As the ntal imprint spoke in curious but vague words, the fading dark cloud that was rotating around the crystal card started to pulsate and change shapes in a disorderly way, it almost looked like a jellyfish's moving head.
'Is that the main legacy holder?'
The pitch-black crystal card that was at the center didn't seem to have any changes to it, making wonder what its position was in all this, but the ntal imprint started talking again.
{Alright then, since it will take a few minutes for the new fused technique to be produced let tell you how it will help you in getting out of here. To explain it from the start, I will have to explain the nature of the space that you are currently in, it isn't in so sort of place underground nor is it even in the domain you were in, it's a completely independent piece of fragnted space.}
'Which I already know…'
Though I wanted to say that to get straight to the point, it would be more of a bother to explain how I knew it than to simply stay silent and listen, so I chose to simply stay silent while putting on an expression of contemplation.
{You don't seem that surprised… Well, I guess you must have stayed here for long enough to guess so of these facts. However, that's not even the main point, the main point that makes my 'Two-Faced Mask' a great help for you is the nature of this piece of fragnted space. After all, unlike the domains which are complete spaces with a complete elental order that differs on nature according to its node location, the various pieces of fragnted spaces have a similarly fragnted elental order that's aligned towards only one elent!}
'I see…'
The reason that I was unable to recover my elents here was completely obvious at this point, if this space was only aligned towards one elent and the Demons used it as a 'Corruption Space' then not only did so of the ntal imprint's words make sense but the answer was also already in mind!
'This is a Darkness aligned space!'
{I see you have already guessed what I wanted to say. Whatever the Demons call it these days, what they used to call a 'Corruption Space' is nothing but a piece of fragnted Darkness space that they dirtied using their abominable Corruption!}
'In that case, it does make sense.'
The ntal imprint's words about leaving this place earlier wasn't even confusing anymore, if I really did master a Darkness Elental Art then whatever the effects might be, it would at least be better than my current case where I was moving around blindly without a designated target…
{Originally, I wanted you to master the basic 'Two-Faced Mask' which wouldn't take ti so you would spend so more ti locating the Demon and obtaining the tool to get out of here in due ti, but now that you already possess the components to produce the complete 'Two-Faced Mask' you can locate the demon even faster as long as you just finish the first cycle of the first stage!}
Compared to communicating with the elents using a Pseudo Elental Art to scan the area, using a True Elental Art would not only have a bigger range, but it would also be more accurate. If this space's elents are really made of nothing but Darkness ones, then this place would beco my own map in less than a week's ti even if it was tainted with Corruption!
{However, I would advise you to at least complete the whole first stage here as it would be hard to find a perfect practice place Darkness Elental Arts like this later, considering your accomplishnts it should take even less than a week.}
'It's not really that much of a problem…'
Considering the nature of the ability of 'Omni-Mastery lv.3', 'Omni-Elent' that allowed to use Elental Interfusion, only a few hours was all I needed to reach the 3rd stage of any Dual Elental Art, but I was more concerned about sothing else.
"But aren't the Darkness elents in this space tainted by Corruption energy? Wouldn't that an my elents would be impure?"
The whole space deserved to be called a 'Corruption Space' as even who had the system's help couldn't help but get affected by the first eroding illusion, if I was to absorb elents from this space, then I would naturally be asking for trouble!
While I could easily solve this problem by relying on 'Elental Interfusion' to use the Darkness elent later without having to absorb it from the space here, I would still need to absorb it to create an Elental Seed, it obviously wasn't sothing to take lightly…
'I should just use the Pseudo-Omni Elental Crystals…'
Even if this space was a natural paradise for practicing the Darkness elents, the major deficit wasn't worth it, so using the Darkness elents in the purified Elental Crystals instead was naturally better.
{Even if you leave this place, the Darkness elents would be completely tainted by Corruption energy as well, the intensity would be sowhat different but it would be the sa case, the Demons had already corrupted the True Elental Source of Darkness. On the other hand, if you manage to complete the first stage of the complete 'Two-Faced Mask' within the ti limit of one week, I will provide you with a direct thod to purify your darkness elents…}
Just as the ntal imprint finished speaking, the pitch-black crystal card that was floating in the center of the gaseous black cloud shined montarily before I heard another voice in my mind.
[Accept his condition.]
'Eh?'
The voice that ca out in the middle was Long's voice who was supposed to be sleeping as he once again showed a strange reaction by taking the initiative to talk.
'Did his persona change once more?'
{The object that the real bound his ntal imprint on is a special object that can 'personify' Corruption energy and allows you to destroy it using special thods. So, what do you think? Want to give it a try?}
'What is it, Long?'
While I still showed an expression of contemplation, I questioned Long's ntal transmission instead.
[Unfortunately, unlike what you are probably thinking, you can't rely on the Elental Crystal that the system purified to condense a Darkness Elental Seed…]
'Huh?'
[Just like he said, Corruption energy is more or less already bound into the Darkness elent even back at the domains, it isn't as detrintal as you would expect as most users still maintain rationality and control of themselves. However, because that's the case, in order for the system to purify the Corrupted Elental Crystals, the Darkness elent is automatically removed from the crystals.]
'Really…?'
Naturally, I couldn't tell before as I couldn't sense the Darkness elents without an affinity or a special Elental Art, but I assud from both the na, the system's description as well as my experience that it contained all elents.
'Then, is the object he is speaking about really capable of purifying the Darkness elents?'
If even the other elental masters who used the Darkness elents had to use Corruption tainted ones, then it seed like practicing a Darkness elental art is a lost cause. However, from the importance that Long placed on the object that the ntal imprint ntioned as he even woke up for it, it seed to be special enough to change the situation.
[Yes. Originally, the ntal imprint still had its own authority on that crystal card which is why I didn't sense it, but since it released a part of it as it set a condition, the situation changed, you should take that card into your possession.]
'So, it's not a path that's cut off?'
As Demons used Corrupted Darkness elents as the basis of their elental prowess, I naturally wanted to have my own Darkness elents for various reasons and possibilities since one of my goals was to stop the Demons' advent, so having to give up on it to remove hidden danger was a bit unfortunate in my opinion. However, now that…
[Do you really need to start overthinking stuff again? You would only require less than a day to finish what he asked for anyway, so just do it. In the worst-case scenario whereby I'm wrong and the crystal card can't help you with purifying your Darkness elents, the system can just purify your body once more and completely get rid of the tainted Darkness Elental Seed.]
'True.'
Even as I traversed this Corruption space throughout the last month, the system gave the usual ssage of 'Do you wish to purify?' when I held a rock or a wall, but I didn't do so as not to alert the demon since I couldn't simply purify the whole space even in half a year, but considering that as an example, if sothing really was wrong with that crystal card, I could use the system's help to go back to step zero and nothing would be lost.
Besides, just like before, Long advice so far proved at least completely true even if they weren't beneficial, there was no need to doubt it more than needed.
"Alright, I will give it a try."
{Great! As long as you finish setting up the physical foundation within one week, not only will I give you complete control over my Crystal Refining Tower, but I will also transfer you another gift to help you in being victorious within it, that way it won't take that long either!}
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