Lex stared at the pairs of eyes all glued to him. Almost everyone in the room had a look of extreme confusion, some (Adam) where even trying not to laugh.
"Now that is bullshit in it's highest form!" Michael suddenly shouted, releasing a loud laugh right after.
"Come on you really think we would believe that crap ?"Michael said still laughing.
"Mike has a point Lex", Laura said "I worked with your father for years, he never once spoke about Dra..... whatever you said it's name was."
"My father said he never told anyone, he also told me not to tell anyone, so i guess he never told you." Lex said, sweat started to build up on his face but no one noticed.
"Lex we heard your bones breaking!!" Michael shouted.
"Are you sure it was not this instead " Lex said as he took out a packet of corn snacks. Which he proceeded to crush with his fingers and the same 'bone cracking' sound was heard.
"I had these in my back pocket, they must have been crushed when i started moving." He explained with a shrug of his shoulders.
Some of the team members started to believe Lex but most of them didn't. Linda didn't believe him because she knew that Lex didn't like corn. Tina did not actually care that much as she was busy exchanging glances with Adam. Jessica had no reason not to believe Lex. Michael was pissed that it seemed Laura was buying Lex's story.
Mia didn't know Lex long enough to not believe him, she was just wondering how she was going to take him away from Linda. Rocky and Clara also did not care, they where actually here because they didn't have anything better to do.
Laura actually also didn't believe a word Lex said. How can there be a disease impossible to cure ?. Technology had advanced to the point that a person's consciousness could be transferred to a different body at will. However she could not think of any other possible explanation. She had no choice but to believe Lex, she would however contact the base and ask about this so called disease.
"I ask that you all keep this between yourselves, my father trusted me to keep this secret. I have actually taken it as his dying wish, and now i trust you guys will so the same."
Lex had turned his attention towards Rocky, Clara and Mia. They immediately knew that it was a threat for them. If Lex willed he could very well destroy the entire village easily.
"You do not have to worry about us, we won't say a word to anyone" Rocky said with a slight bow and Clara mimicking his actions. Mia however just stared at Lex with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.
'Intresting' Lex thought as he maintained eye contact with Mia. He had not yet been introduced to her yet but he could tell she was not the average villager.
*Ahem* Linda cleared her throat, stopping the staring contest.
Lex then finished up his announcement "I was actually never planning to tell you all this. I wanted the 'seizure' to happen in the forest while Adam protects me, but for some reason we passed out after the breakthroughs, something I'm still confused as to why it happened."
Laura took that as her cue and she stood up to walk to the front. Lex and Adam went to seat next to their 'women'. "I want the real reason after this" Linda whispered to Lex's ear. Lex had a hunch that some would not believe his lie and Linda was one of them. He didn't mind telling Linda the truth anyway, he trusted her. The worst case scenario is her breaking up with him, and that would show him her real character before it was too late.
"Okay so Lex and Adam have broken through to the second rank, i will later ask them how they managed to do that but before, I will tell you why it is so dangerous to just randomly breakthrough." Laura started her lesson.
"When a Cultivator starts a breakthrough, all the 'Force' in his body leaves to make room for the newer, more powerful 'Force'. As you all probably know, magical beasts eat people, but they don't do it because we taste good, no they do it in order to absorb the 'Force' in our bodies. Every living being has 'Force' and magical beasts can get that 'Force' just by eating."
"Remember I said that during the breakthrough, the old 'Force' leaves the body, well magical beasts can easily sense that 'Force' when it is outside of a body. I'm sure you remember us sensing the same thing before the pillars appeared in the sky. As soon as the beasts get a whiff of that pure bodyless force, their instincts take over and they immediately rush over to the source."
"After the 'Force' leaves the body, it goes back into the body for a quick second before turning into the element of its origin and being released as a giant wave of energy, in this case that wave of energy was the pillars of fire that we saw. The pillars, or energy waves vary depending on the element of the Cultivator."
"The release of this energy leave the Cultivators with absolutely no 'Force' in their bodies, causing them to pass out. Mind you the beasts are still coming, they don't stop even if they can't sense the 'Force' anymore. I'm sure you now understand why you should never breakthrough without some form of protection, and if you do have protection try not to breakthrough at the same time as your protection" Laura said as she glanced at Lex and Adam
"I'm sure the you are all wondering how you actually train for a breakthrough. The process is quite like how normal Humans go to the gym. By working their muscles until they are somewhat damaged, then letting them heal again, repeating this process over and over again the muscles getting stronger each time.
However with us Cultivators we train by exhausting almost all the force in our bodies, most likely by fighting magical beasts. When this 'Force' replenishes , it comes back in slightly higher quantity each time. This method however is long and arduous.
There is another method that is way faster than fighting magical beasts. In this method you just focus on the 'Force' of your element in the environment. By absorbing this 'Force' you add it to the maximum 'Force' you can use , let's call this your 'Force' pool.
Once your 'Force' pool reaches a certain point, you breakthrough to the next rank. However the more powerful you become the more time it takes to enlarge your 'Force'pool therefore making it harder to advance, take me for example i have been in the third rank for 25 years.
This method of absorbing 'Force' is called Cultivation."