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Master of Mana.

There was a clear reason why Ethan chose Lyuka over other ancient spirits.

‘As the name suggests, it has special abilities related to mana.’

Of course, he hadn’t directly contracted with Lyuka, the master of mana, in MePan, so he hadn’t experienced its abilities firsthand.

However, he had definite information about Lyuka’s abilities.

‘As the name implies, it’s a spirit very adept at handling mana. It has the ability to refine and store mana from the atmosphere in its pure form. Most importantly, it can share that refined mana with its contractor.’

In short, Lyuka is like a high-performance mana battery that stores pure mana and transfers it to the contractor when needed.

This was the most important aspect Ethan considered in contracting with Lyuka.

Currently, Ethan is severely lacking in mana. He’s trying his best to lift the curse, but it’s not working out yet.

‘Then I’ll approach it differently. If I can’t store mana in my body, I’ll store it elsewhere and draw from it. This way, I can somewhat solve the mana problem.’

But there’s one big problem with this method, and it’s related to the nature of mana itself.

Mana inherently has its own unique properties, and when external mana is taken into the body, it undergoes a series of processes to change its unique properties to match the body.

If this process doesn’t occur, the internal and external mana would clash, which for Ethan, who’s carrying the Extinction bomb, would be like embracing another bomb.

‘Normally, drawing external mana directly would be quite risky. But Lyuka’s mana is different.’

Lyuka’s mana posed no such risk. It refines any type of mana into pure mana, so there’s no need to worry about rejection between different types of mana.

‘Lyuka can accumulate the mana that I can’t store due to Extinction.’

Literally, it can be used as a vast storage battery filled with pure mana, so Lyuka can compensate for the huge disadvantage Ethan currently has.

And that’s not all.

‘Since it’s pure mana with no rejection, I can receive and use it. Although it’ll strain my body due to Extinction, all my skills can exert stronger power than now.’

Of course, it’s difficult to use mana like others who use their own mana entirely. But at least, he can somewhat escape from the penalty of being limited by extremely small amounts of mana.

Especially when fighting against strong opponents, the total amount of mana is very important, so contracting with Lyuka could be seen as a factor that greatly increases Ethan’s survival probability and further enhances his combat power.

‘It’s no different from extremely enhancing Anisida’s Bracelet and improving its problems.’

“Kyung!”

Lyuka barked loudly. Seeing its cute appearance, Ethan folded his arms and went, “Hmm.”

‘I thought it would look incredible being the master of mana.’

Ethan examined Lyuka, which took the form of a small fox, closely.

Although it was a lump of blue ether, it had everything it should have.

The three bean-like features on its face, two eyes and a nose, were extremely cute.

When he slowly stroked its head, it felt similar to a dog.

‘Hmm.’

He kept petting it because it felt so good, but soon came to his senses.

“You said you wanted to contract with me, right?”

A human who reached the top floor of the spirit staircase. It must have been fascinating from Lyuka’s perspective too.

Ethan extended his hand to Lyuka, who wanted to contract.

“Let’s contract, Lyuka.”

“Kyung!”

-You have contracted with the Master of Mana!

Shaaaaaaak-!

A blue whirlwind swirled around Ethan. Simultaneously, a pattern was engraved on the opposite wrist.

A circle, and two triangles above it.

It was a pattern that seemed to geometrize the shape of a fox.

-The Master of Mana dwells within you.

-You have learned the Lyuka Summoning Technique!

-Skill Added: Lyuka Summoning Technique (S)

Lyuka curiously looked at Ethan, its new contractor, and then rubbed its head against his leg.

“Is this why they call it foxy behavior?”

Finding it extremely cute, Ethan unknowingly picked up Lyuka and held it in his arms.

Then, while stroking Lyuka, he said,

“Become the being that will help me.”

-You have contracted with a being that will affect your survival.

-You have chosen Lyuka, the Master of Mana.

-Your survival probability increases!

Ethan cleared the third quest of Surviving as Ethan Whiskers, which he had been postponing for quite a while.

Having known how rewards were determined through the previous two quests, he had particularly deliberated on finishing this quest.

‘It’s this Lyuka that I chose, passing over the Fairy Queen and Spirit King.’

Notification windows kept popping up in front of Ethan.

-You have cleared <<Main Scenario, Surviving as Ethan Whiskers -3>>!

-You have contracted with a powerful and great being!

-You have contracted with a being that far exceeds imagination.

-You have perfectly cleared the quest!

-Your survival probability has greatly increased through the contract with Lyuka, the Master of Mana.

-An additional heroic-grade reward will be given for perfect quest clearance!

-You have received a linked quest.

As expected, contracting with Lyuka was an excellent choice.

Because it was a spirit with unique abilities even among ancient spirits, the quest highly valued the contract with Lyuka.

‘Whew, a heroic-grade additional reward.’

With the basic reward and the heroic-grade additional reward, it was beyond expectations.

‘It was worth postponing the quest clearance until now. Choosing Lyuka was indeed not wrong.’

It was worth postponing for quite a long time.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Whether knowing Ethan’s thoughts or not, Lyuka was staring at Ethan with an innocent face.

‘Moreover, the survival probability has increased quite a bit. My survival probability has been constantly decreasing lately.’

The survival probability due to this Extinction continues to decrease unless the fundamental Extinction is fixed.

The reason Ethan is maintaining his health now is because he keeps pursuing strength and accumulating power.

