3063 Untapped Potential (Part 1)
Once infused with the bloodline ability from Ryla's silver eye, the mana of any light element spell would keep being diluted in world energy until it lost cohesion and the spell degraded into formless energy.
"I don't get what I'm doing wrong." Lith looked at Solus who shook her head.
Even with the Eyes, the process was a mystery. They had no data about Ryla's mana organs and when Lith manipulated the energy with his own silver eye, the number of variables more than doubled.
"And we can't help you unless you teach us Light Mastery." Morok sighed. He didn't even try to ask for lessons, knowing Lith would rather walk out. "Let's move on to darkness."
The final element turned out to be a massive failure. They just stood there, enveloped in creeping shadows until they ran out of ideas.
"Solus?" Lith asked.
"Still no clue, sorry." Aside from the raw mass of darkness element and world energy, there was nothing for the Eyes to pick up.
"No problem." He sighed. "Before we give up for today, I'd like to try something."
Lith walked to Valeron and offered him a hand. The baby boy grabbed it and after the Dragon scales relayed the message, he gave Lith as much Life Maelstrom as he could.
"Thank you, son. I'll make good use of it." Lith caressed Valeron's cheek who replied with a happy:
"Papa!"
"Dya!" Elysia grumbled, angry for being still incapable of emitting non-draconic complex sounds.
"Don't be jealous, sweetie." Kamila said. "Valeron is older than you. It's natural that he speaks better."
"Ba." Elysia could faintly grasp the concept but it didn't make her feel better one bit.
"Mama!" Valeron giggled while looking at Kamila with his round silver eyes.
"Thank you, sweetie." She peppered his head with kisses, knowing how much feeling accepted by his new family meant to the baby boy.
"Ba!" Elysia glared at Valeron in outrage, engaging him in a staring contest for almost five seconds before they fell asleep as one.
"Why didn't you do that during our first sessions?" Morok asked since it was the first time he saw the little Valeron use one of his bloodline abilities aside from Origin Flames.
"Do you think it's easy to explain to a child so young what a bloodline ability is and how to use it without hurting himself or others?" Lith replied. "It took me days to reach this point.
"Babies are not fond of training and have an attention span shorter than yours."
"Hey!" Kamila and the Tyrant said in unison, but for completely different reasons.
"Don't drag the children in your crazy schedule. They are infants!" Kamila said.
"Which would explain why Glemos also wanted a child with a Fomor." Ryla said. "Balors are unable to get the seventh eye by nature.
"Maybe he hoped that by sealing that evolutionary path, the Tyrant bloodline would have been forced to revert to the state before they merged their six eyes. If that were to happen, the newborn Tyrant would be capable of resuming their evolution."
Lith was amazed by how brilliant Ryla was despite having lived in forced isolation for most of her life and by how deep Morok's thinking was when he decided to pull his head out of his ass.
Lith had only given them a few clues yet they had almost reached his same conclusion.
Almost.
"Glad we are all on the same page." He nodded as he passed to each one of them a powerful bolt of silver lightning.
Valeron couldn't produce enough Life Maelstrom for three people but Lith hadn't stood idle while they talked. He had amplified Valeron's small silver lightning thanks to the Tiamat's yellow and spirit eyes until he had enough for everyone.
"Remember, focus on your body, not on opening another eye. In case you get the feeling your life force is trying to condense in a single point, don't give in to that impulse." Lith said.
'The Life Maelstrom is a bit diluted and less effective, but it's better this way.' He actually thought. 'If their evolutionary paths aren't just untapped but blocked, forcing their way might make them blow up. Solus?'
'Immortal body array and life support systems are on standby.' She replied. 'If something happens, I'll take care of them immediately.'
The Hands appeared in the form of short evening gloves and the Mouth as a scarf. No one but Kamila noticed their appearance because they were focused on controlling the silver lightning.
Lith, Ryla, and Morok, made it circulate through their eyes and bodies, using the boost that Life Maelstrom granted their life force to bring it on par with the power of the elements.
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