Chapter 6 - The Power of Water

john sat cross legged for the entire day, blue particles can be seen entering his body, and the triangle tattoo was shining brightly on his forehead.

'the mark of the demonic path allows me to have more mastery over waste mana, I can flow this mana to anywhere in my body, without the mark I would only be able to take in waste mana without control over it' john thought as he directed the mana to a small bead in the center of his chest.

'so this is my mana core, it looks dull and lifeless, I keep forcing mana into it but I get no reaction' john thought as he watched the small black bead.

the black bead was sucking in waste mana, but it showed no sign of life, john was beginning to think that it was a waste of time before he started to see the black bead slowly spinning.

'all that mana and I was only able to get a half ass spine' john thought as the blue tattoo in his forehead slowly vanished.

"shit their goes the mark of the demonic path" john mumbled to himself, he was only able to use the mark of the demonic part for a hour, after the hour is complete he needs atleast 30min before he can summon it again, in order to make it last longer without worrying about cool-down, john learn to deactivate the mark when he have gained enough waste mana, but this time he used it none stop.

john did not quit, he focus on the area where the black bead was, he then began to move all his internal mana to that area.

john sat their quietly for 2 hours straight, suddenly he began to sweat heavily and out of nowhere he coughed up dark red blood onto the ground.

john then collapse without a word, his mother who was inside rushed out towards her child as she coincidentally was about to check up on him but then she saw him fall face down.

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[2 days later]

john slowly opened his eyes, he found himself in his bedroom, by his side was his mother who was fast asleep in a rocking chair.

'why do I feel so strange' john thought as he felt as though his body was extended, it was as though he had other limbs around him, he looked around to see where the connection was coming from to find it was coming from a glass of water that was placed next to his bedside.

john looked at the glass, a thought came in his mind, 'could it be?' john thought as he began to absorb waste mana, the mark of the demonic path slowly appeared on his forehead.

he then closed his eyes and directed the mana to his mana core, as it reached his mana core he saw a blue bead that was spinning in a clockwise direction.

the bead absorbed the waste mana that john had just brought close to it, the waste mana was instantly sucked in and out of the bead burst a bright blue light, john felt a slight rush of pain before a calming sensation was spread in his body.

john then opened his eyes, he looked towards the glass of water where he felt a stronger connection between him and the water in the glass.

john stretched out his hands, the glass began to slowly shake first before the water in the glass began to rise up in the air and flow towards john.

john then smiled as he moved the water to his hands, the water then began to circle around john hand. john then opened his hand and the water then paused.

'hmm, I may have control over the water, but I can feel that my mana is being sucked away intensely, I can only control one glass of water at a time and I cannot exceed more than 10 minutes or I would pass my mana limits' john thought as he analyzed his internal mana.

john then made the glass of water into a flat disk, he then commanded the water to spin at a fast rate.

"I would call this attack water-disk" john mumbled as he threw the disk, the disk of water flew towards the wooden wall, it then impacted on the wall where it burst apart into droplets of water, but even while witnessing this john still smiled.

before the disk exploded, it left a 6inch long carving into the wall, it was shallow but that was just because he used it on a wooden wall, if john used the attack on a human it was enough to atleast slit their throat.

"wow, that is a strong technique you have their, so you are a wizard just like your father, no wonder you were knocked out for 2 days, you have activated your mana core, you are supposed to be a level 1 novice wizard now, but it is odd for some reason your mana is giving of the aura of a level 1 intermediate wizard, it cant be possible that you advanced this fast, it takes even geniuses 2 months to raise to another level" john mother said as she was wide awake when she saw john used the water disk.

"is their a way to see my level?" john asked as he turned to his puzzled mother.

"ofcourse their is, their is a type of ore that reacts with the mana around it, by harvesting the ore humans were able to create a level watches, the watch have the ability to tell its users level, I have one that I never used, only kept it cause it was a gift from your father" his mother said as she began to blush by the memories that she shared with the king of RoseCrown.

"can I have the watch?" john asked as he ignored his mother's lust.

his mother didn't say much as the ring on her finger began to glow, a red bracelet with a rose at the center appeared in her hand, she threw the bracelet towards her son who didn't hesitate to catch it.

"this is the level watch, but it look so girly" john said as he gave a questionable steer before placing the bracelet on his wrist.

"what am I supposed to do now" john asked his mother.

"your father told me that when I put it on to press the red rose and say my name, that's all I remember him telling me" she said as she did not understand the tool that was giving to her.

john pressed the red rose before shouting out his name, he thought that it was all useless before he felt a slight pinch on his wrist.

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[blood analyzed]

[RoseCrown blood detected]

[ Name- John RoseCrown]

[ Level- level 1 intermediate]