"So you beat Maya, and that did help her improve?""Yup.""Why do you sound so proud, Nathaniel?""Tess, look, we improved her [Focus] by three levels. She's also more used to getting hit, so she's not twitching every time something touches her.""Nat, she came to me, nearly crying, asking me to stop you.""Wow, does she have no pride? She's like 5 years older than you." I shake my head."It's also terrifying that her skill went up by three levels. I know how much she hates it, so what did you do?" Tess asks."She is dumb, anyway, it wasn't that hard. I just sparred with her and had Kim shoot some small stones at her. It helped her get used to getting hit and I kept doing that until she didn't have any other option than to enter deeper [Focus] to… to escape.""I know that you probably know best how [Focus] works, so I won't stop you." even saying that Tess shakes her head."Good! You know, it's actually more fun… it's more productive than I thought! I can observe her and the way she u

So, that's it. The fourth construct is something I would consider a huge success. The mantle takes around ten percent of my mana, which continues to change through the mana pathways that cover the entirety of my body.I can turn it off or on when needed, but I decide to have it permanently running in the background.Then there's the Reinforcement construct that takes thirty percent of my mana. The two constructs combined take quite a nice chunk of my mana, but the effect is a strengthened body and mana that only someone exceedingly powerful can take away from me. In the future, I will upgrade them further and tweak them, but right now, it's great.In a good mood, I stand up and, after thanking Tess for keeping watch, I leave to give a few pointers to Maya and the kids.POV Hadwin HarperIt's already night, and we can hear the wind from behind the white wall. Yet, the place where we are is nice and quiet, illuminated by multiple orbs that Nathaniel created and filled with some kind of