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Chapter 18 - Spells And Arts

[Author Note:- the Below Information about Spells and Arts is only applied to This World, as this is a multi-World Novel....And also as stated by a certain individual I mentioned in one of the chapters. The Current world where Athan is currently residing is a Low-level and young world, So people have not perfected their Methods, ( of course MC will not stay long here so don't worry. )

Athan then turned to the next page only to see that there was no information about the next stage but the introduction of Spells.

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Spells:- The Spells comes in all kind of forms, They are purely made of Elemental Energies, Different Spells needs a different kind of control and amount of energy on top of ability of Imagination. All three things need to be balanced if you want to form a spell and then release it.

REMEMBER: You need the RIGHT AMOUNT of energy with SUFFICIENT CONTROL over the energy and PERFECT STRUCTURE OF SPELL with your imagination, You need sufficient control to make the shape or structure of what you imagine.

[~How a spell is formed and released~]

-The energy is in gaseous form in our elemental seas, And after it comes out, we can turn them into its respective elemental form, Fire elemental Energies, After coming out from our elemental sea can be turned into Fire, Water elemental energies, After coming out from our elemental sea can be turned into Water, Earth elemental energies, After coming out from our elemental sea can be turned into Earth, etc...This a natural ability we get after we awaken elemental affinity.

-Before Forming A Spell, First You have to be in total control of your own Elemental Energy, Some Spells require a Low amount of Elemental Energies, while some spells require a huge amount of Elemental Energies.

-Suppose that you are only able to control 1KG of Elemental Energy for now but you try to form a spell that requires 2 KG of elemental energy, then you will fail 100% and even damage yourself. ( KG here is only for analogy. )

-Now Onto the Spell forming, After you control a certain amount of Elemental Energy from your element sea, you can project it outward, for example in your hand, or leg, anywhere you want, After it comes outside, you have to imagine the form you want to give to your Elemental energy, For Example, If you want to use Fireball you can compress the elemental energy in your hand and then turn it into a fireball that explodes upon contacting something or someone.

-Each Elemental energies have their own properties, but their uses depend on the elemental sorcerer themselves.

-For Example, Fire is very Hot and destructive, but it can also assist elemental sorcerers, one such assistance fire spell is Wings of Fire.

-Every element have boundless uses, It depends on elemental sorcerer themselves on how to use them.

-BUT know you have to maintain a balance between control, amount, and imagination. You can't make a House with 100 grams of Clay, To make a house with clay, you need a huge amount of clay along with the design of the house, Forming a spell is a similar thing. You need RIGHT AMOUNT with SUFFICIENT CONTROL and PERFECT STRUCTURE OF SPELL with your imagination.

Below are some spells with explained structure, IF you are confident in yourself then you can try creating spells yourself, but it is better to search for spells because, in the past few thousand years, Elemental Sorcerers have worked hard to records all kinds of spells from all tiers.

-There are tiers of the spell but it is meaningless to a powerhouse because even the lowest level Fireball can be very destructive in their hands, how? well Just add a higher amount of Energy and Compress it more before releasing the spell.

*List of all " kinds " spell

[Offensive Spells]

- Fireball:- explained before [ burst damage ]

- Waterball: just like a fireball but instead of bursting out Flames, It bursts out Water at high pressure.

- Fire Laser:- Needs extremely fine control and continuous channeling of Elemental energy in the compressed form [ very high penetration power ]

- Water Cannon: Needs Fine control and continuous channeling of Water energy in mild compressed form.[ Blunt Damage and heavy damage ]

- Wings of Fire:- Needs extremely high control and continuous channeling of Elemental energy in Waving form, here instead of compressing it, You control the energy in waving form to flap the wings to fly. [ Can be used to fly if one didn't unlock Psychic Energy, After unlocking Psychic Energy, They can use it to fly faster with wings of fire. ]. This Assist spell can be powerful in hands of Powerhouse, IF they make the wings bigger and release fire energy while flying, it can damage everyone they pass by. generally used against weaker opponents.

-Water Shield:- Needs, Simple Control, You can shape the shield however you want, generally used in low-level fights against fire elemental sorcerer.[ defensive ]

-Water Mirrors:- Needs Extremely Fine control, With the huge amount of Water mirrors, you can confuse an opponent in a Maze created from Water Mirrors.[ Assisting, Controlling ]

-Earth Shield: similar to Water Shield. [ Defensive ]

-Earth Spikes: needs Fine control and a certain amount of earth energy, you give it a sharp edge and cone shape with your control. Those who are very skillful and have high control can use several Earth Spikes at a time.[ Penetrative ]

- Earth Prison:- Needs Extremely Fine control and amount of energy depends on the size of Prison, You can make Structure of Prison however you like according to your image. [ Controlling ]

-Thunder Ball:- Same as Fireball. [ Paralysis and damage ]

- Thunder Net:- Needs extremely fine control and the amount of energy depends on the size of the net, as for structure, It depends on what you imagine and how you accomplish that structure using your control.

