Quote Originally Posted by Absimiliard View Post
We're told Zodiark did not siphon aether from the planet. He instead utilized the aether of the ancient souls within him, with the caveat being he would not completely drain them. This was possible due to the sheer volume of aether made available to him by those sacrificed. He could draw from them without tapping into their spiritual aether, which meant their souls weren't at risk of erasure.
I suspect that siphoning simply wasnt relevant to protect against dynamis anyway. Zodiark was summoned with the full intention of protection and restoring the old world, as we know, primals take over that intention from the creator. As long as zodiark was alive, that intention is basicly a dynamis shield (the motivation to survive is baked in), to destroy the planet and its aether, zodiark must be destroyed through dynamis, but as primal he is immune.

While the ascians wouldnt have known this, this intention still gave immunity and to them proved their theory. But it would not costing any aether in the process here because as the negative effects from dynamis would never get through zodiarks. And zodiarks intent is still protecting the world (as that was needed to restore it).

But while zodiarks intention wasnt siphoning the aether from its people. It had no care for the current state of people, and would be willing to siphon all of it away for the sake of restoring the old world. And this is where i think zodiark has the potential for being extremely powerful. It could decide to consume all the aether, and then use that again to summon the world to its old state through creation magic.