In a place where the snow was falling, there was a young man standing in the middle of a scene that could be described as a battleground.
Smoke was rising from some burnt bodies, and the smell of blood was filling the entire area.
"Hufff…. Huf…."
"Earth Hounds…. How annoying."
Since I had recently re-awakened my magic core, I needed some time to train and absorb magic from the environment to get used to the feeling of using magic again.
That was the reason why I was panting heavily in the wilderness with my sword in my hand and a ball of fire in my other.
"Huff…. Huff…."
But, just as Callius was breathing heavily, his composure recovered at a fast rate.
'Wow, the mana regeneration is something else.'
'Moonstone's Ring, such a convenient item it is.'
Since I had been planning to become a mage, I had already looted a lot of items that would be useful for me in such cases.
One of them is Moonstone's Ring.
An item that helps me recover my mana and my energy as the fight continues for longer.
And the other one is
'Muramana.'
An item that would let the mage increase the damage of the spell that was used by amplifying more mana onto the spell by itself.
'Although, I can't use that effectively for now.'
Thanks to my mage rank being low, that was the case.
"Anyway, I should be close to that place now."
"Mana Sense."
With my eyes closed, I started sensing the mana around me.
Although I can use [All Seeing Eye] to let me remember the feeling of sensing mana, I am using my mana sense for now to observe the mana fluctuations around.
Because [Mana Sense] will be helpful in case I am not able to remotely feel the changes in the environment and activate my [All Seeing Eye] on my own accord.
In other words, you may think that as training my reflexes and my bodily reactions to the magic.
Now, let's come to the reason why I am here.
Let's begin with a question.
How do you think a beast can evolve to a stronger point, increasing its rank?
Most of the time, it is related to their innate traits and the cores they have absorbed in their lives.
For beasts, they are also enemies of themselves.
They are hunting each other for the sake of getting stronger, for the sake of living.
And the reason for that is simple.
They are eating their cores and absorbing the mana there to their cores.
At least they are attempting to do that since the success rate is not %100.
But that being said, there is no other option aside from trying.
However, there is a catch now.
There is another type of method that can make beasts raise their ranks.
A natural phenomenon.
Dynamic Mana Pressure Points.
A place that was filled with mana all around.
A place where naturally mana is being forged and compressed inside.
Although most of the time, the reason for such cases happening was unknown, that didn't make people or monsters refrain from using that to their advantage.
This is why I am going to the place that I can sense in the midst of this wilderness and snow.
To increase my rank.
'I feel too weak being just a one-star mage.'
Although my mana stat is 3.1, my mage rank being lower means my mana quality is a lot lower than normal, making me unable to conjure strong magic of higher ranks, even with my innate talents.
I felt this Dynamic Mana Pressure Point while I was resting in my room after returning from the training room thanks to my newly acquired trait [Child of Mana], which was the main reason why nobody else was here aside from me.
Because no other person could sense it.
And the moment I sensed it, I smelled the opportunity to come.
/SHRIEEEK/ /BOOM/
Of course, if I, a person from the city, was able to sense it, then that means the beasts living here should be able to sense it as well.
Feeling the tremors of the fight and the fluctuations of mana around, I started being vigilant again.
'Hmm… From the looks, it seems it is a fight between two four-star monsters.'
'It will be hard if I simply invade their fight. I should watch it for now. I might be the target of their hostility if I suddenly show myself.'
Because the tremors were not that big to be counted as five-star strength, I decided to observe the fight for now.
Slowly making my way towards the fight, the scene that welcomed me was something that I wouldn't see on any normal day.
Two beasts were fighting.
One is a Deer.
Yes, a deer.
A deer with a huge build that can easily pass beyond the 5-meter mark. Its huge horns that were shining bright green were a bonus to add.
With bright-looking green eyes, the monster was attacking its enemy.
An enemy that was filled with spikes.
It was an armadillo.
The armadillo was shining bright brown, and with each shine, the earth was moving.
/SWOOSH/
And just as before I could assess any further, suddenly, a plant spurted from the ground.
A plant that was filled with a green aura around.
With its strong force, the plant slammed the armadillo in front of it.
/THUD/
And its attack was a hit….
/ROOOAR/
Though the result was unexpected.
With a loud roar, the armadillo started spinning in situ without moving.
/SWOOSH/
And bolted towards the deer that was controlling the plants with a huge speed.
/CREEK/
Without stepping back, the deer lowered its face accepting the challenge.
And confronted the attack with its horns, not backing down while covering its horns with weird-looking plants and green mana.
/BOOM/
And the result was a huge sound of an explosion and a strong gust of wind spreading through the environment.
With the smoke dissipating, it revealed two beasts with slightly increased distance were lying on the ground injured.
'Now it's my chance.'
And that was my chance.
