…Chris had questions rummaging through his mind, he wondered deeply about the attributes and the book which he had discovered in the bibliotheca, Instructor Ria had just given a detailed breakdown on life attribute and their elements and this had given Chris the missing detail which he needed…
…Instructor Ria exited the academy, leaving the Zodiacians behind, Chris had a deep thought about what she said and he had an hypothesis on the spot, the demon blood moon eyes is a Myojin born from the life attribute of a Tanjō, no one was able to resonate with it except those of the moonstraught clan, he kept thinking, what if the attribute had not been destroyed only waiting to be found and resonated with once again, his thoughts began popping up, one by one more questions flew through his mind and gave him new intellect, he made up his mind a drew a fitting conclusion, the demon blood moon eyes is an element created from a Tanjō and it became a Myojin after being refined by the elites of the clan, the elements energy at a point halted and began corroding away those of the clan and the last person to use it was that entity he had read about, so this told him that the element still existed, but no one had been able to resonate with it…
…Chris stood up and left the Scorpio academy seeking more to what he had just concluded, as he was treading out he bumped into the curly hair topped Zodiacian which had asked Instructor Ria the faults of a Tanjō, the curly topped Zodiacian turned his back to see who that had been, and his face expression spoke it immediately..
"What the hell asshole, are your eyes fucking cranny or what", He said with a voice deeper than that of a groaning tiger. Chris had fallen to the ground as he bumped into him, as he was taller than Chris, Chris's height was five feet nine inches, while his was six feet two inches, Chris was flat on his ass and he used his right leg to propel himself back to his feet.
"Hey I am sorry, really did not mean to, I was not paying attention". Chris said in a remorseful tone.
…The curly hair topped Zodiacian approached him and there was only an inch of space between both of them, he looked down on Chris as a mixture of brown and dark orange aura emanated from his side, his dark brown eyes piqued and became even darker as his aura seeped out from his sides…
"I will forgive you this time, but the next time you bump into me"… The curly hair topped Zodiacians said as he followed instantly by clenching his fist so tight, his veins enshrouded them, and He gave a smirk, his canines were about two inches longer than his incisors, which only gave off the impression to Chris that the entity before him was a predator, one who devours any why cross his path… "The next time will be your end", the curly hair topped Zodiacians said as he left the pathway of the Scorpio academy, the one which Chris had been following until he finally exited the academy…
…Chris had not made mind to anything the curly hair topped Zodiacians had said, he had felt that he had found a pathway to understanding his clan's Myojin, and that drove his mind to the peak of its reasoning, he carefully kept reasoning on his hypothesis, to find a deeper, sharper and clearer picture, he only had two pieces missing and that was why it took the clan out of extinction and what form did it currently exist in, he remembered all the details of the book, but his mind could not fix the pieces together, he had a missing piece and he needed to find out what it was…
…An idea instantly popped up into his mind and he went straight to the Lyceum, he was looking for Rhys, his Chrono suit which had been purple, had turned back to its base color which was white, he approached the Lyceum as he saw Rhys at a corner seating where the Cathedra had been erected by the nabobs…
"Hey Rhys", Chris said panting as he had just ran for a while till he reached the Cathedra.
"Bro, chill take it easy no one is chasing you". Rhys said as he placed his right hand at the center of Chris's back patting him to calm him down gently.
"Here bro take a seat and chillax, no one is after you", Rhys said smiling as he escorted Chris back to the Cathedra.
"Thanks Rhys, I feel so much better, it was nice you were here, it saved me a whole lot of trouble, if you were not here I would have had to look everywhere for you". Chris said in an exhausted tone.
"Hey Rhys can I ask you a question", Chris said hysterically.
"Go on, anything for you AnikiChan". Rhys said euphorically
"I wanted to ask you about your clans Myojin, the Aethel-Links". Chris said eagerly looking at Rhys, Rhys face dimmed instantly with disgust and all his goofy energy felt like it had vanished with that one question, his aura became cold and chilly and his smile had vanished, his teeth began grinding over one another, showing how angry he was.
"Hey Rhys, I am sorry if I overstepped my boundaries you do not need to answer the question", Chris said disappointed but he did not want to hurt his friends feelings.
