Chapter 6 - Affinities! (1/2)
Having confirmed the power of his magic now that it had been improved Ark really wanted to try and get the other affinities, even though he was still a bit uncertain. Having decided to at least try it out, Ark thought that the best to start with would be the fire element, for a pretty obvious reason really, water could restrain fire, so if it got too out of hand he could still manage. Looking around a little bit for a good tree he found one at the edge of the clearing that he decided to sit under whilst absorbing the fire elements.
Activating his [Mana Manipulation] the fire particles around him started to slowly vibrate, Ark had to spend quite a deal of effort before one of them started to slowly drift towards him. When the fire Mana finally entered his body it was neither good nor bad, Ark thought that it kinda felt like his entire body had been on fire for a single second, which wasn't really that bad because the pain disappeared before it could even manifest itself. Thinking that it wasn't that bad Ark started to pull as much on the ones that were closest to him.
This went on for quite a while before something finally happened, this time Ark had been sitting under the tree and absorbing nonstop for about 1 hour. This time was a little different than the first one though, the power still burst forth from deep within his marrow but instead of just spreading to every corner of his body, the fire started to intertwine with the water in his body. It was forming a relationship with the water, a bit like yin and yang, two polar opposites restricting and supporting each other. Even though Ark didn't know it himself, the thing that had just happened was a thing that was in fact incredibly difficult.
By the time the water and fire had perfectly fused together multiple dings sounded out in his head as the monotone voice once again began speaking.
[Due to hosts deepened connections to the fire spirits host has obtained ”Minor Fire affinity”]
[Due to the fire and water affinities in the host's body having perfectly fused together host has gained the ”Yin and Yang” body constitution]
Hearing how he had gained something called a constitution which Ark had never heard before he decided to use ”Inspect” on it.
[Yin and Yang]
The fire and water in the host's body have reached a harmonious stage, making the host able to draw out the hidden power of fire and water by combining them.
Combining water and fire will multiply the power released.
Grants host [Small water affinity] and [Small fire constitution]
Arks eyes went wide upon reading this, he had apparently done something amazing without even realizing it himself. Just that both affinities themselves had evolved was enough to make Ark ecstatic, but now he would be able to fuse them together in an all-out attack that would be able to multiply the power output. A thing that Ark hadn't been able to notice in all his hysteria was a pair of red eyes silently staring at him from the shadows.
What he did notice though was the fact that some of the dark particles in the air were slowly but surely converging above one of the bushes on the edge of the clearing. He decided that he would check it out since he might find something interesting there, probably some darkness attributed plant. Walking over giddily and leisurely Ark suddenly felt his hairs stand on end as he was within a meter of the bush, feeling that something wasn't right he took a step back, something he wouldn't regret for the rest of his life as he saw something flash before his eyes.