Chapter 3247: Woven Solution
"You’re asking for much, Mother Alicia," Rui shook his head. "We don’t not have some kind of magic that compensate for the shortcoming of experience and battle-testing. Our Martial Artists have been brutally and viscerally tested day in and day out for the past seventeen years, leaving them extraordinarily battle-hardened and far stronger than they used to be in the past."
’So you don’t possess any means to battle-test your troops without a war?’ Mother Alicia asked with a disappointed tone.
"...Well, maybe we do," Rui replied with a thoughtful tone. "We could try hypnosis."
’...How do you intend to harness hypnosis to train our troops?’ Her tone was one of skepticism. ’Hypnosis cannot be used to create experience.’
Rui shook his head. "You guys have a poor understanding of what hypnosis is capable of. I have noticed that the forces of the true world are unaccustomed to hypnosis being weaponized and harnessed to the extent that we Martial Artists harness it."
’I understood that well with that earlier phenomenon of water,’ Mother Alicia remarked with a hint of intrigue. ’I suppose that was a form of hypnosis, too? What does it achieve?’
"What I did earlier was not intentional." Rui shook his head. "It’s called a Martial Embodiment. It is a passive hypnosis that occurs when you gaze at me while I’m using my Martial Mind. It misdirects the conscious mind away from the subconscious mind and implants information into the subconscious mind, which is interpreted in the form of Water in my case."
’You mean that it is different in the case of other Martial Artists?’
"Other Martial Masters, yes. We each have a unique Martial Embodiment," Rui replied. "But it generally has no value against equals. We have more active and conscious forms of hypnosis that are designed to achieve an actual effect that leads us closer to victory. However... hypnosis can be used outside of the battlefield with all manner of utility as well."
’And you say that one such effect could be training our dark elves to become battle-tested and give them experience without an actual war?’ Mother Alicia asked with a hopeful tone. ’Is this actually possible?’