The Reverse Mana System - Chapter 4

[Do you want to proceed with the absorption of the wind wolf mana cores?]

[Yes/No]

Alex thought for a while before deciding to press yes.

After that, Alex was told to put one mana core in his hand and concentrate on it. After some time, the mana circulating in Alex’s body slowly started to enter and leave the mana core in a cycle with his own mana circuit.

[Core of adult wind wolf absorbed.]

[Core of wind wolf (incomplete) absorbed.]

Two notifications appeared on the system screen.

By the time all this was over, it was already morning. Alex got up and stretched himself before moving to wash his face in the black river..

Since he was immune to the corrosive effects, this water was no different than regular water for him, but even then he dared not use it for drinking or let it contact his eyes, ears etc.

Alex saw his black and white reflection in the river water and a fleeting thought entered his mind.

‘It was only a doubt earlier, but now I really know that Aronith’s constitution is a layer of skin which has replaced my original skin. So, I think that putting it under the skills or special skills wouldn’t be appropriate.’ Alex said to himself.

Suddenly, a screen popped out in his vision.

[Due to the inactivity of 30% of system functions, the given task can not be accomplished right now.]

‘Oh yes yes. I nearly forgot that my system is still incomplete.’ Alex tried to justify himself.

After everything was done, Alex decided to look for human settlement in the forest. He adjusted his tattered clothes and began to cautiously walk in the forest.

After walking a few hours, all he could find were some small and harmless creatures that either ran away on seeing him or were too preoccupied to pay him any heed.

Learning from a television show from his previous life, Alex also avoided the regions which these small animals dared not go.

His journey was proceeding smoothly, so Alex decided to take a break and continue after that.

He had to stay hydrated and the only source of hydration for him were the fruits he had picked up.

Alex opened his system panel to pass some time.

[Reverse Mana System ]

[Status: Activated ]

[System level: 0 (premature awakening)]

[Host name : Alex Vermillion ]

[Race : Human]

[Level : 1]

[exp:9100]

[Stats:]

[Strength: 11]

[Agility: 23]

[Endurance: 10]

[Intelligence: 11]

[Charisma: 40 (15)]

[Perception: 10]

[HP: 100/100]

[MP:120/120]

[Spells learned: ]

[Wind blades (level 1, 20% mastered)]

[Fire stream (level 1, 25% mastered)]

[Abilities: none]

[Skills:]

[Water movement (basic)]

[Sword mastery (basic)]

[Special skill: Aronith’s constitution

(added effect: +25 Charisma)]

[Training method: basic mana training method

(0% completed)]

[Free attribute points: 15]

[Skill points: 4]

Alex’s exp was hitting the ten thousand mark, but he could not use it to level up due to systems functions being incomplete.

After some thought, Alex decided to add Ten free attribute points to his strength and five to his endurance.

After doing this he got up and resumed his journey. Alex was a little distracted though.

While he could always increase his combat prowess by adding free attribute points, but a qualitative improvement could only be achieved by leveling up. And also he could not see the available missions which were required to gain free attribute points.

Going by what he knew, it would still take the system around 200 days to be complete. This also meant that despite having a system, he had to wait more than half a year to level up.

While Alex was still deep in thought, he had mistakenly treaded into an unknown part of the forest.A system message woke him up from staring at his stats.

[Notice: A World Energy source has been detected in close proximity. Please find a suitable location to absorb the world energy.]

He had barely walked a few steps from where he had stopped and this new message arrived and the timing was also a bit too coincidental.

Alex didn’t pay it much heed though and began moving in the direction pointed by his system.

As he moved forward, Alex noticed a weird phenomenon. The closer he got to the source, the more flowers of different kinds were blooming, trees were laiden with all sorts of fruits, but there were no other creatures around.

It was as if the forest was celebrating the arrival of the world energy into it.

Alex carefully walked forward step by step.

After moving about hundred meters, Alex suddenly concealed his aura and hid behind a nearby tree.

