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

Rain had brought important intel, as now they at least knew of their enemy's ability. It was definitely related to fear-inducing or maybe emotion manipulation.

It was definitely related to the mind, so they would have to be careful with that.

"By the way, could that guy be an Moso Elf?" Aurora asked Veer as she came near him. She had also heard everything Rain said and guessed the identity of their enemy.

"Hmm, it's possible," Veer said with a nod. "They did have their specialty in mind-related powers, after all. But let's not jump to conclusions. We'll see him later. Anyway, are you done?"

"Yeah, just came to say that," Aurora smiled pridefully, having completed Six Rune Formations in a matter of hours. Even though they were lower Tier Rune Formations, it was still an incredible feat to carve six Rune Formations in such a short time.

"Let's go then," Veer said, standing up. He looked at everyone and said, "Now, I won't come out before I ascend to the Advance Stage and that can take some time. I'll just leave a few instructions; otherwise you'll have to think for yourself."

He looked at Rock and said, "I know you feel pressured, but use it as fuel to break your limits and ascend to the Advance Stage. If you do that before everyone else, wait for the others."

Then, he turned towards Elizabeth and scoffed, "You're hiding a lot of things from us, so it's best if you tell us anything of value if you want to. Otherwise, I can only say good luck to you."

"There's nothing to say," Elizabeth shook her head and said. "Well, except for the fact that the waters here are safer so you don't need to worry about your safety. And thank you, I will surely ascend and help you in battle, if possible."

Veer heaved a sigh of relief hearing that, and faced Rain, "I have already put enough food for you in your storage ring so you don't need to worry about that. But be careful with that and control your strength. Good luck!"

Rain smiled in bliss and nodded.

"Lastly, you two," Veer turned towards his girlfriends and smiled. "Let's break the shit and get out of here, shall we? I still owe a proper date to you two."

"Haha, sure, I hate this horror date now anyway," Elara nodded enthusiastically.

"Thanks. Oh yeah, what about Liliana?" Aurora asked, remembering Veer's other girlfriend.

"You don't need to worry about her," Veer smiled and said. "She is safe, wherever she is. I can feel our connection and it's as strong as ever."

Well, it was mostly the fact that he was already used to seeing Liliana's status ten times a day. Whenever he had free time, he would check her and, surprisingly, she had not been injured even one time.

"It's good that you're safe, babe."

"Good! Let's do this!"

"Yeah!!!"

Veer shouted, stretching his hand as everyone punched it and grinned. They were ready for this. Just then, Veer felt Seisha moving around his arm as she came out of his sleeves and looked around.

"And our little baby will guard us," Veer said. "Okay, Seisha?"

Seisha happily flicked her tongue against Veer's finger, showing her stance.

Then, the group went down the river towards their secret location that Seisha had found. It was really good, so they planned to spend their time there for now.

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After entering the illuminated, beautiful dome, Aurora created a total of six barriers while keeping distance between them. They didn't want any disturbance while they were breaking through, so this was for the best.

After that, they bade their farewell and entered their tents for who knows how long. One thing was clear, they would only get out once they had completed their task and achieved the Advance Stage.

Veer sat inside his little room made by the barrier and looked around. The surroundings definitely helped in calming his mind, as it looked like he was looking at a natural aquarium from underground.

Then, he closed his eyes and assumed his meditative pose to get himself in the perfect condition to advance. After around five minutes, he exhaled a foul breath and got onto the next part.

For the next part, Veer once again went through his memories for the Primordial Arcane Forge, as he wanted to check his information. After all, if he sent the mana in the wrong Mana Vein, he might even explode from the inside out.

"Alright. So aside from the first nine veins, I need to focus on the left side of my heart and the eighteen veins there. Sounds problematic but okay, let's try this."

He memorized the Mana Veins he needed to circulate mana in and begin his advancement. Going through the first nine Mana Veins was very easy, as he had been practicing the Mana Circulation Technique for quite some time.

The problem arose when he reached the tenth Mana Vein, which was the first of the eighteen on the left side of his heart. As he had expected, a terrible pain shot through his muscles and veins the moment he let the mana enter the Mana Vein.

"Fuck! It is very thin!"

This posed a challenge, as he needed to be extra careful with this one. If he lost his control over mana for even a second, the Mana Vein might explode because of how thin and weak it was.

"Shit! I don't know what will happen if it breaks, but I will definitely not be able to practice Primordial Arcane Forge again if I lose it. Focus! Veer! Focus!"

He scolded himself and withdrew his mana. Then, he once again calmed his mind and used his extremely precise mana control to draw the mana through the first nine veins and slowly let it enter the tenth one.

It brought pain and heat, as if something was burning inside him. But he didn't let it break his concentration or his control of the mana. If it broke, pain would be the last thing to worry about.

Fortunately, he had built up quite some resistance over time, especially with the ten-year spacetime loop, so he endured it and passed through the first Mana Vein.

"Alright! Success, now onto the other Mana Veins."

However, the moment he tried to enter the eleventh Mana Vein, an extremely cold chill penetrated his being, in contrast to the lava-hot heat he had been feeling before.

It instantly broke his concentration as he coughed up blood. Ignoring the agony and pain, Veer quickly inspected his Mana Veins and sighed in relief to see that the tenth Mana Vein was safe.

"Fuck! This just gets worse the more I get into it! What will happen when I want to become a God? Will it require me to die and be reborn, or what? Fuck this shit!"

After some time, he once again sat up and ignored his own ramblings. He had begun to use that method to get his mind off the terrible pain that assaulted his being.

Surprisingly, he could never get used to that pain, otherwise it would have been so much better.

Clearing his mind through meditation, Veer once again circulated the mana and let it flow through the first ten Mana Veins, being extra careful with the tenth one.

As he got onto the eleventh Mana Vein, he stopped and carefully led the gaseous mana into the Mana Vein. Fortunately, the nodes between them didn't hurt that much, so he was fine.

Once again, as the mana entered the eleventh Mana Vein, a sudden chill entered his body, colliding with the heat of the tenth vein, and eventually broke Veer's concentration.

But he was prepared this time, and before any damage could happen, he withdrew the majority of the mana while leaving some that had just assimilated with his body.

Opening his eyes, Veer rubbed his chin as he analyzed his previous two attempts. A smile formed on his lips as he thought, ignoring the cry for help from his body.

"So, this time the technique used heat and cold and their opposite nature to temper the body. One Mana Vein will provide extreme heat while the other provides extreme cold."

He chuckled to himself once again and then got ready to try again. It would surely bring the terrible pain again, most likely on a much higher scale.

Maybe there was a way to bypass it, but Veer would never try it. Even if he had to go through the worst pain, he would do it, as that would grant him the power he wanted—the power he needed.

Going through the familiar process once again, Veer let the mana enter the eleventh Mana Vein and prepared for the cold. As expected, it came and chilled his body, but the heat was there to counter it.

Veer gritted his teeth as he tried to endure the clash. His mind held no thoughts, only pure concentration on the mana as he circulated it through the eleventh Mana Vein without breaking his focus.

He wouldn't rest until he had achieved the Advance Stage, even if that meant breaking from the inside out.