Chapter 297: Just as or even more lazy. (1/2)

'... Now I need to figure out what this is about...'

This thing had been in his mind, but he hadn't stopped to give it another thought before.

Now that he was alone and focused on it, he found a very strange feeling engraved in his mind.

'No... it was more like already there but... was unsealed?' he mused. It was the same when he had turned 5 years old and had suddenly learned to produce and control the Ball of Purity.

Maybe if he had been complete back then, he would have learned this thing together with the Ball of Purity.

Those life-like black engravings on his limbs probably played some important part in it as well. But he couldn't be sure of anything until he had more knowledge.

Putting that thought in the back of his mind, Ozul focused on the strand of knowledge that had seemingly been unsealed in his memories.

The strand of knowledge wasn't as complicated as one would think. He just innately knew that if he willed it, he was able to do something different now.

As he followed his instinct, everything suddenly turned a little darker as if a thin layer of cloud might have covered the Sun.

But as he assessed his situation, he realized it wasn't that the sunlight was blocked by the clouds. Instead, it was his vision that turned a little dull. His eyesight itself was clear and so were the surroundings, but the light had just dimmed a little.

To any other person, such a negligible change wouldn't have been noticeable at all. But Ozul had always been sensitive to light and on top of being vigilant to any new development, he couldn't have missed it.

After analyzing the situation for a couple of minutes, he began to understand what was going on.

Approximately a foot of the radius with him as the center had suddenly just lost a little of its light.

It was as if a curtain of shadows had enveloped him, protecting him from the 'filthy' light of this world, albeit just a little.

It was also worthy to note that the thin layer of darkness surrounding him had nothing to do with the Ball of Purity. This was entirely something else.

He felt a peculiar chilling sensation run deep within his skin, but it was by no means an uncomfortable feeling. He was instead feeling quite at peace in this state.

”And that is not all...” he muttered before standing up.

Clenching his fist, he realized that his strength had taken a huge leap as well!

Ozul took a deep breath as he began to feel whatever else changes this darkness had caused in him.

It turned out that his strength wasn't the only thing that had improved. All of his senses felt little improvements as well.

He performed a few more tests and moved about but the almost negligible shadows followed wherever he went. He also experimented with the Ball of Purity while in this state but there weren't any obvious changes except for him finding it a little easier to control it.

”Well this is a pleasant surprise...” Ozul muttered with a small smile on his face. Being surrounded by these barely visible shadows not only brought him a pleasant feeling but also improved his overall abilities.

Just as he was thinking as such, his smile strained.

Unknown to him, he didn't feel like not expressing his feelings this time.

'Strange... well whatever.'

Although him not wanting to keep his emotions to himself felt weird after all this time of doing the opposite, he had also become used to his changing mood.

Others might call him crazy but he was just following what he wanted whenever he wanted.

That was also his mother's last and only words to him.

'Be myself. Even if I don't know what I am as of now, it wouldn't be wrong to say that I am being myself if I follow whatever I desire,' that is what kept Ozul going even when he felt absurd following his instincts sometimes.

Fortunately, following his desires had never failed him. It always led him to a path on which he gained the most.

Coming back to his senses, Ozul again focused on the darkness covering him as he began to ponder what else he could do with it.

Looking at Jinx staring at him from the side, he looked deep into her eyes before speaking, ”Can you bring me a Beast?”

”...”

Unsurprisingly, Jinx continued to stare at him with a blank face, clearly not wanting to bother finding a Beast.

”What did I expect...” Ozul only sighed before moving his focus back to the darkness.

He could have also found a Beast easily but just didn't want to bother doing it, that's why he asked Jinx, hoping that she would listen to him.