Yes!
This must be what aura truly was, what he had felt at that moment, what should not have been possible to understand until now, this was what he had spent his last few seconds of being absolutely ripped apart by Vexxen for, this was what he had searched for, the answer as to how he was supposed to use aura, the way he would grow far stronger inf single combat!
Leyk felt ecstatic as he began to piece it all together, waiting for the next attack from Vexxen who had now stopped for a moment, as if realizing he was understanding something, interested, being interested in whatever that might be from what he was able to tell, which was very little, just a hunch in the back of his mind that was perhaps starting to read into his intent, something that had always been hidden in this place, the problem being that his intent had been spread out within what Leyk had never understood, within the aura he was using to cover his gloves, unti-
Well, that was to be expected, he had been wrong about Vexxen..
Vexxen hadn't cared that he had figured something out, he just punched again, though it wasn't against Leyk's current wishes seeing as he was really starting to think now that he was being beaten up and mutilated like this, something he could perhaps, one day, utilize aga-
He was punched again, shoulder this time, bad choice by Vexxen, good for him to gain more information, his body till rapidly healing, the active having been activated once more from what he could tell, even stronger than before, slightly annoying Vexx-
Another punch, though Leyk was now beginning to ignore them as his body defended itself almost subconsciously, perhaps even being led by Cades, the subconsciousness as Leyk was figuring out the last step, something both of them were keenly interested in after all..
Intent, that was involved, just as well as mana, that was for certain, it had always been for certain, but why had he been so certain that he now knew the last step?
Simply, he felt it as he was being attacked, and even in the manifestation of the bismuth-like light of dominion the feeling was present, it was mana given, no, giving form to intent, it was bringing into reality what one wanted without precise anything, at least in the part of the weapon, the bismuth was a special case from what Leyk was able to tell, which, right now, was quite a lot, he realized as a wide smile appeared under his mask, blood still endlessly spewing from his throat and having turned his clothed body into what high-schoolers would make for Halloween in their school, too much blood than was normal before one went unconscious, most likely because it was constantly being replenished as he lost i-
Once more he had lost the red string, but that was the point, it was the exact point of the punches, of why they seemed to be so laughingly irregular, of why Leyk seemed to jump form thought to thought, losing everything, yet coming closer and closer to the only thing he could really think of right now, perhaps the very weakness of this kind of aura.
The cause of his jumping wasn't only the punches rattling his brain, the impact throwing him back and at the same time somehow keeping him still to receive another punch, another of the violent attacks, it was the intent woven into the fluidly moving aura around the fists, it was the intent of confusing the opponent, of causing the thoughts of the opponent to jump from topic to topic, that was the cause of the senseless anecdotes, the meaningless metaphors, but then, was this the reason for why he had been thinking as such in all of the batl-
This one, to his face one more, had been especially strong, one or two teeth now flowing around int he pool of blood amassing within his closed mouth he refused to open right now, intent on doing something both pitiful and smart, as well as kind of annoying..
Once more he had lost what he was thinking about, but he was fairly certain he could do something right now, though he was still confused how there was the fact as to what he had been intent on back when he had sent the aura to throw away the sand golem that stood so much bigger than him that his very eyes seemed to've been being enough for him to take a nap within them had they been beds, though he'd probably have to curl up a bit once he tho-
Leyk almost laughed just now as he had been punched onto the stomach, almost letting go the salve of blood onto Vexxen's mask, something he was intent on doing, but later on, after all, he had already realized the way it worked, it had been gifted to him by this barrage of attacks by his newest enemy, or should he say, his newest teacher...
He felt the aura moving within him, not the mana, it was aura, that was certain to him no-
Another punch, this time the effect was diminished though, by the aura within his own body, so much so that he dind't fall back as much as before, even being noticed by Vexxen, though he didn't really seem to care enough to stop fighting and analyse the potential reason, not even understan-
This time Leyk felt concentrated and powerful, his body grew stronger than before, that much was for certain at least, and while he was still certain that he was destined to die, he was certain that he could at least try to fight back now, the only question being what his intent was...
Leyk was confused still, but his intent was not conclusive, after all, he didn't believe in defeating the man, he knew he'd fail, he didn't especially desire to survive int his situation, so, perhaps, he was intent on... prolonging this fight..?
Now that he thought about it, it wasn't that he really grew that much stronger, but, didn't the healing active stop just now, and now that he continued to analyse it, why were his wounds healing even faster than before, his blood spewing greater, why was he growing healthier than before, and why was he losing mana at an unprecedented rate?