Gamer Reborn Novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Manashaper P.O.V

What sort of monster is this kid? I can’t help but ask myself as I look at him sitting on the side lines drawing in deep breaths. Balthazar is helping Lexi and Anna with the safety precautions before they try their hand at the new mana type so I can focus on Ajax.

I knew that he had an odd and possibly new mana type at his disposal. I couldn’t do much with the knowledge since my silence on the matter was part of the favor that I owed to house Silvertongue and they asked

about sothing he managed to pull of during one of their delves but this ‘Magnetic’ mana as he calls it seems nothing like what they described.

So the question is were they lying to

and trying to throw

off the scent? That theory makes no sense, why would they do sothing like that only for him to co to

like this. There is ofcourse a second option, one that seems just as unlikely but that is only if common sense is applied. What if he gained two new affinities that haven’t been explored by humanoids.

I know exactly how difficult sothing like that is to pull off. After all I managed it once myself, though my achievent was arguably harder to succeed in, Cold Flas were still just a Rare affinity. Managing to keep the easy generation and spread of fire with the cold attribute of ice proved to be a true headache, and even then I only achieved it after the inspiration I gained from an Elental floor boss with the attribute.

What is even more ingenious, the perfect defense against this ‘Magnetic mana’ is clear, simply wear nothing tallic. Besides that however the next best thing is to bring up a strong defense the mont you are hit by it. That would be too extre a weakness for anyone to pick this up as anything more than a last ditch option. From what the Silvertongues told

however he has a way to bypass defenses with his other affinity. By revealing this one to the world he is setting up the perfect trap for all who would go after him directly.

“Are you girls ready?” I hear Balthazar ask and I refocus on them.

“How much mana should we put into it?” Lexi asks.

“Let's start small.” I say. “See if you can generate together only ten mana each.”

The outco isn’t ideal but it is a success. While they did succeed in generating magnetic mana, the use of two people clearly shows the issue with approach, ten mana from each did not generate an equal amount of the affinity mana and a bit of Anna’s leftover Lightning mana shocked Lexi.

“Ow” Lexi exclaid. “Well at least it worked, kind of.”

“You definitely got it.” Ajax said. “You just need a bit of practice to ensure you are each outputting the sa amount of attuned mana and not initial mana.”

The small tests go off without anything else of note, a few more shocks here and there but nothing all that big. Where the first big difference happens is when the girls start putting in a lot more mana.

“I’ll put in three hundred.” Anna says.

“I’ll do four hundred then, just to be safe.” Lexi nodded.

The result there was surprising to say the least. Despite a few bits of tallic mana being wasted by the wayside I suspect they put about six hundred and seventy mana into that combination.

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Unlike any of Ajax’s previous demonstrations however this is a lot stronger of a release. The most Ajax ever put in was three hundred mana but the power is more than double in size, close to five tis as strong. Whereas that preview managed to pull the training weapons off the rack this sent all of the flying towards the girls at high speed.

“Rhamb Sus” I mutter as I spawn a windwall blocking all of the weapons.

“Does it scale that well with more mana?” Balthazar asks after everyone stays staring at the pile of weapons now on the ground.

“It’s not so much a matter of scale.” Ajax says.

“They used a bit more than double the amount of mana you did but the effect is four tis as strong, how do you explain it?” he asked, but I already knew the answer there.

“That’s the downside of your casting style,” I said. “Isn’t it? You get the flexibility, speed, even multicasting. But you sacrifice power.”

Ajax simply let out a sigh as he nodded in confirmation. Despite the massive upsides there are also strong downsides. If the king’s oldest son is to be believed those downsides also extend to limiting the caster to only using mana types they received an affinity skill towards. If that is true however the difficulty and compatibility will an that his leveling pace will slow down much slower, he might even manage to keep a three level a year average for the next decade.

“Since you ca to

with this so openly I am guessing you are willing to share it beyond just the two of us?” I ask.

“Sharing this is just

being through.” The kid surprises

once again. “I an I obviously want to add this mana type to my abilities but they way I discovered it is sothing that I will not only keep the whole credit for but also sothing the king may want to keep more tightly controlled.”

“They way you discovered it?” Balthazar asks.

“I know I’m not always a model of efficiency when training but not even I spent my ti randomly mixing my mana types to see what would happen.” Ajax says this is clearly related to their previous work together on curses. Knowing how much the old man cares about efficiency I can see why soone so young would take a chance to fire back.

“So then how did you co up with it?” Lexi asks.

“I was training, after the latest incident, I focused on sothing that seed to work particularly well and ca upon the odd interaction.” Ajax said. “Do you have a full set of armor here that is made out of mana enhanced tal?”

“I do, but it's not all that high of a mana concentration.” I answer.

“That’s perfect, I wouldn’t want to use an expensive one for this anyway.” Ajax says and that has

more interested.

After I bring out the suit Ajax quickly puts it on one of the target mannequins. “Go ahead and use a lightning strike on it.”

I do as he says. Even without putting all that much mana into the strike I still knock the helt off with a precise blow. This clearly surprises Ajax and it was obviously not what he expected

to do.

“Can you do a more prolonged spell with the intent to immobilize instead of strike down.” he says after he puts the helt back in place.

I see why he was surprised now, for him Lightning is much more of a control affinity than one used for pure power. The effect of lightning on muscles is one that is well known and used when dealing with large creatures, though mages prefer the penetrating power it offers in conflicts with other humanoids. Nevertheless I do as he says.

“I still don’t see what you an.” I say following my second use of lightning mana.

“You will now.” he says after he takes a fully tal mace and places both hands of the mannequin on it. “Hit it again.”

I do so again but this ti sothing is different. Unlike my previous attack I actively shift away from my intended pattern. Instead of radiating outward from the point of impact the Lightning mana travels in repeated circles through the armor and the tal warhamr. Not only that but I can also feel the release of magnetic mana. A very interesting phenonon, with this mages would just need to carry a piece of mana infused tal and they can simply strike it with lightning mana to achieve the desired effect. Though I can’t help but feel there is too much magnetic mana being released from the small lightning I sent.

“That sure is a more convenient way of generating it than training two mages to cast in synch at a mont's notice.” Balthazar says. “But I don’t see why the king would care about keeping it hidden.”

“It takes both tal and Lightning mana to generate Magnetic mana.” Ajax says and I get a bad feeling. “If we are getting it from here despite only casting lightning, where does the tal one co from?”

I’m the first one to catch on as I focus my [Sense Mana] on the suit of armor. Just as I feared, the density of the mana is lower now. Not only that but I’m not the only one to catch on.

“You’re taking it from the mana infused in the tal.” Lexi exclaims, she was always a quick study.

“The king will definitely want to keep this quiet.” I say. A way to weaken any pieces of equipnt that contain mana infused tal, with proper precautions and good timing in place this could be used to turn a war on its head. I know for a fact the king will have

researching this as well as a way to stop it from being used against us the mont he hears about it.