Soon after, Lrouped with the others, and wasted no time. "We need a few [Mana Amplifier] pyers here, right now. The more, the better," she announced.

  The other officers exged fused gnces, and Aang raised an eyebrow. "Why do we need [Mana Amplifiers]?"

  Lois gave a sly smile. "It’s cssified. Just trust me on this—it might be a game-ger."

  Without further questions, the four els tapped on their menus, summoning the Mana Amplifiers. Within moments, 18 pyers gathered before them, eae wearing a puzzled expression as they looked at the high-ranking officers. Most of them exged gnces, clearly curious as to why they were all called here together.

  Asami turo Lois, tilting her head. “What’s the pn?”

  Lois looked to Sora, who gave her a slight nod, then addressed the Mana Amplifiers. "All right, I need each of you to use [Mana Resonance]. Just o a time, and keep going until I say stop."

  [Mana Resonance]

  Type: BuffDescription: Mana Resonance creates a liween the Mana Amplifier and one or more allies. When linked, any buff the Amplifier applies to themselves is also applied to their allies at 50% of its inal potency. Mana is drained from the Amplifier for both themselves and their allies, meaning the Amplifier must carefully maheir mana reserves to avoid exhaustion. The skill grows stronger with additional allies, amplifying mana efficy within the resowork.Effect: Amplifies any self-buff applied to allies at 50% strength. Mana cost scales with the number of linked allies.Limit: Maximum of 3 allies li level 1, but the number increases with skill level.

  Sora thought to himself as he remembered the skill description from the time he unlocked it when he was a Mana Amlplifier css pyer. He never had time to master this skill but always sidered using it. But having no allies made training it really difficult.

  The Mana Amplifiers exged hesitant looks. A man with sandy brown hair named Emil stepped forward, scratg his head. "What exactly are we doing here?"

  "We're trying something," Lois reassured. "I o observe something."

  Emil shrugged and activated [Mana Resonance], a faint glow surrounding him as the skill released waves of mana in pulses and linking him with a few pyers.

  The others watched him curiously, while Sora narrowed his eyes, fog intensely on the waves of mana as they rippled through the air.

  He could see the mana moving in patterns, each pulse of [Mana Resonance] creating a rhythm that ected with the mana around it, amplifying and stabilizing it. His [Mana Eyes] allowed him to witness how the mana ied with other sources, abs and harmonizing it. Emil seemed to be the source of all things as his allies started glowing as well.

  ‘Fasating…,’ he thought, trag the skill's structure in his mind. 'My eyes see much more, and i feel like i touch upon the essence of the skill, seeing through much more details than in the past'.

  He focused even deeper, sensing the core of the skill, looking for its intricacies. His own mana subtly adjusted as he mirrored the flow, mimig the way Emil’s mana vibrated in harmony with the surrounding allies.

  Emil stepped back, and the Mana Amplifier took his pce, repeating the skill. Sora watched each of them, his gaze i, etg each variation to memory, noting how slight differences affected the resohe level of his allies, the pyer's level, the pyer's trol over his energy and other factors all seemed to affect the skill usage.

  As the process tinued, he started to feel the skill’s rhythm bee a part of his oool, adapting to its unique flow and frequency. With each repetition, he gained more crity, feeling as if the ability was gradually being his own.

  One of the Mana Amplifiers, a woman with curly red hair named Faye, looked at Lois and asked, "Are we just going to keep going like this?"

  Lois g Sora, notig his intense focus. "Yes, just keep going. We’ll stop once we’re done."

  Faye shrugged, and activated [Mana Resonance]. She noticed Sora her ily, and raised an eyebrow, clearly puzzled. The other Mana Amplifiers started murmuring among themselves, some starting to give him weird looks because of his intense gaze.

  Finally, Save a satisfied nod to Lois, his mana pulsed with the newly absorbed frequency. He could feel it, the resonance perfectly attuned within him. He had successfully “copied” the skill.

  With aed smile, he turned back to Lois. I’ve got it."

  He g the notification:

  [You have unlocked the skill: Alternate Mana Reso's no imitation... The copy’s as strong as the inal. For the first time, this is not a 'Fake' version’ Sora thought, satisfa filling him as he read the skill’s description.

  The pyers kept on showing the high ranked officers all the skills they had mastered, and each time this netain o el Lois hey would be asked to perform a new skill.

  After a while, Lois snapped Sora back to the moment, calling out to the Mana Amplifiers, “Thank you everyone, you've shown us skills you’ve unlocked up to level 50. Time's up for more testing. We’re entering the final stage of the 'Greeting Phase.' Go back to your panies”

  Leaving the group puzzled, without further expnation, she turo Sora and asked "Is the harvest suffit?".

