302 Points, Lines and Marks (1/2)

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'Breaking…' This word repeatedly surfaced on his mind. 'Breaking…'

'Breaking, my understanding about it is completely lacking.' Raven muttered inwardly in his enlightenment.

'I thought of it as just as simply applying great force onto something until it cannot bear the burden anymore and explode into pieces. In a sense, that is true, but if it was that simple that how can it be a Law?'

'No…' Raven shook his head inwardly, 'Breaking something is much more than that.'

Raven's thoughts were silent for a bit, seemingly in deep thought. He then went and said: 'Does breaking something always needs a great force?'

He currently is in the process of reconfirming his understanding about the Law of Destruction. The said Law is divided into 5 fields of study: Breaking, Shattering, Pulverizing, Disintegration, Annihilation. So far, what Raven understood about the Law of Destruction is the first field of study, but what he understood about it is completely scarce.

It all started when he saw the carapace of Myrna started breaking. As he witness how it broke to reveal the hidden body of the Moonlight Butterfly, he started questioning himself. If, only if, he had to assist her in breaking out of her shell, can he ensure that she won't be harmed?

Surely she would've been fine, after all she is a high tiered beast. But then comes the question of, does he really need to apply a great amount of force into something in order to break it? This question then transformed into: Does he need to always pump excessive amounts of his law power into something in order to achieve what he desired?

The Law of Destruction has a very aggressive nature. It was berserk, unruly, and doesn't want to restrained. It even caused him to lose his composure upon gaining enlightenment of it. All of this added to a conclusion that: if he's going to use his Laws, it better be on the similar wavelength on how it behaves, that way he can get the most out of it.

'Yet again, does it have be like that? Do I not have any choice other than to conform to that way of thinking?'

When his thoughts reached this far, he actually had the sudden urge to laugh at himself.

'Who said that it have to be like that anyway? Who said that I didn't have a choice? Who said that I can't change my mind? Who said that I should conform to this when it was me who figured all these things out?'

Raven's eyes started lightening up. Thinking about it even further made him realize that, all this time it was he himself who was restraining him all this time.

'It was me who imposed this limited thinking to myself. So it should also be me who could defy this logic that I imposed to myself.'

'Oh, well. It's not like Laws were easy to understand anyway. If it was, then this world should be filled with Gods already.'

As Raven's eyes regained it's clarity, he lifted his arm. He gazed at an empty space in front of him, the strength of his Laws gradually crept up to his hand. With a clench of his hand, he ripped something that only he could feel. After that, cracks appeared in front of him, similar to a broken glass. Everything that these cracks touched would rumble, though since he didn't applied to much force about it, the damage it caused was almost non-existent.

'This is how I usually do it.' Raven told himself, 'But I know I can improve.'

He closed his eyes and reaffirmed his thoughts. His enlightenment is still not over.

'Breaking something doesn't need to forceful, it does not need to be always aggressive. Aside from knowing how much force I need, I also have to pay attention to the thing that I want to break as well.'

'Weakness…' Raven whispered to himself, 'That's right! That's where the answer lies! If my Laws attacked a weakness then it doesn't need to have a great force behind it.'

The gears of Raven's brain are on full throttle right now. There was no stopping him here.