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Chapter 13 - Mana or Aura?

Another day had risen on the sky. The birds in the area of anixiateiry forest is absent due to the poison that infect the area. Even with that harsh condition there are two people who is living here.

"Hey Leo! Wake up" Lawrence call as he slice the ingredients for the breakfast he is cooking. Yesterday, in the 10th day of the month of harvest, Leo learn the body and sword combination the first step to become a wonderful swordsman.

'Today, I'll teach him the way of mana' Lawrence thought as he happily tossed the sliced ingredients in the pot.

"Morning.." Leo said as he squish his eyes. Lawrence reply back and Leo washed his face in the stocked water from the barrel outside the house near the garden.

"Leo, how about you learn the magic today?" Lawrence asked Leo to make sure that he's interested or not. He don't want to just push things to Leo.

"Oh.. Ok" Leo replied bluntly and Lawrence get irritated so he called Leo then smack him at the head.

After they eaten they're breakfast both of them head down to the training ground. Lawrence, who is a magic swordsman, want to teach Leo that unorthodox combination of sword and magic.

Magic swordsman is considered one of the hardest class anyone could handle. Because the strengthening of body and maintaining the flow of mana will be the most challenging hindrance to all magic swordsman.

"As you know, magic swordsman will have to build muscle and also let the mana flows through you.. even though a swordsman could awaken his aura.. but what about those who could awaken aura or doesn't have it at any way?" Lawrence is giving a lecture to Leo.

"Those who is stacked at the 5th step at the swordsmanship and could reach the 6th step which requires the awakening have no choice but to have substitute to the aura.. and that's called mana"

"Mana and Aura are different, mana is made from the natural surrounding that has given life to the people, in short mana is everywhere but what about aura?"

"Well even now there's no clear explanation to how aura is accumulated but according to some aura is made within the swordsman and let it's inner nature let out in the form of the sword.. that what they tell" Lawrence is not so sure because even him hadn't even experience the aura himself.

"So what is the most powerful?" Leo ask and Lawrence replied "Well both of them is complex and the mana needs a knowledge to be able to use and the unknown reason for the awakening for aura".

"Even though some swordsmanship family had their own secret how to awaken it" Lawrence murmur to himself.

"Hm.. maybe it's safe to say that they both have destructive prowess. If mana is concentrated on more bigger destruction the aura is concentrated in destruction on who or what in front of them" Lawrence exclaimed.

"I don't know what you are talking about" Leo mocked Lawrence for his explanation.

"Now now... Enough of it and let me teach you how to get mana. In short "The Culmination of Mana".