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Athan read few more spells and their details before he arrived at Arts.

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Elemental Arts: To use Elemental Arts, we need more than just Elemental Energies, They generally require Psychic Energy with Elemental Energy.

-Elemental Arts needs to have the assistance of your Psychic Energy, For Example. you first killed a Serpent, And then you scanned the serpent body Structure with your Psychic Energy, after that, it will be very easy for you to form that serpent Structure with your element energy since you are just copying it, After forming a serpent with your Elemental Energy, you inject a certain amount of Psychic Energy so that you can control it with your thoughts.

-But The reason they are considered Elemental Arts is that they look like Art, well it sounds confusing so here is a practical example: After you killed a serpent, instead of using one elemental energy to create that serpent, you can make the surface body of Structure with Earth element, and then interior with the Fire element, But Earth Element is solid in nature so you need a high amount of control, If you have Thunder element then you can add Thunder Fangs so that It can paralyze your opponent or Exploding Serpent with fire energy that wraps around your Target and then explodes with Fire Energy.

-In short, The Stage of Creating structure is easy to achieve in Elemental Arts with the help of Psychic Energy but You need very high control of Elemental Energy, and more than one element to make your elemental Art more powerful.

-There are grades of Elemental Arts and they are decided by the complexity of Structure and How many elements one can use in the Art.

-Low-Grade Elemental Arts: Fire Sparrow, Earthworm, Water Fish, etc. they are used for scout and testing traps or things like that.

-Mid-Grade Elemental Arts: Aqua Serpent, Earth bull, Fire Lion, etc. Mid-Grade Elemental Arts are those that have attacking power but only one element in it. ( of course, Psychic Energy is a must in every Elemental Art)

-High-Grade Elementa Arts: No specific mentions as Every Mid-Grade Elemental Arts can be turned into High-Grade Elemental Arts if users have more than one element and they use it wisely to increase the attack power or their usefulness in other aspects.

-IF one can kill Grade 6 or Grade 7 Beasts which have Strong and Big structures, then they can also scan them and make Elemental Arts Out of them, but a Bigger structure needs More Amount Elemental energies and psychic energy with higher control ability.

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After reading through everything, Athan put down the book and muttered, " F**k this, First I'll clear the grey impurities and then delve into this....."

Athan then entered his psychic realm and started erasing the grey impurities with his.....Eraser.

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After 3 Months, Athan had cleared 70% of the grey impurity which increased his Psychic Energy Reserver by a very Huge Amount but his recovery speed increased to 4 hours, so After he depletes all of his Psychic Energy needs to rest for 4 hours to recover all of it.

He now also could fly for a long time with this reserve.

Athan laid on his bed and entered his Psychic Realm because he wanted to check if he can resist the pull of Black whirlpool with his huge amount of Psychic energy or if the black whirlpool will suck everything as it did before

Athan looked at the black whirl as his consciousness thought, ' Let's do it..'

He then controls his psychic energy and went near the black whirlpool, Just as he arrived in its suction range.

*Swoosh*

' F**K... '

Athan came out of his psychic Realm because That Black whirlpool still ate that huge amount of Psychic Energy in a second.

" Looks like that Black whirlpool is truly like a Black Hole " Looking at the ceiling Athan suddenly had an urge, " Actually, I really want to see what is in that black whirlpool, Since it feels like a part of me, it shouldn't be a problem right? "

[A/N: ¯_໒( " ▀ ﹏ ▀ " )७_/¯ ]

Chapter 19 - Let's Go Out For A Walk

Athan thought for a long time, but then he shook his head and fell asleep.

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After waking up, Athan did his daily routine, although he stopped exercising because doing such mundane exercise didn't really bring any more benefit to his already strong and perfect-shaped body.

Athan sat on the chair outside with a blank expression because, " It's really boring here, Before coming here, I went to work and training but now all I'm doing is clearing grey impurity and sleeping...."

Athan stood up with a grin as he suddenly felt like strolling through this floating island, " This floating island itself is a city for people to live in, but only promising disciples and family of those core disciples and elders live in here, still, that's quite a lot of people..."

