The Cursed Extra: Twin Souls Against the World

#### Revised chapter###

Zayn rubbed his arm, remembering those detailed descriptions. Just thinking about it gave him goosebumps.

He nodded to Xane. <It's a messy method, but you see, we can use these living weapons to channel Hex Energy. That way, the chaotic corrosion that's supposed to target our minds would first target the weapon's mind.>

Xane thought for a bit and asked, [Wait, how are you sure it'll target the weapon's mind first? What if it's reversed?]

Zayn shook his head. <What I'm saying is based on what happens in the novel. Whether it remains the same or not, we'll have to see for ourselves. Also, there are a few risks to this method.>

[Like?]

<Well, first, the dwarf is the inventor of the method. So there's a possibility that if we select this Hex Master, the same Hex Master might not pick the dwarf. After all, each Hex Master only has two slots.>

[Can't we just buy weapons from this dwarf in the future? I feel like there's a lot of uncertainty here. Also, what about power? Creating a weapon is one thing, but can we even use it, or are we just going to become some blacksmiths?]

Zayn paused in surprise.

He hadn't expected Xane to ask so many questions—and all of them were valid.

He sighed. <Well, I'm not sure. That's why I didn't finalize the choice. I wanted to ask your opinion of this method.>

Xane thought for some time and said, [This method does sound better. I can see the possibility of us using this and then supplementing it with the other two.]

[Though, I see another big problem.]

<What is it?>

[Let's say everything goes according to plan, and the dwarf joins the same Hex Master as us. But then how are we going to convince him? I don't want a repeat of what just happened with the Liam situation.]

Zayn just looked around the class.

He saw the last dozen or so teens still sitting and talking with each other.

A couple of interesting faces stood out, but no one from the main cast.

Xane asked again, [Is there any other method?]

Zayn stared up at the white ceiling, trying to come up with something, and suddenly, he jolted upright and picked up the ID. <Wait, I think there is one method that can work.>

Xane looked at the screen, but instead of the mentor list, Zayn once again opened the cursed land detail.

What was more interesting was that he actually opened the page on the Cursed Land of Law.

Xane asked him, [This is the cursed land Liam was part of, right?]

Zayn just nodded as he continued to scan the page. After about two minutes, Zayn pointed. <Look, the cursed properties of the ancient cursed lands are similar.>

Xane stared at the paper with interest as he asked, [Oh, do they also target the brain?]

Zayn shook his head. <No, it's not the brain. Look at the fifth paragraph. When those from the Cursed Land of Law use their hex energy, it produces this domain fog.>

Xane read the paragraph and nodded. [The method of producing the fog is similar. But what does this domain fog do?]

Zayn waved his hand. <Well, that's not important. The important point is that while chaotic for the target's brain, the domain fog targets the body.>

<Their functions are different, but just like chaotic fog, once a Hex Master has enough domain fog in their body, they will die.>

[Are you saying we can use the method used by these Hex Masters? Isn't their method focused more on easing body damage?]

Zayn nodded his head. <You're not wrong. But you know, in the novel, Liam used a method that allowed him to transfer his domain fog out of his body.>

[ So it is possible? The way you didn't talk about it, I thought it was impossible.]

<It is impossible for others.> Zayn thought for a bit and said, <I just remembered a certain explanation. You see, it's impossible to release fog in this world.>

[Why?]

Zayn rubbed his chin and said, <Xane, imagine our body as a closed container. Now, every time we use hex energy, we're going to end up with these toxic residuals in our bodies.>

<Now we need a hole in this container.>

Xane asked, [The hole is there to let us pass the residual fog?]

<Yup. Now, there's one big problem. The real world is built with essence that doesn't have any element in it.>

[Why does that even matter?]

Zayn spoke with excitement, like he was onto something. <Xane, did you learn about the pressure theory? It's like how gases move from high pressure to low pressure.>

[I know a bit about it from the surface, but nothing too deep.]

<It doesn't matter. Just replace the air with the element of hex energy. Right now, the container is filled with the chaos element. The outside world is elementless. What do you think will happen if we open a hole to the outside world?>

Xane thought for a moment and said in an uncertain tone, [All the hex energy will rush out to the outside world?]

Zayn was about to nod, but then he shook his head. <No—take our hex core as a small container inside the big container, which is our body.>

<All our hex energy is stored inside the hex core. So it won't be like all our hex energy rushing out.>

[Then?]

<You see, to use hex art, we pull out the hex energy from the hex core. Now, with our body linked to the outside world, every time we do that, all that energy would disperse into the world before we could use it.>

[Okay, so we don't lose our hex energy, but we lose the ability to use that hex energy?]

Zayn said with a smile, <Ah, Xane, I like that you're smart.>

[Come on, just explain the solution.]

<Okay, so in the novel, Liam's hex skill connects him to an empty world that is filled with light element.>

Xane mentally raised his eyebrow. [Oh, now that the outside world has a light element, the energy won't rush out that quickly—is that correct?]

Zayn added, <Just one more thing: the world Liam connects to has the same quality of the light element that the Hex Master with Adamant potential would have.>

Xane frowned. [Wait, does that mean... nothing will happen?]

Zayn tapped the table. <Dude, that's the point. You see, the domain fog also has an element. Now imagine Liam uses a bunch of hex arts, and the concentration of this fog increases in his body. What do you think will happen next?>

Xane didn't have to think long as he said, [That fog will increase the element density and then it will rush to the low-density world.]

Zayn clapped his hands. <Yes! This is the reason Liam in the novel could use a lot of hex energy without ever worrying about it.>

<His hex skill is like a one-way gate that allows all the domain fog to rush out. The perfect solution to deal with the negative property of his hex energy.>

[Sigh... just let me think for some time.]

Zayn grabbed the ID and started scrolling through the mentor list. <Sure, take your time.>