However, this wasn't as simple as it might seem. To unravel the full truth about this, he started to repeatedly use the technique until the early hours of the next day.
"So… This is it…" William muttered aloud to himself, not realising that every single word he'd say was picked up by two hungry wolves watching him right now, "I didn't move the sword in the same way as the Silent Moon technique required. So even when the darkness got stirred up, it wasn't enough to fiercely clash and antagonise the other two elements…"
He paused there and started to think again about the things he discovered after all these attempts.
He felt it crystal clear by now, his darkness element got activated, but not to the degree to start impacting his entire technique in a negative way.
Just this level of activation brought up an effect he never imagined or knew it existed before, a control effect!