. The man grimaced before taking quick control of the mana that had gone rampant.
"..." Siul watched him manipulate mana, but he couldn't help but feel that he had wasted the last few days. The practice was not useless as it did increase mana and accomplished a step that he would have had to do in the future, but he wanted to manipulate mana out of his body as soon as possible. There was nothing else to it, the thought excited him.
Flying back to the light magic plant grove, he manipulated the mana inside of his body.
He took a tendril of mana from his mana pathway and moved it towards his fingers. It was much easier to move the mana through his body than before, even increasing the tenacity of his body.
The mana reached the tip of his index finger and he felt the resistance of his body against his probing efforts. Amassing a moderate amount of mana in his hand, he braced himself before sending the mana flying through the tip of his finger as hard as he could.
Mana pushed against his finger and he felt pressure emerge before breaking through in the next moment. It felt like a needle had just pierced his finger, but it was short lived as the mana passing through the finger healed it rapidly.
Siul manipulated the mana as he watched it twirl around his finger according to his will. Although it was not his palm, he mimicked what he often saw the people in the tribes do and made a small sphere of mana on his finger. Digging into his pockets, he found a piece of paper and stabbed his finger towards it. Before making contact, though, the paper was pushed away as the mana dissipated due to the pressure.
"Nine more fingers to go." Siul was excited at the prospect of being able to manipulate the mana through his finger, but he did not like the pain that came with it.
Sending a torrent of mana towards his middle finger, he hissed in pain as the mana broke through.
"Hah, I just need to get this over with..." The pain was not much, but the thought of going through it another eight individual times would not be a fun experience. He gathered a large amount of mana in both of his palms before sending it stampeding towards the rest of his fingers with a forceful thought of immense concentration.
His hands violently shook as the pain made all of his fingers curl in unusual ways, almost numbing his hands at the same time. They resisted the burst of dull, but still stinging pain. It was like a bullet had been sent through the tip of each finger.
"Haaa, haaa." Siul panted and waited for his hands to regain feeling. The mana was still loosely connected out of his fingertips and he rangled it back into his body. His hands still sometimes shock, but Siul was happy with the result. Looking at his fingertips, he sent out a burst of mana and watched in amazement as the mana was twisted around his fingers with only thoughts.
Siul remembered that most tribespeople had done the procedure to their palms and possibly many other parts of their body. He looked at his hands before resigning himself.
"Tomorrow. I've already made my hands suffer enough today."
Siul began practicing. Forming a few of the exercises including the ones he saw the man do.
The first thing he tried was to form a few shapes with mana. It was different from controlling the mana inside his body. The further away the mana went, the harder it was to control. He tried to get the shapes as precise as possible, but in the end they still looked round and rough.
The next exercise was about controlling multiple tendrils of mana. He formed a sphere of mana on one finger tip and once he felt comfortable controlling it, he would form another on the next finger. After forming a sphere of mana on each of his fingers, he would increase the difficulty and begin spinning them in all different directions.
After thinking of this exercise, he realized that he was only able to form about seven normal spheres before his mind felt too strained to continue. Pulling back in the mana, a headache formed. He would have to rest again.
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Siul wandered around the world. It had not been long since he had discovered mana, but he had to find something to do as he waited for his mind and fatigue to rest.
"Bon. Do you know any good sights in the world?"
"Of course, who would I be if I hadn't already?" Bon said triumphantly. "Follow me."
The bright box navigated the world skillfully. Siul almost couldn't keep up with Bon for the ten minutes that they were flying. Soon enough, though, They were on an entirely different continent filled with all sorts of new sights.
Towering mountains, large freshwater lakes, land speckled with ferocious life entered into his sights. It was different from the first continent in that it was in more of a colder region, giving everything a pale looking tint.
They continued to sparse through the land.
"I could swear it was around here somewhere... Ah!" Bon seemed to have immediately recognized the region and rapidly flew through the air.
"Wait up!" Siul could only put his ethereal navigation skills to its limit to keep up with Bon.
Bon made a sudden stop. "It's down there."
"Hm?" Siul looked down and his eyes widened.
An ice speckled valley littered with violet flowers and cyan bushes coated his eyes. It was well lit and the stone was covered in copper colored vines harboring grape colored berries.
He floated down into the valley. A bat tinted with a dark shade pale blue flew out of the cave and a swarm of its own kind followed behind. They screeched with a high pitch, but it was unified and even a sense of a melody could be heard in it. The last bat exited the cave and Siul flew further in.
"This is... Perfect!" The beautiful sight could be damned in his eyes as it sparked inspiration in his mind. It was that of something that he was thinking of silently for a while, but would evidently become necessary in the future.
He had been searching for a nice location to possibly set up a base in the world. Due to their inability to bring anything out of the world, it was necessary to have a secure place in the world where he could study or store valuable things. Never did he think that looking for a natural wonder would lead him to it on the first try.
"Perfect?" Bon asked curiously from the side.
"It's perfect for a base! Well, only if you're okay with it. You found the spot and all..."
"Oh! Of course!" Bon exclaimed. Establishing a base on an entirely different continent wouldn't produce any problems for a long time and it was well hidden too. As long as they hid the entrance well enough, even if the world was very developed, its chances of being found would be very low.
Siul thought of what he would need like an excited child on colonization day. Ironic given...
First, space wasn't an issue. As long as it was big enough to be considered a large "room" or base, he could always expand it later if the need ever came.
Secondly, he needed some form of temperature regulation. It was set in a cave, in a cold valley, in a cold continent. He needed some way to get heat in it.
