The final day of the weekend came and when Lancet woke up, the pain all over his body reminded him of his grueling session with Astensia and Thor.
He was pretty satisfied with how far he'd gone in combat training. But to be a powerful Awakener, physical training was only half the battle. Lancet also needed to master the art of absorbing and retaining Grace.
In this world, ambient magic was simply referred to as 'magical energy.' It floated in the atmosphere, neutral and raw.
But Awakeners could not just inhale it and cast spells. They had to perform the filtration process known as Separation.
When an Awakener drew in magical energy, Separation forcibly divided it into two distinct elements: Grace and Gloom.
Awakeners immediately expelled the toxic, heavy Gloom through their breath and pores, but kept the purified Grace to fuel their powers. Demons and beasts, however, operated in the exact inverse—hoarding the dark Gloom to mutate their bodies and expelling the Grace.
