Paths (II)

After taking the elevator up, father and son walked through the eerily empty corridors of the large building, not a sound or a breath to be heard.

Everything smelled of a new and modern scent, so clean that it seemed to have been freshly cleaned from every possible place.

The duo walked down the long corridor, and after a few minutes, Matheo stopped in front of a large white door, the most prominent door in the entire corridor as it was the largest.

"This is it," Matthew declared, reaching out to place his hand directly on the white door. The door lit up like a scanner, with purple lines sticking out.

But gradually, the light faded, and the door slowly opened.

When the door was fully opened, it revealed a room, or rather a chamber, without any decoration. The entire 50-square-meter room was completely white, including the ceiling, walls, and even the floor.

It even gave the impression that time and space itself did not seem to affect the room.

"So this is an awakening chamber," Theos commented, smiling at the knowledge of what awaited him. His awakening…

"Yes, this is an awakening chamber," Matheo said without going into much detail, but Theos already knew all about these chambers.

'In the novel, awakening chambers are extremely expensive, so much so that only dukes and kings can afford one and suffer its cost' he recalled all the information from the room he was currently in.

'An awakening chamber makes waking up faster and less painful than it should be, optimizing the process.'

'This is not a room that is simply made. Only someone with a deep understanding of time, space, and the Paths can create this room' Theos thought. He couldn't help but remember all the information about the chambers, as it was one of the elements that would be mentioned a lot at the end of the novel.

All the secrets that covered an entire room of the Awakening are infinite, even all its potential has never been 100% discovered, and he knew that. He also knew the reason how to use 100% in the process of awakening.

"I think it should be in the center of the room," he said, and Matheo nodded, confirming his guess.

Showing no fear or hesitation, Theos walked to the center of the room and stood perfectly still.

Matheo closed the door behind him, looked at him, and walked calmly towards Theos.

"Let's finish this," Theos said, taking a deep breath and concentrating all his mana into his black and red mana heart, which was filled with power. On the contrary, Matheo approached him, pulling a completely white orb out of nowhere and holding it in his right hand.

"…"

"…"

The two did not say a word, and Matheo, already understanding enough, brought the orb close to Theos' heart, who watched the whole process coldly and indifferently.

*Swoosh*

The orb touched Theo's suit and burned it completely, coming in contact with his skin and creating a shockwave. The walls cracked with the first shockwave.

Matheo had to step back for his safety; even he did not know what would happen if he stayed near the monster he called his son.

"Phew!" Despite keeping his mouth shut, blood oozed from Theos' teeth. The sheer amount of blood coming out of his mouth seemed like an endless stream.

Still, Theos did not move from the epicenter of the room. Even as the orb burned all over his skin and went straight into his physical heart and soul, he did not move.

The purple lines of the room lined up in a runic drawing with Theos at its center. All those purple lines entered his body without warning, filling it with marks that looked like tattoos, sticking to his skin and moving like the most fluid water.

The pain increased intensely, almost destroying Theos' resistance, which began to bleed from his eyes. 'Why is it so painful to gain power, damn it?' he thought, clenching his teeth to bear the pain.

Not far away, Matheo stood in complete disbelief. "I knew my son was an incomparable genius, we even put a seal on him that can only be removed by contact with an awakening orb, but this is ridiculous," he muttered as he watched the runic texts move like snakes on Theos' body.

It wasn't long before wings of dark ink appeared on Theos' back, wings larger than his own body, growing to a length of three meters. As if that were not enough, the orb, previously pure white, turned to pure darkness, absorbing Theos' heart and soul.

His body, which couldn't have been more perfect, became even more refined, and his right eye became even blacker, as did his hair, looking more like infinite darkness.

The waves spread throughout the room, creating more and more cracks, causing Matheo to use some of his strength to hold himself steady under the chilling pressure.

The room, which had been completely white, turned completely black. The runic texts changed color when they came in contact with the negative mana, turning a crimson red, just like Theos' left eye.

"Ahhh," he finally opened his mouth slightly to let out a sigh of satisfaction. 'This feeling is even better than when I was given the negative mana,' he thought as he felt the seal quickly break as his soul was shown a new path… A path that would take him to the highest heavens.

Moving away from the epicenter of the room, Theos stretched his body, the bones creaking with his new body.

He felt the wings on his back and tried to move them a little until a message appeared in front of him.

[You have awakened the Path: Celestial Corrupted].

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