Kael returned to his hideout with speed. Once he had nestled himself in his hideout, he took out the Core, his stick, and his book.


    ''Chapter 6: Connections.''


    ''Just beyond what we can see with the naked eye lies connections. Connections are ethereal bonds that flow throughout the universe that bond us to objects or entities. These bonds are created when we develop significance for a thing. Our will forms a connection between us and that thing. These connections have a purpose beyond our understanding that only the gods would know. While we cannot understand its original purpose, these bonds can be used for many things. One of these things is making Arrays.''


    ''Turning a bunch of Runes and Glyphs into arrays requires all of those Sigils to work in tandem to achieve a certain purpose. How do we make them work together? Connections. Just like if you want people to work together, they need to be somewhat connected to each other. Sigils are the same. To link Sigils together, you have to be able to wield connections to Bond and Transfer.


    ''There are two ways to learn how to wield these connections. The first is that you can learn it by gaining a skill that allows you to sense and weave these connections. The second is learning the skill by practicing it naturally. There are many ways to be able to train skills for them to get better, but the most effective one in this scenario would be visualization. Try to visualize the connections between people and things or people and people that you think would have an emotional or physical connection to that thing. Visualization is most often the most effective when the mind has been cleared.''


    Kael folded the page corner and closed the book. He assumed a basic meditative stance and focused on clearing his mind, clearing all of his current thoughts while maintaining clarity. He tried imagining a void stretching all around him into infinity. Already, he could see imperfections in the void. There were some small splotches of white in the void, and the void''s color wasn''t that black. In fact, it kind of reminded him of a certain white-haired sorcerer''s domain.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    He stopped focusing on the Infinite Voi... the void, and tried visualizing the world. He opened his eyes for a few moments, trying to memorize his immediate surroundings before closing them again and trying to implement them into his mindscape. Already, the increased stats were beginning to show on his mind and body because he could remember a lot more than what he would''ve in his old body, and it lasted a lot longer than they would''ve.


    He remembered the time when he was training with his dad. He was training with his dad because it was his first expedition that he was allowed to go on with his dad. They were going to a place called the Crystal Cavern, where locals reported seeing a monster nest of slimes there. While he was training, his dad had been guiding him through it. He was only nine at that time, but he was pretty sure that he was stronger than an average person back in his original world.


    When he had been doing his speed and endurance training, his training had been running around this horse race track they had that had been used by his ancestors to gain money from betting. He had been challenged to run around the entire racetrack 20 times in 10 minutes. And on top of that, he had to compete with an actual horse. At the start of his training, he was only able to keep up with the horse at the start, before it started gaining speed and then left him in the dust. But over time, his agility stat increased, and he was able to keep up with the horse for about 10 laps before his endurance ran out. He had gotten a little cocky and challenged his dad to a race on the track. He accepted with a grin.


    He was preparing for the race at the track when his dad came, fully prepared. "What are those things on your legs, Dad?" He had said, pointing at the purple rings fastened to his ankles. "Orichalcum leg weights." Is he serious? Orichalcum weighs as much as a house. He shouldn''t be able to move. Kael pondered this before grinning. Oh well, at least I''ll be able to win. They both got ready to run. His mom was sitting in the wooden bleachers that were used for audiences for the horse races, but now they were empty except for her.


    On his Dad''s signal, his mom started counting down. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"  He grinned at his dad... who wasn''t there. He barely had a moment to look around before the entire track exploded.