Chapter 33: Basic Mana Manipulation Technique
"If you weren’t sure, why did you come?" asked Lukas, looking at her curiously.
Amara’s expression remained the same as she casually said, "It would be a lot better to die to the beasts than being forced by that bastard."
Lukas nodded in understanding and then thoughtfully said, "We should have a chance to return alive if the beast tide isn’t stronger than what Mage Miteus told us and..."
He took out a scroll from his armor and opened it as he finished his sentence, "...I can master this Basic Mana Manipulation Technique before we face the tide."
"This... How did you get this?" asked Amara, surprised upon seeing it was one of the few magic spells available in their family’s library.
She was surprised to see it in his hand because only those who were mages were allowed to peruse them and that too inside the library as taking any magic spell scroll or book out of the library was strictly forbidden.
"Aunt Simone let me take it." smiled Lukas and opened it.
After leaving the hall, instead of following Henry and James like Robert, Mike and Amara, he waited for Simone to come out knowing she had the authority to allow him entry in the library.
As he had expected, Simone directly led him to the library while making sure they weren’t watched after he told her he wanted to practice magic spells to better protect himself.
Knowing she was taking a risk by bringing him there and allowing him to take magic spell scrolls out, and also considering he wouldn’t have enough time to train in them, he only chose one scroll out of the total eight available—Basic Mana Manipulation Technique.
A mage, no matter if he was 1-Star, 2-Star or even 3-Star, as long as he couldn’t control and manipulate his mana properly, he wouldn’t be able to utilize his strength and hence, he would remain weak.
There were things mages could do to increase their mana control, but Lukas didn’t know what they were yet.