Mana

Feeling a smooth, good warmth, Arthur slowly woke up. His mind was clear and he could feel the slightest touch of the sheets.

Still a little groggy, he sat up on the bed he was on. His hands groped the bed a little and picked up something fluffy and soft. Looking closely, he saw that it was Amanda's ass. He then looked at his own body.

"I'm naked..." His voice was low and weak, but not hoarse. It sounded like he had a hangover. With that revelation, he sniffed: "I smell good too..." He looked at Amanda with a grateful look. He figured she must have bathed him after he passed out.

He just got out of bed and took a good look at his physical condition. Ignoring the hard shaft that seemed to have woken up at the touch of Amanda's ass, everything was fine. After putting on some underwear, he did some push-ups and even some random somersaults.

"It doesn't even feel like I was dying yesterday..." Still sleepy, Arthur yawned and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

Meanwhile, he looked in the mirror and noticed his skin a little brighter and eyes clearer and cleaner. 'Am I becoming a vampire?...'

With the random thoughts of the morning, he changed into sports clothes and went to the kitchen to make breakfast. He saw on his cell phone that it was still 5:10 in the morning. His habit of waking up at these hours hasn't changed even with his tiredness.

Still remembering the day before, Arthur's current body seemed to be completely different. The amount of damage his body took and the headache went away like the wind, leaving him more energetic and healthy than ever.

'Is it because of that energy? The System calls it Mana, so am I some kind of magician or something? That looks cool...' As he took the bread and cheese from the fridge, Arthur thought very simply of something that would blow anyone's mind.

As he made the coffee, Arthur started to focus on his body again. He could feel warm energy coursing through his entire body and nourishing him. It was extremely weak, but it was like a constant massage that you didn't even notice. As Arthur got used to his body through the pain, he felt the difference very well.

'How do I use is-ah, like this...' As he thought about how he was going to use that energy, since he believed that mana was to be used, he tried to move a bit of his own Will and also a bit of the Force, which he learned earlier. Amazingly, the warm energy, or mana, actually followed the Force like a current of water being guided.

'Fuck...' With a frightening sight, Arthur realized that this energy seemed connected with his mind and showed his whole body to him. The organs, veins and blood circulating. He also noticed the threads through which mana flowed and they seemed inextricably linked with his own veins. This explains the pain he felt earlier.

But it also helped him see the dirt on his body. It was like scary black marks present on these threads that he didn't know existed.

He studied a bit all the veins through which the energy passed and saw that it was more or less a complex but understandable path. Or at least he thought it was easy, as he somehow managed to make simple associations and remember all the way they went.

He also saw that the extremities of the body like hands and legs were like energy outlets, while the center of the body appeared to be the core. Trying to follow a thread of energy to his stomach, he saw that there was an extremely small white ball of energy, completely covered in black moss. Only tiny wires could extract a measly amount of energy out of that core.

'This seems to be those famous energy cores that books tell of. I've read some novels out of interest and they seem to call it Dantian or something. I'll just call it the Mana Core. It looks nicer! All this dirt must have been what was left... there's still a lot of it...'

After tracking the energy down to his stomach, his next stop was the right side of his chest. But even trying to see something, there was nothing there. It was just a clump of black, mucus material. It looked scarier than his Mana Core. There were also several veins connecting that black ball, but they were all clogged with more black goo.

"What a fucking weird body I have... sniff... shit, the bread!" While lost in personal analysis, the bread in the skillet ended up burning.

Feeling lucky that it was just the bread, Arthur made another. After he finished, he ate lightly and went down to his training area.

An hour and a half later he came back up sweaty and with some interesting discoveries. As he had detected that his feet and hands were energy outlets, he tried to do this while training, just out of curiosity. It turned out that the energy was already gone when it reached his fingers and nothing came out. It was like an insufficient supply of energy which he associated with the measly amount of energy being extracted from his core.

After trying his hardest during this period, he also noticed that that small core had run out of energy and was recovering very slowly. But still he didn't feel tired at all, as if he had a lot more energy.

'I vaguely remember the system saying something about 20% of the Seal being broken, so I think when it releases more, everything should be fine! At least I can see my body clearly, so it will be difficult for an internal wound to go unnoticed.' As he showered, Arthur analyzed the pros and cons of his current situation. He also saw that his bathroom was clean and smelling, unlike all the shit he'd done yesterday with that black goo.

| Statistics Panel |

[Level: 6] (0/30000)

[Name: Arthur (???)]

[Race: (???)]

