[Mana Core detected.]
[Hidden Door mechanism discovered, towards the right side of the runic hall area.]
"Wait, Mana Core??"
"How is that even possible?"
[The runic formation is build to build Mana Core by absorbing the fairy nest that were discarded as materials that were placed in the formation.]
[But due to it being abandoned for a long time, some of the formation started to malfunction thus resulting it to release high amount of mana.]
"I see, so this formation is unstable. Doesn't that means this can explode anytime soon?"
[Yes and No. The formation is unstable that it releases mana but it also stable enough not to explode thanks to the malfunction it had.]
[The mana that were releases by this formation became the essentials element for nest fusion while it also reduces the amount of mana inside the Mana Core so it didn't explode and cause a mana influxes that almost killed you before.]
Sillion turned around and wrapped the nest using his jacket.
"System, why didn't the fairy woke up?"
[All the fairies had been put to sleep, according to the system estimation the duration is 24 hours, most likely that they used a sleeping gas for this as it not harmful for the fairy.]
"Well, well, isn't that convenient."
[Having a Mana Core will surely solve the power issues and bills in your guild. It can also increase chances of compatibility between fairies and your guild members.]
"Hmm, even so I don't think I can keep the Mana Core for myself, at least for now."
Sillion turns around towards Snow that were busy with her curiosity towards the words and pictures that were craves into the wall.
"Let go Snow, we are going back."
"Kyaa.."
As Snow turning back towards Sillion, he whispered his answer to the system.
"Greed is bound to kill, as much as I wanted it. One must have the capability first."
[I guess your common sense quite good, most people will go crazy over a Mana Core if they found one.]
Sillion ignore the system and crawl back into the small tunnel but this way back is not easy as before as he now holding the fairy nest.
After quite a while, Sillion got frustrated by this horrendous and slow movement, he just ordered Snow to pull him.
*Stuuud*
"Ahhhh, finally we out. It feels like forever in there."
Complained Sillion as he stood up and walks to his tent.
He open the wrapped jacket and pulls out one of the fairy containers and put the nest inside, he make sure to check it a few times to make sure it didn't get damage before storing it.
"Nice, everything is good."
"Snow, let eat and get some rest before we continue."
"Kyaaaa"
Snow just jumping and circling around Sillion as soon as she heard Sillion words.
It didn't took long for them to finish their breakfast, right after cleaning everything, Sillion packed everything and continue moving towards the inner area of the forest.
"This gonna take a while."
As he continues his search for magic herb and others plants. The fairy battler team having their hand full on theirs first ever official tournament.
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After an amazing victory on their debut match, the Dragon Soul's fairy battler team lost their second match and third match.
They need a second win to qualify for the round of 16 but now they're on the verge of getting kick out of the tournament in the group phase.
"Urrghhh."
"They ganking on me 2 on 1."
Complained Alice as she tried to conserve her stamina and make sure the team tactics advance smoothly.
"I knew it gonna be tough but h*ll!"
"This twin and their Earth Orge is literally on my tail."
Alice now trying her best to make sure she didn't delay the team performance but the team tactics and synergies are completely based on her as the team captain.
Once she got occupied, the team will be in trouble, this is something that they learned thanks to the defeats on the second and third matchs.
"Felix!!"
"Laura!!"
"Focus on your left flank, we gonna tear up their formation."
Felix and Laura withdraw their offense immediately and moving towards the left flank on Gallardo side.
"It exactly as the old man said, they aiming for our left flank."
"Oii, you twin, focus on their captain!!"
"Roger that!!"
Alice now trying to regroup the team on the left flank as it considered as their opponent weak link during their team strategy meeting.
Little did she knows that she becoming a burden to her team due to her lacks of ability to adapt and changing the strategy as the battle goes on.
"A commander that only follows the map is bound to fall"
"This is our win, the Castle Hill win!!"
Said Adan the Castle Hill captain with a smirk on his face.
Even though Eir is a Variant type Dragonic Elf fairy that focus on agility and AOE type skills, without sufficient strategy and team synergy, it bound for her teammates to overly depends on her.
*Rumble!!*
"Ogre fusion skill!!!"
"Twin Earth Wall Breaker!!"
Soil rise from in front and the back of Eir as now Alice completely isolated from the rest of team.
The two on one gank now became three on one as Adan make his way towards her.
The Berserker Orge is Adan contracted fairy, it huge axe now came flying towards Eir which she barely dodge.
*Booommm!!!!*
Dust rise as vision on the battlefield become blurry.
Being ganked three on one also make Alice feels despair but thanks to Eir AOE skills, she manage to barely hold on.
For Felix, Gallardo, Laura and Hide, facing two veterans battlers is already a tough blow for them.
"I guess winning one match out of four is already a miracle for this team."
"I need to upgrade the training and trains them as the whole team instead of letting them trains separately."
Raziv gather himself together as he started taking notes where and which area the team need to improve.
Judging on the current situation, his team didn't have the most basic of basic requirements.
This team lacks foundation of teamworks and the ability to adapt and change formations or strategies even if that is something that not on the team plans.
This thing may not apparent facing an average teams but for veteran teams out there, this weakness is an easy exploits resulting an easy win for them.
"I guess my first job on the list is to make sure they didn't lose hope and give up."
The battle didn't last long as the announcer announce Castle Hill's victory resulting them to get knocked out in the group stage with 1 win.
Although the teams look dispirited after lost, they did not fall into despair. As for Alice, she now acts like she didn't feels anything.
They then leave the arena wanting to find a good restaurant for lunch.
Raziv now watching over the team and the kids, finding them already returned to their former self, laughing and teasing each other.
But for Alice, she seems quiet and just absence minded.
"Don't let it get to you Alice, if you blame yourself on the first step, then you will never move forward."
"This tournament is our first official tournament, losing in the group phase with one win is already a miracle."
"Most of new teams will lost all their matches, not everyday we see new teams with a matches on their debut tournament."
Alice turned her head towards Raziv, not wanting to show her emotions, she nodded her head and join the rest of team.
Raziv didn't said much afterwards, as he knew that if he talks too much, the morale of the team will suffer a huge downfall like a waterfall.
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"Haaahhh~~~~"
"This is damn tiring."
"I didn't expect that I will encounter full pack of Silver Wolf and started running for life."
Sillion now fully lie down on the grass near a lake as he gasped for air since he been running for quite a while thanks to the Silver Wolf.
[It a good exercise for you since you rarely exercise anyway.]
"Exercise your *ss!! How long I been running?"
"If not for me having to jump from a bloody cliff straight into this lake, I will have to run like forever to shake them off."
"Moreover it was your fault that you suddenly lock my access to Snow that I have to run for like few hours!!."
Sillion couldn't take it any longer and start pointing fingers at the system. He thought that he can make and easy works fighting the Silver Wolf pack but the system had other idea.
He couldn't summon his fairy and he were told to survive with his own physical abilities, the only option he had is to started running for his life while killing the wolves using the mana revolver.
[I told you before to never skipped exercise your physical, stamina and mana control.]
[Although this system is only exist to support you, if you were weak, no million systems can help you.]
[If you unsatisfied with my treatment, the next time we met a pack of wolf, I will seal your mana as well.]
"Dang it system, are you trying to kill me?"
"Arrrr!!!"
Sillion stop his complains as he knew that it a rarely occasions that the system suddenly trying to pit him to work to death.
He then took a bottle of water for his backpack, started drinking.
"I guess something big incoming since you doing this huh, system?"
[Well, it not that big but it can be big if you're weak.]