Flames of Fate

Growth

I spent most of the following months training and studying the plants and animals in the area, which I needed to survive out there.

First of all, I had to learn how to perceive mana. To do this, I followed the advice of the book that Rivorio had given me.

As Rivorio had also told me, the book explained how the simplest way to achieve this was to risk your life in deadly combat with preferably magical beasts.

However, as much as I wanted to perceive mana as soon as possible, I would not have willingly wanted to risk my life. For this, I decided to follow another path described by the book, based on meditation, breathing exercises, and physical effort.

Meditation, thanks to the herbal tea for which Rivorio gave me the recipe, turned out to be quite simple, in fact, already after five days I was able to meditate for hours and hours without getting tired.

Physical exertion, as reported in the book, served to make the body aware of mana fluttering in the air, and was obviously achieved wit