Way of the Knights

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Deep in the seabed, a man with a short and spiky blue hair wearing a crimson uniform and holding a pitch black and bloodied trident, was currently amidst an intense battle. 

On the other hand, his companion was a sitting still on a chair in front of a table while drinking tea. Making a cut contrast between their situations. 

These people were of course none other than Raven and Elias. Raven being the one who's drinking his tea while Elias was suffers...

"Careful there, if you don't pay attention closely, you'll be in for a world of hurt. Those things wouldn't hesitate to take a piece of your flesh off." Raven's soft warning echoed on Elias' ears, causing his lips to twitch in annoyance. 

'This guy is messing with me.' Elias gritted his teeth as he struck with his pitch black trident once more and a hit the weak point of another Sea Devil while also evading in order to not have a missing piece of a flesh from his body. 

Raven had taken out Elias on a walk outside of Atlantis, they didn't use a shuttle since with Raven's methods, they would be able to walk on the seabed just fine. Elias initially thought that Raven invited him out to distract him from what happened earlier but he was too optimistic. He didn't expect Raven to be this petty and punish him like this. 

Elias had been fighting non-stop ever since he woke up from his strange state earlier. The water around his turned pitch black due to the blood from the Sea Devils but they didn't let up, they continued to attack him in waves, pushing Elias to the brink of insanity. 

What's even more infuriating is that, Raven was taking this way too easy. Elias didn't how but for some reason, no sea devils were attacking Raven, they were all hell-bent of taking him down instead of the other guy as if they couldn't see him. 

Elias probably doesn't have any idea how right he is in thinking of it this way. The sea devil indeed couldn't see Raven at all. He's completely invisible to all of their senses, which makes sense as to why they're only attacking him. Which is strange on its own since Elias could see Raven perfectly fine. 

"Remember the purpose of this trip Elias. That'd help." Raven hinted at him once again as he took another sip of his tea. 

Elias who had just managed to avoid yet another attempt of the sea devils biting him, scowled ever so slightly when he heard this. Well, at first he had no idea as to what the purpose of this trip was but he recalled what Raven told him before and how they got to here. 

He said that he asked Lorenzo about Elias' knowledge about the Sea Devils and his brother replied that he has good idea of what sea devils are but it's been a while since Lorenzo tested his knowledge so Raven decided to do just that. 

Thinking about thus way, Elias managed o get the clue. What Raven wanted to see is how he's going to deal with the Sea Devils with his knowledge, so this got him thinking:

'He wants to see me killing sea devils in a textbook manner.' Elias concluded. Which is not so bad since he is partially correct. 

Raven indeed wanted to see him following what's written on the books he had read before about sea devils. That book contained not only the names but also the weakness of each Sea Devils that is present in here. Raven wanted him to remember what he read and actually apply it into a real life scenario in order to increase his rate of survival. 

However, Raven of course had a more important aim aside from that. He wanted to temper Elias, he wanted him to gain experience in battle and if possible, do another research about the Sea Devils own his own since no matter how small the variations Elias would realize, might prove incredibly useful for not only him but also for their entirety of the sect in general. 

After Elias realized what Raven wanted from him, he adjusted his techniques and aimed to attack the horde of sea devils harassing him. 

Elias managed to follow Raven's rules but if he was being honest, with how many sea devils are here he's not really sure if this is the correct move. In fact it's not even doing anything for him, the rate at which he was being harassed by sea devils remained constant despite him dealing with them with ease. 

"You're wasting your gifts, Elias." Raven's voice echoed on his ears again. "You are Lorenzo's little brother, yes. But more importantly, you are Poseidon's next heir. You are at the comfort of your own home and you're still being suppressed when there's absolutely no reason to."?

Elias' eyes widened like saucers when Raven reminded him of this. Indeed, he's wasting not only both of their time but also his precious gifts. He's at the sea, as the Heir to Poseidon, he's basically at home so why is he being harassed by the intruders? Shouldn't it be the other way around? 

With that, Elias' felt as if he was transforming. For the first time since being an Heir he actively communed with the sea, asking for it's assistance. 

The sea answered him kind. With a wave of his trident, the turbulence switched and worked with him. The charging sea devils lost control of their movements. They were swept away by the turbulence, crashing onto each other in the process. 

Elias' felt giddy upon seeing that. Although what he did barely did a number on the horde, it still made him incredibly excited. The water answered him. It assisted him even with the shallowest connection he has with it. This was a bizarre feeling for Elias, he never thought that something like this was possible. 

Focusing on his intent, a curtain of azure light enveloped Elias. He waved his trident once more and numerous water sprouts appeared around him right away. The water sprouts spun at different ways, creating a large disturbance and greatly hindering the sea devils' movements. 

Elias suddenly remembered the times when he was receiving training from his big brother. He remembered Lorenzo teaching him stances that he didn't know what for before. Now however, all of those stances were making sense to him. 

He assumed a stance and lifted his trident. He then began thrusting it at a stead pace. At first it was slow but as time passed by and Elias' concentration peak, his attacks went faster until it created some sort of a mirage that his trident multiplied by hundreds.

At some point in time, the tridents also began projecting. Whenever he thrust his trident forward, a pointed projectile will shoot out from the forked tip of his trident, shooting towards the sea devils and penetrating them where it hurts the most.  action

Raven nodded his head softly as he witnessed Elias' work. The horde of seal devils thinned out as time went on. The water around Elias turned pitch black but he didn't seem to notice any of this. 

All of sudden, Elias' momentum suddenly peak. With a loud grunt, he took a solid step forward and brought the trident down. Raven whistled faintly as he saw how the sea got split in half as he did so. Time seemingly stopped, every sea devil stopped resisting, they were alive but they can't move. 

When Elias' body shook, time resumed. All of a sudden, the sea became chaotically turbulent. The sea devils were swept by the turbulence, it was so strong that the pressure crushed their bodies in to pieces. 

Inside the palace of Atlantis where Lorenzo was currently cleaning up some mess. Lorenzo perked up and looked outside of the window. He sent out his perception with the sea and when he received the feedback, his eyes dilated. 

Lorenzo froze on spot as tears pooled from the corners of his eyes. His hands shook as he whispered: "A Strike to Split the Seas. Little Brother, you...you did it! You've got the sea to accept you!"

Meanwhile, Elias was having the moment of his life as he saw how the sea raged. 

He could feel the strong and extremely chaotic turbulence of the sea however it did nothing to harm him at all. The sea was unleashing it's righteous fury against the sea devils, crushing them and tearing them up to pieces. 

What he found unbelievable was that, he was the one who caused all of this. Elias never thought that something like this was possible, not until now. What's even more unbelievable to him is that he was the one who did this, not his big brother, him. 

He looked at his hands and his trident with disbelieving eyes. He couldn't help but feel exhilarated but it didn't last long since exhaustion caught up to him. As the sensation of weakness filled his body, he saw Raven stepping in front of him, waving his brush once. 

All Elias saw was a sea of white flames. He heard Raven's faint voice just before he lost consciousness:

"You did well...."