Jack woke up in the same infirmary that he awoke the first time but this time there is an elf looking at him wearing an outfit that resemble a doctor but more primitive looking one after looking Jack for some seconds he said:
- I hope this time you don’t run breaking the wall of my clinic – He said looking at the destroyed wall near Jack’s bed with a bit of irritation.
- Sorry – Jack said but noticing if he is transformed in his Aragorn form or in his normal form and for his relieve, he is – I was in a bit of a hurry – He said trying not to mention Garuda.
- If you are trying to hide that thing in your shadows you don’t need, I already saw it when it brought you here – The doctor said pointing to Jack’s shadow – I also don’t care about it while it doesn’t hurt anyone – The doctor said.
- Ok – Jack said weakly – But please don’t tell anyone about him – Jack said with a firm voice.
- I wouldn’t do that any way, but this isn’t the problem now, the problem is the state of your body – The doctor said acquiring a look of seriousness that came so suddenly that even seemed out of place – I don’t have any idea of who are you or care but there is one thing I care: The state of your body. It is like an ant is trying to lift an elephant – He said taking what looked like a black stone – Look, this is your body and is like an Absorption Stone it can adapt to anything that it is feed with, which already is impressive in its own, but the problem lies with what it was fed with: it is a power that has some kind of authority, and not a weak one – The doctor explained seriously.
- But what is an authority? – Jack asked since he has the feeling that the system won’t tell him.
- Wait, someone made you absorb a power which has an authority and didn’t even bother to explain to you what an authority is? – The doctor asked with disbelief in his voice – You NEED to cut all ties with this person as soon as possible – The doctor said with such vehemency in his voice that even Jack could understand that he is extremely serious, but he can’t since even in Earth the system is in his body – Well, let me explain to you what an authority is – He said beginning his explanation – When someone achieve a certain level of power they receive an authority, an authority is the crystallization of someone’s efforts to master every aspect of a certain kind of power but even if someone receives an authority they have a long way in the path to dominate it since an authority open completely new paths in someone’s way, for instance if someone receives an authority related to fire this someone now needs to discover how to control fire in never imagined ways like using it as water by molding the fire in such a way that it dissipates fire, or harden the fire until it becomes as solid as a wall of rock – The doctor explained sincerely – Only after someone completely master its authority it can become a card and if it becomes a card the person has achieved such a level that no one will be able to touch it – He explained in an excited tone but then he looked at Jack’s eye with dark eyes filled with seriousness – This is why if someone absorb an authority, principally one that already is a card the strain on this person’s body can be so big that it can break that person – He said injecting energy in the stone in various places at the same time until the stone started to crack and when it reached this point he stopped and the stone started to “regenerate” – I think that your body won’t be able to regenerate like this stone since the power already is inside your body so you should stop using the power that is doing this to you – The doctor said finishing his explanation.
Jack started to think about what the doctor said but he also understood something from what the doctor said: the power of a Titan is already inside him from the moment that he first entered the capsule to Veritas. The CEO did something to the capsule that altered Jack when he laid in it, something mystical, and for all Jack knows now it is something that can’t be changed so he might as well try to make his body sturdier to try to contain this power and use it for something good.
- The power that is inside me was put there against my will, but now I need to coexist with it and hey, it isn’t so bad at least I can use it to do some good in the world! – Jack said trying to be cheerful but failing miserably since his mind is in a mess: he wants to find out why this CEO put this power in him, how it can be used on Earth, how to use this power, its limits and his own limits, from where it came and if it truly came from the Titan known as Exarion and if yes who he is, there are also lots of other doubts like why him? And who is the CEO that can give someone this type of power?
Seeing beyond the bad façade that Jack tried to put but just let it slide since he understands the desire for answers since he also has the same drive and this is why he hadn’t handed Jack to the authorities for invading his clinic and breaking his wall for only one reason: this man in front of him has a body that successfully absorbed some kind of power that had an extremely powerful authority and the only symptoms that his body shows from not handling the authority is fainting, or at least this is what seems since both times he appeared here he was unconscious. With all this together the doctor decided to help Jack in his situation to also gather more knowledge.
- So, mysterious person, what is your name? – The doctor asked trying to form a connection with Jack by having a normal talk.
- Aragorn – Jack said since he is in his elven form and decided to be an elf for the time being.