‘If it weren’t for Heo Jun’s ability, my body would still be in a weakened state.’

If he doesn’t keep managing his body like this, he might fall back into a weakened state at any moment.

If that happens, not only Heo Jun’s ability but also the abilities of other gods might become useless.

‘I need to keep raising it like this.’

You never know when the survival probability might greatly decrease again.

“Then, shall we check the rewards?”

Ethan checked the most important reward.

-Checking quest rewards.

-You have gained superhuman power!

“Superhuman power?”

Ethan was quite surprised.

‘The power that the Beast King and Apostle had. A power that transcends reason.’

That was superhuman power.

-[Weapon Master][S]

-You can handle all weapons. You are not affected by cursed weapons or bound weapons.

“They’re giving this here and now?”

Ethan’s shoulders trembled slightly.

Basically, superhuman powers had powerful effects, but among them, there were special superhuman powers.

‘Auxiliary superhuman power.’

Unlike main superhuman powers like the Beast King’s beastification, these were a series of superhuman powers that assist holders with different tendencies, and these auxiliary superhuman powers were extremely difficult to obtain.

‘For half of the auxiliary superhuman powers, their acquisition methods are often unknown.’

The Weapon Master that Ethan just obtained was exactly like that.

“I never thought they’d give this as a reward.”

Ethan grinned. His mouth corners were raised higher than usual.

“It was a superhuman power I really wanted to get.”

An unexpected harvest came rolling in with its vines.

“It seems like it’s thanks to maximizing the reward, choosing an ancient spirit was indeed the right decision.”

As Ethan smiled at the satisfying reward, Lyuka made a sound like laughing along, going “Kyung.”

‘Shall I test it first?’

After finishing checking the rewards, Ethan immediately drew up mana from his entire body.

‘It’s really little.’

Ethan was currently in a state where his skills had improved to the point of being able to take down the Twelve Apostles alone and kill a demon realm grand duke in one strike.

If classified, he could be considered among the strong ones even within the continent.

‘I’ve become quite strong with my knowledge and the abilities of the New World added.’

However, compared to that strength, Ethan’s current mana was really at a miserable level.

‘Still, considering my current body condition, this can be seen as the best.’

Having this much mana with a body afflicted by Extinction was nothing short of a miracle.

It’s because it’s Ethan that he has this much mana.

Ethan gathered the drawn mana in his hand. Then he extended that hand to Lyuka.

“Lyuka.”

Then Lyuka turned quickly and extended its lush tail to Ethan. Ethan grasped that tail with the hand gathering mana.

Shaak-.

The mana gathered in his hand was transferred directly to Lyuka. Lyuka’s tail, having received Ethan’s mana, swelled up.

-Mana has been stored.

-Mana transfer function has been activated.

“So it works like this.”

Ethan sat down on the spot, breathing heavily. He was instantly drained from using the little mana he had.

After catching his breath, Ethan gestured to Lyuka again.

“Now send mana back to me.”

“Kyung!”

As he was about to extend his hand like before, Lyuka stepped back a few steps.

“Lyuka?”

At that moment, Ethan saw something.

‘A thread?’

There was a very thin thread connecting Lyuka and himself.

Shaaaaaak-.

The mana he had given to Lyuka returned, and at the same time, vitality returned to Ethan’s tired body.

“It worked.”

But something felt strange.

“Huh? It seems like more mana came back?”

But soon, the additionally entered mana disappeared.

“Could it be.”

Ethan looked at Lyuka.

“Can you transfer more mana than the total amount my body can handle?”

If so, that changes the story again. It meant not just transferring mana, but transferring a larger amount of mana.

‘If so, I can utilize more mana without putting too much strain on my body.’

Moreover, even if mana beyond the allowable amount enters, if it’s not used, it disappears quickly, so there’s no need to worry about burdening the body.

“You’re called the master of mana, but I didn’t know you could handle mana this well.”

It was worthy of being called the master of mana according to that ability.

The heroic-grade reward obtained from clearing the third quest of Surviving as Ethan Whiskers, and Lyuka, an ancient spirit.

“This is why people seek out difficult quests.”

With such definite rewards, it could be seen that progressing through difficult quests, even at the risk of danger, was the most efficient way to grow.

“So now it’s the fourth one?”

The fourth quest of surviving with this cursed body, Ethan Whiskers.

‘I don’t know how many there are in total, but.’

Since this quest acted as a guide and the rewards were good, Ethan hoped there would be at least ten quests.

*<<Surviving as Ethan Whiskers -4>>

<You have reached a survival probability of over 10 percent. You have gained a class and contracted with a being that can protect you.>

<However, you are still in a state where you could die at any time.>

<To survive, obtain the Elixir of Life.>

This time it was a different type of quest. Until now, the quests were centered around Ethan’s choices, but this time it was a quest to obtain an item.

Moreover, the item required by the quest was also a problem.

‘Obtain the Elixir of Life?’

Ethan was slightly taken aback.

The Elixir of Life was the most famous arcane elixir in MePan.

‘It’s not just about the effect, there’s another reason why this elixir is famous.’

This Elixir of Life was not something that could be easily obtained.

It’s impossible to make it directly, you had to get it from a being that possesses this Elixir of Life.

And the problem was precisely that being.

“Dragon.”

The being that possessed the elixir was the infamous dragon Ditrinir.

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