Sebastian's existence was distorting more and more. The Spacetime Lightning was taking control, turning him from a human into an Elemental.
At the same time, Sebastian's Elemental was also starting to bee restless. Since Sebastian couldn't control it anymore, it started to behave like a normal Elemental.
Luckily, Kyle had already restrained it with his Domain. The Elemental only had the power of a Unique Sage, while Kyle was an Advanced Spirit Lord.
'Fuck!' Kyle thought as he saw Sebastian's Energy being more chaotic. The logic of a human mind was slowly being replaced by the instinctual actions of Elemental Energies.
Kyle's will kept Sebastian suppressed. He was trying to keep the Spacetime Lightning as calm as possible. Sadly, doing that sounded easier than it was.
'If I push too little, Sebastian's state will keep deteriorating. If I push too much, my own Spirit will take control of the lightning. I have to keep a balance!'
The Karmic Line between him and Sebastian was distorting more and more as time passed. Yet, instead of breaking into tiny lines, the Karmic Line just became misty and irregular. It was slowly vanishing!
Energies left Kyle's body and entered the Karmic Line. He still didn't know what he was actually doing, but he didn't have the time to make sense of it.
'I need to try something!' he thought as concepts of the Major Laws of the Aspects flooded into Kyle's mind. He knew how a human functioned. Sadly, he didn't know how every part worked in detail. If he knew, he would have already prehended the True Laws of the Aspects.
'First, the Center!' Kyle thought as he manded the lightning to gather in Sebastian's abdomen. 'I know how a normal Center works, but I don't know how Sebastian's Center works! He works with Spacetime Lightning, not Neutral Energy!'
'I know how a Center works, and I know how Spacetime Lightning works, but I don't know how the two of them interact. Fuck! What do I do?!'
Kyle forced the Spacetime Lightning to press further, and moments later, a shining ball of lightning appeared in Sebastian's distorting body.
And then...
'What now?!' Kyle thought as he looked at the ball of lightning in panic. 'How do I turn it into a Center?! It's just a ball of lightning! It's not a Center! I don't know how this works!'
'I can't recreate his Center. If I had the time, I might succeed, but I don't have the luxury of time!'
Kyle looked at Sebastian's head. 'No choice. I have to use his Spirit to reconstruct his existence. I don't have access to his Spirit, but his mind does. I somehow need to recreate Sebastian's mind, but...'
'I don't know how it works! I know how my mind works, but I don't know how his mind works! Fuck!'
Kyle gritted his teeth as the Karmic Line kept deteriorating. He had already tried everything in his power to recreate Sebastian's mind, but nothing worked. After all, he simply didn't know how Sebastian's mind worked, and he definitely didn't have the time to find out!
'If I keep going like this, he will die!'
Kyle took a deep breath.
'Or, he's already dead...'
An idea popped into Kyle's head, but mitting to the idea meant discarding all other options. If he started the process, he would have to finish it.
'I can't think of anything else. Sorry, Sebastian, but I'm really running out of options here. I don't know how this will turn out or if it will even work, but I have to try it!'
Kyle gathered a big part of the Spacetime Lightning and forced it into Sebastian's head. Afterward, he used his own Energy and summoned the other Elements.
Elemental Energies of all the Elements gathered to fill Sebastian's head. The Energies were fusing, and slowly, small bits of brain formed around the Spacetime Lightning.
Kyle was not trying to recreate Sebastian's mind anymore. He was making a new mind.
'Sebastian's existence isn't purely made of Spacetime Lightning. If it were, it wouldn't be able to retain physical form. It's just working with Spacetime Lightning. It can use Spacetime Lightning as a source of fuel!'
From time to time, the Spacetime Lightning returned to form Sebastian's brain as his Spirit held on. Yet, as the new brain grew, the images of Sebastian's old mind became fainter and fainter.
Kyle was slowly replacing Sebastian's mind with a blank one. As Sebastian's old mind couldn't materialize anymore, the lightning that used to form it became more chaotic. It had lost its hold.
The Karmic Line became more ethereal and transparent as Kyle watched it with focused eyes.
When half of Sebastian's new brain was done, Kyle's Energy focused on the Karmic Line. He moved it around chaotically, trying desperately to manipulate it.
The Karmic Line shook with intensity as more of Kyle's Energy entered it, and moments later, it broke into countless small lines.
The mind was the gateway to the Spirit, which was why the Karmic Lines led from Kyle's mind to Sebastian's weakening mind.
Yet, as Kyle looked at Sebastian, he saw two realities.
He saw physical reality and Sebastian's new brain.
He saw karmic reality and Sebastian's old brain.
The Karmic Lines were connecting to Sebastian's old brain, which was fading more and more. That was also why the Karmic Lines were so misty and ethereal.
The Energy in the surroundings turned chaotic as Kyle pushed all of his Energy into the Karmic Line. He remembered when he had accidentally broken the Karmic Line between him and Star Genesis.
CRK!
One of the tiny threads broke. This time, it was not accidental.
A red burst appeared in Kyle's vision, and he felt a sharp pain in his Core, Spirit, and mind. Luckily, since he had only broken a tiny Karmic Thread, the pain wasn't nearly as bad as last time.
When the Karmic Thread broke, Kyle's Spirit grabbed onto his half of the broken Karmic Thread.
Suddenly, a strange feeling of oppression rose in Kyle's perception. He felt like he was trying to move a bound limb.
The feeling told Kyle where it came from, and he looked at his own Spirit, or more precisely, the black chain around it.
The three anchors and the white chain were gone.
Yet, the black chain was still there.
The white chain stopped outside forces from manipulating Kyle's Spirit, while the black chain restrained the power of Kyle's Spirit, keeping its powers away from physical reality. As long as the black chain was still there, Kyle's Spirit could only interact with physical reality in a limited sense. It could only do what a Soul could do.
A Soul was a part of a Spirit in the same sense as an arm was a part of a human body. The body could interact with the world by moving the arm, but only to a limited degree. Breaking the black chain represented unlocking the remainder of the body.
And what Kyle was trying to do right now couldn't be done by a Soul.
He needed a Spirit...
But it was still restrained by the black chain.
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