Max was staring at the books in front of him and he had no motivation to read them he though that Vance would just teach him everything but he remembered what he said before leaving
(Flashback)
Vance:Those books will be your guidelines and you need them the books about the countries and the history of the world and the magic book teaches you all you need to know,you can try forming your core while I'm out,just don't exhaust yourself.
(End of flashback)
Max:Huhhh what should I start first,let's just pick the book about the countries.
The book was large and was blue in color and it was written 'Belariva continent' which was the continent that they were in right now and also you might be wondering how he is able to read what is written since it clearly isn't the language that he knows and he talked to Vance about it and after a few experiments they came to the conclusion that he was able to read just fine but writing was a whole different thing so Vance said that he would find a solution.
Back to the book while reading he learned that there are five continents and he was in the belariva continent which is know for the various mix of races although the humans were a majority there were other races as well like the elves even though they aren't very sociable,the dwarfs,beastmen and while this continent wasn't the most advanced it was still in second place in Max's opinion from what he read so far.
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Two hours passed since he started reading and he wasn't even concerned about the book anymore but something interesting he found was the how they track time of time,time of the day,the months we're also the se as his old world but one thing that was different was the year they were in,here it was 09/04/987 and it surprised him a bit but it's another world what can you do?
Max:Yep I'm done with this for now I'm gonna take a nap and come back to this later.
He went and got a one hour nap and when he woke up he he decided to continue studying but this time he grabbed the magic book and went out to the backyard.
Max:Alright let's see what this is all about.
He opened it and started reading the book it first explained about how magic first came to the world,in the books it doesn't tell you the exact date since people couldn't really keep track of that but records say that it was between the year 100 to 200 it states that first all races existed in harmony with each other but a great conflict happened which led them all to unite and fight for their people,you see the Demon King and his lackeys sought to rule the world and the people and for years this battle was fought and it seemed like the demon King had victory close to his hands but in a moment of desperation all races decided to to send their priests and priestesses to a holy church for them to pray for any god to help them in the battle and just when the demon King took over the last stronghold the skies which were full of dark clouds split open and a blinding light came down and everyone stopped as they were unable to move a single muscle on their body in the books it says that the light banished the demon King and his army to a different plane of existence which is now know as the demon realm and it granted all races with the ability to wield mana and do incredible things and it seemed like hope was shining on them they managed to attain victory and rebuild everything but things are not always that simple you see they may have won against the demons but conflict between their ranks occurred because they had different ideologies and now they also possessed magic wars were waged and at the end some decided to go their separate ways while others still maintained a good relation with each other.
Max:Wow that is a lot and it's just the introduction I guess they just united because they had a common enemy but does the demon King still exists or is he gone?I should just ask Vance when he gets back,for now let's just search for the page that teaches me how to form a magic core.
Luckily after that introduction it marks the themes of the book and Max saw where it talked about magic cores and went there there it first explained the stages of your core
Max:When you first create a core the color should be white since you still haven't done anything on magic,it explains that eachagic core varies from person and their affinity for the kind of magic and based on that your core should have a unique color or even your own mana that you exude out of your body becomes unique but it says that only experienced mages or individuals who have a superb natural talent for it,I wonder if I have that.
He looked to his tattoo and though about that thing which by the way Vance told him that it is a spirit but it felt different from the other spirits in the Palace.
Max:Ever since that day I can feel that power inside but something is holding it back,maybe I should try to reach out to it,I know it might be dangerous but I need to know what is this inside of me.
He got into the pose of meditation and for the next minutes he tried to connect to that power but it was being difficult he was ready to give up.
Max:Ahhh this isn't working.
He opened his eyes and saw that he was in a different place he wasn't in the backward anymore,he was in a deserted land and the stars were shining brightly but what was captivating him was the huge tree in front of him that was glowing with a divine aura coming out of it