Steve aimed the gun in the middle of empty space, waiting for prey to ascend while standing on the deck of the ship, deeply staring into the air.
A little away from him, Alex leaned on the edge of the boat, trying to catch a glimpse of water, waiting for fish to come out. Instead, he witnessed some waves birthing from the boat's rear, continuing to separate from the ship's metal surface, creating ripples throughout the water surface.
A swish of an air wave generated around, reminding Alex about the passing time.
Another 10 minutes disappeared in meaningless searching, so Alex switched his place.
This place was the same as the previous one,causing Alex to change his stance again.
Like that, three hours passed by.Now,the sun started its descent, setting in the background. Mocking Alex in his clownish effort, giving up, he said, "It's no use!"
It's been hours, and no half a day has passed since they attempted to complete the task.
Forget fulfilling it;there was not event a grain of progress
It's almost like Fishes were not interested in testing the air. "What are we doing wrong?" Steve also gave up, walking toward the edge, deeply gazing into seawater while Alex walked away, saying, "I don't think we are doing anything wrong; it's just they are in no mood to come out."
"Whatever…" Alex sat beside the entrance of the boat's interior, sitting on a bench.
There was no use trying a single thing again and again and again. Well, the thing they were doing can't be called trying; they didn't encounter a single prey.
So instead of delving into an unrewarding experience, he decided to do something more, like practising the technique Dev had shown.
Maybe a moment of respite will give them a new way of thinking.
Through this experience, Alex understood one thing. The task that has been given by Seth is not merely fishing; there is more into it.
He vividly remembers when Seth was fishing, how prey were appearing one after another, almost like a bait had been placed.
Wait, bait…
Maybe that's what they had to discover.
A bait that can lure creatures towards it. In normal fishing, there's always bait used. But this is not fishing; it's more like hunting.
Flashes of Seth's departure and his last words resonated in his mind. "If you learn something, inform me about it."
Yeah, there it is. It was never a task of killing; it was discovering the method, the essence, or maybe something in the process. Or it might be true that he is just overthinking.
Let's not think about it; let me decipher the technique.
Closing his eyes under the blindfold, reviewing the flashed,remembering a weird sensation where his Seer eyes were forcefully activated by Dev.
Then he witnessed a light blue light around Dev's hand, almost like a coating.
But how did Dev activate his ability?
Calming his mind, entirely focusing on the technique, questioning himself.
First of all, how did he activate his seer eyes? This was an important question. Whenever an individual gains enlightenment, he understands his ability according to the true nature of enlightenment that includes the description of the ability.
Like Alex, who has Reverse Divination, Seer eyes and Divination, he has all the descriptions of these things, but there is no command of activation.
He had to learn how to use it.
Talking about abilities, each enlightenment comes with only one ability because a person's Spirit Body can only handle this strain. In rare cases, it might be two abilities.
But Alex possesses three abilities and one mutation.
Why is that?
When Alex was engrossed in this question Suddenly, his eyes glowed under a blindfold.
He started to comprehend the answer.
What if three of these abilities are not entirely his.
What if he is the only owner of one, and the other two are Raser's.
What if when he conducted enlightenment, his Spirit was not the only one that was invoked.
That answers his questions and a possible explanation, nevertheless which abilities are his and which are Raser's?
He can't even discover this as he doesn't know how to activate them.
Activation.
When Dev activated his technique, a light blue aura surrounded his hand. Come to think of it, wasn't he feeling a headache and dizzy? He also felt like something spread in his eyes from his body.
What if that was the result of forcefully harnessing something, an energy that's used to fuel the ability.
What could it be?
Spirituality.
This world of ritual mainly focuses on Spirituality, so definitely his answer would be this.
Also, from Raser's memories, he came to know that his assumptions are right.
Yes, this is the answer. To activate the Ability, Spirituality needs to be used.
If he carefully observed, isn't Spirituality the main course in ritual and pathways?
In ritual, Spirituality is sacrificed with organs. In fact, a sudden surge of Spirituality caused animals to evolve.
Animals evolved with Spirituality.
Fish evolved Spirituality.
Devoured.
Alex suddenly opened his eyes like he had gained an insight, the glowing under his eyes dimming and disappearing. "I found the bait."
Alas, he was not the only one who found something.
"I found the way," Steve also discovered his own theory.