Sea of Mana

"Mana is the most mysterious yet amazing substance of this world. Mana could be used to create anything. May it be elemental magic that could be used as offense and defense, or to create a real structure, mana s used..."

A clear definition of mana was given. The truly amazing particles of the world 'mana' are said to be the basis of all elements.

It's like an atom in the modern world, but in this world, mana can be controlled by humans to form different things. Of course, not everyone could create substances like buildings, or even simple rocks.

It not only requires immense control over mana, but it also requires corresponding knowledge. It's not like just pouring mana in the air would get you anything, there is a pattern.

From elemental attacks or body strengthening, etc to healing or other things, every magic has a pattern. But these magic patterns are simple.

Creating physical items needs complex patterns, magic circles are examples that could be used for the creation of complex magic.

Rare, extremely rare magic circles could be used for the creation of formation of simple physical items like rocks, sands, and marbles. Some could even create jewelry like gold and diamonds.

"Phew" Noah breathes a sigh of relief.

In the book, there mentioned some basic techniques for utilizing mana.

There were some pages left in the books.

"Sea of mana is the place where mana is stored. It is located in the heart. This place is a dimensional area, so despite taking 0.0001% of the heart, it is hundreds of times bigger than the person itself..." There was also mention of how to put your consciousness into the sea of mana.

After reading the book whose pages exceed 400, Noah finished the book after reading it continuously for 3 hours.

"I think I got the basics down."

He tried to remember the memories of the previous body. He had learned some basics of mana from the instructor and practiced, but he wasn't clear about it.

So, Noah had a difficult time figuring out the basics. So, reading this book helped him a ton.

"Milord..."

Noah exited the room and found a maid beside the door with a cup of tea.

"I-I was going to give you tea, but seeing you reading deeply, I figured it would be an inconvenience to call you..."

Noah glanced at the maid. She looked beautiful.

"It's ok."

Noah didn't talk much. He was going to go but. "Lord, tea."

"Drink it yourself."

Noah left the manor hurriedly to test the knowledge he obtained. Knowledge which can't be used practically is useless after all.

"This..." The maid trembled in fear. "D-Did I offended the lord?" She looked scared. She was just a commoner, after all, if the lord wanted, he could kill her without thinking twice.

Her hand holding the cup trembled, but she balanced it and took the cup to the kitchen absent-minded.

On the other side, Noah rushed to the mansion.

As he walked inside, the soldiers stationed at the gate saluted, but he didn't notice that. Inside the manor, maids were cleaning the place idly. They didn't have much work to do anyway.

So, they were just working idly, but when they saw Noah rushing, they immediately pretended to work hard.

Noah didn't even glance at them and locked himself in the room.

"This..."

The maids were speechless. Well, they didn't think much and continued their work.

In the room, Noah sat in a meditative position.

"First, clear the mind."

He took a deep breath

"Second, take long and short breaths."

He did that.

"Third, feel the air and circulate that air inside the body. Separate the air and mana. The mana should be directed to the sea of mana through veins. After that, do the process in reverse."

He first took a deep breath, cleared his mana, and took short and long breaths. After he took a breath, he separated cold air and warm air.

The warm air is the mana.

He didn't do it himself, but his body automatically did.

He took the mana and flow it through the vein. It was like sucking breath, his veins sucked the mana and let it travel to the heart.

The heart circulated his mana to the sea of mana.

When it did that, he could feel his mind wavering. He didn't resist, instead, he let it happen.

And he suddenly found himself in a quiet place.

Everything around him was blue, the sky was blue, and the ocean was blue too. It was like, he was in a place where one couldn't differentiate which side was the sky and which one was the ground.

"What the hell?" Noah was dumbfounded.

He did read that the sea of mana would be a big place filled with mana.

But this place looked endless. He could see as far as his vision could go.

He dip his hands into the ocean and felt it was deep.

He read that the sea of mana would be like the ocean, but it won't be that deep. It would be light blue.

But, the sight in front of him was completely different.

He didn't know what to make of it.

He didn't think much, since he didn't have much knowledge about the sea of mana. He just learned the basics.

"I should read the book about the sea of mana next."

He sighed.

This time, it was the time to draw mana out and try to cast magic.

He planned to cast the beginner magic, first-rate 'Fireball' since not only it was easier to cast it, but it also doesn't require much mana to cast it.

Its pattern was also simple and casting it didn't require a single second if done correctly.

"Wait..." Suddenly, something flashed in Noah's mind. "Ain't I a prince? I should also think about developing this place. I need to buy magic materials and other expensive things. I don't think even selling the whole town would give me enough money to even buy a simple magic blueprint..."

Many thoughts flashed in Noah's mind.

Not only he could dip his hands inside the ocean. He felt that he himself could dive inside.

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