Chapter 29: Knowledge (2)

"Let us now proceed to mana"

"Since you are already familiar with world energy, let us start with the source of mana."

"Mana is basically another type of world energy, or you can say that it is from world energy. Unlike world energy, mana is not available in the environment. It is created through transformation of world energy. When you absorb world energy, you can make it enter into your bloodstream then make it go to your heart. Now, know first that the number of people who can use mana is less than those who has core. This is because it needs for your heart to be able to convert the wod energy into mana. 'How do you make yourself do that?' you may ask. Well it is Innate. It is a talent. Although there is a way to acquire it. This is done by contacting doctors and ask them to do a surgery in you. They will open up your body, or if they are skilled enough, just put their mana into your body and engrave a mana circle in your heart. This will allow you to convert. Although, you are at a greater disadvantage when compared to those innately born with the ability to do it."

"Okay, mana absorption. As I said earlier, you can do it by forcefully absorbing the world's energy outside and letting it pass through your bloodstream to your heart for it to be converted. But, that is highly impractical. You see, unlike mana, world energy takes up space. It would be like passing through air into your bloodstream, granted smaller than air but it would still cause disturbance in your blood flow. If you put too much of it in your stream, your blood vessels can pop. The practical source of mana is the manifestations of them already. Magic beasts hearts. I will explain the types of beasts later. So magic hearts, these are what cores are to magic beasts. This is where all their mana is stored, so, when you absorb it, it is pure mana. Granted, you still need to refine it so that it will be change to your own mana but, it would be much easier due to mana properties''

"Mana properties. Unlike World energy, they do not consume space, or I guess you could say that they seem to not consume space. It is just there." ( A/N: It is just like dark matter. You cannot touch it because it would pass right through your hand through every atom. If I am not mistaken - not a scientist , feel free to correct. But, that is the concept )

" With that, it would be much safer and easier to absorb them. If you are thinking 'well if they do not consume space and pass through everything, then wouldn't they just pass through the heart?' The answer is talent. People born for mana are innately capable of withholding mana in their hearts and blood stream." ( A/N: Fantasy )

"States of mana. It all depends on the element you use. Some people can use only one while others can use all. You can say that mana is the part of the 5 that is the most dependent on talent. Again, states of mana. I will use the Fire element as an example. Fire Element: Release, Fire Element: Manifest, Fire Element: Embody, Fire Element: Immersion, and Fire Element: Law. Of course, all of which have true and perfect stages as well."

"Abilities. Release allows you to do as it says, but this time, it leaves your body. It can be in the form of a ball, a spear, just a simple burst, what have you. Manifest allows you to create creatures made up of your element. These still need to be controlled by you since they are still your mana.of course you can also create weapons with this. A key difference between release and manifestation is that manifestation sticks. It does not just blast off and away. For instance, Release: Spear will cause you to bless a spear of an element to your opponent, while Manifest: Spear creates a spear you can wield like an ordinary weapon. Embody allows your element to surround you and take shape as an armor, for example. This is the first stage that really gives mana adventurers defense outside of using shields of their elements and stuff. Immersion is a transformation. It allows you to almost be one with your element. Law, it allows you to control your power in the best way possible. It allows you to touch the roots of the elements which are the laws and command them as you please. Of course it is still divided in further states similar to manipulate in world energy"

"Another important point to take note is that, to perform mana related activities you need to resonate with the elements. Elements, which are manifestations of laws, give strength to the mana. If you ever tried just casting bare mana, it would just dissipate away as it would revert to its original form - world energy"

"How to resonate with the elements. Well the hard way is to expose yourself in an environment that is filled with that element. This will make you feel and understand that element therefore resonating with them. Although harder, these can create a deeper understanding of the elements. Another way is through elemental orbs. As the name suggests these are orbs with its corresponding element inside. You just pick it up, feel the element inside of it, expose it to your mana and boom. If it changed your mana then you have an affinity for that said element. Multi elemental adventurers can even mix different elements together to breed another element, such as steam from fire and water, or nature from earth, water, and light. Of course this is an extremely difficult thing to do, and not to mention multi-element adventurers are rare."

"How to break through. It is not technically a breakthrough since you are not breaking anything. You just need to compress and transition the mana in your heart into further stages. Of course the rule that you cannot just speed run to violet also applies here for the same reason. You are considered the Orange stage for example if the mana in your heart reaches Orange."

"You probably know by now that its strength is range and burst while it is very vulnerable to close combat"