Chapter 245: The Well Kept Face of Adventurers! (1/2)
The Advance Force 1 consisted of Ragas, Clara, Sabrina, and Faunia with the lead of Pedro. The five of them would be the ones responsible for clearing dungeons.
On the other hand, The Advance Force 2 consisted of Aks, Lony, Roval, Yuson, and three of Pedro's Demi-human slaves. They were led by Aldo—who would act as the temporary head manager of the Adventurer's Guild Branch in the Axutar Village.
Of course, to provide ease in managing and establishing the branch, Pedro had even assigned some of his human slaves to accompany Aldo and act as his helper or apprentice in managing the Adventurer's Guild Branch on Axutar Village.
This way, in case they needed to move to another stronghold, there would be someone whom they can leave to be the head manager of the Adventurer's Guild in that stronghold. Well… Not just an ordinary Head Manager, but someone whom they have great control to be the head manager of that branch.
That is why, Pedro's human slaves were, one by one, given a chance to work under Aldo and even Weyron to learn how to manage a branch of the Adventurer's Guild. With all of that set and prepared, Pedro and the rest of the Advance Force 1 and Advance Force 2 arrived at the Axutar Village's Teleportation Portal.
”Looking for a party! Purpose: Travel to the Tarala Kingdom!”
”Buying Silver Coins for One Dollar! Go to the village's bar and find 'ScaryTomato' if you are interested!”
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The players were rowdy and had completely occupied almost every single space in the village. Add up with the non-stop appearance of new players in the teleportation portal. It was chaotic to the point that the volume of the crowd might even beat a highly anticipated concert by a very famous singer.
”What a crowd…” Pedro could not help but force out a smile as he and everyone else from the Advance Force get pushed along the flow of players.
That said, after a few seconds of being lost in his thought, Pedro could not help but glance towards Faunia in the hopes that she isn't irritated. Fortunately, for some reason, a three-inch gap was maintained from Faunia to the other players around her—including Pedro.
'What's happening?' Pedro asked with a frown deep inside. 'Why can't we get near her?'
At this moment, Pedro could not help but glance at Clara and Ragas who also maintained the same distance to the crowd as Faunia did. Bewildered by what is happening, Pedro glanced back to Faunia and was about to ask how they were able to do that.
However, before he was able to utter a word, Faunia spoke to him telepathically, saying, 'This is called Mana Control, human!'
'Mana Control?' Pedro asked telepathically in response.
Faunia simply nodded in response and replied, 'Yes, Mana Control! The Second Level of Magical Energy Utilization.'
'Magical Energy Utilization? What's that? Is that some sort of skill?' Pedro asked with a frown.
Faunia could not help but sigh in response and said, 'Magical Energy Utilization is the stages of mastery on how a being can fully control its magical energy.'
'Interesting…' Pedro nodded his head out of curiosity. Then, he glanced back to Faunia and asked, 'Can you tell me more about this Magical Energy Utilization? Like how many stages are there, and how can I also learn them?'
Faunia simply glanced towards Pedro for a few seconds. Then, she averted her gaze from him and said, 'The Magical Energy Utilization is as its name says. It is the determination of how one can use or utilize their magical energy and, at the same time, how it should be properly used. In other terms… It is the standard or the basic method on how to use your magical energy properly.'
At this moment, Faunia emanated a strong aura that was able to push those around her more than the three-inch gap that she had maintained earlier. Even Pedro was able to feel the pressure that Faunia had emanated. And while doing so, she said, 'There are currently four major stages of the Magical Energy Utilization that is known both to humans and other beings. The first stage is this… The so-called Mana Outburst!'