Regardless, Luke wanted to transform his mana into experience and gold coins. It was better to forget those complicated things. He just wanted to save his family and friends. Everything else was inconsequential for Luke.7 In any case, the easiest way for Luke to achieve that would be by using Transmute. However, once again, he had to understand what was the end goal to be able to transform things into that. His theory seemed sound, but Luke still was missing something. He was certain of it…
"Transmute mana into something that I can't see… something that I can use in the shop," Luke thought. "There isn't a skill like that, I am sure."
