Mana and control of mana

As he opened the book he first glanced at his mother again ,checking if she heard the book fall but it seemed that she didn't so he started reading from the first page

MANA.

What is mana? At first glance this question seems simple but thats far from the truth because mana comes in different shapes and forms, so for the sake of learning if we look at it from a simple angle we can say its a type of energy.

Here in our world Tegrra, mana is everywhere and every being has mana in it ranging from all the races even the undead to being present in the air, soil and water making it fairly easy to grasp and feel. To put it simply we are surrounded by it and supported by it.

Now lets talk about the two different types of mana:

-Neutral mana

-Elemental mana

Neutral mana encompases void/space magic,time, life ,death, light and darkness magic. Those are the known types of neutral mana applications ,tho we are sure that there is more but that would also require further research and live subjects for experimentation.

Elemenatal mana encompases fire,watter,wind and earth. Those are the basic elements but elemental mana also has advanced magic elements such as lightning, magma, nature, metal and ice.

Tipicaly elemental mana is easier to learn and easier to control than neutral mana so it is offten mistaken to be the superior of the two by the ignorant. That certanly isn't the case, for instance time mages can revert your time or speed it up and offcourse they can stop your time too, tho most spells of that calibre require you to be atleast an 8 circle mage in a single field. Elemental mana is more straight forward in that regard ,attacking ,defending and mobility is usually the most one can do with it.

But if we want to use magic of any kind ,what is necesary and what must we do before we can use spells? First offcourse we must know what type of mana dwells within us ,and to do that we must use a ritual involving our blood. Then we must form a mana circle so we are able to use a 1st. tier spell ,all in that order.

BEWARE:if we start creating our first circle before we know what type of mana we have the circle will implode inside of us. You can imagine the pain and gruesome death you will experience .

The ritual: the first step is to feel the ambient mana which is the easiest step, once acomplished we can then use a paper, leaves or wood chips and smear them with our blood. After that we place the item in to our hands and then simply expel our mana within us towards the item,

with this done there should be a reaction .

What type of mage you are will be presented by the following reaction:

NEUTRAL MANA

-Light; glowing white

-Darkness; turning completely black

-Void; dissapearing

-Time; aging or slowly reverting

-Life; sprouting branches

-Death; decaying

ELEMENTAL MANA

-Nature; bending itself, usually in to a spiral

-Lightning; crackling noise followed by fire

-Ice; freezing over

-Metal; turning grey and hard

-Magma; bubbly hot liquid followed by fire

-Wind; slicing it in half

-Watter; moist

-Earth; dust

-Fire; ash

Once we know what we are we can start creating our circle. Now where should we aim to place our circle? There are 3 main locations which we frequently use ,the head, the abdomen and the heart ,there are different results and benefits based on what location we choose.

The basic benefits:

-Heart; faster energy circulation meaning faster cast times and mana regeneration

-Head; more potent spells and better reflexes

-Abdomen;stronger body and more physical power

All have benefits and basicly no drawbacks, we are only limited by our competence. Now the interesting part is that we do not have to form all circles at 1 spot and we can distribute them evenly ,this also has two sides to it. Stacking gives us more power at our dissposal but is highly situational while distributing gives us flexibility and balance at the cost of mediocre power in every field.

There always will be a split in opinions about this topic so it is advised that we follow our instincts on choosing what we want to achieve.

To form a circle we must syphon select ambient mana and combine it with our own mana at the desired location ,only syphon the element or neutral mana that is similar to yours as it was stated earlier that syphoning other ambient mana the circle will implode inside of you leading to your early grave.

A circle will be formed when the mixture of your mana and the ambient one is spinning around your heart for instance ,the circulation should be smooth but also fast and you should feel it slowly merging in to your being/body. After that congratulations you have attained the first circle, now it takes about 2 months to 1 year to attain the circle as it is the easiest one. Tho if you are a 1 year one or it takes even longer to get it consider yourself talentless and you will at most reach circle 3 in your pathetic life.

'Wow harsh, also i need to use my blood to know what type i am? Daam thats gruesome.'

With all these steps done we can begin with our first spell. Now how do we use spells? Well supprisingly we can use a "1st tier spell" immediately as we only need to channel our mana from the circle through our bodies ,combined with the type of mana we have there will be different outcomes.

Lets say we have light magic the 1st tier spell will probably be a shining light, now if we use our imagination and will, we can change the strenght of that light either blinding the enemy or to use it just as a torch to light our path.

Elemental mana basicly has more attacking power and defence from the start but pales in comparison to neutral mana at later stages ,for comparrison we will use fire against light .

Fire- burns the enemy and can create a fire wall for protection and offense, at 3 circles you can also start flying

Light-/early: blinding utility defence ,light in the darkness ,semi soothing self heal

Light-/late: teleporting at circle 6-7 ,disintagrating light ,self heal

Currently it is unknown how manny circles one can have but the most circles the hero of our land has attained is 21 ,tho unknown what distribution of the circles he used. It is speculated that 30 circles is the maximum 10 in each location,head,abdomen and heart.

'My head hurts man ...also i don't understand some of the words this guy used hmmm ,i guess i'll ask mom when im older but now it's almost dinner time and im starving'