Chapter 3. Strength.

"CASTING FUCK!" - this was the first thought of Eros after waking up, - "My whole body hurts, bitch, creature, you will vomit blood when I can regain strength, and if I can't, at least I'll take you with me!" - And where am I? The titan asked himself a little surprised.

In the place where he was, it was dark and nothing could be seen. Moving around was just as hard, so Eros couldn't explore the room.

"It's too dark, even if you gouge out your eyes, then ..." - he closed his eyes and began to release the magic power around him, "feeling" the space, but after fifteen seconds his breathing quickened, and sweat appeared on his forehead, - "It was a bad idea , but at least now I know what is in the room and here ... Nothing, just an empty room 9 by 6 meters, but still I found something interesting "- he again closed his eyes and began to absorb the ether (" i.e. . the magic power that is in the air and is absorbed by the body ") from the air.

An hour later, he fully recovered, which surprised even Eros himself. After all, when he talked with Lily, she said that when Rick completely spent all his magical power, he needed at least half a day to restore only 70%, and it took him an hour for all this.

"Okay, then I'll think about it, but now I have to try something" - he closed his eyes and began to channel the magic power through his body, from toes to crown and back. Immediately after the first lap, Eros felt the pain lessen with every second, and the speed of recovery increased.

This went on for almost two hours, until Eros abruptly opened his eyes.

- Now it has become easier, - with a sigh, he said with a satisfied smile, getting up from his place, - But so far it is not worth treating yourself completely, so that they do not suspect me of anything, - slightly stretching, Eros sat down again and began to release the magic power beyond body, - "I should thank these idiots, because the room is surrounded by a barrier that does not allow magic power to leak out for it and no one will bother me to train." - he began to release the magic force outside his body and at the same time, the body quickly again absorbed it from the air. With this, the titan tried to increase the speed of recovery of magical power, as well as concentration ...

Three days passed in this way. During this time, he was able to raise the recovery rate from an hour to fifty-eight minutes, and this cannot be called slow. After all, some wizards, in order to increase the speed of recovery even for a minute, spent months, or even years, on this type of training.

He also thought about his element, which he could use. And then Eros remembered one planet he had once visited. The planet was called Loy'A, there lived a rather strange people who knew how to use the power of nature, but only on their own planet. Since when one of them left the planet's atmosphere, he lost all his abilities and became an ordinary person.

Eros stayed there for almost a year, studying their abilities to the point that he re-read the entire library on the planet, as well as with the consent of the King, opened and studied almost twenty aliens, but he was never able to instill this power in himself and the titan had to fly away from there empty-handed.

But now remembering her, he thought about the theory of the elements, read in one of the books. It described that the element can be determined by the nature of a person, for example: hot-tempered, aggressive, violent, purposeful, decisive and courageous, most often such people are the slopes of the element of fire. Calm, thoughtful, fickle, passive, and also unstable like water, which can turn into steam or ice. The earth can be attributed to the strong in body and spirit, stubborn, having a strong character and unshakable will. People who are prone to air are very sociable and inquisitive. But even in this theory there were exceptions, so it did not get as popular as the book that was on the farthest shelf in the corner of the room.

Thinking about this theory, Eros tried to relate himself to each of the elements, and calculate his own, but no matter how much he thought, he could not come to the final version.

The fire was quite suitable for him, but the titan did not consider himself so decisive and courageous, but he sacrificed himself for the sake of his loved ones, but even if we take this particular situation, then Eros can add the element of earth to himself from above, because he found the strength to do it, sacrifice himself, as well as water, because at that moment he was calm as never before ... And after he visited that dark place, his psyche became slightly unstable, but not so much that he would consider himself a nutcase.

When he thought about it deeply, he came up with a very stupid idea, which he immediately tried to implement ... Of course, the first ten ... one hundred ... a thousand ... in general, a lot of attempts later and the same number of destroyed nervous cells. Eros stared at the transparent white square in his hand, and his face was the stupidest possible smile. After all, the titan created what he wanted, it remains only to test it.

He approached one of the corners of the room and began to saturate the cube with magical power, which began to grow with a very fast speed, but just as quickly and the magic power flowed away, after a minute, Eros spent almost 90%, and the cube became 1 by 1 meter in size.

- Well, it's time to try you baby, - the titan grinned, - Do not disappoint me, - as soon as the cube touched the ground, it began to sharply increase in size until it reached a size of 3 by 3 meters, and at the same moment it shone and disappeared. .. And also everything that was in the area of ​​this cube disappeared ... - The power of destruction, - Eros stretched out in a satisfied voice, sitting down on the floor and starting to recover.

