Third Person's POV
[Hey, you idiot!
Pour more mana into that sphere thingy of yours, and remember to use the Aspect of Twisting while you are doing it!
If you continue with a halfhearted approach, that weapon won't respond.
It's not a simple weapon, so don't underestimate it just because of its current appearance.
Put your heart and soul into it.
I am warning you.
If you try to fake your will, it won't respond.]
Ethan heard the rebuke clearly.
Surprisingly, he did not grow angry at the spirit's choice of words this time. Instead, he looked at the dark sphere in his palm and reconsidered his approach.
Perhaps he had been too cautious, focusing more on maintaining the sphere's structure than on fully unleashing the potential of the Aspect of Twisting.
If the broken saber truly was a Life Devouring Saber, as the Eterna Nexus claimed, then merely producing a stable sphere of twisted dark mana might not be enough to provoke a reaction from it.
