Chapter 141: Mana Training

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The day after Veronica learned Blacksmithing, Ervas was undergoing what he called a 'Mana Training' with many people at once inside the Igni Kingdom Castle. The people were sitting over leather blankets, sitting while crossing their legs.

There were many familiar faces to Ervas, such as Ismene, Amelia, Pekorina, Acathea, Anna, Gaius, and even the three elders.

But what was Mana Training?

Mana Training was something that Ervas had already practiced with his father and the plants of the Devil Forest, a special training that only he could currently perform due to his Skills.

By using the No-Attribute Spell 'Mana Transfer' and his Racial Skill, 'Mana Drain', Ervas was capable of transferring his incredibly vast amount of mana to refill a person's maximum capacity in a second and then take it out in another second, refilling it again and then taking it out again in an endless cycle.

This cycle helped the soul 'develop' by constantly spending its mana and then having it refilled, with such an ability, it was possible for those that received this 'Mana Training' to increase the maximum value of their Mana stat at an outstanding pace.

Because Mana was an essential power that everyone used to both conjure spells and use skills and martial techniques, anyone with a low amount would not be able to perform as well in battle as one with a decent amount.

Usually, a simple person with one Job would have less than one hundred mana, and as the user-developed their abilities and acquired jobs (or evolved in the case of monsters), their Mana stat would naturally increase to fit their stronger attacks.

However, even then, the Mana amount that the average warrior in the Igni Kingdom was very low, so Ervas wanted to fix this with many of such sessions of Mana Training, the end goal being to at least make even the weakest of citizens have five thousand Mana.

Yes, five thousand Mana… something that only a very experienced and old wizard would have.

But Ervas was an ambitious child, after all, he was the reincarnation of the Demon Queen Anastacia's split soul, inheriting her memories, emotions, and desires, he wanted to make all of his citizens strong enough and reliable with each other.

Now that he was gifted with such a high amount of mana, he wanted to put it to good use.

Aside from Mana training, Ervas was also relieving the stress and aging of the elders of the beastmen tribes and any other person that needed it, such as seniors.

"Aaaahhh~! T-This is! Wait, boy! Wait! This is too much! It is all… inside! It is overflowing!" moaned a beautiful and petite squirrel-kin woman, Meieses, one of the three elders of the Squirrel-kin tribe, who was receiving Ervas Mana Training and Life Treatment at the same time.

"Please hang in there, this is for your own good… even after being an experienced mage, you still have quite a lot amount of Mana, Meieses-san," said Ervas with an expressionless face as he extended his hands into thin and phantasmagoric tentacles through the 'Phantom Form Transformation' Skill, converting his own flesh into phantom and then connecting it with Meieses flesh, transferring his mana to her and then taking it back, while also transferring Life Attribute Mana to make her muscles, bones, and skin more youthful.

"B-But this is way too much! And you're doing both at the same time!" cried Meieses.

"But you have to admit that it feels very good, Meieses. And our physique had never felt this youthful and strong since our early years!" said another of the three elders of the Squirrel-kin, a slender and beautiful woman, Glaope.

"Indeed… Oh~ Although it… Hm~ It does take some time to get used to the… to the feeling, fufu~" laughed the third of the three elders of the Squirrel-kin, a medium-sized, muscular, and playful woman, Atypesia.

All of the three elders alongside many other people were receiving this very embarrassing treatment that made them feel a bit… weird, but you were supposed to get used to it at some point.

This certain treatment was named 'Life Treatment', which was designed by Ervas to heal the weakened bodies of the elderly women in the Squirrel-kin tribe.

As the women gave birth to many children, they would grow sexier and more maturely beautiful, but their bodies would become weaker, to the point that they would have a hard time even walking for a few hours per day.

Ervas was trying to fix this by using a new Life Attribute Spirit Magic Spell that he designed named 'Life Revitalization', which transferred pure Life Attribute Mana into a target efficiently. It was not as good as a healing spell, but it could revitalize weakened and old tissue, giving it back the lost youth.

The creation of this spell was rather easy, as it was only the simplification of something that he had already learned to do.

This spell was indeed quite weak by itself, but when Ervas put his monstrous amount of Mana into it while also repeatedly using other spells such as 'Vitality Enhancement', 'Life Infusion', and 'Life Restoration', and also by transferring the effects of these spells through the thin phantasmal tentacles directly into the bones, muscles, organs, and blood vessels of the patients, the effects would be outstanding.

Now after many weeks of treatment, the elders were feeling as youthful as they did in their 'prime' and many of them had begun to go hunt once again and practice many routines that needed to do a lot of exercises.

However, Ervas was also using such power with others, such as Anna and Gaius.

"T-This… it does really feels… good, but also very awkward… But I know that Prince Ervas is doing it for our own good… so I must resist," muttered Gaius as he had his eyes closed while in a meditation state, receiving Ervas treatment of both Mana Training and Life Treatment.

"We have to endure it… after all, this will improve our abilities…" muttered Anna.

Both of them were receiving the treatment, but instead of having their youth restored (which they did not need as they were young already), they received the treatment in the areas where their missing limbs should be.

For Anna, it was her Right Leg, while Gaius was his four limbs.

Anna had regained her Left Eye when Ervas applied the same treatment he used to restore Gaius tongue and teeth, by inserting his thin phantasmal tentacles into their bodies and share the qualities of his body such as 'Rapid Regeneration' while also pairing it up with countless healing spells from the Life Attribute Spirit Magic category.

However, no matter how much he tried, large limbs could not be restored… yet.

For now, Ervas was doing a simple treatment that would incentivize the growth of bone, muscle tissue, and blood vessels, so there could be the possibility for both of them to one day regrow their missing limbs.

