137 Receiving The Gif (2/2)
\”A power I should have long ago? What do you mean?\”
\”Yes, the power exclusively only to those who possess the blood of our Ancestors, the guardians of the thousand islands of Maharlika. The power of the natural Spirituals.\”
\”Power of the natural Spirituals? Could something be an unnatural spiritual? Like fake spirituals?\” Elric asked jokingly.
\”Spirituals or humans with natural access to their spiritual senses and abilities are called Natural Spirituals. We walk the earth barefooted and are always connected to the earth. We heal extraordinarily fast, we eat no meat from animals with conscious souls. We can see and talk to the souls of the dead like it was an ordinary sight. We have access to supernatural strength by summoning the power of the ancient spiritual warriors of the past.\”
\”Fake Spirituals or the so-called Dark Magic users who had accepted an unfavorable soul contract from Spirituals of the Dark realm to gain access to supernatural power, magic or even fame.\”
\”That sounds like Satan! And those fake spirituals sounds like those modern artists who are suspected to have sold their souls to the devil!\” Elric exclaimed.
\”Satan? Devil? You may think what you want, but one thing is for sure though is that they are missing the biggest point of being a Spiritual.\”
\”And that is?\” Elric asked with an intense gaze.
Suddenly, the voice of the Babaylan, Kahayag, came from the other side of Elric's ears.
\”Let me explain. Why bother earning temporary human power when there is an abundance, or to say, infinite power inside your soul? Being a natural Spiritual is to learn to tap on the infinite energy from your own essence.\” She said in a wise tone and added,
\”When you connect to your soul naturally is the same as you connect to the world naturally and you don't need to grab a hold nor become attached to it because it will become a part of you. You become one and every road leads to you. You don't follow the roads but you are the road. You don't need light because you are made from light itself!\” The Babaylan's voice continued to immerse Elric with an unexplainable calmness and fulfillment. His eyes are closed and imagined every words in every construct.
\”You do not follow time for time is a construct of a one-sided perception of your physical realm jar. And you are water inside a moving jar. But the truth is that you are the jar, the moving force and the time all at once. Understanding deeper about yourself gives you the freedom to transcend time in your spiritual form.\” The voice of the wise Babaylan continued.
\”That's true. Hearing that actually answers a lot about my existence and...,\” Elric said as he felt his body suddenly feeling an intense surge of warmth. His head felt warm and relieved and an unexplainable feeling of freedom and stillness overflowed in his soul.
The World Knowledge inside his mind suddenly shone brightly and the pages renewed in clarity and understanding. Elric could now understand more concepts in this seemingly mysterious world of knowledge! It felt like another page of his dictionary are finally readable again!
Elric actually made another spiritual breakthrough by listening to the Babaylan's teaching!
And as Elric finally calmed down, the scene before him has finally reached the last part as well.
Hundreds of Eastern dragons with varying lengths, sizes, and shining colors had finally descended from the sky and have made their way charging against the towering figures of the giant Anuks. And as quickly as they arrived, their teeth sank deep into the humungous bodies of the giants and another brutal scene came in full display before Elric's eyes.
But with all these distractions before him, Elric's renewed calmness has allowed him to look at the bigger picture and watch the whole battle like an omniscient spectator.
And his gaze landed on a specific spot with a very faint trace of distorted presence and as he focused his gaze, his temple started heating up and he felt a trace of light emerging out of his forehead - it was the same third eye that Lapu-Lapu and the twelve warriors have glowing in their head.
\”You finally got it.\” Said the warm voice of Lapu-Lapu with full gladness.
\”I now welcome you as one of us. Your true identity, the Natural Spiritual.\” added the voice as their true appearance finally revealed beside Elric. Lapu-Lapu looked incredibly old around a hundred and thirty years old! Kahayag on the other side looked exactly the same as he saw her. An ageless Spiritual!
Looking back at the fighting scene before Elric is a different view compared before. He was pretty sure there were only Dragons, native warriors, and giants having a wild mashups before but right now before him is a scene he could never imagine witnessing.
\”Angels?! Are those Angels?\” Elric muttered in surprise as he looked up at the divine beings with nine wings stretched majestically being them.
Their faces glow in warm mystery and they wore dresses made of light! They were like mini suns except, they have elegant looking wings!
And these Angels are everywhere! They were the distorted presence he was unable to perceive before! This is just one of the benefits of being a Spiritualist, the access to the eyes of truth!