'It's really a strange sensation' thought Alex as he was... Actually, he didn't know how current state.
He couldn't see nor couldn't hear, he didn't know if he was on solid ground or floating in the air, he had completely lost the track of ti, he didn't even know how long he had been here, one minute, one hour or one day ? He didn't know, he felt like he was in a void, but was it truly a void? he didn't know he was never in a void, all he knew was that this feeling was dreadful.
'Fortunately that Lilia warned, or I might have lost my sh*t, even when I died, it wasn't as frightening as this!' Thought Alex.
At least his thought were still with him, those were actually the only thing apart from a strange sensation that he felt that were still him.
The sensation he felt was the sa as when he normally used his smoke ability, it was like a third arm that he never had, but subconsciously knew how to use.
This sensation was obviously what connected him to his smoke elent, from what Lilia said, it was like a chain that bonded him with his elent. The longer this chain, the less affinity you had with your elent, which made his current situation all the more problematic as currently his connection with the smoke elent actually seed much longer than before!
'Well, Lilia warned before, but it's still disturbing to know that the level of control I had over the smoke elent wasn't really as I thought' thought Alex, painfully becoming aware of his situation.
From what Lilia had said, it takes one to be in a situation where the only thing you could rely on is your elent, to really understand how weak - or good - the level of control you had over your elent.
'Well, let's start, but what thod should I use?' As he thought this, Alex's mind drifted back to when Lilia explained the thod he could use to augnt his affinity when in this situation.
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"You have two thods to go about it: the first one is the classic route which 99.99% of people generally take, or the controller thod -also nad the sovereign route-, which is less taken" explained Lilia.
"How to achieve each route ?" Asked Alex, even though he was more interested in the sovereign thod the mont he heard the na, but he forced himself to ask since he didn't want to rush and take a thod that wouldn't suit him.
"The first thod -the classic route - consists of shortening the link by pulling on it, the goal is obviously to shorten the distance between you and your elent, this thod generally takes more ti than the other, but it is the safest route"
"What about the second route ?"
"The second thod -The sovereign route - is a forward one, but it's also a dangerous one, if the classic route can be compared to slowly building a relationship like friendship between you and your elent, The sovereign route is a path that you take when you want to force your elent into subjugation or servitude, like a subordinate or a slave."
"This sovereign route seems more and more alluring. Tell , what is the difference between the two ?" Asked Alex.
"It's quite obvious I think, the classic route is the safest route, but it offers less level of control over your elent, anwhile the sovereign route is a dangerous one but if you achieve it you may be considered a sovereign as your level of control over your elent is absolute." Explained Lilia.
"I understand" said Alex with a contemplative expression.
"You told how to take the classic route, how about the sovereign route" asked Alex after a mont.
"If you want to take the sovereign route, there are three steps that you need to complete" Lilia expression turned solemn as she added "the first one is to make sure that you already have a good affinity with your elent before even trying to enhance it"
"The second step is to break the connection that binds you to your elent."
"Huh? Break the connection that binds with my elent, won't I lose my elent if I do this ?" Asked Alex, stunned.
"That's why I said that the sovereign route is dangerous, you may lose your ability by taking this route" said Lilia with a solemn tone.
Alex got silent hearing her, suddenly the sovereign route seed less alluring, but after a mont of thought he remarked sothing strange.
"You said that breaking your bond with your elent is the second step, right? That ans there is a third step, so, if breaking your bond with your elent isn't the end of the road, that's ans that it's not that action that will make one lose his ability"
Lilia nodded and replied:
"You are right, but only in part, severing the chain that connect you to your elent may or may not make you lose your elent, it all depend on your affinity with your elent before attempting the process, if you have a good enough affinity you may retain your ability and pass to the next step, if you don't have a good enough affinity however..."
Lilia looked Alex in the eyes as she uttered seriously:
"... You would completely lose your elent and I doubt even the lust artifact may help you regain it"
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