Power Structure

Veer stayed still on his bed for some time, trying to calm his rapidly beating heart. Looking at the bleak ceiling, he asked, "Why are the rewards so good, and how is this doting even calculated?"

[Doting is counted every time Host makes his wives happy. The first time doing anything after a relationship is established rewards more, and if they're repeated, the rewards become less.]

"So, the reason I got the S-Rank Mana Circulation Technique is because we practically just started our relationship?"

[Yes, and this reward is cumulative for both wives. You made them happy through many small things, so the rewards accumulated, and the Mana Circulation Technique was given.]

"Nice!" Veer had a wide grin on his face as he thanked the Gods or whoever gave him the system. It was the best he could ask for, as he didn't have to do anything extra to get rewards.

Loving and doting on his wives? He would do that regardless of whether the system existed or not, as they deserved the world. The rewards were just a bonus.

"Alright, give me that Mana Circulation Technique," Veer said as he prepared for the insertion of information into his mind. Last time the system sent information, it had done something similar.

All of a sudden, he felt as if a huge hammer dropped on his head, making him almost lose consciousness. However, he held on and tried to endure the pain.

It felt as if someone was forcibly stretching his mind, trying to make some space in it. It was extremely painful, and he could do nothing but endure it.

After what felt like an eternity, his body and mind finally returned to normal. Losing all his energy, he lay in a small pool of his own sweat, his chest rising and falling.

"That felt horrible," Veer muttered, shivering at the thought of experiencing the pain again. However, it was worth it.

Primordial Arcane Forge was a Mana Circulation Technique, a powerful one at that, as it allowed him to walk on the great path of a Battle Mage.

It used Mana to smelt and forge his body, making it incredibly strong. This would allow him to walk the Warrior path.

By forging his body through Mana, he would also be forging the Mana itself, which would not only improve his Mana control but also make it much more potent.

The quantity of Mana couldn't be changed without an Aspect, but quality could be. This was where Mana Circulation Techniques helped the most.

"Time to enter the Beginner Stage," Veer muttered as he sat up and quickly changed into a light T-shirt and shorts.

Sitting on the wooden floor, he closed his eyes and brought his mind to a completely calm state. It was difficult, but he had wanted to try Cultivation in this world, so he had practiced meditation a lot.

It was a silly thing to do, but it had proven helpful in many situations.

After this, Veer went through the beginning of the Primordial Arcane Forge and made sure he had memorized everything.

Once that was done, he focused on his Mana, which was spread throughout his body, similar to blood. It was invisible and in a gaseous state.

When one says Mana Pool, it refers to the maximum quantity of Mana a person could store inside them. Before entering the Beginner Stage, Mana was stored in various parts of the body, ever-flowing like blood.

Veer himself could only use a minor portion of his Mana because of its state, despite having an enormous Mana Pool.

His Mana control was decent because of this, so he immediately got to work and began circulating a small portion of his Mana Pool.

Remembering the pattern and rhythm described in the Primordial Arcane Forge, he began to circulate the Mana through his Mana veins.

However, he instantly coughed up blood as he felt intense heat and pressure building inside him. Wiping it off, Veer sighed, "This is going to be torture. God, please don't make me awaken something I don't want."

Closing his eyes again, he gathered the Mana once more and began to follow the pattern. It was a strange sensation, actually—to touch something while not actually touching it.

He didn't hurry this time and slowly circulated Mana through his Mana veins. However, the result was the same. He felt a burning sensation from within and a pressure, as if someone were hammering from inside, trying to disintegrate him.

But Veer wasn't discouraged, as that was how the technique worked. It forged his body through Mana, which in turn forged the Mana as well.

He needed to make one full cycle of circulating Mana through a certain pattern, enduring the pain and pressure it brought.

He took a deep breath and didn't start immediately again. Focusing on the way Mana moved—where it moved, how it moved—he tried to understand everything.

It was proving to be a little tough, but Veer knew he would get through it if he persisted, and so he did. He first concentrated on the pattern he needed to use to achieve the strange forging ability of his body.

The pattern was in his Mana veins, starting from one of the numerous Mana veins passing through his heart, then going through his entire body via specific Mana veins.

Mana veins were special in themselves and were like blood vessels. They connected every part of his body, and similar to how blood worked as a carrier, they acted as carriers of the invisible energy known as Mana.

Mana flowed naturally in everyone's veins, and it was people who took control over it to use it for other purposes. However, it also posed a threat as they went against the natural order.

There were millions of Mana veins inside people, but not all of them were used. There were even issues with how much Mana one Mana vein could handle.

If there was even a slight error, the Mana veins would be damaged. At best, a person would be crippled; at worst, they would explode from the inside out.

This was the reason Mana Circulation Techniques were necessary, as they determined in which pattern the Mana should flow and in what quantity.

Every single change in a Mana Circulation Technique could result in different ways the Mana would be projected and could thus produce a phenomenon.