International call
Bardeelus was very persistent, but the orb did not talk back to him regardless. Then again, the orb didn't necessarily need to talk to him directly, it just had to lend him some power, and he was patient enough to wait for it.
He sat on top of that pillar, and remained in a meditative state for nearly an hour. After that time-bracket, he started noticing some changes.
He was suddenly all the more energized, oozing with power, and that could only mean one thing; The orb was finally cooperating with him, and he was sure of it!
Energy was really useful nowadays, for numerous reasons. Bardeelus hadn't slept in almost a week, for example, yet he had barely felt tired throughout that time.
The red air around him fueled him with power constantly, so he never got actually tired. This came with multiple benefits, plenty of cognitive ones too, which allowed him to pick up on the tiniest of details, almost effortlessly!