"They have your same unsolved problem but in their case, their cores have formed a symbiotic bond. It's their version of the wall, just another aspect of the same issue." Lith replied.
"On top of that, even if your two cores naturally fuse, we've never thought about what they would become." Friya pointed out. "Were at least one of them weak, it would be no big deal.
"But they are both blue and bright blue is the cap for normal people. Awakened need to temper their bodies and achieve enlightenment to reach the violet. Fake and true mages, instead, develop a unique constitution specific for them to survive the violet.
"What if your two cores exceed the limits of the bright blue when fusing?"
There were three possible answers. One, the new core would go in overload, reaching the violet for a short while before blowing Nalrond's body to bits.
Two, the core would not withstand its own energy and crack, killing Nalrond but leaving behind a fine corpse.
Three, after cases one or two took place, due to his mastery over magic and will to live Nalrond would become an Abomination.
"Good gods!" He took his head in his hands. "How could I be this stupid? I've wasted everyone's time because of my blind obsession."
"No, you didn't." Quylla said. "Besides, I wasn't lying when I said I have a solution. I just needed you to understand what the issues are before offering the answer to you."
Nalrond furrowed his brows until his brain pieced the conversation together, giving him the only possible solution to all those unsurmountable obstacles.
"Are you saying that I have to Awaken while you guys perform Body Sculpting on me?" The idea was so brilliant that he didn't know whether to call Quylla crazy or praise her genius.
"No. I'm saying you have to Awaken and, if necessary, reach the violet while we perform Body Sculpting on you." She replied.
Awakening did fit the various pieces of the puzzle. It would give the mana cores a common enemy, since they would be both too busy purging impurities from their respective bodies to fight each other.
It would create a strong mana flow that could be influenced by rearranging the life forces with Body Sculpting. After all, a mana core had to be enveloped by a life force to survive.
As the human and Rezar bodies became one, both cores would move toward the new center of the mana circulatory system that was located slightly above the navel level. At that point, being the two cores made of mana and sharing the same energy signature, they would be forced to overlap.
Last, but not least, even if they exceeded the bright blue, the extra energy could be diverted throughout the body to form auxiliary cores.
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Awakening was something that anyone could achieve and didn't require any special equipment. Nalrond needed help like Phloria, Tista, and Quylla before him because his cores were too powerful for his body.
Had he harmonized his life forces and Awakened at a young age, Body Sculpting would have been plenty enough to break him free from the shackles of the Forbidden Magic that plagued his body.
"Are you sure about this?" Nalrond asked.
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