Mana Core 4

One day, while I was meditating and using various exercises to better control my mana, Sylvia suddenly spoke, saying, “Art.  Try absorbing mana while you are making movements.  Ideally you should be able to absorb at least a fraction of the mana you would during meditation while you are fighting.  Although you would be spending mana faster than you can absorb mana, you will be able to prolong the usage of your mana.”

That’s right! I totally forgot about testing that hypothesis.  I was so used to having absorption of mana and the manipulation of mana as two separate things that I didn’t stop to think about the possibilities in this new world.

“Okay! I’ll try!”

“Kuku, humans have a very linear mindset in regards to mana and find it hard to deviate from anything that already works.  Practice hard now though, because you can only learn this skill while both your body and mana core are immature.  Mana beasts learn to do this naturally, but because humans awaken too late and in most cases, their bodies are not adept for this ability when they first awaken.  Considering you are so young, there shouldn’t be a problem if you practice.” Continues Sylvia with a proud puff from her nose.

I have to admit it was extremely confusing at first.  Have you ever tried those exercises where you try to make each of your arms do something different?  Think of it as that but multiple times harder.  You had to be able to fight well while still trying to focus your mind on absorbing mana.  I’ve never tripped over my own body so many times in this and my previous life put together.

This seemed to get a couple of laughs of amusement from Sylvia.

Two months passed by keeping Sylvia company with stories of my family and the town I was born in, with me getting better and better at the technique thanks to Sylvia giving me a couple of pointers along the way.

I proudly named this technique Mana Rotation.