Athan just aimlessly walked before he arrived at the Training Zone of Elemental Sorcerers, It was similar to the training zone of Elemental warriors as there were also a lot of chambers here, but chambers here were better built-in and more luxurious of course the training method of Elemental Sorcerers was different.

Looking at the chambers Athan thought, ' Should try them out even though I haven't even built my elemental seas yet? but we need to pay with elemental crystals to use them I think...'

Just as he was thinking about whether he should go in or not, he heard some sound not too far from him, it came from an allay that was on the left side from where he was standing.

Athan got curious so he arrived at the ally and A boy around his age with luxurious clothing was forcefully holding the hands of a girl of the same age, she looked very beautiful and developed.

Athan now could clearly hear what the boy was saying.

" Sister Tiana, if you come with me for just one time I will give you a lot of resources, I know you are a genius with Water and Lightning element but your family is poor and you are just Elemental Journeyman now, If you come with me, I will give you a lot of resources so that you can increase the size of your Elemental Sea faster with my resources. "

The girl named Tiana had a beautiful face with white skin currently had an annoyed expression as she curled her lips in disgust before speaking, " I already told you my answer is NO, now stop pulling me and leave me alone or I'll start shouting. "

Looking at the scene Athan thought, ' Should I intervene or not? '

Athan then suddenly remembered Lily, ' Lily...By the time I find a way to return to earth, who knows how many years might have passed. Can't believe I died because she came to my house to return the book..F**K That Lanry or Landy whatever son of a b!tch and his goons, especially those 2 adults who tortured me and those 3 boys who mocked me, are they even f**king humans? I just hope they are not dead by the time I find a way to the earth. '

Athan then took deep breaths to calm himself and then...

*whoosh*

With his superior physique and high speed, He appeared in front of the boy suddenly which scared the boy and startled the girl.

The boy's face showed anger after being started as he assumed that Athan was here to stop him.

"Who the f**k are you to block my way? "

After speaking, The boy directly raised his hand and threw a fireball towards Athan's face.

Athan smiled disappeared and his forehead creased into a frown, but he didn't move and let the fireball hit his face because...That pitiful cricket ball-sized fireball wouldn't be able to do a sh!t to him.

' WTF....is it allowed to attack freely like this? aren't there any rules or whatever?...oh yeah he might be fearless because of his backing, now I'm curious...'

Athan grabbed the neck of the boy at a fast speed before pulling him up and asking once again, " Yo...Attacking someone's face like this right off the bat, are you son of valley master or something? "

The boy's eyes reflected fear because his fireball didn't do anything to Athan and he was even lifted up easily but then his fearful expression suddenly disappeared, replaced by disdain.

Even while being grabbed by Athan, He spoke with disdain, " Huh...I know, You are just a lowly Elemental Warrior, Must be a high-ranking one but still an Elemental Warrior nonetheless, Now put me down or I swear that you will die before the sunrise of the next day..." Afterward, The boy started laughing but it didn't last long.

*cough, cough*

As he was caught in the neck by Athan, His laugher turned into coughs.

The boy then furiously spoke while coughing, " You..cough...put me down right now...my grandfather is a core elder and....cough...Just put me down right now. "

Athan smiled hearing him speak his backing and put him down.

After being put down, The boy sneered while arranging his clothes and said, " What? are you scared after hearing my backing? well, it's no use, I'll deal with you soon just wait.."

Athan still had a smile on his face as he shook his head and said, " Are you blind or something? Look at my face carefully? do I look like I'm scared of you? "

The boy looked at Athan and thought, ' F**king a-s hole, Why are you not scared? ' thinking about it, He just opened his mouth to say something but before he could say anything...

*Smack*

Athan gave a solid punch to the boy and said, " You attacked me first, so prepare to take some beating. "

After saying this, Athan was preparing to beat the boy but he stopped because...

*thud*

" Are you kidding me? I didn't even use a quarter of my strength and you are out cold already?"

Athen then looked around but he couldn't find the girl, " Wow, I didn't even notice when she sneaked out..."

" Whatever, I'll just go and try one of the chambers. "

He started moving towards the chambers but was surprised to find that the previous girl was also standing in front of one of the chambers.

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The girl named Tiana was currently walking towards one of the chambers in the training zone which had the symbol of Lightning on its board.

But before she could go in, she felt a bit of wind blowing and heard a voice, " Hello there..."

Tiana looked at her right side only to see Athan standing there with a smile.

