It was late at night. Asroth sat on a rock outside the cave, gazing at the moon.
Inside, Frost was sleeping while Asrah was sitting with her eyes closed, in a state of mana absorption.
(BOOM!)
Asroth clutched his chest when he felt something glowing from inside his body!
In a few minutes, Asroth saw a stone within his Mana Soul.
Asroth was familiar with this stone.
It was the stone he whimsically took because of its unusual shape and color when he was still on Earth. He saw it glowing one dark night, so he took it and made it his lucky charm.
Now, Asroth was utterly shocked at how it ended up inside his Mana Soul! (Inside his body, the Mana core can be found. Inside the Mana core is the Mana Soul, where all the Mana absorbed.)
Asroth touched it with his Mana Soul, and when he opened his eyes, his whole body suddenly trembled.
What he saw was not frightening, quite the opposite.
A vast grassland with a few trees, surrounded by mountains like a fence.
It looked like a huge crater.
The problem was, how did he end up in this place!?
"Asrah??"
Asroth quickly scanned his surroundings, hoping to see Asrah.
"ASRAH!!" Asroth shouted loudly.
(BOOM)
Asroth's eyes widened due to the immense Mana in the area!
Asroth hadn't noticed this initially because he was shocked at why he was there.
Now, powerful Mana was entering from the environment's blessings here. It was almost 1000 times stronger than the place he came from!
"Gathering Mana 2nd Level"
5 seconds later
"Gathering Mana 3rd Level"
20 seconds later
"Gathering Mana 4th Level"
"Gathering Mana 5th Level"
"6th..."
"7th..."
Asroth sat down, calmed himself, closed his eyes, and entered the Mana Absorption State.
(When a Mana warrior is in the Mana Absorption state, they can't notice their surroundings or the time, focusing solely on absorbing Mana.)
After 30 minutes...
"8th Level Gathering Mana"
"9th Level Gathering Mana!"
(BOOM!)
Asroth's whole body suddenly glowed!
After 1 hour...
"1st Level Mana Force!"
After 1 hour and 30 minutes
"2nd Level Mana Force!"
Asroth managed to reach the 2nd Level Mana Force in just 1 hour and 30 minutes!
It's noteworthy that Village Chief Osro only reached the 9th Level Gathering Mana after 60 years of absorbing Mana!
Even though Asroth's talent for absorbing Mana was average, he still managed to reach the 2nd Level Mana Force because the Mana in this place was 1000 times stronger.