The Greatest Sinner

Evan's crimson "Warp" quickly absorbed mana. Dozens of streams were directed toward the young man and transformed into the "Void Liquid."

In this room, Evan could condense 36 drops per day, which means that to condense the necessary amount, namely 667 drops, it would take him less than 20 days. But, before that, he had to get rid of the last obstacle, the third "Barrier".

Crack. Crack. Crack.

The third chain was shaking and rattling. It tried to resist the streams of mana falling it like the waves, but the cracks in the chain grew larger with every second. Eventually, the splinters began to break off from the links, and then the chain itself began to collapse.

Crack.

<A little more...>

Evan thought as he watched dozens of links begin to break and turn to dust. There were only three links left in just a few seconds, which shattered into tiny pieces instantly.

Whoosh.

At the same moment, Evan felt an incredible lightness in his entire body. He felt as if he came out of the captivity where he'd been for decades or even hundreds of years.

"This is fantastic ... I've never felt better before," Evan muttered as he felt mana rush to his body with renewed vigor.

The last "Barrier" that restrained him had been destroyed, so now Evan could give himself over to "Creation."

Mana was being absorbed not only by his "Warp" but by Reykar as well. The raven was taking only a small fraction of the mana, but considering the total amount, it was enormous.

Day after day, Evan was "Creating." His "Warp" was slowly being filled up with a unique liquid. At that moment, Evan didn't think about what was going on around him during the "Splash." He was only focused on the flows of mana.

The moment Evan broke through his third "Barrier," strange energy erupted from his body, just like the last two times. The changes began to take place around him, affecting only the crystals in the room. They began to grow and expand like branches, some of them faded and crumbled into small pieces, and some were destroyed.

In the days that followed, the crystals continued to change as well, and eventually, some parts began to break off from them and turn into a pale blue substance, namely mana. Because of this, the concentration of mana in this room increased significantly, and Evan's "Nirvana" was filled with mana.

After about 15 days, Evan came to the final stage. He had already condensed 990 drops of "Void Liquid" and had only a few more to go to the next level. Under these conditions, he could condense 10 drops of "Void Liquid" in only 6 hours.

...

<Great, I'm already at the finish line> Evan thought, looking at the 998th drop fell down. He couldn't wait to see what would happen next.

"One last drop is left." Said Evan after the 999th drop fell down. At that moment, he gathered all the mana he had and directed it to his "Warp" at once. He was going to get the last drop right now.

Drop.

The last drop fell, and Evan felt as if he absorbed the whole world at that moment. He looked at his "Warp," filled with "Void Liquid," and slowly mouthed: "Now, all that's left is to convert this liquid into the" One- Pointed Star. "

Evan tried to do what he had in mind, but nothing worked. After three days of trying, Evan realized that there was another obstacle he needed to overcome.

< It's not the "Barrier"... I can do it ... I just need time ... but this isn't the right place ...>

The room Evan was in was equipped to speed up the accumulation and condensation of mana, but not for going to the next level, and Evan needed a different atmosphere.

<Hmm, my "Warp" is full of mana and "Void Liquid," but I still have about two weeks left ... it's time to unlock some more chains. "Decided Evan, and at the same moment, a black crack opened in his "Nirvana."

Mana quickly penetrated the dark space and began to fill the chains.

...

In the remaining time, Evan had managed to fill 13 more chains with mana, making the total number of chains equal 18.

< I've spent such a huge amount of mana in all that time, but I could only unlock 18 chains... that's not even 1/5 of the total number. It would take a really long time to unlock 101 chains. "

Evan summed up and left the room for "Creation." He didn't notice the changes that had happened to the crystals for one reason - they looked the same now as when he had come in here.

The grown parts had broken off and been turned into mana, and the destroyed and extinguished crystals had surprisingly recovered. It was as if everything was back to normal state.

Evan had spent almost all of his money, but he didn't regret it. Otherwise, he would have had to spend much more time before he would have condensed the right amount of drops.

Now Evan was on his way to the first floor of the Academy. He needed to find out where Draven was now. Evan himself intuitively understood how to get to the "One-Pointed Star" stage, but he decided it was worth asking Draven more about it.

Usually, Evan liked to figure things out by himself, but this was a too important stage in his life. It was entirely possible that any mistake he made could be fatal: he could destroy his "Warp" and stop being a magician or even die. Evan didn't want to take that risk, so when he got to the first floor of the Academy, he asked where his teacher was.

"At the moment, Mr. Draven is at his home." The girl replied calmly.

Evan nodded and headed toward the house he had already known well.

As he got close enough, Evan saw Draven sitting on the porch. He wasn't doing anything, and it looked like he was asleep.

"Draven!" Evan called out to him.

At the exact moment, Draven opened his eyes and looked at him in surprise.

"Evan? I'm sorry, I was just thinking. What are you doing here?" Draven muttered in puzzlement.

Until Evan arrived, he pondered how to improve one of his spells, which was quite difficult. After several days of pondering, he still hadn't come up with an option.

"I have one question." Evan calmly mouthed and released his aura.

Draven smiled. It took him just a moment to figure it out, "So you've finally broken through the third" Barrier "and even come close to the finish line. It's amazing how you were able to break through the last" Barrier" so quickly ..."

Draven realized that even though Evan was a magician with a white "Warp," he only needed to accumulate enough "Moon Coins" and rent a suitable room for "Creation."

Over the past month, while Evan had been "Creating," the story about his battles in the arena had spread throughout the school. Draven knew very well that it was easy to earn many "Moon Coins" in the arena if you were strong and popular enough.

"So, Evan, what question do you want to ask me?" Actually, it was a rhetorical question, as they both knew why Evan had come here.