"System how much points do i need to break through to the Apprentice Realm ?" Jamie asked.
"500 000 SP" System answered.
"500 000 points huh? That's less than i thought." Jamie thought.
"I have more 1.5 million points right now. But i'll earn them more in the future anyway." Jamie spoke out loud.
"Alright, Let's get on with it. Use the points to breakthrough" He said.
"POINTS DEDUCTED" He heard system's voice in his head.
Jamie felt a large amount of mana being forced toward his newly formed core making it more stable and the amount of mana inside it becoming more larger.
His body also was being strengthened. His muscles were being tightned, He didn't feel pain instead he felt more energized. He felt extremely comfortable. Jamie could hear cracking sounds from his body.
His bones were being more strengthned making them more sturdy. Both his Mana Core and Body was like being upgraded, He could sense it. He was breaking through to a new realm not long after he became a Mortal Realm Mage so his body and the core needed to be more stable for the next breakthrough or else his foundation might become unstable destroying his cultivation.
That's why for mages it takes a long time to breakthrough realms. Only by laying a stable foundation for the next realm, They will breakthrough with confidence and that process takes a long time.
If one tries to breakthrough to the next realm without having having a stable foundation it might cripple them losing their ability cultivate for rest of their lives, It's impossible to revert that. At least Jamie doesn't have anyone in his memory capable enough to heal a crippled Mage.
As the time passed, Jamie was getting stronger and stronger slowly. After more than one hour of this process Jamie opened his eyes letting out a deep breath.
He got up and quickly examined himself. A big wide smile appeared on his face making his devilishly handsome face more charming. If Ria saw him right now smiling like this she wouldn't be able to hold back.
"I can feel it, My core is more sturdy and more.. stable i think. My mana is more different." Jamie examined himself excitedly sensing the changes that happened inside him.
"My mana is different than before, It's like there's a new kind of energy mixed within it making it's quality to increase" He spoke out loud.
"Let's test it out first" he said with a smile on his face.
A fist sized fireball manifested on to his left palm, Then it spread toward his arm engulfing his whole left arm in fire but it didn't even burn his clothes. That's because he willed not to burn his clothes.
Jamie could now control his falmes however he wanted like a part of his body just like using mana . This is a whole new experience for jamie who only saw these things in movies and webtoons, So he enjoyed playing around with his other elements for a while too before he stopped.
"This is amazing. Now i can use them with my own power." He was excited. His heart beating faster in happiness like a kid who discovered a new toy to play with.
While jamie was testing out his elements he realised what was different about his mana.
"So the difference with my mana is that there's elemental power mixed within it. Making it possible for me to use elements, so that's what different about Apprentice Relam. The quality of energy." Jamie thought of theory.
"Grandma's energy was so little but even that little energy felt so powerful. It would've destroyed my mana pathways if not for her making that it didn't do so. I think that the quality of the mana inside a mage gets more stronger from Mage Realm to Realm" He came to a conclusion.
"Status window" he spoke.
[STATUS]
[[ NAME : JAMIE WALKER ]]
AGE : 18
RACE : HUMAN
REALM : APPRENTICE REALM
LVL : 8 => 15
HP : 200/200 => 500/500
STR : 25 => 40
STM : 25/25 => 50/50
INT : 12 => 15
DEF : 25 => 40
MANA : 100/100 => 500/500
ABILITIES : [DEVIL'S TOUCH]
ELEMENT : LIGHTNING/FIRE/WIND/DARKNESS
[[ SP : 1 550 000 => 1 050 000 ]]
"heh, i got more powerful than i thought." He said with a smug on his face.
"SYSTEM HAS UNLOCKED A NEW FEATURE FROM NOW ON THAT HOST WILL NEED" System spoke suddenly.
"A New feature !! tell me" Jamie said excitedly hoping for more cheat like features. It was some good features but it also cost a lot of points.
"Damn, things are getting better. What is is this like a software update ?" Jamie spoke excited, Aftr seeing the new unlocked features.
" STAT FEATURE UNLOCKED"
"FROM NOW ON HOST IS ABLE TO USE SYSTEM POINTS TO INCREASE STAT POINTS" System announced.
"This is a good thing, yes. But then what about the stats i gain after i breakthrough to another realm." Jamie asked confused of this new feature.
Jamie wasn't able to use SP to increase his STATS before so he naturally thought system increased his STATS to the maximum point after every breakthrough.
When Jamie became a mortal realm mage all of his stats increased automatically and when he became a apprentice realm mage a while ago the same things happened, his STATS were increased drastically. Jamie was now confused that if he increased his STATS manually wouldn't he breakthrough to next realm or have higher powers that didn't suit his realm. It was basically an anomaly.
"THE HOST WILL NOW HAVE TO INCREASE YOUR STAT POINTS TO MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS IN THE SAME REALM."
"HOST WILL HAVE TO ARRIVE AT THE BOTTLENECK OF EACH REALM, TO THE PEAK OF EACH REALM BY INCREASING THE STATS. SYSTEM WILL HELP HOST TO BREAKTHROUGH TO THE NEXT REALM EASILY WITHOUT ANY MISTAKES." System revealed.
"Now this is a problem. can't you just use my points to make me breakthrough to the next realm like you did before" Jamie was really not liking this new change much.
"HOST WILL HAVE TO EXPEREIENCE THE PATH AHEAD ON YOUR OWN IN ORDER TO REACH THE PEAK AND THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SYSTEM, TO GUIDE THE HOST TO REACH THE PEAK OF CULTIVATION WITH BETTER INSTRUCTIONS AND TRIALS" Jamie heard system's voice in his head.
Jamie really wanted to find what the system wants from him but he is too weak right now. In some of those novels he read, the main character sometimes got betrayed by the system that helped him from the begining but in some novels it didn't. It truly helped them.
'Fuck, why am i thinking of those stories. This is real life for fucks sake a real life is at stake. I gotta stop comparing stuff with those novels.' Jamie came back to his senses quickly.
'I better be cautious. Righ now i can't find anything or do anything about this. For now i'll use the cheat that landed in my hand to be as strong as i can. I'm pretty sure i'll get to the bottom of this when i have enough strength.' Jamie thought inwardly.
"Alright, I'll have to do it like this from now on i guess. This wouldn't be that much of a bad idea either, Just like you said." Jamie spoke with smirk on his face.
"Then let's increase some of my stats before i test out the skills i bought." Jamie now wanted use the skills he bought, They looked pretty overpowered.