# 7: Getting a Power-up.
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I had already told Mary and Martha about me being a withcer, but they were a bit angry that I didn't ask them to watch over me while I was using mutagens.
So I got grounded for a month...
While I was home I usually helped Martha out and played with Beth and other children that are growing up.
But most of my efforts went to meditation, I have a feeling that I am going to awaken something. A power-up is imminent.
I can't describe the feeling, but if I were to describe it. It felt like someone ignited something inside my soul.
Opening my eyes I found myself seated next to a fire, some orbs are revolving around the fire. Looking closer I see that orbs are the Witcher Signs.
I guess this place is going to work as a place of power and let me meditate on individual signs to increase their effectiveness.
Looking to the ground I see my magic circle there rotating on its own. I have yet to be successful when it comes to merging the signs and magic circles but I think it's possible with Norse magic but I have no access to it.
Seeing that I have no other business here I close my eyes and think about waking up.
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I woke up feeling like I was born again as if I dropped off some dead weight holding me back.
Looking at my hands I see them covered in white, I turn it off quickly, it's like nen from HxH this might be the touki I read about in the books.
I either unlocked it with intense training which is possible or senjutsu that involves meditation which I am doing, so it's not a surprise that I unlocked it.
Since I unlocked touki and now that I can redirect my life force into individual body parts I decided to invest in restriction seals.
You know the ones they use on prisoners... I mean they're also used for training but the training versions were discovered after some mad lad decided to train with it then died off due to a mistake on the strength of the seal.
Nodding to myself I went to find Mary. She'll know about training seals.
"Hey, Jacob you seem different what's up?" Mary is polishing her swords at the moment while the rest of the kids are watching from a safe distance.
"I unlocked touki..." I started explaining the process of it she just nodded.
"Nice, now we can ramp up your training with some good olds bondage seals." Mary says with a sadistic smile, I can sense Martha shivering with joy in the background
Huh, it's been years since I am here but I didn't notice their S&M stuff. I guess it would have been better if I never did...
"You mean training seals." I correct Mary.
"I know what I said." Oh, dear.
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Thankfully Mary was joking about it, she showed her seals to making me realize I have yet to see her full strength and she also has access to touki.
During my time I was grounded she taught me how to manipulate touki and how to nourish the muscles after training to mend them back.
This resulted in our training time to be shortened but brutality was taken up a notch.
I swear I saw the face of God laughing at me but it was just a weird-looking cloud.
By the end of the month, I felt like my power got tripled.
"Alright now, drop the seals. I need you to learn how to perfectly control your strength even if it changes abruptly." Mary tells me, why does she have a camera with her?
Is this the cliché breaking stuff because one can't control their strength?
Deactivating the seals I took a step, no overpowering, no extra power use...
Huh?
"Well, it seems you can control your strength just fine. Too bad I wanted to record you falling. I was going to make a montage out of it." Mary mutters to herself looking like she missed a great show.
"Please keep your S side for your wife." I retort.
"This ain't even the half of it kid." And she leaves laughing, looking over to Martha I see that she is flushed with what I hope is anger.
Going back to my room I meditated on my seemingly perfect control and the answer was Blank Essence.
It gives unlimited potential and evolves my current powers to the next step, sure I need to build up to that but as long as I get stronger with my hard work I will have complete control over it.
This, unfortunately, doesn't apply to mutagens with them being additions instead of training, meaning if I screw up there I might just find myself in a bad spot.
[I meant as he won't have full control of the ability he got from the mutagen if he gets an active ability or something.]
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I started making potions after a hunt gone wrong, well I survived without scars but it reminded me that I could make these babies.
It's funny that I never cooked up a potion even though I made mutagens. I could have ignored the poison of that Naga if I had some White Honey.
Anyway, I discovered that I no longer require cat potion, I never used it or made it but now I get night vision when I have my cat eyes on, it must be the blank essence taking the witcher mutations a step further.
Got me wondering if it works on mutagens as well.
Anyway, I never bothered with some potions since they became useless due to me getting stronger.
I mostly brewed Swallow and White Honey for healing and flushing toxicity, I also made some oils that allowed me to hunt some stronger foes.
There's even a god killing oil but the materials are ridiculously hard to get. I need tooths from five dragon kings and mix it with the blood of Lucifer... So one can see why I don't use most of them.
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"Mary, I need a better blade, can you recommend me a blacksmith?"
"Sure, here take this address dude's name is Felix doesn't have a last name makes the best forging in the city. If you want something stronger you need to go to a mythological faction."
"Talking about factions which faction are you two from?"
"None and I rather stay neutral as long as I can, all of them have some dirty side we rather avoid but I am also aware it won't be long before we need to take a side... Well, don't worry about it kid go order your sword."
"Geez talk about raising flags." I mutter while leaving only to get hit by a plastic ball.
"I heard that brat!"