Chapter 127 Breaking Through 2



In the first place, not all types of breakthroughs would be painful.

It is not like pain is the only type of reaction our body has either.

Most of the time, when you are sick, instead of feeling pain, either you would feel tired or there is another type of reaction.

Like secreting mucus from your nose, coughing, hiccupping, or many other…

And that was exactly what I was feeling when I was attempting to break through.

<Ding! The host's breakthrough attempt is successful.>

<Ding! The host has reached the two-star mage rank.>

"Sigh…. Finally."

Hearing the system sounds, I released a sigh of relief.

/THUD/

While letting my posture go and lying on the ground.

Thanks to the fact that I had been awake for almost 32 hours straight without resting even for a second, my mind was on the verge of collapsing from the tiredness.

'Now, I should camp here for a while.'

Although the monster repellant can repel the monster up to the third-star rank, around the four-star rank, its effects will start wavering, which is basically the reason why I killed those two four-star monsters.

Anyway, after setting up the tent and filling my stomach with the food I cooked, I went to sleep, not bothering to even check my stats since it was not like I was in an urgent need to do that.

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Waking up early in the morning, I was feeling refreshed thanks to the sleep I got yesterday.

'No matter how strong one's body is, in the end, you still need to rest your mind.'

Although I have a very good focus, that doesn't mean I don't need to rest.

Now that I was awake, I called the system in my head.

'Show me my stats.'

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Stats- 

-  Strength –  4.2 

-  Speed – 4.9

-  Stamina – 4.3

-  Perception – 4.6

-  Magic – 3.1 à 3.3

----------------Hidden Stats--------------

-  Luck -???

-  Charisma – 7 (sealed)

-  Intelligence – 9

-  Perseverance – 10 

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Seeing the stats shown on the system page, I started thinking.

'It seems, for now, my perception stat won't increase much. Well, that was to be expected.'

Since considering that I had been investing in my magic core even though it was sealed, my perception stat showed a parallel increase since it wasn't sealed.

However, now that I am closing the gap I have with my magic and other stats, my perception won't increase for now.

'That is good. Now that I attained a higher rank, I can finally make use of remaining mana in this pressure point.'

Getting out of the tent, I headed towards the open place that I could use to train.

On my one hand, there was a magic book, and another there were the notes that I had taken while studying.

Of course, just because I didn't have access to my core, I didn't slack off from studying magic since, most of the time, a magician's strength comes from wisdom.

'Now, let's start with the Psionic Magic again.'

"Sniff… Hmm?"

Just as I was about to start using my magic while taking a lotus position, I smelled something.

A smell of being dirty and sweaty.

"Right, I haven't cleaned myself after all this time."

Feeling dirty because of the fact that I hadn't cleaned myself, I started chanting.

"With the power of my will and the magic within, I banish all filth and dirt and all stains of sin. Let this space be clean and pure, heaven and cure."

"Clean."

And then, suddenly, a refreshing gust of wind came to my body, cleaning me thoroughly.

This was one of the things I had been missing this whole time.

The fact that I needed to clean myself thoroughly every time I needed while others could just chant this was slightly irritating. Although taking a bath is a lot more comforting than using magic, this was still more practical.

In the end, not all the time, an adventurer would have a water source that he/she can clean himself.

With that thought, I reached the same place I had used before I went to sleep.

"Here we go again."

Taking a lotus position, I started breathing mana and filling my core while at the same time releasing magic.

Because this should be used as a cycle for efficiency.

If you can do both of them simultaneously, that will save you a lot of time and energy in your battles which, in the end, might be fatal for you.

"Hiss…."

"My will be done. Let things happen as I command."

/SWOOSH/ /SWOOSH/

With the chant being finished, the logs I had set up around the place started flying again.

However, this time my mind was a lot more comfortable than before, and the mana consumption in my core was lower as well.

'This is how it feels when you use the weaker spell as a higher rank mage, huh? I now understand why a higher-rank mage can beat a lower-rank one even with the same spells. It is a lot easier to conjure and control.'

Analyzing the magic in front of me, I decided to take things one rank higher.

'Let's try stronger psionic magic.'

Deciding to use stronger magic, I started chanting again.

"Through my mind and with my heart, I move the world and make my heart."

"Arcane Levitation."

With that chant, suddenly, a huge amount of mana started getting consumed from my core, filling the environment with my mana all around.

/DING/

And then everything started levitating. 

Like everything.

The dirt on the ground, the little pieces of rocks, the roots of the plants that were pinned to the ground, everything was literally levitating, or at least trying to levitate.

/THUD/ /THUD/ /THUD/ /THUD/

However, it was only for a second, and after that, all of them fell to the ground, with the amount of mana needed to supply such magic.

/EXHALE/

Exhaling a breath of mana from the environment to my core, I started filling my empty core again.

'Such a strong spell… I can't wait to master it until I can do it without a chant.'

Thinking like that….