Chapter 10: Shocking news.

- Please Mrs. and Mr. Merrick, we want to know what happened to your son! –

-That's right! Why did the aberration come for her son?! Is there something they are hiding from us?! –

Ana and William Merrick were being escorted by third-grade warriors, this measure had to be taken after everyone found out what happened, the scandal was so great that many even threatened the family for a possible conspiracy against humanity.

The news even reached other cities after the great disaster in the center of the city, cataloging the city and its government as mediocre and unsafe for not being able to ensure the safety of its citizens.

In the end, with Hans' help, the Merrick family and Nepheli's family were transferred to another city with guards to protect them 24/7 while things cleared up.

Franz, on the other hand, was being treated by various doctors, healers and researchers, because, although his injuries were no longer serious, Franz's body gave off a strange energy of which there was no knowledge.

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- And in other news, a shocking event has occurred in the city of Lambda, a large-scale invasion of aberrations occurred in the center of the city at approximately 1:00 p.m., more than 18 thousand deaths and more than 6 thousand wounded, among which are practitioners of mana, this situation... -

Turning off the television, Hans' mood was not good, so many deaths occurred in his presence, he had failed as a protector of humanity, he failed his teacher and worst of all... He failed himself by being weak.

In the end he could only sigh and he had to leave those thoughts for the moment, the things that happened were beyond repair, his biggest concern at the moment was the young man by his side, the doctor said that the young man was fine and out of danger, but he would need at least a month of rest to recover completely.

In addition, it had not yet been discovered what the aberration had done to the boy, the boy was not supposed to have eyes due to the event, however, the doctors not only found the eyes in place, in addition to being intact, a strange energy was released from them.

 Looking at the young man out of the corner of his eye, Hans had a lot of doubts in his mind, Why was the aberration specifically looking for the boy?

Whatever the answer, Hans had to think of a way to protect the boy, there were too many people dissatisfied with something that still had no answer, in the worst case the government would hand the boy over to the investigators, Hans wanted to avoid that.

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The practice of mana varied based on the talent of each person and there was no manual that told you what was the correct way to do it because each person adjusted the practice based on their own knowledge.

Magicians tried to connect with nature through mana, so they could manipulate the elements and shape them.

Warriors trained their bodies to the limit and polished themselves in battles, at a certain point, their bodies began to refine mana automatically.

Meanwhile, beast tamers had to strengthen and enlarge their soul, a strong soul could speed up the training and healing of beasts, it could also help tame a beast by force, although beast tamers preferred not to use such barbaric methods for fear of harming their own soul.

Upon awakening their souls, the beast tamers obtained a unique seal with which they could absorb the mana from the surroundings, this seal was unique to each beast tamer and unless you obtained a treasure or the natural talent, you could not become a beast tamer.

At this time, Franz not only absorbed the mana, he also refined and burned it to remove the impurities from it, after doing the same process over and over again, he obtained a strand of pure mana, with his mind and his own mana he made the strand of pure mana go around his soul seal until it was absorbed and his soul was strengthened.

Seeing this, Franz couldn't help but sigh for his natural talent, this process took him at least an hour, an average talent in general, it was said that a genius could do this same process in around 10 to 20 minutes and that he could harness the full power of a strand.

Generally speaking, if a strand of mana meant 10 points, Franz could only take 3 to 5 points off that strand and add it to his score, a genius on the other hand could get those 10 points.

Using the calm skill on it, a skill he hadn't learned long, Franz calmed his mind and prepared for another session of absorbing and refining mana, but the sound of the doorbell interrupted him.

Franz looked out the window to see who it was, it was actually Hans, who was greeting him from below, seeing him, Franz quickly left his room and went down the stairs to receive him.

-Teacher! Nice day! - 

- Hi Franz, are you busy? –

- I was training, but I'm done –

Hans nodded and placed his hand on Franz to find out his progress, after a few moments, Hans nodded satisfied, although Franz was not so well talented, his efforts were to be admired.

- You have been doing well Franz - Hans said who after thinking about it for a moment said - In a year there will be a competition for practitioners from second to fourth grade in an A-rank city, you almost advance to the second grade, but I want you to advance to the third grade before that time and gain combat experience, I've already talked to my bosses and they gave me permission to join the storm chasers –

Listening to Hans, Franz was a little hesitant, he didn't think he had much trouble fulfilling the first two things, but joining another association would be a bit tricky.

- Don't worry Franz, storm chasers have a special identity as they are in charge of solving any matter that could mean a possible catastrophe for humanity, so joining two associations shouldn't be a problem –

- Then I accept master, I will fulfill everything he has told me and I will even earn a place in that tournament -

Listening to his disciple, Hans couldn't help laughing and said while patting Franz's shoulders - Don't worry Franz, you don't have to demand so much from yourself, I just ask that both you and your hired beast become able to defend yourself, but for now, train hard, I will come in a week to continue training you, at the moment I still have some things to do -

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Franz watched his master leave the door as he waved goodbye, but that was not exactly what Franz saw, rather he was looking at something else.

Hans Romero

Current Kingdom: Corporeal Ancestor and Spiritual Ancestor (Fifth Degree)

Spells learned: ?

Skills learned: ?

Since the incident, Franz discovered that he could see the information of others as if he were seeing his own or that of pom pom, not only that, he could also see the energy that people gave off, this energy fluctuated based on the actions of the people, in that way Franz discovered that he could foresee when the other party was about to attack, this was the result of the training and beatings that Hans gave him, although he was still in the process of continuing to learn.

Thinking of something, Franz pulled Pom Pom out of the soul space and placed him on the ground.

Slime (Hierro): Pom Pom

Current Kingdom: First Grade Beast.

Skills:

Mana Pool (D)(Mastered)

Polymorph (D) (Beginner)

Minor Healing Liquid (D+) (Intermediate)

After a few weeks of waking up, Franz continued to train Pom Pom and the results were quite gratifying, after several attempts to control the mana that was supplied every time he trained Pom Pom's abilities, he managed to learn how to cut off the mana supply when necessary.

- Pom Pom, tomorrow we will go to the chimera association, you will meet many other beasts, are you excited? –

Pom Pom jumped after jump indicating that he was excited, strangely not only Franz changed, it seems that his beast's intelligence had changed as well, but he didn't know to what extent.