Thirdly was a proper bathroom. He was no true caveman. Besides, it would be tedious and unlike a base if he had to leave it to relieve any waste in the wilderness each time.
Fourth, he needed a proper waste disposal for used goods such as foods that he would have to bring into the world or any other necessities.
Fifth, a way to hide the entrance of the base, but he already had an idea brewed in mind.
Sixth, he needed to make sure that there was circulation and filter for oxygen. Just to be safe, possibly other gasses too.
The oxygen content in the world was too high for him to sustainably live for longer periods of time. It was cumbersome to wear a mask in his base too. WIth the base being underneath the earth and inside a cave, circulation was also necessary or he would suffocate or suffer from carbon dioxide poisoning.
Seventh, he needed proper structure and support so as to make sure the base wouldn't be weak or collapse.
He doubted that it would collapse even if he didn't do anything, but it would be stupid to just not make sure. The world has dinosaurs and magical humans in it, that was the true concern of Siul and if something significant ever happened, he didn't want his lack of preparation to be the cause and destruction of his base.
Insulation also couldn't be ignored, even if he could supply heat to the base, he needed the basic functionality to keep it in. The stone walls would work, but not as efficiently as he might like. Especially so because he was in a cold region.
Lastly, he needed electricity and all of the circuitry needed to handle everything.
Leaving the subspace world, he tapped on his holoband. A screen popped up and from it, the holonet was at his fingertips. He looked around until he made the ultimate, and only viable option, to go with energy batteries.
He could go for fossil fuel energy production, but not only did his planet not produce any machine that could process fossil fuels, he himself had to process the fuels and...
It was all too much work and way out of his expertise, for now. Siul gave a grin at the thought. He had a world under his tips. A wealth of knowledge all there for him to be harvested. With magic at the forefront of it.
Due to his planet's small history with anything living on it, it did not have oil or fossil fuels. It mostly relied on solar and nuclear forms of power with Haflon's main power source relying on three massive sun power stations collecting energy in space before relaying it back to the planet. Last Siul heard, a fourth one has been in development for a decade now.
Due to this, the planet actually has a surplus of energy. Of course, the government of Haflon makes sure it is not used recklessly.
Ordering a large battery Siphon as well as an industrial sized battery, he also pre ordered two dozen energized battery parcels. After confirming the purchase, he was notified that it was being manufactured and would be delivered in a month at the latest.
With power out of the way, he then ordered a stone excavator and tools to dig out the base. Afterwards, he ordered a large batch of firm wooden flooring before ordering a large radiant heating kit. Because the valley was somewhat close to a large freshwater lake, he also took the extra effort to order some pumps and tunneling tools as well. It would be cumbersome to supply water manually from the real world after all.
Siul was not one for spending money wantonly, even with the wealth he had stored. But even now, he could feel himself bleeding. His spendings hadn't made much of a dent in his savings, but it was only on rare occasions would he spend even a sum that was a percent of what he had already spent in the past few hours.
Next was ordering systems for proper waste disposal. He parced through all the options until he decided on a long term, but cheap option. There was nothing else he could choose as everything else either made too much of an impact on the environment, or would reveal his base location. Most would do both. And if not those, then it was too robust or energy heavy to be usable. The option he finally chose included digging a very deep pit and some simple plumbing.
Moving on to air circulation and filtration, luckily this technology was already both significantly developed and simplified. All he had to do was buy some stage 1 colonization technology along with monitors to measure oxygen and gas content in the base. He could then use the stage 1 colonization technology to either reduce or increase the oxygen in the base along with any other gasses too.
With the necessities almost out of the way, all he had to get now were supports, insulation, circuitry, and hiding the entrance. Supports were simple and he decided to go with a traditional approach of steel wire and rebar encased in concrete before layering insulation and adding a nice wooden finish to the walls and ceiling.
The circuitry would be complex and would take some planning, but he was no stranger to it. He thanked his past self for not becoming a hermit too fast and got the near perfect standard of education on Haflon.
Besides that, though, if one couldn't even wrap their heads around circuits, wires, and all of that by the time they graduated highschool, then they were in for a tough adult life with the technological level of the planet. Maybe a century ago it may have been fine for the layman to not know much, but now it was inexcusable especially with how good the quality of education is nowadays.
Lastly, he had the matter of hiding the entrance. He had been giddy about it the whole time. Siul wouldn't lie that he was more interested in being able to just make a habitable space himself and live in it. No longer would he have to go back and forth between the subspace world and the real world when he finally finished the project.
He thought up two layers to hide his base. The first would be an adaptable holotech environmental concealer and the second would be a six inch wide steel camo tech door with a durable hidden keypad.
The scale at which he was hiding the entrance was not necessary and one of the two would have sufficed enough, but Siul felt that it added to the whole hidden feel. It was hard not to resist buying some of the things that he had always wanted to, but never found a reason or opportunity to.
All he had to do now was wait for the materials to arrive at his house.
"A month..." It was hard for him to wait, but he held it in. Pushing down his excitement, he knew that it would take a few weeks to even get the base built once he got the materials too. Besides that, he had to move on with his plans in the subspace world and develop his mana control...
With everything ordered, he gave out a yawn and looked towards Bon. It would take a while, but he knew that the box wouldn't be troubled by physical limitations once mana was developed enough. After that, it would only increase the capabilities of both of them.
Retiring to the couch, Siul knew that some things would only get easier as he continued to develop mana, but that also included that there would be new, harder things to deal with or develop. Thinking about the burdens of future development, Siul fell asleep with a snore on the couch.