The previous night, after the banquet had ended, Eugene had received a summons from Gilead. Now that the Bloodline Continuation Ceremony was over, and he had even been adopted into the main family, it was time for Eugene to begin training his mana in earnest. For this, Gilead had decided to provide a detailed explanation of how Eugene’s training would be conducted.

His training would take place on top of a leyline, a place where mana was heavily concentrated.

Deep within the forest of the main estate, there was a leyline that only members of the main family were allowed to visit. The leyline wasn’t naturally occurring but instead had been formed by the Great Vermouth himself three hundred years ago.

Only the children of the main family were usually allowed to make use of the leyline’s power. Although part of the reason why Cyan was already able to manifest sword-light was because of his own outstanding talent, the leyline’s help had undeniably played a huge role in his success.

‘He actually created an artificial leyline. Vermouth really was a monster,’ even with the experience from Eugene’s previous life, he still found it difficult to comprehend.

So Vermouth had somehow forcibly twisted the flow of mana deep within the earth to create this artificial leyline? And it was even able to last for over three hundred years?

‘Crazy bastard,’ Eugene silently cursed.

If it was Vermouth they were talking about, this definitely seemed possible. However… instead of feeling admiration for Vermouth’s prestigious accomplishments,...