The sound of the flowing water echoed inside the small verdant valley, the chirping of birds and the crystal clear water of the lake created a peaceful and picturesque scenery, under the waterfall a fuzzy silhouette could be discerned, it was a person, he was sitting cross-legged and his upper body was naked, certainly he was not heavily built and was not burly on the contrary his body was lean and fit, the developed muscles on his chest , arms and abdominal area appeared to be full of explosive power , firm and compact , his long black hair was constantly wriggling inside the water , he eyes were shut and he was in a deep state of concentration .

That person is Yefan , after successfully learning the techniques and movements the old man taught him , he was now initiating his magic training , Yefan remembered the words and teachings of the old man.

(A magician is a person who can increase his flow of Mana and can cast magic spells, to increase the Mana there is two ways, well the first way is not practical and it’s not really a true method in other words it doesn’t work every time, if you noticed when you trained your physical ability for a month your Mana increased but by a small amount , that is because when you practiced the set of sword techniques I gave you ,your mind unconsciously entered a meditative state but it was for a short period of time so it was not truly effective , the only adequate method is to cultivate by meditating , so first you need to learn meditation and It happens that I know of a perfect way , the nature sometimes can help you temper your mind and body … )

That was how Yefan was compelled to train by sitting under the waterfall, at first the pressure of the water was hard to withstand but little by little Yefan body was able to adapt to the weight, shortly after he found that another problem surfaced, because of the constant water flow he wasn’t able to focus his mind, so he tried and failed many times, he spent nearly five hours before he successfully being able to concentrate, he was surprised to find that he reached a state of trance , with his mind he was able to feel and sense the external flow of magic , he could feel the Mana inside the water , the earth , the grass and trees and even the air surrounding him , his body felt comfortable it was like returning to a newborn state , the feeling was truly mystical , Yefan then continued to remember the words of Wilkins .

(When you reach the state of true meditation you will feel the particles of Mana surrounding you, at that time focus and try to make your Mana Root absorb those particles, every root of a tree need water for its growth, and for the Mana root that water is Mana particles, we can also deduct that a true magician is a person who is able to absorb those particles and make the Mana root assimilate them, only then you can embark on the magician road, to absorb them you don’t need to do anything complicated just think of wanting to absorb them)

“So I can presume that those tiny white dotes that are everywhere are Mana particles?”

Indeed Yefan was now able to clearly perceive Mana, with his mind he can clearly see the true shape of Mana in the form of white dots that are floating around.

“Then let’s try “

Yefan followed Wilkins instructions and just thought that he wanted to guide the particles inside his body, immediately the white dots that were previously simply floating around formed a small whirlpool and began to be sucked toward his body , they entered through the pores on his skin and were directly attracted by The Mana root , who slowly assimilated them .

“Good it works!” Yefan was excited he clearly felt every change in his body including the unnoticeable slow growth of his Mana root.

Maintaining this state three hours passed, all of sudden the small whirlpool of Mana particles disappeared and stopped being absorbed by his body.

Yefan was not surprised, it was a normal phenomenon.

The old man explained to him that there is a limit of absorption and it differed from person to person, it was absolutely understandable, when watering a plant you can’t be excessive with the amount of water, it have a negative effect and sometimes it will even die, so when the quantity of Mana is greater that the quantity a Mana root can absorb then it will stop like a person who is satisfied after a meal.

Yefan then hoped of under the waterfall and wore his clothes after drying his hair with a cloth, hurriedly he took out his magic card that was given by the old man from his clothes and used it to take a look at his status, in fact the card will automatically update the stats if the owner becomes stronger.

Looking at his status Yefan noticed some changes.

Name : Yefan

Age : 17

Magician

Rank : Beginner

Level : 3/10

Warrior : Swordsman

Rank : Middle

Level : 2/10

Physical stats

STR : 510

AGL : 468

DEX : 401

END : 480

Magical stats

MP : 2425

M.ATK : 150

M.DEF : 150

Magic Control : B rank

His rank as a magician leaped by two levels and additional information was added after training in the art of the sword.

Looking at the numerical stats his physical stats increased, and the most important after the three hours of meditation his Mana increased by two hundred points, thinking carefully Yefan Quickly deduced information.

“So each increase in level is by 100 points? Hmm at least in the beginner rank that is “

Yefan still doesn’t understand the common sense of this fantasy like world, for example if anyone saw the rate of improves at they will faint or even gnash their teeth with envy and jealousy, just his three hours of continuous mediation will make an uproar inside the magician community, even an ex legend ranked magician like Wilkins was shocked beyond reason so what if it was ordinary people?

