Albus and his former disciples continued to read the pamphlet carefully in order to understand every little and big thing they might need. Thanks to the cooperation of the five of them, they were able to analyze and find the best way to do so. The day came to an end and the method was a bit time-consuming, so they agreed to postpone it until the next morning.
Each took a guest room to rest in until the next morning...
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Before morning even rose, they each woke up separately. They could not sleep comfortably from overthinking the outcome of their cooperation.
'It seems that you all woke up as early as me. I prepared the food a little while ago and was waiting for you.'
At the end of a long hallway, there were several doors on both sides, all of them were guest rooms and four of them opened at close time. Albus who was standing at the end of the hallway waiting for them to gather at the breakfast table.
They expected that the manager would not be able to sleep from his overexcitement, their expectation was correct as usual.
They descended successively to the ground floor where the dining room was, multiple food types were placed on the long rectangular table. Mark thanked the manager for the hospitality and then the rest did like him. It was an unforgettable meal of its deliciousness, so who would imagine that a busy manager would be a truly skilled cook?
In fact, there is a story behind this that Albus does not want to recall in these moments as he always occupies himself with work to forget it.
None of them wanted to spoil the atmosphere so the topic was changed to talk about their days at the academy. They were unforgettable memories, adventures and heroism... Competitions and challenges. Some are memorable and others are not. Some time passed and everyone finished eating and followed the manager towards a different room from the meeting room. A very spacious and empty room, it looks ordinary from the outside but is fortified with charm.
It is probably obvious: after a certain level, the attacks become as dangerous as they deteriorate nature, so magicians experiment in this type of places.
'I will try the technique first to ensure your safety as I'm the most skilled in the field. You can help me, Mark and Anastasia, although I doubt I would need it if there were no problems.'
'As you request, Director.'
The two surrounded him from both sides and teamed up to create a halo shield around him to protect Emily and Ederson, who were not the fighting type. A mana explosion caused by a magician like Albus would kill them instantly.
'Focus well with what I'm going to do.'
The Dusk Wizard began to implement the technique in the same way mentioned in the book, the same steps that the students of Maximus had previously done:
- Start by moving the mana from the mana heart through your blood vessels or mana ducts towards your head.
- Move the mana towards the cavity between the cerebellum and the brain and start stacking the mana in the form of a hollow ball.
- If you do not have mana channels, form a main channel along the blood vessels between your heart and brain. Otherwise, you must link the new storage center with the largest aligning channel.
- Continue the expansion process and pump the mana until it has a capacity equivalent to two-thirds of the heart storage center.
- After the steps have been successful so far, rest your body for an hour before entering the next stage.
- Repeat the same process to produce sub-storage centers in both the shoulders and pelvis. No rest is required between these stages because the risk is limited unlike the head.
- After completing all these steps, expand the mana channels as much as possible to speed up the flow.
- In the next few days, you should continue to practice the other techniques to maximize efficiency.
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Five hours have passed since the manager started the process and he finished it safely. He felt a vast difference between his old capacity and his current one, a difference like between a bucket and a barrel.
'Congratulations on your success, Director.'
'Thank you for the help with understanding the technique earlier. Learning is a door, its keys are patience and humility and its locks are vanity and arrogance. Even if I am more knowledgeable it does not mean that I cannot learn from you.'
Humility was a characteristic of Albus that elevated him to the heights, not arrogant over others under the pretext that he was stronger or better. He treated his students like his own children and does not skimp on helping whenever he was asked. Ederson added a few words before Anastasia's turn next.
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'A man is a collection of experiences, and what makes the difference is how much each person benefits from them.'
Anastasia's turn came and the process went smoothly as well, but it was much slower compared to the manager with just a little over eight hours. There was not enough time for someone to carry out the operation, as night was approaching and the manager ordered them to postpone it until tomorrow.
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Maximus was surprised as he summoned to the book, which slowed him down for a few seconds, but he redressed himself, returned the book, and then focused on returning through the gate as quickly as possible.
[Regain focus, we are almost there for the gate.]
The heavenly magician entered the range of the Travelers' Forest, with only a minute left to reach with his current speed...