- ………. HAHAHAHAHA, no really, what is your name? – The doctor asked thinking that Jack was kidding with him.
- Aragorn! – Jack said firmly to demonstrate that he isn’t playing now.
- And what, do you perhaps control fire to? – The doctor asked mockingly but shut his mouth when Jack conjured a ball of the “Imperial Flame” – You must be kidding with me… - he said incredulous.
- Ok, wat the hell is this that everyone when hears my name and see that I control fire becomes like this??? – Jack asked annoyed pointing to the doctor,
- … Tell me that you are kidding? – The doctor asked, but when he looked at Jack’s face he became astonished – You aren’t kidding… You really don’t know about the history of the only emperor of the elves… How can this be possible? – He muttered with wide eyes.
- The only emperor of the elves… Oh shit, tell me you are playing with me and this is all a joke and the reason people become like this is another – Jack begged the doctor since he ran away from lord Ardryl because he didn’t want to become entangled in a net of politics and big decisions.
- Do you perhaps has any idea of the mess that you will be involved by having your name and the ability to control that fire? – The doctor asked feeling pity for Jack already imagining the problems with nobles this could generate.
- But this isn’t even true fire, these are just flames!!!! – Jack shouted desperate.
- What is the difference? – The doctor asked thinking that Jack was just making excuses.
- Flames are just the visible manifestation of fire, it is light generate by something burning and this is why normal flames change color depending on what is burning!!!! – Jack shouted explaining what he knows of fire and flame but with feeling like there is a hand grabbing his heart from the tension of possible needing to deal with noble elves.
- ….. Really?!?! – The doctor asked after some moment of digesting Jack’s information.
- There is also another circumstance where flames change color: depending on the temperature of the fire – Jack explained trying to calm himself.
- Can you demonstrate it? – The doctor asked taking a pen and a notebook from a desk at his side.
- Ok, let me try – Jack said, closed his eyes and started to imagine the flames of a stove, the blue flames that are controlled to not burn to much and then he started to imagined a fire burning a forest, a fire without control and that only grows stronger, those red and yellow flames that seek to spread the fire. When he opened his eyes again he saw the doctor fascinated by the fire but he also could understand that this fire was stronger that the other one just from the heat that emanated from it and while feeling this he also is writing various notes on his notebook to register every aspect of the fire.
- This is so interesting… - The doctor said while analyzing everything – And I not only talking about the difference between fire and flame but also how good you control fire – He said while looking at Jack too – Even with an authority over fire most people wouldn’t be able to even change minimal things in their fire without much effort but here you are using a fire that doesn’t has any outstanding feature when just a moment ago you were using a flame that can only be used by those genius that even royal families across the world would want – The doctor said without noticing that Jack is doing the face of someone who isn’t liking the prospect of the information delivered to him.
- Can we go to the next topic? – Jack asked but didn’t wait for an answer before deconjuring the fire - What is YOUR name? – He said putting emphasis in ‘your’.
- Oh, right – The doctor said noticing Jack discomfort – My name is Rod, I just a researcher that now is using my knowledges as a doctor here in this village – He said finally introducing himself – I hope we can work together to gather more knowledge – Rod said with a shine in his eyes that shows his enthusiasm in gathering knowledge.
- Ok… - Jack said while backing away from Rod feeling strange an adult probably MUCH older than him being so enthusiastic about something – But let’s be sneaky when doing things – He said already thinking that a crazy researcher could drawn attention anywhere he went – We will do everything in the forest so we can hide from anyone easily if we are found – Jack said exiting the building with Rod following him but them he saw Arantra, entered the building again, took Rod hand and shadow leaped with him in the direction of the forest with an astonished Rod from seeing a new ability that he never saw such ability that can travel through the shadows.
- You really are resourceful – He said to Jack but suddenly became somber when he noticed that the element that composes this ability is darkness, fortunately when he analyzed the darkness he noticed that it almost isn’t darkness, or at least the kind of darkness that he is used to – So he also controls darkness – He thought with an unreadable expression in his face.
When they arrived at a place that there is no one near Jack, Rod and even Garuda came out of the shadow but each in their own way: Jack came out standing, Garuda came out flying and landed in Jack’s shoulder while Rod was ejected from the shadow and fell with his face in the ground.
