Billy made Full Heal level up a few times before he went to the next step. During the fight against the dragon, he noticed that his mana and the enemy's collided in a vicious manner many times. However, in one of those, he found a weird reaction… The space began to distort, and Billy felt like the space had shrunk in that spot since he could see the dragon closer. At first, he thought that it was some kind of mirage or illusion, but a spell of that type would affect a larger area instead of a small one.
"Maybe this is the trick to Teleportation…" Billy thought.
Billy didn't need Teleportation to move faster between continents. Still, with that kind of ability, he would have more options when it comes to attacking. In any case, he tried many things, but he didn't make any progress with that. Forget about making his mana collide violently in front of himself. He was literally wasting mana trying to copy the phenomena of that battle.
Before long, it was breakfast time, and Billy hadn't accomplished anything, so he went to fill his belly. He sighed, thinking that just a couple of hours ago, he got carried away with learning Full Heal.
"I don't think that was a reaction caused just because two sources of mana collided against each other, but…" Billy thought. "I guess I will have to leave this one for later and try something simpler.
Since Billy was able to store a lot more mana now, Billy decided to be even more efficient about it. While he already could access his mana from his reserves a lot faster than before, Billy felt during the battle that he could improve it and use it to make his body stronger as well. The idea was to replicate the magic circuits of Billy's armor on himself. That would give more for mana to be stored, and if he plays his hands right, he will enhance his body as well. Like if he gets hit on his back, and there is a circuit there, the mana will help him against the damage.
"I guess the only downside is the fact that my mana will be more visible if I want to cover most parts of my body," Billy thought.
Billy realized that it would be better if he did that only during battles. That way, the enemies will never know when he was ready for them… Billy tried to copy his blood vessels, but he failed since the mana was hard to control once they lost theory concentrated shape. After thinking for a while, Billy realized he would need his Spiritual Core's help. If he used that as the center of it, then perhaps…
After closing his eyes, Billy began to focus his mana on the spiritual core and from there, he started to make the magic circuits. Although he felt that the idea was good, he still was shocked when he noticed that the man was moving the way he wanted and without making much of a fuss. Nevertheless, for starters, Billy made his mana become magic circuits on his torso. He wanted to see how that would play out, after all.
In the end, that worked fairly well, and Billy also felt lighter. The plan of using the mana even in that state to increase his body's defensive power was working too. With all those massive mana reserves, it wouldn't be weird if he didn't feel his body getting stronger beyond his level. The only issue was that… his back was shining blue.
'It seems I can make the circuits decrease and increase in size. This should help out… but I guess I need to get used to filling them instantly to make sure that no one can notice them," Billy thought.
Billy began to practice that, but he realized that he also could think and control his magic faster when he used Light Speed Sword, so as long as he had that with him, making his magic circuits appear won't be a problem. With that in mind, he began to train to make the magic circles cross his whole body, but then it was already lunchtime…
"Where does the time go…" Billy said and then sighed. "I am back for a single day and I already lost the notion of time and didn't spend much time with my family."
Hector and Christina were starting to walk outside the home by themselves more often, alongside their guardians, so soon they would grow more independent from Billy, and they wouldn't think that he was their cool papa anymore… they would think that he was a nagging old man. That made Billy like sighing… he was doing that to protect his family when the time came, and yet… it seemed that he was sacrificing something fundamental…
"Let's stop training for today and just enjoy the day off," Billy thought.
Just when Billy was leaving the underground training arena, he saw his wives approaching the entrance. Much to his surprise, they were prepared to leave, and they had their weapons with them.
"Ah… I know this setup," Billy said and then sighed. "This the girl's night out at the dungeon."
"We are going to that dungeon again since the poison dragon is back," Kate declared. "Watch the fortress while he is away and don't spoil the kids too much."
"It isn't the same level, but we feel like fighting a dragon again after hearing about your fight," Natalie said.
"Well… I am just tagging along," Sarah said hesitantly.
"Yeah, it is fine, you guys deserve some time off yourselves as well," Billy said. "While you defeated the poison dragon, don't get careless and do something stupid."
"Like going to enemy territory and working with people you don't trust while you leave us behind?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, something like that," Billy replied.
Kate pulled Billy's ears for a while before they left to pick Lily… at least they should force Alexander to go with them because he becomes annoying when Lily isn't around. He was almost thirty, and that part of him didn't change in ten years…
