Chapter 1528 Ice Luan Mountain [1]

Chapter 1528 Ice Luan Mountain [1]

Ezekiel was a quick learner. He'd spent his entire childhood learning how to adapt and problem-solve so he could survive. Even if the environment had changed, his behaviors didn't.

Once he'd taken a step back and understood the problem, Ezekiel immediately acted to solve it.

First, he worked on the more baseline problems. He spent a year learning how to read and write properly, while also focusing on comprehension, understanding the complexity that language could hold.

By the time that year was over, not only had Ezekiel learned to read the manual Damien gave him, he'd also corrected many critical flaws that had formed due to his past environment.

His sense of time was one of these. He was now able to follow the time flow as everyone else did, which was not only a matter of convenience, but one of vital importance.

After all, for a practitioner to tell time meant reading and feeling the law of Time. As Ezekiel familiarized himself with the process, something that could be done with mana and perception rather than Law itself, Ezekiel finally sensed the energy for the first time. nove(l)bi(n.)com

That was extremely helpful for him. Since Worldly Force felt somewhere in between Law and Mana, it gave him somewhere to start.

In just four seasons, Ezekiel had built a foundation for himself to stand on.

All he needed to do was utilize it.

He finally delved into the manual Damien gave him.

He learned the method to move his mana, the method to feel the environment around him, and the method to connect it all together.

The first steps of the manual only allowed Ezekiel to obtain Worldly Force.

As for his training beyond that...

Well, while Damien highlighted some key things he needed to pay attention to, the majority of his development would depend on his own creativity.

Worldly Force was versatile beyond all else. It didn't necessarily have a specific set of uses, which meant it could mimic the uses of many laws at once.

Of course, until Ezekiel reached a very high level, it would be difficult to incorporate too many properties into the force, so he needed to pick the best properties to stick with as his base combination.

This was entirely up to him, and based on what he chose, his future would change immensely.

That wasn't just in terms of the potential height he could reach, but also in the path he could take.

In a sense, he was given the freedom to choose anything.

Because in a sense, he had an affinity for everything.

Damien couldn't get too deeply involved in the process precisely because of how much it relied on individuality.

He wanted to help Ezekiel and see the boy thrive in this niche concept that nobody else could touch.

He wanted to see someone in the generation after him who could create feats like he and his father had.

Ezekiel had that potential, and as he adapted more and more to life outside of the Straea Clan's hidden manor, he started to reveal more and more potential like a blossoming butterfly.

It was wonderful. Such talents came once every few generations, people who could become main characters in their own stories.

It wasn't as if Dante's mind didn't work.

It was just that, for some reason, his mind couldn't connect with reality, like there was a rift between them keeping him away.

'A rift...can I fix it with the concept of order...?'

Damien placed his hand on his father's forehead and attempted to send the energy of Existence into his body.

Bzzt!

"Tch."

Damien pulled his hand away quickly with a disgruntled expression.

'Same as always.'

This wasn't the first time he'd tried. Existence was something of an end-all-be-all cure, so it was obviously Damien's first choice when it came to treatment.

The problem was...comically ironic.

'Since he has also reached this level to an extent, his Existence is repelling mine.'

Damien couldn't use Existence on Dante without express consent. Even then, the two of them would probably have to maneuver their energies so they didn't make contact.

Existence was always meant to be a whole.

When two different strains of it met, they would obviously reject each other, as each believed itself the true manifestation of Existence.

Unless one had control over True Existence, there was no way to suppress another partially formed strain of Existence.

"Haa..."

Damien sighed.

'All of these specificities are annoying. The universe is pretty simple at a glance, but I guess the complexity is in the fine details.'

Damien couldn't get past this problem with brute force.

'Another method...'

When he started looking for it, it was only natural for him to find it.

'It exists.'

He didn't know what it was.

But he was sure it existed.

In order to turn his assumptions into a reality, he rushed to find a certain book.

Persia's Encyclopedia.

The answer would be there.