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- This seems to be a good place to train – Jack said while looking around.
- How can you not be ejected while I was? – Rod asked annoyed.
- It all depends on how we approach the idea of coming out of the shadow, I just approached it like a platform that take me up, Garuda here approached it like a way to propel him so he could come out flying while you… I don’t have any idea of how you approached it – Jack explained like it is the simplest thing in the world.
- He, it seems that even the control over darkness come to you naturally – Rod said trying to see Jack’s reaction.
- It is more in line with shadow than darkness and I even in a quest on how to take the characteristics out of the darkness element and turn it into its on element – Jack said in a mixture of truths and falsehoods to hide his nervousness but also showing one thing that he truly wants to do.
- You are trying to create a new element? – Rod asked astonished just to be sure but when he saw the look on Jack’s face he could see the light of someone with a desire – Ok, I think that we will fit well together – He said thinking that he finally found someone as crazy as himself – So, how do you train? – Rod asked since he never saw someone control the element with such ease as Jack controls.
- Well, I usually try to do new things with the elements, for instance now I will try to create an elemental crystal – Jack said and started to condense the “Imperial Flame” in the form of a sword, but he didn’t only condense it in a simple form, he started to compress the energy and adding more energy with such a potency that even the grass in the ground is beginning to burn a little. He is doing a process similar to how a diamond is formed, but with pure elemental energy, he is adding pressure and more energy so the sword won’t be micro sized, it is such a concentration of energy that even the animals of the forest are fleeing from the zone were Jack is but Rod to satiate his desire for knowledge is looking at it and trying to record everything in his mind.
After some minutes the energy started to crystalize, after some more minute the sword took shape and the system also became surprised from this achievement.
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Attention!!!!!
The Titan managed to do something unexpected
Its efforts will be rewarded
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Crystalize Element
By compressing the element to its extreme it will crystalize creating an elemental crystal
An elemental crystal can be used to do almost anything
Action Card
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- I may have overdone it – Jack said looking at the sword, a katana with a handle inspired by the concept of empire, and to what the status of the sword are:
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Unnamed
Attack: ??? Durability: ???
Attack Speed: ???
The attack depends on how much energy is put in it
The attack speed depends on how much energy is put in it
The durability depends on how much energy is put in it
To unleash its full power it needs it needs to be named
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- I name you after the flames that gave you birth Flamma Imperial from the Latin Imperial Flame – Jack said and a light came out of him that then entered the sword changing it enterely:
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Flamma Imperial
Attack: 1.000~??? Durability: Infinite
Attack Speed: 4.000~???
The attack can change depending on how much energy is put in it
The attack speed can change depending on how much energy is put in it
This katana will always survive a fight even if only a tiny portion of her remain and from this part it will regenerate
It can regenerate faster if fed with energy
It holds the power of the Imperial Flame so it can control most flames
Its ego is still in its infant stage please take care of it
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Jack already is happy with just this but the system had another surprise for him:
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Attention!!!!!
The Titan managed to name an item successfully and has been awarded with a card
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Name Item
You can name an item so it can go beyond its limits
The knowledge and ability on the best way to name an item
Action Card
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- Yes!!!! – Jack shouted happy but then noticed Rod stunned looking like he saw a ghost.
- You named a sword and it gained an ego… - Rod muttered in a low voice that almost seemed like a whisper – Do you have any idea how hard is to create an ego item or at least for one to accept a name and change based on the name? – He said now in a normal voice – Uuuuuuu haaaaaaaa – Rod breathed in and out to calm himself and then said to Jack – I really want to know what power was fed to you.
- I also want to know – Jack said in a somber voice – It was said that this power came from a certain entity and I was treated as said entity but I don’t even know what this entity is or who it truly is – He explained letting it show his fears of his current situation.
- ………. – Rod doesn’t even know what to say after this, Jack just demonstrated a level of somberness that only appear in those who saw death itself but managed to escape its claws.
- Now, let’s continue with our training, shall we? – Jack said dismissing his fear for the moment as if they weren’t even there to begin with which left Rod wordless.
- Oh, ok – Rod said without conviction in his words.
They were preparing to do the same thing with the darkness that Jack uses to travel but they suddenly heard a low noise that Jack immediately recognized:
- This is a hurt animal – Jack said and then began running in that direction.
