“Alright, it's a good thing Tian'er has awakened his mana. But right now we should pay attention to what we are going to do the most first. Let's have dinner.”
The middle-aged man spoke up, interrupting the three. The middle-aged man was sitting on the head chair reading a newspaper in his hand.
Although he was very happy, he would not show it. This middle-aged man was Ao Yihao, the father of Ao Ertian.
Hearing Ao Yihao said
The trio stopped talking about mana. and immediately sat down to eat together.
The four of them had not had a meal together for a long time. adding to the good news. The four couldn't help but chat happily while eating.
“It's true, Tian'er, tomorrow is the start of the school day. Does Tian'er want to go to school or do you want to stop by the Central Hall to measure level first?”
Li Xiyan asked Ao Ertian with a smile.
She was also going to measure her mana too. It would be great if there was someone to accompany her so that she would not feel lonely.
A few years of studying far away from home had made her so lonely. If possible, she didn't want to be separated from Ao Ertian, her cute little brother for a second.
“I think I'll go and measure the mana level before I go to school. If possible, I would also like to accept the mission.”
"Accepting a mission... Wouldn't it be too soon? Although according to the law, They would accept people at the age of eighteen or above. But I've never seen anyone take a mission at such a young age. The youngest was twenty two or twenty three years. Like Yan'er, Mother wasn't worried. But Tian'er only turned eighteen a few days ago.”
Xia Lin immediately spoke up when she heard that Ao Ertian wanted to accept the mission.
“Mom, don't worry. I definitely don't accept missions that are too difficult and dangerous. You can also let Sister Xiyan go to do missions with me if mother is worried. Sister Xiyan, what do you say?”
“Mom, don't worry. I'll take care of Tian'er myself."
Li Xiyan could not even refuse Ao Ertian's request. She will do anything her brother wants. She was always spoiling him.
This caused Xia Lin to have a headache many times.
"No mean no"
This time, the person who spoke up was not Xia Lin or Li Xiyan. But it is Ao Yihao. Everyone turned to look at him. Ao Yihao's expression was very serious right now. The atmosphere immediately became tense.
“I understand."
Ao Ertian sighed.
“Good, wait until you can use your mana fluently before accepting the mission. But now your Mana is just woken up. not yet used to it. Going beyond the walls can be dangerous and stupid.”
After eating together, Ao Yihao got up before walking into the room, dressed in his usual uniform, and walked out of the room.
“Isn’t today your day off?"
“Just now I called the factory and asked to do overtime.”
“Overtime? Why did you make such a sudden decision?”
“Now Tian'er has awakened the mana within himself. He needed the money in the beginning. All I could do right now was to make more money to help him. Even if it's a little, it's better than nothing.”
Xia Lin heard this, her eyes became red. Ao Yihao was worried about his son the most , even though he was always scolding Ao Ertian. He still loves his very much
Ao Ertian who now had a strength of the 2-star Bronze rank fighter,
Just this house, he could already hear everything from every nook and cranny. upon hearing what his father said Ao Ertian couldn't hold back his tears either. He was really lucky to be born with such a warm family.
“Dad, Mom. I will make sure to give you two of what you deserve.”
Ao Ertian made a promise to himself. before turning back to the bedroom. so that tomorrow he will wake up early and start what he wants to do
The first step towards a better future
And after that Ao Ertian had already entered the bedroom at the end of the walkway of the second floor. Li Xiyan stood there smiling. She looked at Ao Ertian's room with a meaningful smile.
After everyone has finished their own activities. Ao Yihao is the only person who works outside the house. The rest of the family went to sleep with a new hope for tomorrow.
[The system is closed for maintenance. Proceed into 3D training mode.]
while Ao Ertian was lying on the bed. The system's voice resounded in his head once again. Ao Ertian slowly opened his eyes. found that he was no longer where he was.
“Where is this place? Is it the second dimension?"
Ao Ertian asked the system.
But no matter how many times he asked, the system would not reply to him. It was as if the system had never existed before.
"What happened?”
Ao Ertian started to feel worried. He tried to recall the last message the system alerted.
“It seems to say that it is closed for maintenance. and Enter 3D mode..."
Ao Ertian tilted his head back and forth. What is 3D mode? He only sighed. At this moment, the place where he was standing was extremely strange.
He was in a room with no doors or windows. But the room was bright in itself. The room where Ao Ertian was in was a large room. The walls and floors were made of light brown stone. Ao Ertian took a good look. The area he was standing on was similar in appearance to an arena.
“So what am I going to do here? I wouldn't have to fight a monster in the arena, right?”
Don't knowing what to do, Ao Ertian walked around. Notice that there are strange letters written on the wall. He couldn't read it, but even though he couldn't read, he understood some words without him knowing how he could understand them.
"It's fun. Let's play with them to kill some time before the system starts again."
Ao Ertian had now found something to kill time. He slowly remembered word by word, he understood the meaning of these words
Three hours later, Ao Ertian was still playing around with strange letters. until he could read the full sentence of it
He recited it in a strange language. His mouth moved in accordance with the pronunciation. and as soon as he finished speaking Ao Ertian suddenly felt a strange fizziness. His light yellow mana appeared before turning into gold color. Ao Ertian's breath emitted a smoky vapor.
