The cultivation room was a wide expanse of space, its structure was like a dome, huge stone pillars with dragons carved around the pillars, supported the hall structure.
Spread throughout the entire cultivation hall were rune patterns tracing all over the place. Close to the huge circular ceiling of the hall were floating Arganite glow crystals.
At the center of the huge hall was a large and wide platform in the shape of a disk, the rune patterns all around the hall traced towards the platform. Surrounding the disk platform were pillars carved from high grade mana crystals, golden mana crystal.
The high concentration of mana floated around the place like a mystical spectacle. Lukas looked around in sheer awe at the place.
I am not going to get used to the wonders of this world
Lukas thought to himself as his eyes darted around the hall.
The hall had an upper section which was a viewing platform, as a staircase lead to the upper section.
"Alright Lukas, this it. I know you seem confident but please don’t overdo it, if it does not work out, you can still try next time" Eve said to Lukas with a warm smile as she caressed his cheeks, looking at him lovingly.
"Mother worry not, I will make sure it works out!" Lukas said to her firmly.
Eve saw the fire in his eyes, she sighed still smiling "I guess they is not stopping you then, but remember don’t push it, so that you won’t have a backlash!" Eve said to him, concern sounding in her voice.
"Young master you heard your mother, please don’t do anything that will lead to you getting hurt, okay" Beatrice said to him, the same look just as Eve appearing in her eyes.
Why does it feel like I have two mothers.
Lukas had a grateful look.
"You both should not worry, I will make sure I break past this bottle neck, I have been stuck at for some time" Lukas assured them with a confident look.
Smiles appeared on the women faces.
"Alright off you go" Beatrice gestured towards the platform.
Lukas began walking towards the platform, the feeling of completing a mission sending thrills down his spine and experiencing cultivation.
As Lukas stepped onto the platform, the rune patterns on the wide disk platform was like a magic circle.
I think this should be what they call a Mana gathering rune, according from the former Lukas memory.
Lukas thought to himself as walked to the middle of the platform. Then he sat down at the center of the rune in a lotus position, following the memories of Lukas.
"Are you ready?" Eve called out to him from the viewing section of the hall.
"Yes, I am mother" Lukas replied as he closed his eyes.
According to the memories of the former Lukas, one has to close his/her eyes and enter a meditative state and use the third sense to sense the mana around them and the surroundings and the purpose of the mana gathering rune is to amplify the amount of mana in a place.
Lukas sat with his eyes closed, as he focused on trying to feel the mana around him. As he did that, his aura began to emit out from his body.
His aura was in the color of gold and crimson, but it was faint.
Then the entire rune patterns lighted up in the color of blue, as mana began to seep out from the rune.
Even the mana crystal pillars lighted up in the color of gold as dense mass of mana seeped out of them.
The mana gathering rune had a mechanism which sensed when a person was about to start cultivating, the trigger for that mechanism was by releasing one’s aura which automatically triggers the rune.
Lukas steadied his breathing, as he tried to clear his mind of all thoughts according to the inherited memories,
Then he felt it, the mana around him, it felt like water touching against his skin, then he focused on drawing in the mana. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
The pores on his skin opened as if receiving a command and he began to draw the mana into his body, Lukas mana veins lighted up in gold and crimson. As the white colored mana entered into his body, it changed to gold and crimson in color.
Mana is white in color, but every person has a different mana color, when a person absorbs mana, the absorbed mana changes in color in accordance with the mana stored in their body. A person’s mana color is the same as their aura color and mana vein.
The mana passed through his mana veins into his bloodstream, flowing through his body towards his mana core. For the first time Adam sensed what a mana core looked like.
His mana core was in the shape of a nova star and golden in color, it pulsed like a star as he absorbed mana, beside the mana core were two orbs of white light as they seem to form a curve.
So, this is what a mana core looks like but man, a platinum core is huge both in size and volume, no wonder the former Lukas cultivation speed was slow, with a blue tier talent there was no way he could fill the core which leads to the formation of star and I think those orbs of white light are what they call a star, they are two which means 2 star of the initiate rank given the white color.
Lukas thought to himself as he kept cultivating, his aura began to rise as the mana core got filled up quickly.
