"Hey, what are you looking at me for Kid?"
"In terms of fighting skills, I know how good your sister is."
"In that case wouldn’t it be better to give her that awakening crystal or whatever you called it?"
"At least anyone other than an old man like me."
Waving his hand, Christian just took a glance at the crystal and said no more.
The scene shocked Ethan; when presented with possible life-changing power, very few could say no.
Yet not only did his grandpa say no, but Ethan even sensed a hint of boredom in his eyes.
Yes boredom! He couldn’t tell why, but he was sure of what he sensed.
’Grandpa... just what are you thinking of?’
Sighing inwardly, Ethan threw the bite-sized crystal at Elena.
"Catch, all you need to do is swallow it and then wait for the changes."
"However, don’t swallow it yet."
"Grandpa, Alfred, and Elena, I want you all to sit cross-legged first."
Feeling the mana circle running across his heart, Ethan suppressed his inner excitement.
"Now about that thing called magic I told you about."
"Now I’m going to teach you!"
With a smirk on his face, Ethan couldn’t help but look forward to what kind of results his ten thousand times feedback would give him.
......
Max-level comprehension, and ten thousand times feedback.
Abilities that never showed in his past life and were buried under the unending horde of monsters.
However now combined, Ethan began to envision a different future.
A future led and dictated by how he used these abilities.
"Now Grandpa and Alfred watch, when I’m done with sister, I’ll move on to you."
Placing his palms on Elena’s back, Ethan slowly began to explain.
"You see, along with the changes in the world, everything can be caused by the sudden presence of an unknown energy."
"Mana!"
"This energy will not only lead to the mutation of living beings between heaven and earth."
"But upon further discovery, it can be used as a fulcrum to leverage the laws of the world."
"With the use of mana, things like summoning, fireballs, teleportation, super strength, all are possible."
Recalling the abilities he had heard of or seen in his past life and his earlier deductions.
Ethan’s max-level comprehension, was running at high speeds at this moment.
Not only that, but as he was explaining the concept behind mana and his understanding.
Under the ten thousand-fold increase, his own understanding was rapidly rising.
Things he didn’t understand were being rapidly understood.
The fog that had plagued him after creating the first circle was being cleared at extreme speeds.
Not only that but with this rapid understanding, the surrounding sparse mana became turbulent as everything began to flow towards Ethan’s direction.
His mana circle began to spin non-stop, even its size and thickness began to increase slightly.
In a trance, he had entered a state of complete enlightenment.
"With mana, even if you haven’t awakened an ability, it is possible for you to become stronger."
"Even stronger than someone who has."
"And the first step to doing that, is guiding mana to form a circle around your heart!"
Saying this, Ethan began to act.
Because the apocalypse had not yet started, the surrounding mana was scarce.
So much so that without his max-level comprehension he doubted anyone could sense mana at this stage.
Even the current awakeners were probably just currently using their abilities without understanding how or why they could use them.
However, even at this, Ethan was not without a way.
Slowly he began to transfer the mana in his own heart to Elena’s to help her form her circle.
And although there was some loss in the process, combined with the air in the atmosphere, it was still somewhat feasible.
"Argh...."
"Elena focus, focus on the process through which the mana flows around your heart."
"The process through which it entered your body and takes shape."
"Although I’m helping you with this level, for subsequent levels, you’ll have to do this yourself."
As Ethan spoke, veins bulged on the sides of his head.
Even though he had expected the mana transfer to take a toll on him, he didn’t expect it to be so much.
As his reserves went low, his face became pale, and his figure began to become unsteady.
It turns out that with the formation of the mana circle, a mage’s life had also become linked to said circle.
Total depletion or destruction of the circle could cause serious problems.
"Kid...."
"Young master..."
Seeing Ethan’s change, both Christian and Alfred who were sitting cross-legged were shocked.
Christian many times even wanted to stop Ethan, telling him he didn’t have to push himself so hard.
However, he held back, as a part of his mind told him that this was a necessary step.
’Ack!’
Coughing up blood at the corner, Ethan began to feel lightheaded.
If one could look at his heart they would see his mana circle was blinking, threatening to go off at any movement.
However regardless, he didn’t stop.
"Almost there!"
"Just a little bit more!"
With his teeth clenched together Ethan struggled to push through.
He could sense it, just a few more seconds and he would have completed it.
And as for Elena, she was completely unaware of her brother’s state.
Solely focusing on the mana as it entered her body, she could feel her strength, senses, and very being rising each second.
Strength that would have been impossible for her to attain before no matter how hard she trained.
Even now, she felt that if she faced Marcus now, she wouldn’t be helpless like before and might even be able to fight back or win.
’Boom!’
Just as she was feeling her new strength, her circle was completed.
Along with what seemed to be an explosion in her mind, her very being began to rise in strength and status, transcending regular humans.
And Ethan having completed this was also going through his own change.
[Detecting Imparting of first circle]
[Beginning Ten thousand times increase!]