NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1212: Merry Christmas
"Are we going out to party?" Angelica was still attached to the party she experienced before. She had much fun back then, and since that party she wanted to have one every day.
"No, we are going to play a different game," William knew she might have been a scary and formidable monster before, yet now she acted as a kid.
"A game? I love games!" as he expected, the moment he said this, her eyes shone brighter.
"Hahaha, I'm sure the kind of games he is speaking about is totally different from the one you have in mind," Thomas couldn't help but laugh, shaking off his head, while William remained calm.
"As long as it's a game, I'm in," Angelica missed the hint and kind warning from Thomas, and soon enough she realised the game she had in mind was totally different than what William planned and intended for her and the other two.
William wasn't feeling that bad. He slept for an entire month, and he didn't sleep in the first place thanks to exhaustion or something.
He still didn't get why he ended up sleeping this long, and he was curious to know what changed in his spirit about the additional monster spirit that got added to his. But first, he got these three to train and set them on the right path of development.
The first thing he did was to take them out and away from here. The place he woke up at wasn't suitable for anything like training. And he wanted a place that could sustain such activity for a long time.
The only place he had in mind suitable for that was the underground old base of the enemy left here. It was vacant, vast, and suitable for long term training. And it could also accommodate a large number of his folks without getting crowded, with everyone having their own space and rooms to train and even rest.
"Are we going to play here?" so far, the innocent Angelica was still thinking about playing and games, didn't get none of this would come from William.
"It's a nice place to play at," William smiled, hardly controlling his laugh. Yet the other two couldn't help but laugh, shake their heads, as they knew how unfortunate the little girl Angelica was.
"It's all dark!" Angelic didn't get why these two were laughing, but she still added, "how can we play in a place like this?"
"As if you are afraid of the dark," William winked, and Angelica recalled the long times she lived in darkness as a monster and went into deep silence.
"Now, let me start playing with the two of you," unlike what the other two thought, William decided to start with them first, "tell me what progress you have made so far?"
"Well…" Thomas looked at Moore, and the latter motioned with a shrug, as if he was telling him to have the honour, "I've trained over the techniques you gave me before, mastered them now. I can even kill someone using karma…"
Thomas paused, as this was everything he managed to achieve, and they were all granted for him by William. "Not bad, yet not good as well," William nodded, before shaking off his head, "I expected you to come up with a new technique or something."
"..." Thomas didn't know how to respond to William. Yet he knew the latter made sense. Masters shouldn't just depend on the techniques told to them by others or superiors, have to constantly research and try to make new techniques.
"At least tell me you got some nice ideas in your head," William poked his old friend, while Thomas embarrassedly smiled.
"I tried to think of ways to better use my spirit and element, yet failed," he paused, "any help here?"
William raised an eyebrow, while Thomas continued, "I got offensive and exploring techniques, tracking ones as well. Yet I suck at defence."
"Then you know the area you should focus your training upon, right?"
"I know, but… How can using karma be used to defend oneself?" Thomas was puzzled by this point for so long that he dropped the idea of finding a solution to it. And yet when William opened the topic for discussion, he couldn't help but return to his old ambition.
Even if he could kill his opponent using his techniques, he still needed to find a proper way to defend himself. Or else, doing any of that would be pointless as his enemies would never give him a chance to execute his techniques without retaliation.
The best scenario for him was to depend on others, something that would work in big wars, but not in solo combats and missions. That made him unable to aim higher and made him drop the idea of establishing his faction.
After all, he has no name yet, not like others at least.
"You are taking the karma thing too lightly," William rolled his eyes, "karma isn't just about detecting the karma threads of someone, it's a very special element. You don't see just a track of someone, you are seeing his past, present, and also future."
"How does it help me defend myself?" Even after all the amazing words, Thomas didn't get what he should do to defend himself.
"It's easy, you can control one's karma, and let him move according to your intentions," William paused, before slowly adding, "you'll need to plan ahead, be a master who excels in mind games. To defend, you'll need to manipulate others' karma, making them move according to your wishes, either missing you entirely, or moving to block incoming attacks from your enemies."
"This…" Thomas opened his eyes wide, while feeling like he never knew his element before, "how can I do that? Tell me, tell me boss…"
"Stop begging me," William shrugged Thomas away, "you'll need to figure out this part yourself. I only read an old scroll speaking about this possibility and thought to share it with you."