Chapter 32 - First Reward (1/2)
*Creaks*
*Bam!*
As the sound echoed behind him, Jeremy turned his head to see the door he had just passed through a moment ago.
Unsurprisingly, the said 'door' was now nowhere to be seen...
Upon seeing that behind him was now a dead end made of grey-dark rocks, the same wall as in the clearing, Jeremy turned his head back to his front.
Only to see that it was utterly dark ahead of him...
*Fwoosh*
*Fwoosh*
*Fwoosh*
Suddenly, the magical torches stuck at the left and right wall lit up uncannily by themselves, causing their orange-yellow light to illuminate inside the small space.
Afterward, a transparent interface popped up in front of Jeremy's face,
...
『 Easy Trial 』
『 Objective: Find an exit 』
...
It was exactly the same one as in his past life, so he dismissed it with a single thought.
Right now, Jeremy could finally see clearly that there was a long passageway with a width of around 5 meters while its length extended to the far end of his 'normal' sight.
Some junctions were situated on the left and right side randomly along the way; even at the end of the passageway, it was divided into two intersections of left and right sides.
After seeing the sight in front of him, Jeremy closed his two abyss-like blue eyes to 'feel' the fluctuation in space, 'Hmmm... It seems like this place is in a different dimension created specifically for people to undertake a trial...' He thought comprehensively to himself.
If it were not for his monstrous level of space affinity, he wouldn't feel it at all because the fluctuation was so subtle that it almost could not be felt.
'It was hard to even for me to create a different dimension with this low level of space instability.'
Nodding his head in understanding and admiration, Jeremy opened his eyes, then raised his right-hand index finger into his front.
*Mumble...*
With some hand movements and an obscure incantation finished after some 20 seconds, Jeremy thought inwardly, 'Mana Wave Detection - Exploration'.
Then an invisible wave comprised of the purest mana being launched into his front.
It continued on until it was met with a left junction, then the mana wave was divided into two portions. One portion went to the left corner to explore that side, another portion continued in its original path.
Whenever the mana wave encountered a junction, the occurrence would keep repeating the same way, on and on, by dividing itself into many portions. Until the mana input of the spell almost depleted, it finally recoiled back into Jeremy's direction to relay the information.
Afterward, a clear image of several passageways being interconnected with one another was manifested within Jeremy's head.
It was clearly a labyrinth at first glance...
Smiling to himself in satisfaction, Jeremy thought, 'Even though the spell consumes more than 10% of my mana, it is still worth it, and it is very worthy of being called a tier 1 spell. Hmm... I have now grasped roughly around 500 meters of distance from me due to the spell. As for the spent mana, it will replenished back in no time anyway, because the mana here is very abunda... What..? SHIT!!!'
Jeremy's casual thought was promptly interrupted by a sudden finding that his mana within the three dantians didn't get replenished back after being used.
'How can this be...' Jeremy could only think to himself in disbelief.
Not wanting to waste any more time, Jeremy sat down right there, prepared to enter his meditating state.
Two minutes later, Jeremy entered stage 10 of meditation, tranquility and equanimity.
This time, he used more than double the amount of time to enter this stage because his mind was in disarray from the sudden realization of being unable to refill his mana tanks.
After he successfully entered stage 10 of meditation, he found out that the quality of mana particles within this separated dimension that he was currently staying in was several times lower than the quality of mana on Earth.
'No... the quality of mana here is actually the same as on Ortus... That means, even if I finish the tutorial and am teleported onto Ortus, I still cannot replenish my own mana huh... This is bad.'
Jeremy frowned deeply after realizing that he was in quite a dire predicament.
After all, how could he continue to cast the spell if he couldn't refill his mana?
As a result of the vast difference of mana's quality inside his dantians and outside atmosphere, he couldn't replenish his mana for the time being.
Right now, his amount of mana remained around 85% from casting the three spells earlier.
*Sigh*
'At last, do I really have to activate that title?'
When Jeremy had thought about the title, he opened his Status Window to view its content once again.
...
Name: Jeremy Caesar Lakota
Race: Human (Le'Liac - Low-Rank Organism)
Class: Journeyman Mage (Peak - Substage 4 of Class 1 Mage)
Title: Mage of Origin (Rank 10 - Inactive), Prodigy Mage (Rank 8 - Inactive), First Mage (Rank 5 - Inactive), NEET (Rank 0 - Inactive)
Affinity:
- Fire (Common): 45.2%
- Darkness (Uncommon): 34.8%
- Space (Rare): 89.9%
- Divinity (Unique): 0.1%
Talent: Prodigy of Magic
Trait: Objective
Achievement:
1. For you, who is the fastest of your own kind to shed a mortal skin and become the first person to tread in a long and arduous path of truth-seeking. The system shall grant you the title of 'First Mage'.
2. For you, who was born a Prodigy. For you, who is destined to be standing at the very top of the universe's food chain. The system shall grant you the title of 'Prodigy Mage'.
3. For you, who achieves the impossible. For you, who defies the universe's rules. For you, who had reached the first substage of a Class 1 Mage within a mana-less world. For eternity, this attainment can never be duplicated by anyone; even the Gods feel helpless with its plausibility. It is thus considered an achievement that shall be chronicled at the highest level of Akashic Records forevermore. The universe itself shall grant you the title of 'Mage of Origin'.
Mission: