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Davion looked at Hugo Moulton with a surprised expression.
"What do you mean?"
"The magic dwelling in your heart. The inner power gathered in your dantian. The outer force spread in your muscles. These three energies. It's a bit different from others."
It would be different.
It's not sitting cross-legged and doing yeongong, but moving your eyeballs to 'distribute' mana points, so the structure is finished.
But Davion doesn't know how it's different.
It's only natural since you can't feel other people's energy.
Davion's eyes twinkled.
"I was also very curious... Could you tell me how it's different?"
"Wouldn't that be why I called you?"
Hugo handed Davion a sword.
"Grab it."
Davion grabbed the two-handed longsword Hugo handed him with both hands and raised it to face forward.
"Push in your inner power."
I haven't learned it yet.
Practice in pouring inner power into the sword to emit aura begins in the second semester.
But Davion had been handling magic for 10 years.
'What the heck. It'll be similar to manifesting magic.'
Davion operated the inner power in his dantian as he felt when manifesting magic.
Drawing out the inner power residing in the dantian and sending it to both arms, then flowing it directly into the sword.
"Ugh!"
His palms holding the sword felt numb, then a stinging pain rushed in.
Hugo's calm voice was heard.
"You shouldn't think that you're injecting inner power into the sword by emitting it into your palm like when manifesting magic. You're not injecting inner power into the sword with your palm. Send the inner power from your dantian to your palm as naturally as you send it to the end of the sword."
After regaining his breath, he injected inner power into the sword.
Whoong.
This time, the sword began to vibrate finely.
'Is it done!'
Poof.
The inner power flowing into the sword soon scattered into the air.
'To be like this in front of the best swordsman on the continent.'
Hugo Moulton laughed heartily.
"You said it's your first time?"
"......Yes."
"Amazing. Amazing. Amazing talent. Try again."
Davion focused again and operated his inner power.
"It was good up to flowing it into the sword. Now focus on keeping the inner power in the sword blade. You need to release the inner power through the blade, but maintain its shape so that it doesn't scatter."
Whoong.
Davion's sword blade vibrated finely again.
This time, the inner power did not scatter and took shape along the blade.
A faint blue aura formed on the sword blade.
"Amazing. Amazing. I saw the person correctly. A novice swordsman who extracts aura in just three tries..."
"You flatter me. I've only just created aura for the first time."
"The aura you created in just three attempts could be a result that someone else can't achieve even after three years of effort."
It wasn't that Davion was particularly talented in operating inner power.
It was just that it was similar to the magic he had been using like breathing and its operating mechanism, so he achieved it faster than other swordsmen.
"Now you'll be able to apply the 4 elemental attributes without separate explanation, right? It'll be similar to that 4 elemental magic you're particularly good at."
Whoosh!
Flames instantly rose from Davion's sword.
As Hugo said, it was as easy as breathing.
On the other hand, it takes a swordsman who doesn't understand 4 elemental magic anywhere from a few years to decades to master all attributes of aura.
"Now that's enough. Practicing resonating mana with the sword right now will only break the sword."
As Davion withdrew his inner power, the flames subsided and it became a normal sword again.
"Magic, inner power, outer force have slightly different yeongong methods. So the magic dwelling in the heart, the inner power dwelling in the dantian, and the outer force dwelling in the muscles have different properties. But,"
President Hugo stared intently at Davion's eyes.
"The mana absorbed into your body is a bit special. It's true that it's absorbed into the heart, dantian, and muscles respectively, but their properties aren't much different."
"Ah......"
Only then did Davion seem to know what President Hugo was trying to say.
And he could vaguely understand why he had unique mana.
"That's what you mean."
"Did you understand?"
"I think so."
President Hugo stroked his beard and laughed heartily.
"Indeed, you're smart. Davion Naone. Then did you realize why I called you out today and the truth you need to master in the future?"
"I think so."
"Hahaha. Excellent, excellent. No wonder Dean Sirims of the Magic Department and Professor Stella praised you so much."
Davion's lodging.
In the backyard, exterior wall reinforcement work was in full swing.
I was worried about what to do if I couldn't do the construction because it was a temporarily rented house, but when I told the homeowner about the construction plan, he welcomed it with open arms.
He even offered to contribute some of the costs himself without even mentioning it first.
'It's too chaotic to train here.'
Davion, who had returned to the lodging, packed his bags simply again and left the room.
"Young master, where are you going?"
"Yeah. I have something to train. I'm going into the academy."
"Ah, the construction needs to be finished quickly so that the young master can rest comfortably here and train."
"How long will it take?"
"About a month just for the exterior wall construction?"
"The vacation will be over. Anyway, I'm going."
"Yes! Young master."
As he came down the stairs, Veluce asked this time.
"Oppa, where are you going?"
"Oh. To the academy. To train."
"Ah, okay! Have a good trip. As expected, academy students work hard even during vacation."
