Mana. The very power system of this world, was made manifest when the MONARCHY came and took over this world. The very concept behind how the world works. One could use mana for all sorts of endeavors. From mana imbued weapons to mana gathering to strengthen oneself. Mana is basically the source of power in this world. And I was with a mana scale of 6.2, supreme form scale.
The very existence of the MONARCHY came as a shock to the world, simply manifesting themselves and causing chaos wherever they went. They were known to have the highest mana scale of the range 9-10 with none going less. 5 Monarchs encompassing the MONARCHY; The Monarch of Misfortune and Fate, The Monarch of Light and Darkness, The Monarch of Truth and Lies, The Monarch of Death and Life, and the strongest monarch; The Monarch of Eternity. Each representing their Forte when it comes down to power, each was enough to destroy armies alone and we the resistance army or rather Humanity's last Hope were to face against those fiendish beings with hopes to bring down at least one, and I Dan Terry have sworn to get stronger with this redundant Guide System and go against the MONARCHY
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Morning came in my new dormitory, the supreme form strongest dorm. I got moved there immediately after my mana scaling and to be honest I'm still pretty much shocked at the scale; 6.2, the second highest scale to exist within humanity. But there was still one issue. I AM STILL WEAK AS HELL.
Turns out even with my high mana scale it doesn't affect my physical capabilities, so I was going to participate in some special training to amplify my specs. I'm only aware of speed training from Sir. Brian and I still have strength, endurance, cognitive, and some other aspects training from other supreme forms I wasn't aware of. Talk about a bummer.
Woke up to see new roommates and of course, they were still giving me the cold shoulder mainly out of spite and envy that a low form suddenly became a higher form overnight, and no one spoke to me at all. No one, until she came
"Hey, I'm Stacy" she said. "You're the new comer everyone seems to be talking about". Wow what an honor to be the subject of everyone's topics this morning. "Care to be friends?" she asked. Now not that she wasn't beautiful or anything, but I didn't want to have friends who will pull me down on journey to strength. I absolutely didn't, but something felt different about her. she had that aura that makes people to be attracted to her about her, but I didn't want to be pulled down. "I humbly decline your offer Miss Stacy, but I'm on a quest to acquire strength I wouldn't want distractions of any sort" I said leaving the area we were to go start the hellish training regimen.
"You could be faster you know" Sir. Brian said after blitzing me and taking me down in our spar. " The main aim of this training is to get your speed top notch. You really leave yourself open with all those wasted movements, and it's comical seeing you have a higher mana scale than me but aren't even faster than a low form" he said with a tone that sounded like pity. I knew I was slow but I didn't want to be reminded of it, I was really working on the speed aspect and I had thought I had gotten faster but it seems it was all wishful thinking… What a bummer.
Getting beaten and still scolded for my slowness although I had the second highest mana scale earned me a lot of snickers and rude statements which was absolutely annoying knowing I was trying my best possible. I sat to watch the next student and maybe take pointers on how to correlate speed together with technique, and surprisingly it was Stacy the girl who asked to be my friend earlier. I decided to pay full attention and there it was. Speed that couldn't be fathomed, going against Sir. Brian strike for strike certainly wasn't an easy feat but she performed it with such grace that depicted a child at his favorite game. But she wasn't fast enough and ended up being beaten but that performance earned her a round of applause from everyone. She looked at where I was and smiled. She must be feeling smug now that she's shown me it's just a favor she's doing me. I stood up to go do some laps round the mountain and I was stopped by her. "Hey Dan, where are you going" she said panting. The training must have taken a toll on her. "Um. I'm going to do some laps round the mountain I guess" I replied and immediately started walking away. "Let me come with you" she shouted after me. "Since we're friends" she finished. Hold on pause. I vividly remember turning down her request. So how did we become friends? I turned back to look at her and then she smiled. Well, we could become friends, it's certain she won't bring me down.
then I walked as fast as I could to the mountain cause I was going to run till I felt like dying. I really need to be faster.
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Waking up the next morning, was a bit tedious. I had a little issue; I couldn't feel my legs. I remember passing out after going over 50 laps round the mountain and waking up to drag myself back. So, I decided to leave off physical training for this morning and went ahead to the mana stability facility.
"Sure you could release more than that" a shout rang through the facility. Everyone knew that voice. Who wouldn't, when the one with highest mana scale and the strongest of humanity spoke everyone listens. Sir. Eric Alfie, the man known as "The Savior" stood there giving instructions.
I went ahead for my mana release practical and well it went well seeing I had a high mana scale and all. Wish all that went to strength but we start somewhere so fairs. Walking out of the facility, I was stopped by Sir. Eric "so you're the wonder kid?" he said, clearly referring to the incident of two days back. "y-yes I am s-sir" I replied quaking in my boots. I didn't want to continue this convo but the Guide System ordered I did. Oh well. "So, I heard that even with your high scale you're still weak" he said laughing. "Why don't you Perform 5-10 sprints at 20-30 meters, focusing on form and acceleration. You can vary the starting positions, like a three-point start or a push-up start to enhance your speed, that's what I did to achieve my speed although it's not as Sir. Brian's, but it could work for you" He advised. The advice sounded pretty much ok with me and I decided to take him up on it after I had rested, my body still ached.
Walking back to the dorms I saw her again, this time coming back from the physical training. "Heya Dan!!" she waved at me. Beautiful couldn't begin to describe her form. She looked heavenly. "didn't come for physical training?" she asked.
"Umm yeah I didn't, I just felt like going for mana stability today" that wasn't the truth but it wasn't a lie either. "Anyways welcome back" I continued and started my way to the dorms to have a nice soak in the bath the rest my body.
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A new day came and I started up the training regimen. Short sprints focusing on form and acceleration. Got it.
Sprinting, I found myself getting…. Faster. A very shocking happening but so it was. I was getting faster and then it hit me. Maybe the Guide system wasn't for me. Maybe I'm just the exception to the "get stronger with training" regimen. At that moment I thought up a new regimen for myself and I'll pretty much be sticking to it in secret. And so, I continued the short sprints, I'm so going to challenge Sir. Brian in speed.
And maybe it's time to get myself experienced; I'll look into getting drafted for the field work…...