Q. What is mana?

= Mana is a root substance consisting of various fields of magical energy that exist along side the other fundamental forces of physics like gravity and electromagnetism.

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(Neon's POV)

Ugh.....

What is this pain?, opening my eyes I could see darkness all around me. Moving a bit, I realised that my five senses had gone numb. It feels like I am floating on water.

Buzz...buzz..

Then suddenly a bright light started shining from above and my senses kicked in.

Ugh..

My head started hurting from dizziness. Slowly, I opened my eyes and found myself on an island surrounded by crystal clear water. I couldn't enjoy the view in front of me because of dizziness.

'Take a deep breathe and let it out slowly..

Breathe in...  breath out..... breath in.... breath out....'

Soon, I began relaxing as slow cold breeze flew past me.

My head stopped spinning after a minute, now I had a clear view of what's in front of me. I was left stunned watching the scene, one can only see in fantasies, a vast green land, surrounded by crystal clear water and sun rising from horizon dyeing the whole sky by pale orange colour. The scene in front of me looked so beautiful that I forgot everything. The cool and refreshing air filled my lungs. The air felt fresh as if devoid of usual smoke and dust.

'So peaceful...'

'I could live here forever.'

Then suddenly people started appearing everywhere on the island and yelled like crazy.

"Who the fuck broke my sleep?"

"Where am I?"

"Shit my head hurts"

"The fuck is happening"

Ugh...

'Noisy fucKers , just ruined my mood '

Haa....

'Let's focus on the current situation'

I clearly remember sleeping peacefully in my home after taking a bath, how come I am here?

From all the yelling of these noisy people, I think no one has any idea about our current situation. But there sure are a lot of people probably a couple thousand I guess.

Just like this ten more minutes passed by, gradually people stopped yelling and cursing.  They looked around, observing their surroundings carefully.

' It looks like they at least have a brain '

Now that I observe them carefully, they are all young around 16-25 age group, they are quite smart compared to others.

If they were normal people, they wouldn't have stopped yelling and most probably a fight would have broken out or worst go back to sleep thinking that they will wake up soon like an idiot. There's no way this many people will appear in anyone's dream no matter how bizarre it can be. Everything here feels so real, the sand on the beach, the cool and fresh air, the warm sunlight.

I am no different from them, my name is Neon Allen, and I am 21 year-old. After carefully observing my current situation, I reached the same conclusion as them.

'I CAN'T FIGURE OUT ANYTHING'

As everyone was busy figuring out something, a ball of bright light slowly materialized above and started talking in an emotionless tone

[ Initial process complete ]

[ Beginning next stage of operation....]

[ Procedure complete ]

[ Begin ]

Suddenly, one by one people started to disappear from the island. Soon my turn came, and AGAIN I got hit with the same pain I felt before in my head. But this time a groan didn't escape my mouth as I bit my lips to control the dizziness I felt. Suddenly being thrown somewhere and before you adjust to your surrounding & voosh.... you get teleported to another place. What an annoying way to start my day.

And this is how my life started changing for better or worse.