Compared to Earth, where the supernatural had only just begun to emerge and everything was still developing in a primitive manner, the world the mage apprentice came from had clearly spent countless years researching Mental Power.

The difference between the two was like the gap between an ancient civilization and a modern technological society.

Their understanding of Mental Power simply existed on completely different levels.

Because of that, Joo Joowon decided that he would at least finish reading the entire book before choosing the direct learning option.

This book could not be copied.

Joo Joowon already felt dizzy after merely reading it, as though some special magic existed within its pages.

Copying it was even more impossible.

He had already trying it.

After writing only a few words, 1 point of his Mental Power had been consumed.

Compared to copying the contents, simply reading the book was clearly the more practical option.

If the Age of Apocalypse had descended upon many worlds before, then Joo Joowon wondered what had become of the mage apprentice’s world.

After all, a world with magic should not have been as completely defenseless as Earth, should it?

So in the end, who had won?

Joo Joowon shook his head and did not dwell on the question.

From the scattered descriptions within the skill book, he could already tell that, let alone standing on equal footing with the mage apprentice, the attribute panel that looked so impressive by Earth’s standards might have been something an ordinary child possessed in the mage apprentice’s world.

That was not an exaggeration.

The skill book had originally been written by the mage apprentice for his newly accepted disciple.

Generally speaking, few masters accepted disciples who were already very old.

Most apprentices would have been somewhere between seven or eight and twelve or thirteen years old.

The writing style throughout the book was extremely conversational.

The tone clearly sounded like someone speaking to a child.

A world without supernatural power and a world filled with supernatural power were never comparable to begin with.

Because of that, Joo Joowon did not feel discouraged.

After all, he did not need to compete against people from a supernatural world.

He only needed to compete against the other humans who had started from the exact same point as he had.

Everyone’s starting line was equally low.

It was simply a matter of weaklings competing against other weaklings.

Even so, Joo Joowon felt that he really might possess some talent when it came to Mental Power.

Originally, he had planned to study everything related to Mental Power in the book before simply using the skill book directly.

Now, however, it seemed as though he might actually have a chance to learn this skill through self study.

Then again, it only seemed that way.

Joo Joowon still did not even know what Quanta Energy actually was.

This skill book was written to teach a skill, not to explain common knowledge.

It did not describe such basic concepts in detail.

Those were things he would have to figure out on his own.

Although Joo Joowon could tell that Quanta Energy was probably equivalent to spiritual energy in cultivation novels or magical energy in fantasy worlds, simply knowing that comparison was meaningless.

What good was understanding the concept if he could not actually find any Quanta Energy?

Therefore, although he had already gained 3 points of proficiency after reading only the first Chapter, making it seem as though mastering the skill was no longer an impossibly distant goal, he still was not particularly optimistic about his chances.

Proficiency naturally became harder to increase the further one progressed.

Right now, Joo Joowon was being exposed to completely unfamiliar knowledge, so it was only natural that his proficiency rose quickly.

Previously, Joo Joowon had been unable to obtain any information about proficiency from Customer Support.

However, now that he had unlocked a skill, the game openly displayed the proficiency system for him.

The game divided proficiency into five stages: Beginner, Novice, Proficient, Expert and Master.

The exact amount of proficiency required for each stage was not the same.

Joo Joowon suspected that it was connected to the quality of the skill.

The higher the quality of the skill, the more proficiency would be required.

After his proficiency increased, a new Skill tab appeared on Joo Joowon’s status panel.

The skill Life Drain was now displayed there.

Its icon was half gray, as though it had not been fully activated.

It was only visible.

He could see the progress bar, but he still could not actually use the skill.

Joo Joowon guessed that perhaps the Beginner progress bar did not need to be completely filled before the skill became usable.

Otherwise, the proficiency system should have started directly from the Novice stage instead of Beginner.

In other words, as long as he understood how the skill operated, he would probably be able to cast it.

At worst, the success rate would simply be very low, and the skill would have a chance of failing whenever he tried to use it.

If he learned the skill directly through the skill book, what proficiency level would he start with?

Would it begin at Beginner, or would it immediately advance to Novice?

Joo Joowon felt somewhat annoyed.

Earlier, because he had become focused on HighlyCultured’s unusual behavior, his attention had naturally shifted toward the new discovery.

As a result, he had forgotten to ask more questions related to skills.

Otherwise, he would not be completely in the dark now.

Unfortunately, the marketplace had already closed.

There was no way for him to ask anyone else about it anymore.

After calming himself down, Joo Joowon took out the spider cocoon that contained the female ant.

He extended his Mental Power into it to take a look.

The female ant had not given up trying to escape simply because it could not find a way out.

Quite the opposite.

After realizing that it could not dig through the spider cocoon, it immediately searched for another solution and began focusing on its Mental Power instead.

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