"if everything is mana then how everyone can't use it then?" evan asked while looking in confusion at vanessa.
"In every atmosphere there is element in every corner of universe. if you want to use mana then this is the guide is needed. A 'guide' is a person who guide you in the path of 'truthseeker'. In our circle, the guide have a full authority of the person that he/she helped in enter the path of mana. Because not everyone can sense the element in atmosphere, then they need the guide elements as catalyst to make the said person to feel and differentiate it."
"When the guide elements is use to catalyst our own, unconsciously a magic brand is being form on our base element. So when we form our own elemental core later, it can be influence by our guide."
"so we really need to be careful then when we want to enter this path of mana." Evan muttered. But because just three of them there, both girls can hear him clearly. So natasha continued the explanation.
"well, not everyone like that though. There is one in a millennium genius that can skip the basic step of 'familiarization with element' that they can feel the basic element from birth. This kind of person is a monster, that they can scale the levels of element control with fast speed. But average, a person like that will have a bottleneck in harmony stage."
"there are a levels of control on mana. This is very important. So please listen carefully."
"Every person that enter the path of mana can't use mana yet, what they can use is elements. When they want to use elements they need to feel the flow on the atmosphere."
"There is a variety of elements in atmosphere. Not just five basic only. But it's really hard to perceive it. It's need a guide that have that elements to help us to feel it."
"Basically every person try to feel the five basic elements first, then continue to other elements. Some even only feel those five their entire life."
"The first stage is 'familiarization of elements'. This stage is divide into five parts. And that is how much you can differentiate each five element from each other. How can they feel the presents of element in atmosphere, how much element they can borrow, how much power you can use from the world, and lastly was how much purer the element you control from the world. Don't think it's easy, 70% of people failed in here even though they already have guide."
If you can't even perceive the element how can you enter the path of mana?
"The second stage is 'beginner elements'. This stage is divide into nine levels. In this stage you are slowly absorb the other five element from the world to nurture your soul. Because a soul is your carriage to how much magic you can use, so the more powerful your soul is the more elements you can carry. Every increase in levels will affect the speed at which you absorb element from the world. The signs you enter this level was, when you see around your soul, there will be a colourful mist that represents each element."
"The third stage is 'intermediate elements'. In this stage the mist around your soul started to become a liquid. This stage didn't have much different than the second is that have a nine levels. Every level increase, the more damage the spell will have."
"The fourth stage is 'superior elements'. In this stage, the liquid started to evaporate because our soul can't hold it much longer. So we need to compress the liquid to became a core. And this stage have a same 9 levels with the other two. More perfect your core is the more level you get. You didn't need to long cast magic in this stage, just with a word and imagination the spell will occur."
"The fifth stage is 'elemental purification'. Well, like the name. it's purify the element. Anything and everything that not part of that person element, will got wash away. It will quench the impurity to make it pure. If someone got brand with magic then the only way for that person to be free is must get to this level. This stage is not have a level, but the more impurity you get rid of, the more easy you will go to the next stage is."
"Lastly and the most hardest stage is 'harmony'. This is where you will need to break all your elemental core and fuse all the core into one."
"The more elemental core you have the more powerful you will be. But it's like a double edge sword, the more core you have the more hard it is to breakthrough from harmony stage."
"almost 99% truthseeker step got stop here. Either because got scared to take the last step, or die because can't combine the elemental core into one."
Vanessa and natasha look at evan that keep composed despite hearing the shocking news.
They keep silent for almost half an hour and didn't know what evan thinking. And finally evan stood up and say...