Ethan scoured the entire hunter's Market, buying every Mana orb he could find. Because Mana orbs were rare, he couldn't find them all in a single shop. He had to scour all the shops for that.
Typically, hunters who found Mana orbs in dungeons used them for themselves first. However, some people who reached their limit early sold them to earn a good amount of money, because of their potential reached early.
Potential determined how much a person could increase their mana capacity. It wasn't like anyone could increase their mana infinitely; different people had different potentials. Some could raise their mana to 1,000, while others could increase theirs to 100,000 or so.
Even if someone had the potential to gain high mana, they usually couldn't afford to do it due to the large cost and rarity. However, if you were associated with a noble clan or house, it became a lot easier to achieve it.
After a lot of effort, Ethan managed to gather a significant number of Mana orbs at last. He tried to buy the highest quality ones, but there were some low-quality ones as well.
- B-Grade - 5x
- C-Grade - 6x
- D-Grade - 9x
- E-Grade - 10x
- F-Grade - 20x
It cost him ovet 480,000 silver coins, leaving him with only 20,000 or so. He couldn't help but feel a little remorse knowing all his piled-up coins ran out in a single night.
However, the gains were worth it. He looked at the glowing multicolored Mana orbs with fascination. Each of them was palm-sized and warm to the touch.
Now, the real question was how much mana he could absorb and what his potential was. It shouldn't be too bad as a reincarnator, right?
"Time to find out!"
Ethan remembered his initial plan to synthesize the Mana orbs. With this he could gain more mana.
"Synthesize!"
A new E-Grade Mana orb appeared in his palm instead of two F-Grade Mana orbs.
He began to synthesize them one after another. Mana was not a problem because he could replenish it using Mana orbs, after all. But he realized he couldn't make them to the highest level yet.
"Ding!"
"Error! Your Synthesization failed."
"Error! Your Synthesization failed."
Before he could enjoy his glee any longer, the notifications of failure kept ringing non-stop. He was able to synthesize them to C-Grade at the highest. Maybe he wasn't strong enough to synthesize them to more higher levels yet.
Still, it was not all bad. He managed to get them all to C-Grade.
- B-Grade – 5x
- C-Grade – 20x
Finally, the calculation was all clear.
Ethan took a deep breath and began absorbing the Mana orbs one by one. The notifications kept ringing in his head non-stop.
"Ding!
"Congratulations! You have absorbed a B-Grade Mana orb. Mana capacity increased by 550."
"Congratulations! You have absorbed a B-Grade Mana orb. Mana capacity increased by 550."
...
"Congratulations! You have absorbed a C-Grade Mana orb. Mana capacity increased by 260."
...
"Yes!" He couldn't help but feel excited. He managed to absorb all the Mana orbs one by one. And he still didn't feel anywhere near his full potential. He could feel the vast amount of mana flowing through his veins and whole body.
[Status ]
[ Name: Aengus Degaro (Ethan Smith) [
[ Occupation: Hunter ]
[ Race: Human ]
[ Level: 6 ]
[ Class: None ]
[ Age: 18 ]
[ Strength: 23 ]
[ Agility: 19 ]
[ Defense: 20 ]
[ Mana: 8070/8070 ]
[ Attribute points: 0 ]
[Skills ]
[ Active: Inferno Leap (D), Azula Sword Strike (E), Muscle Enhancement (E) ]
[ Passive: Blaze Guard (E), Fire Serpent's Digestion (F) ]
[ Unique Skills: Appraisal (Basic), Skill Absorption (Mythic), Universal Synthesis (Ultimate) ]
[ Equipments: Titanium Runic Sword (D) ]
Seeing his improvement, Ethan couldn't help but smile. His Mana Reserve had increased to 8,070 points, which was nearly 70 times more than the original amount. It was staggering number. He couldn't help but glee realizing how much he could do with this amount of mana.
"Ah, sh*t! I forgot to upgrade my sword. Oh well, no worries. I can manage for now."
He looked toward the direction of the Fire Toad's dungeon and muttered, "Now, it's finally time to clear the F-class dungeon."
He couldn't just accumulate money and do nothing right? He needed to increase his level and acquire powerful skills.
With a swift motion, he activated [Muscle Enhancement] and started running at a high speed towards the dungeon.