Will of chaos

I was still in doubt about why someone powerful would feel like using an Awakening skill on someone weaker, without being able to think of a good reason for that, I decided to ask about it to Nix’s father who was already looking at me strangely.

“I see your doubts remain, so speak up.” (Arash)

“You know, I was thinking…” (I)

I tell him my doubts about the Awakening skill and the reason for anyone with that ability to use this skill, I often used these skills out of necessity or curiosity, but I can’t expect others to use such an important skill in such a futile way as I.

“I suppose your Sister didn’t tell you, not surprising since she herself doesn’t like having too many people under her command, the same can be said for the brat… zzzzz…” (Arash)

“He fell asleep out of nowhere?” (Nix)

“Really? Will you stop interfering with him while he’s teaching us?” (I)

“He called me a brat!” (Caitlyn)

“I’m sure it wasn’t mean, he calls me boy all the time.” (I)

“I’m more than 3 times his age! I can call him a brat if I decide, I won’t take that one…” (Caitlyn)

“Stop the Games, you Brat… zzzz…” (Arash) 𝚍ｏ𝚟𝚕.ｏｒｇ

He wakes up to say something and in the next second, he goes back to sleep, while my sister Caitlyn just looks at him, in a few seconds he wakes up again and stares at my sister.

“Okay, I’ll call you by your name, happy?” (Arash)

“Why would I be happy? You should have done this from the start, it would have saved me wasting my time and being able to do this.” (Caitlyn)

“…” (Arash)

“….” (I)

After saying what she wanted, my sister Caitlyn who appeared out of nowhere also disappeared out of nowhere leaving a super powerful Dragon with several veins popping out of her forehead.

“Let’s go on, you asked why we would use an awakening skill on others, right?” (Arash)

“Yes.” (I)

“The answer is simple, you just need to think about the concept of the word Authority.” (Arash)

“Thinking about the concept…” (I)

“In the concept of Authority, it is as strong as the number and/or power that submit to that Authority.” (Arash)

“Think of the King of a Kingdom, his Authority depends on the power, size, and number of people in his Kingdom.” (Arash)

“The Authority of a Kingdom with 10000 people will always be less than that of a Kingdom with 200000 people.” (Arash)

“The concepts of hierarchy, government, laws and many others are based on the same thing, on the concept of Authority, because Authority is power.” (Arash)

“People usually just use the concept of Authority to get a false power, an insignificant Authority that they use to put themselves above others for different reasons.” (Arash)

“To live together, a bit of rules and hierarchy are needed for a common understanding, right?” (I)

“At least that’s what I learned and I can understand that logic.” (I)

“It’s not wrong, but what I said isn’t wrong either, the concept of Authority has always existed and will always exist, even among monsters there are leader monsters.” (Arash)

“I’m not here to say what’s right or wrong, it doesn’t matter, Authority is both a concept and a real power, which is almost impossible to achieve.” (Arash)

I think I’ve started to understand, but I feel like I’m learning philosophy, learning these abstract and confusing things.

“As I was saying, when someone who possesses true Authority uses the Awakening skill, then two things can happen, do you know what they are?” (Arash)

“Submit by force or willingly.” (I)

“Exactly, it doesn’t just affect the targets, but the one who has the Authority, it’s defining the kind of person you are, this will be reflected in your Aura.” (Arash)

He looks at me for a while, just a few seconds.

“If you subject someone to force, you’re branding someone and your Authority gets a little stronger depending on the individual.” (Arash)

“Now, if you have someone who submits to you of their own free will, then a bond is formed, as the individual becomes stronger and more deployable, you are seeing a proportionate increase in your Authority.” (Arash)

“I must say that many times the difference is not even noticeable, you yourself have many people who accept to submit to you during the awakening, I can feel it, that was one of the reasons for awakening your Authority so early.” (Arash)

“That’s why we don’t use awakening so freely, we prefer to choose individuals that we consider capable of doing this in common agreement.” (Arash)

I was able to understand the Awakening skill better now, but his explanation made me think of something else that I realized.

“You’ve talked before about the concept of Authority and that people use it every day, but how is a government’s Authority different from ours?” (I)

“The concept of Authority is an idea, an ideal, its power lies in whether people choose to follow it or not, nothing more.” (Arash)

“Now the power of true Authority is the control you gain over something, your ability to rule over a concept you fully understand.” (Arash)

“In my case it is destruction, Authority is understanding, concept, control, and will.” (Arash)

“I can impose my Authority on others during combat because I am marking the person with my Authority.” (Arash)

I understand, similar to Auras, a wound caused by the enemy’s Aura will not heal properly, it needs another Aura to counter.

“The only way to resist someone’s Authority is with Authority.” (Arash)

“This is all hard to understand.” (Nix)

This is all really hard to understand, but for some reason, I feel like it’s making sense like I already know these things.

“That will be easier for him to learn, he feels the Authority within him and instinctively knows all about it.” (Arash)

“The Authority you two will learn to use won’t be yours, it will be his, so what I just explained will be more important to you both.” (Arash)

“So I’ll explain it one more time to you two.” (Arash)

“The Authority is…” (Arash)

Once again he explained the same thing to the two of them, I listened in silence, unlike me, he explained in parts because of my questions, and this time he is explaining in detail to the two of them.