Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1391

Chapter 1391: Substitution

’How should I go about this?’

This was a thought Atticus found himself having for the tenth time now.

How should he go about this?

The next lesson, substitution, required him to search for another anchor. Emotions, while potent, were unreliable.

To activate Solvath’s fragment, Atticus first had to go through the Star’s emotions. Live through his life. However, he knew better than anyone just how dangerous it was.

He could get lost. They could consume him. Only terrible things could come from relying on emotions.

However, it didn’t change the fact that this was what had worked until now. How could he use another anchor?

Anorah’s presence suddenly vanished from his senses.

’She’s gone.’ He realized. ’I have to handle this myself.’

As he came to that conclusion, he took a deep breath.

’Think this through.’

His mind worked fast as he pondered the conundrum. And after countless thoughts, he reached two conclusions he decided to try out.

’I’ll activate the fragment and observe the process.’

Atticus did just that. Though the emotions flowed through him, he used the teachings of the first and second lessons to ground himself.

However, after a few seconds, he frowned.

His eyes blazed purple, and his heart pounded hard in his chest. He could feel the surge of Solvath’s emotions, but that was all.

’No process...’

There was no process. It was as though Solvath’s fragment was ingrained into the emotions themselves. He decided to try the next thing.

’My will.’

Rather than try to learn with the fragment, he would focus on his will for now, then use what he learned on the fragment.

’The Burning...’ Atticus’ will, the Burning, was centered on his desire to protect his loved ones and burn the world.

His belief, as he had told Whisker, was simple: the world is tinder; I will choose what burns and what survives.

Pure, unfiltered domination. He controlled all.

To use it, Atticus always had to enforce his belief onto the world. To dominate. In a way, it was centered on his emotions, to protect, and to destroy.

Right now, these were the emotions that Atticus utterly suppressed in order to achieve his goal. He had used his will to such an extent that it became second nature. Instinctive.

In simpler terms, it was easier to activate than Solvath’s fragment.

Suppressing his emotion, Atticus chose to focus on a logical pattern instead. He used one of the patterns Anorah had suggested: geometric focus.

He started by visualizing a perfect shape in his mind. A circle. Then he held it steady until it stabilized. At the same time, he tried to call upon his will.

Nothing.

’Again.’

Atticus repeated the same thing. Formed a circle in his mind until it stabilized, while simultaneously trying to summon his will. However, just like before, there was no response.

But Atticus didn’t stop. He repeated it, over and over again. He visualized and visualized, trying to summon his will.

Time blurred until he lost track of it. At this point he didn’t even know how many times he repeated the process.

’It’s not working.’

His goal here had been to search for another focus besides his emotions. He had hoped that repeating this process would make his will attribute its activation to the pattern.

’It could be the pattern. Maybe it doesn’t work for me,’ he thought to himself.

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