Matheus continued his training until he was nearly drained of all his mana. He was still in the Intermediate Mana Vapor Stage but had mana levels in the Initial Mana Sea Stage. The only problem was that he used up way too much mana during his training sessions.
He needed to learn how to control his mana and use it more efficiently as Cecil had always explained to him. He did ask once before that if he had mana levels at the Mana Sea Stage, then couldn't he be considered being at the Mana Sea Stage?
Cecil naturally shot him down and explained that the difference between Mana Sea and Mana Vapor was the quality of mana, not the quantity. Even if someone had the quantity of mana needed for the next mana stage, it wouldn't make them stronger than the one with a smaller amount of mana but was
