Kaito planned his schedule for the next month . The primary goal of his current self is to cross the mountainous wall in front of him and breakthrough into SSS-Rank within a month . Being an SSS-Rank comes with many perks on its own . First , your level of authority in the continent increases from the level of Awakener to a level of High-Awakeners . Second , the SSS-Ranks possess immense power and physical capabilities and thus are regarded as the leading force against the Demons . Third , the gaining of a domain .
Domains are something which every SSS-Rank Awakener receives as a part of their newfound power but the ranks of domain one receives varies too . Most SSS-Rank Awakeners receives an Low-Rank or Mid-Rank Domain . Rare cases where Awakeners receive High-Rank Domain and the probability of Perfect-Rank Domain is even less . The highest grade of domain is the Mythic-Rank Domain which wasn't received by anyone after the time of 'First Awakened' .
The person who received the Mythic-Rank Domain at that time was unknown as the history doesn't have any available records . Since then , no one has ever received such a powerful domain . According to the rumours , these domains doesn't have any fixed range of effect rather it expands its area corresponding to the amount of mana possessed by the Awakener . That fact alone makes it much more powerful and dangerous from other domains .
Each and every domain has a fixed amount of area under which the control of the user spreads . This is believed to be a barrier placed upon to maintain the balance of power but Mythic-Rank Domain breaks this balance . It can expand its area and that means with enough mana the domain can cover distance over hundreds of kilometers .
Kaito doesn't know the type of domain he will gain . The domains are mostly innate skills which they are born with but are hidden inside . Only when possessing over 1,000,000 points in mana can the innate skill be successfully utilized or it will destroy the person themselves .
He took out his phone to call his grandfather . He needed to report his findings too .
'Hello'
"This is me , Patriarch"
'Kaito , huh ? Tell me , why did you suddenly remember this old man ?'
"I want to report you something"
'About the monster horde ?'
"You knew ?" Kaito asked surprised a little
'The Silver Moon is quite efficient sometimes'
"I understand"
'Anyways , what are you doing currently ?'
"Currently ? I am trying to breakthrough to SSS-Rank"
'Good , Good . I didn't even expect you would reach the threshold of SS-Rank so soon'
"Thank you for your praise"
'I am giving you a piece of advice , so listen carefully'
"Yes"
'Possessing a greater power doesn't mean you should ignore those less powerful and remember , ranking higher is not always the only option'
"I didn't quite understand"
'Figure it out yourself'
"Alright"
'Now , tell me your suspicions'
"I think a Demon King is involved"
'I don't think so'
"Can you tell me the reason ?"
'Demon Kings are beings who possess extreme pride . They won't join forces with mere corrupted humans'
"I guess you have a point"
'But , that doesn't mean we are safe or the situation is under our control . What if an Evolved-Rank Corrupted Human is involved ?'
"I can handle them but Demon-Rank Corrupted Humans is something I can't handle"
'Don't worry . It's not that big of a problem . We are all X-Ranks . We can handle a Demon-Rank'
"Right . Grandfather , I will be going into seclusion to breakthrough"
'It's okay . Don't take longer than a month'
"Alright"
Kaito hung up . He had already reported his seclusion to his friends . He had also kept a message for Akari . Kaito locked his dorm room and sat cross-legged and entered concentration .
[Entering 'Skill Library']
He entered the skill library . He needed two things . First , he needed a more powerful mana absorption technique as 'Aether Surge' was most beneficial for absorbing Aether . Second , he needed some combat skills to increase his strength . He has some good skills but they have some difficulty . Either , they aren't that powerful even after being S-Rank and above or the aura consumption is too great . He also needed to increase his rank to SSS-Rank to open his second dantain .
A human body has three dantain in three different positions in their bodies . One on the abdomen , another on their chest and the third on their forehead . Ascending to Beginner SwordMaster would need one to open the dantain on the abdomen . To ascend to Intermediate SwordMaster , they need to open their second dantain .
Kaito had also noticed that out of 20 meridians in his body only 10 are open . From these 20 meridians , the first 12 meridians are known as Primary Meridians and the rest 8 are known as Secondary Meridians . A person can try his best and able to open only upto 12 meridians in one lifetime and that is the reason why the 8 meridians were known as impossible to open but Kaito decided he would open all his meridians . He had a method for opening the remaining 8 which might be a bit painful but the gain is immense .
"Search for a mana absorption method in X-Rank"
[Order Confirmed]
[Host has received skill book of 'Skill : Noctis Devour (X-Rank)]
Kaito practiced the skill book and it took another second to master it .
[Congratulations , Host has mastered 'Skill : Noctis Devour (X-Rank)']
[Skill : Noctis Devour (X)
Effects : Increase Mana Absorption by 90 %
Decreases Mana Consumption by 70%
Amplifies Mana by 50%]
'This is worthy of being an Z-Rank Skill'
'A 90% increase in mana absorption is too high and it would be much useful in higher ranks when raising your mana is very difficult'
Kaito had already mastered the skill and thus , he didn't waste any more time as he began practicing . The 'Skill Library' is a place which exists in another dimension apart from Kaito's world . When he enters the library , his physical body remains in his own position where he started cultivating but his soul travels through dimensions to enter the library .
This is the reason that when Kaito learns a skill , the knowledge of the skill is imprinted on his spirituality and he masters the skill and when he absorbs mana from the library , it also increases his mana pool in his real world as the mana pool exists inside his body connected to the spirituality .
The 'Skill Library' is abundant in mana and the amount is much more greater than in the Academy . He just simply sat down in a comfortable position and activated his skill .
[Skill : Noctis Devour (X-Rank) activated]
Kaito suddenly felt an immense amount of mana entering his body . The mana which was entering got absorbed by the mana circles and transferred within the mana circuits . Gradually , the mana circuits started to become full and then the mana started filling out the aura core . The aura core started to gain a huge boost in its power as it was being filled with aura converted from the mana .
Although , this seemed like an easy process but it was actually a challenge which many people fail to overcome and they couldn't become Magic Swordsman . This type of swordsman who are proficient in both magic and sword were the most valuable source against the Demon Kings who are also proficient in both magic and sword .
That is the reason many people attempt to become a Magic Swordsman but the characteristic of handling both mana and aura is difficult . This is the reason why many Magic Swordsman who held from a lower society almost majority of times fails to ascend to SwordMaster level and get stuck at Sword Expert level for their lifetime .
Kaito's aura core had already filled up but he didn't stop . He directly started expanding his mana pool . His mana started to increase . It was stuck at 991,000 points as it directly rose to 993,000 points and continued .
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999,000 points
His mana points reached 999,000 points in a course of an entire hour . This was a huge boost . When he used his previous technique , his mana points would increase only by 3,000 points at max in a course of an hour but now it directly broke through from 991,000 points to 999,000 points in an hour . It was almost three times the speed before .
Kaito was soon able to see the huge unbreakable wall in front of him to form cracks on its surface . Kaito stopped expanding his mana pool . He realized that absorbing mana wouldn't increase more than his current mana points . He started to use the method he had saved for breakthrough .
Opening his meridians and increasing his overall strength .