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quiet laugh sounds from the brooch. "So, you've realized it," she says.I stay quiet. It's obvious that she would want me to carry the brooch closer to the regenerative aura of the Saint."Won't you change your mind? I could be a valuable help if I get back my body, even if I still won't have my mana. I believe I would be able to restore even my mana heart, given enough time."The offer she gives me sounds tempting, but I don't have to think about it."No," my answer is short and final. I then throw the uncommon mana stone Sophie found, and I took it from her. It nearly lands on her, close enough for her to inscribe coordinates. "You can put the coordinates there.""Aren't you too careful, little pup? Your behavior hurts me." Yet, I still feel her mana reach out and touch the stone. It takes just a moment, but then it pulls back to the brooch.I create an arm made of mana to grab the stone. I then take five hours to examine it.When I stop, my head hurts, but I'm quite happy with the
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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
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You can't hurt Soph!""I'm not going to hurt her.""Lies, you really want to punch her every time you see her." The little girl squeaks at me while looking like an angry kitten.Damn, Izzy, you are getting better and better at reading me. The problem is that your skill works with so little mana it's hard to block it. To be honest, it's quite fascinating."Do you need something from me?" Sophie says from behind little Isabella, who covers her older sister with her small body."I need you for a bit of testing," I say to her, and that makes her lift up one of her eyebrows in surprise. She thinks about it for a second and then taps the shoulder of her sister."Izzy, why don't you go and play with Biscuit?" Sophie says.That finally makes Izzy hesitate a bit, and her defensive stance weakens, "I need to protect you! You are too dumb to do it on your own, Soph!"That makes a gentle smile appear on Sophie's face, and she hugs Isabella from behind and gives her a small peck on her cheek, to w
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"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
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That's quite a rude thing to say, Haddy. I just introduced you to the mighty Absolute – a woman with the ability to mess with the system and thousands of years of experience. Yet, you're talking about burning her and asking me a question with such a rude tone?When I met her in her new form, I showed her the utmost respect, and.... hey, Izzy, what are you doing? Are you seriously going to burn her?I quickly stand up and disrupt Isabella's mana which has already started turning into flames.That was close."It's creepy!" the little girl complains.“You can't burn stuff only because they are slightly creepy.” I look at now-silent Lissthaniel – an oval brooch made out of meat, skin, veins, and some hair – the thing is living and slightly pulsating.Damn, maybe we really should burn... no no! I have to hold myself back."There is no need to be so creeped out. Say hello to Lissandra. Some of you have met her on the second floor. An older gray-haired lady who did collect so many of us."Ju
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So, a person would think that my passive would fully take care of my mana, right? Its description goes like this: Mana-Fortified Resilience (Rare) - The user's resilience strengthens with their current mana reserves, boosting resistance to physical strain, and also enhancing resistance to various energies.What a bunch of crap!The passive most likely doesn't negate the effect of too high mana fully, it might be because it's of too low rarity. Sure, it helps a lot, and when I cycle my mana as Lissthaniel showed me, I don't even have to waste [Focus] on holding it back.As always, I blame the system and send a rude message to BenDover in the Community. He seems to be getting used to it and answers just as rudely. The guy doesn't know how petty I am.I'm able to wait years for the right chance so it doesn't matter if the Community Tournament happens only every 4 years like the Olympic games or once per year. I will wait and then... huhu.But dealing with my increased mana also reminds m
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