Ataraxia Abyss
Chapter 6: The Labyrinth of the dead

A month after Regal felt his soul, he began to practice using the Vis. And it was true that the result of merging Mana and Regal's soul energy had actually increased.

Regal used to only use his Vis when fighting, it also has a very large recoil that damages his body from the inside.

But now Regal has shown the latest level of his Vis, even after training, when he learned magic and when he studied science and so he did not release his Vis.

"You are clearly experiencing the development of Regal, not just swords and spears, but magic and science."

Adrian praised Regal who was currently reading in the library.

"Thank you Adrian."

Regal continues his research, he has started to be able to regulate Vis that makes soul energy and Mana in his body develop even while he sleeps.

"In the thesis you wrote you mentioned that breathing is the key to Vis, can you explain?"

"Well... Basically, living things use Aura to increase physical, but how it works is the same as burning stamina.

After studying with Mavis, I could tell that you could absorb Mana from the air, not just from your body. And when I used that burning Aura it only had the waste residue from burning that Mana.

When the waste is more and more then it will affect the performance of your magic circuit. It was clearly a weakness that either Warrior or Caster had.

Therefore, I thought of removing the dirty waste by air and replacing the Mana I threw with the new Mana from the air.

And when I do it I don't know why I can do this..."

Regal showed a ball of fire emerging from his palm. The fireball was the same bright blue as the one used by Mavis. Adrian who sees her realizes that Mavis gave her blessing as she returns Regal's soul to her body.

"Sy old man... All right, once that's over go to the practice room. I'll test your new strength."

"Good..."

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After finishing many books and questions consisting of many materials and languages, Regal went to the practice room together with Adrian. There were already 3 maids standing guard, one of the maids gave Adrian a spear and one of them gave a sword to Regal.

"Today I will test to what extent Vis is yours. So try not to die, you understand?"

Regal nodded and with it the sparing finally began, Regal lunged with his long sword to attack Adrian. Attack after attack by Regal but none of them hit Adrian.

All of Regal's attacks were avoided and also repelled easily even after the bright blue Vis that enveloped Regal like a lion's mane had already strengthened his body.

Until finally Regal gathered a large number of Vis in his sword blade and swung it towards Adrian, Adrian spear that fended off the attack got 7 strokes like there were 7 sword blades attacking at once.

"Hmm, that's a new thing..."

Adrian threw out his spear and replaced it with a sword carried by one of the maids.

They both put up the same horses, but when Adrian attacked looks physically and his technique is superior, even attacks such as slashes and stabs belong to Regal can not follow the pattern of Adrian's attack berubi.

Until finally their swords clashed, Adrian held Regal's sword blade with his left hand and threw it aside, making a gap to Regal, but when Adrian tried to attack suddenly the boy was no longer in front of him.

When he was off guard, Regal appeared from behind with his sword and he managed to attack Adrian's wrist which had just turned around.

Adrian's sword crashed but when Regal tried to attack, Adrian immediately kicked Regal and threw him into the wall.

As soon as Regal tried to stand up, Adrian appeared and pointed his sword at Regal's neck.

"You've really grown, you son..."

"That was an amazing technique, you were able to drain Vis to just one place, the first one on your sword that allowed him to bring the wind to cut along with your sword blade.

Then the second is when you can focus everything on your feet, making you step so fast that you look like you're disappearing. It's all amazing, you should be proud of yourself."

Adrian praised Regal, the boy's face also showed a sense of pleasure. Regal finally developed after many exercises that made his body hurt every day.

"Thank you Adrian..."

"Haha, I'm not happy, son. But if you show this kind of talent, then this means you're ready for the test I've prepared."

Regal was finally stunned, he followed Adrian out of the palace, and for the first time Regal could see the Abyss up close, not just from outside his bedroom window.

"The monsters that appear here are just Undead made from my magic power. Of course to guard my residence from intruders."

"You created the Undead from your magic? Is that why you call this place a Dungeon?"

Adrian nodded and confirmed Regal's words.

"Well, I can build a Dungeon with my power and can animate monsters with my magic. That's why I can make this place too..."

Regal and Adrian stop in front of a cave in the Abyss, the cave has a strong protective spell with some Rune and Enochian symbols as the key.

"This is the room I created, a minimalist Dungeon. Your current task is to finish this Dungeon within a day."

Regal who heard that was clearly shocked, it was only a few days that he could control Vis perfectly but now he was told to conquer the Dungeon within a day.

"My gun?" Regal asked about the weapon, and Adrian then gave him a long sword that looked very new.

"When you lose your weapon, you'll get a new one later. Well just follow the path and you'll understand what I mean."

Adrian was then burned by the purple flames and in an instant he instantly disappeared, Regal began to think that he should also learn the technique.

But for now he entered the Dungeon, the magic circle that held him was set so that only he could enter there. And inside that Dungeon, Regal tried to swing his sword and was quite right what he was thinking.

"Hmm, if I hadn't noticed then my sword would have hit the wall huh? I should have asked for a spear..."

With the long sword in his grasp Regal finally went deeper, and as he walked he began to feel a gripping chill. Regal looked in front of him, himself seeing a horde of undead with swords in their hands walking towards him.

"5 people yeah?" Regal quickly charged towards the undead.

When it was already within his strike range, Regal started slashing 3 undead with his sword, the remaining lifeforms turned out to have good fighting experience, making them able to fend off Regal's attacks.

Regal who saw the two undead immediately hit one of them, when the swords of the two of them collided, one of the corpses wanted to attack his back, but Regal kicked and kept him away.

Not wasting a chance, he pushed the undead sword to his right, making a crack and Regal managed to kill the undead by cutting off his head, on the other side of the undead that had been kicked back.

Regal dodged and took the corpse's sword to be stabbed into his opponent's chest, ending the fight quickly...

But when the fight was over, Regal could hear the sound of a death parade approaching him. So many, their cries and also the sounds of their swords and bones echoed throughout the cave and they led to Regal.

"Telochi... At least give me lunch before doing this kind of work...!"

And with long swords and blood-stained clothes, Regal lunged back into the horde of the undead.

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