Frostbound

Waking up, I pulled up the training notification to check the results from yesterday.

Increase from training.

Strength 25->26

Endurance 18->19

Vitality 18->19

Wisdom 10->11

Intelligence 8->9

It was less impressive than yesterday but it was still a huge increase compared to before. I even got my first increase in intelligence, now the only stat that I hadn't increased so far was perception. I felt once I could sense mana better and the different mana types that's when I'd get the increase in perception.

I still couldn't differentiate between the different mana types, but Rachel said that they were there and the mana used in fire bolt and ice bolt were strikingly different.

It made sense since the elements were complete opposites but I still couldn't tell the difference between them with my mana senses, they both felt like magic to me. Mana had this fleetingness to it that made it hard for me to see it, the ice bolt was easier to sense than the fire bolt but they were both difficult. It was much easier to tell visually from the effects mana had than to sense the mana directly.

I'd been working on it trying to get better but the main problem was I didn't understand it. It was like walking up to a random car opening the hood and being quizzed on what each part did when you were unfamiliar with it. If someone could teach me what it actually was it would make it so much easier.

I didn't do well learning from the feelings others got when sensing it and having them describe it in more detail was unhelpful. I could sense mana the best when I was getting hit with it from our mock fights where a mana bolt would strike my body.