“Nice, but somehow it’s slow “Yefan complained.

If the old man was here, the desire to beat Yefan would be intense.

Humming a song Yefan decided to return to the village, like usual the kids were playing happily and running everywhere, Yefan the proceeded to enter the Wilkins House.

The old man was sitting in a chair reading a book carefully.

“Hey old man I succeeded in absorbing Mana “Yefan was already familiar with Wilkins so there wasn’t any need for pointless politeness.

“Oh, how was it?” the old man face appeared from behind the thick book.

“I was able to increase my Mana by two hundred points and jumped two levels “Yefan slowly said what changes happened.

The old man instantly froze but then he shook his head he was already numb, Yefan was a monster and he knew it so the shock he felt quickly subsided.

“How many hours did you meditate?”

“I don’t know maybe three hours “

“Cough cough … three hours sigh … a monster indeed “murmured the Wilkins.

“So what now?”

“Oh now I will teach you how to convert the Mana into the elements you have affinity with “

Yefan nodded, he was expectant and truly excited, this will be his first time to really wield magic.

“it isn’t hard, the first thing Is to direct the Mana outside like with the Magic card, then you imagine the Mana taking shape, you have to imagine the shape and property of the element in detail to be able to transform the pure Mana, for example fire is hot so you need to clearly imagine that feeling, I will demonstrate “

The old man extended his right arm in front of him and slowly opened his palm slowly a small wobbling flame emerged before disappearing when he closed his palm.

“Let’s go we will continue outside “

Following the old man outside Yefan eyes were shining.

“Okay my other element is earth, fire, wind and water can be shaped with Mana but earth, light and dark can only be manipulated oh and your lightening is in the first category “

The Old man moved his leg lightly and the soil under his foot deformed and slowly formed small wall protecting his leg.

“As you can see now I manipulated the earth to form a wall, it is not a spell but a simple manipulation of Mana “

“I understand “

“Good, let’s begin with fire, in your mind visualize a small blue flame “

Right away Yefan imitated the old man and slowly extended his arm ,opening his palm he concentrated and visualized a blue flame , again the lectures in his school helped him he remembered the experienced in chemistry , the blue part of the flame he already saw it many times .

Gradually a minuscule blue flame began to form but suddenly something unbelievable happened the two symbols on Yefan face began to shine with blue light, that small blue flame suddenly got huge and was freed from the control of Yefan before slowly dissipating in the air it was like a sudden combustion of a failing experiment, Yefan was thrown a few meters before falling to the ground.

“Cough cough …old man what happened, I did what you said but suddenly I felt that I can’t …”

“Control it?” the old man cut Yefan sentence.

“Yes! “

“I should have known, the blue flame is not a normal flame, it’s too hard to control at your present level, okay it doesn’t matter … now try with lightening “

Yefan stood up tidied his clothes then tried again, this time nothing out of ordinary happened blue lightening condensed on his palm it made crackling sounds but Yefan was not injured on the contrary he felt that the lightening was part of him .

“oh good if it was purple lightening then the same thing would’ve happened with the blue fire , but to see the legendary blue lightening young mare you are truly gifted “praised the old man .

“Yeah I’m a genius hahaha”

“hahaha it’s good to be confident but don’t be smug, concerning the blue fire I will find a solution for you, also don’t forget that you have the dark element, you are lucky I have a few spell books that contain Dark spells, well for now try to imbue your sword with the lightning and add it in your sword training “

“I understand old man” yefan nodded firmly.

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One week passed since then, Yefan meditated for three hours every day and trained his magic control in the afternoon, the night he hunted with Keredoth and the others.

Today Yefan is going to try imbuing his sword with lightening and train his set of techniques, he was standing in front of a thick tree in his hand his old rusted long sword, yefan visualized Lightening and tried to lead it from his hand to the blade of the sword, little by little, the blue lightening was being transferred, beads of sweet appeared on his forehead, a proof that it was quite the tiring process.

(Old man you didn’t say that it was so hard) complained Yefan in his heart.

Indeed it was hard when the lightening was being transferred to the blade it slowly dissipated, the Mana was not able to remain in the shape of lightening.

“Shit I’ll try again! “

Yefan tried a second time, a third then a fourth but in vain.

