[It's been a few weeks since Adam was learning alchemy. His pay was substantial that if he saved up enough he could get his mana property tested.]
[At the moment, Adam stays overnight in the lab.]
Scratches his head.
It can't seem to get this right. This will take longer if I don't know what will be needed for it to be complete.
[He walks towards the window and stares at the night sky, thinking when he gets an abrupt and dangerous idea and goes back to the table and starts writing something in his notebook. ]
This will work with a high chance of dieing, but I will make it possible.
***
Though a whole week, he studies alchemy transmutation, learning everything he needs to know, later buys ingredients and starts to mix them to make a clear blue liquid. He prepared Sigils in the lab and had everything he needed to get.
***
[In the middle of the night in the lab with Sigurd and rocky. They are lookng at everything he has done in the lab.]
"And what are you planning to do again?"
"I told you, I'm gonna make myself have aura."
"AND YOUR SAYING IT CASUALLY! HAVE YOU GONE MAD."
"Nope, already was rocky."
"YOU.."
[sig holds his shoulder.]
"Don't push it, he already made up his mind."
"You okay with this?"
"Nope not at all, but I know that he does succeed in whatever he keeps his mind into."
Rocky sighs.
"Find, and what are we here for."
"Easy, to witness greatness."
"And how are you going to do that."
[He gives him a stack of papers, removes everything but his undergarments.]
"I've been thinking about how labyrinths and the monsters that come out of it."
"And what does it got to do with your very dangerous experiment. "
"Monsters have cores, the source of there power, like a container of power that can be released when he wishes it."
"Yea and what are you getting at."
[He sits around the Sigil and places the clear blue liquid infront of him. He places a needle through his arm into his vein that is collected to the liquid.]
"Mana is what basically makes aura. Difference is how it works. Mana heart collect all your mana that you collect to the source, spinning and through that makes magic, and if you don't go with that path, or unable to, your body collects it growing stronger and try to find a way out, thus if learnt and controlled makes aura."
[He starts to place mana inside the Sigil.]
"Going with a theory I have, if I create a core inside my heart to store my mana circles, controlling the mana that enters which allows now mana to build up in my body, splitting functions, then I can use both mana and aura, or kill me if this fails. No win win situation."
[Rocky Remains dumbfounded as he reads through the paper thesis as he listened to his explanation.]
"And why you doing all this."
"Does it matter?"
[That moment, he know he made and ally with someone whith an insane thinking process, willing to do what should be impossible.]
***
The Sigil activates and mana start to go through every part of this body. He starts to absorb the liquid immediately and he starts to feel it flowing through his veins, waiting patiently till it arrives in his heart and crystlize. It pulls his mana circles with force into the crystal core. This I'd excruciating pain most normal people would pass out from it but he keeps on moving on till it stores inside. He completed the process before passing out in sweat and blood leaking out of every open body part. Sig and rocky immediately help him worryingly to a bed. He passes out for a whole day.
***
[Adam starts to wake up, the sun high in the sky and sees sig and rocky on the chairs asleep. He coughs for a moment waking both of them up. They rush towards him.]
"You damn idiot, I thought you had died for a moment there."
"Yea, nearly gave me a heart attack you know."
[Looking at both of them.]
Seems that this two really trust me, couldn't be any better.
"As you can see, I got back up and feeling well. Starving though, so can I get something to eat?"
[They laugh for a sec before helping him out of bed. Throughout that hour they enjoyed a meal together before going to the backyard of the shop.]
"You sure you'll use aura, you know you need to have reached your first body limit."
"Think so, remember I was always working out with you."
***
He stands in position and closes his eyes. He breaths in to channel mana and moments later, he creates aura. A beautiful shade of red. Covers it around his body.
***
[They stare in amazement as he actually achieves it.]
"Wow, he really did it."
"Hey, use magic next."
[Concentrating.]
"OK."
***
Suddenly, the shade of red turns clear white as he creates a mana sphere. There was a grin on Adam's face as they stared mouths open.
***
"Any complaints.?"
[They raise the thumbs up towards Adam.]
"Nope, but can you do that to your little brother."
[Adam pauses for a second and thinks about it.]
If placing one in Sigurd is possible then I can inject my mana in the crystal. Trying to stop any betrayal before it happens is better than having to fight him. If I'm going to do this then the precautions should be taken.
[He looks at Rocky for a moment.]
"Rocky, do you have a mana circle?"
"Aah, no. Why do you ask. "
"Want to see if I can turn you into a mage, the success rate is lower for you than Sigurd though."
[Rocky ponders for a moment before looking at Adam.]
"What the hell, if I'm dieing might as well go down with the something to tell."
***
They laughed thinking though all the trouble they went through Adam, how will there's go.