Chapter 4: The Force
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"CASTRATE THE FUCKER!" - that was Eros' first thought upon awakening, "My whole body hurts, bitch, you'll be puking blood when I can get my strength back, and if I can't, I'll take you with me!"
- Where am I?" the titan asked himself, slightly surprised.
Where he was, it was dark and he couldn't see anything. It was just as hard to move, so Eros couldn't explore the room.
"It's too dark to see out, then..." - he covered his eyes and began to release the magic power around him, 'feeling' the space, but after fifteen seconds his breathing quickened and sweat appeared on his forehead, "Bad idea, but at least now I know what's in the room and here.... Nothing, it's just an empty room 9 by 6 metres, but I found something interesting" - he closed his eyes again and started to absorb aether ("the magic power that is in the air and absorbed by the body") from the air.
After an hour, he was fully recovered, which surprised even Eros himself. After all, when he had been chatting with Lily, she had told him that when Rick had completely spent all his magic power, he needed at least half a day to recover only 70%, and it took him an hour to do it all.
"Alright, I'll think about it later, but right now I need to try something," he closed his eyes and began to run the magic power through his body, from heels to the top of his head and back again. Right after the first round, Eros felt the pain lessen with each second and the speed of recovery increased.
This went on for almost two hours until Eros abruptly opened his eyes.
- It's easier now," he sighed and smiled contentedly as he stood up from his seat, "But I shouldn't treat myself completely yet so they don't suspect me of anything," Eros stretched slightly and sat down again and began to release magic power outside of his body, "I should thank those idiots, the room is surrounded by a barrier that prevents magic power from seeping out of it and no one will stop me from practicing." - He began to release the magical power outside his body and at the same time, his body quickly reabsorbed it from the air. With this, the titan was trying to increase the speed of recovery of magic power, as well as concentration....
Three days passed. During this time, he was able to raise the speed of recovery from an hour to fifty-eight minutes, and it can not be called slow. After all, some wizards, in order to increase their recovery speed even for a minute, spent months, or even years on this kind of training.
He thought the same way about his element he could use. And then Eros remembered a planet he had once visited. The planet was called Loi'A, and it was home to a strange people who could use the power of nature, but only on their own planet. When one of them left the atmosphere of the planet, he lost all his abilities and became an ordinary man.
Eros stayed there for almost a year, studying their abilities up to the point that he read the entire library on the planet, as well as under the consent of the King, opened and studied almost twenty otherworlders, but he could not instil in himself this power and the titan had to fly away from there with empty hands.
But now he thought of the elemental theory he had read in one of his books. It described that the element can be determined by the character of a person, for example: irascible, aggressive, exuberant, purposeful, determined and courageous, most often such people are inclined to the element of fire. Calm, thoughtful, inconstant, passive, as well as unstable as water, which can turn into steam or ice. To earth, can be attributed strong body and spirit, stubborn, having a firm character and unshakable will. People inclined to air, are very sociable and inquisitive.
But even in this theory there were exceptions, so it was not as popular as the book that was on the farthest shelf in the corner of the hall.
Thinking about this theory, Eros tried to relate himself to each of the elements, and calculate his own, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't come to a conclusion.
Fire suited him well, but the titan did not consider himself so decisive and brave, yes he sacrificed himself for the sake of his loved ones, but even if you take this situation, Eros can add himself on top and the element of earth, because he found the strength to do it, to sacrifice himself, as well as water, because at that moment he was calm as never before.... And after he had been in that dark place, his psyche had become a bit unstable, but not so much that he considered himself crazy.
When he thought deeply about it, he came up with a very stupid idea, which he immediately tried to realise... Of course, the first ten... a hundred... a thousand... well, a great many attempts later and just as many destroyed nerve cells. Eros looked at the transparent white square in his hand, and the stupidest possible smile was on his face. After all, the titan had created what he wanted, all that was left was to try it out.
He went to one of the corners of the room and began to infuse the cube with magic power, it began to grow at a very fast rate, but just as fast the magic power flowed away, after a minute, Eros spent almost 90%, and the cube became 1 by 1 metre.
- Well, it's time to test you kid, - smirked the titan, - Don't disappoint me, - as soon as the cube touched the ground, it began to increase in size, until it reached the size of 3 by 3 metres and at the same moment it shone and disappeared.... And also everything that was in the area of this cube disappeared.... - The power of destruction," Eros said in a satisfied voice as he sat down on the floor and began to recover.
