Chapter 6 - Stop? (2/2)

But he wanted none of those; he only wanted to successfully step into the Associate Mage stage as fast as possible. He didn't want to waste 4 or 5 more days again because the time for the tutorial was coming closer every day.

Until 14 hours later...

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14 hours later...

Jeremy's face was as white as a sheet of paper,, but he stopped trembling and sweating like previously.

At this time, he only felt that his soul was almost shredded apart by the shear stress from exerting his mind power too much.

After sustaining the meditation by using most of his mind power for 14 hours straight, he almost hit his limits. So, he decided it was time to meditate in the standard way, using both his mind and body.

As a result of using his will and mind powers to sustain the meditation, the efficiency and effectiveness were only half as good as when using both body and mind.

Thus, right now, he could only gather around 60% of the required mana particles to form a whirlpool.

He had already realized by now that the chance of him succeeding was less than 30%. But he wouldn't give up that easily.

And after another 8 hours of meditation with total concentrations to attract as many mana particles as he could. The amount of mana had already reached 90%.

But the conditions of Jeremy were nowhere near the word 'normal'.

He was shaking like a leaf facing gust wind. His body and bed were drenched with sweat and got smellier with the passing seconds.

Right now, he was hesitating whether to continue gathering the mana or to stop it at this point and then re-did it again in the future.

He understood that when a person used their body and mind to the absolute limit. The only outcome would be 'becoming a vegetable'.

A senseless half-dead human...

After pondering about the dilemma for a short while, finally, Jeremy decided that it would be better to stop now.

He would rather be safe than sorry...

However, he wouldn't go down without a final struggle.

Whether they were human or beast, they would struggle the hardest when cornered.

This was his last measure...

He believed that there was still a chance for him to accomplish the feat successfully if he handled it carefully enough.

He was a former great sage of humanity after all.

So, he...