Matthew sat on his bed and began to read through the book as he found light in the bleak darkness that his life had become.  With new found hope he began to read.  The first chapter of the book required the user to train their perception to the greater grade.  The grades of skills were: minor, experienced, major, and greater.

     Reaching experienced grade would be doable over the three days he had before going back to school, but major and greater would take longer.  As such, he began that night working on his perception.  The minor mastery allowed someone to sense the mana that touched them.  They would then have to gradually push their sense past their body and reach out to about the two foot mark.

     It took several hours for Matthew to be able to sense the mana that touched his skin and in the air that he breathed into his lungs.  This was already good progress as it would normally take days for most people to be able to sense and gather mana.  The mental exhaustion that he suffered however meant he couldn't progress any more.  He laid down and immediately fell asleep.

     Waking up bright and early, he began to exercise the same method he used last night.  This  time it was slightly easier to sense mana.  This was mostly attributed to his intelligence stat.  The intelligence stat allowed one to better use and sense mana.  Doing these exercises would also slowly increase his intelligence stat thus making everything easier in an ever repeating cycle.

     After exhausting himself, he went downstairs to eat then out to do physical exercises.  The book stated that he would also work on his body since it would be required later.  He started with basic exercises and then went for a jog around the property.  He then repeated the mental exercises until he was tired.

     He had until Tuesday to continue this regimen since school would resume then.  Then he would have to revise it to continue.  On the second full day of training, Matthew finally reached the limit of minor mastery.  He kept pushing against the barrier, gradually expanding he range of his perception.

*Ding* *System updating*

Matthew Hart

Level - 1

Titles - None

Skills - Mana perception (experienced)

Health - 100

Strength - 3

Endurance - 4

Agility - 3

Intelligence - 4 -> 5

Wisdom - 4

Mana core - Tiny cracked core (Broken)

     Matthew had made the first step to fixing his core.  Not only had he advanced the grade of his skill, he had also gained a stat point in intelligence.  This would make the whole process easier since he would be able to feel mana much better.  Little did he know that there would be a compounding effect when it came to this training.  His mind would be strengthened and this would speed up his training.

     The increase in intelligence made him feel refreshed which meant he could continue training.  This time around he was able to easily feel the mana touching his skin without even focusing on it.  He gradually began to expand his senses again and was able to reach reach two and a half feet with some effort that left him totally exhausted.  He then did some more basic physical exercises and called it a day to eat and sleep.

     "He looks very determined to see this through." His mother said.

     "Good, that is exactly what he will need to be to complete this training." His father said with a worried look on his face.