With great strain to his forearms, Iode pulled with great strength the chains that were used to restrain him. Seeing this, one of the five dark magicians with plain black hood brought his hand up and a blue magic circle appeared.
"Chains of burden!". The person casts. Chains with black ball weights tied around Iode, pinning him more to the slab. However, the more he pulls and struggles, the more chain weights appeared and tied him around.
"Damnit what do I do, with chains of burden I'll be strapped here no matter how much I struggle". Iode said straining himself.
"At least it's better than chains of abatement, your mana ain't blocked, but even at that, you still have something that doesn't need to use mana to activate". Igor said.
"If you are talking about summoning a sword, I don't think that would work, even if I did summon it, I still need a hand to wield it, and I am not given the luxury to do that". Iode replied.
"Be at least creative for once my successor, listen, I'll only tell you hints. You see, being connected to a celestial means we have access to another kind of energy that isn't mana, that energy is Celestial energy, however each celestial energy is unique and different from each other.
Even with the uniqueness of each celestial energy, the energy of celestials from the underworld is different from those from the celestial realms ". Igor said.
"Tell me something I don't know, what are you getting at " Iode replied still struggling with the chains tying him.
"I know you don't like the fact that out of all the celestials that you could be connected to, it's a devil that you got to be with, however, pending the time we honor our deal, why not take advantage of the energy ". Igor said.
"Then what would be the point of hating the energy if I'm going to use it ". Iode said.
"Well, it would be your lifesaver now, you need it ". Igor replied.
"Tch, fine".
"Good, all these time, you have actually been using the energy subconsciously, summoning a sword and fast healing are things you do subconsciously however you lack control of it ". Igor said to him.
"Is it like your Saiyan mode?". Iode asked.
"Similar, but that one needs a specific condition to activate, yours I don't know what condition and that is too late to find out, this I'm talking about is controlling the celestial energy in you.
"Oh, so how do I go about that". Iode said.
"First summon your sword". Igor said to him.
Iode's stigma shimmered purple, light photons scattered across his wrist then it began to gather together and formed a solid plain metal sword with Valier's emblem branded on the surface.
The sword landed on his right hand, how ever because his wrist have been tied, he was unable to freely twist and move his hand.
"Now, here comes the hard part, though I never had the ability to summon things like you do, however my time within you I've been able to observe that the weapons you summon, have Valier's emblem branded on them.
That emblem shows that the weapon is blessed by Valier's energy, in retrospect, it means it is connected to you and since you have been controlling Valier's energy subconsciously, I believe you can control the energy inside the sword.
Right now, I want you to focus seriously, ignore the chants of the dark magicians, concentrate on the energy inside your stigma and trace it to the mark on the sword". Igor said to Iode
"What!". Iode said panicking.
"There is not enough time for a lengthen explanation, the marks on both your wrist and the sword is a beacon with a concentrated amount of celestial energy, I want you to focus on it and wield it ". Igor said.
Iode closed his eyes to focus, this time not on the mana in his mana vessel and Mana pool, but the emblem of Valier etched on his wrist.
While earnestly trying to fully concentrate on the energy inside the mark, he couldn't help but have subtle nervousness and flinch as the voices of the dark magicians echoes loudly in the building.
The pressure he was feeling was intense, he could not help but slip away from the concentration he was building and trying to have, however in this rollercoaster of pressure, something came to his mind...
***
"Ah, ah, ah" Iode pants as he stood on his knees. "Man, is refining mana into aura really this hard? I've been going on for days now".
"Of course it would be this hard, Mana is an energy filled with a lot of impurities, getting rid of all those unnecessary substance and heavy constitute is tasking, however, once you have gotten the hang of it just once it would be as natural as breathing ". Ceaser said.
"Sigh, fine ".
"Alright, now, lets start over again, breathe in and out slowly focus on the mana in your Mana pool, draw it to the upper part of your body and direct it to your fingers where you have contact with your sword.
Concentrate on this, imagine yourself being surrounded by water, flowing steadily on the ground, moving in unison, imagine that peace environment ". Ceaser said as Iode closed his eyes to focus.
***
Remembering that, Iode began to imagine being in the middle of open water flowing steadily and uniformly, unimpeded by any force, moving gently and making calming sounds.
Iode breathe in and out gently with his mouth, his imagination made him ignore the murmuring noice of the chanting, he focused on his stigma. Surprisingly, he could feel something, something that he has always felt but ignores.
'is this the energy of Valier, so vile, this indeed is an energy of a devil, it never like a normal celestial '. He thought as he could feel dark energy pulsating from the stigma.
In his concentration, he could feel the energy linked with the sword from the mark branded on it with a single thin line. Without much thought, he instinctively raised his index finger to pull the line.
Unexpectedly, the stigma in his wrist and the mark on the weapon glowed simultaneously, the sword held in his right hand rose up into the air, Iode opens his eyes to be marvelled by his own act. He smiled, then he controls his sword to cut off the chains that tied him.
He freed himself from the shackles and got down on his two feet.
"Like I said, you won't use me that easily". Iode said with the sword circling around him...