With Lucius successfully making the short yet arduous journey back to the clearing where his camp lay. Immediately after returning, he dropped the pieces of bark the material needed to tan the hide besides his improvised Shelter. After dropping the pieces of tree bark, Lucius asked Lark on how he would proceed to train and see if this so called magic was actually real.
"As I said, you'd need to awaken your core. You see your friends and companions? Have you ever wondered why they're still not waking up? Well its because they're awakening their cores. Your core must be so powerful that as you were transported here, your empty core sucked all the energy to you. Instantly waking you up." While listening to The saints explanations, he was skeptical about this so called talent but not fully understanding this in his mind Lucius just blankly prepared the red meat, Ready to feast upon it.
Upon witnessing what Lucius what was currently doing, he wondered and asked of him to do what he came to the forest for, to tan the deer hide. "Umm Luke, sorry to bother as you prepare for your meal. But you haven't forgotten the reason to come into the forest now have you?" Hearing Larks statement, Lucius replied tiredly. "Of course I haven't, but after witnessing those behemoths you call Magical beasts, and the adrenaline leaving my body really made me tired and as you can see, hungry." after taking a portion of venison that hasn't yet been smoked, and putting it over the fire to cook, instead of waiting for the venison finish cooking. Lucius instead went to start with the tanning process of the deer hide.
"tanning of the hide would be much much faster than the usual way after you learn some magic. As you do that I'll teach you the technique that will help you communicate with me in your mind. I fear that once your companions awake from their sleep and see you talk by yourself, unnecessary events would happen." While Lucius was quietly applying the tanning solution he created from the bark he acquired. Listening to what Lark said momentarily halted his actions and talked aloud. "I didn't notice that. And yeah, learning to talk with you on my mind would be really really helpful." answered Lucius slightly embarrassed.
As Lark maintained his quietness, he performed a quick scan with his little magic, but what he noticed was that Lucius still didn't have magic signature, despite feeling his slumbering power. "You have already awakened your core right?" when Lucius heard what Lark said, he said confused. "No? No I haven't. Everything was just to tense and fast paced so I wasn't able to awaken the core."
"Alright, just take it easy, relax and be calm. Finish applying the solution before we proceed being jumpy in awakening your core would just be hindering ourselves." as Lark talked, Lucius finished applying the tanning solution over the hide, now all he had to do was leave it for the sun to do the job. "I think now is a good time Lark, I've finished tanning the deer hide, now we just have to wait."
"Great. Now before we start, do you feel something pulling you? Enticing, luring. Just something so tempting pulling you to come to it?" With Lucius finishing his activities, Lark then went forward with the awakening process. "Yes, I do feel something its always on my subconscious when I try and do something that involves any thinking, there's always that feeling watching and calling to me. At times I go to complete blackouts all while standing or doing anything, but in my sleep its much more intense."
"I see, the luring effect of your core was much stronger than I originally thought." subsequently after hearing Lucius statement, the Saint then became more amazed.
As Lark admired Lucius's talent, he ordered for him to sit in a comfortable stance. To calm and ready himself for the process. "Now let us start. In order to awaken, you would need to be calm, be one with yourself, feel that calling feeling, go to it, face it, bond with it . Only then can you awaken your slumbering core, from that point on you can only rely on yourself. Telling you the process would be detrimental for your development."
Carefully listening to what Lark said, he absorbed the words said by the Saint. After calming and preparing himself for the awakening process he alarmed Lark that now he was ready. "I'm ready." After seeing this. Lucius then focused on himself and himself only. Diving in his own consciousness, while remembering the things he left back to his home world. His mental fortitude couldn't help but waver for a split second.
Soon enough, after spending what felt like an eternity within his own mind, trapped in darkness with only his own thoughts to accompany him among the shadows. A bright blue ball appeared on the horizon, it was large. Larger than the biggest building he ever saw, larger than the vessels he boarded. If he could compare it to anything. It would be the moon, or what he imagined its size to be.