She panicked a bit but calmed down and said, " You...umm. Thank you very much for the help earlier. "

Looking at this beautiful girl Athan thought, ' If I was my previous self, my face would have already turned red and my heartbeat increased seeing such a beautiful girl. '

Athan looked at her face and his eyes involuntarily went towards her chest area as a thought arose in his mind, ' But damn, they are such a good pair of melons...no no Athan, you are not a pervert, '

Afterward, he looked into the girl's eyes for a few seconds before saying, " You're Welcome, If that idiot bothers you again, you can find me at Left Area beside the 3rd Palace, I'm sure it's called something like Peaceful Garden. "

Athan discovered that the girl's face was turning red so he asked with concern, " Hmmm your face is red ? are you having a fever? " He then raised his hands and touched the forehead of the girl to check the temperature which startled the girl like a rabbit as she just pushed opened the door and went inside the chamber.

Athan was confused, ' What? I was just checking if she was having a fever or not. Anyway, I....feel like I'm not behaving like myself...I am not feeling stress or anything I think and I am actually getting powerful day by day now...what's going on? '

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Inside the Lightning Chamber, Tiana's face was red as her heartbeat increased.

Tiana then calmed herself down and thought about what Athan said to her, " Peaceful Garden? but only very close relatives of Core-Elders can live there! don't tell me he has a backer of a core-elder? "

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Athan then went back to his new home as he just laid on his bed and thought, ' I had some fun today after a year of being bored. '

' Anyway, let's continue the training of erasing the grey impurities, I can't wait to start controlling elements after that, I wonder how surprised will mike be after seeing me getting powerful. '

Chapter 20 - A New Resident

A month later...

Athan had cleared 90% of the impurity and to clear the rest of the 10% he only needs 3-4 days as with increased Psychic Energy, The speed of clearing grey impurity also increases, But his recovery time also increased to 5 hours.

Athan just woke up after another session of clearing grey impurity and thought, ' Man, that girl Tiana never came to ask for help after that, nevermind, I'll first clear all the grey impurities. '

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After 3 days...

Athan is currently erasing the last bit of grey impurity.

Inside his psychic Realm, A Big Eraser was clearing the last bit of grey impurity at a corner in his psychic realm.

*scrashy scrashy*

*scrashy scrashy*

*scrashy scrashy*

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' Phew, finally done. '

But just after a few seconds, something happened, his Psychic Energy started to recover at a super-fast speed and even went past his limits as his overall psychic energy increased by 20%.

Don't think this 20% is a low amount. Athan's psychic energy reserve is now very enormous, and 20% of that is absolutely not a small amount.

Athan felt very refreshed after this mysterious phenomenon as he thought, ' I think the reason for this phenomenon must be because I cleared all grey impurities so I got some rewards from myself hahaha. '

Indeed, After Everyone clears all grey impurities inside their psychic realm, They recover their psychic energy immediately and after that, they get 20% extra energy, It's like you are living life bound by chains around your hands and legs and after a year when chains are removed, you find that your strength is increased on top of recovering your previous strength.

Athan then suddenly thought, ' Now let's see if the whirlpool still sucks all of my psychic energy or not. '

Athan then slowly arrived near the black whirlpool bringing with him a little amount of psychic energy with his consciousness.

Just as he entered the area of the black whirlpool, The little amount of psychic energy got instantly sucked into the whirlpool along with all of his psychic energy, He tried to control his psychic energy but it was of no use, as after 3 seconds, all of his psychic energy got drained.

Athan came out of his psychic realm as his face twitched from speechlessness brought upon by the black whirlpool.

After a while, he closed his eye after saying a word.

" F**K..."

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After who knows how long, Athan opened his eyes and looked at the clock before thinking, ' Damn, it took me a bit more than 6 hours to recover all of my psychic energy, I need to shorten this time...'

*knock knock*

Athan's inner talk was cut short by the knocking sound as he stood up to open the door.

*knock knock*

" Who could be coming to me in this early morning, it's not even 5 AM. "

Athan arrived at the door before opening it, Seeing the person outside Athan was surprised, " Oh it's y..." his dialog was cut short as the person came inside hurriedly and closed the door.

" Tiana, Wh..." Athan once again got cut short.

" You didn't even tell me which one is your house in Peaceful Garden, 10 days ago I asked Sister Ruzi and when I described to her your appearance and my situation, she kindly told me your address, Glad I asked about your address earlier...phew " After Tiana finished speaking she sighed a relief, but then she felt slightly scared.

