Chapter 12: Chapter Twelve
Gerd was cultivating in seclusion for almost a week now. He had to gather enough mana and course it through his spirit circuits and then finally to his dantain.
"This is both tiring and refreshing at the same time….but it really is boring." Gerd complained.
"This cheat system is giving a kind of multiplier effect, I am cultivating way more faster than a normal mage.....It may also be because I have a lot of catching up to do as I have to break through to the first tier before I will end my seclusion" Gerd said.
In summary of it all, the cheat system was giving him a multiplier or boost effect allowing him to cutivate faster. He was at least 8 years behind his peers in cultivation as they had all awakened their magic at the age of 9, all except him.
"I will soon break through to the second tier, I can feel it" Gerd said.
In this world world, magic was ranked according to tiers. There is the non-tier, which was for normal humans without an affinity for magic. Then there is the First tier, second tier, Third tier …all the way to the Tenth tier.
A mage's tier can easily be seen on the emblem on the backs and fronts of their robes (after they have joined a magic association). It is represented as stars, with a first tier mage having only one star, second tier mage…two stars, and so on.
The tiers are also divided into realms. The non-tiers make up the Mortal realm. The First to Third tiers make up the Heroic realm. The fourth to seventh tiers make up the Divine realm. And the eight to tenth tiers make up the supreme realm.
Till a human awakens his magic, he is in the non-tier. After awakening, which is normally at 9 years of age...a human will break through to the first tier. By the age of 18, an average mage with average talent will be bordering the line of the third tier, preparing to break through to the fourth tier and becoming a cultivator in the heroic realm. This was what Gerd was aiming for.
"By the end of my seclusion, I should at least be in the fourth tier. My unlimited mana will make it so that I can never lose a fight against someone in the same tier with me as I can never run out of mana, while my opponent will be tired" Gerd stated.
------------A while later----------------
"Wait a minute…..I think I just realized something." Gerd said. "This cheat system isn't functioning as Refid-sama said. It isn't actually giving me unlimited mana, but it is continuously absorbing mana passively from my surroundings..."
"It's actually a good skill, but to think that Refid-sama lied to me…" Gerd sighed. While cultivating, Gerd also realised that his dantian seemed to be getting bigger after each breakthrough.
"My dantian expands while I am cultivating, but when I breakthrough, it condenses to its original size and the mana inside it is of a higher quality…..so that's how it works out." Gerd stated what he had noticed during his cultivation session.
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