Chapter 61: The Path Of Defity (1/2)

Mei eagerly explained, ”If you take this vial before you complete the Prana Releasing Stage, then it will help you build a good foundation to increase your pranic force.”

'Pranic Force? Why did I...Ah, yes, I read that on my status screen!' Arion remembered that the words 'Pranic Force' was mentioned in his status screen, which he didn't pay much mind since he didn't know what it meant, and because his pranic force was 1, he decided to look into it later.

”Right, I haven't told you about pranic force, right?”

Arion nodded, ”Yeah, I have no idea what it is. Is it something related to energy or something?”

Mei said with a thoughtful expression, ”Hmm, you could say it like that, but it's not simple energy but a very special and unique one. You know how powerful and unique prana can be, right?”

Arion nodded as Mei continued, ”Even a fraction of prana is very special and precious since if we learn to manipulate even a tiny bit of it, we could do wonders, just like how I heal people. Whereas normal people would have to buy medicines, pills, or elixirs to cure an ailment or injury, and the treatment might be slower as well compared to what a talented Healifier could do. But from where do you think Healifiers or any Defier gets to use even a tiny amount of prana?”

Arion had the same question in his mind as well, but he guessed that Defiers had some kind of storage organ inside their bodies to store prana. At least that's how it was done in those light novels he read.

So he asked, ”Do we have something inside our bodies to store prana?”

Mei gestured, ”Hm, you are right, but where in our body do you think it is being stored?”

”In our heart?” Arion asked since that was the only possible answer he could think of, seeing how the pranic heart was the main thing that allowed one to become a Defier.

”You are right. But the amount of prana we can store in our heart is so minute that it wouldn't be sufficient for anything big, like fighting a Dreadling using prana. If you are only fighting physically, then it would depend on your body's stamina. But who fights a Dreadling bare handedly unless they are far stronger?”

Arion got a bit confused and asked, ”But people can use weapons, right? I mean, of course, no one would dare to fight using their hands only. But we can use swords, axes, bow and arrow, anything, right?”

Mei softly chuckled, ”No, I said bare-handed to mean that one is not using prana at all to fight. Ordinary weapons come under physical ability only unless you infuse them with prana. But of course, again, your pranic heart wouldn't have enough to infuse it continuously.”

Arion was surprised, ”So how do I store more prana in my heart? Increase my Defity?”

Mei shook her head, ”That's a wrong word there, Ari. You don't increase your Defity but develop it. To be more precise, you can increase your Defity within a stage, but for jumping to a higher stage or level of Defity, you need to develop it.”

'Huh? Isn't Defity supposed to be something like those in cultivation novels?' Arion asked himself.

Arion thought that prana was just energy like 'mana' or 'ki' as he heard of in many books and that people sort of level up by cultivating that energy. And those who reached the zenith were pretty undefeatable, just like how a level 10 guy can beat a level 1 with just a sneeze.

Seeing Arion's confused expression, Mei smiled and said, ”Okay, let me explain with the help of an example. Consider your body as a tree and the various stages of Defity like Prana Binding Stage, Prana Releasing Stage, and so forth as the roots of the tree. Now, what happens if you cut off one root?”

Arion replied naturally, ”The tree's ability to take up water and nutrients gets affected. So it can affect the life and vigor of the tree. Oh, I get it!” A spark lit up in his brain as he answered.