Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her

Veer always felt that the power system of this world was a mess and confusing, but now he felt that his thoughts couldn't be more true.

There was a natural progression system that followed the laws of nature, but there was also the official way the World Government had decided.

He knew that it was for the best as the things the official rules say always brings the best and stable way of a stage. For example, to achieve Advance Stage in the Official way for a warrior, they needed to form an armour around them that didn't pressure their mind.

This stabilised their Mana control and also refined it, not to mention it also made them have good control over their body and strength.

The natural way of progression was necessary though, as all of these steps worked after one had ascended to next stage naturally. Of course, the official methods could hasten the process and also allow everyone to breakthrough to next stage, so no one really complained.

"Alright, so the first and most important thing to Ascend to next stage is solidifying the Mana Core," Aurora said. "It doesn't matter which class you chose, you need to solidify your Mana Core to reach next stage. It's mandatory."

"Let me explain it more clearly," Veer said, waving his hand at Aurora. "I'm pretty sure you all can sense your Mana Core already and although it may look like it's solid, it actually isn't. It's just gaseous in nature, and what you need to do is form a case, like a bottle in which you will store that gas."

"How does that help, Boss?" Rain asked, confused. "And how to do that anyway?"

"It actually does help. You see, if it's gaseous form, it continues to leak from our body and also replenish. It sounds it's good but it's actually not," Veer explained. "Because of the constant incoming and outgoing, the mana never gets to get denser."

He raised his hand and imagined the air before him having colors. It wasn't that difficult considering he knew how the light and spectrum worked, but it still took heavy portion of his mana.

"Now, see this and visualize it later," Veer said, trying to gather the green air on a single spot, but it was obviously impossible to do that as most of it leaked out. But it wasn't that affected because new air replaced it.

"Did you see that? The air constantly gets replaced and our body can't adapt to the mana," Veer explained. "As you all probably know, the environmental mana isn't something we can use really and after we absorb it, our body refines it and makes it usable for us."

"Ah! I understand," Rain punched her palm and said. "Due to constant replacement, our body don't adapt to the new mana that fast and that makes it harder for us to use. That also means even for weak spells and techniques, we'll use more mana since we can't really use our Mana properly."

"Exactly, Good girl," Veer smiled and patted Rain's head, as she purred in response, making his smile even wider. "We have been doing that actually. It's not our fault, but that's something we need to change if we gotta reach the Advance Stage."

"Now, watch closely, what will happen if I trap this air?" Veer said, as he made a air case around the green air. Some of it leaked, like usual, but whatever remained got trapped in the case.

"Now, the mana is stored in the Mana Core and it won't leak, what does that mean?" Veer smiled and said. "It means we can use our Mana more precisely and we will be using less mana for the same Spells and techniques we use more for now."

"That's actually incredible," Aurora muttered, surprised by how detailed and simple Veer's explanation was. "Reaching Advance Stage would have a qualitative change in us."

"That's why I want us to first reach it and then try our luck," Elara shrugged.

"Yeah, also, this is probably a foundation for future stages," Veer said. "Maybe we'll have to turn the gaseous mana into liquid to store more of it. It'll also be more potent so..."

He shook his head and said, "Never mind. The point is, we have to make the Mana Core solid, or rather a case around it. As for how to make it, it's actually all come down to your Mana Control or the Mana Circulation Technique you practice."

He added the last sentence remembering his own condition. He couldn't use the normal method to ascend after all, he would need practice the Primordial Arcane Forge and that was going to be a lot of pains for him.

"Listen well, all you need to do is force your Mana to compress more and more, as much as you can," Aurora said. "That is the only thing you need to start with, because once you learn to compress mana, you can easily solidify it and make a tight Case of Mana where you can store the mana."@@novelbin@@

Remembering something, she added, "Oh yeah, you will have to see how big the case you make because once you do, it'll be hard to make it again because your body won't be able to handle it so much. So, choose wisely and make it. Last thing, you will still have a Mana Core outside of the case, which will the area where your Mana gathers, so don't think too much about it."

Looking at everyone, she asked, "Anything else?"

Rock raised his hand and upon approval, he said, "It's not a question, but confirmation. All we need to do is first compress the Mana inside our Mana Core until we learn to solidify it. After that, make a case where we can trap more of mana."

Aurora nodded and said, "Yes, after that all you'll need to do is the class specific things but they're rather the official ones so you will still be at Advance Stage otherwise."

"Alright, thanks for the information."

"Anyone else?"

Seeing that nobody answered, Veer let the air go and said, "Then, let's use this time to better our Mana Control. We have been in many battles recently and have changed a lot. So, it's better to be in our best condition before we try something so dangerous."

"Understood!"

The night passed just like that, with everyone sitting closed eyes and focusing on their Mana Control.

In the morning, they went outside and cooked their food. Surprisingly, Seisha demanded Veer's blood after her meal, which Veer happily gave.

It wasn't much, but it seemed to be her favourite so he didn't mind. A few drops of blood wouldn't harm him or her.

As they sat and ate the food, Veer asked to his pet wrapped around his neck, "Hey, do you know if we can get some food in the river?"

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Seisha raised her head and flicked her tongue, then transmitted her thoughts. What she told surprised Veer, as he turned to her for confirmation.

"What happened?" Elara asked.

"Apparently, she is one of the weakest in the river and had to run away from her home after she was exiled for being weak," Veer answered, while rubbing Seisha's head. "She came to this weaker area to live the rest of her life."

Elara's lips twitched hearing that, as she said, "So, you're telling me we're actually lucky to be thrown in weaker side? Wait! If Elite Stage is on weaker side, then what's the most powerful being in the river?"

Veer asked the question to Seisha and she answered after some time, with colour draining from his face from her answer. He rubbed his eyes and said, "We're really lucky."

"What now?"

"She's saying the most powerful being she had seen in the river is a Leviathan, or atleast that's what matches her description," Veer said. "And the problem is that, the Leviathan is so powerful that it could change the very laws of world and create countless Aquatic Creatures in matter of seconds."

"Oi! Oi! That sounds like a bad news, ain't it?" Elara facepalmed and said.

"That isn't the worst news," Veer smiled wryly and said. "She's saying that the Leviathan can actually take humanoid form, that's why she was so curious upon seeing me because I had the same figure as that Leviathan."

"Fucking hell!" Elara cursed out loud as she turned to look at the river that seemed so peaceful. "I wonder what is more dangerous, staying in river with that Leviathan or the Mist."

"Definitely river," Veer sighed. "She did say that this area is so weak in Mana that nobody powerful comes here. But yeah that can change if that Leviathan senses the Mist wandering around here."

Elara looked at the bleak sky and said, "What kind of fucked up situation we're in? We're just Intermediate Stage kids for fucks sake. We don't have any business among these world threatening calamities."

"Heh, it's a perfect place for dating, don't you think?"

"Fuck off!"