185 The Way (2/2)

On the right hand there was a milky light, while on the left a greyish one.

”Is this a Way or a Path?” Helial asked doubtfully.

A big smile spread over Alexander's face. The boy was much smarter than he had imagined.

Iblis had told Helial that no one had ever been able to merge Life and Destruction. However, if it had really been a question of simply following two Ways, then it shouldn't be so difficult to transcend the two powers and arrive at a new state of understanding.

But if the power that Helial was trying to wield had been a different Way, something outside his Mana Path, then all the difficulties encountered by those who had embarked on that same Mana Path previously would have been explained.

Suddenly, Helial felt bewildered and immediately understood the magnitude of the enterprise he was trying to accomplish. If he really managed to do what no one had ever done, then he would create a new Way within the universe.

Yes, simple to say. In fact, a feat that would discourage even Ancestral Creatures like Kirin.

As if he were an ant in front of a giant, Helial realized that he was infinitely small and that he had really underestimated what he was trying to do.

His heart skipped two beats, before forcefully making the blood flow back into his veins.

The weight of that feat crushed his shoulders and he almost felt the need to fall to his knees. But in a moment the images of Lumia, Snowflake and all the people who counted on him peeked into his mind along with the threatening image of Hades. He took a deep breath and stood firmly on his legs, like the last bastion in the midst of waves of enemy soldiers.

He had to resist.

”It won't be easy,” said Alexander enigmatically.

Changing the subject and returning to his first question, Helial said, ”Even though I can't level up consistently, I can still level up the Skills and increase the level of Knowledge through training and practice, right?”

The King nodded.

”I must say that, before reaching Immortality, anyone could acquire new knowledge in Skill and experience in combat. Maybe even after...?” murmured Helial, scratching his chin and thinking about how to squeeze the maximum out of his stay in that place.

”The passage of time in this place can be up to twenty times slower than in the real world. Considering how powerful the entity within your body is, he could generate illusions for you to train, even much more powerful than this. It amazes me that you don't know. However, yes, within Illusions like this one can train their skills disproportionately before Immortality.”

Helial turned red with anger, but kept his mouth shut. He didn't know how amazing it was that Alexander noticed Iblis, but he knew that even Kirin hadn't been able to. Following this reasoning, was it possible that Alexander was so experienced as to be even more terrifying than an Ancestral Creature like Kirin?

Iblis owed him explanations. Among them, the reason why he had decided not to generate an infinite Illusion to train Helial. Maybe he did that because in an Illusion only the Skills would Level up and, to a certain extent, this would make him weake...

No, nothing.

Helial thought only one thing about that black-fringed, crookedly smiling child: Iblis was just a big, huge dickhead.