Tbate-The Reincarnates

Transcending the physical realm and reaching the Realmheart

From the point of view of Lancelot Winey (Ayanokoji)

I could feel my body getting stronger since I unlocked Fluger's power, the feeling was incredible.

Another thing I gained when I unlocked his power was the ability to interact with him mentally.

But none of my achievements would compare with what was to come.

The Realmheart.

"Well now, let's start the last stage of his training." Vitch spoke catching my attention, I gave her a nod in understanding as she waited for her to speak again.

"Try to feel the mana in its purest form, Lancelot." Vitch said gently as he activated his Realmheart, his intimidating presence coming to life again, suddenly an aura of ether began to cover my body.

When I tried to ask Vitch what she was doing my voice refused to come out of my mouth, I felt my vocal cords vibrate but my voice just wouldn't come out I also noticed all my senses fade and it didn't take long for my consciousness to fade away .

Darkness.

Total darkness was all I saw after coming to my senses.

I was floating, hovering in stark black. Whether I was floating around or suspended in place, I couldn't tell.

All I knew was that there was no longer any sound, taste, smell, or touch in this sea of ​​perpetual darkness.

'Try to feel the mana in its purest form.' Vitch's words returned to inhabit my mind, when I understood what she meant.

I should be able to feel mana without being able to use any of my basic senses.

I realized that djinn imparted their knowledge in an esoteric way, designed to spark understanding rather than allow for memorization or skill building. They probably had an instinctive understanding of their own teaching methods, in the same way that I was able to read encyclopedias and tomes on magic when I was born into this world. The Dicathian method of teaching and learning operated on the same principles as Earth.

But not the djinn.

As a deviant quadra-elemental mage in all elements, I have a better understanding of mana than any other mage in Dicathen. I didn't need to see it now to understand. It might not be physically in front of me, but I could still picture the jagged energy of red fire mana, the liquid enchantment of blue water mana, the sharp, cutting blasts of green air mana, and the heavy roll of yellow earth mana. .

I tried to channel mana through my body but as expected it didn't work, my mind and body were too separate and metaphysically far apart.

Wandering through the vastness, I watched the rhythmic dance taking place within the viscous darkness carefully, taking note of every aspect I could think of.

The mysterious rhythmic dance going on in the darkness was caused by the ether, which must be being stirred up by the mana particles, even though I couldn't feel it I knew they were here.

To utilize ether and mana I needed to feel two things at once, keep two separate ideas in my mind at the same time.

Slowly, two opposing images formed in my mind, one was the shape of the ether the way he moved based on what seemed to be his own will, he didn't care about the physical space that surrounded him.

Then there was mana bound to individual elements and nature, inactive until stirred by a mage's magic.

I understood how the ether moved and I understood how the mana moved, but where they interacted...

'What am I missing?'

Suddenly my perspective changed, it's not the mana that influences the ether, it's the ether that influences the mana.

To use ether, a mage must practically break down the physical components of mana, that is, its pure form and its elemental particles (fire, air, earth and water) in order to reach the purest form of mana, in order to experience a little ether.

This might sound crazy but think of an egg.

In mages we are what is inside the egg, that is, the chick, and the pure mana and the eggshell, and the air inside the egg and the elemental mana, and the ether and everything outside the egg. 

Every move the chick makes it influences the air either breathing it in or suppressing it in some corner due to its movement, it can also hit the shell, but it will never break it, if it doesn't have enough strength, it will never reach the outside your freedom.

This basically means: A mage can manipulate elemental mana easily, and with a little more effort the pure mana plus if he doesn't have the necessary knowledge he will never reach ether, the purest form of power.

As soon as I changed my perspective the darkness realigned to it, between one breath and the next, everything changed.

Instead of an endless field of pitch black, I saw the particles of mana and ether that glowed like fireflies.

The colors flowed together as the scene disappeared into a whirling vortex of mana with me at the center. I felt heat spreading through my physical body, while at the same time a window opened in my head, letting golden light bathe my deepest thoughts.

My eyes opened.

Cold sweat dampens my forehead in a sudden chilling realization, I feel every pore in my body opening and a surge of mana flowing in and out of my body.

The feeling of holding insurmountable power overwhelms me. The feeling of superiority over everything, living or not, in this universe almost drives me crazy, the mana in the atmosphere seems to bend to my will, as if even nature is at my command.

My vision shifts to black and white. The only colors I see are the numerous mana and ether particles in the atmosphere around me, all glowing.

I felt the golden runes come to life on my body, they trickled down my arms, legs and back, they gave off a welcoming warmth, they were there waiting for the ether to touch them, give them life and purpose.

This divine rune had a name, a purpose, a story, only it felt incomplete. Unlike before, it was not my understanding that was incomplete, but the djinn's. Instinctively I understood that they had not taken this ether art to its full potential. However, I was sure that I could go further, overcome them.

Well it didn't matter now as I had finally gotten there I had transcended the physical realm and reached the...

Realmheart.