"I didn't get to explore the forest more than I initially planned, but I got some unexpected gains and I'm not bored anymore... It's time to go back."
Verc said as he stood over the two massive stone doors where he entered this place before.
The heavy, cold air of the underground room swirled around him, but it no longer felt as suffocating as it once did. The silence of the room was deep, yet he felt a sense of accomplishment.
He was in a trance for a whole three days, just meditating and using [Mana Circulation].
The process had been grueling, a slow and steady grinding of energy as he pulled the thick dark mana from the environment into his own core. Because of this—he cleaned up all the corrupted mana in the massive room, and he reached a new level of strength!
His muscles felt denser, his mana circuits wider, and his connection to the earth itself was more vivid than ever before. The aura he radiated now was sharper, a testament to the trial he had just survived.
