Temporary Black Hole

Two translucent and pearlescent lines appeared in mid-air. The separation process took time as Elijah felt resistance, but eventually, in between the two parallel lines, was an undefinable space. A void of nothingness, similar to below the whirlpool, was slowly becoming bigger as the lines separated.

In the background, Abel had his crooked eyes wide open in disbelief. Part of him wanted to stop the potential catastrophe that was about to occur, but another part of him was curious. "Keep going!"

Sweat was beading down Elijah's forehead, and eventually a three by three square of absolutely nothing was created that was situated between two lines of space. A rock was thrown into the empty space, and started to disappear before it even touched the hole. Cracking noises began to radiate from the square, and shortly followed with the space filling back into the environment.

"What the hell have you just created kid?!!" 

"You might not know what that was, but I think I just created a temporary black hole." Elijah was confused as he thought about the void. The void did not absorb anything it touched like his spell just did. So what exactly is the void? 

"Temporary black hole?"

"Yes. A black hole is like a rip in the fabric of space, only usually it acts as a vacuum that pulls everything into it as it gets bigger. Once a blackhole is made, it cannot be destroyed…"

Abel threw his head back in astonished ment. "So you're telling me you just created a blackhole that can disappear?"

"Yes. I'm not sure if I will use that spell until I am stronger. It was difficult to separate the space, but even more difficult to keep the space separated. Even while manipulating the environment, I think I used over half of my mana capacity…" The spell was fascinating for Elijah, but at his current strength, It is impractical to use this spell. One good thing did come from this. He is only a red core, and is not limited to basic spells. This isn't the case for anyone else. Especially for Raylen when he condenses fire into a beam of energy. The fire can only condense so much with his quality of mana. If he had an orange or yellow core, he could make full use of its power. A literal railgun fueled by fire!

The question was, what were the limits for someone at the cyan core level? Maybe our imagination isn't strong enough to reach those limits. Or maybe anyone with a cyan core just needs more experience, experience of almost incomprehensible events.

Elijah gave Abel an update on the status of the kingdom, and mainly complained about the food shortages that were bound to happen. Based on what the outside looked like, and taking into account the horrible weather, It would be a lot more than three months until the wall is retaken…

Elijah left by flying into the whirlpool. The current took him by surprise as he didn't realize how tired he was by expending so much mana, which gave him whiplash after exiting the whirlpool. Finding the entrance he flew into was extremely hard, and made Elijah curse out loud for over half an hour. It was daytime and there was no choice but to find the entrance. 

By closely observing the Inner city, he was able to determine where the west side was, then took a couple of trips in the whirlpool while riding the wall. What he was looking for was a cave that was not lit by anything, but lights faintly glowing in the distance on the right side of the entrance when looking at the walls.

Elijah began to jump up and down while shaking off his body, and decided to jog for as long as he could on the way back. There were a whole lot more people walking around the residential area of The Catacombs, as well as multiple large carriages taking older hunters to the last point.

The streets and buildings of the outside were overcrowded as usual, but not as much as the mountainside, the outside edges of the inner city. All farmers were also commoners, and lost most of their belongings. Now they live in the cheapest parts of the inner city, and the residential areas of The Catacombs.

Elijah walked through the grand wooden door, and was greeted by George who was on his way out of the estate. "Elijah! Novius and Alexia were looking for you. I am heading to a magitech gathering, so I won't be back until after dinner time. Have a good day!"

Elijah said his goodbyes, and greeted his mother.

"Elijah! That's good to hear and all, but I have a surprise for you!"

Don slowly walked around the corner while pushing his wheelchair. "Hey son."

Elijah heard the resentment in his voice, and responded in a grateful way. There was absolutely no reason for Elijah to hate his father for the way he acted towards him since he knew the reason. "Father! You are walking again! Are you Recovering faster now?"

"Yes. I am, although it's only a temporary solution. Please don't tell anyone." 

"What do you me–." Elijah stopped his voice as he realized what his father was doing. He was injecting the pure mana in his core to his body, which would technically give him more strength and allow him to walk. Albeit at a cost. "I know what you are doing. Please stop father. You don't need to hurt yourself just because you are in a rush. I know you want to contribute to the kingdom, and rejoin the hunters, but you must recover. I will not tolerate anyone I love dying." The last sentence felt fake to Elijah the moment he said it. He didn't understand why.

"How do you know what I am doing? How do you know what I am feeling?!" Words of confusion, then anger came from Don's mouth.

There was nothing he could do, so he decided to walk away as his mother tried to stop him, but resided in hugging Don as she led him to sit down. Why was Don acting like this? It can't be just because he wants to heal, and help the kingdom again. It can't be just because he feels like he is a waste of resources.

Julian was in the living room and heard the conversation become heated, and joined in after Elijah left.

Knock Knock

"Come in… Oh, hey Elijah. Where did you go after the hunter guild?"

"To the whirlpool." Elijah didn't lie, but also didn't tell the full truth. Based on his suspicion there is a reason why everyone in the kingdom believes there is no life outside the walls, keeping quiet about a mystery underneath the whirlpool is best, for now.

"Ha! I knew you did something like that. Right now Alexia is bathing, and I am finished up on an addition for her staff. Something that can be recalled to her, and attached to the end of her staff." Novius said while using a special looking pen to draw a rune onto a pointed spike.

"Wow! That's impressive, and based on how it looks I can guess how she will use it!"

"Honestly, it is a really simple magitech piece that has only taken me less than a day. I just had to have Harry's father fabricate my drawing since it is a little complicated for a red core mage. I am finishing the runes right now."

The spike that Novius was drawing a rune on was one of two, and the spike would attach to the end of Alexia's staff to give her more damage potential. When the spike is inserted into a beast, the rune can be activated to push the spike forward, and then can be recalled to the exact position as when it was connected. Gravitation runes are quite powerful. Essentially, an attachment for her spear that allowed her to draw blood.