A Bright Light

Roy was currently absorbing the Green Fire mana. Although he wasn't eating the fruits, or their extract, he was still close to hundreds of these fruits. That was even a little better than eating just one fruit.

Roy decided to put off his Mana Formation until a year or two later. Because he wanted to have as many different types of mana, before he would "mold" / form it into a distinct shape. But while he wasn't going to form his mana yet, he could condense his current mana. This would make you technically have less mana, but it would work better, and use less of your Mana Reserves.

Mana in reserves would look like a water bubble in space. At first it would be mixed, and later, you would separate the different types, and condense them. You could then expel the types you didn't like, or continue with Mana Purification. That would be just purifying the mana, freeing it from its filth and contamination. It would in turn, become even more effective in spells. The next step would be Mana Formation. That was to use the condensed and purified mana, to make something out of it. It was something like Qi in martial arts novels, except that it was mana, and it could be used in magic. After you would form the mana into something, you would always have to solidify it. That was to ensure that it wouldn't collapse, and prevent you from using mana ever again, damaging you or it could even kill you.

There was also something else you would have to take note of. And that was, that you would always have to stabilize your mana. Or else, it could fall apart, and become chaotic. That was also what Roy was doing earlier at the training center.

Because he still had very little mana in his reserves, he quickly absorbed the Green Fire, and added it to his "collection". He also separated all of his mana into different types, so that later, when he would absorb more mana, it would just go into its specified Mana Reserve.

It was very peaceful here, so he thought that he might as well condense his current mana. By now, he was working for almost 7 hours, and it was midnight. The three moons above his GW planet were shining beautifully. There was one small - medium sized red moon above him, and another big blue moon hovering in the starry sky. There was also a tiny green moon, but he couldn't find it right now.

He thought it was time to finish, so he made his tent under the big Green Fire Elixir Fruit tree. He knew that some monsters and animals liked to chew on these trees, but for some reason, people said that they never came on this hill with the "guardian" tree on it. So he wasn't worried about it being a problem.

He didn't purify his mana, because it would take a lot longer than the condensation, stabilization or separation.

As he was waiting to fall asleep, a bright light shone above him. He didn't really see it well through the dark blue adventuring tent, but it seemed really distant. He looked at it for awhile, and started dozing off.

...

Almost an hour and a half have passed, and Roy suddenly woke up. He was sweaty all over, and something was shining like a sun was right above his tent. Roy panicked a little, and jumped out of his tent. About a meter above his dark blue adventuring tent, there was a very bright light shining, like it was the last time it would be able to shine. Roy turned around, because it was too strong. Even with his eyelids closed, and his hands in front of his eyes, he could still clearly see it shining. It was like it was trying to blind him. It was also very hot, so Roy thought his tent would catch fire.

Suddenly, the bright spot of light started expanding into a circle. It was like a portal to hell was opening.

Then, if Roy could see what was behind him, he would be shocked. A dark brown hand stretched towards him. Because Roy was training since he was little, and was in a lot of fights, he had a slight instinct of danger. Nothing like experts, but better than people who haven't gotten into battles. His senses told him, screaming, "GET OUT! NOW!". So he dashed forward, and used the Wind Rider skill, making him 100% faster in all aspects for 15 seconds. And he ran.

The hand stopped. It looked like it was almost stunned for a moment. It then commanded the circle made of light to move forward. And it did, at a really fast pace. It caught Roy in a matter of seconds, and the hand reached and grabbed Roy by the sweaty collar of his shirt. The hand lifted him upwards, making Roy panic even more. He thought that he was domed. He was peacefully asleep under a tree a moment ago, and in the next, he was grabbed by a dark brown hand, coming from circular portal of bright lights no less.

Roy shouted "LET ME GO! I DID NOTHING WRONG!". He was really worried. What if he was going to die here and now? What would happen to his sister? Would she be okay? How would she take it, if he wasn't home when she returned? Things like, why did this happen on my second trip to GW? Did my bad luck cross worlds? And so on...

"Shh sh sh" A laugh came from the hand. It didn't even think about his struggle. It seemed like seconds were hours when the hand pulled him closer into the portal. Roy used Block, and tried to get rid of the hand's grip, but it didn't work. It seemed like the hand was too strong for it to even stop for a second. In an instant, it went through all 3 blocks from his skill, and kept holding onto him.

Roy couldn't think of anything. If his Block couldn't do anything to this opponent, then it had absolute strength before him.

Roy initiated the aura effect - Angry to the Bone. And the hand laughed " lol, u think ur skering me wt tht?" It talked like an arrogant teenager, and finally, it pulled him through the portal.

On the other side, Roy saw a floating dark brown hand holding onto him, and letting go. He was inside something like an imperial throne room. It had Frozen Fire everywhere, and it was freezing Roy to the bones in an instant. There was tall dark brown figure standing in front. Well, it was only 5 cm taller than Roy, but it was still 197 cm tall. The figure was a man, that took grab hold of the floating arm. The arm squirmed and resisted a little, but soon gave in. The man put it on his right shoulder, which now Roy noticed it formerly no arm, and he attached it to himself.

The man looked like he was in his early twenties, and he wore a normal shirt, with jeans. He had short dark red spiky hair. Upon further inspection, you would notice that his left eye was golden yellow, and his right eye was of brownish red color. He was grinning, and looking at Roy.

Roy also noticed a [Flaming Cerberus] behind him, sitting like a normal, obedient pet dog would. On its collar the words "Pet doggy - Hraske" were written, with black paws surrounding them.

The man grinned widely, and looked Roy straight into his eyes.

"Hello!"