Chapter 7: Levels of Mana Heart

Insig went to other patients who needed help. He was so busy because of all the problems and patients coming.

It reminded him a little about the hospital in his past life. He was a surgeon in his past life and was working in the emergency room.

There was always trouble and it was always like walking on eggshells, just a single mistake is fatal already.

Although the work was easier, the number of patients increased. The break was also different too.

When they're out of energy, they replenish it by eating, so they have a Cafeteria behind the [Hospital]. Still, even though they had breaks, the work was heavily taxing on his mind.

Insig took a break and went to the cafeteria. He ate so much food and felt relaxed that he slightly dozed off.

He was eating beside the wall so he was near the window, so he looked out to see what time it was.

There, he saw the beautiful sunset on the horizon, contrasting the dark sky with light of many colors shining from the stars.

'How beautiful..... Although I can't see any constellations that I remember from my past life....'

Insig was reminiscing about his past life, he slightly missed the past life he had.

'Am I really not dreaming? is this really true?'

Insig shook his head slightly to remove the sentimental thoughts out of his head. He took a deep breath to clear his mind.

'It's already night time huh? I guess it's time I changed shifts. I'm gonna go back to my room, wash my face, and sleep. I wanna sleep so bad.'

Insig eats as he plans the rest of his day. After he finishes eating, he goes to talk to the staff to report that he's leaving.

He saw that the staff had bags under her eyes, but they were covered with makeup.

"Hello, how may I help you?"

Insig shows her his badge to show the proof that he has accomplished his duty for the day. It is mandatory for healers to work at the hospital 8 hours a day, except for emergencies.

The staff checked to see if it was true. They checked the badge with some kind of scanning machine and it glowed green. The staff gave back the badge with both hands to show respect and bows lightly.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Insig looked at her, she was wearing a genuine smile. She had the charisma of a hard working secretary. She was like a cute little ant, working hard every day. Seeing this, Insig slightly mobilizes his hands to send a burst of life magic to her brain.

The staff was shocked and thought it was an attack, when a soothing feeling rushed to her mind. It was like being massaged all over his head, lying in the soft clouds and resting in the cooling wind and doing nothing except looking at the bright stars and moon in the sky. She felt energy rushing to her head and felt like she had a morning coffee.

She woke up from the trance and embarrassingly looked at the young man in front of her. He smiled lightly and bowed.

"Thank you for your hard work too."

The man then proceeded to leave without looking back.

The staff thinks that Insig looked a bit cool there. She was slightly grateful because she felt extremely exhausted. Even though it was not as good as a good night's sleep, it was better than nothing. Nothing can really beat the feeling of being recognized by your hard work.

She smiles and looks at the machine to remember his name. She smiles lightly and thinks.

'Insig huh? Is he hitting on me? Well, I guess I'll give him an extra +10 for being a gentleman. He also looks slightly handsome and cute so +10 points. But I'll deduct -5 points as even though his fashion sense doesn't suck, he's still bad at it. another +10 points for being taller than me too.'

"Ummm.... Excuse me miss."

Her thinking was interrupted when she heard a sound. She looked up to see another client looking at her.

*Cough* *cough*

She fakes a cough to compose herself and quickly takes a deep breath and smiles.

"How may I help you?"

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*Achoo!*

Insig sneezed and took a deep breath.

'Is someone thinking about me? Whatever.'

Insig didn't know that his little act of kindness seeing the same hardworking pitiful soul mistook him for a poser.

'Whatever, I just want to sleep now'

Insig went to the washroom to wash his face. After that, he went to the bed and thought to himself.

'Hnn.... After this war, I'm gonna stay working as a healer and train to have the ability to defend myself. Healers have been known to have the weakest combat ability and are most useful in self-sustaining groups because they took too much food and resources.'

Insig 'looked' at his mana heart. Last time, it had the size of a fist. It's not obvious but it feels like it got brighter and increased in size.

It was shining so brightly that it looked so gentle and comforting, but It didn't have that brightness that hurts your eyes, instead it just has the right amount of light.

But only he knows that inside this healing and gentle light was a mass of darkness that kills everything.

'I'm still in level 4 huh.... It's really hard to increase in level.'

The levels of living beings here were divided into 10 levels at the beginning. This level was based on the amount of energy and purity inside your mana heart.

All beings start on level one. There is no level 0 as having no magic kills you. Even the space itself releases a subtle aura that influences all things.

Having no aura means that you don't have any power that can resist the aura of space and time. This may cause you to shrink, age fast, have a harder time defying gravity and breathing itself is hard enough because there is a wind aura in the air.

At level one, you can't use the potential power inside you but it unconsciously protects you from the surrounding aura.

A reference to the amount of energy in a level 1 mana heart, is that, a level one life element needs to store the energy inside a 10 worth of adult's dishes. And they can only speed up the healing process of cuts and scratches.

At level 2, you can slightly release your magic power and slightly move your aura. Although it may be hard to make your magic energy take the form that you imagined.

A healer needs to store energy worth 100 adult dishes (10 × the previous level needed) of energy. A healer can now heal scars and cuts.

As you increase levels, the amount of magic you can store and release increases. Increasing levels also makes your element more pure and stronger. A centimeter of life attribute magic energy from a level 10 mana heart can heal wounds more efficiently, than a meter of energy from a level 1.

Also, the higher you increase your levels, the more your aura is pronounced, causing the weaker rules to be slightly ineffective to you.

For example, a level 10 healer may get a cut, but it would heal quickly without even mobilizing his magic, because his aura alone can heal him.

Although it may not be much, they can also affect the surrounding beings. The organisms nearby may feel more comfortable being around him.

But level 10's are rather rare and are generally seen in older people, ranging from 70 years old and above. Sometimes, they can only be found in decent cities!

Increasing levels not only needs you to increase the energy that you can store, but you also need to purify your body.

It may be subtle, but breathing, drinking and others, increases the amount of foreign elements in your body. This makes your body and mana heart clash.

You also have to have a stronger body to house the magic energy in your mana heart. Flame element people do this by bathing in sunlight or bathing in fires, marking the aura of flame in their bodies.

After the 10 levels of 'Core' state was the rumored 'Integration'. The main difference between this state and Core state was the fact that the people at the Integration state can literally integrate with their mana core!

It was said that a wind element person at the Integrated state can take on any form and enter any place as long as there is wind! They can even enter a normal person's lungs and kill him from the inside!!

At the integrated state, you can last for years without eating. That's because they have integrated themselves with energy.

Now they can turn their flesh into a body of energy anytime, although turning yourself into an energy form takes energy and may weaken you.

Although they don't need to eat, they still need to absorb energy as a form of sustenance. It's because magic is the foundation of everything, so you need them to live.

In his memories, a person at the Integration state can kill thousands of people at the level 10 at Core state! It's not just a 10× increase in level anymore!

Unfortunately, other information about the Integration state was not public and can only be viewed by people at the level 10 of Core state.

'Integration huh.... can I reach that state before I die? Others can't even surpass level 7....'

Insig slightly closes his eyes while he lets his thoughts wander about.

'Tomorrow, if I wake up and discover that this is not a dream.... I'm gonna try to achieve immortality no matter what!'

Minutes later, Insig has already fallen asleep. You can see that he is in deep comfort by the smile on his face.