Mana (2)
I felt mana.
At first I felt it in my chest.
‘… is this?’
I felt a tickling sensation on my skin and inside my body, like static electricity passing over my skin.
Sang-woo was quietly feeling that feeling.
At first, the energy that I felt only in the chest, from a certain moment, I felt it in my stomach, arms, and legs.
And that feeling mana stays in one place in Sang-woo’s body, circulates through his blood, or scatters or returns according to his breath.
Of course, it didn’t feel right and it felt like a flicker, but that was the case.
Sangwoo still watched Mana’s movements because it was fun.
I tried to move it, but it did move a little, but it didn’t work as well as I thought.
It was because he moved in a different direction than Sang-woo thought, or he didn’t move at all, or even if he did, he moved very slowly.
Still, Sang-woo had fun with that strange sense, so he felt the mana here and there, moved around, and experimented without noticing the passage of time.
How much time had passed like that?
[The meditation skill has been created.]
A message window suddenly popped up in front of my eyes.
‘Oh, I have a skill.’
The moment he saw it, Sang-woo’s concentration broke.
Sang-woo, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes and stretched himself up.
“Uuuuuuu~ haam~ Status window.”
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[Meditation/Casting Type (Lv. 1)]: Contemplate your inner self by stabilizing your mind and body.
– Physical and mental fatigue is slightly recovered.
– Slightly increases magical power growth rate.
– Slightly increases mana recovery speed.
-Increases the effect of mana breathing.
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When I checked the skill, it was a skill that didn’t have much to do with it.
It’s just to the extent that it helps with mana breathing.
After checking the skill, Sang-woo checked the time.
I looked at the clock and it was already 9:00 in the morning.
‘omg? Stay up all night? I think it’s been a while.’
I lay down at around 12:00 last night, and 9 hours had passed.
It was Sang-woo who, without realizing it, spent the night alone.
‘But it’s amazing. My legs are swollen and painful at night, but nothing like that.’
But strangely, for some reason, I didn’t feel very tired after staying up all night.
Rather, it’s a bit of a nostalgic feeling.
However, my head felt heavy and tired.
‘Um… I should get some sleep.’
But the situation where you have to take a class.
will you sleep vs. will you take the class?
Around the time Sang-woo was idling in bed, experiencing inner conflict.
I suddenly realized that it was not important.
“that’s right. I feel mana now!”
With the feeling of falling asleep, Sang-woo felt better.
And more than sleep, more than classes, I have something I want to do right now.
Learning how to breathe mana.
He called right away.
-Yes, this is the Mysterious Meditation Center.
“hello? I usually take classes in the evening, but I want to take classes in the morning.”
-Yes, can you tell me your name and contact information?
“This is Jeong Sang-woo. The phone number is…”
* * *
Sang-woo went straight to the Mysterious Meditation Center.
A space with a cafe-like atmosphere.
There were many ajumma members in the morning.
Fortunately, I made a reservation in advance, so I was able to immediately enter the designated room and meet the instructor.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen you in the morning.”
“Yes, instructor. It’s nothing different, because I felt mana this time. I changed the time zone because I wanted to quickly learn how to breathe mana.”
“Ohh. Congratulations. You learn very quickly.”
Park Bong-hun smiled and congratulated him.
Then Bonghun Park’s mana breathing lecture continued.
“Mana breathing is also simple. Basically, you can breathe while imagining the image of inhaling the mana spread in the air during inhalation, and exhaling as little mana as possible during exhalation. This is the most basic, and when the basics are mastered to some extent, the techniques are mixed. One of the techniques is the know-how, such as the process of blending imaging by holding your breath after inhalation so that the newly inhaled mana can be mixed with the mana in the body, and the process of refining that only turbid mana is released in the exhalation. You can mix these techniques together. Shall we start with the basics?”
Following Park Bong-hu’s instructions, Sang-woo lay down on a cot and quietly felt mana.
I thought it would be easy since I felt it once yesterday, but it took longer to feel it than I thought.
Success to feel though.
It was around the time when he was concentrating on his insides, recalling the strange sensation of mana, something warm and cold, like static electricity.
“Now, if you feel the mana, breathe in slowly. And feel the mana dispersed in the atmosphere following your breath.”
Following Park Bong-hun’s guidance, Sang-woo came up with an image of mana as he inhaled.
It didn’t go well at first.
no, it didn’t go well at all.
I didn’t feel any mana in the air, and I didn’t feel anything coming in.
However, after repeating it, there was a feeling that the mana in the body had slightly changed compared to before.
Sang-woo asked Park Bong-hoon if he was doing well as he is doing now.
“haha. Most people don’t feel atmospheric mana when breathing mana. I just ‘imagine’ it. Then, surprisingly, mana comes into the body. I mean by air. In that respect, member Jeong Sang-woo is doing very well.”
Instructor Park Bong-hoon said that he was doing well, and Sang-woo felt very relieved.
‘This is why you have to spend money and learn properly. Anyway am I a genius? I do it all at once.’
Sangwoo praises himself.
In fact, Sang-woo, who succeeded in mana breathing in less than a month, was talented enough.
Park Bong-hoon’s lecture continued.
