It's been already a few hours, and while running and avoiding the revenants' attacks, I was able to level up once by burning a group of Rottenfang vermin. I invested the gained stat points into constitution.Hey, it's something, isn't it? But at the state I'm in, it feels like pouring a glass of water and hoping to save your house from burning down.I'll die if this continues much longer. That's something I can say with certainty.If I don't find Lily or if there won't be a healing aura, I'll die even if I get rid of the Templar Revenant that blocks me from strengthening my body.My body is just that ruined.Broken bones, bloodied left arm, a few stab and slash wounds from the Rogue Revenant. Pathways, muscles, and insides ruined by my creation of constructs and by my careless use of Kinetic Mana heart.The state I'm in won't disappear after I rest for few hours. Strengthening my body to ignore it won't heal it either. So what is the solution?Obviously, it's more abuse.More mana flo

[Manipulation]? Get away from me with that crap! I want [Mana Infusion]!As we awkwardly sit there with Sophie touching my hand and infusing my body with mana, I continue to observe it, and the more I watch, the more I like her [Mana Infusion].She is directly infusing my muscles and organs with mana and then, with the help of her [Manipulation], makes them stronger. Can something like that even be seen as manipulating something? I don't know.I just know she can infuse my muscles and organs with mana. When I'm strengthening my body, it's more like I'm coating muscles with mana, some kind of power suit or layer if you will.BUT!If I learn her skill, I'll be able to infuse them directly with mana, and as more time passes, I should be able to learn to permanently infuse, and change them instead of just temporarily quasi-strengthening them.Wait a moment, does that mean I can remake my body to be mostly made from mana sometime far in the future?Oh boy, let's rather not think about it,

First, I make sure Lily gets some water and food; she seems really thin. Well, all of us have lost some weight. The interesting thing is that if we went through this back on Earth, most of us would be done by now. It shows that even without the usage of skills and just by having mana and increased stats, our bodies started to change.At what point do we stop being able to call ourselves humans? I do not know, but to be honest, I don't care that much.I am me, and I'll stay me. If I decide to change, it will be my decision, and I do not care much about what others will call me.Another thing is Biscuit. I like him, I really do. The doggo might be silly, but he is surprisingly smart and gentle with all of us. Maybe not everything is lost when animal archmages take over. Biscuit might protect us, remembering the bits of food we gave him back on the first floor.Still, does he really have to use eight massive mana arms to move, using them instead of his legs that hang in the air? He looks

I stand up and quickly throw the weapon I created with all the force I can muster, even boosting it with kinetic energy.The javelin flies, shining in beautiful light blue, light purple, and dark blue colors, leaving a trail of mana behind it. It pierces through three houses before it untangles, releasing all the mana it held in one massive explosion.Threads of mana wave from the javelin, slashing and cutting apart the surrounding area. Tendrils of three different colors and even a shockwave can be felt as the densely squeezed mana expands.As a result, a massive area around the javelin ends up destroyed, breaking apart, and debris of stone and wood falls down with loud noises, releasing dust and small pieces of debris that immediately get blown away by the wind.The best part is that it wasn't even meant to be an attack. All of this was only densely squeezed mana untangling as I released my hold over it and stopped forcing it to move.Yes, I said that, the best part!The heck, how g

not going to lie. I think I am amazing, like really, really amazing. And I think that's even underselling it a bit.The reason?The spear made of my mana that I just gave Lily. It's dark blue with wisps of light blue mana inside of it. I didn't push that much while creating it, so there isn't a chance that it would untangle and hurt Lily.Instead, the weapon is just slowly dissipating. If I'm right, it should be able to hold strong for 15 minutes, and after that, it will become much weaker. Then, in five more minutes, it will disappear.I used a lot of my mana to create it, yet it will only last that long. I could probably increase the duration by infusing more mana, but hey, I don't want to kill off our healer. That would be dumb.Yet, I think I can say with confidence that for these 15 minutes, it is at least as strong as the common weapons I saw here on the third floor and through the rewards for the side quest.Oh, and I am also dumb. Like really dumb.I realize it only after I ga