19 Time to prove yourself 2 (1/2)
”What is the content of the first task?” asked Helial.
The first task is going to test your control. I will generate a great amount of Mana, ten times higher the amount present in your body and you will have to shrink it until it reaches your size.
Kirin was sure Helial was going to fail the first task, even before starting. Plus, if he failed, the Mana would have generated a terrifying explosion that was bound to wound Helial mortally. That kid could not possibly be able to control that amount of Mana with just a Black Mana Seed.
Nevertheless, Kirin had a bad feeling about this. His senses never lied, but he did not worry too much. After all, if he could not get rid of Helial that way, he still had the other two tasks.
Mana Control had always been one of the most impenetrable mysteries in that world. In ancient times, knowledge on this matter had made great progress, but the wars that followed on the continent had wiped out all the discoveries and now only a handful of people could boast to have a little more knowledge than common people.
”So… You will take all the Mana that I have in my body right now and multiply it by ten?”
According to logic, a person could not be able to control more Mana that he had available, yet… Curse of the Demon! Thanks to the Longsword, Helial's Mana was now one twentieth of what he used to possess and control… Even if Kirin had given him an amount of Mana forty times bigger than one he had now, Helial would have been able to manage it easily. Besides, his Mana Seed was Black only on the outside, so Kirin was underestimating him, having no idea of his real strength.
Kirin was snickering. As he cut the connection with the boy, he muttered pleased with himself. He is done for… No human being on this planet can control an amount of Mana ten times their own. Only a genius among geniuses could have such control over their own Mana and this is definitely not the case.
PWAHAHAHAHHA.
Kirin kept probing Helial's body. Mh? This human is really weak... He barely has 1500 MP. Fifteen thousand MP are really not much... I'll slip him a 25.000 MP sphere for good measure, he won't even notice!
Kirin was not willing to run risks. He feared all the Destructive Energy he had seen hidden in the tiny body of a man cub. He had never seen anything like that, despite him being billions years old. He could not let that boy transform into a Devil…
Devils were the supreme lords of the Forces of Destruction among men. It was told that the first Devil had almost destroyed the universe as people knew it, so he could rule a pile of rubble. At that time, not even Kirin had been born yet; he who was a being of supreme longevity among Dragons.
Kirin generated a sphere of Mana, almost twenty times bigger than Helial. Despite its size, the Mana inside it was of very low density.
Helial was laughing inside. That Qilin was trying to trick him. The sphere of Mana being created, Helial could tell at first glance that it contained almost double the Mana.
Human, put your hands inside the sphere and try to control the Mana. You must know that the metho-
”I know how it's done”, Helial stepped forward. He had no time to lose, nor did he like those silly games. Someone else might have tried to look as if they struggled, to not make Kirin suspicious. Helial, though, was not that kind of person. Why should he give up the chance of breezing through three tasks, using his brains?
The boy put both hands inside the giant sphere. Mana was tickling his skin, like an electric charge running through his hands. If all that Mana had suddenly exploded, Helial was likely to get seriously injured. But Kirin had underestimated him, if he thought that it would have been enough to kill him. Helial had lost MP and his Strength Stats, but is Vigor was still high, too high for someone at his level.
Helial sighed. It was still a smaller amount of Mana compared to the one he had before the Malus hit him… When would he be able to restore his old self?
Focus, human, the chances of failing…
Helial rolled his eyes. That Dragon was a real chatterbox. He stopped listening and focused.
He closed his eyes and started condensing the Mana without any difficulty, as if it were his own. The giant sphere began shrinking rapidly.
... You must know tha-
If Kirin still had a physical body, his heart would have surely stopped beating. The kid was shrinking the sphere at a speed of three feet per second.
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?
That kind of control was unimaginable, even if Helial had had any talent. No one could be able to control an amount of Mana almost twenty times their own. It was ludicrous. In just a couple of seconds, Helial had condensed a small ball of highly condensed Mana, the size of a fist.
”Done”, Helial smiled. ”Listen Dragon, this sphere of Mana contains around 25.000 MP… now I hope you have a good explanation for trying to kill me. All my life I have lived in a dumb little village, there's no need for you to fear me.”
Kirin did not know what to say. The words of Helial did not leave him any chance to save face. How old was really that boy? Fifteen? He did not look any older. Could he be that smart? Did he really grow up in a dumb village? Kirin felt like he was facing a crafty old fox more than a teenager.
… kid, are you a Reincarnated?
”A what?”, asked Helial taken aback.
A Reincarnated Immortal who has gotten their memories back?
”I have no idea what you're talking about”, Helial frowned, ”I have nothing against you. According to the legends, you should be a symbol of prosperity. Why on earth would you want to kill me? You have given me a test far more difficult than agreed and you did that on purpose, to make sure I would fail. So I cannot see any other reasons for you to act like that but to what I have already claimed: you seek to kill me.”