In the middle of the anixiateiry forest where the poison dragon claimed the forest as his own. The man named Lawrence Woods, get the permission of the poison dragon to settle inside the forest.
Because the poison dragon have been sleeping the forest hasn't gotten the poisonous miasma that he produce if his awake. Because miasma can affect the flow of natural mana around, it could be hard for one to cultivate pure mana.
"Let me give you a thought on how to do it" Lawrence said boastfully and Leo only smirk at him. Leo get as smack and Lawrence get back to explaining.
"You need to feel your surroundings, imagine what the fire gives you? It's a warm feeling thats called heat which comes naturally when there was a fire, in other words you just need to feel your surroundings" Lawrence then shows Leo a magic.
"Now feel it" Lawrence said. Leo sit in the ground. He had so many questions in his mind but he knows that Lawrence will just likely ignores it.
'Feel you surroundings? This surroundings are awful and smelly though.. it's covered by poison and dead trees' Leo thought.
'If I can describe this surroundings.. it's dangerous.. ominous.. unknown'
For the rest of the day Leo tries to feel the mana. He failed in his first day but that's what Lawrence expected as no one can learn how to feel mana right of bat.
1 week later.
'What I have been doing wrong? I been trying to feel the surrounding and it's clearly the most dangerous surrounding one can encounter.. who would encounter a poison in your everyday life?' Leo thought as he meditate.
'Its been a week but Lawrence doesn't even give me an assistance on how to do it.. it's really hard'
'Leo.. you don't know why your progess are slow right? Because your body had developed a lot of muscle that make it hard to mana to go through' Lawrence thought as he drink a cup of tea.
Another day passed again and Leo is still trying to feel mana. Even though mana is hard to accumulate, enough to feel the sensation of mana within a person specially those who trained other things like swordsmanship or other form of martial arts.
'Well even though this area is seemingly dead. There are still life around. If I can just feel it' Leo thought as he progress.
Later than that Leo starts to feel a warm and cold energy swirling around his chest. The mana had finally settle it self inside him.
"Leo! Congratulations!" Lawrence congratulate Leo for being a 1 star mage. For Leo age.. it's hard to see such a talent in hundred or thousand of years.
1 year passed since the day Leopold is found in the middle of anixiateiry forest also known as "Death Door". Today is quite special.
"Happy birthday Leo!!! Oh! Even though we doesn't know if it's you birth day today at least it's the day you get here in the forest" Lawrence said.
Leo whom doesn't know the joy of having a birthday appreciate the effort Lawrence get to this all. This day Leo mark himself as an 10 year old today by Lawrence who decide whatever his age is.
Leo can now explore the world beyond the boundaries of anixiateiry forest. Lawrence do not worry about Leo because he already got 4th- Step of Swordsmanship and 3rd-Star of Mage.
"Now, tomorrow is your big step towards the future so enjoy today Leo!" Lawrence happily said to Leo.
"Ok.. I'll keep it in mind"