Chapter 391 Comprehension (1/2)

Although Arran was unfa a sufficiently secluded spot was a simple matter This close to the Desolation, the roads were few, and no es dotted the landscape

Instead, there was only a seely endless expanse of inhospitable land, with rocky hills and dense forests that had gone untouched by human feet for many years Amid that barren wilderness, solitude was easily found

Still, Arran did not linger near the city He traveled for a full day and night, journeying far enough frohtest risk of encountering others

He finally ca ae hills As remote as it was unremarkable, it was the sort of place where he would be impossible to find for all but the most determined pursuer

Nevertheless, he spent several hours scouting the area, htspawn nor Darians nearby

But the only sign of life he found for several oats and several rabbits, and when he was finally satisfied that the area was truly e

Then, as he sat down on the ground and leaned back against a tree, he cleared his hts to the task ahead

He had learned Muna's techniques only half a year earlier, but he had studied the the elementary techniques to their very limits And after that, he had used both the Forhts to push well beyond those lie with Lady Mereh Whatever he had achieved so far, his accomplishments still fell short of what he needed

After all, his goal wasn't just to survive in the Desolation Rather, it was to hatever rewards the I the Darians' most precious secrets

And unlike the Darians themselves, Arran could not afford to spend decades slowly building the power and status required to do so He needed to do in hts took years to accouidance that they received

Yet iht seem, he had some hope that it could be achieved

While Muna's techniques were no longer useful, he had already spent thousands of hours studying the Foric rather than sword techniques, he still believed that both were based on the sarown increasingly certain that the Forms were far more advanced than Muna's techniques After all, whilethe latter had only taken hi hi of the former

In terms of difficulty, the tere utterly incomparable And if that difficulty was a reflection of their potential, the power of the Forms would easily eclipse that of Muna's techniques

The challenge, then, was toof the Forms

Of course, Arran had no illusions about fullythe Forms That step was still beyond him But if he could take his comprehension of the Forms beyond its earliest foundation, the benefits should be considerable

Yet while Arran knew his goal, thatit no less difficult

He spent several days sitting in silence, endlessly poring over his— that could help him understand the concept behind the Forms

Not only did he contemplate the Forms themselves and Muna's techniques, but he also once more consider the rudiht into severing and binding, the things Kaleesh had taught hi with all the other ways in which he'd been exposed to various insights

Along with that, he carefully recalled his various encounters with Knights, h his ht help him better understand their techniques

But despite his efforts, the answers he sought continued to elude him

After a week of uninterrupted study, Arran finally stood up, sighing deeply as he stretched his weary body As much as it pained hihtest result

Worse, he felt like the path to his goal had becoy swa to doubt

He let out another gloo else, a few hours of rest and a good ht help raise his spirits

And in his current state of ood

An hour later, Arran'sat a ca a oat meat in the air as he considered his situation

Disappointing though his lack of results was, it wasn't entirely unexpected He'd struggled with the Forh he still believed that he could h, he had to accept the possibility that he would fail