131 Magic Edge

"Oh, that makes sense. It looks like we need to train more.", Tina said, before continuing, "But for now, we should all go home and take a good rest. If everyone agrees, then we can talk about this run tomorrow."

Everyone else enthusiastically agreed. They couldn't wish for anything more, than going home and resting. Of course, it would be even better if they didn't have to go home and could instantly rest.

While in the subway, on his way home, Ivan checked out the message prompts he had dismissed during the frantic fighting in the dungeon.

>

>

This skill should be something he had learned during the combat when he had used his flaming blades, to instantly kill the wolves. But because he had run low on mana he was forced to remove the fire component. Although this drastically decreased its effect, it also decreased the mana cost, making it much more suitable for long-duration fighting.

It was a useful, but still simple skill. Especially the fact, that the effect was dependent on the mana channeled into it as well as his mana control. Especially the mana control made it very suitable for him.

Although he wasn't as good as Serge in controlling mana, he was still much better than the average mage. This was because of the requirements of pill refining. While usually, mages would focus more on increasing their mana, pill refiners would instead focus on their mana control. Sure, that would slow the growth of their mana reserves, but it was well worth it.

Ivan had realized, that while spells managed by the system mostly weren't influenced by mana control since that part would be taken care of by the spell matrix. But for developing personalized spells or customizing spells to suit one's style, mana control was a requirement.

In his opinion, someone who didn't have fine control over mana would never be a good mage. Instead, they could at most be called spell slingers. Nothing more than casters who would just throw out spells. Unable to react properly to unexpected situations and locked in the framework, formed by their available spells.

Of course, there were also some spells, who could be caster better if the mana control was better, but those spells were mostly channeling spells and as such not very popular. Especially since they ofter worked best in combination with close-quarter combat. Something most mages inherently disliked.

He then checked the next prompt. It too was about a skill he had gained. But it was quite different from 'Magic Edge'.

>

>

This was another useful skill. Although it had one weakness and that was the high cost as well as the cost. While using up Mental Energy wasn't a problem for Ivan, since he didn't have a way to use it in combat anyway, The problem was mental exhaustion. This was something that could be fatal. Because of mental exhaustion, the reaction speed, as well as the thinking speed, would be reduced. And during combat, there was nothing worse. Especially since he focused on speed to evade the enemies attacks as well as to counterattack.

There even a millisecond could determine the result. As such a slowed reaction speed could spell his doom. There was no need to even mention the effect on his thinking speed. With that, the skill lost most of his usefulness.

Maybe in some situations, it could still be useful. As such he wouldn't use it in normal cases to scan for enemies. But to use it to scan for valuables would surely be viable, as long as he was sure that there was no danger around.

>

>

Now, this was exactly what he wished for. He had already realized, that he had been able to vaguely sense his surroundings, but the feeling was so vague that it might as well not be there. It seemed like he had to train this skill more since it was unmeasurable useful. Of course, the range was to low as well. Five meters was something that some monsters could pass in the blink of an eye. And that was valid for monsters, that were on the level of those wolves.

With a higher level and grade, they would be even faster. If he met such a monster then his five-meter sensory range, might as well not exist at all.

>

>

This title was just one of the usual title one could get when slaying many creatures of a specific type solo and in a short timespan. They were something commonly seen and were very balanced. They were very popular as well since it would remove the need of having to handle trash mobs. As the low-level monster would just flee, while the higher leveled monsters would come towards you. Of course, if one wasn't strong and careful enough this aspect could spell one's doom. But generally, the pros outweighed the cons of this type of title.

Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.