Chapter Eighty-Eight: Visualization
"Enzos, you must learn to control your emotions, or one day you will be consumed by the mad will of the devil and lose yourself. Kaichi said to Enzos, who was barely controlling himself in front of him and pulling himself back from the brink of rage.
He still wears a hood, and so far, the team of adventurers doesn't know what Enzos' savior looks like, not even his name. Enzos looked guilty and a little helpless.
"Master, this is too difficult, I feel a fire in my heart, thinking about burning and growing all the time, as long as I fight, I can't control my emotions at all. Even in the usual competition with Eun Yi, I couldn't control myself. ”
They had now moved away from the Wasted Rock Beach to the side of the underground volcano, far from the City of Eternal Night, and under the pressure of Enzos's breath, the few fire-type demonic beasts would not disturb them. The underground volcano is the source of heat for Eternal Night, and it is almost the most important place in the dungeon, but it is also the most inhospitable place, and there is no need for people to come here.
Don't worry about safety here, even legends can hardly extinguish a volcano completely, let alone the endless geothermal heat beneath the volcano.
Although Enzos has awakened, the sequelae of stimulating the blood of the fire demon are far from being eliminated. The Minotaur itself has a talent for berserk, but the Minotaur has a naturally gentle temper and can control himself, and will not enter a berserk state at will. However, the bloodline of the Firefiend inspired by Enzos was already a very powerful but chaotic bloodline, and when combined with the Minotaur's own berserk talent, it made him even more prone to madness. After the rage, Enzos was even more aggressive, but he also completely lost control.
Now, as soon as he is stimulated, he will involuntarily fall into a state of rage, and it is almost difficult for him to wake up. Except that Jia Yi used a spell to forcibly seal his will, he could only break away when he was exhausted and fainted.
The uncontrolled rage will not only hurt his teammates, but will also allow the demonic bloodline to slowly erode his consciousness, making him completely degenerate into a demon.
In the two days since they came here, Enzos had gone berserk many times, and if it weren't for Kaichi, he might have lost his sanity by now and slowly fell into demonization. He's been trying to keep his emotions in check these days, trying to keep the rage under control, but nothing has worked.
"The demon bloodline in your body is stronger than I imagined, and the one who left this bloodline may not be nameless, plus the demonic aura that pervades the underground world, so it is easier for your demon bloodline to get out of control. It's a pity that you don't have a minotaur shaman, otherwise the minotaur totem pole might be of some help to you in this situation. Now, you can only control your emotions by exercising. ”
"Exercise master, how should you exercise and can emotions be controlled by exercise?"
He knew that strength could be exercised, and magic could be exercised, but he had never heard of how to exercise to control his emotions.
Kaichi also scratched his head a little about this situation, in fact, emotions are the most uncontrollable, any means can only play an indirect role, and there is never a method that can control emotions immediately - at least he doesn't know.
He was still a little embarrassed in his heart, he misestimated the concentration of the demon blood in Enzos's body when he activated Enzos's bloodline, and the demonic aura in the underground world catalyzed, causing him to use a little too much demon blood. It was a number of factors that would cause Enzos to lose control so easily.
It's just to save lives and hurry, and this sequelae is at least better than losing your life. Jia Yi had a little sense of compensation, and he didn't want his just successful case to be eroded by the demonic bloodline like this.
"A mental boost can bring about a small boost in willpower, which helps you control your emotions, but it's too little for your current situation," he said. What will work for you the fastest now is a firm belief or a strong will. It's just that faith is not easy to build, and it is simpler to belief. ”
"Faith? We Minotaurs all believe in the souls of our ancestors. ”
"It's a pity that you are not a holy knight, although your will is strong, but it is not enough, and you can't use your divine power to calm your emotions. I heard that the ascetics of the Holy See exercise their will through penance, and if you can have an ascetic training method, it may be helpful to you, but unfortunately now even the ascetic lineage of the Holy See itself is about to be cut off. ”
Kaichi shook his head and blocked this path, and Enzos was disappointed, and Kaichi said: "Actually, faith is to divert your attention elsewhere, and pin all your mind on the worship of God, according to this theory, there is another way. ”
"I will not change my faith, the soul of the ancestors is deeply rooted in the bone marrow of our minotaurs, and it is impossible to change. Enzos stared at Kaichi and said categorically.
"Didn't convert you. Kaichi reached out to stop Enzos and interrupted him, "I've thought of a method I've heard of before that might help. ”
"The essence of meditation is to empty the mind and leave your mind blank, and if we don't empty our minds, but concentrate and sketch a pattern in our minds, this may be able to strengthen our will. This method is called visualization, observation and imagination, and it is said that some schools of mages use this special kind of visualization to exercise their mental power, and it is said that training in this way can greatly improve the manipulation of magical power. And visualization requires concentration, and it is also helpful for exercising the will, so when you can't control your emotions, start visualizing and focus all your attention on the patterns you imagine. Divert your attention and calm your emotions. ”
"Master, are you familiar with this method?" was the first time Enzos had heard of this method, but he already knew little about the mage's meditation method, and although this so-called visualization sounded strange, it was a special meditation method in his mind.
Kaichi slowly looked away, this was not meditation at all, at least as far as he knew, there had never been a meditation method that had been achieved in his mind by sketching a pattern in his mind. The so-called contemplation is actually a Taoist method, which emphasizes the forgetfulness and quiet inaction, and has a unique way of controlling emotions, so he asked Enzos to try to control his emotions through visualization.
As for how visualization actually works, he only knows the concept, not the specific method.
However, although he did not know the specific method, it was not difficult for him to know that the concept was combined with meditation to find a simple contemplative idea.
"This kind of meditation method is not very common, and I have not been exposed to it, but I can guide you to try it, we don't expect you to exercise much mental power through this meditation method, in theory, it is not a big problem. ”
Although Kaichi himself is not very confident, Enzos is quite willing to believe it.
I only heard Jia Yi say: "The most important thing in this kind of contemplation is to construct a clear object in your mind, whether it is a painting, or a house, or a person, or an object. I suggest you visualize the totem pole of the Minotaur, which requires you to carefully sketch out every detail, the richer the better. ”