MIDNIGHT PRINCE: Empire of Sin

[The World]

The power he discovered after reaching enlightenment up to the second Chakra-- the Crown Chakra. As of now the abilities he could wield were severely limited if spoken plainly.

"So something similar to telekinesis and a full awareness of your surroundings? How intriguing..."

After Adam finished giving an overview of his powers, Cecilia mused out loud.

"Are those powers rare in the Supernatural side of the world?"

"Rare? The more accurate thing to say would be that... They don't exist in the first place. The power to manipulate physical force with your mind like this... At the very least, I have no knowledge of anyone who can use their mind like you seem to do."

She smiled and cracked her fingers, "Okay. I have an idea. Ready?"

"Yes."

"Focus. This will be your first lesson."

She flashed him a toothy grin,

"There are three steps when using Chakra for humans. The first step is known as reinforcement."

Outwardly, no change seemed to have happened when she spoke those words.

"Since your ability, The World, can feel the energy and even go through the barrier of solid objects like the walls, then use it on me and try to get a feel of the flow of my energy."

Adam tilted his head slightly in confusion. He was not able to understand what she was trying to do here. Nonetheless, he soon did as he was told.

Closing his eyes, he opened the locks-- shackles binding his chakra and limiting his body.

Immediately the world started to feel right once again. As though he had finally entered where he truly belonged to. He could feel his strength and all his senses sharpening greatly and following this, he used the skill he had recently achieved by gaining enlightenment.

His senses began to spread outwards as information began to fill up his brain, slowly but surely overwhelming him.

Cecilia looked all around her as soon as Adam's power was deployed. She could faintly feel as though she was being observed from all directions at the same moment. It was as though she was being observed by an omniscient being.

It was a rather interesting sensation. It reminded her of the power that the top-class vampires could wield but in a purer than anything she had ever come across.

"How far can your domain reach right now?"

"I think around twenty meters is my limit."

"Contract it. The larger it is, the more information you will receive in your brain. So make it smaller. Try maintaining an area of 2 or 3 meters in diameter for now. We will then continue to adjust until we find the right distance that suits your abilities to the max."

Adam took a deep breath and slowly, very slowly, began to retract his domain as he was told by her mother and current instructor.

Slowly, the burden on his mind diminished and the things he could observe became so lifelike that he felt like his eyes were open and not closed as they were.

"What distance?"

"Five meters."

"Good. Now focus on me and tell me what you see. What do you feel with that ability of yours, my son."

Adam took a few steps so that Cecilia was now in his range and slowly began to mute out all other sensations as he focused purely on her body.

The movement of her eyes, the twitching of her lips, the tightening of her muscles. He slowly began to get used to all of the outward reactions that her body was making and went deeper to feel what was underneath.

He was momentarily embarrassed as he was suddenly able to 'See' her ravishing body below the clothes but he did not let that momentary sense of shame bother him and focused even more on accomplishing the task he was given.

'It's here...'

Finally... He seemed to have broken through some kind of limit, a barrier of sorts in simple words, and his vision opened wide as it went past her skin and observed the interior of her body.

"I..."

[The Third Eye and the Crown Chakra answer in Synergy to The World.]

[Birth of a new skill-- Eyes of Perception]

[Eyes of Perception

Description: A skill that allows the wielder to see past the spectrum of what is known to be humanly possible. You are now able to see past buildings, clothes, and skins and even observe the flow of Chakra in an individual as you wish.

Rank: C]

[Eyes of Perception synergizes and is now assimilated with the Eyes of Truth]

[As the Eyes of Perception was partially created due to the use of The World. The Eyes of Truth can now be used in conjunction with The World...]

"Oh my..."

Adam was quite surprised by this abrupt yet welcoming outcome. He did not think that he would manage to get a new skill like this. He was feeling joyous at this sudden stroke of luck.

"What happened?"

Seeing the expression of surprise and subtle joy etched on Adam's face, after he looked up at the air, Cecilia was quite curious about what might have happened for his sudden reaction.

"Haha, you are really incredible."

Adam laughed as he began to explain what happened for him to be in such a joyous mode. "Was it what you were pursuing?"

"Hmmm... To be honest I was thinking that it would be possible. Though I didn't think it would create a skill like this."

She shook her head, "With just those two skills alone. As long as you can increase the rank of your Eyes of Truth, you could become the greatest spy to have ever existed in history. Your information-gathering skills are already top-notch."

Cecilia grinned proudly. Even though it was Adam's powers, there was no way she wouldn't be happy to see that her son was so talented and could generate such great skills.

"There is also another important point. Now we know that you can create and generate new skills on your own. You should strive to create as many skills as possible by yourself. After all, Genesis ultimately does not truly belong to you."

Adam had his own powers and while Genesis was useful in helping him open the Seven Main Chakras and protect him from most of the bindings of the curse, one should never be entirely dependent on someone else. Much less an entity with unknown goal.

"Anyway, since you obtained that skill why not try using them right now...."

Adam smiled and activated the Eyes of Truth. Looking at Cecilia's internal body, he could see many vein-like arteries coursing throughout her body.

He described what he could see her which was promptly responded with a nod from her, "Those are the minor Chakra. Now follow my lead and focus."

The beats of her heart slowly started accelerating and under his observation, a subtle green-colored energy left her Heart Chakra point and flowed through all her minor Chakra in a set path before coming back to her heart once more.

At that moment, he felt like a flower was opening in that point.

Once there, the energy started spinning faster and faster and the result made way for an even faster circulation. At the same time, it also created an incredible spectacle for Adam who was seeing something like this for the very first time.

"What do you see?"

Once he explained what happened from his perspective, she smiled brightly,

"Oh? You can even see the color, huh? Good. Anyway. As you can see, for us hunters, the Heart Chakra is like a motor. In the same way, the heart itself helps blood to circulate, it helps Prana circulate in our body.

Reinforcement is the most basic skill for a hunter and at the same time the most important use of Prana for us. It's the only way for us frail humans to face monsters like vampires or shapeshifters without being completely helpless."

She rose her foot before stepping hard on the ground, causing the place to shake a bit as she literally left her footprint on the concrete below.

"Thanks to reinforcement. Even a weak and ill woman like me can hit harder than the strongest human could ever hope to. This is the beauty of Prana."

Cecilia explained calmly. But she could not hide the proud smile from gracing hjer lips as she informed Adam of her capabilities.

Having to hide her power from Adam all this time had not been easy for her and was constantly taking its toll. But now, she could enjoy showing off a little to her son and see him admiring her for who she really was.

How could she be unhappy in such a situation?

"Hmmm... Mom?"

"Yes? Do you have any questions? My display was pretty impressive, right?"

"Huh...Well, yes it was. But the problem is.... I think you broke a pipe."

Cecilia looked down as water slowly started to rise from the hole she made during her display of strength.

"Heh...*Ahem* *Cough* It was intentional. I need you to understand that using your powers could be quite dangerous so you need to be careful when doing so. Haha."

She finished her sentence with a somewhat awkward laugh.

"Is that so?"

Adam gave her a half-lidded look and all Cecilia could do was look away, not being able to face the judging gaze of her son.

"I was lying."

In the end, she could only relent under the judgmental look that her precious son was throwing at him unhinged.

"*Sigh* I am going to bring a mop and cut the flow of water."

Adam realized now why she had the alias of [Destroyer]. He wondered just how much destruction she usually wrought while fighting her enemies.

(AN: As always I will rest during the weekend so see you next week. i really need to savor my last free weekend since In February I plan to participate in win-win. meaning one or two chapters everyday. Welp.)