At the same time, it also increased their mastery with the Phantom Form Skills, which they used to recreate their missing limbs and fill their prosthetic legs with them.

"I wonder if I could do this more efficiently if I had that Pharmacist Job…" wondered Ervas, considering taking the 'Life Spirit Pharmacist' Job to increase his mastery over the healing of the body and the use of medicine or life attribute spirit magic.

"There could also be the possibility of attaching new limbs… But there are no fresh corpses that could be compatible available" said Ervas.

"I wouldn't really get the limbs that used to be from someone else, boy… We are fine with using Phantom Form and Materialization" said Anna.

"Y-Yeah, don't sweat it, Prince Ervas," said Gaius.

"Hm… but there should still be a possibility… I have to practice surgery for that though… maybe I practice basic surgery and reattachment of limbs and organs by making a few zombies," said Ervas.

"He's really stubborn…" muttered Gaius.

"There is no use trying to convince him, isn't it…?" said Anna.

Anna and Gaius hoped that their prince was to forget about the idea of reattaching new limbs into them and kept the one about making them naturally grow them through magic.

Aside from the people that were simply resting while receiving Ervas' Mana Training, there was another group that was learning magic while also receiving this training and practiced magic spells continuously to slowly increase their proficiency and possibly level up their magic skills.

One of such people were Pekoran, Pekorina, Amelia, and Ismene, who were practicing their newly found magic skills.

"To think that I have a Light Attribute Affinity!" said Pekoran, celebrating as he had just released a small sphere of darkness towards a dummy golem, made to be the target of attacks.

"I also have it, father! It must be part of our family?" wondered Pekorina.

"It might be… Light Attribute Affinity has been quite common in our tribe for generations," said Pekoran.

"With this Mana Training, my mana amount has increased a lot… now I can confidently cast over twenty of my strongest spells without having to worry as much, and as my Mana develops, the regeneration speed and control also does… this is incredible! Even if it feels a bit awkward to receive the Mana Training…" said Ismene.

"But it is very important, mommy!" said Amelia, waving her large and fluffy squirrel tail as she conjured many spells over the poor golems.

"I'm glad everyone is growing strong… but I think it should be time to contact the Ghouls once and for all… I am a bit nervous" muttered Ervas.

"Don't worry, we'll do this together" said Veronica.

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[Name: Pekoran

[Race: Living Armory.

[Age: 0

[Titles: None.

[Type: Undead/Ethereal/Material

[Rank: 3

[Level: 074/100

[Health Points: 270/270

[Mana Points: 85/85

[Strength: 230

[Defense: 270

[Magic: 82

[Resistance: 74

[Agility: 90

[Passive Skills]

[Superhuman Strength; Level 2]

[Phantom Form; Level 2]

[Special Five Senses; Level 2]

[Abnormal Status Immunity]

[Strengthened Physical Power; Level 2]

[Physical Damage Resistance; Level 2]

[Armor and Weapon Rearrangement; Level 1]

[Absorption Healing (Mineral, Materials, Armor, Weapons); Level 2]

[Self-Enhancement; Following (Veronica): Level 1]

[Self-Enhancement; Following (Ervas); Level 1]

[Enhanced Attribute Values (Stats); Protecting (Family); Level 2]

[Enhanced Attribute Values (Stats); Creator (Veronica); Level 1]

[Active Skills]

[Phantom Materialization; Level 1]

[Charge; Level 2]

[Coordination; Level 2]

[Sword Technique; Level 2]

[Throwing Technique; Level 3]

[Archery; Level 2]

[Shield Technique; Level 1]

[Armor Technique; Level 2]

[Long Distance Control; Level 1]

[Cooking; Level 1]

[Butcher; Level 1]

[No-Attribute Magic; Level 1] 

[Light Attribute Magic; Level 1]

[Mana Control; Level 1]

[Unique Skills]

[Armory Form Manipulation; Level 2]

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[Name: Gaius

[Race: Mountain Black Bear-type Beast-person.

[Age: 29

[Titles: 

[Type: Beastmen/Demi-Human

[Job: Metallic Claws Fighter.

[Job History: Apprentice Warrior, Unarmed Fighter.

[Level: 001/100

[Health Points: 822/822

[Mana Points: 215/215

[Strength: 955

[Defense: 354

[Magic: 130

[Resistance: 285

[Agility: 320

[Passive Skills]

[Night Vision; Level 6]

[Mental Corruption; Level 6]

[Detect Presence; Level 2]

[Poison Resistance; Level 5]

[Pain Resistance; Level 6]

[Health Points Enlargement; Level 5]

[Superhuman Strength; Level 4]

[Self-Enhancement; Following (Ervas); Level 3]

[Self-Enhancement; Following (Veronica): Level 2]

[Increased Defense while Equipped with Metal Armor; Small; Level 3]

[Increased Strength while Equipped with Prosthetic Limbs; Small; Level 2]

[Phantom Form; Level 2]

[Active Skills]

[Hardworking; Level 2]

[Butcher; Level 4]

[Cooking; Level 5]

[Gathering; Level 4]

[Unarmed Fighting Technique; Level 4]

[Dagger Technique; Level 2]

[Armor Technique; Level 3]

[Shield Technique; Level 1]

[Throwing Technique; Level 1]

[Archery; Level 1]

[Coordination; Level 2]

[Surpass Limits; Level 3]

[Phantom Materialization; Level 2]

[Mana Control; Level 1]

[No-Attribute Magic; Level 1]

[Fire Attribute Magic; Level 1]

[Unique Skill]

[Berserk Mode; Level 2]