Warlock Apprentice

The power of gravity concentrated around Angor quietly.

Angor didn’t know much about such power, but Isabelle already sensed the solid and heavy pressure presented by a natural law. Angor’s strength was still like a child’s play to Isabelle, but there was no doubt that Angor could use such strength against powerful foes in the future.

Since there was no usable target in the palace, Angor simply unleashed the power on his own body.

As he increased power output, his body slowly left the ground.

He didn’t sense any serious energy loss by doing so, but he wasn’t sure how to check the capacity of his soul energy. All in all, he could now use such a trick as a pseudo flying skill or maybe even as a way to escape from imminent danger… if he could get the hang of it.

There were many different ways to utilize the sequence of gravity, and Toby had already shown him in some examples. Angor believed he only needed some practice.

Isabelle waited for Angor to finish and said, “Take caution when using Spirit Mantra. The first thing you should mind is to maintain the vitals of your body. You cannot leave your body for too long unless you have other methods to keep your body alive. Judging from your current physical condition… you can stay in soul form for ten minutes.

“Also, you cannot use magic as a soul. Instead, all you have is your soul energy. To protect your soul from harm, you better learn several Soul Manipulator spells.”

“Lady Isabelle said his soul is complete now but that there are ‘flaws’? She said you can tell me the details.”

“I’m glad his soul’s better. As for flaws… yes, I can tell you about it. Toby’s soul is flawed because it is an unavoidable challenge for him.”

“Unavoidable challenge? You mean Toby is going to experience more of these conditions later?”

Greya nodded and began to describe Toby’s nature.

The bird was born due to a mistake. By accident, Greya somehow created an intelligent life form, and she only succeeded once in her life.

Toby didn’t seem special at all, yet Greya did use some extremely peculiar materials when creating him.

During a journey, Greya acquired five internal organs of a legendary monster. Later, she “cooked” the organs into five different spices—sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty.

She spread the spices in the materials for creating Toby.

The spices did a great job in creating the bird, but for the same spices, Toby earned an abnormality.

“In Toby’s soul, there are five wandering emotions that cannot leave him. Five extreme emotions: love, hatred, grief, wrath, sadness. As you guessed, they came from the five spices.

“The legendary beast is only a dead corpse, but its powerful emotions affected Toby’s soul. Toby is now possessed by the beast’s emotions. And only when he finally conquers the emotions will he regain his true self.”

Angor nodded slowly. “So the ‘wrath’ emotion just showed up inside Toby. That emotion and his soul are fighting over the body?”

“Not exactly, but you can put it that way.”

“Which means Toby still needs to fight with the other four extreme emotions later?”

“Correct.” Greya saw Angor getting worried again and smiled to comfort him.

“It’s his undeniable destiny to overcome the challenge in order to be free, and you don’t have to worry about him. These fights aren’t exactly bad things to Toby. You said that before he lost consciousness, he gained a higher level in gravity power which now works on something remote, no? Once he defeats ‘wrath’, he will enjoy even greater power. Who knows, maybe he can easily take you down when that happens,” Greya joked.

Angor scratched his head. “The truth is, if he wants to, Toby can already beat me.”

Greya chuckled. “Both men and beasts have to fight for their lives in our wizarding world. And these emotions are destined enemies for Toby. Do you not have your own challenges, Angor?”

Angor fell into silence. It was true. He could either face the challenges and approach his goal or waste his life away.

“Such is the price for growing stronger.” Greya watched Toby’s sleeping form with a gentle gaze. Back in Barbie’s Restaurant, the bird lived a happy and carefree life under her protection, and back then, she never thought about Toby’s future.

And he grew so rapidly when traveling with Angor…

Greya didn’t know if she wanted this, but it was definitely something good for Toby.

She couldn’t safeguard Toby forever. Someday, Toby would have to rely on himself.