"Let's just kill the damn thing already. Pass it," Theef spat and turned to the floating pauper, to which a coin was sent flipping in his direction.
"All right! Time to fight!"
A single tendril clamped down on the golden coin and began absorbing the transcendent power.
Half of a golden mask adorned Theef's face as he pointed towards the giant fowl. Words weren't necessary for his next actions as he furiously swung the finger down.
Yet, nothing happened, and more blades of wind were sent his way.
"Bullshit! What kinda shitty coin was that," he looked for the pauper who now stood next to him, also surprised by the ineffectiveness of the coin's law.
"This world's laws are different. That coin is only valued when the law of gravity is held by it." His words seemed cryptic at first, but after some thought it seemed like the power primarily worked due to its ties to Planet Barter's laws.
"So, no dice on the gravity thing, huh," Theef was at a loss as he switched to his chimera form, "Looks like it's down to the old-fashioned way, eh Null?"
As he turned to the other side, Theef saw the young body jetting towards the rampaging meibeast.
"Too slow!" He laughed and leapt to punch the incessant beast in its underside. The milky white substance covered his being and speedily converged onto his fist.
The fist landed on the breast of the eagle and with a gut-wrenching squelch, it tore through the beast's body with relative ease.
Screech!
Going down hard, the eagle beast let out one final cry as it's lifeforce was gradually fading.
As its body hit the ground, Null got up unharmed and called out to the others, "Got it!"
"Haha! One punch takedown!" Theef laughed, temporarily forgetting about his ship.
"Nicely done." The pauper had ceased to move an inch from his spot.
His fist slid out of the bloody hole that overtook almost half of the eagle's body, but before he could fully step away from the body, he got chills.
A mysterious force was subconsciously absorbed into his body; this process triggered something deep inside Null and brought him forcefully back into his mind space.
His eyes rolled up for the nth time as he couldn't even call out to his friends.
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Inside Null's clear mind space, a watery look alike stood waiting for him.
Null appeared all confused and just as he was about to question the figure, it jumped up in excitement, "NULL!"
Ego ran and hugged his bestest friend before exclaiming proudly, "I've got some good news about this cosmic thingy you gave me!"
'I don't remember giving it per se, but whatever,' Null thought.
"Oh, come on! Don't be like that. While you've been cultivating the slow way, I've been looking through all of the facets of this lovely thing and have now understood what its uses are."
"Wait... that's why I haven't been able to tap into the different energies. You were finding out how exactly it works?"
"Of course, silly! That's what made the most sense to me, I am partially you and as such, I figured I should pull my weight a bit."
They continued, "For starters, the way you originally created energies relied heavily on your emotional state. Think of the seven deadly sins; you feel greed you make an energy that has a heavy pulling force," Ego elucidated.
"In total, we've got a whole array of emotions tied to their respective powers, but now, there's a whole new power inside this planet's inner workings. Just now, I pulled out some strange energy from this massive bird and it reacted to the cosmic doohickey."
"I believe we've found a new source of power more readily available than the emotion-based energies."
Null took his time to digest the hard work being done in the background of his life, "What makes this energy so different?"
"It has to do with the natural state of its elemental properties; the animals and even plants here have the natural capabilities to absorb and expel these elements given the unique veins they have developed."
"To put it in gaming terms, they can cast magic spells with the mana they utilize?"
"Hehe! I guess you could put it that way."
Null was perplexed, "Wait a minute. You said we have the ability to use such a method!?"
"Of course! This complex thingamajig is deeply rooted into the fabric of all things in existence. The amount of time I spent wandering through the different paths and understandings of all the mechanisms behind how to properly categorize each individual part is no joke, man," Ego explained.
"But how am I supposed to use the magic if I don't have the cosmic structure with me anymore?" Null had missed being able to float and such.
"Leave that to me! Since we're bound at the soul, it will only take a bit of effort to connect you to the proper channels, however, you will only be able to access the unique 'mana' of this world; no emotionally charged energies can be used at the moment."
"Works for me. Just thinking about it makes me feel amped up!"
"Before I do, I'll give you a brief understanding of this world's laws," Ego tapped Null's forehead and a stream of information he could not figure out was transferred into him.
The process was quick and smooth and just like that he had gained a better understanding of the 'magic' of the planet.
'It really is elemental magic at hand! I'll be able to shoot fireballs and air blades like that giant bird beast!' Null was hyped.
Magic! This was magic they were talking about!
"Welp, that's it. Time for you to go out there and assimilate more of the mana-like substance out there. The more you do, the more I will be able to find connections between the properties of the cosmic structure and help you behind the scenes."
"See ya next time then," Null shuffled the other's watery hair, "Maybe you could give me a bit of a warning next time, eh?"
"Hehehe. Maybe," Ego was pleased.
And with that he was sent back into reality where it was later in the day, the sun was setting, and a delicious smell of roasted meat was rising from a spit.
"Wakey wakey, it's dinnertime."
Theef and the pauper had made a camp out of the crash site and were cooking the dead eagle beast, "I saved the fridge, but bad news: I'm all outta beer," he solemnly declared.