After one hour, his mana core got full, then the residue mana from the core began to swirl to the side beneath the second orb as another star began to form.
"it’s been an hour madam, do think he might actually breakthrough?" Beatrice asked Eve, a look hope of appearing on her face.
"Let’s just wa-!" before Eve could finish, Lukas aura began to blink. A smile curved on Eve’s lips as she saw this. "Seems like he is about to breakthrough" Eve said.
"Really!" Beatrice looked at Lukas, when she saw his aura blinking, she gasped. "He is really about to break through"
No wonder you were so confident
Eve smiled.
This is it, time to breakthrough.
Lukas focused on guiding the residue mana in forming the third star but as he did, then the image of the Nexomorphs chasing him appeared, a frown appeared on his brows.
Then the image of Adam’s father with his back turned towards to him and his mother, the tail of a Nexomorph sticking through his shoulder, as he protected them.
His mother dying in his arms with a smile on her face as her med robe was stained with blood all appeared.
His body began to tremble.
Why are these memories coming up now.
Lukas gritted his teeth as beads of sweat trickled down his face, then Eli’s smiling face on her death bed came last.
Suddenly his aura went haywire instantly as he lost focus, Lukas felt his muscles rupture from the sudden backlash as he clenched his teeth. The residue mana began to hammer at his chest.
Damn it! Why now of all times.
From the upper section, Beatrice and Eve had a look of alarm on their faces as Lukas aura went unstable as it started flickering.
"Madam, something is wrong" Beatrice sounded with alarm in her voice.
"Why is he not focused at such a crucial moment!" Eve looked at Lukas with fear written on her face.
The pain continued as Lukas tried to regain focus, blood had started to trickle down his lips from the backlash of losing focus during cultivation.
"Lukas stop cultivating now! You are losing focus" Eve shouted at him.
No, I can’t stop neither can I fail
Lukas said to himself as the pain blasted throughout his entire body,
Lukas pushed on as his aura went berserk.
"Lukas stop it now!" Eve shouted as she rushed down from the upper section.
If he doesn’t stop it, he might end up crippling himself.
Eve thought to herself as she ran.
Lukas felt his entire body about to explode, even his mana veins began to squirm like worms.
The images kept flooding through his mind, he tried to stop it and focus but to no avail, he kept trying as sweat slid down his face, his veins swelling, like they could explode any moment.
No, I can’t fail, but if stop i won’t be able to breakthrough, if I push on, I might cripple myself, but I am already at a turning point!
Lukas refused to give up, he was never good at accepting limits.
"Lukas stop it this instant, you promised me not to push yourself. So why are you trying to hurt yourself just stop it already, there is always a next time!" Eve’s trembling voice reached Lukas as she ran towards him.
Promise? of all the promises I made to my family, I could not keep a single one, I couldn’t even protect them! And now the universe wants me to fail at this point? I refuse, I might have failed to keep my promise to my family on earth, but the promise I have made to my new family in this new world, I shall keep them.
Lukas burned with determination.
Then the images of his new family began to come up, Valeric’s and Eve’s worried face, Bella’s smile, Rowan and Richella’s happy faces.
Thank you, mother.
Lukas smiled as the raging mana suddenly halted, his squirming and swelling veins went back to normal. His raging aura calmed down too.
Then the swirling residue of mana into the third star finally formed, a third white orb of light stook shape and released a mini shockwave.
On the outside, Lukas aura exploded outward as a shockwave spread through the platform. Eve stopped in her tracks as she was hit by the shockwave from Lukas body as he broke through.
Eve eyes widened as Lukas broke through.
"He...broke through" Eve’s voice shuttered as she looked at her son in disbelief.
In Lukas mana core a third star had been formed.
Lukas opened his eyes slowly
Finally, I did it
He smiled.
[Primary Mission completed: Reach 3 star of the Initiate rank]
[Rewards: 10 completion points, +5 core stability]
[Congratulations you have now unlocked the store; you can now purchase items from the store]
Holographic screens appeared within Lukas sight.
"Finally, the first mission completed and its worth it" Lukas said to himself with a wide smile.