Mana manipulation

DAMN IT.

2 hours later,

John cursed in pain as he panted. The pain of having his chest being torn into was excruciating. The pain was totally unexpected, there he was, laying there listening to the system's prompts and trying to understand, then instantly he was screaming his head off, he should probably be thankful that, there was no one around to hear his screams and cries of agony. But now that it was over, he noticed he could sense a spherical ball of energy within him, he tried to move the mana from his chest area to his arm, as it flowed down to his fingertips he focused his mind on igniting the mana. A small fireball about a 5-inch radius appeared above his fingertips.

John was extremely excited, it seems he was destined for greatness in this new life. He had just performed magic.

"That was so damn cool." John shouted excitedly as he jumped around.

"System, what was that all about?"

[When the host purchased the <Energy manipulation(F rank)>skill, there was a lack of a storage unit and transmission unit, so the system reconstructed the host's body to include the above]

"Really?"

"I didn't expect to be in a Midoriya situation."

"The pain was excruciating, so warn me next time, system."

[Suggestion taken]

John felt more refreshed and level-headed, so he decided to check his status screen.

[Name: John Echostar Points: 1,900

Age: 16(30)

Race: Human

STR: 15 VIT:15

INT: 20 PER: 10

AGI:15 CHA: 5

LUK: 5

HP: 100%

MP: 1500/1500]

John was surprised but realised that he shouldn't be that shocked. The system had literally told him it had rebuilt his body from scratch. But, the system also included an Hp and Mp bar for comprehensive evaluation. The improvements may seem gradual, but It was still an improvement, albeit small.

John sat down to meditate again, this time only concentrating on the blue energy, unravelling it, and absorbing them into his core. The mana he was absorbing into his core was being compressed into a sphere of blue light. The mana swirled outside his core once full, but the compressed mana was moved to his abdomen. John frowned. It wasn't supposed to go like that, he continued, until realisation hit him.

The mana that was gathering at his chest wasn't his core but a part of the New energy transmission system, the System would absorb the mana, compress it, then take it to the core which was at the center of his abdomen. After some time he felt exhausted, the time he had spent practicing his mana manipulation, right now after all that practice he could make a fireball about 2 feet in radius, a waterball of the same size though it left him tired, though he still couldn't throw it out. After some time, he tried to use his<Reinforcement(D rank)>, the power was impressive, and even his F rank katana failed to cut him at full strike. Magic was truly amazing. everything seemed possible to him.

"Was this what made Gojo Satorou and the likes of Sukuna extremely proud?" John thought aloud. This just made him more motivated to keep training, but he was mentally exhausted, then he remembered and opened his inventory, grabbed the <Energy potion(iii)>

[*Energy potion(iii) This potion restores mental fatigue, increases energy regeneration by 4 times, replenishes mental power, and lasts for 2 hours. Cooldown: 10 minutes]

He gulped it down and threw the bottle into his inventory. The mental fatigue he had accumulated dissolved into smoke as he felt revitalised, he picked up the pace of his practice, the process seemed simple, he could either pull mana from the surroundings{which most mages do} or he could draw from his core reserves, with the second option resulting in a more powerful spell, though it could lead to mana exhaustion and destruction of the transmission system.

He continued practice in this order. Transmit, formation, and release. He was having problems with the release part. The fireball would disperse as he tried to throw it out. As it stood, the problem was that he imagined the fireball as stationary, so the byproduct of his imagination was also stationary. But once he got over that, the rest was easy he just had to memorise the action and ingrain it into his reflex actions.

*****

Pov : ???

Location: unknown

A figure hidden within the darkness was deep in thought of a matter of grave importance. The Congress of Nobles had put the person in question between a rock and a hard place.

Exploration was truly hard work. The ancient ruins of the lost world was over 100,000 years, and yet the delicate structure had to be rushed.The nobels thought that such a task was possible, no one could dig that fast, even with the advancement of magic, across all the known world's, it didn't seem physically possible unless several experts were called forth, it wasn't the lack of materials or manpower, but even with magic, the artifacts might also get affected by the wide range destructive magic, so each part of the excavation had to be done with the utmost care in mind of the probability of the presence of historic artifacts, which may be present in the ruins.

They wanted to use this to get back at it for refusing the proposal they had presented it. This was highly likely. They wanted to turn this beauty into a Fucking rushjob.No that would only happen over it's dead body.

"Virgil." The person called out.

"Yes master." A figure appeared by it's side. The figure had no discernable shape, only a gaseous body.

"Try as much as possible to delay the exploration, for the next two weeks, i don't want anyonenear the excavation site, make sure the ruins are the last thing on anyone's mind, use whatever tricks you have up your sleevet to get it done." The person ordered authoritatively.

"As you wish master."the entity said as it evaporated into nothingness.

This excavation was the dream of a certain someone, I won't let anyone ruin it, not for anything at all, with that thought the figure blended into the darkness.

*****

Pov : John

Location : Temple hall

John wheezed as he struggled to get up, this was his first time experiencing mana exhaustion, it was very laborious and he felt very lazy to even stand up. He lay on the temple floor right next to the Huge alter.

He had done what gamers would call grinding. He groped away at mastering the flow of mana, the whole reason he did so was to maximise the effect of the <Energy potion(iii)>, due to that now he can cast simple spells like fireball and the othe basic elemental spells quite easily, he even mastered a new buff spell called Empowerment.

When he had tried it for the first time, he heard the system's prompt

[Skill similarities found, merge...][YES/NO]

John was surprised but quickly recovered and clicked YES

[Merging...]

[Merge complete gained<Reinforcement(D+ rank)>]

[*Reinforcement(D+ rank) when partially activated this upgraded version grants a 300% defence increase and 50% attack speed increase. When full activated increases STR by 100 points and VIT by 75 points along with AGI by 50 points. Consumes 50 Mp per minute in partial state. Full state requires 300 Mp to activate and 100 Mp per minute for continous usage.]

With this John felt prepared for round two in the World of Demon Slayer.

"System, start simulation"

[Choose your talents(4)

*Malevolent(E rank) this talent increases your killing intemt and you start to develop sadists tendencies due to your sick mind. Provides bonus skill murderous intent, and gives CHA + 10

*Telekinesis(D rank) this talent grants you the ability to affect reality with your mind. Increases PER by 30 points]

Just looking at the first two options made John want to salivate, he had a felling the rest weren't going to be bad too.