Universal Power System

Chapter 303 Mana Depletion

“SHUT THE HELL UP!” The boy shouted at the teacher while slapping away his hand.

The boy was visibly frustrated but was completely exhausted from overexertion and couldn’t maintain his anger or frustration as he collapsed on the floor before he could say anything else with intense rage and fury still burning inside his heart.

He had completely disregarded the words of wisdom that the teacher had just given and all that he could focus on till the end was his pride and image being hurt by this humiliating defeat.

The crowd remained silent with several people covering their mouths to hide their shock after they witnessed what the boy did even after the teacher had acknowledged his strength and extended his hand toward him.

The teacher was definitely disappointed by the boy’s last act; however, he couldn’t really do much about it.

He slowly retracted his hand back and was visibly annoyed. He slowly turned his head to face the crowd of students who were still processing the intense battle they had just witnessed.

“Someone, please take him to the infirmary.” The teacher said in a low voice before turning away.

“My name is Magnus… Just refer to me as Magnus. I will be conducting your power weapons class during your time in military school.” The teacher stated in the same low tone with his back turned against the students.

With that, the teacher slowly walked back towards the entrance of the training hall which was now unlocked, and was quickly out of sight of the students.

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Many of the students were still in shock and didn’t dare move a muscle, even after the teacher had left the training hall. The aftereffects of his fantastic skill and aura were still heavy on their minds.

Mako too was quite fascinated by the elegant way the instructor had just fought the boy, but he quickly snapped back to reality after being one of the first to hear the painful groans of the collapsed boy who was struggling to breathe because his entire body was completely focused on recuperating its lost mana.

Mana depletion was quite severe as it could even cause a person’s death if a suitable amount of mana was not restored in time.

Before humanity discovered the secrets of mana, their bodies still were passively utilizing it without their knowledge which was how many people were able to accomplish such amazing feats of the past that appeared to be superhuman.

They had trained their bodies to utilize the little mana, their body could passively access and use it in their skill which could be physical or psychological.

However, after the Yalhvi had given humanity the secret about mana and learned how to harness it in far greater amounts, a biological change occurred in the human body itself.

It was quite similar to how people of the past would get withdrawal symptoms after developing an addiction to substances.

Mana depletion was similar in the sense that the human body had gotten intoxicated by the feeling of holding so much mana and now it always wants to remain in that state. Unlike old substance addictions that forced the person to consume more and more in order to get the same feeling, mana worked in the complete opposite way.

If there were no outside influence or a special condition, the human body would remain stable as long as it held at least 5% of its total mana pool. Going any lower than that could prove to be deadly and even fatal if not tended to immediately.

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This was the same lecture that Mako and the rest of his classmates were being hammered with by the head nurse of the infirmary as she treated the boy who was lying on a hospital bed with her healing ability.

The boy’s skin had already started to discolor and turn pale by the time the students carried him over to the infirmary.

It was safe to say that the head nurse was not happy after seeing the condition the boy was in. She quickly ordered them to carry him into the recovery room and she instantly got to work by covering her hands in the green healing aura and supplying the much-needed mana directly into the boy’s body.

“Honestly, that man causes trouble everywhere he goes. I still can’t believe the commander approved him to become… a teacher of all people!” The nurse said to herself out loud in a heavy British accent.

The nurse had beautiful golden locks that cascaded down her shoulders, framing a face adorned with light freckles that added a touch of warmth to her complexion. She had the deepest blue eyes that Mako had ever seen and her healing aura was far superior to anything he had witnessed before.

Clad in the standard-issue military nurse uniform, she wore it with an air of quiet confidence that bespoke both professionalism and empathy with a name tag that was neatly pinned onto her shirt which stated “Elara Sterling”.

A small silver pendant dangled from a delicate chain around her neck. The pendant was in the shape of a tear and had some designs engraved onto its surface. The engravings didn’t look professional or machined at all as there was roughness in between the lines and inconsistencies which indicated that it was carved by hand.

Mako didn’t really understand the significance of the pendant as it didn’t look precious at all, but he knew that it was probably a memento that she valued quite dearly.

Even though she was blowing off steam at the students she made sure that the students took this as a learning experience and her strong emotions only showed how much she cared for every student including that boy even after she heard the full story of what happened by a bunch of classmates.

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After the nurse was done healing the boy, she stated that he would still need the rest of the day to fully recover, and told the rest of the class to resume their regular classes without him which Mako was glad to do.

The following couple of classes were quite uneventful with the teachers giving and taking introductions and explaining a bit about the course they were going to teach.

These classes included physical training, Ability training, History, Universal Affairs, and Health & Safety.

The teacher of the physical training class introduced herself as Mei Lin Wu. She was quite short to the point that one of the students mistook her for being a student as she wasn’t wearing a military uniform or the teacher’s robe, but rather a skin-tight all-black stealth suit which she claimed she wore during a recent Tier C stealth mission.

However, most of the boys in the class were stuck staring at her body through the skin-tight suit, not paying much attention to the teacher’s boastful achievements. She made the students do a couple of basic exercises and training drills that were quite similar to Mako’s daily quests.

After a while of observing the students do the drills, Mei told the students that they would receive a similar suit of their size by tonight and that they would have to wear that for the “real” training that would start tomorrow before dismissing the class altogether.

The ability training teacher introduced himself as Yuki Yamamoto. He had a decent build had also had frightening aura also wore the same robe as Angela.

Alongside introductions, Mr. Yuki also inquired each student about the abilities that they possessed.

Many of the students were quite uncomfortable revealing such information in front of everyone and Mr. Yuki understood the student’s feelings so he told them to just tell which of the five basic elemental abilities they possessed.

He claimed that this would help him grasp the over all ability distribution of the class and help him design his classes that would be best suited for everyone; however, this was also a bonus for Mako as this would help him gain a lot of valuable information on all of the students in his class which were his competition.

Most of the students possessed two out of the five basic elemental abilities with only a few including Mako who possessed three.

Mr. Yuki then encouraged some of the students to display their abilities and to also showcase one or two skills that they knew all of which would help him further understand these new students.

Mr. Yuki was by far the politest and most calm military personnel that Mako had met. Something about his down-to-

earth and kind nature made the students feel a sense of comfort around him and even the students who were throwing up an attitude in the power weapons class were obeying Mr. Yuki’s instructions.

Mako made sure to absorb everybody’s power level too especially those whom he couldn’t analyze. Back in the power weapons class, he couldn’t gauge how powerful his classmates were because they were all suppressed but now he had some understanding of how powerful his classmates were.

After taking the evaluation, Mr. Yuki quickly dismissed the class, stating that he would need some time to evaluate the synergy of the class based on his observations and would commence the “real” training tomorrow.

After the ability training class, the students were finally able to take a break and have lunch in the cafeteria. So much had occurred in the first half of the day that the students just needed to unwind and recuperate a little.

The following classes were a bit boring for many as they were mostly about studies, but Mako was actually excited about those classes a lot.

Mako was busy in his thoughts, thinking about all the things he was excited to learn in history and other classes when all of a sudden he heard a familiar voice.

“Hey, Mako.”

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