The Author's POV Chapter 637 Change of focus [2]

She was exhausted, and if not for them finally stopping, she would’ve already started puking on the ground.

‘f.u.c.k, I should’ve never agreed to follow them.’

Melissa held onto her stomach and slumped back on the gra.s.s.

Her goal was clear, find the herb that she wanted. Following Jin and Emma seemed to be the best option, but that proved to be a grave mistake on her end.

Raising her head to stare at both Emma and Jin, Melissa stared at the dark sky and waved her hand.

“Take a rest you two, I won’t be able to move for at least ten minutes. You might as well rest as well.”

“But I’m fine. Not tired at all. “

“Me too.”

Emma and Jin responded as they exchanged glances for a moment. Melissa clenched her teeth tightly.

‘…Am I out of shape?’

She lightly pinched her stomach and then lowered her head and allowed her hair to fall to the side of her face. Pondering over something, she asked.

“By the way, are you sure we’re going in the right direction?”

“Positive.”

Jin answered while he looked toward the distance.

“According to the orcs, this is the direction of where the demons should be co-uh?”

Jin’s speech halted.

It was then that his eyes suddenly squinted, and his expression changed. He quickly turned around and his figure vanished from the spot.

“Hide, quick!”

“Wha-“

“No time for that.”

After grabbing Melissa by the arm and yanking her away, Emma turned around and followed Jin from behind. They saw a large boulder off in the distance and hid behind it.

Immediately after that, Jin stepped forward. Pressing his foot into the ground, Melissa felt a slight fluctuation in the air. His sudden actions aroused her curiosity as she looked around, wondering what he had done.

But just as she was about to say something, she noticed something in the far distance. Her mouth instantly shut and her expression mimicked that of Jin and Emma.

“…Well, s.h.i.+t.”

***

“Everything is ready.”

I met up with Randur after I received a direct message from him.

We were standing in front of a circular room surrounded by four thick metal pillars on one of the castle’s lower levels. The room was filled with an eerie humming sound, and each of the four metallic pillars had some strange glowing runes on the sides.

I could feel thin threads of mana covering my fingertips when I extended my hand. The feeling reminded me of the numbness that occured when one’s hand falls asleep.

“This is amazing.”

I quietly mumbled in amazement as I looked at the structure in front of me.

“So this is a mana chamber?”

“It indeed is.”

Jomnuk walked from the rear while carrying a towel covered in black stains.

He wiped his hands and patted one of the large metallic pillars.

“There are a total of four pillars, as is evident. These pillars convert the mana that has been imprisoned within the core, and then slowly release it within the chamber. Compared to simply shattering the core to release the mana it contains, the chamber will gradually release the mana at a rate that can be calmly absorbed.”

“This will make things a lot easier for you and anyone that wishes to enter. Not only is it more efficient, but you will be able to stay for longer periods of time without needing to switch the cores.”

He moved toward a panel situated toward the side of the room.

“Also, since everyone’s rate of absorption is different, you can adjust the mana release rate based on someone’s rank. For you, it would be around rank…”

He pressed one of the keys in front of the panel.

The s.p.a.ce vibrated slightly while an oozing mechanical sound reverberated throughout the air. The runes that surrounded the pillars began emitting a brighter glow, and there was a discernible thickening of the air within the chamber.

‘Amazing…’

“Alright, try it out.”

Jomnuk gestured at me with his hand.

I stared at him for a moment before nodding my head and complying.

“Hm?”

As soon as I stepped foot inside the room, I was taken aback by the sudden reemergence of a sensation that was very familiar to me but which I had not experienced in a bit, well, at least not to this extent. Unknowingly, the pores on my body started to open up, and I began eagerly sucking in the mana that was floating around in the air.

“This is incredible.”

I turned my head to look at Jomnuk and Randur, who were smiling at me with proud smirks on their faces.

“What did I tell you?”

Randur began tapping at his chest.

“Just leave things to us and we’ll get things done.”

“Right.”

I nodded my head at their words.

In less than a week after I made the request, they had already constructed a mana chamber that I could use for my training. The speed was astonis.h.i.+ngly quick, which was incredibly helpful for me at this very moment. Especially with the shadow of the impending war hanging over our heads.

“Huuuu…”

My body jerked with excitement, and as it did so, murky air came out of my mouth. Clearly, the abundant mana that was all around me had begun to stimulate the pores on my body.

I bitterly looked at Randur and Jomnuk, who grinned wryly at each other as they exchanged glances.

Randur was the first one to speak as he waved his hand and bid me goodbye.

“We will leave you alone. Our time is almost up, so we’ll take care of a few things and return to say goodbye.”

“Alright. Let me know when you guys will be leaving.”

“Sure thing.”

“Good luck with your breakthrough.”

I waved them goodbye and sat down on the ground. Taking another deep breath, I closed my eyes and focused on the mana around me.

Everything around me gradually became still, and millions of different colored particles appeared within my vision. Their presence triggered something in my mind, causing the muscles on my body to twitch.

I felt a wave of rare excitement wash over me.

‘I can feel it…I can definitely break through to rank soon.’

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