Sora stood up and stepped outside to breathe in some fresh air. Training indoors hadn’t been the best idea at all.

  He spotted Kara sitting on a sofa near a small ke, quietly immersed iraining. Smiling at the unusual sight, he walked over to her, noting that she didn’t react as he approached. Laying down his carpet, he closed his eyes and began to rex. A few moments ter, Kara opened her eyes.

  "Bored ihe house too?" she asked.

  "Indeed, not the best enviroo rex," Sora replied, his eyes still closed. To his surprise, the skill’s effect didn’t break—he remained in a meditative state, even as they exged simple sentences.

  They both resumed their training, with Sora being inspired by his discovery. He could do something else while meditating. His rapid thoughts interrupted his meditation, but he didn't mind it, as he would return to his meditation soon enough. He sed his body with [Mana Eyes] trying to uand what ged with this new skill.

  Around his brain, he seemed to detect a cloud of some a new energy. It seemed that it was formed from his meditation, and he couldn't help but try to trol it, but using mana to manipute didn't seem to be the answer, as it escaped his trol. Aware that [Meditate] would give him trol over Mental Power after he reached a certain level, he did not worry about not being able to trol this new energy for the moment.

  'It is like my Soul Power... Soul pathers near my [Soul Pace] and stays there, seemingly useless because I don't have a way to use it. One day, I o figure out how to make use of that energy.'

  The energy of what he knew was Mental Power around his brai weak pared to the feeling Soul Pave him. 'The quality of Soul Power is tless times more trated and heavy than this new energy.' He estimated. He sighed but resumed his training, sitting quietly beside Kara.

  [Meditate] was a skill with many uses and yers, with one of the most important funs being transf mana into Mental Power. Transf mana into Mental Power was not difficult, but abs it was extremely slow, and difficult. For that reason, a cloud of Mental Power started f around his body, as the excess could er his mi.

  With Sora and Kara meditating side to side, something simir to an aura formed—a field brimming with unabsorbed mental power. Invisible currents of mental power moved around them, drifting closer with each passing moment, and gradually seeping into their bodies before beio their minds as if waiting for their turn.

  As time passed, something unusual began to occur.

  As [Soul Link], the first effect of Kara’s Supreme Skill, tio operate quietly in the background, aal power passing too close to the link became entangled with it. At first, the mental energy in the air seemed fused, uain of its destination, and what was happening.

  As if driven by Kara's Supreme skill, some of it was tempted to ehe [Soul Link] and started flowing toward Sora, while other strands veered in the opposite dire, creating a delicate bance as the energy tried found a shortcut to ehe two pyers' minds. This random distribution of mental pan to fuel both of them, even subtly enhang their e.

  Slowly but steadily, this actal shortcut formed, with mental energy, mixed within the 'link', flowing toward them. At first, the flow was subtle, almost imperceptible, but over time, it grew rger and faster. Everytime one of them absorbed Mental Power, part of it was sent back through the [Soul Link], trying te the gap in power between them.

  The overflowial Power around them was quickly drained, as their absorption speed skyrocketed. However Sora’s natural attra to mana, intensified the phenomenon, drawing more and more mana toward them and causing the atmosphere to bee thick with mental pain as transf mana into mental power was not a difficult process.

  What started as a geream began to transform into a r river. Mana would flow hem, transform into mental power, flow into one of them through the [Soul Link], nourish their mental power, and then be sent through the [Soul Link] to the other person.

  Sora and Kara, though deep in their meditative states, began to sehe ges but dismissed them and remained focused on their meditation, feeling that any break in tration could disrupt the phenomenon.

  Their [Soul Link] was evolving, and [Mana Evolution] pyed a crucial role, fueling the process and pushing it to new heights.

  They trained for days, and formed their mental defenses and gradually uood the basics of the [Meditate] skill.

  Mixing training, days of meditation, days of rest and days as a couple, a month quickly passed.

  Kara received a notification that broke her focus.

  [Your Supreme Skill's first effect, [Soul Link], has evolved.]

  Curious, she pared the new description to the old one she knew so well:

  (Old Effect)

  Effect 1: Soul Link: Form a perma bond with an ally, linking your life forces. Damage taken by one be shared with the other. This bond strehe weaker party, tinually boosting their life ford making them stronger over time at no cost.(New Effect)

  Effect 1: Soul Link: Form a perma bond with an ally, linking your life forces, mental power, mana and other energies. Damage taken by one be shared with the other. This bond greatly strehe weaker party, rapidly boosting their life ford making them stronger over time at no cost. Allows telepathy betweewo linked souls.Kara's eyes widened as she read the updated description. The new effect was signifitly more powerful, and she could feel the difference already. It wasn’t just life forymore—mental power and mana were now part of the exge, increasing the flow of energy between her and Sora. The feedback loop felt stronger, faster, as if they were both drawing power from each other...

