"There’s no need for the first part." The chubby black dragon stood up and proudly introduced himself. "I am the almighty black dragon, Lindwurm. I am your father’s avatar."
"My father’s avatar?" Auric was dumbfounded. "How could an avatar talk? In the first place, how are you separated from my father?"
He looked around to make sure his father wasn’t hiding in the store and that this wasn’t a prank by his father.
Lindwurm looked away before saying, "You can forget about that part. If you want to know, find it yourself."
Auric just squinted without saying anything.
It didn’t look like Lindwurm would be willing to tell him everything, so he tried to get all the answers he could. "So, can I ask so questions? You told to ask questions after we’re done with that girl."
"I know, I know. Before that, I need you to answer one question of mine. Are you interested in becoming an evolution master?"
An evolution master, a highly respected profession, as they were the people who could help avatars evolve.
Avatars were random for each person, so more often than not, people from the sa family couldn’t help the next generation in evolving their avatars. Hence, they would ask for help from evolution masters.
"Whether I’m interested or not doesn’t really matter. What matters is the fact that I don’t have an elent."
Lindwurm shook his head. "Do you know the basic information about evolution masters? For example, how does an avatar evolve?"
"I have so knowledge." Auric nodded as he pointed to his bracelet and pressed the only button on the bracelet.
This was a bracelet everyone received after the awakening ceremony, so even he received one.
Na: Auric Elfe
Avatar: None
Grade: None
Affinity: None
Elent: (Fire 0%) (Water 0%) (Lightning 0%) (Wind 0%) (Earth 0%) (Plant 0%) (Light 0%) (Dark 0%) (Unique 0%)
"There are six general elents, two contrast elents, and one unique elent. The general elents are fire, water, lightning, wind, earth, and plant. The contrast elents are light and dark, while the unique elent is, as the na implies, unique elents, such as gravity, ti, space, sound, and so on."
"Correct. Then, how about evolution?"
"If you have an affinity, you will see your elent reach 100% on the bar. However, most of the ti, you absorb too much elental energy. That’s why you need an evolution master to help with it."
Auric paused for a mont. "Every elent has its weaknesses. Fire is weak to water. If you want a successful evolution, you can ask soone to use the water elent to suppress it during the evolution."
Lindwurm considered the answer passable. "If that’s the only reason, you can just ask soone else who happens to have the required elent, no?"
"No. One’s elent is not so simple. They have their respective intensities. An evolution master is able to sense it. They combine beasts, herbs, or other sources of energy to match the intensity of that person’s elent."
"That’s right." Lindwurm nodded. "A careless evolution can lead to a disaster. All you need to do is to keep the elent 100% all the ti until the evolution is completed. There are so books about the basics of evolution over there on the shelf, so you may browse them if you want."
"I understand. How about the battle technique?" Auric was curious why the battle technique was a problem.
"It actually still follows the sa principle. We want that elent to be 100% during the evolution. However, the way to do it is not limited to what you currently know about."
"What do you an?"
Lindwurm scribbled sothing. "If we take the case of the elf earlier, her elent will look like this."
Na: Arina Teneresa
Affinity: Plant
Elent: Plant 112% ( 12%)
"Another value?" Auric raised his head. "So, due to her battle technique, that plant energy has accumulated in her body. By resolving that extra 12%, she will be able to evolve."
"Correct."
"Interesting." Auric rubbed his chin. "Still, her case is special. The problem won’t just be about their battle technique. Without an elent, I wouldn’t be able to do anything."
"That is true, but the way you humans utilize elental power and the way we, avatars, utilize our elental power is different."
"!!!" Auric’s body shook. "Do you an I can sohow utilize an elent?"
The black dragon confird with a smile, "Yes. In your case, it looks like you have a very high sensitivity to magical energy. This is a talent that an evolution master needs. With this, you might be able to beco one."
"Ah?!" Auric was startled, not because of the potential of having an elent, but because he realized that the black dragon didn’t know about his condition.
’It looks like he doesn’t know about the particles?’ Auric had to confirm it first. "Sense... How do you sense the magical energy? I an, I want to see the difference between your senses and mine. Does magical energy sll?"
Lindwurm waved his hand. "You should have seen the colorful, blazing aura coming out of one’s body. That’s what people can see. However, if you sharpen your senses, you can feel their flow. This will be very useful for an evolution master."
As expected, the black dragon didn’t know that he could see particles within the energy.
He didn’t know the cause, but he guessed it was due to his awakening. He didn’t awaken an elent, but that didn’t an the awakening ceremony itself was a failure.
Since Lindwurm was hiding information about his father, he also chose to hide this fact until it was necessary to disclose it.
Still, there was sothing he was curious about. "How does an avatar utilize their elent? Can you show ? A little is fine."
"I can’t manifest my power right now." Lindwurm shook his head helplessly.
"Is that so?" Auric felt a bit disappointed. He looked down, contemplating.
Suddenly, Auric raised his hand. The energy from the air suddenly moved toward him.
