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"Honestly the mana application technique you used during the Professional Competition was quite genius. You came up with that yourself?", Akiol balanced Stars on the tip of his finger as he asked.
"It was something I stumbled upon by chance. I watched an NPC use mana in a way that wasn't like using spells and wondered if I could replicate it. Although my technique couldn't quite match the strength of that NPC back then. . . it worked really well against the players."
"Being able to replicate a technique you saw without proper guidance is worth some praise. Although I really don't recommend you continue to use mana application. It's kind of a bullying technique."
"A bullying technique?"
"Mana application only works well if your opponent has lesser mana control than you. If their control is greater or equal to your own then your technique becomes nullified. You witnessed this during the final round of the Professional Competition."