  ‘It’s like turning a small, one-ne road into a fourteen-ne highway,’ she thought in awe.

  ‘Mental Power had hijacked the Soul link for a month already, but mana now being added to the mix makes the skill effecredible.This is the best feeling ever! I felt Sora closing the gap between us with lightning speed, but now I stay petitive by leag off his mana recovery!’ Kara’s mind buzzed with excitement, but unsure of what this new cept truly entailed for Sora, she turo him.

  "Do you feel the ge in our Soul Link?" she asked.

  Sora, also ing out of his meditation, nodded, surprise evident in his eyes. "I feel it. It's like a dozen of times more life force flowing toward me, and I’m sending you... mana aal power?" He seemed just as astonished as she was.

  After a month, the amount of mental power he had was a few times that of Kara, as his talent was affeg his training speed. Despite dreaming of training millions of times faster, he khat his huge talent level did not have such effect, only making him train a few times faster than others.

  The [Soul Link] however made sure she was also not too far behind, as she could keep up to his progress.

  Kara smiled. "Yes, the effect evolved. Now we share more power, and it’s much faster than before." She then asked, "Did you gain anything new?"

  Srinned and pulled up his skill s. "My meditation skill maxed out, and I got an upgraded version."

  He shared the skill description:

  [Superior Meditate : Allows the user to reach a state where they transd normal sciousness, tapping into the deeper yers of the mind. Mental Power be handled with more ease and leave the body.]

  Excited by their newfound strength, Sora and Kara spent the months in Kara's [Time Space], training together and exging ideas to push their limits even further. The improvements they were making, especially ial power, were unlike anything they’d experienced before. They were rapidly catg up to people who had traiheir minds for years, pushing their potential far beyond what they expected.

  In a er, Hiyoko sat, bored, watg the two lovebirds training tirelessly and thinking, 'Aren't they sick of spending all their times together? They keep on ign me... And these beasts are dumb!'

  Hiyoko who was currently pying cards with a beast Kara had tamed, had already won thousands of times in a row, against various oppos, including Kara and Sora... 'I am such a smart bird... No one beat me anymore.' She thought.

  Meanwhile, outside the guild building, Emily paced impatiently. She couldn’t stop thinking about the two promising recruits. ‘Those two are way more talehan anyone we ever had. Their innate skills are probably top-tier, maybe even parable to mine,’ she thought, her excitement barely tained.

  A voice from beside her cut into her thoughts. "Maybe you scared them off with all your talking. You never know when to stop."

  Emily shot a gre at Kim, the guild master, her irritation pin. "Shut up, or I’ll shave your head. You don’t know anything. Those two are worth nurturing. They’re not cowards—they’ll show up."

  Kim chuckled, clearly enjoying riling her up. "Yes, yes, you’ve told me that five times already. Who says they didn’t run off to anuild after your intimidation session?"

  Emily ignored him, sing the area. Apart from Kim’s teasing, seven people were still te. Though Sora and Kara were he roup had been trained by the guild for a full year and had spent the st three weeks in a special training space. They were supposed to return this m, including the new girl.

  Soon enough, Sora and Kara approached. "Sorry for being te. Something came up," Sora apologized.

  Emily waved it off. "Don’t worry, you're just in time. However, there are five others whoing to taste my puer. It’s been a while since I beat them up."

  She quickly switched gears. "So, did you mao gain basic mastery over one of the mental power skills?"

  Uo assess them in a safe area without starting a duel, she could only ask.

  "Yes, we did. Thanks to you!" Sora replied sincerely.

  "Good! It seems yrowth factors and talents are impressive. During the event, there shouldn't be too many trials fog oal power, but try to stay in the petition as much as possible, even if you o choose the easy mode. It’s crucial to not be eliminated."

  Kara nodded, and, curious, she asked, "Who are we waiting for?"

  Emily sighed. "You see those five grayed names in the guild list? That’s who we’re waiting for. They left three weeks ago for training and were supposed to return this m. We ’t tact them because they’re not teically in our 'space' yet."

  Kara opehe guild member list, watg as the five names regaiheir color. "It looks like they’re back," she said.

  The others opehe guild interface, and sure enough, five names appeared.

  Though it had only been a few months, with all the time spent training with Kara, it felt like years to him sihe day Rachel killed him. The st thing he wanted was to see her ugly face, but he wouldn’t mind sabotaging her event and assessing her power in the process to perfect his revenge.

  Moments ter, a group of five pyers approached them.

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