Right in front of him, there was a small open area in the forest and in that area, he saw a young woman standing.

One look was enough for Alex to know that she was no ordinary person.

She had to be the most beautiful person Alex had ever seen. Even the celebrities and models from his previous life were no more than mere commoners in front of her.

Suddenly an urge to prostrate and pray to her emerged inside his mind. Alex fought back his urge and decided to move away, but before he could even take a single step, a sweet voice sounded in his ears.

“What is someone from the black sea clan doing here? And how rude of you to run away instead of greeting your elder?”

Alex turned around, thankful to this new individual who must have caught the lady’s attention. But as soon as he took another look forward, the woman had arrived in front of him.

‘ So, there was no other person. She was talking to me, but what is the Black Sea clan?’ While Alex was still thinking, the woman continued,

“While your constitution is quite pure, you seem a bit different. Let me see.” Saying this, she raised her hand and put a finger at Alex’s forehead.

Her movement was in no way fast, but it was as if Alex’s body was under her command and he couldn’t even move a single millimeter.

A system notification suddenly appeared.

[Flow of world energy confirmed. ]

[10 units absorbed.]

[10 units absorbed.]

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After reading the second notification, Alex felt his vision blanking as if the entire world was covered in darkness.

In this darkness, a screen appeared and began playing a video. The video was about a newborn who slowly grew up to a child. Then when he reached the age of ten, his mother died. The boy was so sad that he cried for three days without a break before fainting from exhaustion.

Later, when the boy was thirteen, he suddenly fell ill for two months. Later, he suddenly recovered to full health. But this time, his nature changed too drastically. …..”

One look, and Alex could tell that these were the memories of his body except the parts about his transmigration and the system.

‘Holy….. Who is she? She can just see all this body’s memories without even preparing a spell.’

Alex was thoroughly shaken. This woman was certainly a very terrifying existence.

The only good news was that she decided to search memories of the body rather than soul, otherwise the backlash on Alex would have been very serious.

After his memories were played the screen disappeared and there was only darkness left at all sides.

After an unknown period of time, Alex suddenly woke up to find that he was still lying in the forest. When he got up, the scene that greeted him was so wonderful that he couldn’t even begin to describe it. He was lying on a bed like structure that was made purely of overgrown grass stalks and it was unbelievably comfortable. There were all sorts of trees and flowers growing around him. A very thin stream of water was flowing around his bed and right in front of him was a gigantic flower floating in the air. The woman from earlier was sitting at the center of this flower and staring at him with a gentle smile.

One look at her face and Alex was reminded of his mother from his past life.

“You surely took your time waking up. ” The woman said, still smiling.

“umm.. Thank you for looking after me while I was unconscious. “Alex said, looking back at her.

It didn’t take a genius to guess that this woman had been taking care of him when he was unconscious, and Alex knew better than to offend someone this powerful.

“It’s alright little brother. It was because of me that you were unconscious, so it is natural that I have to look after you.” the lady replied, getting out of the flower which went underground as soon as she got up.

“How should I address you elder?”

“Call me whatever you like. Now let’s get moving.”

the woman replied as she waved her hand and everything around them disappeared and returned back to the same part of the forest where Alex had first seen her.

“Where are we going?”Alex asked her.

“Aren’t you trying to find a human settlement? I will take you to the nearest one, but it will take us about ten days by foot. I will personally take you there as an apology to what I did.” the woman replied.

Alex could find hints of surprise and excitement in her voice, but he didn’t dare ask. If this woman wanted, she could just order him and just like what had happened earlier, his body would follow her every command.

“Aren’t you supposed to tell me that it’s alright and that I shouldn’t bother myself with helping you or something along the lines?” the woman asked Alex.

“I am pretty sure that someone at your level wouldn’t decide to do something as useless as walking me around at just any random thought. ”

Alex replied, but the reaction he got from the woman stated otherwise.

“You’re right. Then let’s get moving.” She said and began leading the way.

Alex followed closely behind her.