Chapter 51 A Heaven's Gift
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
Sitting with crossed legs, Leo closed his eyes as he slowly moved his spirit into one of the large Mana Stones in front of him.
Unlike the scene that he had seen from the light blue Mana Stone that he had absorbed before, the scene in front of him now was like a forest burning in blue-colored flames made out of Pure Mana.
He tried touching the Pure Mana flame around him, curious how the sensation would feel like. Though the Pure Mana was seemingly burning fiercely, it wasn't hot or anything at all. Moreover, the feeling was constantly changing, too. Sometimes as active as Fire, it would then be as smooth as Water, it would then be hard as Earth, as lively as Nature, as flexible as the Wind, and many more other properties of every Element that exist in the Celestial World.
It was truly marvelous!
He was also having this thought in his mind that whispered what he was feeling right now wasn't real, maybe just his imagination. However, he also noticed something serious. The longer he had put his hand around the Pure Mana, the more Pure Mana was attracted to him.
Leo observed closely and soon he realized that the Pure Mana wasn't actually attracted to him; it was instead being absorbed by his right palm. And it was being absorbed at great speed too.
He was completely caught off guard, thus quickly prompting him to exit from being in his spirit form as he looked closely towards his right palm. He was dumbfounded immediately as the translucent stack of numerous Magic circles in his whole right hand was now slowly becoming corporeal. It has appeared in a solid form now, unlike the illusion state that it had always been.
"F*ck!" Leo can't help but curse out as he quickly looks around his surroundings.
Fortunately, he noticed that no one was around to see what was happening to his right hand.
Leo turned his attention back again to his right palm. He then noticed that the large Mana Stone's color was fading away. From dark blue, it turned blue, sky blue, light blue, until it finally turned into an ordinary stone, in just a matter of half a minute.
This was truly astonishing, and he couldn't help but feel excited after discovering such a marvelous skill.
He really wanted to shout loudly to express how happy he was, but those guards would surely be attracted to him, hence they'd discovered such a shocking scene.
Imagine, those guards had only left Leo for more than half a minute, then the moment they came back again they would see for themselves an empty large Mana Stone among the group of large dark-colored Mana Stones. Naturally, they will realize just how shocking was Leo's absorption speed. He doesn't want that to happen. Trouble will surely follow the moment the guards report to their respective bosses about their findings here.
Moreover, that was only the case with the large Mana Stones. How about the moment they turned their attention around and found out about his right hand? Numerous stacks of Magic Circles cover his entire right hand. Such an astonishing sight would surely make all these guards capture Leo immediately and bring him in front of their bosses.
After all, these guards weren't stupid at all. The moment they found out about Leo's unusual or unknown ability, they would quickly think between reporting or simply taking Leo in front of their boss. Between the two choices, obviously, they would choose the latter. Who on earth would even believe them if they simply wrote a report about Leo having the capability to form numerous Magic Circles? Hence, the best choice was to bring Leo in front of their boss to demonstrate what they had seen. And the next thing that will happen would surely be trouble.
So, Leo could only inwardly express his feelings as he doesn't want those things to happen to him.
In the next moment, Leo moved to the very corner of the small garden as he decided that he would continue to absorb the other five large Mana Stones over there. He was excited as he slowly crossed his legs on the ground again and put one large Mana Stone in front of him.
However, Leo became confused the next moment. He realizes that he is strangely unable to repeat the same skill again.
He observed his right palm closely and soon noticed that his palm wasn't absorbing any Pure Mana. Even though the numerous stack of Magic Circles was still around his right hand, it wasn't doing anything to the second Mana Stone on his hand, at all.
"Did I perhaps reach my limit or something?"
Teacher Marvin mentioned before that everything that a Mage does has a limit. A Mage cannot cast a certain powerful Magic Spell if they don't have the corresponding Mana Capacity, and they also can't keep on absorbing Pure Mana if they have already reached their Mana Capacity.
He stared at the numerous stack of Magic Circles in his hand as he thought, "Maybe these aren't just any ordinary Magic Circles, but Mana Storage!"
Thinking about such a thought, Leo quickly observes each of the Magic circles. Just like what he had expected. All the Magic circles on his hand contain all the Pure Mana from the first Mana stone.
"Ohh!" Leo finally realized something.
If the numerous stack of Magic Circles were really like Mana Storage, then the solution to this is simple; just digest all the Pure Mana!
After realizing such a bold idea, Leo quickly began digesting all the Pure Mana from all the Magic Circles. Starting from the very top of his right hand to the very last, which is the Magic Circle on his palm. As time went on, the numerous stack of Magic Circles slowly started fading away, until finally turning back into the transparent state it once was.
Eventually opening his eyes, Leo had now finished digesting all the Pure Mana that his right palm had absorbed.
He now understands how it works!
"Without the Red Cube, I will only be able to absorb the Pure Mana from the Mana Stone at a very slow rate. The same rate as to how I had been absorbing the small light blue colored Mana stone from before. However, since I already merged with the Red Cube, it surprisingly helped me absorb all the Pure Mana from the Mana Stones, and refine it to a state easily compatible with my body, thus allowing me to easily digest the Pure Mana inside of me!"
It was simply a Heaven's Gift!
Leo can't help but silently laugh inwardly at his newly discovered ability. With the new ability that was given by the Red Cube, becoming strong would be a lot easier compared to before.
"Let's continue absorbing!"
Leo spends his whole evening absorbing the large Mana Stones.
When the light from the sun hit his body, Leo slowly opened his eyes as he was finally finished absorbing all the six large Mana Stones.
Slowly, Leo stood up and did some light stretching, before finally walking to the kitchen to eat his breakfast.
Strangely enough, despite not sleeping for the whole evening, he was actually not feeling sleepy or tired at all. As a matter of fact, he feels so energetic at this moment. He even believes that he could run around the whole Silver City for a few laps before finally getting tired. It was just an imagination, though. But he was certain that he was full of energy right now.
Moreover, Leo realized that his Mana capacity had also increased after he finished absorbing all the large Mana Stones.
A while ago, he had tried to absorb Pure Mana before converting it into an Element Mana, specifically at that time when he was starting to absorb the fifth Mana Stone. He was simply curious about his development.
It was then that he realized that he was now able to absorb more Pure Mana than before. Moreover, he was finally able to form up to the stomach of his Fire Elemental in his consciousness. Though he was still unable to complete the whole Elemental, it was still a huge development.
Unfortunately, he also realized that he needed more Mana Stones to be promoted to a higher level compared to the others.
During the entire time he was digesting the six large Mana Stones, he was feeling like pouring a small amount of Pure Mana into a seemingly endless well.
This 'Well' was actually what teacher Marvin had taught them before, calling it a bottle or the like. He explained that every Mage needed to fill up this so-called bottle in order to reach a higher level of being a Mage. Unfortunately, though, Leo's wasn't a bottle at all, like what teacher Marvin had said. It was a well, a seemingly endless well.
It was a depressing situation. He might be able to absorb Pure Mana quickly, but he, in exchange, needed more Mana Stones to reach the next level.
"Fortune is always followed by misfortune."
Law of Equality.
But it was fine though. It was just a little setback.
If he needed more Mana Stones, then he would just get more Mana Stones. Not a big deal.
Moreover, he had the assistance of Sword and Magic, hence he could easily earn points to buy Mana Stones.