His voice was calm but cutting, pulling Alex back to his senses.
"The Way of Error stands so high on the universal scale that even Elemental Rulers can barely comprehend its faintest properties."
"Most cannot touch it at all until they ascend to the Eighth or Ninth Rank, and even then, they must devote vast spans of time merely to grasp its most minor truths."
"So, for anyone to learn to wield it within eleven months, at just the Sixth Rank, as merely an Elementalist..." Odeseus leaned back slightly, his abyssal eyes glinting with a cold amusement. "It is the same as attempting to journey from the Mortal Rank to that of an exalted Elemental Ruler in a single year."
"An impossibility for all but a rare few."
Panic gripped Alex's chest at the thought that he might not be able to use the Error nature of Darkness for quite some time. But he quickly forced himself to calm, because Odeseus would not bait him with false hope, not after telling him so much.
