the arrival of sir Ronald and his squad didn't stop me from training, each day uncle max will give me new exercises to do, ranging from sit-ups, push-ups, and other things to build strength, endurance, and stamina, after each exercise, I sit on the ground and start meditating, uncle max said that this will help me focus on the mana in the air to try and absorb it into my body, so I could advance to bronze level.
thanks to this my body surpassed the human limit in my previous world, even 'accelerate' started to last longer.
sir Ronald would also join in from time to time to teach me various things like footwork, swordsmanship, and knowledge, he told me that the power in this world is classified into 5 levels.
Bronze-level: people in this level are stronger than the average male, it is also the level where you start to absorb and manipulate mana into the body or the atmosphere, this level has 3 stages, low, mid, and peak.
Silver-level: people in this level have surpassed the human limit, they could shatter a boulder with their bare hands or form a 2-tier spell, this level also has 3 stages.
Gold-level: people in this level need to be able to form an 'aura' or a 4-tier spell that could destroy a town, this level also has 3 stages.
Platinum-level: people in this level are masters, they could form an 'aura' and manipulate it or form 5 and 6-tier spells which are equivalent to natural disasters, this level also has 3 stages.
Diamond-level: few can reach this level, and those who reach it acquire a special skill, the skill ranges from one person to another, it is also the materialization of the person's will, hopes, and desires, an example of this level is a guy whose skill allowed him to cut anything, even space, people on this level could also use magic that could destroy kingdoms and affect continents.
he also told me that some people were born with a unique skill, and those people would be able to enroll in the academy,
right now I'm at a low-stage bronze level, and with 'accelerate', I could become a mid-stage bronze level.
after thinking a bit about the path that I should follow, I concluded that because of the 'reaper' ability which could be my unique skill, I need to follow both paths, if I reap the skills of a mage I need to know the path of the mind to perfect those skills, and the path of the body is essential to me as my skills grow stronger with my body.
I also learned that those who follow the path of the body need to master the use of a weapon, an example is sir Ronald and Noriko who follow the path of the sword.
speaking of Noriko, we now became friends, but there is still some barrier between us, each time sir Ronald would come to teach me she'll join me and after that, we would spar, I still can't beat her even though if I use accelerate I'll have the same strength as her, the problem is that I lack experience, which reinforced my decision to join sir Ronald in his mission.
currently, I am with the mage from sir Ronald's party, the mage was a kind guy named David, he doesn't talk much, but he had general knowledge of magic which I need.
"So, you want to learn about magic?" I nodded to his question" all right then..magic is the art of manipulating mana in the surroundings to realize a phenomenon, this could range from forming a small fire to forming a meteor.
before starting to learn magic, you need the talent to manipulate mana, a big mana capacity to not lose consciousness or die from mana exhaustion, after that you'll need to find your element affinity, for example, mine is wind and fire, which makes the manipulation and formation of these two elements much easier than the other elements. "
as he said this, he lifted his arms and formed a small fireball in his hand, "this is a 1-tier spell 'fireball', to use this spell you need to manipulate the flame particles in the air to form a ball, then feed it with mana until it grows"
"you could also reverse this phenomenon which is a must for every mage to learn" the ball of flame then started to disperse into the air until it vanished," why don't you try it? after all you have a great mana capacity," said David.
"alright" I then took a deep breath, I started sensing the mana in the air, then I was able to feel the flame particles, I started manipulating it to condense and form a ball in the air, it was a bit hard to make it take shape, but I did it, then I started directing the mana into it to make it grow, little by little the flame appeared and started to grow.
but I didn't finish, if I remember correctly, flames grow stronger by consuming pure oxygen, so I started separating the oxygen from the air and fed it to the ball of flames, the fireball grew brighter and hotter.
David stared eyes wide, the flame that Leon produced was approaching the power of a 2-tier spell, Leon didn't care so he started to reverse the process.
now to make it vanish I need to separate the oxygen from the flame, then stop feeding it mana, and for the last step, disperse the flame particles.
the hot burning fireball then started to weaken then completely vanished," hu~ that was tiring" Leon said not paying attention to the shocked mage beside him, "thank you, David, well I will leave to get ready for the mission, meet you tomorrow!" I said as I left.
(David's POV)
"3 years of training.... 3 years just for a random boy to match me on his first try.....I'm going to sleep"