Ataraxia Abyss
Chapter 8: Soul and body

Regal who is currently severely injured tries his hardest to hold the bleeding all over his body, but with damaged lungs he cannot use Vis well. He who tries to do everything in his power not to lose consciousness.

The pain every time he pulled and breathed it really made him think it was better to faint, but he couldn't because he knew that if he closed his eyes he would die.

But in that pain, he kept thinking about how to save himself. Vis, is an energy made from combined soul energy and magic. During this time he continuously trained Vis to strengthen himself, not to heal himself. How did he survive?

Regal kept thinking, himself trying to channel Vis to the injured part of his body, but it had no effect at all. The pain and wound he could still feel, until finally Regal thought about something.

Magic can be used to speed up the healing process even though magic is used for fighting. For now Regal has not been able to learn healing spells, but the thing he knows right now is the shape of a soul.

The soul and body are one entity, Regal finally stopped flowing Vis to the damaged parts of his body to the extreme, he is currently starting to flow it calmly and regularly,little by little he made a picture of the organs in his head and little by little he formed a new organ made of Vis.

Initially it was just a theory, but Vis was also originally just a theory until finally Regal made it a reality. The vis in his body began to form new organs and connect them with already damaged organs.

The new organ then fused with Regal's body, the pain of this healing process was clearly more severe than accelerating healing with Heal magic. Regal felt pain in each of his muscles, he began to attach new lungs and also repaired the hole in his body while enduring the excruciating pain.

But in the end Regal managed to do it, his Vis managed to make the part of the lung that had been destroyed and damaged again recover and connect it with his lungs are still intact. The pain of the process was really unpleasant but her self who was used to the pain finally managed to develop a new Vis technique.

"Now, what's in this box?"

Regal looked inside the coffin, the black coffin was like it was constantly calling out to him. When I looked inside, there was something in there. A broken sword with silver-colored blade and a sword hilt made of wood yet the wood looked like it had already absorbed a lot of dark energy.

"Yes my... This is the best sword I've ever seen." His whole life Regal had never seen anything of this kind. The sword had magic energy as well as a sharp yet powerful blade, it could all even be seen after the sword broke into two pieces.

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Without a second thought Regal took the two swords and returned to the Teloch palace. Adrian who saw the sword was amazed by it.

"After so many years this sword still has a strong soul..." Adrian said as he swung the sword casually.

"Do you know what that sword is?" Ask Regal.

Adrian smiled and gave the sword to Regal and replied.

"That's what made him think he was a God, and that's what struck me with a direct curse. This is Gram, my best sword I gave Ansgar when he was still my loyal follower.

But he became blind, himself tried to conquer the world and make himself a God. I was obviously angry and went to earth in disguise, when I challenged him I directly broke his sword with my spear. Making Gram broken, but that person still declares himself a God.

I finally cursed his kingdom, making it erased from the face of the earth without any historical record left for man to know that a fool seems to exist."

Adrian explained while looking at the blade of Gram's sword that had been destroyed. Regal then looked at the sword, he could see that the magic energy on the sword was already very weak.

"So you're saying this sword is beyond repair?" Regal asked while swinging the sword.

Adrian put the sword on the table.

"Gram is not an ordinary sword, it is not forged by me, it is a sword made in conjunction with hell and heaven. That sword is older than me, if you want it fixed it must be very difficult."

Adrian laughed and answered. "Weapons like Gram are special, having a strong weapon does not mean that the user will be strong, and vice versa.

This sword is broken because it is against me and the wearer. Even the best fighter cannot fight the enemy when he is fighting himself.

You can take it, I'd rather have a spear than a sword, but if you want to fix it I think I think we should think of a way together..."

Regal smiled and nodded his head, Adrian was happy and finally started to get into the subject.

"So can you tell me about the fight?"

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After telling how to defeat Ansgar, Regal got his latest training method.

He was standing in front of a sphere, it was the size of a crystal ball that magicians used to predict. But the ball is definitely not to predict something.

"After listening to your explanation of Vis, I think you've understood enough of it. Therefore, we will focus on sword techniques.

What is before you, is the Song of Hollow Sword. The artifact will react the moment you hit the ball, the better you hit the more melodious the sound the ball makes, but vice versa."

Adrian hit the ball very strongly but with perfunctory technique. The ball immediately let out a very loud and terrible sound, if Regal did not cover his ears with his hands and Vis then it could be ascertained that his eardrum would break.

After the sound was gone, Adrian struck once more, but with the right technique and also a powerful force. The ball that had been making a terrible sound now made a beautiful sound that was good to hear.

"The song will change depending on who the singer is and also how the room is shaped, that's what you'll do with your sword. The correct technique, as well as the control of your power will be tested with this artifact."

Regal then put up the horses, himself then swung his sword after feeling his strength and technique were controlled. His sword hit the ball very hard, the sound produced by the ball was very unpleasant to hear but it was not the worst part.

When Regal finished swinging his sword, he could feel the tremors of his sword, the tremors were so strong that his wrist was broken and the skin of Regal's palm was peeled off and left many terrible wounds.

With his healing technique Regal can endure the pain and start healing his own hands using Vis after falling on the ground.

"Not only the horses, the techniques and also the physical. The grasp of a swordsman is very important, with this training you will feel suffering and you will train every corner of your body to use the sword properly.

Don't think just because you beat a damned man like Ansgar you're invincible, what you're up against will be far more dangerous than a hypocrite like him..."

Adrian looks at Regal with a cynical look, showing that the path he chose is not easy, but the boy does not feel threatened or discouraged.

With his hand still trembling, he picked up his sword again, and stood before the ball again. No matter how many times, no matter how sick, no matter how hard.

The boy never knew when to stop...

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