"!!!" Lindwurm’s body twitched the mont there was a fluctuation of energy. ’That’s...’
Auric looked at his hand, wondering if he could control the magical energy in the air using the battle technique. It showed him what happened to the right arm, so he just used it to let the magical energy enter his body.
The result was actually beyond his expectations.
"This is..." Auric couldn’t contain his surprise. "The elent..."
"You. What are you trying to do?" Lindwurm squinted his eyes.
"I was trying to use the battle technique. This battle technique could give a positive value, right? So, I can’t help but wonder if I can use it to get my elent."
Lindwurm ntioned a thod before. Although he hadn’t explained it, Auric couldn’t help but think of this possibility.
Considering there was a positive value, could he actually use that positive value to get himself an elent?
Lindwurm was completely speechless. "You... Have you really not learned anything from your father? This is one way avatars can get stronger."
"Really?" That statent truly piqued Auric’s interest. This ant he really could wield an elent.
"That’s right. After learning the battle technique, you understand what an anchor point is, right?"
"Yes. Just as the na implies, it is an anchor for your energy."
"That’s correct. Everyone has an anchor point and that is..."
"Their affinity." Auric thought for a mont. "So, does that an I’m still unable to wield an elent?"
"You just have to create an anchor point in your body."
"Oh!" Auric nodded in understanding. "But where?"
"Your heart. Your heart is the most important place. If you breathe, your heart will pump blood, which will give you the power to move your body. The sa applies to your magical energy."
Auric felt that sothing was wrong. It was clear Lindwurm didn’t know about the particles.
’Sothing is weird. I can see the particles, but since they are absorbed by the body, is it sothing real? The pores of human skin are too small...’
It was clear that sothing was missing. He needed sothing that could connect his suspicion to the answer.
’No, wait. If I can truly see the energy, why can’t I see the magical energy in the air? I can only see them around soone.’
Auric looked at his hand again. When he used the battle technique from earlier, he realized one thing.
The magical particles began to appear the mont he used the battle technique. And according to the description of the battle technique, he gathered the magical energy.
’Ah. Is the reason I could see magical energy because they’re concentrated enough for my eyes to see? They enter the body by breaking apart, which makes them smaller than the skin’s pores.’
Lindwurm didn’t know what he was thinking, so he continued with his explanation. "Do you know a porous stone?"
"All stones are porous to so degree."
"Yes. There are so gaps in our bodies. That gap can be filled by accumulating magical energy. However, just like the concept, there is a limit to being porous."
Auric frowned. "So, even if I use this technique, I won’t be able to reach 100% elent?"
"Unfortunately, yes. But looking on the bright side, you don’t have an affinity, so you will be able to wield all elents to a certain extent."
It looked amazing on one side, but without being able to reach 100%, he wouldn’t be able to evolve. Then again, he didn’t have an avatar and an affinity, so he might not be able to evolve at all.
On the other side, Auric noticed a small gap that he might be able to exploit.
"Wait a minute. There are variations for elents, right? Take the fire elent, for example. Normal fire, magma, the sun... All of them could be considered fire elents, right? And whether you have normal fire or magma, you will still have a ’fire’ affinity."
"!!!" Lindwurm thought he had enough surprise today, but Auric shocked him once more with a ridiculous theory.
However, it might be plausible. For other people, they had an avatar and an affinity. Their affinity ant they were locked onto one thing.
On the other hand, Auric didn’t have an affinity, so as he ntioned before, Auric could potentially wield multiple elents.
What if Auric used the thod he talked about? He might be able to reach 100%.
He might get 20% from normal fire, 30% from sun fire, 30% from magma, and 20% from other fla variants.
If a normal person could only get one of the values, Auric could get all of them.
Lindwurm hadn’t thought about this possibility. After all, this was the first ti he had seen soone with no affinity like Auric.
"Wait. So, having no affinity doesn’t an having the weakest talent, but the other way around?" His jaw dropped.
Auric thought the sa thing. However, this was all just a theory.
Auric asked a more important question. "I understand about the anchor point, but I want to confirm one thing. Why can I use other elents? I an, won’t they cause a conflict in my body?"
"There’s nothing you need to worry about. If you use your heart as an anchor point, as long as you don’t use two elents at the sa ti, it won’t beco a problem. But make sure that you don’t use two elents at the sa ti!"
If that were the only requirent, it shouldn’t be a problem. "I don’t mind, but what will happen if I use both at the sa ti?"
"To put it simply, the two elents will conflict with each other. I’m not sure what will happen if you use two elents that belong to the sa category, but if you use two elents from different categories, then the result will be different. The stronger one will win, but the resulting clash will damage your body."
"I see. So, this ans I can just start using this battle technique?"
"Yes and no," he said. "Yes, you can use that battle technique, but there is a limit to that battle technique. No, it will limit your progress. At most, you will get 12%, just like that girl. You can’t change it even if you find sothing better."
"If I don’t use it now, I won’t even have a starting point." Auric smiled. "We need to start sowhere."
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