Shocked, Ao Ertian flickered his hands to the side. The golden mana in his hand was extended into a string. caressing the ground beside him in a semicircle and when that golden mana touches the stone floor
*Fing!! *
On the ground appeared a sharp lightning spear stretching across a semicircle. It quickly spiked out of the ground.
[Congratulations, you have learned to use lightning-elemental mana.]
[Getting skill -Lv.1 Lightning Spear-]
[The system had created the shortcut usage and directly transferred to the host knowledge. The host does not need to chant to cast the spell next time.]
[System maintenance is complete]
[Host can use [Room of the Sage] again tomorrow.]
“Room of the Sage?”Ao Ertian was now looking at his hand that had a layer of lightning attached to it with blissful smiles.He was just a moment ago using The Mana Skill, A Mana Skill!What is Mana Skill? The Mana skill was a skill that Witch and Wizard were extremely proud of. Each skill was divided into 9 levels. Mana skills were an indicator of one's abilities.“System, what level of mana skill am I currently using?”[The skills that the host used recently is level 1, It can be upgraded if the Host has enough resources.]“Mana skills can be upgraded really?"
In the silence of the night,Ao Ertian walked along the brightly lit streets.Even though it was late into the night. He was still roaming around in happiness.Tomorrow was the school opening day and was the day he will go to The Central Hall to ask for mana checks.If He did well, he might even get an invitation from a famous guild and be paid with a lot of money.A man can dream right?Ao Ertian just thinking about it made him excited.“Now I have mana I will see who dares to bully me again."
Ao Ertian smiled.His black eyes now shone bright yellow. his eyes were filled with lightning mana. He felt like he could tear everything down just by looking at it.These eyes made Arachna feel threatened. She was ready to attack Ao Ertian again.Ao Ertian, too was ready, He compressed the surrounding mana to form a protective layer around him.Ao Ertian, even if He didn't have Mana previously.But that didn't mean he didn’t do anything to solve his situation.One thing he was proud of. That was martial arts, kung fu, aikido, karate, judo, jiu-jitsu, ninjitsu, Muay Thai
Ao Ertian after receiving Arachna's corpse, then entered the back of the store and destroyed all the evidence recorded on CCTV.“Fortunately the entire convenience store's camera system is offline, otherwise it would be difficult to destroy it.”Ao Ertian, after destroying all the CCTV files, walked into the store again. Grabbed his warm food and walked home as if nothing had happened.“By the way, why would a 2nd-dimensional creature appear here? It's behind the wall. There must be something strange about it.”Behind that wall everywhere there was a system to detect foreign creatures. If there is an organism whose genetic code is foreign to a registered human or pet. There must be an alarm
Ao Ertian after taking a shower and getting dressed walked downstairs and sat on an old stuffy sofa before turning on the old TV.There were not many shows on TV in the lower area. because the territories were clearly divided. The shows, too, were divided.Although each territory was divided by man-made walls. But that feeling was as distant as hell and heaven.Ao Ertian turns on the TV. Wait for Li Xiyan to finish showering before they would head to the testing center together.Li Xiyan also woke up around five in the morning as she waited for Ao Ertian to finish taking a shower before leaving the room and taking a shower after Ao Ertian.Ao Ertian's
Li Xiyan was relieved. She has always been jealous of any girl that comes closer to him since childhood. Ao Ertian used to be a cute child, not that he was not cute anymore. When he was a child he made all the girls like to play with him.Li Xiyan would often chase those girls away from Ao Ertian. Because she did not want to give Ao Ertian to anyone. This was probably another reason why Ao Ertian didn’t have female friends. But he was close to Li Xiyan instead. that’s good and all.The two were chatting to kill time. They kept saying things. The people around them who were initially interested only in their own affairs turned to look at them. There were many people secretly staring at Li Xiyan with their unblinking eyes. In the G-Z area, there weren't many beautiful women that appeared. Li Xiyan's appearance was som
Ao Ertian's burst of energy looked extremely formidable. The mana power level along with the highest level of bronze rank warrior aura surged out. The atmosphere was extremely sharp.The men in black who were about to capture Ao Ertian had to take a few steps back. Their power level wasn't that low. but even though they were also at the bronze rank their mana purity could not be compare to Ao Ertian.“This mana…How can this be...His talent is very low…then how?”Totally wrong, completely wrong, Ao Ertian shouldn't have such a high level of power. Normally, his talent level, the highest strength that he could reach was only in Iron Rank. The lowest level of low. The level that not different from a normal human.
The capsule, upon examination, found that Ao Ertian had already entered the capsule. It was closing the lid on its own. On the cap of the capsule appears a green light indicating that it is working.Ao Ertian, who had slept in the capsule, felt strange. The air in the capsule was completely different from what he had imagined. And when he lay down in the capsule and the lid closed. Ao Ertian felt that his consciousness was slowly fading. gradually become lighter He had now entered mana testing mode.Mana testing mode after the subject wants to test it. Their consciousness will be taken directly into the system. The system then creates a simulation room and creates scenarios for the mana users. The system will check all status values. and make a note of the mana user's stats.