Athan looked at her confusedly and then asked, " Didn't you complained about him to the authorities? "

Tiana calmed herself down internally before she helplessly nodded and said, " I did complain and his only punishment was being grounded for a month, After a month he would be free to do whatever he wants to, This is how it works since his grandfather is Core elder, of course, if he does something to me then he would receive proper punishment but, what's the justice in there after that? He will be punished more severely but he will regain his freedom soon or later."

Tiana then took a deep breath before continuing, " That's why I want your help, Since you told me you will help me, you..." Tiana hesitated a bit before saying, " You will help me just like you said right? "

Athan hesitated a bit while thinking, ' I did say that...But. I should be careful from now on. Just because I am strong and getting strong faster doesn't mean that I should be careless. '

Tiana saw Athan's hesitation and felt sad, ' Looks like I shouldn't have come to bother him. Who would want trouble in their life? but this person is the only one who can help me since he is living in this area where only close relatives of core elders are supposed to live '

She thought a lot and at first, didn't want to bother the person who helped her. But she was informed that Helin was looking for her and felt scared so she could only come here with hopes. She knew some people here but none of them could help her and she would put them in danger but Athan was different since he was living in this peaceful garden where only core elders and their relative lives.

Athan saw her sad face and finally about a simple plan and said to Tiana, "I said I will help you, so I will definitely help you, But we need a plan since I can't keep beating him. All you have to do is to hide from him, I am being logical here, You can come to hide here whenever you want, This house has 3 rooms anyway, so what do you think? "

Tiana thought for a moment before her brows creased together with a frown and said in a worried tone, "Just before I came here Siser Ruzi informed me with her Psychic Talisman that Helin was coming towards my house, so I don't have anything with me but I can't go back yet because that bastard Helin must be looking for me right now. "

Athan nodded before looking in her eyes and said while patting his chest, " Don't worry, Just hide here, for now. Today when it's deep into the night, I'll accompany you to your house to pick up your things like clothes and other things, then you can stay here however long you want. "

Tiana blushed but then she spoke in a tough manner, " You...Just because I'm staying here doesn't mean that there is anything between us, Don't pry into my privacy. I am here because you said you will help me. "

Athan helplessly shook his head and raised both of his hands while saying, " There is a separate bathroom in each room, so you don't have to worry about it. "

" Oh..." Tiana just oh-ed and asked, " So which one is my room? "

Athan pointed at the two rooms and said, " You can choose one between those two rooms. "

Tiana checked both rooms one by one before choosing the room she checked first, After going inside she locked the door and thought, ' That guy will not force himself on me right? He looks strong enough to do so...no no, I don't think he will do something like that, He doesn't seem like a pervert and I can see sincerity when he looks into my eyes, but he still got that wildness to him...'

Suddenly she thought of an important thing as her face changed into one laced with worry, ' i...actually still don't know his name and I also never asked...He will not think that I'm just using him because of his words right? no, after I get stronger I will definitely repay him this favor, I will make this clear later. '

She then laid on the bed and thought, ' But I can't help but blush whenever I think of him, I wonder what is this, it can't be love, he just met me 2 times in total, hmmm.'

She thought for a while before coming to a conclusion, ' it must be an attraction, I'm just attracted to him after what he did to me and how he seems sincere, yep that it, Its just attraction, it will go away after I stay around him for a few days. '

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Meanwhile....

Athan was currently inside his Psychic Realm as he was deciding whether he should go into the black whirlpool with this consciousness or not.

inside the Psychic Realm...

Athan was currently looking at the black whirlpool as he thought, ' When I look at the black whirlpool, it feels like I'm looking at myself, so it's definitely a part of my being, with that as basic, The black whirlpool shouldn't bring harm to me. '

After thinking about sometime, Athan finally decided to approach the black whirlpool.

His consciousness slowly arrived at the boundary of the black whirlpool...

When he entered into the boundary, he thought that he would receive the suction force of the black whirlpool, but he didn't feel anything and successfully entered the black whirlpool.

It was constantly spinning, well that's why Athan named it Black whirlpool, and the spinning speed and suction force and digestion power would increase when Athan gave it psychic energy, NO, more like when it sucked all psychic energy of Athan.

He then went deeper into the black whirlpool, The black thing that was spinning constantly was ethereal, he could not feel it with his consciousness.

He went deeper and suddenly hit himself, which means his consciousness got blocked, ' This...I can't move forward, it looks like I hit a wall, wait no, more like I hit a door, there should be something past this door. '

Athan then tried to forcefully push forward but it was of no use, it was not budging at all, Whatever that wall or door that he hit, it was not budging.

