Chapter 258 Working Collectively

The subsequent six months had been spent in fixed ache as I pressured myself to do the identical grueling absorption of the Pink Eyes’ energy. I must spend hours within the gentle daily, and it appeared to get tougher and tougher daily. I had by no means felt a lot ache in my life, however I by no means backed down. The purple crystal room was beginning to really feel like a second dwelling to me at this level, however considered one of chaos and discord.

Lilith was with me the entire time, pushing me to be stronger and by no means surrender. She believed in me, even after I did not imagine in myself. The factor that was between us had been palpable at night time, so we spent all of our time projecting to completely different locations within the dimension. Projecting outdoors of this place would create a paradox, and there’s a probability that I might get sucked out of this loop, which could trigger this physique to go uncontrolled.

There was lots that wasn’t identified about how my powers would react to sure issues, and this was one of many important explanation why they wanted to point out me management all the ability that the Nice Pink Eye possessed. I might solely get one probability to confront the storm, and it might do or die after I did it.

Whereas the 2 of us practiced projecting, I might lose focus, after which we might surrender for the night time. After that, Lilith let me work on determining take up her energy so I might return her to her human kind. At first, she was apprehensive about it, however after some lengthy talks about it, she let me begin making an attempt. The issue was, I hadn’t gotten any farther than that since I began making an attempt.

Not like whereas I used to be within the Energy Dice, the ability wasn’t being pressured into me, and it wasn’t like I might simply contact her and take up it from her. One thing was stopping me from connecting together with her, however I used to be beginning to get the sensation that it was the entity within the storm. It was one way or the other solely permitting me to take energy from it and stopping me from taking her energy into my very own physique.

“I feel you’ll have to wait till you possibly can conquer the Nice Pink Eye once you go away this place,” Lilith mentioned as she relaxed on the mattress, and I floated across the room in a pacing sample.

“No, it’s only a matter of determining how this place works and what I can really do about it. This go well with restricts my Methods, however it will possibly’t fully cease them now that I’ve gotten stronger. The issue is that I nonetheless cannot scan you or something on this place. I must get a studying on the Nice Pink Eye so I can decide what this vitality is. If I can determine this out, then I can create a protect inside this room that may block that energy fully,” I defined, and Lilith solely shrugged in indifference. This was not the primary time I had gone over this identical level, but it surely felt like every coaching day was bringing me nearer.

The one factor that I nonetheless could not perceive was why it was doing this. The facility inside the Nice Pink Eye wished to be free, so why was it stopping me from serving to Lilith? It did not make sense, however I knew there needed to be a cause.

“I feel you might be simply overthinking this,” Lilith mentioned as she stood up from the mattress and walked over to me. ” Possibly you must take a break for some time.”

I wished to maintain going, however Lilith was proper. I had been pushing myself continuous for months now, and I wanted a break. My energy was nonetheless rising, but it surely wasn’t rising as quick because it had been. Possibly it was time to take a step again and reassess the state of affairs.

“Alright,” I mentioned as I floated over to the mattress and sat down. Lilith sat down subsequent to me and leaned towards my chest as she wrapped her arms round me.

“Simply loosen up for some time,” Lilith mentioned as she closed her eyes, and I did the identical. It felt good simply to loosen up and never take into consideration something for a change.

After taking a break for a number of days, I used to be lastly beginning to really feel higher. My thoughts was clear, and I used to be capable of concentrate on coaching once more. Lilith had been serving to me each step of the best way, however even she was beginning to get pissed off with the shortage of progress we had been making in returning her again to regular.

I had tried every little thing that I might consider, however nothing gave the impression to be working to date, irrespective of how a lot energy I absorbed from the Nice Pink Eye itself or how lengthy we spent projecting into different elements of the dimension collectively. It was like I had hit a wall, however I wasn’t prepared to surrender but.

“Possibly we should always take a break for some time,” Lilith mentioned as she watched me from the door of my room, and I simply shook my head.

“No, I’m not prepared to surrender but,” I insisted as I floated over to her. “I do know that there needs to be a manner that will help you change again, and I’m not going to cease till I determine it out.”

