Chapter 47: Wilderness (1/2)
”So, Eternal Night, huh?” Rakna inquired as his group sat in one of the private rooms of the train along with Gray. The other two guilds had been scattered in other compartments.
”Yes,” Nyx nodded impassively. She raised her hand and a black arc of jagged shadows appeared surrounded by a swirl of dark lightning. ”This is Aeter. A perfect combination of both unmatchable power and subtlety, or so they said,” she added and closed her hand to make it disappear.
Gray hummed. ”You should be careful with that magic in the future.”
”Why?”
”That is the signature of the Eternal Night God. After his emergence a few years ago, many people were forced to acknowledge that he was the strongest God to ever exist. Parading its power will do you more bad than good. You'd become a target of attention. The implications of that are a no-brainer.”
Nyx scowled at that. 'Again… The System already told me that man had become the Eternal Night God. But the strongest? What happened after our battle? Was I sent into the future?' She thought to herself and Rakna glanced at her.
”Hey, Clown, seeing that you were not that shocked when Vera mentioned that element, I assume there are more wielders of that magic within the System, correct?” He asked.
Gray nodded. ”You're right. But, in my opinion, I feel like they are different from your friend here. I met other wielders of this magic, but all of them seemed to be lacking in comparison. Their magic was undeniably Aeter, there's no doubt about that, but its… 'substance' was weak,” he said and looked at Nyx.
”Yours, however, feels complete. As if you had something the others don't. Well, perhaps it's because of the small divinity you exude,” he added with a shrug.
When Rakna realized that this conversation wouldn't be going much farther, he decided to change the topic, ”What about Lunar Magic?”
”Oh, that,” Gray raised a finger. ”It's not super rare. But it's as it sounds; magic made to use the power of the moon,” he explained. ”Well, that's vague I know. But you'll probably understand in time. Well then, if we're going to go through everyone's magic affinities, what is yours?” He turned toward Allan in curiosity. ”Every Host out there loves to hear about others' awakenings.”
'So, foxy isn't the only one,' Rakna commented inwardly and also looked at Allan, waiting for his answer.
”Well, I only have one affinity; Void.”
”…what?” Gray uttered dumbly. ”Could you repeat that? I fear my sound sensors misfunctioned for a second.”
”Uuh… Void?”
The clown grumbled inaudibly before crossing his arms and leaning back against his seat. ”Damn, that Quill didn't even bother to brag about it, huh?”
”What is the Void element?” Flavia asked in confusion.
”Another super rare affinity. I swear you four are so busted,” he said sardonically. ”Anyway, Void is the element of nothingness; suiting for the Madness Guild now that I think about it. Simply said, it's a magic mainly meant to replicate magic.”
”Replicate… magic?”
”Or I guess it's more accurate to say that it incorporates magic,” Gray specified and waved his hand at Allan. ”Why don't you explain it yourself? It's your affinity, after all.”
Allan mused for a moment. ”Well, from what I understood, I can assimilate the element of a magic that is used against me and copy it, albeit weaker. I can't have two different elements at the same time though. At least, for now.”
”So, if I were to cast my magic on you, you'd be able to use it as well?” Rakna asked. ”Would it hurt you when you assimilate it?”
”Yeah,” Allan stretched his cheek. ”I need to be hit to assimilate one and it can kill me if I'm not careful. But it also says I can do the same with pure magical energy. So, in other words, I could do the same by touching someone.”
”Interesting? Can you do it on me?” Rakna requested.
”I can try,” Allan said and put his hand on his friend's shoulder before closing his eyes.
Gray squinted his cybernetic eyes in curiosity. Then, Allan's hand started collecting frost and releasing a chilling mist. After a few seconds, he winced and hastily pulled his arm back.
”What's wrong?” Flavia asked as he saw him clench his hand.
”Well… I think it failed. Give me a second,” he muttered and seemingly looked at a System window. ”Apparently, your magic cannot be replicated, Rak.”
Gray chuckled. ”Obviously. Star Magic isn't something that could be so easily reproduced.”
”Star Magic? And, wait! Why didn't you tell me before I tried then?!” Allan shouted and the clown shrugged uncaringly.
”I was curious. It's not like it was going to kill you.”
Allan groaned while Nyx got interested in something else. ”You said Star Magic?”
”Yes. Rakna over here has awakened Cold Star Magic. Something that was only known in theory until today. Though, keep it a secret from your respective guilds. I'm confident that my guild can stand against most hostilities but we really don't want to attract more trouble than necessary. I already made a huge gamble by accepting Rakna and his irregularity.”
”I bet,” Allan snorted. ”So, what is this Cold Star Magic thing?”