- Wait, this could be a corrupted animal – Rod tried to say but Jack was already running – Sigh, let’s see what he can do – He said and started running in the same direction and when he arrived there, he saw a black bear with golden runes in it – Fuck, it is a corrupted Runic Bear – Rod said recognizing the bear – Aragorn RUN!!!! – He shouted but didn’t run, he is prepared to fight, but the bear didn’t attack, it bowed its head to Jack who raised his sword and fueled it with another fire that Rod haven’t seen yet and slashed the bear but contrary to Rod’s expectative the bear caught fire and wasn’t slashed but as the fire burns the bear’s color changed to white and the runes started to cover more of his body and all the corruption is being converted into an energy that Rod never saw in his entire life but that pulsate like a heart and is floating above Jack. When all the corruption vanished from the bear Jack put his hand on the bear’s head and said:
- I name you Bjorn and grant to you evolution – Jack said and all the energy that is floating above Jack, life energy, began entering the bear while the bear shined, became bigger, with more runes in his body, emanating an intimidating aura and all his body became more muscular while his color changed to brown. When all this transformation ended the bear, Bjorn, stood up on his back paws and roared, its roars echoing across all the forest and even reaching far beyond it making all who hear it trembling in fear from the pressure that emanated from the roar – I am glad that you are strong and healthy now – Jack said and fainted.
- Father!!!! – Bjorn said transforming into a human boy which surprised Rod.
- ………… What? – Rod said.
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In a place somewhere underground the organization that the young girl is part of is reuniting and discussing Jack’s situation.
- It can’t be! – The older man said – Someone is using Exarion’s power? This should be impossible, no one can hold his power if it isn’t a Titan. No, even the Titans can’t hold his power since they already are so powerful that if they try to hold Exarion’s but that is fundamentally different from most Titan’s powers so how can someone hold his power like you said – He said exalted.
- It seems that this being is paying some sort of price because after he emanated that aura of destruction he fainted and a modified Garuda came out of his shadow enveloped him in a shadow and vanished so he probably is using Exarion’s power to create living beings and this is exhausting him so when he revealed his true self he fainted – The young girl guessed – But I still think that there is something fishy about the phrase he said “You who tries to fight against the most impossible odds should know that there is always another way“, it was like he knows who we are and scolded the way I did and some of us did – She said remembering the feelings contained in the words, feeling of disappointment as if looking at a son or daughter that went against the expectations and explained what she felt from it to her colleagues.
- HE felt disappointment? – The mature woman asked astonished – Ok, this is strange… Maybe he has some sort of connection with us – She wondered.
- A being of destruction that is strong enough, or lucky enough, to use Exation’s power to an extreme extent and the only drawback is fainting… - The older man muttered – Plus he may be connected with us… - He muttered even lower.
- Maybe we are looking at it from the wrong perspective: maybe the power of destruction IS the price that he needed to pay to balance Exarion’s power in his body since when he used the power of destruction he fainted – The young man suggested.
- ….. I think we are looking at this from the wrong perspective but it isn’t the way that you suggested – The young girl said – In the worst case scenario both power were given to him, or he took them, and he isn’t even aware of what they truly are and is using them while damaging his body and the reason why he fainted – She said but noticed a great flaw in her theory – Even if this is true it doesn’t explain that phrase and the feeling he emitted – She muttered – Unless… Oh shit, maybe the powers have consciences – The young girl said thinking of a possibility that if it is true it can mean that Jack is in grave danger.
- What do you mean? – The mature woman asked seeing that this is extremely serious from the look on the young girl face and in the older man face.
- If what Syia said is right the entire existence of that man is in danger – The older man said revealing the young girl’s name – When a power has conscience normally it isn’t anything since this power is from the person or the conscience emerged with the person but if a power already had conscience and then another person takes control of that power if the power doesn’t like or accept the person it can try to take over the person’s mind, body and in the worst case even the soul – He explained already feeling pity from Jack – And in the worst case scenario the powers, if the person has more than one, they can try to fight one another with the person’s existence as battleground which may kill the person or worse – He finished saying.
- So we should help him! – The young man said awestruck.
- I agree but first we need to discover how we can help him – The young girl said.
- This will be the most difficult part – Said the mature woman.
- I agree – The older man said.