[HP: 4000]

[MP: 1485/1650]

[Karma]

•Good: 350•

•Evil: 1534•

[Statistics]

•Strength: 260•

•Agility: 275•

•Vitality: 400•

•Constitution: 400•

•Intelligence: 330•

•Resilience: 550•

[Skills]

• Constellation •

• Absorption •

• Will •

• Abyss •

• Force •

• Berserk •

• Quickness •

• Golden Blood •

• Mithril Body •

• Cold Blood •

[Techniques]

• Universes Absorber Technique •

• Heavenly Flow Technique •

[Ultimate Abilities*]

• Vision of Soul •

• God Body •

As he looked at his statistics, Arthur realized that he had undergone a shocking change. His resilience was the one that increased the most, with a difference of 49 points.

'I think facing all that shit calmly and in control must have affected me at that point too. Although I really feel more relaxed now, when I'm well and healthy.'

It also had its changes to Vitality and Constitution, which always seemed to grow together. His Agility grew more than his Strength.

'I think the shock treatment helped make me stronger. I felt the energy constantly destroying something. I think it was destroying my body too, and the constant repair made me stronger...'

What caught his attention was also the amount of mana he had. It felt like it had nothing else to use and the recovery was very slow, but it still seemed to be almost full on the system panel.

'Another inexplicable shit. One of these days I'm going to lose my patience with this system!'

After dressing in his school clothes, he woke Amanda up in his bed.

"What time did you go to sleep? Did I give you a lot of work yesterday?" He asked with a smile.

"Too much is too little... I've had to bathe you many times, and your little friend seems to be independent of you. Man, I pity your future girlfriends!" Amanda spoke as she wiped her face with her hands. She was still a little shocked by Arthur's size and the boy's restlessness. Not to mention the way she had to wash it...

"Plural? Will I have more than one?" He asked as he put books in his bag.

"If you only have one, she'll end up dying early... As if you're already an old man who cares about the love of your life! There are a lot of people who have more than one girlfriend or boyfriend out there, you know?" She mocked him and clapped him on the back as she spoke.

"Got it... I'll follow your advice! If anything happen, I say it was your fault for raising me this way!" He shook his head like a disciple who had learned his lesson from his master.

"Clown!" Amanda laughed a little at Arthur's performance.

"The breakfast is downstairs and I remember that the guys are coming to fix the living room and kitchen today, so I want you to stay here. Take that money and buy what you need, in case you remember anything." Arthur took a bag from under the computer table and threw it on the bed.

When Amanda opened it, she saw that there was R$50,000 inside.

"You really trust me, don't you?" She asked as she looked at Arthur strangely.

"We met strangely. It really feels like we shouldn't trust each other like that. But I don't control you and I never will, so there is no need for the word trust. You can try to stab me, poison me and betray me. The only thing that will happen is that we will go our separate ways afterwards. We shower together, sleep together and we'll still do a lot of things together..." He spoke as he put the backpack. His youthful, teenage looks didn't match his words now. It looked like he already knew what she was thinking.

"Do you have a crush on me? Or are you weaker with women in general?" Amanda felt good at Arthur's words, which showed his own confidence in her indirectly. She also noticed that Arthur had always treated her kindly, so she jokingly asked.

"It's not something you need to know. I'm going. If you can, try to take care of the operations center issue as well, in case the guild people are quick to fix up the house."

"Okay!"

When he met Thomas in the hallway, Arthur handed him a cell phone.

"Hack for me, just need to unlock."

"Just a moment..." Thomas took the cell phone and went to his room. Not a minute later he was back, handing the cell back. "Done. Anything else?" He asked, yawning.

"Go get dressed! I'm waiting downstairs." Arthur pushed Thomas' head back into the room. He knew the last question was for show.

After everyone had breakfast, Arthur decided to buy a regular car while looking at the bikes. They were cheap, but he was getting too lazy to ride to school. And Black really would be too much to just go to school.

Putting on headphones, he went to school with Thomas. He stayed all the way trying to use his mana and learning to efficiently use it. He believed that quantity was good, but quality was even better. If used efficiently, even a toothpick can kill an elephant.

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Author Note: I decided to change it to that name, it's cooler and makes more sense in English. And I also wanted to talk about how often I will post. During the week (Monday to Friday) I will try to post 2 chapters every day, until I have some mental block or something. Saturdays will only be one chapter and Sundays only if I want to or see that the readers are really wanting it, or even if I think the chapter is really cool.

That's all I wanted to say... Keep up the reading! :)