Runemaster in the Last Days novel Chapter 134

"Hey Riya, do you know which one is better: the water from the natural sources in the world or the one transformed from the magic core?" Amelia suddenly asked.

RIya heard this and arched her eyebrows. "Why do you ask?"

"Because brother said that this magic core will be prioritized for us to use instead of the people outside, so I figured out that this should be somewhat better. But I can’t really understand how it’s better than ordinary water," Amelia replied.

The test result came that it was water.

Well, not exactly pure h2o but the mix within it was the components that was usually found in ordinary water they drank.

So Amelia was a bit curious about how this water was better.

"It’s because of the chemical processing," Riya replied. "The water you drank usually contain some part of the chemical mixed in and the water from the magic core will instead contain a trace of mana. While the amount is not much, long term consumption can still help you to sense mana. It’s more effective for children, though."

In that world, Riya was also curious why the people in big families would rather drink water from lower ranked magic cores. Only the people who were not mages would be willing to drink water that they dug out from the ground.

And then she found out that long tern consumption would allow their body to adapt to mana in advance.

Children who were raised in that environment would have much higher chance to become a mage and magic warriors.

It could be said that these children who were born and raised in big families were simply a winner in life. They were raised in the best environment possible for their future growth to the point that it was difficult for them to fail.

"The water contained mana?" Amelia was surprised. She looked at the jar in her hand and then resisted the urge to drink it. This was the water that they would put in the canteen and not for their personal use.

If it was possible, Amelia really wanted to bring it back home for their family to use.

Riya could guess what Amelia was thinking and felt amused. "It wouldn’t have much use for you, Mel."

"Eh? Why?"

"Because you’re already a magic warrior. The amount of mana contained from this rank 1 magic core is very limited and usually only useful for ordinary people who had never come into contact with mana," Riya replied. "If you want one that’s useful for you, you should take the resources from higher level magic core."

The problem was, higher ranked magic cores were also useful for many other things and only rank 1 magic core was a bit tasteless for many people.

Even in that world, they would not transform the magic core of rank 2 and above to become this ordinary resources. Instead, they would use it for other means that could also help their practice.

In this way, they would be able to grow up quickly.

"I see." Amelia could only put down the jar with disappointment. She thought that she would be able to make a good use of this magic core, but it turned out to be useless for her.

Riya chuckled when she saw Amelia’s expression.

"How do you know so much, Riya?"