Gathering mana was getting easier as he began to pull mana towards his heart. Slowly, he began to feel his body heat up as more and more mana began to condense in his heart muscles. As the mana gathered, it began to spread out through his blood as well, causing his injuries to begin to heal at a faster rate. The fibers of his heart muscles began to be strengthened as his heart rate increased. He was able to maintain this pace fairly easily since he had grown use to pulling mana into his body. He could feel his body improving at a rapid pace do to the refinement affected his whole body. Gradually, the sound of his heart beat could be heard in the room as he advanced. The sound began to rattle the items in his room as it continued to grow. His heart was shining inside his chest due to the concentration of mana. This glow began to change as his heart processed the immense power surging through it. It became a deep red before a clanking sound was hear

"Hello, I'm Matthew and I was informed that you are looking for me about a request." Matthew said "Hello, my name is Kyle and I work for the blacksmith union. I am looking for a particular set of materials to make a special item. I was wondering if you would take a request from me to gather the materials for me." Kyle said "I might be interested in the request, provided that the reward is suitable." Matthew said "Of course, the reward that I'm offering is a free smithing of an item for you with the leftover materials. In addition, I'll also provide a discount for future smithing services." Kyle said with a smile "May I hear what the request is before I accept it?" Matthew said "Certainly, the items I need are from the alpha of the sword sheep in the near by meadow. The alpha has tough hide and has an affinity for the wind element. I need the horns to make a sword for someone. As for the other materials, they are yours

*Ding* Conditions met* *Skill roar has been added* Matthew didn't have time to think about the skill he had just received as even the alpha seemed to be a little stunned. Using this opportunity, he dashed forward and plunged his ruler into the neck of the alpha. Blood sprayed as the alpha began to sway and fell to the ground. His request was finished and since he didn't have to worry about the other sheep interfering, he quickly cut the sheep up and placed it in the storage ring. His trek back to town was uneventful and he even found some herbs along the way that he picked. These were known as sweet grass and were used in the making of high quality food that had the benefit of helping heal the body. It took him roughly fifty minutes to return to town and he made his way to the blacksmith union building. "It hasn't even been a whole day and you are back already? Did you fail to kill it?" Kyle asked in confusion Matthew promptly p

Like usual, Matthew woke up early and started on his training. He felt different today due to all the different training methods he was putting himself through. He couldn't tell what the change was, but he knew that it would be important later. He decided to change it up today and began with the mana control technique. He was still able to move the one unit of mana around when he focused on it. It still felt stiff like he was moving muscles he hadn't used in a long time. Little by little he was able to move that one unit easier until that one unit became two. At some point during his focus, the one unit of mana he was controlling had picked up another, making it difficult to move his mana again. He felt that this would continue until all the mana in his body was under his control. He had finally reached his limit after thirty or so minutes of moving his now two units out of thirty-five. Moving on to mana perception, he began to push against t

The end of Matthew's first full month came to an end on a Monday, which meant he had to present. Every month, all the classes of a year would get together for a tournament. There were roughly five hundred students in the first year so it would take the whole week to decide the class and personal winners. Matthew was sitting at his desk when he was assigned number five hundred, which entailed that he would be the very last person to fight. He wasn't very worried since he had been improving his skills and training his body with his every waking moment lately. The third step made his muscles extremely dense so he hadn't been out on any requests due to him adjusting to his ever changing body. He was about two thirds of the way finished with the third step and it would only take him one or two sessions of refining to finish it. The tournament was pretty boring all in all since all he could do was sit and watch. He had already seen his opponent, who was numbe