However instead of feeling a pull that would entice him to run at the blue ball. He felt nothing, all what Lucius felt was astonishment, amazed at the wonder he was witnessing with his very eyes. A large blue ball, so large it looked like the moon up close. On its surface crawled what looked like tendrils of blue energy similar to the documentary about the Sun back in his old world. Where it is said that millions of tendrils of energy constantly sprout.
While mesmerized by the sight infront of him, Lucius blankly stared in disbelief at the Blue ball of energy. What he didn't notice however, was that as he stared at it, the blue ball of energy rapidly grew in size. To the point where he could feel the energy that the tendrils that came from the blue ball gave off. As he stared longer, he came to notice waves constantly erupting on the blue balls surface. Feeling the heat that came from the ever so growing ball of energy.
Lucius's survival instinct became more ever so alert, pulling him out of his trance like state. Sensing the danger, he ran as fast as he could, however despite his actions to escape the growing ball of energy. It caught up with him, his back becoming more warmer and warmer by the second. When Lucius looked by his side, he noticed the tendrils of energy caught up. All until the only thing Lucius noticed was that the ball of energy swallowed him.
After witnessing what happened within his mind, he couldn't help frantically standing up in a panic all while breathing the air he could. In the sidelines, the Saint immediately voiced his bewilderment at the speed of Lucius's awakening. "That fast?! Are you sure you even awakened?! It hasn't even been 2 minutes yet you already succeeded!"
"2 minutes? I spent what felt like days or even weeks in there, trapped in just darkness. I could feel my body, I could even move my body, yet everything was just pitch black."
"You didn't see the the blue ball? You should have been swallowed by it to wake up. If you didn't then I don't know what happened, however when I take a look there is a hint of strong signs of energy within you." Responded Lark in disbelief.
"Oh I did, it was large. Does this planet have moons? If so you should know of its massive size. I'd like to compare it to that, a ball of energy size of the moon. With a surface that had waves and tendrils of energy, that looked the same as the suns."
"If you mean the rock up at the sky in certain days. Then yes we do have that moon, but I do not know what you mean with the sun, as far as I am aware the sun does not have tendrils or waves within them. However I can guess that each person witnessed something different from what I did. What matters now is that you have awakened."
"Because of my old worlds advanced technology we could easily see the surface of the sun. And even venture the depths of space, that's how I know of the wave like surface of the sun." Answered Lucius as he slowly got up to reach for a cup of water however as he touched the metal cup, he noticed that it was slightly bent when he let it down again, amazing Lucius.
"Fascinating. Your old world really interests me. And I can see that you have noticed the effects of awakening. In short, after awakening, a persons whole being is put to the limit, better eye sight, better smell, stronger, faster, nimbler, improved immune system. And the most of all, a better much improved thinking capability. Just think that every fiber of your being has been improved thanks to awakening your core."
"The benefits are much better than I thought. And I can really feel it, I once had great memory but now. Now I feel like I can remember anything that I focus my mind into!" voiced Lucius in bewilderment.
Having a short pause. Letting Lucius get accustomed to his new physique, Lark then continued on. "indeed, now I'll teach you how to talk to me within your mind. Quite honestly the most easiest thing to do. All that you need is magic and we can talk within your mind!" catching the last words of Lark, Lucius couldn't help but try it out on his own. 'Can you hear me?'
'yes, yes I can. Now you can talk with me in your mind instead out loud, with this we can easily communicate in your head incase we encounter magical beast." Hearing Lucius talk to him in his mind surprised the Saint. Again confirming his suspicions of Lucius's talent. 'A beast, a force in nature.'
As Lucius was getting accustomed to his new physique and abilities, Larks statement out of the blue immediately brought his guards up. Quickly responding in his mind. 'A magical beast? But I thought they couldn't enter the clearing?!' Seeing the effects of his thoughts spilling over Lark reassured Lucius again. 'Whoops! Slip of the tongue, and fret not the magical beasts can't enter here, be it a Emperor beast or a Guardian.'
Teaching and awakening certainly brought about some good benefits but now. The old Saint had to be careful with his thoughts not slipping over to Lucius, hundreds of years made him complacent. Now The Saint of creation had to again retrain his mind, despite his small magic capabilities due to his form.