From Another World (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 53: A new problem.

"Synchronicity Release!" I shouted.

My clothes turned into a black long-sleeved top with golden lines and black trousers. Anya's sword form turned into a black wavy blade and I felt the pulses of the previous masters' souls.

For now, I was borrowing Yoclesh's power. I've talked with her over the past week and I learned some things about her. Her sword style was called Oni Rush, a one-handed sword style of the Oni race. Even though I never trained that style, my body knew how to make the proper stance.

"Mind's Eye!" Temma shouted.

My opponent was Temma. I asked him if I could practice Synchronicity against him and he agreed. We've been sparring for almost a week. Even if I had Synchronicity, Temma would still be able to hold on against me. He really was a strong guy.

He pressed a stopwatch and then charged at me. We exchanged blows. As usual, Mind's Eye was an annoying magic to deal with. Oni Rush was a sword style that involved using swift and accurate strikes. It relied more on speed instead of overpowering an opponent.

Temma's Mind Eye allowed him to see where my strikes would be and prepare a counter for that. Yoclesh's Oni Rush was still amazing though. People who used Mind's Eye would often dodge or parry strikes. However, Temma would often have no choice but to block my attacks since they were almost impossible to dodge. It was a great improvement.

We exchanged strikes for a while. Things were going great until I felt my body becoming sluggish as the power drained from me. A migraine appeared on my mind and I crouched. I tried to catch my breath as I wobbly stood up.

Temma looked at the stopwatch and pressed a button, "2 minutes and 10 seconds. You lasted 7 seconds longer than yesterday."

Our daily routine was training for an hour every morning. After attempting to practice my parallel processing, I would move on with training my Synchronicity. At first, I could only last around 40 seconds but it then improved as I trained. Also, I used to be able to do Synchronicity once a day but thanks to my training, I could enter Synchronicity after 6 hours. However, it would last shorter compared to the previous transformation.

"You're getting the hang of it. I think it's a good improvement from last week", Temma said.

"But only lasting for 2 minutes is still short. I heard that Yoclesh could last as long as 10 minutes", I replied.

"It's sort of like cheating, isn't it? Learning the skills of the previous masters is a bit unfair for the people who trained hard."

"I can only use their skills when I'm in Synchronicity and it's really hard to resonate with them while fighting."

"How do you even resonate?"

"It's a bit hard to explain... I could feel their souls in Anya and I would try to synchronize with them. Kind of like copying another person's movements. For example, I could feel Yoclesh's soul whenever I'm using Oni Rush. Most of the time, I just let my body do its thing without thinking too hard since I was using her skills. But sometimes, I would make a move that Yoclesh wouldn't normally do and I would stop resonating with her."

"I see. Your thoughts would sometimes get too strong that you would make a move that Yoclesh wouldn't do and that would cause you to get out of Synchronicity."

"Yes. It's hard to just let my body do its thing whenever I am fighting. It's probably because I'm still trying to get a hang of trusting whatever my instincts are telling me. Although Yoclesh told me that I should balance my own initiative and trusting my instincts."

"Balancing your initiative?"

"You see... Yoclesh told me that I shouldn't rely too much on the previous masters' skills. I should learn how to mix my own skills as well. When I get enough proficiency in using Synchronicity, I should be able to use my style of Dark Magic while in that state."