Conclave Of Tyrants: The Smoke That Thunders

A Powerful Pony

Time flew and Taku's archery skills progressed at a rate that really made the old man feel hopeless. At some point, Chiwenga just became numb to the astonishment he received from the lad.

Taku tried to draw the seals that he had been taught a couple of times after archery, but ultimately it ended in failure. He knew that he had to take his time to practice these seals. His master had earlier told him that it had taken him half a year to be able to completely draw the Zesa amplification skill. It was the simplest of all the seals and the shape itself was rather crude.

Taku calmed himself down as he began to meditate. His soul power was slowly but surely recovering, which led to Taku being slightly annoyed. Before today he had never used his soul power to this point. Before, all he used to do was use his soul power to see everything around him. This was the first time he actually used his soul for something different.

It was at this point that he remembered the soul manifestation art that he had gotten from Sekuru Kaguvi. He had taken a look at it before and had attained some basic knowledge of it, but he had not really taken the time to properly study it due to the dombo trials.

Taku calmed down and then began to search his consciousness for the information regarding the soul manifestation. It did not take him long for him to find it and skipped the first couple of lines because he had already understood them. He then continued reading from where he had left off before.

After reading for a while Taku's face turned grim. He had not expected that after coming from the torture of trying to draw seals he would be required to draw objects with his soul power. Taku was reminded of what one of his tutors on earth had said. " When it comes to studying, sometimes it is wise for you to jot down notes. Once you have written something down with your own hand it is hard for you to forget it, of course, this does not mean everyone can do it, but maybe you can."

Taku sighed and then continued reading the information about the skill. The skill had just two levels in total. The first level he has to have drawn an object for him to be able to use his soul power to manifest it. He was only able to attain the second level after he had managed to draw and manifest at least a thousand objects.

If he was able to do that, then he would be able to break through and achieve the second level. If he was able to attain the second level then he would be able to manifest an object just from giving it a slight glance. The first issue about the first level was that he had to draw at least a thousand objects, and he was not able to repeat an object that he had drawn before. The second was that his prowess in the second level were fully dependent on the size and detail of the object.

At the moment Taku really hated drawing. He thought that drawing just random objects with his soul power would be easy, but to his surprise, it was harder than he thought. He had only managed to draw part of a bow before his soul power was completely drained. After recovering for some time he attempted to draw it again but he again failed.

After trying several more times that night he ultimately gave up. He decided to rest, he after all had to start a journey tomorrow. Taku was already at the apex of the tohwe level and could break through at any time, but his master had advised him not to. He told him to try his best and solidify his foundation at this level.

At his current level, he could easily go a couple of days without sleeping, but Taku loved his sleep and would not miss a day of it.

Taku slept soundlessly he whole night and only woke up about two hours before they had to leave. He quickly took a bath and then left to go bid farewell to his master. The man wanted to say something, it was clear from his hesitant demeanor, but he decided to keep his mouth shut and wished Taku a safe journey after going over what Taku had learned so far.