His cultivation also made rapid advancement. The boy bought several mana stones just to increase the mana density of his room. He managed to increase the mana density by almost 10 times easily.
With his current resources, he could go much further than that, but according to his head butler, anything above that wasn’t easy to keep fixed in one room. According to the old employee, this situation was similar to that of water in the blood and cells.
When a very high concentration of something was present, water from outside the cell came in to "balance" it, and when the cell was too full of water, the liquid came out.
It has not yet been discovered how to make mana not leak naturally. The only way was strong mages preventing her from leaving, but this technique required a lot of resources and was not 100% effective.
Still, Kayden estimated that it would only take a few more days to break through to the eighth rank. All this time, he was just tidying up his base, as the process of accumulating mana could be done quickly using his path.
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A few knocks on Kayden’s door brought the boy out of his cultivation. He wasn’t expecting any guests, especially since it was about 3 a.m. Sunday. The boy only realized this when he looked at his watch.
Lately, he was having difficulty doing certain normal things, like sleeping. His control over his body was simply surreal, and if he focused on spending a few hours cultivating it, he could easily lose track of time and spend days in that position.
"Hello, Locke and Luan," Kayden greeted the prince and his squire friendly.
"I have finished learning the way of the Prince of Mana," Locke was the first to speak and surprised Kayden with his words.
"Demonstrate," with Kayden’s request, the prince began to pull in the mana around him and cleanse it of the world’s will. It took him a while, but in the end, he reached the level that Kayden considered ideal.
"Very well," Kayden took a book out of the closet and tossed it to Locke. "Here are all the steps to cultivate the heart. Study and then we will do them together. You should only need a week to understand the procedure."
It took Kayden years to make the heart, but in the end, the process was extremely short and simple. It was nothing more than simulating a mana organ and inserting it where you wanted.
"Thank you, Kayden," Locke’s eyes were shining with anticipation. The boy was going crazy without doing anything other than taming his mana every day.
After some more explanations, Kayden dismissed the two and decided to sleep. He had a full day ahead of him.
A few hours later, the boy woke up refreshed. His first action was to have a large meal and later call Linus and Isac.
The three of them had agreed to go to the college coliseum. It was a gigantic Roman coliseum. As soon as Kayden arrived, he noticed the old style of the place’s architecture from afar.
As soon as they entered, they went straight towards the place. It was nothing more than a huge circle with several different attendants separated by metal walls. Each desk had a computer and several different papers.
"Hello, I would like to apply for the wizard apprentice category," Kayden sat on the chair and went straight. The girl who was assisting him seemed to have done this a thousand times and just asked for Kayden’s name and for him to sign some papers.
"One of our instructors will walk you through the rules," as soon as the woman said that, a man appeared next to Kayden. He was dressed entirely in black with a sharp suit.
"Hello, Kayden. My name is Aeneas and I will be your instructor here," the man began walking with Kayden to the stands. "The rules are simple. In a one-on-one fight, anything goes. The judge takes out the one who is about to die. Students in the top 100 earn merit points equivalent to their ranking."
The two went outside the structure where the bleachers were. Kayden noticed that the entire place was temperature-regulated by air conditioning, which was very luxurious considering the size of the coliseum.
"We have team fights too, but only the top 25 earn weekly merit points. Teams are made up of 4 members from the same kingdom."
After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at a specific part of the stands.
"I normally stay here and when you want to fight, you should come to me so I can inform the team."
The man explained some more rules and advice to Kayden then, for example, that the apprentice category only had first years, which surprised Kayden, as the boy didn’t imagine it would be that easy to move up to the wizard rank.
The number of fights per day was free, but you could only challenge the 20 people in front of you, that is, the maximum number of fights per day was 20 matches, with one exception, which was a fight between two people with more than 20 positions. difference, this could happen if the two agreed.
According to the instructor, there were a total of 5,000 students already classified and Kayden could challenge anyone above the top 999, as it would be his first fight.
"I want to challenge the top 1,000, please." Kayden didn’t want to waste time with endless fights.
"Wait a few minutes until he is called." The man had explained that anyone could be challenged at any time and if you didn’t respond within 24 hours, you would lose your position.
Fortunately, Kayden’s opponent was nearby and responded a few minutes later. It wasn’t long before Kayden found himself inside a bubble facing a wizard specializing in earth spells.
"Everything is allowed as long as it is made or produced by you. We start in 1 minute." Kayden found out about this detail because there were students from secondary professions competing for positions as well.
Even though the academy test was the main form of entry, there were still other tests to collect talents, mainly for blacksmiths or alchemists. According to the man, there were around 6 or 7 thousand of these students, and most of them used the coliseum to show the effect of their work.
"Begin." As soon as the judge’s voice came out, Kayden’s opponent erected a large stone wall and began to throw dozens of stone spikes at Kayden.
"That’s weird." Kayden activated transcendence and rushed at his opponent quickly. No stone thorns even came close to touching him. His first strike was a kick that easily shattered the stone wall.
A huge amount of dust was kicked up and at that moment Kayden felt a small tear opening up in his leg. The boy walked away in surprise and understood what had happened: the thorns were connected by small threads of mana. What attacked him had come from the ground behind him, which is why he didn’t notice the projectile approaching.
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"You quickly realized the trick." His opponent didn’t look very happy and changed his fighting form instantly, placing a stone protection on his hands and rushing at Kayden.
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