The apprentice knights endured the agonizing pain of forcibly opening their mana paths day after day, their faces growing gaunter with each passing hour. It became clear to them why their lord, Ghislain, wasn’t concerned about this method being leaked.

‘How could anyone teach this to another person?’

‘I’ve never heard of anyone teaching it like this.’

‘Even if someone knew how to do it, they'd probably kill the person they were teaching!’

Because the mana paths were forcibly created, they couldn’t understand the technique. In essence, they were learning through sheer physical experience without any theoretical knowledge.

As the …