Corruption against Authority Of Water

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Far from the recovering city of the water realm, Elric stood atop the giant whale's head. On his left side are the three princess standing in silent admiration of the one who took down the chaotic rule of Aghus, while the new Lord of the water realm, Dash, floated on the other side of Elric like a tiny stuffed toy.

The three princesses had respect reflected on their eyes as they gaze at Elric's wide back. The bluish hue of the light radiated on his skin while Elric scanned the wide expanse of the water realm.

It has been a few days ever since the fight against Aghus has ended and Elric is currently adjusting himself with his newly received Authority of Water after consuming the given to him by the new Lord of the Water realm.

Closing his eyes in concentration, Elric now found himself in the darkroom in his mind. Quickly, the slithering mist of the corrupted essence moved towards him like granules of metal attracted to a powerful magnet.

Light!

WOOOSH~

Elric was suddenly surrounded by a bright flame that seems to deter the corrupted mist. Like shadows in the dark, he could feel the powerful pressure of the Ancestral Dragon's essence weighing down on him. The longer he stood in the room, the heavier he felt and his mental fortitude slowly dissipating.

Lines of corruption started to appear in his body taking the shape of small patches of dark spots all over his body. A sign of the corruption in his soul that is slowly taking over.

Quickly, Elric rummages through the transferred knowledge from the Great Seer Mhata in his memory. With the "world Knowledge," the Great Seer has given him, he should be able to find the formula in resisting the corruption with the Authority of Water.

"I need to learn how to use the Authority of Water or I would be stuck in using only ten percent of my power and it won't be long before I lose my control again..."

And immediately, Elric found the method to summon and use the power of the Authority of Water. Refocusing himself, Elric drove hi-energy across his body and projected droplets of water quizzing out of his body. These droplets continued to cover his whole body like a water cover.

The moment this water crawled across his body seemingly trying to wash him up, Elric also noticed that the corruption seems to realize his intentions and hasten its effects against him.

Wooom~ Woom~

The small patches of dark corruption quickly expanded all over his body trying to seep deeper into his soul in an attempt to take him over again.

Aagh!

Elric's physical body felt the brunt attack of corruption again. With the sudden surge of the darkness, his aura shifted from day to night and the people surrounding him could not help but stand back in guard.

"Hugon kid, what happened to you?" The little turtle asked anxiously.

"Princesses stay back!" some royal guards assigned to protect the princesses also felt the sudden change in Elric's aura and hastily came forward to protect the last remaining children of the late King Mahar. Their golden spear all pointed to the kneeling Elric who is gasping for air with his eyes closed.

Their eyes are locked at him with hostile glares. However, they also felt conflicted knowing that the human before them is not someone you can just pierce like a normal person. This man just single-handedly defeated their previous lord. What good could their golden spears do?

Elric's physical body shook at the sheer pressure by the sudden burst of corruption's resistance upon meeting the Authority of water in his soul space. His brows tightly knitted together and his hand clasped tightly with bulging veins all over. He is fighting back the sudden power of the corruption.

Cleanse!

Driving his will with the flow of the cleansing water, Elric controlled the Authority of water to wash the expanding dark stains in his body.

Ksssss~

Like acid, the dark corruption reacted against the cleansing water and slowly dissipated into clear white mist, evaporating away from him.

"It's working! I can feel the burden slowly lifting!"

Elric felt ecstatic as he had managed to stop the expansion of the dark spots and he slowly regained his mental awareness again. With greater vigor, he controlled the cleansing water to wash over his mental body and the dark creepy spots reacted like sticky dirt finally meeting its cleaning match.

Ksss~ Ksss~ Ksssss~

Elric has managed to wipe clean almost 90% of the dark spots. However, there are parts that are also quickly recovering just as they had been removed. Like a speck of black dust the blows to his body right after he just wiped it clean. It was a persistent one.

Realizing that he can't remove the corruption completely, Elric decided to settle for what he is capable of now.

With the addition of the authority of water to cleanse his mental body, Elric felt good knowing that he should be able to use 20% of the power of the Ancestral Dragon. Stepping out of his immersion, Elric opened his eyes slowly and he saw the beautiful land of the Water Elemental realm greeting his view again.

"Two elements down, three to go." Elric smiled with satisfaction and looked at the people behind him.

"Huh?"Why are you guys looking at me like that?" Elric could not help but become curious from their gaping mouth. The princesses, the guards, and even the little turtle looked at Elric with shock itched in their funny faces.

The little turtle could not hold himself anymore and asked Elric,

"Tell me honestly. Who are you?"