Yes the power of destruction, that's what he was thinking at the time. Eros remembered the power he had once received from that stone and the idea came to his mind, which the titan immediately put into practice.
Once he had decided on his element, the hardest thing he had to do was to raise the volume of his magic power, because the power of destruction was eating it up at a furious rate, as well as to think of new techniques that would be useful to him at the moment. The cube he had created could hardly be called a good technique in battle. And if he needed to destroy something on a global scale, he could just use the second energy.
For the next three days, Eros busied himself with coming up with new techniques. It wasn't until the end of the third day that he was able to finalise one, and he called it 'Bullet of Destruction', the name made it clear what it was.
Eros, scratching his head, looked at the wall, which had many holes in it with a diameter of ten centimetres.
"This is the best I can do so far, combining destructive power and minimal cost..." - The guy thought with a sigh, pointing his index finger at the wall again. A small white magic circle appeared at the end of his finger and in a moment it was extinguished, and another hole appeared in the wall, - "Hmm.... The fact that the bullet is invisible has its advantages, it's almost impossible to dodge. If I gave it a rank, then at least B, and maximum A, because the disadvantage is that there is still the sound of flight, and to keep track of it will be easy, because the bullet will fly where the finger points. The cost is minimal, but for my reserve at the moment, it's still a lot, because one bullet is equal to one per cent of magic power..."
The next hour, he spent recovering.
At that moment, Eros heard the sound of a lock opening..... The door to the "dungeon" slowly began to open, letting a bright light into the dark room.
- Hurry up, take this rubbish and bring it to the master, he's already waiting... - The man who looked into the "chamber" froze, for what he saw was a battlefield. On each wall, there were hundreds of holes of perfect shape and different sizes, and in the centre of this room stood a smiling boy, who was pointing his finger at him.- I'll give you a choice, first, you show me where you have the food storehouse, and after I've had a good meal, we'll go after your master's fat arse," Eros hadn't eaten anything for a week, he'd been eating ether and trying to shut himself off from all senses, and for a piece of meat, at the moment, he was ready to kill, "Second, you die on this very spot, and I'll find another escort who's smarter and more cooperative.
- Who do you think you are, you little-- - Before he could finish, he vomited blood, and where his heart should have been, there was a gaping hole through which Eros looked at him with a look of animal horror.
- Wrong choice, - Eros shook his head with a sigh and looked at the second man, who was shaking all over, - What do you say, or are you going to play the hero too?
- N-no! I'll do anything you say, just don't kill me! - falling on his knees, he looked at the boy with horror, who now looked more like a demon than a man.
- THERE! - with a smile exclaimed Eros, - That would have been your friend smarter, and not a finished d.... like that! Either good or nothing about the dead, - he said with a smile, - Alright, let's go, show me where the food is, because I'm very hungry, - at that moment, the titan's stomach rumbled, - I'm sorry, - Eros said with embarrassment, stroking his stomach, - It's just that I haven't eaten for almost seven days.
- Yes, of course, come on, I'll show you everything!
All the way the man was shaking, and at every slightest rustle he flinched and looked back at the titan.
After five minutes, they reached a wooden door, from which they could feel the magic power, and when he opened it, it smelled cold....
- Cold magic? - Eros nodded approvingly, "That's good, that means the ingredients are fresh.
- Y-yes, you're very clever, this is an artefact with Thermos magic," he said with a flattering smile, "Master Stole.... bought it when he was in one of the cities, it allows you to keep the room at a pre-set temperature.
- Interesting... - nodded the titan, "Come on in, show me where the meat is and don't be silly.
- YES! - He exclaimed with fright and entered first, and went straight to one of the shelves, where there was something wrapped in white paper, - Please, this is the meat of the magical beast Raging Bull, very tasty and nutritious, - but when he saw the frown of the boy, he broke into a cold sweat, - W-what's wrong?
- What am I, some kind of animal to you? - Eros asked with a raised eyebrow, "Can't you cook it or at least fry it?
- Excuse me! Now! I'll be right there! - An orange magic circle lit up on his hand and a small fireball appeared, on which he started frying, -Give me five minutes!
"Why is he so nervous?" - Eros thought slightly surprised, but quickly put it out of his mind and sat down on the sack to wait.
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