Yes, the power of destruction, that's what he thought then. Eros remembered the power that he once received from that stone and this idea came to his mind, which the titan immediately brought to life.

As soon as he decided on the element, he had to do the hardest thing - to raise his volume of magical power, because the power of destruction eats it up at a breakneck speed, as well as come up with new techniques that can be useful to him at the moment. The cube he created can hardly be called a good technique in battle. And if he needs to destroy something on a global scale, then he can simply use the second energy.

For the next three days, Eros set about inventing new techniques. And only at the end of the third day, he was able to modify one, and called "Bullet of Destruction", from the name and so it is clear what it is.

Eros, scratching the top of his head, looked at the wall, in which there were many holes with a diameter of ten centimeters. "This is the best I can do so far, combining destructive power and minimal costs ..." - the guy thought with a sigh, again pointing his index finger at the wall. A small white magic circle appeared at the end of the finger and also went out after a moment, and another hole appeared in the wall, - "Hmm ... And the fact that the bullet is invisible, this has its advantages, it is almost impossible to dodge. If I gave her a rank, then at least B, and maximum A, since the disadvantage is that there is still a flight sound, and it will be easy to keep track of her, since the bullet will fly wherever the finger points. The costs are minimal, but for my reserve at the moment, it's still a lot, because one bullet is equal to one percent of magical power ... "

*The next hour, he spent recovering. *

At that moment, Eros heard the sound of the opening lock ... The door to the "dungeon" slowly began to open, letting a bright light into the dark room.

- Come on quickly, take this garbage and bring it to the master, he is already tired ... - the man who looked into the "camera" froze, because what he saw was the place of the battle. On each wall, there were hundreds of holes of perfect shape and different sizes, and in the center of this room was a smiling boy who was pointing his finger at him.

- I give you a choice, first - you show where you have a warehouse with food here, and after I sing well, we will go after your master's fat ass, - for this week, Eros did not eat anything, only ate ether and tried to fence himself off from all feelings and for a piece of meat, at the moment, he is ready to kill, - Second, you are dying in the same place, and I will look for another accompanying person who will be smarter and more compliant.

- Who do you think you are a trifle ... - before he could finish, the next moment he vomited blood, and in the place where the heart should have been, there was now a gaping hole through which a look full of animal horror looked at Eros.

- Wrong choice, - with a sigh, Eros shook his head and turned his gaze to the second man, who was shaking all over, - What do you say, or will you also decide to play a hero?

- N-no! I will do whatever you say, just don't kill me! - falling to his knees, he looked with horror at the boy, who now looked more like a demon than a man.

- HERE! - Eros exclaimed with a smile, - That would be your friend smarter, and not a goner d ... so! About the dead, either it's good or nothing, - he said with a smile, - Well, let's go, show me where the food is, otherwise I'm very hungry, - at that moment, the titan's belly rumbled, - I beg your pardon, - Eros said embarrassedly, stroked stomach, - I just haven't eaten for almost seven days.

- Y-yes, of course, come on, I'll show you everything!

All the way the man was shaking and at every slightest rustle he shuddered and turned to the titan.

Five minutes later, they reached a wooden door, from which they felt magical power, and when he opened it, a cold air blew from there ...

- Cold Magic? - Eros nodded approvingly, - It's good, so the ingredients are fresh.

- Y-yes, you are very smart, this is an artifact with the magic of "Thermos", - he said with a flattering smile, - The master stole ... bought it when he was in one of the cities, it allows you to keep a predetermined temperature in the room air.

- Interesting ... - the titan nodded contentedly, - Okay come in, show me where the meat is and no nonsense.

- YES! - he exclaimed in fright and entered first, and immediately went to one of the shelves, where there was something wrapped in white paper, - Please, this is the meat of the magic beast Rampant Bull, very tasty and nutritious, - but when he saw the boy's frown, his a cold sweat broke out, - W-what's wrong?

- What am I to you, some kind of beast? - Raising an eyebrow, asked Eros, - And to cook or at least trite to fry?

- About wait! Now! Everything will be now! - an orange magic circle lit up on his hand and a small fireball appeared, on which he began to fry, - Give it five minutes!

"Why is he so nervous?" - slightly surprised thought Eros, but quickly threw it out of his head, sitting on the bag and waited.