Once Sol awakened the next day, he began using Accumulate. This involved the breathing in of world energy, which tuned the body and strengthened the core.
Not only was Damon born with a weak body, but he had a black core. In the world of magic, a person's magic core determines his talent and how far he or she will go.
There were magical cores of various colors;
Black
Brown
Orange
Yellow
Blue
White
Black indicated a person's core was void of mana and unable to process it. This means a person would be unable to cast magic all their lives.
While there are a few methods to improve one's core, the world was unaware there was a method to revive a dead core. The answer was Sol's accumulation breathing technique.
In this world, mana reigned supreme and the easiest way to achieve success in life was to become a Magus. When Damon learned Sol had a method of curing his body that would allow him to cast spells, he was excited, but the excitement didn't last long as Sol openly declared he had no intentions of becoming a Magus.
His decision almost drove Damon mad, and he wondered if this deity was stupid or something. The opportunity Sol abandoned now was something many people would die for.
Unfortunately, Sol was not like other people.
He was a God and must think like one.
When Damon's parents found out he had awakened, they hastily prepared food and to their surprise, their son ate. Rowan watched with tears as his son wolfed down all the food fed to him by Maria and even requested for seconds.
This was the greatest miracle they had ever received, and they hoped it was permanent. For the next week, these people took it upon themselves to question Sol about his condition every day. They would bathe him, inspect his body, and feed him as much as they could.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed and Damon was making progress. His body complexion had returned to normal, and he was adding some weight finally.
The benefits of using accumulation numerous times in a day were beginning to show. Using world energy to tune his body, Damon's bones had gotten much stronger and his black core was riddled with cracks through which faint light escaped.
While he couldn't stand or move his limbs yet, Sol wasn't bothered. Nothing good comes easy, so he wasn't expecting to turn the body of this weak human into an amazing host overnight.
After a few more months, Damon's parents couldn't hold back their curiosity anymore so they called on the village physician to check on their son.
They desperately needed to know what was going on and if their son was really recovering. After minutes of inspection, the physician was stunned by what he found.
Not only had Damon's illness symptoms gone, he was recovering both physically and mentally at an alarming rate. This news was what Rowan and Maria needed to hear.
Now they were certain that their son was not only going to survive but also had a chance of living a normal life like other children, so they doubled down on their efforts.
Rowan had inherited a big land from his father before his passing and also had a successful small-scale poultry. The family was doing much better than most families in the village but could barely put food on the table due to Damon's physician expenses.
But now their son was healed, they didn't need to waste so much on the physician anymore, which meant they could provide better quality food and life for their child.
For the next one year, Sol continued his routine. He had decent food, enough protein, and the time he needed to use the accumulation spell as much as possible.
After a year of this, Damon's body had miraculously recovered enough for him to stand. The day Rowan found Damon standing beside his bed was the most joyful day of his life.
Since the body had never taken a step before, Damon spent the first few months of the new year undergoing physical therapy with Rowan. His supportive parents helped in his journey, and this period allowed both sides to spend a lot of time together.
While Sol didn't care about Damon's parents, he appreciated their efforts and contributions to his recovery.
Only after four months did Damon learn how to walk alone. During that time he trained his other limbs and slowly got accustomed to the body.
From that day forward, Damon had a strict training schedule, which he followed every day. The skinny kid who had never taken a step all his life slowly began adding some muscles and gaining some weight.
By the beginning of the second year since his recovery, Damon had a physique much better than his peers. While Rowan and Maria attributed this change to his intense daily workout sessions, they failed to recognize his rapid improvement was due to Accumulation.
On the very first day of the second year, Damon's body underwent its very first breakthrough. After refining his magic core for two years using world energy, the black shells that wrapped around it shattered, revealing a brown core.
Buzz!
The moment Damon acquired the brown core, he felt the world around him change. For the first time in forever, his body was able to assimilate mana, allowing it to flow through his entire body.
It was then that Sol used the second spell that only spirit magic users possessed; Rejuvenation.
This technique allows the inhaling of mana which replenishes mana reserves and revitalises the body. Unlike Accumulation, the use of this breathing technique was limited to five times a day or its effects may backfire.
With this, Sol finally had everything he needed to start his journey.