“… Although it has not yet been scientifically proven, mana is always present in all objects, whether living or non-living. Strangely, this mana reacts little by little to people’s wills and thoughts. Perhaps the theory that mana is involved in the brain waves that spread from the human brain is gradually gaining attention. In fact, the skills of Awakeners and Hunters are also proof enough because they use mana with human will. Therefore, there is a big difference in performance, but there is no big difference between the high-level mana sim method mana engines and the principle of basic mana breathing. It means that you draw mana with your will. So, as they grow to a higher level, they reach a stage where they can feel the mana in the air in detail, move at will, and absorb it through their whole body rather than breathing. Personally, I’m carefully guessing that perhaps few S-class Hunters or Awakeners in the world have reached that level. In that respect, strengthening your concentration and will will be of greater help to your mana breathing than anything else…”
In addition, Park Bong-hoon shared theories about mana, theories that are currently widely known in the world, and technical know-how. Explained.
Sang-woo, who was listening to it, felt like he was listening to a quiet radio while breathing mana.
There were things I didn’t understand and things I didn’t understand, but I think my mind calmed down.
And among them, there was something that touched Sang-woo’s heart.
< Mana is dependent on will. >
It means that as long as you have the will, everything is okay whether you accumulate mana or deal with it.
Sangwoo suddenly had this idea.
‘Then, isn’t it possible to draw mana and accumulate it with willpower? If this idea is correct…’
Sang-woo would probably be able to accumulate mana like crazy.
Because he has an alter ego full of willpower, concentration, and obedience.
‘I’ll have to try it on my alter ego.’
It’s still 11:00 AM now.
It was the time when the clones were working out in gyms and gyms.
Sang-woo ordered No. 1, who was working out at the gym, to go home and do mana breathing.
‘Go home and try the mana breathing I’m learning right now. The posture is lying on the bed and relaxing. You breathe mana with the mindset of attracting mana with all your will. Understand? start!’
Afterwards, Sang-woo took a mana breathing lecture from Bong-hun Park.
After about 30 minutes, the lecture was all over.
“Thank you for your effort.”
“Yes, instructor. Thank you for your effort See you next time.”
“Yes member. Until next time, I hope you will work hard and achieve good results.”
“yep!”
Sang-woo left the Mysterious Meditation Center.
And then.
[Magic power increased by 0.001.]
Sang-woo’s prediction was correct.
* * *
The next day.
Sang-woo was checking the status window.
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[Abilities]
Strength: 0.743 → 0.759
Quickness: 0.537 → 0.564
Stamina: 0.688 → 0.701
Endurance: 0.576 → 0.597
Magical Power: 0.152 → 0.192
Vitality : 0.316 → 0.319
Regeneration: 0.401 → 0.410
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‘You said your magic power increased by 30 in one day?’
Sang-woo steadily hunted the clones and raised his magic stat by about 10, from 0.152 to 0.162.
However, in just one day after giving the alter ego mana respiration, the magic stat had risen by 30!
And even in the midst of that,
[Horsepower increased by 0.001.]
The horsepower continued to rise.
Above all, it was the result of running all night without exercising and hunting time among the alter egos’ schedules.
“… The efficiency is insane.”
A situation that makes me very curious about what would happen if I only trained mana breathing all day long.
Besides, that wasn’t the end.
[The level of the meditation skill has risen.]
[The level of the mana breathing skill has risen.]
The level of the skill has also gone up.
The mana breathing skill is a hot new skill that has only been around for a day.
Of course, the meditation skill was not long, but it was the same.
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[Meditation/Casting Type (Lv. 2)]: Contemplate your inner self by stabilizing your mind and body.
– Physical and mental fatigue is slightly recovered.
– Slightly increases magical power growth rate.
– Slightly increases mana recovery speed.
-Increases the effect of mana breathing.
[Mana Breath/Cast Type (Lv.3)]: Puts mana into breath.
– Slightly absorbs mana around you through breathing.
– The body’s turbidity is discharged insignificantly.
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The mana breathing skill reached 3 levels in less than a day!
It was an insane growth rate.
Even if most skills are fast, they are ridiculously fast compared to the fact that they need to be trained for a month to create or level up.
‘Shall we just let both of our alter egos breathe mana and take only the magic power first? If you raise 0.03 for 7 hours from evening to morning, if you order it all day, it will be 0.09, but if you do both at the same time, it will be 0.18… 5 to 6 days will take 1 ability?’
It was to the point where he thought about taking a break from hunting for a while and raising his mana.
When the ability level reaches 1, the familiar skill will be able to be used for a much longer time than now.
‘And what if I increase my magic power and then learn a supernatural attack skill and shoot it? just sweeping it all away Hehehe.’
Sang-woo imagined the scene of the two alter egos fighting while throwing magic everywhere.
Just thinking about it made me feel so powerful.
‘okay. Let’s change the schedule for just one week.’
Sang-woo immediately called Kang Jun-mo.
“Agent. I have something to discuss.”
-Which is it?
Sangwoo explained how he learned mana breathing.
and its growth rate.
-really? That’s great.
“Yes? ha ha ha. So, I’m thinking of going all-in to raise my alter egos for one week. What do you think, agent?”
– Um… I think it’s a good idea too. It’s difficult to raise mana or magical power, and it could be because you’re lucky right now that you can rise quickly. Let’s go all-in.
“Yes, I understand!”
The agent’s consent fell.
Sang-woo immediately called the rest of his alter ego, who was training for skills at the gym, home.
Two alter egos lying side by side on a narrow mattress.
Thus, the Trinity was completed.
“Come on, kids. Let’s start mana breathing!”
Immediately after that, I closed my eyes and started breathing mana.
Sang-woo looked at the two alter egos with satisfaction.
‘Magical Rice Cake Kazuah~!’
