"Wait wait wait!"
I jumped away, still running, as Eugene placed his hands on my back.
Wasn't this too sudden?
"If I am going to merge them all that means I'll be giving up on magic, ki, and my authority?"
"Nope," Eugene shrugged. "Your authority is a part of you, it's just an addition on top of demonic energy. You would be using Demonic Energy and not Authority."
"Isn't one's authority just condensed Demonic Energy?" I asked.
"Do you think Demonic Energy can change time?"
Oh right, Balam, that monster, could do that. Most demons I had seen hadn't entered their true demon form either, except I who didn't exactly have any true demon form.
"So… what is an authority?"
"It's similar to what Outer Gods use."
I tilted my head, of course, still running.
"We can use what Outer Gods use?"
"We're closer to them than you'd like to believe. In any case, that stuff is for you to figure out. Don't worry about your authority. It's our trump card, it'll stay."