' Maybe I should come here while the black whirlpool is absorbing an element, that way i can see how this thing works. '

Athan then got ready because it was finally time to form his elemental seas, one for Fire element and one for Thunder element.

Chapter 21 - Spinning Crystal

Athan first closed his eyes and entered a meditative state to absorb the elemental energies of Fire and Thunder from the atmosphere.

He had learned from Lafurge that his mind needs to be absolutely clear of any distracting thoughts and stay blank to enter the meditative state, after one enters a meditative state, their affinity's effect will kick in as it will attract the elemental energies related to their affinity towards them.

Since Athan currently has an affinity for Fire and Thunder then he will attract Fire and Thunder elemental energies from the atmosphere, Of course, there is another way of gathering elemental energies and that is to use the Elemental Crystals but Athan currently doesn't have any so he can only use this method.

Athan suddenly remembered that he had High-grade Fire and high-grade thunder elemental crystals.

" But their essence was sucked out by the black whirlpool..." Athan muttered and suddenly had an idea, ' Maybe I can try to use them as currency to train in Chambers? '

Chambers produce elemental energies in huge amounts so it is also a good way to progress in training, but we need to pay Elemental Crystals as the price to use them.

Athan stood up and grabbed both crystals from his bag before knocking on the door where Tiana was staying.

Inside the room, Tiana was startled and snapped out of her thoughts as she asked worriedly, " What is it ?"

" Just notifying you that I'm going out to cultivate in Training Chambers. " After saying this, Athan went outside and moved in the direction of the Training Zone of Elemental Sorcerers.

Meanwhile, Tiana was startled and thought confusedly, ' Training Chambers? But isn't he Elemental Warrior? Sister Ruzi said that he is an Elemental Warrior who is a relative of Elder Lafurge. '

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Meanwhile, Athan sped up and arrived at The Training Zone.

First, He went to the booth, because these chambers are locked and can only be unlocked after paying the price at the booth.

Athan then went to the booth and said to the person who was in charge, " How long can I train in the chamber with one high-grade Elemental Crystal ? "

The person in charge was a man in his forties, He smiled at Athan and answered, " You can stay in the chamber for 1 hour with 1 High-grade stone. "

Athan nodded as he gave one high-grade Fire elemental Crystal to the person, " I would like to stay for one hour in Fire Chamber. "

The man took the crystal and pressed a button on his table inside the booth before saying, " Alright, I've opened the Fire Chamber No.24, The energy will stop supplying after an hour automatically. "

Athan then arrived at Fire Chamber no.24 and went inside.

There were no handles on the walls, but there was a small mattress in the middle, Athan went there and sat down.

Just as he sat down, Fire elemental Energy in gaseous form appeared.

Athan then entered a meditative state and started to automatically absorb the fire element energy

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Athan suddenly opened his eye as he felt the absence of fire elemental energy around him.

" I didn't even notice the time, I just absorbed the energy instinctively after entering a meditative state. "

Athan then suddenly remembered something...

" SH!T, I forgot to refine the Elemental energies when I was absorbing them, now I have to refine my fire energy sea, wait where my fire energy sea anyway? From what I read in the first book After the energy sea is formed I should be able to make a connection with it automatically and open the channel from it into the outside world easily like moving my limbs.

Athan thought for a few seconds before deciding to enter into a meditative state and as soon as he entered a meditative state, he could clearly feel that something formed below his psychic realm, and that thing seems to have a very close connection with him.

Athan then focused and moved his consciousness there only to be astonished.

Below his Psychic Realm, Another region seemed to have opened just like Psychic Realm and inside that region, a bowl of orange gaseous mass gathered there.

Looking at the gaseous mass, Athan thought, 'So this is my fire energy sea? It's really small. '

Just then he felt some kind of movement in his psychic realm, But before he could go there to check, He was astonished to see something appearing inside this region where his fire energy sea resided.

IT WAS THAT RED CRYSTAL.

That Red crystal appeared above his fire energy sea and started to spin.

Then Athan got another shock as after the crystal started to spin, it attracted the gaseous energy towards it and in just 3 seconds, the crystal absorbed his fire energy sea completely.

' What's going on? ' Thought Athan with astonishment.

Even after the crystal absorbed his fire energy sea, It still did not stop spinning, After a minute the crystal released something.

Athan was absolutely astonished seeing the thing.

' This...Don't tell me this is what I think it is? '

Athan had read about this in the book given by Lafurge, ' When Elemental Overlord acquires Mystic Energy, They can refine their Elemental energies and turn them into liquid form, And this thing produced by the crystal is same as the liquid energy mentioned in the book. '

' This means that I became Elemental Overlord just like this? ' Thinking about this possibility almost scared the piss out of him.

