The Way of Water

Eren closed his eyes.

Outskirts of the Moonlight Death Forest.

The morning sun was shining brightly in the sky. But the winter winds carried chilliness with them. The autumn leaves were falling off trees, covering the ground with reddish brown fall.

Kirin and Alephee were watching Eren from a distance as he was practicing his Rootless ranking technique. A technique that did not belong to any particular element, battle style, class, or any particular aspect of being a ranker. And in doing so, it belonged to every school, class, and style.

Eren was sitting on a stone platform in a meditative pose. The trees and foliage around him were getting rustled by the chilly winds. But even more chilling was the chilliness the spirit beast around him was radiating.

The blue-scaled fish was swimming in the air around him. Sometimes in circles. Other times, in weird patterns. The fish was free to swim away from him. And nobody stopped him from getting close to him.