Volume 1 Chapter 17 Mana Control Mastery VII ~Acquisition~
"I told you, when you lose focus, you need to raise your hands forward and diagonal, not straight up!"
There stood Benjamin, coated in sand, a Rakshasa of sorts.
"Gnnh!" Benjamin dropped his fist onto Cain's head.
"Oooh, ow, that hurts, Elder Brother Ben."
It felt like the spot where the fist hit might've caved in.
His eyes teared up from the impact.
"Cain wasn't following instructions and it was dangerous for everyone involved. You're not doing great from the start, so I told you to raise your hands forward and diagonal when you lose Concentration. Sheesh."
"Because, my 'Mana' keeps slipping away and my consciousness gets all foggy..."
Cain complained to Benjamin, still holding his aching head.
"Hm, maybe Cain, with more 'Mana' than usual, is different from the norm. Alright, that's enough for today. We'll continue this tomorrow."
Benjamin started to turn away.
"Next time, I'll do it right. Please let me try again."
Cain pleaded even more desperately than yesterday.
"No can do, you won't recover your 'Mana' until tomorrow, so we can't keep going. Tomorrow, let's try setting your 'Mana' to 20. That way, it should be okay even if you lose a bit of 'Mana'."
Benjamin gently patted Cain's head with a kind smile.
* * *
Yesterday, he adjusted the "Mana Absorber" settings to keep 20 MP, then slept through the night.
According to Benjamin, now Cain's MP was set to 20.
Cain felt like he had more 'Mana' than usual.
Arriving at the same spot as yesterday, Cain began to "Circulate" and then "Release" his 'Mana', gathering it up just like before.
Sure enough, as he gathered his 'Mana', it started to deplete, but it seemed like he had more leeway than yesterday.
After about 3 minutes, a softball-sized chunk of 'Mana' formed between his hands.
"Ohh, I did it. I did it!"
"Don't lose your Concentration!"
"Y-yes!"
"Keep up the 'Maintenance' for about 10 minutes like that. If it gets dangerous, raise your arms forward and diagonal."
5 minutes later, Cain's focus cut out and he shot out a lump of "Mana" in a parabola.
The "Bang" sound as the "Mana" lump landed around 20 meters ahead and exploded.
* * *
Three days later, he finally managed a 10-minute "Maintenance".
"You did good, yup. Yup, your [Mana Control] skill appeared."
"Huh? Open status."
Cain checked his status board and saw that his [Mana Control] skill had gone up.
"Yayyyyy! I can *use* ~~magic~~ nowwww"
Cain raised both hands, showing his joy.
"Really good job. Honestly, it's rare to level up a skill so quick, but keep training, okay? Improving [Mana Control] is super good practice. But only do your 'Maintenance' training outside the castle walls."
"Elder Brother Ben, thank you very much."
Cain bowed deeply to thank him.
"By the way, if you get good at flying out these 'Mana' lumps just like that, you won't even need spells to attack."
Benjamin pointed toward the forest with his right hand, palms open, and made a mana lump appear in front of his hand, then launched it forward.
The fast-moving "Mana" lump hit a tree about 50 cm in diameter and exploded.
A big hole was gouged into the tree, which cracking and cracking, tipped over backward.
'Is this guy, a Dragon b*ll person or what⁉'
Cain decided he'd definitely keep his mouth shut and not cross him.
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