Stage 1

Each person that had come along for the pilgrimage had made some improvements.

Some had minor minor growth in terms of physical or magical power but had gained more experience from the environment they had been in.

Some of the less experienced witches like Holly and Maple had been out for the first time and had been able to experience things that they would have never come across if they lived like they had done previously.

Coral had taken care of the familiars and joined them in hunting and gathering of food so the life of living in the wild had allowed her to gain much more experience in combat and had allowed her to improve upon her skills.

Her vigilance of her surroundings and her use of tactics had gone up from those experiences too.

The training clothes had put further pressure on her when she was busy training her body so that was where she had gained more growth in terms of power.

The familiars were left to hunt and gain more experience as they worked on their own or as a group so they were not left to grow soft over that time.

Some had been fitted with close fitting suits that were slightly weighted in order to help them train when they were not resting or hunting.

Holly and Willow had gained the most in terms of improvements to their control over their mana and to push their mana to higher levels while Maple and Grimwood had been slightly behind them.

Maple and Grimwood used their available time in order to further their studies to make up for them falling behind the others.

With what had been provided by Blush, there was a lot of knowledge for them to learn about related to the creation of magic potions or artefacts.

Grimwood had spent a little time to study the surrounding mountain to figure out the Geography and alignments of the location they were in.

Her specialty was related to the research into Ley Lines, Formations and Artefacts along with the supernatural so it was something that she had habitually done in order to check for any strange abnormalities.

The arrangements of the surrounding mountains, lakes and other phenomenon had helped her to gain a slightly better grasp of the environment and made it easier to know if there was something out of place or if a natural disaster was about to take place.

On the Ley Lines or where they had met up was usually where most of the unexplainable events took place and where the supernatural were usually found to be gathered.

Blush was fast at learning all kinds of things but it was still good to have someone that specialised in such areas that had more of an interest in it so she had compiled some books based on what could be translated and made use of from what she had already known from her previous life.

She had provided bits and pieces of knowledge which would be helpful to each person that was within her inner circle so they had been able to make great strides forward and had started to form their own theories based on them.

Blush had gained a lot during the time that had passed and she was able to come across many other creatures that lived on the mountain or around it so more samples had been studied in her free time.

Anything that Coral and the familiars had hunted had parts left that could be used but Coral had made more of an effort to collect some blood or more fresh samples for Blush.

Further inside of Puff Mountain was where the heat was getting much more harmful and deadly that even standing on the ground or touching the walls would cause the a person to be burned.

The heat and pressure inside was too much for an ordinary human to handle and the mixture of different minerals and substances that had been mixed in with their air had been just as harmful.

Blush was sitting as close as possible to the main opening that connected to a much wider set of pathways much closer to the main part of the mountain where the pressure had built up.

Even with the protection of her Mana Skin, she couldn't help but have some sweat develop on her body and was put under a lot of strain with each wave that hit and passed by her.

Blush reached the stage where she could no longer continue after her mana had run out so she had made her way back out with the protection of her Psychic Energy.

Upon arriving back outside, she had gone down the mountain to wash herself then spent some time resting and recovering.

When she was back to one hundred percent again, Blush sat with her legs crossed and closed her eyes as her breathing had become calmer.

The Mana in her body was under her control and was directed up towards her head then reached the location of the Chakra Point on her forehead.

The Mana started to meet the Chakra Point and was rebounded by the Psychic Energy that had been focussed there.

The Mana started to send out small bolts that clashed against it more often and very precisely.

Each time they had met the point, more resistance was gained from the Chakra Point as it was strengthening further in terms of quality and was being stimulated enough to break past its previous limitations

It was like her mental fortitude and perception were being pushed to their limits each time she underwent the process.

A new realm of power and new range of perception was being stepping into the further that she had progressed.

It was like a blurry picture was slowly becoming clearer to her and just as she was feeling a small tiny wall blocking her path, the bolts of Mana had crashed into the Chakra Point once again.

It caused a much larger reaction as if something had been broken past all of a sudden then the Chakra Point suddenly became wild and uncontrollable.

The Mana was taken back all of a sudden and the Psychic Energy had exploded outward as it spread out through her body.

It then released out in her close surroundings before dispersing.

Her body felt exhausted and very hot while some less durable pieces of clothes had been ripped, stretched out or blown away from her body.