Just before I fainted some words appeared in my mind similar to information about my power.
[ You gained a small amount of mana ]
Ten minutes later I opened my eyes and saw Maverick looking down on me from some distance away.
"Argh! What happened?"
"You fainted because you used too much mana"
Maverick answered as he gazed at the leftover ashes of dummy.
to use arcane power, a special type of energy was used [ mana ].
It was normal for awakeners to faint if they used too much mana.
'but still what did it mean, I gained a small amount of mana'
I didn't forget the words which appeared in my mind before fainting.
"Maybe I can use my power one more time."
I thought as I imagined chaos fire again. But before the flame could appear I felt sharp pain at the back of my head.
"Ow!"
"Young master I don't think you should use your power for now."
"Yeah, you're right"
Listening to Maverick advice I got up and headed to my room.
"Maverick I'll be resting in my room. Notify me when the teacher arrives."
After saying that I left the training grounds and headed towards my room.
On the way I met many servants who were doing their work. Every time I passed by them they would bow their head in greeting.
It was understandable as I was the only successor to the Alastair family. There was another one, my big brother who disappeared seven years ago, Drake Alastair at the age of 20 he became the youngest S rank arcane power user he was the idol of young me.
But after my brother's disappearance my father buried himself into work and 12 year old me spent my leftover days alone, of course Maverick my Buttler was always there. But even if he wasn't there I was already used to being alone. I spent those seven years reading books about legend, various uses of mana, combat mastery and etc just so I could meet my brother Drake again.
Soon I reached my room, it took some time since my house was the size of a small castle.
After entering my room I just fell head first on bed since I was still feeling exhausted after using my power.
"I'll just rest for now."
**
Knock- knock-
Eric who was sleeping woke up from constant knocking on his door.
"Come in."
" young master your teacher has arrived at the training grounds."
"Ok I'll be there in a minute."
Soon I reached the training ground and saw a handsome man with blonde hair and green eyes.
I tried to greet him but was cut by man's harsh words.
"Let's stop with formalities. My name is Alex green and I'll be teaching mana control from now on."
After saying that Alex looked at me, I just nodded my head. Seeing this Alex continued
" But before that I need to know how much you know about mana."
"Well arcane power can only be used by special energy called mana.
The amount of mana a person has, can decide their rank.
It is also widely known that you can slow down your aging if you reach high enough levels in mana control. An-"
"That's enough since you know the basic knowledge. I'll start with mana control."
my face darkened by getting interrupted again.
"Mana control has 3 stages. The first is mana sensing, second core formation and third core dispersion.
F to A rank arcane power users are in the first to second stage of mana control.
While you are only called S rank arcane power users when you disperse your mana core and all your mana is embedded in your body till every cell.
That's why S rankers live longer than others."
Alex looked at me to see if I was following or not and once again I just nodded at him.
"What most people do wrong is they depend too much on their arcane power, because of that they don't get to use their mana more efficiently. Like this..."
Alex moved his hands forward and a few seconds later a blue ball started forming in hand.
"Now this is what I call a mana sphere."
Alex motioned his hand in another direction and the mana sphere flew toward that direction at high speed and soon that sphere crashed in the wall
Boom!
there was a large crack in the wall.
Alex again looked at me and continued.
"If I use my arcane power with the same amount of mana, damage will be more than ten times that crack.
That's why most people don't practice with mana control, they just accumulate mana in the body, then compress it into a core and then release it inside their body again.
What I'm going to teach you is how to control your mana without using your power."
"Now, sit down and I'll show how to control mana"
i did as he was told to and sat in front of Alex . And then Alex sat behind me and put his hand on my back.
"Now I'll guide the mana inside you. Focus on how it moves"
I closed my eyes and concentrated on my body that's when I noticed a wriggling sensation coming from my back and moving to my abdomen.
Then suddenly I felt a burning sensation spread throughout my body.
However, this burning sensation was not painful rather it felt pleasant.
I who was lost in a pleasant sensation heard Alex's voice
"Now open your eyes."
Just when I opened my eyes, I saw blue shining balls floating around me ,they looked like they would disappear any minute. I was about to ask Alex what it was, when Alex suddenly asked the question instead.
"so? are you able to see them?"
"do you mean these shining balls?"
"So you are able to see them. what colour are they?"
"dark blue."
"size?"
"around the billiard ball size."
Alex's eyes opened wide.
'That big!? Not only that but colour is also on the purer side. he must be blessed by mana'
Alex thought as he stared at Eric from head to toe.
Sensing his gaze I asked.
"Is something wrong Mr Green?"
"No, nothing."
"So can you tell me what those shining balls are."
"They are called mana particles but for you let's call them mana balls. Their size and colour reflect your talent as arcane power users. darker the colour purer your mana and bigger the size better the container you are for mana. So from this we can assume that you are very talented in mana."
"Is that so? Then can you tell what is the biggest size of mana particle discovered till now?"
"The biggest mama particle discovered till now would be 1.5 cm in diameter"
"Isn't that small?"
Hearing that response Alex just stared at him blankly. =_=
"Don't tell this to anyone outside otherwise they will beat you to death if they heard it. And no that isn't small it's just… you are an anomaly. yes! You are just an anomaly! That's it! ."
For some reason Alex started shouting at the end.
I just ignored the first part. And raised his eyebrow on second.
"So who was the one with that big of a mana particle?"
"Me."
"Huh?"
"What?"
"Nothing, I just heard that you were the one with the second biggest mana particle."
"Nothing is wrong with your ear I am the one with the second biggest mana particle."
"Oh!"
"What?"
"Nothing I just didn't expect it to be you Mr green."
"Just call me Alex. And now can you tell someone to escort me to my room?"
"Okay Alex, but is training over for today?"
"Yes, today was just an introductory class. Real training will begin from tomorrow so rest up"
"Ok, Maverick please have someone to escort Alex to his room."
Maverick appeared out of thin air.
"Young master I already told servant to escort sir Alex. They are waiting outside the training ground."
"Then I will take my leave."
Alex didn't wait another second and left the training grounds.
"Now that he is gone. Maverick bring some training dummies I wanna practice with my ability."
"Yes, young master."
'I still want to confirm what happened before.'
I thought as I remembered those words before fainting from mana fatigue.
"Young master I brought the dummy you asked for."
"Just put them thirty meter away from me.
Oh! And bring low quality mana potions to"
Mana potions uses were same as name applies they would help awakener recover there mana faster. But there were conditions to use them. Non awakeners cannot use them since they haven't come in contact with mana if they did use them, there body would burst like balloon. Same applies to low level arcan power user they can't use intermediate and high quality mana potion either.
"Now that everything is ready let's start."