Sprawled on the floor with his two legs incapacitated and his left side utterly shattered Orion was expressionless.
He didn't know why the man in front of him was being so generous and teaching him such valuable knowledge nor why he was being so needlessly ruthless but he was doing his best to learn and improve.
His legs burst appart into a mist of blood followed by the entire left side of his body only to be quickly replaced by pitch black replicates made using his darkness element while his light and water element acted as temporary internal regulators.
Standing up, he reviewed what he had just learned before he looked at Ryokan.
The latter smiled then flicked the blood off his pole before he spoke.
"The last stage, the one I am currently in is called Ego."