Chapter 409: Explanation (1/2)
”Alright. What should I tell you first…” Ishii closed his eyes and crossed his arms while thinking.
At the same time, Kai glanced over Mia's expression, finding it was completely normal. In fact, she was the first to open her mouth. ”I think you should talk about the core, Father.”
”Ah, right.” Ishii nodded before noticing the doubt in Kai's eyes. ”Sorry, but Mia is my successor. I have been training her. Unlike the other powers, I can transfer my mind power to Mia, allowing her to become my successor, so I hope you don't mind her staying here.”
”Of course. I don't have a problem. Besides, I am not a full-fledged protector yet.” Kai waved his hand, telling them it was not a big deal.
Ishii nodded with a smile. ”I will talk about the core. First of all, it's not like what you are thinking. What I mean is the core is your power. What is the essence of your power and how you wish your power will evolve in the future? Those are the first two questions you should ask yourself.”
”What is the essence of my power? And how I wish it will be in the future?” Kai tilted his head. ”I can't understand. My power is Sound, so the essence is air?”
”No, no. Maybe I should give you an example…” Ishii smiled and raised his finger to his forehead.
Suddenly, a round-shaped blue light came out of his forehead. ”This is the core of my power. It's a kind of personification of your power. After understanding the essence of your power, you can form this core. Of course, everyone has a different core. Some are tattoos and some even have a physical body.
”What is this core anyway? When I asked that to my Father, he told me that the moment I noticed the essence of my power, I would be able to concentrate the Magic Particles in my body. In other words, the core is a personification of our power that connects our body to our magic. That's my conclusion.
”However, even if you ask me about your core, I don't have any kind of explanation to it other than what I said earlier. It's completely different for each person.” Ishii sighed helplessly.
”A personification, huh.” Kai looked down and thought. ”This has become too unscientific…”
”Ahaha.” Ishii chuckled. ”Magic alone is already unscientific. Well, you people are incorporating science into magic, so it might look like it can be explained by physics. But I want you to know, the people in the past have never once considered it something that exists due to your physics law. Instead, they call it magical. My age is almost three thousand years old, so I have witnessed the changing eras.
”From what I know, there are many people who can wield magic. Although they are small in number, the evidence is very clear. Do you remember the story about witches? And how they fought against them?”
Kai furrowed his eyebrows and asked for a confirmation. ”The fight between the Church and the witches?”
”Yes. For an unknown reason, I believe that those people have taken Magic Particles in their body, allowing them to control the natural elements. From what I understand, it seems there is a small scale of apocalypse there because I haven't felt any Protector sacrificing their lives to call the Great Calamity.
”Though the Magic Particles in the air increases slightly. From my point of view, it's caused by a dying Protector.”
”A dying protector, huh.” Kai furrowed his eyebrows and looked down.
”Yes. A protector will have a body that can withstand a huge amount of Magic Particles. When they die, their body will release the magic power into the air. If they die without using the altar, their magic power wouldn't be amplified, so the Great Calamity…Or you can say the Magic Particles outburst wouldn't happen.”
”Now it makes more sense.” Kai nodded in understanding. He remembered how the first strange occurrence happened.
Everything suddenly changed when the animals began to evolve into magical beasts. If he believed that the name was Magic Particles Outburst, he understood the reason why the human couldn't change into magicians in one instant.
”I see. The reason why humans need one generation is due to the pollution…” Kai sighed.
”Exactly. I have been using my power to protect this village to make sure that it won't get contaminated by pollution. As you might already know, pollution has started decreasing after the great outburst. It's simply because they have a purifying power.
”Unfortunately, humans have lived long enough to break free from the pollution. Even their babies have a certain amount coming from their mother. However, the moment the magic particles enter a mother's body, it would purify everything, so the baby will become pure enough to wield magic particles.”
”So that's how it's.” Kai looked at the ceiling and wondered if something would change if humans didn't pollute the Earth.
”Still, I don't blame whoever it was that called the Great Calamity. The Earth was literally dying back then and they must fear that the Earth would become unsuitable for living. Before entering that era, they decided to take the matter to their hand and called the Great Calamity.”
”Fair enough.” Kai agreed with him. The Earth from back then was a mess. The rising temperature and sea level, extreme weather, the change of season, and so on. Everything wasn't like how it used to be.
”Anyway, to the second question, what kind of power do you wish to have in the future? This will give you a more concrete imagination as to what your core will be.”
Kai nodded, still having no answer.