Chapter 15 (1/2)
Chapter 15. To Lea Marquisate (2)
Editor: Isleidir
“Come here, Kurotan.”
Kurotan approached Luke and the campfire, glancing at the scroll and mana potions curiously.
“What are those?”
“The gift I mentioned earlier.”
“Can I eat them?”
“You simple b.a.s.t.a.r.d.”
Luke smiled and grabbed the scroll, holding it up.
“Back up a bit.”
“All right.”
Luke ripped the scroll, releasing a blinding light.
Paahhht.
The ripped remnants of the scroll burst into blue flames, disappearing without a trace. The light squirmed around, gradually taking shape before sinking into the ground.
Bunjjuk.
A geometric shape of around one meter in diameter was drawn into the floor. Kurotan looked at it stupidly.
“What the h.e.l.l is this?”
“Listen carefully. I am going to teach you an Aura cultivation method.”
“Aura cultivation method? Are you talking about Maal’s blessing?”
“Yes. I don’t know what the outcome is going to be, but let’s try it. Step into the magic formation.”
“All right.”
Kurotan gingerly stepped inside of the formation with expectant eyes. He frowned the second he did.
“Keuu, the pressure is almost overwhelming. Mother Nature’s mana is extremely concentrated.”
“Yes, it’s a formation meant to do exactly that…”
Luke opened up one of the mana potions.
“Drink this.”
Kurotan chugged the whole bottle without question.
“It tastes really strange. Keuu, what is this?”
Kurotan’s face scrunched up in pain.
Mana potions were made by solidifying mana, then melting it into a liquid prepared by using many ingredients. When the mana potion entered the body, the concentrated mana spread throughout the body at fast speeds. The pain caused by the circulating mana was not easy to handle.
“You have to bear with it, until your body is fully saturated with mana.”
“Al-All right.”
Sweat poured out of Kurotan’s brow as he answered through clenched teeth.
“It’s not going to be easy, but if it’s you, it’s possible.”
Luke completely understood the pain that Kurotan was going through. He had been taught Aura cultivation method in the same way.
If one could not bear the pain and pa.s.sed out or left the formation, everything was for naught.
Luke had only succeeded in awakening his Aura his fifth time, failing the first four times.
“I only had that one scroll, so you must succeed. There won’t be any second chances.”
“Y-Yes.”
The mana in the air around Kurotan was extremely compressed and concentrated, due to the mana concentrating formation. Due to that, the mana released from the mana potion was unable to leave Kurotan’s body and continued to build up inside of him.
“The heart is the organ that receives and holds mana the best. The mana will begin to concentrate in your heart, so be prepared.”
Kurotan nodded with visible effort, as though it was hard for him to even speak.
As Luke had said, mana began to concentrate in Kurotan’s heart after some time. Since the mana inside Kurotan’s body could not escape to the atmosphere, it was an obvious result.
“Keeuuuuu.”
A groan escaped Kurotan’s lips.
“Bear with it! If you lose consciousness, everything was useless.”
Luke made an anxious expression. He had already acknowledged Kurotan’s mental strength and endurance, but he could not help being worried.
Thankfully, Kurotan had not yet lost consciousness and was gritting his teeth through the pain. The mana that had been concentrating in the heart eventually reached full saturation, and began to squirm in an effort to find a path to leak through.
“When the mana reaches full saturation in your heart, it’ll start to move. Concentrate, and guide the mana. Here…”
Luke pointed at the place where Kurotan’s neck and chest met to form a dip. It was the beginning of the circulation pathway that made up the Aura cultivation method.
“Guiding mana isn’t easy. But try to concentrate.”
Kurotan’s lips parted in a smile.
“I’m already guiding the mana to that location, do not worry.”
Luke’s mouth shut in surprise, and he remembered that unlike himself, Kurotan had already experienced the level of an Aura Expert.
“I see. It’s a path that you’ve already treaded once.”
It wasn’t easy for humans to sense mana. It was usually only barely possible with the help of a mana concentrating formation and a mana potion, at a highly concentrated level of ambient and internal mana.
It was simply impossible to suppress and guide the mana produced by such methods with a mediocre level of concentration. This was why, first time trainees of Aura cultivation methods usually failed a countless number of times before succeeding.
Kurotan, however, had already experienced the level of an Aura Expert. He was able to suppress his mana and send it through the circulation path that Luke pointed out relatively easily.
“It’s done. Where to next?”
“How surprising.”
Luke pointed to the next spot in astonishment. Kurotan immediately guided his mana to the exact location.
The mana from Kurotan’s heart flowed endlessly through the path that had been recorded in the Aura cultivation method. However, something unexpected happened during the process.
“Over here next.”
Kurotan scrunched up his face when Luke pointed to the next circulation path.
“That’s not the right path.”
“What the h.e.l.l are you talking about? Listen, it’s difficult to turn back once you guide your mana through the wrong path.”
“Still, it’s not the right path.”
It was now Luke’s turn to scrunch up his face. Should mana flow through the wrong pathway, the mana could go on a rampage and disable the pract.i.tioner for life.
“What do you know about the human body? It’s an Aura cultivation method proven to be effective, so be quiet and guide the mana.”
Kurotan looked at Luke.
“I might not know a lot about the human body, but one thing is for certain.”