Cosmic Paragon Chapter 8: Magic Energy

"But that should be impossible. The Black clan has no close relationship with any powerful barrier masters, at least none that I know of and we already looked through everything related to the Black clan."

"Maybe, but what if the barrier was placed before the Black clan. Need I remind you, you weren't born as a mber of the Black clan."

"That... it's possible."

"We've tried searching every record, hacked into every hospital data base, every DNA scan but even after all that we've still not been able to identify your origins or find out who your birth parents are."

"It's been the greatest mystery of the century."

"Yes but now that this is happening, I'm starting to have thoughts about it. With the evidence what if it's not that there's no records of you? What if your origin is from so really high lord family, and I an the real cheese at the top of the food chain. People so high up above the table, their records are separate from the commoners."

"Is that really possible? Even the imperial family and the top families are in the records."

"You and I both know they are not the absolute top." She said her voice solemn.

Drake was silent for a long ti as he let these words sink in. "Looks like I'm not just so pretty face, huh?"

"I don't think so."

"Well... "

Aargh!!!

"Drake scread through gritted teeth, "Maybe we should leave that for after we stop this damn energy from wreaking havoc in first?"

Suddenly an energy wave exploded out with Drake at it's center, and it was destroying everything around him including the very ground he was lying on. A small crater was ford around him and it was spreading fast.

The energy wave was spreading rapidly and it was consuming everything. it soon covered a whole five ter radius and was still spreading.

"Janus, isolate him!" The lady called out into space suddenly and a thin transparent cube ca into existence around Drake. The mont the cube appeared both Drake and the magic power were isolated and the energy wave could no longer spread further, it was contained in the space in that prison.

Drake lay in that space, with the dark bluish energy flowing around him and swirling like a sea of stars.

"What's happening!"

"The energy is going berserk and spreading outside your body into the surroundings. Luckily for you it looks like the energy isn't actively trying to kill you, it's just trying to escape from the seal. Let see if I can..." She spoke but then stopped halfway through, "That's strange, how unexpected."

"What now? What's unexpected?"

"This energy, it's strange it doesn't look like so thing that was external."

"Well duh! It's been sealed inside forever."

"No not like that. I an it doesn't look like it was put inside you it looks more like it was always inside you, like it originated from you."

"You're not making any sense!"

"Hold on, this is..."

"What now?" He was already getting impatient.

"You'll never believe this, but I just tried to control the magic energy. But it has an imprint, your imprint."

"What's an imprint?"

"It's like a signature. Everyone, everything has its own unique imprint. And this energy has your ntal imprint."

"English!"

"Long story short, it ans you are a mage."

A silence fell.

"That's it, I have had it with you and all this nonsense. No more drinking or smoking for you, because if you aren't drunk right now then you are definitely high." Drake finally lost his patience with her and exploded.

"Hey calm down already will you! I'm the doctor here, if you think you're a better expert I can leave and let you give your own diagnosis." She raged.

"Fine! I'm sorry alright. Just please do sothing, just make it go away." Drake sighed defeated, who did he ever offend that he would have to be put through this."

"Hmph! I'll be the bigger person. You're lucky I'm kindhearted enough to help you since you're in pain." She nodded and folded her arms over her ample chest with a smug expression before turning serious. "Like I was saying, you were probably born a mage, then for so reason, soone later forcibly sealed up all your magic energy so you beca like any regular ordinary human with no magic power. But now that there's a crack in the seal after so long, all the magic energy accumulated for sixteen years is bursting forth like a broken dam. Luckily, it's your own magic power that was sealed so it won't hurt you, if it were from an outside source however we would have to be worried about you maybe exploding." She explained patiently. "Now that we know the source of the problem I know you're not in danger. Now I can help get rid of it too."

Wait!

"Hmm, what you have sothing you want to say?"

"You just said the energy is my own magic power and that it won't actively hurt right?

"Yes."

"Well since it is my own. Magic power that ans I should be able to control it on my own right?"

"Well yes. But it's currently in a berserk state, and you have absolutely zero experience in control, I should just,,," However, he stopped her before she could continue.

"Let do it, let control it."

"What? But you have zero experience in this field while the energy is currently in an active rebellious phase. Chances of you being able to control it are nigh-impossible."

"I still want to try." He insisted.

"Do you even know what to do to control magic power?" she was getting depressed at his stubbornness.

"No! But you do. You can teach how."

She dissuaded. "You can't just learn this. It's complex, it takes years just to link up ntally with the magic energy, then you have to be able to feel it, to direct and move it according to your will. The whole learning process is ti consuming, and don't get started on practicing, that's an even greater ti burner. And you think you can pull it off? In your own words 'it's not like I want to look down on you, but I really do look down on you.' it's never been done before."

"I still want to have a go at it. just give a quick Crash course run down lesson on how I can control magic energy." He remained adamant.

"Ah fine. It's your funeral anyway; I don't know why I'm bothered." She sighed in resignation.

"Thanks." He mustered as much as he could what looked like a grateful smile.

"Okay, crash course summary on magic power and energy control! The first and foremost thing you need to know about magic energy, is that your magic energy is like a part of you, like a limb just as it is with your other limbs unless you make it do so it won't harm you of it's own volition. Magic power that belongs to you has your ntal imprint on it just like every other persons own magic energy has their ntal imprint, this imprint is what links the energy to us. It's like the string that ties us or a stamp of ownership. Naturally, it's possible to erase another person's imprint on their energy but that is not sothing you need to worry about right now."

Drake nodded at her explanation, he had to admit it was nice having soone personally teach you this stuff. As he listened he tried as much as possible to ignore the pain he was experiencing while using his imagination to try and picture everything that she was saying. That way he could understand in his own way.

She continued, "Now just because I said magic energy is a part of you doesn't necessarily an you will be able to control it imdiately, that's because even though you understand all this you can't actually see the magic energy inside under normal condition, unless maybe you're a telepath. Telepaths can actually detect and see the energy while is still inside their bodies thanks to their powerful spirits and ntal energy, a powerful telepath can even see the energy flow inside another persons body. Regular people on the other hand, will only be able to see their energy when it leaves their bodies, this is one of the main reasons telepaths can control energy and magic power better than regular people. From the energy you're currently emitting, you are not a telepath."

'So basically she's saying telepaths have cheat codes. Great! 'is there anything that's fair in this damned world?' Drake lanted. He still rembered to focus on what she was saying.

"The state of your magic power is also linked to your ntal state, whether you're agitated, anxious, angry, frantic, calm or happy, no matter what emotion you're feeling it will always reflect. Thanks to this phenonon your magic power can exert different levels of power based on different situations, the destructive power of an attack can be greater in a fight, sotis when you are in a life or death situation it can be several tis more powerful than normal.

'I guess that explains why in movies, when soone uses the sa spell it looks more powerful when they're put under different conditions; it's related to their emotional state.' He thought.