Dante walked away from the cave and sat down under the tree. He took out a core from his pocket and absorbed it into his body.
The mana surged inside his body, slowly building up momentum.
Dante tried to control the mana but was unable to do anything. So he left the mana unguided.
Feeling the connection, his consciousness entered inside the core.
He stood tall, looking over at the core filled with various colors. His instinct was telling him to touch the core like before.
So he touched it. Suddenly, mana inside the core travelled inside his body, sharp pain assaulted his mind.
Mana enveloped his entire body, creating pathways inside his flesh. The process lasted for a while.
When he woke up from the advancement, he found himself covered in black substances. It smelled bad.
Dante rushed over to the nearby stream and cleaned himself.
He called out the system.
Name- Dante
Tier- Tier 2 ( Pure Human.)
Bloodline- Saga beyond the end.
Skill-
External eye of the hunter (Grade-8)
Mana manipulation (Grade-1)
Heal (Grade-1)
Dash (Grade-1)
Close combat ( Beginner.)
Axe mastery ( Beginner.)
He noticed the change in tier. He knew that was going to change but a pure human caught his attention.
Dante walked out from the stream and sat underneath the tree, feeling the cold wind. He looked up at the clear sky and smiled.
He clenched a fist and felt the change of power inside his fist. It was stronger.
He then poured mana into his fist.
His eyes widened as the smooth manipulation he just made. He then let out the mana into the air.
He realized that the natural mana were attacking his mana anymore. No. They were indeed attacking, it was just his mana was resisting the attempt.
He focused his eyes and saw through the layer of his mana. Usually, he only saw his mana in the physical realm. Now his mana reached into every layer.
'I see.' He muttered.
His mana was now mixed with intent. More specifily his intent.
'So this the connection the manual was talking about.'
Adding his intent into the mana, resisting the natural mana and controling it.
He scattered his mana in the air and grabbed the natural mana. He shaped them into a giant sword and played around it.
He couldn't attack using the giant sword. He tried and the result was nothing. The mana sword just bounced off from the tree.
But the system seemed to recognize something and gave him a notification.
[Mana manipulation evolved.]
[Mana manipulation upgrade to Mana compression.]
Dante checked his upgrade skill.
[Mana compression (Grade-2) ]
He smiled to himself and tested out his new skill. He created a ball of mana in the air and tried condensing it.
He managed to create a tightly packed ball of mana. He laughed at mana ball and aimed at the tree.
He then imagined the mana ball travelling through the tree. The mana ball followed his will and pierced into the tree.
"Yes. Finally. A long range attack." Dante yelled.
Dante repeatly fired mana ball. After blasting ten trees, he felt the emptiness inside his core.
'Ten is the max?' He thought to himself and immediately shook his head. 'No. My mana reserve is already low due to advancement.'
He nodded to himself and walked away from the stream, going to the cave.
[Do you wish to learn man bolt?]
Dante chose yes for obvious reasons. He had been aiming at this skill from the start.
You can get the skill by following the two rules.
Repeatly performed the action with intention or pray for one to come.
Dante whistled and arrived at the cave.
He saw Thomas and Julius chatting inside the cave.
When they both saw him, Dante waved at him.
"Hhoo. Now, we are all Tier 2." Thomas said. "Let's go to the dungeon. I can't wait to try that."
Dante lifted up his pointer finger and said, "now, hold on for a minute. We just recently advance to Tier 2. I am not use to the power up."
"Ah man. I am tired of training." Thomas grumbled.
Julius also nodded. "Me too."
Dante shook his head in a defeated manner. "That is the plan. Remember? After advancement we will go to the goblins village. There is a strong monster overssing there."
Thomas clapped his thigh and laughed out. " Great. When?"
Dante sighed at Thomas. Excited adults are the creepiest kind of humans.
"Tomorrow. So, train your stuff. Refine your mana." Dante said his advice and walked away, absorbing the mana into his core.
He noticed that his mana reserve expanded. His core now held more mana. That kind of thing was normal. Dante expected that.
He didn't expect was now his body could held mana as well. Although he could store that many mana, it was still a surprising discovery.
After filling his core, he rested for a while.
Suddenly he stood up, rememberung his bloodline. He smacked his forehead and chuckled.
'How did I forget about my biggest advantage?'
He opened his system and focused on his bloodline.
[Bloodline- Sage beyond the end.]
[Bloodline talent
Unparallel comprehension ( Two usage )
???
The rest were still locked but he was happy that there was two usage in his talent.
He immediately went threw his skills and began to contemplate.
He couldn't use it on Externaleyesofthehunter. The skill had reached the limit and he had a feeling that he needed something external to upgrade the skill.
'A person need to have 5 things for power. Offense, Defense, Movement, Healing, Utility and Investigation.'
Dante already covered the investigation with his skill.
He wanted to use the talent on mana compression but he hesitated it. To be honest, he enjoyed the feeling of playing around, finding new things with his mana.
In the end, he decided not to use on mana compression. The reason was the skill was perfect for his current tier. If the skill leveled up, he would have no way to use because of restrictions.
'Hmm. Decision. Decision.'
He sighed. He didn't want to use all the usage. He was still hoping to get new skills.
'But power is the best of all. Offensive is the best solution for current situation.'
He focused on mana bolt. He wasn't worry about the skill being vanish. Because he could still use the bolt with the skill.
He wanted to see the upper limit of the bolt.
For that reason, he selected the bolt.
Instantly, he entered into a trance state. The world silenced.
In this state, mana was no longer just energy to him. The world was more. He then saw the creation of mana bolt.
Compression. He wanted offenseive power for one reason. Power.
Power to held. Power to control. Control the destruction.
His consciousness fell deep into the destruction, looking into every layers of the world.
Layers collapsed in his eyes. But he still saw everything. Everything returning to the zero. He felt something resisting his attempt to go further.
But he still pushed through. After observing zero for a long time, it also collapsed.
Then there was none. The origin state, the end which Dante decided to call.
He felt resonance with the state as if his entire being was made up for this.
Dante opened his eyes, devoid of emotions.
A notification rung inside his head.