After receiving the skills from the Demon God, Jin asked to be teleported to somewhere safe to start his journey. He didn't want to face the monster waiting outside for him. Fortunately, the Demon God agreed to this request and Teleported him to a safe place.
[ You need to take a bath.]
" But where do I take a bath?" Jin asked, He was feeling awful because of the odor coming out of his body. Even though he felt stronger than before, he didn't like the way he looked right now.
[ Use Spiritual Awareness.]
" Okay," Jin said, and then a system window popped up in front of him.
[ Spiritual Awareness ( E rank ) is activated.]
[ Mana is consumed to activate the skill.]
[ Mana 1/10 ( E Rank).]
[ The skill allows the user to detect any hidden enemy and energy sources.]
After the skill was activated, Jin's black eyes turned jade green and all of his other senses also became stronger. He was able to smell water somewhere and hear the sound of it flowing from a certain direction.
The world around him became slower as he was able to notice every change around him and was able to think faster than before. This was a miraculous experience for him.
Currently, he was inside a forest that was different from the forest where he was chased by that demonic monster. Here everything looked normal, this place even reminded him of his grandfather's village back on earth.
It was quiet and peaceful everywhere and most importantly there were no dangerous beasts around. For some reason, Jin could tell that this place had no danger.
" Can I detect danger as well?"
[ Bingo!]
" This skill is amazing, Thanks Abaddon," Jin spoke as he grinned and headed toward the direction from where he heard the sound of water.
After walking for a few minutes he was able to spot a river, that was very clean and he could also spot some animals drinking water from this.
" I'll pollute the water if I just dive in to take a bath."
[ You are a summoner right, why don't you make a contract with water spirits of the lower grade? They can control water for you.]
" How do I do that?"
[ I don't know, Can't you see the spirits around you?]
" No, I can't see any–" Just as he was about to deny seeing the spirit, he saw a turtle that was different from the other animals present at the lake.
" Is that turtle a spirit?"
[ Yes, that's a spirit. Now you have to make a contract with him.]
[ I think your communication skill will be useful to make a contract, using that you can even converse with spirits.]
" Huh?" Jin didn't understand what Abaddon meant.
[ It can help you to speak with any living being, so activate the skill.]
" Ok," Jin spoke and then thought about activating the communication skill.
[ Skill can not be activated.]
[ Required Mana 2]
[ Status]
[ Mana - 1/10]
[ Mana can not be recovered at the moment, due to not having a mana heart.]
" What does that mean?"
[ I forgot about your low stats, Every living being can recover their mana with the help of their Soul or Mana's heart.]
[ You need to develop a mana core first to be able to use your mana since your soul is only producing demonic energy.]
" Then ho do I form a contract with that turtle?"
[ There is only one way that is to recover mana. It might take you three days to form a mana heart, why are you even being so considerate towards the environment? Just jump inside and everything will be washed.]
" Whatever, I can wait for three days. I don't want to ruin the water for other animals."
[ You are weirdly kind.]
" Tell me how I form a mana heart," Jin asked.
[ Sit down in a meditating formation, your Spiritual sense skill is active so use that skill to look inside yourself and to also sense the mana around yourself.]
Jin sat down and started to sense the mana, just as he did he could feel two different types of energy within himself. He could feel that every time he breathed he would inhale and release that energy. Like some kind of fog, he was surrounded by that energy.
[ When you inhale mana inside your body, try to hold it within your body. It's a difficult task that requires a lot of practice but shortly you will be able to grasp it.]
Jin followed the instruction and tried to hold the energy within his body but it slipped out of his body like air. Abaddon kept telling him to stay focused and continuously try.
After trying again and again, Jin was finally able to hold it for at least 3 seconds but as soon as he lost his focus the mana simply slipped out of his body. Instead of being disappointed, he was now more focused than before.
He continues to inhale more and more mana while trying to hold his breath. However, every time he did that, his body would feel a cold sensation that made him shiver and lose focus.
After hours of trying, Jin didn't even notice that it was already nighttime until Abaddon informed him. He was hungry because he hasn't eaten a lot and he also felt thirsty.
Grabbing a huge leaf from a large tree, he turns that into a cone shape, he takes out water from the river. The cone wasn't able to hold water for long so Jin had to struggle for drinking this water.
[ Just jump into the river.]
" I can't jump into the river it will get dirty," Jin replied.
After drinking enough water Jin lies on the ground, and closes his eyes. He was tired both mentally and physically so he needed some rest. Without noticing he suddenly felt unconscious and sound asleep.
[ He is too kind to be a demon, who cares about the river being pure. But, whatever, it's not like he–] Abaddon was grumbling to himself when suddenly he notices an unusual thing happening in the lake.
Abaddon lived inside Jin but was able to see things even when Jin was unconscious. He wanted to wake Jin up but stopped when he finally understood what was happening.
The water in the river rose and formed into a water ball. It slowly hovered over Jin and like tentacles the water slowly reached out for him.
[ These spirits why are they acting like this.]