[…They cleaned your body and left.] Abaddon was having a hard time explaining what happened to Jin when he was asleep.
" Are demon spawns supposed to sleep like that? Normally, I would have woken up even if a small amount of water was splashed on my face."
[ You tell me, I am sure that there is something else around here that made you fall asleep.]
" Then that means, the danger sense is not working properly," Jin spoke.
[ No it worked, Can you use your skill now?]
" Wait, no I can't."
[ It was turned off for some reason.]
" Great, now I don't have any functional skills."
Even though Jin didn't know much about using a skill, Abaddon knew how to use them. It was unusual and alarming for both of them. The place where Jin was thought to be devoid of any potential threat that could endanger his life, was now very mysterious to him.
[ Calm Down, it only means there is someone else in this forest that is monitoring us since the moment we arrived in this place.]
"…and whatever it is, they are either very cautious of us or they don't want to approach us."
The sunrise was about to happen in the forest, and Jin was now fully conscious and felt refreshed.
" Let's get to forming the mana heart."
[ Yes, you remember the instructions.]
" Yes, I do master."
[ Hehe^^.] Abaddon laughed after being called master.
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Jin was able to sense mana even without using his skill but it was not the same as before. However, even when his efficiency with sensing mana has decreased, his ability to hold mana has drastically increased.
Now that his mind was refreshed and he felt a lot more at ease. He was more focused than ever before and continued to gather and hold mana in his body.
After one week...
Sitting In a meditating pose over a stone near the river, Jin was almost done gathering mana within his body.
[ I think this much should be enough.] Abaddon spoke.
[ Can you feel a gap in your chest where the mana is spinning like a whirlpool?]
" Yes." Jin focused and after sensing a similar thing he replied.
[ Gather all of the mana whatever you have collected there.]
Jin started to collect all of his mana into that place as instructed. He could feel that at a certain point on his chest mana was being sucked like a black hole absorbing everything. The mana was going into that whirlpool too fast and this sudden drain of mana made his body shiver.
The Mana was still getting accumulated and Jin was finding it hard to not lose focus. He didn't know what happened but after some time everything started to happen by itself.
When the Mana was accumulated in a single place it bloomed like a flower and then closed itself into a sphere. After that Jin could feel that mana was being channeled into some unknown pathways, it spread like veins in his body.
The process of it settling down inside his body was very smooth but slow. After some time Jin could feel it was about to finish and then he received a notification from the system.
[ You have successfully created a mana heart.]
[ Mana Energy stat has evolved into D rank.]
[ Your constitution has increased.]
[ Mana Energy- 25/100 ( D Rank)]
[ Constitution- 9/10 ( E Rank)]
[ Other stats are increasing...]
" How come my demonic energy is also increasing?" Jin asked.
[ Because your constitution increased. Your stats can grow as strong as your Constitution but since you created a mana heart, it's not solely dependent on your constitution to produce mana from the soul. Now your mana heart or Core can also produce mana for you to use. That is the reason why currently your mana energy stats have increased to D rank.] Abaddon explained.
" Show me my overall growth."
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Name - Jin Augustine
( Apostle Of The Demon God.)
Race - Demon Spawn
[ Demon Spawns are beings that are born with human bodies but corrupted souls of the demon. They are a forbidden existence among both races and it's taboo to give birth to one of them.]
Stats-
[ Strength- 10/ 10 ( E Rank)]
[ Speed- 8/ 10 ( E Rank)]
[ Stamina- 18/100 ( D Rank)]
[ Mana - 25/100 ( D Rank)]
[ Demonic Energy- 16/100 ( D Rank)]
[ Constitution- 9/10 ( E Rank)]
Skills-
[Unavailable]
Perks Of Being Apostle-
1) Demonic Energy
[ You can utilize demonic energy in your attacks.]
2) Authority Of The Demon God
[ You are granted nobility among demons thus you can command demons weaker than you, but no stronger demon can command you to do their bidding.]
Class- Summoner
[ A Unique class that can summon spirits.]
[ Note, you have to form a mutual contract with a spirit to be able to summon them.]
Skills
[ Communication ( Original Rank SSS) ( Current Rank E), A skill that allows you to read, write and speak any language of the world of Aesir. You can communicate with any being using any method. Due to rank suppression, Only a part of this skill is functional.]
[ Spiritual Sense ( Original Rank SSS) ( Current Rank E), A skill that allows you to sense and be aware of anything within a certain range. Due to rank suppression, Only a part of this skill is functional.]
[ Phantom ( Orginal Rank SS) ( Current Rank E), A Skill that allows you to steal one thing from anyone. Due to rank suppression, you are not able to steal physical objects that contain any magic or are protected by any magical item.]
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Jin was aware that due to rank suppression his skills didn't work properly but still saw how useful the spiritual sense was now, he wondered how useful it will be once he can use it to its full potential. He was also happy about his stats had suddenly grown this much.
' Activate spiritual sense.' Jin thought, he liked this skill very much and so the first thing he did was to activate it.
[ Activating spiritual sense.]
" Huh! A Ghost!" Jin was surprised because as soon as he activated his skill, suddenly he was seeing a ghostly figure in front of him.