A young man with dark hair and blue eyes is walking past the barrier of Beginner Town inside the Realm of Defenders, heading from outside to the inside. The sun is about to set on his right side and the two moons are about to come out.
"Fay, bring me back to my personal space," Alex Volff communicates with Fay through the [Magic Chip].
Black light starts to surround Alex and soon he is back inside the transporter in his personal space. Alex immediately exits the [Transporter Capsule], changes his clothes and heads to his training room.
He didn't kill anymore creatures after he performed that one ultimate kick on the
After he enters the training room, Alex immediately sits down in a meditating position and starts calming his mind. When his mind is calm, Alex stands up and starts controlling his spirit to move into his dantian. Alex starts using his spirit to gets hold of his mana inside the dantian. Then, he starts moving the mana around his body to enter the mana-enhanced state. Everything is smooth as usual up to this step.
Alex tries to recall the feeling he had earlier when he performed that kick. He can only remember some vague things as he was in an agitated state due to the battle earlier. When he feels like he has grasped that earlier feeling, Alex starts controlling all of the mana around his body to move to his right leg.
All of the mana around his body starts wriggling and moving towards his right leg. But, immediately after his mana starts moving, all of it disperse from his body, leaving him with an empty feeling. Alex uses [Observe] to confirm.
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Name: Alex Volff
Age: 15
Race: Human
Rank: F**
Credits: 34
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Basic Stats:
- Strength: 39
- Speed: 36
- Agility: 38
- Endurance: 42
- Spirit: 60
- Mana: 0/60
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Skills:
- Energy Manipulation (F)
- Energy Arrow (F)
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Kill Count: [60 F*], [2 F**]
Achievements: 0
Records: 0
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As expected, that empty feeling is because he is left with no mana at all.
"Hmm.. It seems like it will be hard to try and master this move," Alex frowns and mumbles to himself.
Alex calms himself down once more and proceed to sit down in a meditating position again. While waiting for his mana to recover, he tries to recall that same feeling from his earlier attack and tries to simulate it by moving his spirit around his body without using any mana.
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After checking and seeing that his mana is back to full again, Alex stands up once more and starts doing the same action as he did earlier. He raises his concentration and enters the mana-enhanced state once more. Again, he tries to move his mana from all over his body to his right leg, controlling them with his spirit. When his mana starts to move, it disperses once again.
Alex then sits back down into meditating position and once more starts moving his spirit around his body while recalling the feeling of his kick earlier. He repeats doing the same thing for hours until midnight without making any progress. But, Alex doesn't despair and gives up. He knows he can do it as he already did it once by coincidence. Alex decides to rest for the night and try again tomorrow.
Alex spends the next three days repeating the same thing over and over again. He has made a tiny progress as his mana can now move a little before it starts dispersing, but that's it. Although, this repeated training is not without its result. Alex has made huge progress in his spiritual control. He has tested and he can now retain almost all of his mana after entering the mana-enhanced state, only losing about 5 points of mana in the process.
Today is the morning of his 6th day in the Realm of Defenders. Alex starts sitting down and meditates. He starts training his spiritual control while pondering on why he has failed repeatedly. Controlling his spirit has now become so easy that it starts to feel like a second nature to him. He can now split his attention to doing other things while smoothly moving his spirit around his body.
Alex starts recalling the feeling of that kick again. He still feels that there is something slightly off when he try to replicate it, but he can't point out what is wrong. He is not sure whether he can figure it out even if he keeps doing the same thing over and over again. Of course, there is an option of replicating the situation he was in when he performed the kick. Maybe if he faces the
Alex keeps thinking on how to solve this problem and decides to start again from the basic. He stands up and enters the mana enhanced state. Alex then starts to perform attacking moves while in this state. Due to his training this last 4 days, he can now hold this state for 5 minutes without a problem.
After performing the attacking moves for 5 minutes, Alex controls his mana back to his dantian and starts meditating. After repeating the same thing for a couple hours, Alex suddenly gets an inspiration.
"Why is it easy to move the mana from my dantian to all over my body and vice versa, but it has been impossible to move it to my right leg?" Alex mumbles to himself.
"When I move my mana from my dantian to every part of my body, it includes the right leg. It is easy to do it after some practice. Why is it so easy?" Alex continues thinking while talking to himself.
"Aha.. It's the path. I'm such a moron," Alex shows an enlightened expression then he slaps his forehead with his right palm.
Alex starts to get excited and continues his train of thought, "when I enters the mana-enhanced state, I move my mana according to the internal energy path described in the {Energy Manipulation} skill book. I have became too familiar with the skill that I forgot about the basic theory."
Alex then calms his mind and prepares to test his theory.