The Exiled First-born of the Noble House. Rising to the Top With the Worthless Skill [Null Poison]

Healing Mana

“There’s so much I want to ask but……..first of all, can you explain what this healing mana is? I know what mana is of course but, I’ve never heard of the term healing mana before.
If you can tell me, that’d be great.”

“Ah, you’re right, healing mana is not a term that often comes up normally huh.
It’s the kind of info you won’t get even during an ability assessment.”

“Yeah, it’s a brand new term for me.
By the way, you can talk about this stuff right?”

“Of course.
Chris-san, do you know that all mana has different kind of nature and properties? Normally, it’s divided into the 4 elements of fire, water, wind and earth.
And most people possess mana among these four types.”

I do recall hearing about this stuff from the old golem guy when I was learning under him.

I had affinity for fire element, and the old man was………I think, a water element type, if I recall correctly.

Which means most of the mana inside my body was of fire type, and the other three types were very little.

Of course, part of it was also my utter lack of talent when it comes to magic but, apparently this was the main reason why I could only use [Fire Ball] and not much else.

On the other hand, the old man could use advanced magic of all 4 elements, as even with his affinity towards water, he still had a uniform amount of the other 3 elements as well.

“I have heard that stuff before yeah.
Someone explained to me that I had an high affinity for the fire element and whatnot.”

“Then, this should make things easier to explain.
Okay, so normally these 4 elements are what make up a person’s mana but rarely, some people end up with mana that is quite different from the usual 4 elements.
There are people who directly have mana formed of compund elements like lightning or ice, and someone that don’t even have any element, making light or dark element instead……..and among such rarities, there’s also a healing element/attribute as well.”

I see.
His explanation was quite simple so I feel like understood it much better.

Of course, it didn’t matter much to someone like me with no talent for magic but, I still felt a bit excited just hearing about it all.

“Thanks for the explanation.
You made it really easy to understand.”

“That’s good to hear.
Anything else you want to know? I might as well explain anything else you might have doubts about.”

“Alright then, can you tell me about these [High Priests]? I might have to face them in the future it seems after all.”

“Of course.
[High Priest] is one of those advanced jobs.
There’s not a lot of them, and there’s some who end up working at the healer’s guild or as adventurers as well but, in the church, they are instantly promoted to the rank of bishops, and so they normally work for the church.”

From what I recall, the hierarchy at the church goes, Pope> Cardinal > Archbishop > Bishop > Priest > Deacon > Nun >Followers/believers.
Like that.

So simply getting the [High priest] job alone gets you to the top 10% of the church eh? I guess even in the church, the suitable job decided everything.

Well, the [heaven’s Blessing] was conducted by the church after all, this shouldn’t really come as a surprise to anyone really.

“So it’s close to what an adventurer would have with say [Sage] or [Fist King]?”

“Well, I wouldn’t say it’s that high level.
Closer to [Sorcerer] or [Magic Fencer] I’d say……..well, it’s hard to really pinpoint this kind of comparison though.
Regardless, just understand that it’s an advanced rank job.”

“Alright, as for their abilities, is it safe to assume that they are pure healers and nothing more?”

“I’d say so.
They can use holy magic as far as attacking goes but, I don’t think someone at your level will be troubled by it Chris-san.
But when it comes to the Cardinal, even I don’t know much.
All I know is that his job is called the [Judge].
This is simply a rumour but I’ve heard that he even killed a high ranking Demon in the past so, if the rumours are real, he has to be a fairly strong fighter as well.”

This Cardinal has been trying to find since I was in Realzard as well.

From what Graham tells me, he’s the only one that is any real danger to me when it comes to battles.

If the rumours of him killing a high ranking demon are true then, I don’t want to fight him before I face Klaus.
But, at the same time, I am also the type that really wants to return the favour of annoying me and causing me trouble for so long.

“I see.
You really have given me a lot of info graham.
This might be a bit late but, thank you for leaking all this info even though you are also a member of the church.”

“I imagine you have already realized this from my attitude but, while I may be a ‘priest’.
I’m not exactly some fervent believer of God so, think of this as me cheering for you from the back.
I do have a grudge against god after all.”

I feel like I just heard some blasphemous words but, I totally understood Graham’s feelings as well.

Even if I had been given the [Priest] job and had been made to work in the church instead of becoming an adventurer like now, I probably still would have kept a grudge towards god like Graham as well.

“The blasphemy aside, it’s not like I don’t get where you’re coming from considering our circumstances so, if our situations were flipped, I probably would have done the same thing.”

“We may not seem very much like each other, but at our core, I suppose we do share some strong similarities eh………anyway, that’s about all I have to tell you.
Please, be careful at all costs.
I’d like to chat with you again like this one day.”

“Yeah.
I’ll make sure to not waste all the info you gave me.——And survive, no matter what.”

I shook his hands firmly this time around, and then left [Ruan].

I had been helped out by Graham once again.
So that I can repay this favour as well, I needed to come back alive no matter what.

Swearing that oath inside my heart, I walked through the night streets of the capital and returned to my inn.