Chapter 48: Choosing a Medium and The Final Task
"Aaahhhh! Guh. Aa-ow that hurts. What was it that I wasn't able to sense it? It was like a thin thread of energy."
[Mana thread is a technique used to capture enemies in a variety of ways like sticking to stuff like it did earlier, slicing through things, detecting things, etc.]
"I see so that's my Thank you Miz."
It's been two weeks since he started training his senses. And thanks to that he almost reached the third floor.
"Now the only thing I need to worry about is my medium."
This made him ponder on what the best way is. He could see the importance this has to a person's journey.
But he needs something that can be open and strong for his future improvements. I can use the heart and the stomach as my medium but that doesn't correspond much to what I want.
He saw the usefulness of the heart, stomach, and mind during his research but all are only focused on energy distribution and internal function. But that is not what Jayven wants, he wants something that encompasses the whole body making them function as one.
"I can't just do nothing, there has got to be a way. Looking at the ether crystal he thought of what he wanted to use as a medium."
"There is a lot I can pick but which one is the best?"
He started to look at some examples on the Web but nothing came to mind. Until he saw an article.
"This is all speculation but somehow I am quite curious."
Reading the article Jayven thought the author to be a crazy person.
Unity of Mind and Body, that is the title When one sees it one will think it could help others to achieve great success but upon reading its content one will have to say it's ridiculous.
What separates the mind from the body? Of course, one would say it's the consciousness and the physical attribute. But here it says the neck. The neck is the go-to of the body and mind.
"So it's saying the head and the body from the neck downward are different because all of them are connected with the neck."
Looking at the article and reading it made more sense and at the same time not. After all, some use the neck as the medium and everything is a mess.
The breathing, the voice, the food intake all are going to suffer with this action. The author might have the right idea but the results speak for itself.
Unlike the other parts whose discomfort concentrates in one area. This method destroys the balance of the body.
An example when a heart medium user does the meditation technique the body finds it hard to breathe the air and the lungs will have some problems which are dangerous.
But later on, this would gradually heal and the breathing becomes even more refined and clear. There is also the mind medium that makes a person have painful headaches but this one applies to thinking nothing else.
The same goes for other parts of the body. It gives discomfort and painful experience but when one overcomes it the medium will become their greatest strength.
Here comes the problem with the neck. It is so thin and general that once huge chunks of mana pass through it then the effects become unimaginable.
Many gave up and many although few lost their lives. As for success? It is said that there are a hundred who succeeded. Half became high-ranking hunters, a quarter became the best in their profession and the remaining ones are unknown.
Hearing this one might think that this is it but it isn't since the ratio of success is 1000:1. Seeing this, who would want to challenge it? Unless they are crazy or very talented that is, then they would take this.
"Still, this is intriguing. I want to know what the author can provide in this."
Jayven then delved deeper into the article where he noticed many mistakes at the same time words that made sense. Even so, considering the effectiveness no one bothered as the results were the same. The low, slow, and useless output of ether.
Ether is a higher substance of pure mana, a purified energy, and the use of the medium and ether crystal makes it easy for hunters to use it as a way of converting all existing mana into ether or to make use of ether energy.
After all, even if you can't have ether in your body once it can adapt, then using ether with a medium could be possible even if the mana in the body can't turn into ether.
But in the article, they once trained their neck for this quit and chose other parts of the body as the medium.
The reason for the change of their choice is that they felt extreme discomfort in every part of the body. Not to mention the slow circulation within the body despite it saying that it uses the nervous system as its base of transfer.
The author is right usage of the neck as a medium would be great but the discomfort and probably the best way to master a lot of things
'This doesn't change that whoever is going to do this is a madman. Luckily, after reading a few things about its discomfort I can say that it will help me instead of being a demerit.'
"Thinking of its possibility, I need to try this. If not, I can just change it to something else."
Without much to do, he started to practice his meditation technique. Putting it on the neck the ether crystal's holder extended around the neck changing to a Collar.
Afterward, changes begin to happen as discomfort pervades in Jayven's body.
"They are right, it is slow. Well, what do I expect? I was just trying it now after all."
This continued for two weeks. After training his senses Jayven focused his attention on his medium. As he started to circulate his ether in his boy using the neck as a checkpoint of ins and outs of the ether from the crystal.
The discomfort started to happen but to Jayven this was a blessing. 'I may be stupid to try this but This could increase my training capacity in my senses.'
So, using the discomfort to his advantage Jayven was able to increase his senses and stats. Before long his senses and stats reach leaps and bounds.
And it didn't take a week till the discomfort lessened. And realizes the effectiveness of using a medium
"I see so that's how it is. A body adapts to changes in a new way that helps it in creating a new pathway for the ether."
This continued and Jayven was able to finish the third stages and now it has already been a month since the training started.
After careful observation, Jayven is now using the neck more efficiently. Now it has become his medium.
At first, during his training, he felt it was stupid how they disregarded the neck but that didn't last long, and as he realized the horror of using it.
But he didn't give up and later he mastered it and got used to the side effects. And now another two weeks have passed.
And now he is finally at the final fifth floor. Before his sense was poor and with the help of the new training program it became his greatest strength.
With the addition of his usage of the neck as the medium his movement coordinates well with his sense. With that, it gets even easier for Jayven as he traverses far to the fifth and final floor of the mansion.
"Great not that I finish the lower floor levels, the next would be the final level then it will be done and I will get my hands on the remaining rewards."
And right now, he is facing his final challenge.
"I just need to defeat this Mechanical Robot then I will be able to conquer it."
That's right the boss at the tenth and last level of the maze mansion is a Mechanical robot which was understandable because of the theme of the mansion.
Since the maze is riddled with mechanical traps, this being the boss is to be expected but how it looks is troublesome because it looks more like an octopus.
Still Jayven was ready to tackle the challenge as he is confident with his improvements this past few weeks.
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Stamina - 420/450
Mana – 380/450
STR – 110 (⬆20)
VIT –111 (⬆20)
INT – 115 (⬆20)
AGI – 115 (⬆20)
DEX – 117 (⬆20)
SKILLS>>
> RESTRAINT (USER) E> Second Awakening
>RESTRICTION - Restrict the usage of body functions for a set amount of time. The current duration is 2 multiplied by X points of mana per second.
>ADJUSTMENT- The effect of restraint can be adjusted from 1% - 99%.
STATE >>
> Normal>
> The user state is more than 80% of its full strength
TRAITS>>
>Senses>
>FEELING – 17 (3)
>SIGHT – 16 (⬆4)
>HEARING – 16 (⬆3)
>SMELL – 14 (⬆2)
>TASTE – 14 (⬆2)
>Health Recovery (User)>
>Able to heal injuries by 0.1% per second.
>Mana Recovery (User)>
>Able to restore Mana by 1 point per second.
>Stamina Recovery (User)>
>Able to recover Stamina by 2 points per second.
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