The Red Crystal kept spinning as it produced 5 drops of Fire Elemental energy, after that it didn't produce any drops but it didn't stop spinning.

Athan observed the red crystal for 5 more minutes and finally reached a conclusion, ' Looks like this crystal will keep spinning from now on. '

Still feeling dazed a bit, Athan walked about of the chamber and as soon as he walked out, he received a pleasant surprise.

He finally knew why the crystal was spinning...

It was attracting the fire energy but since the chamber stops producing fire energy, it could not gather them.

Now that he came out from the chamber, Fire energy from the atmosphere was automatically attracted by the crystal as it absorbed them.

But Athan did not wait to observe the process as he went toward the booth and paid a high-grade lightning stone to train in Lightning Chamber.

' I also have that dark blue crystal, and its function should be similar to the red crystal so let's absorb the Lightning energy first. ' Thinking about this, Athan arrived at the lightning chamber and went inside before sitting in the middle.

He then entered a meditative state and started to absorb the gaseous lightning energy that was being produced.

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After an hour when the flow of lighting energy stopped, Athan entered inside Energy Realm. [A/N: The region that unlocked below Psychic Realm is called Energy Realm where Energy of various elements resides.]

After Athan entered Energy Realm and felt the connection with the gaseous mass of lightning energy, he similarly felt movement in his Psychic Realm and indeed, The Lightning Crystal also hovered above the gaseous lightning energy and started spinning.

After a few seconds, All the gaseous lightning energy was absorbed by the lightning crystal as it started to produce drops of Lightning energy.

Seeing this, Athan grinned happily and thought, ' Hahaha, I became Elemental Overlord without Mystic Realm and Mystic Energy, if people found out, their jaws would drop, and then...they will try to capture me for secrets. '

Athan adopted serious expression as he thought, ' Even though I have the same type of energy as Elemental Overlord, I'm still no match for them because they have Mystic Energy on top of their enormous reserve of Elemental Energy meanwhile I only have few drops of Fire Energy and Lightning Energy. '

Athan decided after thinking, ' I will have to grab this chance given by Lafurge and enter the danger zone and increase the reserve of my Fire and Lightning Energy to the limit, in the next 43 days, I won't even need to cultivate myself as The crystals will slowly absorb the atmospheric Fire and Lightning energy themselves, meanwhile...'

' I will keep feeding the black whirlpool my Psychic Energy daily and see if something happens. '

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After that, Athan returned home and shouted after entering, " I'm back. " Saying this, He entered his room and fed all his psychic energy to the black whirlpool before sleeping.

Meanwhile...

Tiana was still not able to calm herself down, She always had her guard up because she was living in a man's house and the man was unfamiliar on top of that.

She decided to talk with Athan about the previous thing she thought.

She came out of her room and arrived at the door of Athan's room, " hmm? His door is half-opened!! what is his doing? "

She then slowly pushed open the door and saw that Athan was fast asleep on his bed.

' Why is he sleeping in the morning? Didn't he sleep at night? '

Chapter 22 - Power Of A Single Drop.

Tiana then turned around and went back to her room, She didn't know what to do now, Normally she should be cultivating but she didn't bring any Elemental Crystals with her, and she can't even go finish her mission which was to hunt 5 grade 3 Magical Beast because she might be spotted.

" Sigh looks like all I can do now is to cultivate normally. " Tiana then closed her eyes and entered into a meditative state.

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Athan woke up after 5 hours...

Looking at the clock, it was only 2 PM in the afternoon, He then once again let the black whirlpool suck all of his energy before falling asleep.

...

Athan woke up once again before doing the same thing, emptying his huge amount of psychic energy into the black whirlpool and falling asleep.

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When Athan woke this time, He looked at the clock and thought, ' 12 AM, it's time I guess. '

He then got up from his bed, took out a hood & his cloak from his bag, and left the room before arriving in front of Tiana's room, and knocked a few times.

Tiana opened the door with sleepy eyes and asked, " What is it? " but right after that, her eyes changed as she remembered what they planned, ' I almost forgot about it and fell asleep, But he remembered...'

" Did you forget that we plan to go to your home to bring your things here? " Athan replied with a smile and asked, " Don't tell me you forgot about it? "

" Of course not, Let's go..."

" Wait for a second, Wear this hood, and cloak. "

Tiana blushed a bit hearing him and took the hood and cloak from him before wearing them.

Both then left the house and started walking in a certain direction as Tiana took the lead and Athan followed her.