"You too... No, I'll be back."
He almost blurted out some꼰대같은 words like 'You work hard too, you.'
In fact, Veluce is the type who doesn't need much pre-learning before entering the school.
All you have to do is steadily perform mana yeongong to increase your mana.
Mana yeongong is something that anyone with mana affinity does for life anyway.
Her true skill blossoms during the first elemental magic class after entering the school.
'It was a huge incident.'
Davion was able to leave the lodging only after greeting the two.
Even though he was wearing light clothes, the weather was already getting hot.
The academy's buildings and towers, towering in the distance, were visible.
It's a spectacle visible from anywhere in Elton City.
Davion thought as he moved his feet.
'The properties of the magic, inner power, and outer force I've gathered are the same...'
Magic, inner power, and outer force are all about absorbing natural mana and storing it in the body.
But because the yeongong method of storing mana in the heart, the yeongong method of gathering it in the dantian, and the yeongong method of spreading it in the muscles are all different, the three energies have different properties.
But what about Davion?
All you have to do is distribute the mana points you've collected through quests.
So, unlike others, I thought that the three types of energy might have similar properties.
'If President Hugo felt that way, it's probably true.'
An unparalleled sense gained from gathering 9-star inner power.
Hugo Moulton is one of the few humans who can accurately feel the size of magic, inner power, and outer force contained in another person's body.
Davion, who had entered the academy, headed straight to the personal training room.
The academy's personal training room.
It is a place where dozens of independent spaces are created by putting up partitions inside a large gymnasium.
Like the magic practice classroom, all ceilings, floors, and walls are protected by powerful defense magic.
Because you can freely do personal training without worrying about other people's eyes, it is a place that is difficult to use during the semester unless you book in advance.
There was an empty training room because it was during vacation.
Davion, who entered the personal training room, picked up the sword he had brought from the dormitory.
'If the properties of my inner power and magic are the same, then I can pour magic into this sword too.'
Hugo Moulton probably thought the same thing.
That's why he called Davion and showed him the mana sword and suggested a direction.
Although he himself, called the best swordsman on the continent, had failed, he probably saw potential in Davion.
'If I can only pour magic into the sword, I can immediately extract aura at the level of a 6-star swordsman.'
But the final direction Hugo Moulton suggested probably isn't all of it.
'And if I can mix magic, inner power, and outer force and pour them all into the sword...'
I can immediately extract aura above the level of a 7-star swordsman.
Of course, my inner power is still at the 4-star level, so my body movements are far behind a 7-star swordsman, but at least my aura is at the same level.
Whoong.
Davion's sword vibrated finely.
Davion's 4-star inner power was injected into the sword, creating a blue aura.
The first time was difficult, but operating inner power and pouring it into the sword was not as difficult as I thought.
It was thanks to the fact that long-term magic operation was ingrained in my body.
'I was already having a lot of 고민 about point distribution, but if I can mix and use magic, inner power, and outer force...'
I also thought that it might not be limited to aura or mana swords.
Even Hugo Moulton only suggested a direction, and I can't get help from anyone.
A task that only Davion has to solve on his own.
Davion withdrew his inner power from the sword and this time operated his magic.
'Just like when creating aura with inner power...'
The magic that flowed out of his heart passed through both arms and manifested into his palms.
'It's not easy.'
But it didn't flow into the sword as naturally as inner power.
The magic that escaped from his palms just scattered into the air without giving it any attributes.
'I didn't think it would work in one try anyway.'
It's a method of operating magic that doesn't exist in this worldview.
It couldn't be easy.
I couldn't help but respect Hugo Moulton, who observed Davion's body and immediately came up with this method.
Davion withdrew his magic again and poured inner power into the sword.
The inner power flowed into the sword more easily than before, creating aura.
Whoosh.
As he gave the aura the fire attribute, the sword immediately began to burn.
Then he withdrew his inner power.
Magic again.
Failure.
Davion repeated this process countless times throughout the day.
'That's it for today.'
When I came out of the personal training room, the sun had already set and it was dark.
I couldn't create even one success.
But Davion's mind was brighter than ever.
'I found a way to get stronger.'
I didn't think I would succeed as soon as I tried.
But since I'm convinced that there's a possibility, I was thinking of pushing forward without giving up.
The next day.
"So what's our plan today?"
"We're moving to Mane City and going straight to Liber's older brother."
Liber asked in surprise.
"What? Go find him? My older brother won't leave us alone, right? Did you forget that we stole four traces?"
Bellum hit Liber on the back.
"Hey! Who are you saying stole? We fairly and squarely... snatched it with our skills."
"Anyway!"
Latia chimed in.
"Yeah, Davion. I also don't think that method is a good idea? We should be finding a way to secretly enter the Perum Mountains somehow, but you're going to go directly to Leonel Specula? He's going to be grinding his teeth at us, right?"
Davion got up from the sofa first.
"I have a plan."
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