Train with enthusiasm

"Raah… damn I can't do it!" Cliff grumbled in an annoyed tone.

"You should concentrate my lord, try to control the output of your mana, then assemble it on the dagger to take shape" replied Akumu who was standing right in front of him.

"Wouldn't it be better to show me," Cliff spat, "I'm not familiar with these kinds of concepts."

"Yeah, the master is right... *scrunch*" Cain commented as he munched on a fruit in his hand while sitting on a branch of a tree "he comes from another world, these mana concepts and the aura is completely strange *scrunch*"

Akumu let out a short sigh and took the dagger that Cliff handed him.

"Treat the dagger as if it were an extension of your arm, control the output of your mana, try to get out as little as possible, when the mana eventually comes out, impose your will on it and extend it along the the blade."

At the same time an ethereal glow seemed to come out of his rights, it rushed on the dagger, giving it a luminous appearance, and suddenly Akumu raised the dagger and struck him on his hand wanting to cut him.

Caught off guard Cliff cried out in astonishment

"Hey man, what are you f—"

Without even finishing speaking Cliff realized that Akumu's hand was not severed...

It was intact.

"What's wrong, I thought you were going to cut your hand off!"

"It's not sharp! *scrunch*" Cain informed, chewing loudly on his fruit.

"Yes, for the moment, it is like an iron stick, I trained it, hardened it, but it is not yet ready to cut anything" affirmed Akumu, delicately caressing his rights, he had hit hard so it must have hurt him.

"How to sharpen it? I thought you just had to imbue your mana on your sword and it would increase the sharpness of the blade" asked Cliff a little disappointed with his deduction.

"It's much more complicated than that" Cain declared, at the same time he let himself fall from the tree to land on his feet, he moved forward and took the dagger from the hands of the gray-haired lycanthrope, to inspect it more closely. .

"When you apply mana to a material, it temporarily strengthens, it becomes stronger and more resistant, but to allow your aura to become sharp then you have to sharpen the edges as finely as possible." he explained with a frown eyebrows, his voice gradually took on a serious tone.

"At first it requires extreme concentration, but it will become natural with practice."

As he spoke he showed his right, covering it with his aura, he walked towards a closer tree and gently he stuck his right into the trunk of the tree.

Without the slightest resistance, his finger sank into the trunk of the tree, as if it were butter.

Stunned, Cliff walked towards the tree, inspecting the small hole left by Cain's right hand, everything no longer making sense in his head.

He wanted to ask how did he do it but he quickly realized that Cain had already explained it.

"A stupid question."

Sensing Cliff's enthusiasm, Cain immediately resumed his explanations.

"By strengthening with mana, even a piece of wood could cut through stone"

"And there is a detail to note, mana carries the affinity of its emitter, so by strengthening a material, it is temporarily influenced by the affinity of the emitter"

"So the fact that the wooden club that the mutant goblin had imbued with his fire didn't burn, then it's because he influenced it with his mana affinity?" Cliff asked excitedly.

"Yes and... no, it's not that simple, what prevented the club from burning was not only the affinity which provided a form of resistance, it was because it had probably evolved with its wielder, so by recognizing the mutant goblin as its master then it can develop the same resistances as its bearer."

"Oh well, I already heard the muttering announcement that my sword had evolved, so I could do it too?" Cliff asked again, not wanting to miss the opportunity.

"Not yet with fire, but probably yes, the evolution that your saber has undergone is the very first, so we could consider it to be at the "rare" level, it should be sharper, lighter but it's all, he could not withstand the heat of the fire."

"Unless your sword undergoes another evolution, going from 'rare' to 'unique' otherwise your sword will melt as the heat rises." Akumu commented, snickering under his breath.

Cliff was a little disappointed, as he already wanted to perform fire breath moves, but all hope is not lost so he should just be patient.

"Stop moping sir" Cain said suddenly, placing his hand on his shoulder "to be able to control all of this, you will have to start by controlling the output of your mana, so please sir get to work."

He handed him the dagger and Cliff quickly began channeling his mana.

An hour, then two passed, The dagger was slowly covered with its mana, delicately schematizing it, it gradually took the shape of the dagger, until it completely unified with it.

Not being able to contain his joy Cliff let out a loud laugh which startled Cain and Akumu wui was sitting right in front of him, seemingly lost in their meditations.

"Did you succeed sir?" Cain asked, getting up to walk towards him.

"See for yourself !" Cliff spat, his nose seeming to lengthen, as he bragged about his success.

"Wow, you managed to strengthen it" Akumu exclaimed looking at the dagger in Cliff's hand "judging by the amount of mana you put into it, if it was sharpened it could cut even steel !!

"Then teach me how to sharpen it, I'm sure I could master it in less than a day-

BOOM!

As Cliff bragged about his ability to quickly put their instructions into practice, he took a step back and rolled onto his back.

His visions gradually becoming blurred, the world seemed to darken until all that remained was pitch black.