  Sora nodded and looked at his new abilities:

  [Alternate Echo Strike]: els mana into a on for enhanced damage. Power scales with the number of allies buffed by the Amplifier.[Alternate Mana Cascade]: Temporarily increases the target's mana regeion.[Alternate Are Overload]: Amplifies the physiagical attack based on mana input. es with a penalty to mana regeion.[Alternate Mana Burst Field]: Boosts all mana-based abilities by 30% within the field, including healing and offensive spells. The Amplifier’s mana cost rises by 50% while active.

  While he wasn’t sure how often he’d use all of these, [Mana Cascade] and [Echo Strike] seemed invaluable for the task ahead. [Mana Cascade] erfect for boosting the mana regen roups at once, and [Echo Strike], which he hadn’t utilized in over a month, could serve as his ultimate tool for the first time.

  He even sehat his mastery over these spells was s, as his [Mana Evolution], that grew with his mana usage and level, pushed these low level skills to new heights, quickly heading towards a perfect version of the skill.

  'I will probably not be able perfect them before the main battle, but it should help reduce their penalties and increase their efficy' Sora thought, satisfied with the addition to his skills.

  Turning his attention to the arena, he read aloud:

  [Battalions who have been notified, advao the field number prepared for you, and fight.]Sora exhaled, feeling the mounting iy. The scale of these battles was being absurd, and he wondered if it was even possible to earn bonus points at this size. ‘The arena’s way too vast—I ’t affect such a rge area all at once even with my elemental skills,’ he thought, shaking his head. ‘I’ll just have to give it my all and see how it goes.’

  In the first battalion battle, Asami led Lois and nearly a thousand pyers against Captone’s forces. Captoill seething from the st enter, directed his battalion with renewed determination. Sora, Kara, and the other els watched, curious.

  Captoactics were impressive. He arranged his troops in clusters of three or four panies, each with distinct objectives. Some focused on le strikes, using hit-and-run tactics. Others were melee-heavy, shielded by healers and buffers. Eapany seemed purpose-built: some provided cover with elemental walls, others summoned mist to ceal movements or called down lightning to mask the sounds of their attacks.

  Sora was impressed by Captone's leadership. Though Captone had shown quick thinking against his own pany, Sora's overwhelming might gave him no room for adjustments. Here, however, he was in his element, leading with precision his battalion.

  Asami, meanwhile, let Lois take charge of troements, supervising from the bad clearly pg plete trust in her el’s leadership. Despite their seemingly stroriking power, the battle was hard-fought. The superior level and coordination of the Dark Elf forces made any gains arduous for the Human panies, heavily relying on Asami to turides.

  [Your Fa's Battalion led by Asami Hito won in a Battalion War. +1000 points.]Without Asami’s speed and stealth—qualities that allowed her to eliminate pany leaders and ultimately take dotohe viight have slipped through their grasp.

  The scale and challenge of the battalion battle left Sora thinking. 'I might as well fet about bonus points...'

  Edward led his battalion with extreme fighting spirit, charging into battle with his battalion of local soldiers against the Dark Elf General. The enemy General, in dark armor and wielding dual bdes, cut through the ranks with deadly precision. Edward’s troops fought hard, moving in unison, but the General’s power was overwhelming. One by one, his soldiers fell, ae Edward’s best efforts, his battalion was crushed.

  up, Cero faced off with a Female Dark Elf el wielding a spiked mace. The two forces cshed in a brutal, cle fight. Cero’s battaliohe line, pushing back with everything they had. But the Dark Elf el smashed through their defenses, breaking their formation again and again. Cero fought hard but ultimately, the Dark Elf fa wotle.

  Looking at the notifications, and at the close st fight, Sora was scratg his forehead, looking for a way to reduce the gap in points between both sides, but it looked more and more difficult as time passed. The gap was widening.

  [Your Fa's Battalion led by Edward Schwartz lost in a Battalion War. +0 points.][Your Fa's Battalion led by Cero Vux lost in a Battalion War. +0 points.]Aang’s battalion . He unleashed his full strength otlefield. Moving like a blur, Aang hunted down the bae of the enemy battalion, targeting healers and mages with extraordinary efficy. He slipped through their defenses, massag pyers with retively low defense and lifeforce.

  'The general and 1 el specialize in assassination... Is this a good or a bad thing?' Sora thought, watg the battle.

  The Dark Elves, led by an old el, fought back fiercely, but Aang’s impact kept them on edge. Aang's battalion followed his lead, pressing the advantage. With each fallen enemy healer e, the Dark Elves lost damage output and healing potential. The battle raged on, and though fierce, eventually became one-sided.

  [Your Fa's Battalion led by Aang Li won in a Battalion War. +1000 points.]It was now time for Oliver Evans' battalion to join the fray, and battle for the final 1000 points.Once more, it was time for Sora and Kara to shine.

  mimou