Chapter 122: Level Ups!

[Let's go feast!]Void's voice sounded amusing but Kyle knew he was serious. He could tell the silent threat that came from his use of 'us', meaning that he couldn't have the cores alone.

'Not like I planned to,' Kyle thought with a smile as he looked around the surroundings. They had just left the mall and Kyle kept observing everywhere as if he was searching for something.

[What are you waiting for? Let's go!] Void desperate voice interrupted Kyle's search.

"Chill, Void," Kyle said with a little laugh. "You don't expect us to 'feast' out here in the open, do you?"

Void kept quiet for a while before replying. [Anywhere's fine, as long as I get those cores you promised! All that power just waiting to be devoured... Can't you feel it?]

"Of course, I can. But that doesn't mean we just expose ourselves right in the middle of the academy grounds."

[Then let's go somewhere now! Don't tease me with all these cores and make me wait. We could try anywhere! What does it matter, as long as we're alone?]

Kyle laughed, after pondering on where he could stay for a while; Kyle decided to head back home.

'Since there's no private place I can stay, I'll do it at home,' Kyle thought as he walked toward the dormitory. 'That's the best choice.'

It didn't take long before Kyle reached his house. He entered his room and closed the door behind him before tossing the storage ring on the bed.

"Alright... Let's do this," Kyle said with a grin.

He sent his mana through the ring, allowing the mana cores to pile up on the bed, taking most of its space.

Kyle looked at the mound of cores that had been formed on his bed and his fingers twitched at the thought of consuming them. Sёarᴄh the nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Void gave an enthusiastic nod, already hopping in place on the bed, eager as ever.

"Finally! Hand them over, hand them all over! I can taste the mana already!"

"Alright," he said, staring down at the cores, feeling his pulse pick up. "But I'll be taking the lion's share."

"But... I'm the one who needs to grow stronger enough to fight by your side!" Void didn't want to accept the shorter end of the stick and kept on giving Kyle reason.

"Nope," Kyle said with a shake of his head. "My cultivation speed can't be compared to yours and I'll be needing the cores to breakthrough."

Void wanted to say something but decided to accept defeat. "Fine, fine… but at least leave enough for me to get a real boost, alright?"

"Deal," Kyle replied with a grin before summoning his status screen.

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Beginner Mage: Lv 4

EXP: 591/6000

HP: 118

Energy: 154

MP: -

Agility: 71

Strength: 75

Vitality: 60

Stamina: 77

Intelligence: 61

SP: 0

[Elements]

[Skills]

[Lightning Bolt(Lv 1)]

[Lightning Dash(Lv 2)]

[Inspect(Lv 2)]

[Gobbler(Lv 2)]

[Undying]

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'730 mana cores would be enough to break through twice,' Kyle roughly guessed from his mental calculations.

He picked up a mana core from the bed and threw it into his mouth. His teeth dealt with it perfectly and the raw mana was absorbed into his body.

[EXP +20]

Kyle grinned when he got his notification, reminding him how real this was, but he knew he couldn't waste time on this. He had to be faster.

Kyle made full use of his two hands and began gobbling the mana cores as quickly as possible.

Each time a hand popped a core into his mouth, the second which held another placed another core in his mouth.

[EXP +20]

[EXP +20]

[EXP +20]

...

The notifications kept coming, and after what felt like an eternity for Kyle, when in actuality only a little over 5 minutes had gone; Kyle finally got the notification that he sought to hear.

[EXP: 6000/6000]

[Congratulations! You have Leveled Up!]

[Beginner Mage: Lv 4 >> Lv 5]

[All stats: +10]

"Yess!" Kyle shouted the moment he broke through, "6000 EXP in 5 minutes... Not bad."

Kyle knew the gravity of what he had achieved, as it would take many up to 2 months to achieve similar results but with the help of [Gobbler] he had broken through in no time.

Void looked at Kyle with his cute eyes. He had been patiently waiting for Kyle to break through before he asked for his share and upon sensing the explosion of mana within Kyle, Void knew that Kyle had broken through, meaning that was his chance.

"You've broken through," Void stated with pleading eyes. "Please leave the rest for me!"

Kyle laughed at Void's gesture, clearly not buying it. "We've agreed on this, Void. I'll give you your cores if I decide to... As for now, I'll be attempting another breakthrough."

Void snorted and with a huff he sat on the bed and crossed his forelimbs across his chest in anger.

Kyle ignored Void's pout, and with a smirk, focused his attention back on the pile of cores. It had reduced by about thirty percent and Kyle was about to make it reduce further.

He quickly got to work, gobbling down the mana cores as fast as he could muster.

[EXP +20]

[EXP +20]

[EXP +20]

...

447 notifications later, Kyle finally got the long-awaited one.

[EXP: 9000/9000]

[Congratulations! You have Leveled Up!]

[Beginner Mage: Lv 5 >> Lv 6]

[All stats: +10]

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Beginner Mage: Lv 6*

EXP: 211/12000*

HP: 160*

Energy: 194*

MP: -

Agility: 91*

Your next chapter is on M V L

Strength: 95*

Vitality: 80*

Stamina: 97*

Intelligence: 81*

SP: 0

[Elements]

[Skills]

[Lightning Bolt(Lv 1)]

[Lightning Dash(Lv 2)]

[Inspect(Lv 2)]

[Gobbler(Lv 2)]

[Undying]

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Kyle fell on the bed, catching his breath as he scanned his updated stats.

His body hummed with fresh power, yet there was a strange, unsettling heaviness in his limbs and a dull ache in his core.

Void came closer and looked at Kyle with concern. "You're pushing yourself too fast, you know that? Passing level after level without letting your body adjust… Your mana core hasn't even stabilized."

A smirk crossed Kyle's face despite his exhaustion. "Isn't that supposed to be a good thing? Isn't leveling up all that matters?"

"Not if it leaves you too weak to use it," Void replied his tone a mix of chastisement and worry. "Your body's overloaded. Give it time to synchronize with the new power. It'll settle, but right now, you might as well be carrying around a sack of unstable mana."

"Well, that's… comforting," Kyle mumbled, closing his eyes. He let out a sigh, realizing Void was probably right.

He did feel a bit off—almost as if he were out of alignment, like some gears in his system weren't turning as smoothly as they should. "So, what do you suggest?"

"Simple," Void replied, his tail flicking with impatience. "You just have to fight normally for a bit. Use the mana gradually, and get accustomed to it. It'll fall into place."

"Okay... Thank you," Kyle said tiredly.

"Speaking of taking it slow... you wouldn't mind if I helped myself to the rest, would you?"

Kyle rolled his eyes but motioned with a tired wave. "Knock yourself out, partner."

Void had a wide grin on his face as he eyed the piled of mana cores.