“Fuck I don’t believe that I can’t do it “

Sweat was all over Yefan body but the determinate look didn’t fade from his eyes, he tried again and again, each try the lightening remained longer on the blade, when it was the turn of the thirty fifth try this time the lihtening successfully covered the blade.

Sfx: pant …pant

Yefan was panting, he was feeling exhausted but he was excited he finally succeeded , the previous rusted sword appeared shining with light of the blue lightening it made him remember the enchanted swords in the MMO’s he played back in earth .

Yefan heart was beating, even with his tired body he wanted to try the strength of the sword, he looked at the thick tree in front of him, his eyes became sharp and then suddenly he leaped with his sword his movement was fast, with the sword in his right hand he slashed toward the trunk of the tree, the lightening blade cut the thick trunk easily like cutting block of Tofu, it easily emerged from the other side.

The blade then slowly fragmented and decomposed like sand, only the handle was still intact, Yefan was surprised but his body overcome with tiredness crumbled on the ground, he was thrilled he still remember the feeling of the blade cutting the hard trunk, it was so easy and clean, a clear horizontal thin line appeared on the trunk,the upper part of the tree slowly detached before falling to the ground.

“hahahaha good good good “ Wilkins slowly walked to where Yefan was and praised three times .

“Old man you’re here “

“Based on your physical strength you have that ability to cut this thick tree but it will at least take you two to three slashes , blue lightening it indeed have the ability to penetrate everything “

“But I lost the sword “

“Oh its normal that sword was not a magical sword and it was also old and rusted how can it withstand the pressure of the lightening , don’t forget that I was an artifact creator i can forge for you a good sword “

Yefan suddenly hoped from the ground his eyes were shining

“Really!?”

“haha of course but I need your blue fire , don’t worry I will help you control it by the way concerning the blue fire I thought about it deeply and I reached a conclusion that maybe I can create an artifact that can help you control it “

“Oh? It can help me control the fire?”

“Yes, it will help you contain the violent property of the fire and I will also add some settings that can modify the intensity, how does it sound young man “

“Of course I want it “Yefan exclaimed

“Then it’s good “

Suddenly Yefan thought of something and a grin appeared on his face.

“Hey old man can I help you with the design of the artifact?”

“The design? “

“Yes I have a design in mind I don’t know if you can apply it?”

“Oh it’s not a problem, you can draw it and I will make it it’s not too difficult “

“Good!”

The old man talked many times about his other profession, he also talked about how he was a famous artifact engineer back in his kingdom, Yefan was surprised by the fact that the magic card was also one of his many creations, the books on his table were all about artifacts and steps about how to incorporate magic in them, Yefan was fascinated by the content it was like a new type of science but including magic, to relieve his boredom he read them before sleeping.

Yefan again entered the old man house, Wilikins opened a large box and took from it a small ring , yefan was puzzled .

(What is he doing ?)

“Are you curious about the ring haha “

“Ah yeah “

“This is also an artifact but this time it’s not me who created it , it’s a storage ring , it can store things inside , thes rings are rare in this world because spatial magic is an ancient and lost magic “

(Oh my god this is the legendary storage ring hahaha I never thought that I will see one in reality)

Chinese novels were famous because of the storage bracelets and ring, Yefan was a fan of novels so he never dreamed that he can see something out of these same novels.

Then he remembered, when Mavi and the others fought in the memories they indeed talked about spatial magic ,but those purple skinned men used it , Yefan was hesitant he didn’t know if talking about those memories to Wilkins is a good idea

(Forget it I can’t mention these memories better not talking about them for the time being)

The old man then withdrew from the ring two large lumps of weird ores, one was pitch black and the other was dark silver.

“These are Azantium ore and cold iron ore, they are metals, The Azantium is the second hardest ore on this continent, the Cold iron is ideal for creating weapons, its hardness and flexibility are adequate, with them I will create the magical sword and artifact, take this and draw your design, this is magical paper it’s a type of paper that can be reused and you can erase whatever you scribble on it by touch don’t worry you won’t get dirty “

Yefan took the paper and nodded , then he sat and began to carefully draw, on his face was a radiant smile, the old man was bewildered , he didn't understand his Joyful mood.

“the Azantium needs a flame with high temperature , I don’t have the ability to melt it so I need your blue flame , when you materialize the flame I will help you control it “

“Oh how?” yefan had doubts.

“I have an artifact that can contain fire, in my previous days I worked with many types of fire so I needed it to be preserved , with it I can use the fire when I need it, Okay then I will begin by forging the sword !” declared the old man while clasping his hands.

End.