Just as Lucifer stepped out of his room, he heard the knocks on the door. It seemed like those people were here finally to take him.
He walked over to the door and opened it only to be greeted by Draco. He didnât even bother asking this time since he already knew what Draco was here for. Whenever he came, it was to take him to the higher floors.
"Sir Lucifer, I brought food," Draco replied, breaking Luciferâs perception. Draco stepped aside to reveal a woman standing behind him with a tray.
"You arenât here to take me for training?" Lucifer asked.
"Hahaha, I donât dare take you without feeding you. I made the mistake yesterday, and that once is enough. Even if I took you for training, youâd ask for food there before starting anything, and Iâll be scolded for forgetting the second time," Draco replied as he smiled wryly.
"Thatâs true." Lucifer nodded before he walked back to the bed.
The girls placed the tray before Lucifer and left, leaving Draco behind, who waited for Lucifer to finish eating.
Even though the Level Five members were waiting for Lucifer, he still ate while taking his full time. He didnât seem to be in any hurry.
After what seemed like an eternity, Lucifer finally finished eating before he stood up.
"Shall we leave now?" Draco asked patiently.
"Yeah."
...
Lucifer and Draco left the room and went up through the lift; however, unlike before, the two went to a different floor. It was a floor that Lucifer had never stepped foot on.
The floor had nothing except the four walls far away from each other.
There were no rooms on this floor. As for the floor, it seemed to be heavily reinforced, whereas the walls seemed exactly like the walls that were in the Training Rooms that Lucifer had already seen previously.
"Lucifer Azarel, welcome."
Kellian approached Lucifer as he greeted him.
Lucifer wondered why he was alone. Where was Yaliza? He looked around, but he couldnât find Yaliza anywhere.
"Are you looking for Yaliza? He isnât here. Weâll be taking turns training you so as to not be overwhelming. Today is my turn. Tomorrow, he would be here," Kellian said, realizing what Lucifer was trying to find.
"Come, letâs start your training," he said to Lucifer before he glanced at Draco. "You can leave. Come back after four hours with lunch for Lucifer."
"Yes, Sir." Draco turned back and left.
...
"So Lucifer, let me start. What do you think is most important for a Warlock?" Kellian asked Lucifer when only the two of them were present in such a massive hall.
"Strength," Lucifer answered.
"Wrong," Kellian said, shaking his head. "Strength is important, but itâs not the most important. Many strong warriors have perished in the hands of weak ones throughout the years."
"Brain?" Lucifer asked, curious. He was attempting to say what Caen had said. That schemes were important for a Variant?â
"No. We all have brains, actually. But not a bad try. We do need to use our brains a few times to be successful, but that isnât the answer either. So no," Kellian answered.
"I donât know then," Lucifer answered. He had already said what he could think.
"The most important thing for a Warlock is his control of his strength. A loose warlock can destroy even himself in the process if he doesnât know how to control his strength," Kellian answered.
"Thatâs why, today, youâll train your control," he added.
"My control?" Lucifer asked as he glanced at his hands. "Can I control my Decay and stop it from making my life difficult?"
"Decay is a bit different. I donât know much about it, but I doubt you can completely stop it. You can decrease or increase its intensity if you have control, but you canât stop it from working," Kellian answered.
"Iâm sure you used Decay many times. But you must have seen it yourself. Sometimes things decayed faster while other times the same thing decayed slower, right?" He asked.
Lucifer nodded in response. He had seen that plenty of times, and he was also curious about this.
"Thatâs because of your control. Since you canât control it, you canât control its intensity. Its intensity is working depending on your subconscious and your mood."
"Thatâs why these things happen. Thereâs one more factor, though. The life energy inside the objects which contribute to how fast or slow they decay."
"You canât control the life energy inside the objects, but you can control the intensity of your decay to help you," Kellian said. "Anyway, thatâs for later. Today, Iâll focus entirely on your strength."
"Come with me," he told Lucifer as he walked towards the wall.
Stopping before the walls, Kellian turned back as he glanced at Lucifer.
"Iâm sure youâve seen this wall before, right? Itâs much harder than normal walls, and up to some extent, it can decrease the intensity of attacks to keep itself safe."
Lucifer once again nodded.
"Even though this wall is strong, it canât do anything against your S-Rank strength, but itâs a perfect test to help you control your strength," Kellian said before he brought out his Sword.
"Two inches," he said to Lucifer before he made a slash with his sword towards the wall.
As the sword moved, it left a scar behind on the wall that seemed pretty deep.
Kellian kept his sword back before he said to Lucifer. "You see that mark? Itâs actually two inches deep. Thatâs my control. I could have made the mark deeper or smaller, but I knew exactly how much strength I needed and how much control I needed to achieve this feat. Thatâs what I want from you."
"I want you to use your strength to punch the wall and leave a two-inch deep mark on the wall. Exactly two inches! Not an inch more or an inch less. Can you do it?" He asked. "If you do this, youâd have taken a step forward in controlling your strength to a great level."
Lucifer observed the wall and the deep mark made by the sword before he looked at his fist.
He knew he could use his super strength to leave a mark on the wall. He could even destroy it, but could he control it to that precision? He doubted he could, but he still nodded.
This was good. He needed control, and if this could help him, it was good.
He was able to control his strength up to some extent as he needed, but if he received this kind of precision, things were going to be easy.
"Thatâs good. Get to it then. You have four hours and this entire place. I donât care how many times you try, but I want that exact depth of damage," Kellian said to Lucifer before he stepped back.