“However what if there isn’t a manner?” Lilith requested, and I might hear the concern in her voice. She was beginning to lose hope, however I refused to let that occur.

“There may be all the time a manner; we simply haven’t discovered it but,” I assured her as I took her hand in mine. “I promise you that we are going to discover a manner again for you. Earlier than I got here right here, there was nothing that I could not full if I put my thoughts to it. I’ve had shut calls prior to now, however we have to flip the coaching up. Is there any manner that we are able to get the others to assist? You all know use the ability, so perhaps the reply is thrashing it into me?”

“I don’t suppose that’s a good suggestion,” Lilith mentioned, however I used to be beginning to get determined. This entire factor was beginning to stress me out.

After I was outdoors of this place, I by no means appeared to hit a wall. Even when I did, I used to be all the time about to get the assistance of everybody else. Now it felt prefer it was simply Lilith and me towards this insurmountable mountain that was the Nice Pink Eye.

“It’s price a attempt,” I insisted, and Lilith simply sighed.

“Fantastic, but when it will get too out of hand, then we’re stopping,” Lilith mentioned as she led me out of the room and towards the coaching space.

After we bought there, everybody was already gathered and ready for us. It appeared that phrase had gotten round that I wished to attempt one thing completely different with my coaching, they usually had been all curious to see what it was.

“Daniel desires us to assist him beat info on use his energy into his head,” Lilith defined, and everybody simply stared at me in disbelief.

“That isn’t what I meant,” I insisted, but it surely was too late; that they had already made up their minds about what I wished to do.

“We are going to assist you, Daniel,” Abraxas mentioned as he floated over to me with a severe look on his face. “But when issues get out of hand, then we’re stopping instantly.”

I nodded in settlement earlier than all of us bought into formation. Lilith joined the others that surrounded me within the heart. It was time to see if this may work or not.

The very first thing that Abraxas did was hit me with a strong blast of vitality. I used to be capable of protect myself from it, however simply barely. The subsequent factor I knew, everybody else was attacking me with every little thing that they had.

I used to be getting bombarded from all sides with blasts of vitality, and it was all I might do to maintain my shields up. This wasn’t working; they had been simply too sturdy. I wanted to search out one other manner earlier than this bought out of hand, as Lilith had warned.

“Cease!” I shouted as loudly as I might, and everybody instantly stopped attacking me. “This is not working; we have to attempt one thing else.”

“Like what?” Abraxas requested as he floated over to me with a raised eyebrow, and I racked my mind for a solution however got here up empty-handed but once more.

“I have no idea, however we have to attempt one thing completely different. This isn’t working,” I mentioned as I regarded round at everybody.

“Properly, what do you anticipate us to do?” Azrael, the plant lady, requested, and I might see the frustration in her eyes. “That is the one factor that we all know do.”

“There needs to be one thing else that we are able to attempt,” I insisted, however nobody had any concepts. We had been all simply standing there gazing one another till Lilith lastly spoke up.

“Daniel is correct; we have to attempt one thing else. Possibly if we work collectively, we are able to give you one thing,” Lilith mentioned as she floated over to me and took my hand.

Everybody nodded in settlement earlier than stepping into formation once more. This time, as an alternative of attacking me, they surrounded me and linked arms. I might really feel the vitality flowing between us, and it was not like something I had ever felt earlier than. nove(lb(In

We had been all linked now, and I might really feel everybody’s energy operating by way of me. It was nearly an excessive amount of to deal with at first, however I shortly adjusted to it and began absorbing it like I had been doing with the Nice Pink Eye.

As soon as I had taken in all of their energy, I turned my consideration to Lilith. Her energy was nonetheless there, simply out of attain, however this time after I tried to soak up it into my very own physique, nothing occurred. It was like hitting a wall; her energy simply would not budge, irrespective of how onerous I attempted or how a lot energy from the others ran by way of me first.

Then one thing inside me began to tug in any respect the vitality that was being fed into me, and I began to devour the vitality of all these round me. Slowly, Abraxas, Lilith, Azrael, and the remaining began to shift again into human kind, however then abruptly, I burst with vitality, and everybody was blown backward from me.