A month passed as Adam made and implemented the cores in rocky and Sigurd. They survived lucky and somethings actually happened. First, rocky was able to feel mana, still not yet at the stage to cast magic but it was still there. Sigurd became a first circle and could use magic. It seems that his body is naturally absorbing mana faster than Adam or rocky.
Adam saved enough money for the tuition of the magic class. And he pays for it.
***
[Walking in the building as he sees people some even older than him walking by.]
So this is the magic school. Well I only wanna know what I need to learn from the instructors and the library, don't want any small talk if it doesn't seem favorable to me.
[He finds his class and when he enters he only sees five other students excluding him. The instructor at the front getting ready to teach.]
[She spots Adam.]
"You must be the new student that got in yesterday, well pick a sit were about to learn the world of mana."
[Adam takes a sit at the front row.]
"Now does anyone have a thought of what is mana."
[A guy at the back raises his hand.]
"Yes."
"Mana is the source of all life. It can be found in all that is and will be."
"Yes, and next question, was it there from the beginning?"
[The class's stays quiet for a while.]
"Not surprised that you don't have an answer, and there is no working answer."
[She looks at everyone for a moment.]
"Has anyone heard of the fallen god theory."
[Adam raises his hand.]
"Yes new student."
"It's said that during the war for the lands, a god was killed by a mortal, taking god's essence. Later as the mortal died, when the essence had no host, it spread all over the world giving mana to the world."
"That's right. Dis you do independent study before coming here."
"Mostly at the library miss."
"Very good. Now that is what most mages believe since a god can see what makes every human different from the rest, mana gives humans unique and different gifts, those are mana properties or how we call it, the S-factor. S stands for soul."
[She pulls out a wooden board.]
"This is a factor reader, if you inject your mana into it, the name of the factor will be shown."
[A guy at the back speaks.]
"Excuse me miss, you haven't asked the newbie if he's a third circle mage."
[It goes quiet as they look at a guy that seems to have turned sixteen recently. ]
"Well, [looking at Adam,] is there an answer you can give."
[He sighs.]
"Yes, I am a third circle mage."
[The class stays quiet for a moment.]
The guy speaks. "If so, why don't you go first and check out your factor."
[Adam looks at him and stands up.]
"OK."
[He approaches the instructor and looks at the device. He then places his hand on it and as he slowly gives mana to the it. Words start to appear on it.]
"Your factor is, ENLARGEMENT AND COMPRESSION."
[The room went silent again.]
"It seems you really have a very unusual factor. Here, [as she gives him a pen.] Try it on that pen."
"Ok [ As he Takes the pen.]"
[He adds mana to it slowly as it starts to grow larger. He changes it making it Shrink back to size.]
"Wow, your mana factor changes the size of any material you hold. If possible after this I would like you to record your factor into the book in the official registry."
"Your a new factor, and we won't know how it will change as you get older. It might do something greater in the future."
"Ooh, OK."
[He goes and sits down as the other five go and try the board out. The class get taught for a while before ending and Adam decides to go to the alchemy shop's back yard to do some testing.]
***
Adam holds a rock in his hand and starts to use his mana. The rock starts to crack and break completely. He takes notes as he he does more tests till it reaches night time.
***
[Goes to the lab and sits down.]
I think I might be broken. [Looking at his hands.] If this factor was in a normal person's hands that would be already enough to be stronger if they have some creativity, but in mine, this is god sent. Making my mana parameter change any size was for skills but I didn't think it can work well with this factor.
[As he looks at his notes.]
Perfect field advantage and long range, with restraints uses as well. Sigurd will be my first trial partner in this later on, he needs more help after all.
****
In his notebook it's written;
ENLARGEMENT EFFECTS.
Flash freezing
Flight
Vacuum state
Invisibility
Mana dispersing field
Lightning field
Softening
COMPRESSION EFFECTS.
Flash heat
Gravity field
Slowing field
Matter change
Hardening
***
I can't test out if I fuse the effects yet, my mana isn't enough yet to do it, but controlling the actual aspect for expansion and Compression is the best factor I can get. I wonder how it will affect an actual human if I got into contact with them.
***
Adam stayed in the lab until he past out and slept on his desk. Rocky found him earlier in the morning and he looks at him for a moment before placing the open sign and starting to do work.
***
[Later Adam waking up.]
"Rocky, why didn't you wake me up."
"Can't disturb a very quiet mad man, it's better though than trying to do something mad again especially while I'm not around."
"I do plan on doing something, but I will have to wait for Sigurd to come and test it on him. He is at least the only one that can survive whatever I through at him and come back from it.