"No, it is all right, I will tell you after all you are my best friend". Rhys took a deep breath and he began speaking "Aethel Link, that is the Drack clans Myojin, according to my dad, it was brought alive by a technique called Zokusei, it was a form of creating an element through an existing emblem and platform and aligning oneself to it, The Aethel link was created by my family's bloodline, Zokusei requires you to sacrifice the part of your body, the element is going to reside it and it was done by a long chain of grandparent, he had sacrificed his hands and every member of the clan at that time needed an element, so everyone contributed a drop of blood, to be allowed access to the element when it was born, those who did not drop their blood would perish after the element was born, that was the contact the head of my bloodline made, as he sacrificed his hand and made use of every other requirement from his body, he created a last clause and that was to sacrifice his life to give my family's bloodline maximum control over the element and he did, so the Aethel Link was created and he died…
…Rhys took a brief pause and continued with the narration of the story, "The Aethel link resided in the arms of the drack clan taking the form and color of their life pulse energy, the structure of the element was a large coiled line, with straight vine emblems, each vine emblem looking like a lightning pulsed vein, the vines can increase in number and the veins can grow longer with efficient mastery. The Aethel link connects to both the physical, mental and verbal constituents of the user, put it in the sense that since every of our clan members dropped a piece of their blood, delinquents who tried to escape were sacrificed and my bloodline's leader poured his soul into the element, we built it a consciousness, the consciousness is very rare for elements born from the Zokusei according to my Dad, but we managed to build it, an element which behaves as a living extension for your body, my dad has not nearly mastered the skill as he said to me, but he told me the element has three basic structures and that is Foundation, Surround and Restructure". Rhys said urging to continue on.
"Foundation is the ability of the Aethel link to obey its users words and the base form structure of the Aethel link, its normal structure is a plain chain, that emanates from an extended aura pore from the center of your back, from the center of your back aura is extended and creates a circular pore above the extension where the chains extend out from, they take the form of a plain chain at first but with constant growth and refining they begin to take the shape the users envisions, The second ability according to my father told me about is surround according to him you can use other energies and powers to enshroud and surround the chains, meaning somebody using Aries can cover the chain in flames and for cases where one has more than two Myojins but has the blood of the Drack clan resides in that person, they may be able to complement the Myojin with the Drack clans aethel link, which makes it a formidable offense, defense and support and the last one my dad told me about was restructure, as I said they have a consciousness and before anyone can let you in and give you their utmost support you must build trust and love with the person, so for you to draw out more of the Aethel links power, you must build a strong aura pulse and connection with it, there is a level you reach that you will be able to reshape and rebuild the aethel link at will, this is one of its most formidable threats as it can be restructured and changed at will". Rhys paused and slouched back on the Cathedra continuing his description for Chris.
"The Aethel Link was created using Lithic mass as its medium, with the aid of my bloodlines, aura and life energy he was able to shape it into what it has come to be and with those drops of blood he was able to give it consciousness, so the skill stemmed from Lithic mass, simply put it is an extremely developed and evolved shape of lithic mass unique to only the Drack clan, it cannot be recreated by anyone else, other skills can be derived from Lithic Mass as it is an Indigenous element, so our real stem is from Lithic mass". Rhys said as he broke off from the long narration, he took a deep breath and continued.
"There are still a lot of things I do not know about the Aethel links but one thing I am sure of, I read this in an EPIGRAPH in my Dad's sanctum, it said the Aethel links have a unique function, it said Overdrive, it is a skill in which the consciousness of the Aethel link devours the consciousness of its user either through a large influx of emotions, it allows the Aethel link completely devour its user and become a dangerous epitome which kills until it is killed, anyway it really only occurs in very rare cases, but before I could finish studying the Epigraph, my dad collected it and chased me away from his sanctum, I Really do miss him". Rhys said blithely at the utter of his last statement
"Yeah I think that's practically all I know about it for now". Rhys said still looking annoyed.
"Hey I know I may be crossing my boundaries by asking you this question but, why do you hate the topic so bad, it pisses the hell out of you which surprises me". Chris said with a concerned tone
…Rhys was infuriated at the question, but it was Chris who was asking, so he contained his anger. "My parents don't know I know, they told me my sister had gone to a special place, but I remember it clearly an entity warped in darkness, it is blurry in my head, but an entity used the Myojin in her blood to rip her apart, the color of her Myojin at that point was a pulsating black energy, something which aura should never look like, her blood was being absorbed as she was being decimated bit by bit, a blackish ooze dropped from her body and till now I don't know what was that, that was around the time that my dad had found the Void graph, I want to find that thing". Rhys took a brief pause and his aura darkened his left palm had clenched into a fist and veins surrounded his fingers, her bit his lip and the anger in his eyes were visible he smashed his had upon the lyceums wall which made a loud sound, the nanobots quickly repaired the newly made hole in the lyceum. Rhys continued speaking in his angry tone, "When I find that thing I will rip it to shreds". Chris saw how infuriated Rhys was and grabbed his right arm he looked Rhys in the face.
