Chapter 20: The essence of mana

Holy desert

After 6 days under the tree.

Amidst the golden bands of light reflecting on the sand, there is an enormous tree whose shadows extend like lattices.

Around this mother tree was a circle of green grass.

Beneath these huge shadows was a human figure lying down, 'In these previous days that passed I discovered several things. First, the cycle of alternating day and night in this world is fast, and the result is that one day on Earth is six days here. Second, it is not the planet that rotates, but the sun. Night does not reach this place, only sunset. It seems that I am in the corner of the world. Thirdly, this tree that I lean on has many secrets around it. This created a headache for him.

Ryouta was scratching his palm as if he was using a pen to write.

It was not possible for him to think in front of a presence that was forcefully reading his thoughts.

With this method that he used, Ryota could ignore focusing on the process of sorting ideas in his mind, and he compensated for it by writing.

Like a disguise!

'Twenty-four hours becomes one hundred and forty hours, it's good that I found out some things by asking the tree,' Ryouta thought directly. This time, this wasn't something he needed to hide, and he was the one who asked.

Ryouta raised his palm and closed it.

At the same time within his mind mechanism, several images merged in his imagination, 'Now, I have to focus steadily and try to convey it with an idea, oxygen, hydrogen, a transparent liquid...', as if directing a forward fist, Ryouta released his palm.

"I want water," Ryouta said in a commanding tone, his eyes glowing blue, "Hey, this time it looks real." Ryouta looked at the clear ball of water on his palm.

Several hours ago

"So, what could you be, tree.." Ryota spoke in a shocked tone. He was watching the tree retreat to its place. How could he leave it without a word?

As if sensing something was wrong, the tree raised its head through the trunk.

It was only half of her human form that could be seen from her, but now that she looked back, she retreated.

Only her head felt green like the swaying branches, "I, I am just a tree waiting, and always waiting for just this," the tree spoke, her tone normal, and she added, "Just call me whatever you want, if you find a problem with it," she said to him again as if She could sense his confusion.

A quiet silence filled the place, 'This tree, are you trying to evade my real question with this?' Ryouta knew, this tree gave him the feeling of someone looking into his mind.

It was like a huge eye hovering above him!

Ryouta looked at the tree and decided that she just didn't understand what he meant, "Well, it would be impolite to call you a tree, and you are a great tree that saved me. I will call you Bazusa," Ryouta spoke and moved his fingers to make it easier for her to understand.

"There is no need. However, as I said before, call me whatever you want," the tree spoke, yet inside it, its thoughts were like explosives.

'Name, this being, is that what he has to say first, why doesn't he try to think, oh, he discovered that I can read it', Azusa thought and didn't mind the nickname, now that she finally had a living form for the first time in front of her, she had Many things to study.

"You, as for who you are," Azusa spoke, and it was clear from her tone that she was curious.

'H-That, you finally asked me.' 'I'm a human, you can call me Ryouta,' Ryouta let out a light sigh.

-Ryota, so, human, human, hmm...eh, so you are a human who can use magic with a huge amount of mana.

Mana, do you mean magical energy? Ryota spoke and asked for clarification.

Azusa gave a calm look, 'If he's really ignorant about himself, well then explaining to him will help me.' Immediately, Azusa raised his hand and upon her scent, several branches intertwined and gradually formed into the shape of a person.

- Listen, people, Ryota, mana is not magical energy. Mana is your second heart. It reflects what is inside you. Only after merging with it will you be able to produce energy with it, which is what you call magic....,

Azusa began to explain with the doll that was formed from the branches on her hand, "Look at this doll. This cover that protects it is magical energy, but look where this energy is derived from." A branch extended like a finger and punctured the area between the doll's chest, "Have you seen without essence such as "Mana pot, you won't have the ethereal energy for magic," Ryota watched intently without flinching. The covering protecting the puppet's body had clearly disappeared after the essence was destroyed.

'Mana, magical energy, so the essence is the complete container of mana and energy is nothing but a product of the ego's will -' Wait, there is still something...

"Human, I have saved you and taught you. We will meet again in six days. 'I can't stay outside of my essence like this. It will be consumed so quickly. I will watch your progress, Human-Ryota.'" Azusa merged with the tree trunk and her trace immediately disappeared.

Ryouta, who was still on his knees, wiped his face slightly and became silent, 'It seems that there is a reason why she does not remain in that form,' said Al-Jawhar, huh.

Nowadays

'The Azusa tree gave me an explanation, but it was incomplete. This mana's working mechanism was very complicated. Without information, there is no point in trying. For example, every element I want to create, I must first know its content and convey an idea to the core of my mana. It is like creating a nuclear bomb. On the ground, the slightest lack of contents will cause death." Ryouta's clothes were already torn, every time he tried to secrete the contents of what he was going to create, a defect would inevitably occur, even if it was small.

This defect directly cancels the operation, and the consequences of this failure occur relatively.

It's good that he first tried to create water and not something too complicated and the consequences were only a minor explosion.

drink "

With a swallowing sound, Ryouta drank the small ball of water on his hand, even if this tree Azusa made him suffer, just the fact that she saved him still had value.

'My level of knowledge about life already has barely any value.

Hmm, this water tastes a little bitter. It looks like well water. Ryouta's already pale face turned gray, saying that seventeen years of knowledge is really nothing even with his own efforts.

'Well, with my knowledge of this world now, two things are clear. Firstly, because this world depends on the essence of mana, there must be other essences, even if they are sideways. Secondly, the creatures that grow because of this energy are dangerous and they grow from it. This world seems to have little life. ', Ryouta studied the mechanism of mana in his body, every time he entered consciousness he could see a large ball of light like the sun.

It was what Azusa told him about the second heart and Ryota introduced it as an energy source after that.

On this ball of energy there are many threads like wires connected to it, the moment Ryouta gives the order to create something.

Several fluids pass brilliantly through these wires, and at the same time Ryota feels them with energy passing through the tendons of his entire body, as if he were being absorbed.

Ryota adapted to this process after two attempts, even if it was disgusting.

This was not something that worried him at all!

In fact, he was trying to extract the largest amount of energy, however, "This is not impossible, but it seems that the mechanism of energy work is based on rules as well. Firstly, I cannot use an amount of mana greater than what the item I am going to create needs, and secondly, with every mistake I make, it is damaged." My Mana Essence', Ryouta looked at his fragile body from bottom to top.

Every time mana passes through his body, a temporary change occurs that greatly enhances the weakness of his body into strength.

He becomes unaffected by the heat in this desert hell, he can feel his brain becoming so fast that his body becomes stiff.

This happened only when he was trying hard to create water from the ground to buy it. What would happen if he tried to create something more complex? .

This was what led him to the conclusion that there were beings who would be dangerous in this world.

With a huge amount of control over mana directly, someone could become invincible!

The whole process is in one second. !