'I finally got here. It took me seventeen minutes to arrive, a new record!!'
[...]
'I realized your weakness, my friend the book.'
Maximus stepped towards the gate to return to his world after eliminating his doubts and answering many of his questions that had been lingering to his mind since he came back. He hurriedly entered the gate without more wasted time. He sighed after something similar happened to him like when he entered it yesterday
| Our friend, the time traveler has returned!! Aren't you boring, man? Not a day has passed since you came and you already want to return. |
'Stop being silly, what do you want now?'
There was silence for a moment and then the sound of intense laughter, as intense as the sound of thunder, shook the body. The voice sighed and then continued talking.
| It seems that you knew the truth as well as my old friend 'The Book of Knowledge'. How are you, my dear book? |
The book did not remain silent this time and responded to its original owner.
[I am fine; it is worth waiting to try to stop you, ###. You will not escape your inevitable destiny.]
An invisible wave swept through the body and soul of Maximus down to the book inside his subconscious mind. The book groaned in pain and could not resist.
| Do you still believe in that destiny? How can you two petty people defeat me when you cannot even resist me? Unfortunately, I cannot kill you now. |
'You can change your destiny by coming back to our side. It's still not too late; there is still room for change.'
Maximus tried to attract ### to their side and change the inevitable fate between the three, but was strongly rejected. His simple attempt failed and even his opponent could not oppose his fate.
| Leave quickly before I change my mind and kill you and die here with you as punishment. |
He heard a popping sound and Maximus returned to his world outside the gate. His breath and heartbeat quickened but did not even reach a level close to that incident a few days earlier. He felt that his soul was being torn apart that day and he could not resist at all, unlike this time.
[This is your world then. What is the first thing you are going to do now?]
'Visit a dear friend. It has been 36 days since I came back and my plan changed more than 8 times already. I think it's going to be the ninth time, there's no harm in changing it again.'
Maximus prepared the spell of the immediate teleportation to the academy directly and without further delay headed towards the director's office in search of Albus.
'I'm back, Albus... What are you doing here, Morgan?'
He was somewhat surprised to find someone else replacing Albus. What does a deputy in place of a director do? Morgan did not give Maximus a chance to think of a possible answer.
'The director temporarily handed over his position to me under the name of indefinite vacation. He didn't tell me where he went except that Mark and Ederson and others were with him.'
Maximus laughed and thanked Morgan for his great help, despite the lack of information, the possibilities are clear for Maximus. Out of curiosity, he asked him why he accepted this tiring position.
'Did he give you something or promised you with another for you to accept? According to your personality, you would not have accepted unless it had been a handy reward.'
'He gave me his salary and lowered the retirement age. Do you need anything else?'
'Speaking of the thing, haven't any other guests come? I think you'll understand what I mean.'
Morgan thought for a moment and turned the papers on the desk in search of one in particular. It took him a while to find it, but he found it.
'There are two guests if that's what you mean. What should we do about them?'
'Keep them, I will come back tomorrow for them. You're the best, Morgan!!'
'Thank you for coming.'
Maximus left immediately and prepared another spell to transport himself to Albus's private dwelling, among the possibilities he was most likely and this is confirmed by the heavenly magician as soon as he arrived. Several people were there.
Maximus entered without knocking on the door and headed where everyone had gathered, Albus' private training room. Mark was in the midst of implementing the technique and had reached a critical stage in the formation of the brain storage center. Maximus rushed in place of Albus and helped him get past the critical point safely.
'What are you doing here, Max? Didn't you tell us you left yesterday?'
Maximus sighed for a moment, then caught the words and began to explain the situation.
'The plan changed again, I came back after I got new information.'
Their faces were as cheerful as if a great achievement had been achieved and they asked Maximus to tell them about it, his stiff expression did not change even as much as a hair, which meant that there was something wrong with the situation.
'I can't tell you the details, but the situation is better than before. The enemy is not unknown anymore. In addition, I came to discuss with you about the academy that we will establish soon, and I thought of an appropriate name, which is (Knowledge Academy).'
It was not a bad name at all, he took it from the name of the book and the techniques that existed in it, it is knowledge from another world and it suited the content that will be taught in the new academy...