"Hey Buddy, look at me…Rhys gently turned his face and looked into Chris's eyes… We are in this together, we will find that thing and rip it apart, we are together forever and nothing will ever change that, I will always be by your side". Chris said as Rhys face lightened up, his repulsive and agitated energy had vanished and his smile slowly began to reappear on his face…
"Thanks Chris, you really are a good person". Rhys said steering at him.
"Hey Rhys, I need to get going I have a lot to do, it was nice speaking to you". Chris said as he propelled himself forward of the Cathedra, he looked at Rhys and waved giving him a beaming smile, as he placed his hands in the pockets of his robe of his Chrono suit exiting the lyceum.
"Okay now let's try putting the pieces together, the Demon blood moon eyes is either a Tanjō or a Zokusei element, due to its power scale, if it is a Tanjō it would exist somewhere but one with the bloodline of that clan can embody it, and if it is a Zokusei that means the medium used must still exist, what if creating a brand new life attribute from an existing Tanjō or Zokusei was possible, if the element exists now but cannot be embodied completely, the energy released by the element may be able to embody another element creation". Chris said as his thoughts kept mumbling up in his mind.
"Wait, the book said all traces of the Myojin was erased, but not destroyed". Chris's mind began placing more points into his head trying to derive a final conclusion for him, but still he was not finding the last piece he needed…
"What of if with the death of the clan the energy was closed off since it had no link to return to the terrain, so the book said light, Moon and eyes". Chris's thoughts began jumbling up once again and he needed to straighten them out as he craved a conclusion to what he was thinking…
"The closest link I have to this information is Moonlight and that only occurs during a full moon, okay another piece found, we also have the lunar eclipse, so let drive down deep", Chris kept analyzing his thoughts one after another to narrow down up onto his desired conclusion…
…Chris Had gone back to the dorm room as the day was slowly reaching its end, as he entered his dorm room, the synaptic configuration of his alcove allowed it to open automatically allowing him to settle inside effectively…
…A while passed and Chris who had reposed in the center of his alcove, busted awake, he still had unanswered questions which kept him awake, he left the dorm room and went to the Lyceum sub building, as he approached the building he saw Cia looking at the stars and he gently approached her…
"Hi Cia, It is Chris". Chris said with a warming and vigilante tone
"Oh, Hey Chris, how have you been, it has been a while since we have spoken". Cia said in a dark chilly tone.
"What are you doing here in the middle of the night"? Chris asked in a gleeful tone.
"The stars, the stars give me a warm an special embrace that no other human can, every time I see the stars my heart brims with ecstasy" Cia said looking into the sky, the gentle sea breeze blew across her hair as she was pinpoint focused on the sky.
…Chris sat beside Cia, the silence in the academy had made for a resounding atmosphere for stargazing, Chris lifted his head up to view the stars, as his head rose up, his mind was shifted away from the stars to the dazzling moonlight which illuminated its path from the sky to Chris's eye, Chris had steered at the moonlight and his gaze got even deeper, Chris was astound at how bright and beautiful the moonlight was, his focus was pinpoint and his eyes were fixed on only one thing, the moon which was a beautiful element which reflected the light of the sun and illuminated the darkness of night, Chris kept gazing into the beauty of the night light and his body felt warm, it felt like he was being absorbed by the reflection of the moonlight and it dawned on him, the last piece he had been looking for could only be answered by the one who started his Hypothesis and that was none other than Instructor Ria, Chris had decided that for him to find the last piece of the puzzle, he would have to meet Instructor Ria…
…Chris stood up from Cia's side as he gave a warm and blithely smile to her, he approached the dorm and went back straight into his alcove, he knew that he needed to be well rested in order to converse with instructor Ria tomorrow, he had by all means found his last puzzle and that was going to be the final piece he needed to understand his clans Myojin, he laid at the center of the alcove and as it closed shut he fell asleep…