"Well, your head got chopped off", Noel said laughingly.
"Who or what was it? And why did it chop my head off?", I asked.
"She is the relic.", he said
"The fuck you mean the relic, why didn't you stop me from choosing it then ??", I asked.
"Because all of them were the same type.", he replied.
"Alright, you all can go and practice on your own now.", the teacher said.
"Alright let's go to the training room.", Cynthia said.
"Are you going to?", Cynthia asked.
"No, I am going to the library.", I said.
"Alright, we will meet later then.", she said and they all went on their way.
"Alright, I need to find out more about them.", I said as I headed towards the library.
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"What do you want?", an older woman asked me.
"Anything about the goddess Lecia.", I said.
"Hmmmm,", she was uninterested.
"Go to the last shelf and the second last shelf, they all have unknown gods there.", she said.
"Don't tear the books.", she also mentioned.
I ran towards the shelf and started to look for Lecia.
"Lecia"
"Lecia"
"Where are you?" As I go through all of the books to find her.
"Ah, got it", I said as I got the book.
"Alright let's see what is written about her.", I said as I flipped the book.
Lecia was the name of the girl blessed by the Goddess Wismel. She was the greatest doll maker world had ever seen.
There were sightings of demon activity in her town.
[Unknown]
[Unknown.]
[Further information is blocked.]
"So, they have blocked the information why did they?", I asked myself.
Something happened that they don't want to share.
"Noel, how can I further investigate?", I asked.
"The only way is for you to go your dream and gain control and find out what had happened", he said.
"How can I do that?", I asked.
"Firstly, go to your room", Noel said.
"Alright.", I said and went to my room.
"What now?", I asked.
"I am going to show you a formation try to draw it under your bed.", he said.
"Ok", I said and he started to show me a formation.
"Now draw it.", he said.
I started to draw the formation by using a chalk
"Done.", I said.
"Now sleep.", Noel said.
"What?", I asked.
"Go to sleep.", he said again.
"Alright.", I said as I laid down.
"Now remember, you are in the relics world don't let it mess with you and whenever you feel like losing yourself, use the anchor and the fire to return back to reality.", he warned.
"Ok.", I said and tried to sleep.
Because of that nightmare I couldn't sleep properly so I felt asleep real fast.
As I was now asleep, I felt like I was in a world full of darkness like drowning in water. Suddenly I felt a tuck to my legs and then I saw vines caught my leg and drag me through the sea of darkness.
"Muh", I couldn't breathe properly.
I then tried to untangle the vines and immediately but I couldn't and instantly felt like I was falling through the sky.
"Ahhhhhh!"
I fell and my body made contact with the ground.
"Fuck", I tried to pick myself up.
As I tried to see where I was, I saw a forest full of red colored flowers and leaves.
It was surreal how beautiful the scenery was.
"Wow! It's so beautiful", I said and I heard a person scream.
"Help!!!"
I immediately started to ran towards the sound of the voice and immediately used my [Cruel Eyesight], to scan the area.
After using it, I saw a man on the ground and a bear like beast running towards me.
"Sorry, bear not today.", I said as I rushed towards the bear and used [White blade] and cut its arm off.
"Roarr", it roared in pain and I immediately went and stabbed it and killed it.
[1 Dark essence obtained.]
"Are you alright?", I asked and look towards the man.
"Thank you, thank you for saving my life.", he said but I found something he had red hair.
It was weird in Chrysalis era as the only guys who had unique colored hair are either government higher up or according to Ron's file, Royal Family. So why did this man have hair.
"Thank you, thank you, I can't even say how thankful I am for saving my life.", he said while trying to bow his head.
"Don't worry, it is my duty to save thee one in need.", I said and thought it was embarrassing.
"How can I return this favor?", he asked.
"Where is the nearest village?", I asked
"The nearest village is Teracatain's village", he said.
"Can you give me a ride up there?", I said.
"For my savior, I will do anything to repay him back.", he said and propped his carriage.
"Let's go sir umm, what is your name, sir?", he asked.
"Zephyr", I said.
"Yes, sir zephyr let's go to the town.", he said with enthusiasm.
I then started to meditate and went in my inner place, I saw the [Darkness flame] and it was glowing purplish and the chains which I just mounted were forming cracks.
"How do I fix it Noel?", I asked.
"There are quite a few ways like using formations but I have an idea, care to entertain it.", he said.
"Sure, why not?", I replied.
"Alright pull up your skills tab", he said.
"Skills."
[Sword Mastery(E)
Gunslinging (E)]
Darkness flame(B)
Rend (E-)
Dark cloak(E-)
White blade(D)
Energy distribution (D)
Dark storage (C)
Black desert(D)
Dark Blade (C-)
Weapon mastery (E-)
Formation creation (E-)]
"What we want to do is use these skills and make a defensive ground for our Core here.", he said.
"Follow my instructions.",
"First use [dark desert] and try to make the ground immoveable.", he said.
I did it and the ground now had a black floor, hard to move.
"Now use, the [Dark storage] and try to make a pouch of energy.", he said.
I followed him word to word, it became super hard at making a pouch of energy.
"Fuck", I said as I felt my energy depleting at a scaring rate.
"AHHHH!", I then separated a part of my energy and made a pouch.
"Now use the energy in the pouch and anchor it properly", he said.
"Wait man, I am dying here.", I said huffing for air.
"Well, if you wait for long you will die as well", he said.
"Tell that to me fast you bastard", I said as I started to gather my concentration and immediately shot towards the fire.
The fire unlike last time, didn't reject me.
"Now use the skill [White blade] and [dark blade] and stab it in the ground.", he said
"Ok." I immediately used [white blade] and stabbed it in the ground and used [dark blade] and felt a weird resonance in my core.
"What is this feeling?", I asked.
"Core strengthening.", he said.
"It is related at the same time unrelated to array training but it helps you not get corrupted from abyss.", he said.
"It is also a common technique used by people not having an array", he said.
"Now you can gather energy and strengthen your skills and the understanding will become easier.", he said.
"This technique is called {Arsalan's resonance technique}.", he said.
"Now practice on your own and don't disturb me", he said as he vanished.
"Alright, let's strengthen my skills.", I said.
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