Chapter 7
"What do you mean 'until now'.
"Ooh you mean to tell me that the royals have appeared"
"Where are they?"
Voldrak looked Maverick straight in the eye without replying, for about twenty breaths of time silence permeated in the cave.
"Hey, no way"
"No, right?"
Maverick asked as his smile faded away and his curiosity was starting to subside, he was starting to guess something and he did not like where this was going.
"Allow me to properly introduce myself your Royal highness, I am Voldrak Abrasax."
"The scion of the Abrasax family-"
"Stop!!!!"
Maverick interrupted, he couldn't stand it anymore
"Hey, that's nonsense man and you know that."
"You brought me here, you gave me this body, stop with the bullshit"
He couldn't stand it anymore that he forgot and dropped the formalities, he forgot that he was talking to a being he considered to be his master.
Voldrak didn't seem to mind the sudden change in attitude this time, he didn't try to explain too, he decided to give Maverick sometime to calm down because when he heard that Maverick could see ten threads he took time to calm down and get some fresh air.
Seeing that Voldrak wasn't going to explain, Maverick sat down and closed his eyes and began to meditate he had to confirm the number of threads as well as use this opportunity to come down.
He counted his threads and he saw that it was twelve, he could confirm that he was able to use all of the general elements that could be used by the normal and noble demons.
The only question he had left was, what were the other elements that were represented by black, gold, silver, grey and one with a black and purple mixture.
He sat there for a long time before he opened his eye and asked Voldrak who was now standing at the entrance of the cave as if standing guard, a question.
"What are the elements represented by black, gold, grey, silver and one has a mixture of purple and black"
Hearing the question Voldrak turned and looked at Maverick with a frowned face as if the was trying to figure something out
"When we use the teleportation formations that are laid across the ground of the abyss they light up and a silver radiance can be seen, so am going to assume that the silver one represents space magic" "How does that work?"
Maverick asked to satisfy his curiosity
"There are teleportation alters that are laid at certain point across the abyss, we demons use them to travel across plains and universes, we use mana to activate them and they leave a silver mark on the sea of consciousness as some sort of return ticket, so all you have to do is to shatter the mark in the sea of consciousness to return to the abyss"
"What's the sea of consciousness? "
"It's the centre of power were mana is stored, it is almost like an inner world or realm"
"I will teach you how to access it soon"
Maverick sat his curiosity aside to listen to what Voldrak had say
"I assume the gold thread is linked to time magic."
"There is no need for us to continue guessing though, you can just inspect your core in the centre of your consciousness to know which element you can use but to do that you will need to learn how to look into your sea of consciousness"
"How am I supposed to do that?"
"It's simple all you have to do is look into your soul, you will find something like a lake of water that's the sea of consciousness it is linked to your soul"
"Okay let me try it and se- "
"Wait! you can't do that right now, it's still an empty plain in your sea of consciousness, first you should gather mana in it before you enter just to be safe"
"How do I gather the mana then?"
"All you have to do is to allow it to enter your body, don't try to block or have any negative thoughts about it, treat it like its air, it will open the way to the sea of consciousness all you will have to do is follow the path that has been opened"
Without wasting any more time, Maverick sat down and began to meditate
"You should take in mana until you feel like your consciousness is full then you can stop"
It should probably take him the whole night to fill his consciousness, Voldrak thought as he looked back outside and started to ponder on what his next steps should be. The injuries he had sustained to his soul during his battle with the other demon were getting worse, it was getting worse by the day, his soul was about to break.
He couldn't even hold enough mana to perform any complex spell like before, he felt that his death was certain and eminent, it was only a matter of time. He had a few years left to leave before dying, 5 years at most.
If a noble demon was to attack right now he was certain that he wouldn't be able to survive the battle, the most he could do was to make his soul explode to take the demon down with him. Not the same could be said about the normal demons though, he could face dozens of them before any side effect to his soul started to appear.
He had taken Maverick's soul with the intention of turning him into a demon that will at the very least contribute to the fall of the noble houses that had joined forces to destroy Abrasax bloodline.
Now he couldn't do that, how could he ask a Royal demon to do something like that, it was their duty as noble demons to serve the Royals. All he could feel now was an endless wave of regret
Just like that the night passed and dawn appeared, Voldrak turned to head back into the cave but at that moment he felt a dense aura as he approached the entrance of the cave, he felt that the fluctuations of mana in the cave were dense as if a millennial demonic beast was hibernating inside.
A wave of panic assaulted him and his thoughts started to move at rapid pace. 'How did it enter the cave when he was here all night near the entrance? Did it enter through the back of the cave? that's impossible, it would have to break the thick wall and there is no way it would have done that silently, a commotion would have happened and there is no way he would have missed that even if he was absent minded.
"Looks like my final battle came faster than I expected"