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After walking for 10 minutes, they arrived at the Area where Core-Disciples were staying.

The Houses here also had their personal ground and there was also a lot of space between each house although they were still a bit shabby than the house given to Athan by Lafurge.

Both of them walked a bit deeper in the area for 5 minutes before Tiana finally stopped.

She pointed at the house on the left side and whispered to Athan, " This is my House, Wait here for a while, I'll pack my things. "

Athan looked around before whispering, " Go ahead, I'll be on the lookout for you, just don't take too many useless things with you, only pack essential things like your crystals, clothes, etc. "

Tiana rolled her eyes which Athan did not see and said, " I know! "

She then went towards her home and entered inside.

Athan then spread his psychic energy around so that he can sense his surroundings.

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After 15 minutes Tiana finally came out of her house with 3 bags.

Seeing Tiana coming out, Athan waved his hands and those 3 bags flew towards Athan.

After that, he stretched his hands towards Tiana and said, " Grab my hand..."

Tiana did not answer as she was shocked by what just happened.

Athan then directly grabbed her hand and flew up before going in the direction of his home as the three bags floated behind him.

Tiana was once more shocked as he looked at Athan and said in disbelief, " Y-you even opened your Psychic Realm? and judging by how you are flying easily, You must have cleared a lot of grey impurity. "

Athan looked at her and said with a smile, " I've cleared all of my grey impurities. "

Tiana's mouth wide opened hearing that and then she shook her head while thinking, ' Impossible, He is just 18 years old, and he is training as Elemental Warrior on top of that...' She then got curious and asked Athan.

" When did you start your training? and you are an elemental warrior, right? "

Athan did not answer instantly as they already arrived at their home, He first floated down before answering her with a laugh, " haha, It's not even been 2 years since I've started training as Elemental Warrior, and not even a year since I opened my Psychic Realm. "

Hearing something so absurd, Tiana obviously didn't believe him and just rolled her eyes before picking up bags and going inside.

Athan understood that she did not believe him. He then entered the house and asked her, " Do you have a mission to accomplish? I know core disciples need to finish missions. " Saying this, he waved his hands and controlled her bags with his psychic energy then opened her room's door and put them aside inside her room before he continued, " And didn't you accept anyone as your master?

You don't have to worry about that bastard if you have a core elder as your master. "

Seeing that her bags were put in the room by Athan, She sat on the chair, took a deep breath, and told her situation," I just joined Thunder-Fire Valley six months ago, seeing that I had Dual Elements and both of them were high-grade, I was directly accepted as Core-disciple, My current mission is to Kill five Grade 3 Magical Beasts. "

She then paused for a few seconds as she continued as she trembled a bit and spoke as her voice turned a bit hoarse, " 2 core elders wanted to accept me as their disciple but I rejected them because both of them were old men and I didn't like how they looked at me, and among the 3 female core elders, two elders were not in the valley and the third female core elder didn't accept me as her disciple so I don't have a master."

" Later I saw that Henil, That bastard always followed me and looked at me with dirty eyes every time, so I went to 3rd Female elder myself and request her to accept me as her disciple and even told her about Henil, but she still rejected me. " Tiana's eyes were on verge of shedding tears but she held them back.

Athan was confused as to why that female elder didn't accept Tiana as her disciple but since he told Tiana he would help her, then he will definitely help her...of course, he will help her without making reckless moves.

' Anyway, Let's cheer her up for now. ' Thinking about this, he flashes a smiled at Tiana and said in a confident voice, " Let's go finish your mission first and forget about that Henil, Nobody can do anything to you as long as you are with me. "

Tiana's cheeks turned a shade pink as she fell into a daze hearing Athan's words.

Seeing no response from Tiana, Athan grabbed her hand and just floated outside before going in the direction of the Training Jungle on the island where core disciples usually hunt magical beasts.

Tiana just stayed silent even after Athan grabbed her hands but her face said otherwise as she was blushing even more.

She took a few deep breaths to calm her throbbing heart.

She then looked at Athan who was looking at the front but seeing his face closely once again caused her heart to beat faster so she looked away instantly.

After just 5 minutes, They arrived at the Training Jungle as Athan and Tiana floated down.

" Let's go, You can finish your mission now "

Tiana just nodded without looking at Athan as she started walking forward.

Athan just shook his head and followed behind.

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Tiana and Athan ignored Grade 2 Magical beasts and went a bit deeper to find Grade 3 beasts as they didn't want to waste time.

Soon, They encountered their first grade 3 Magical Beast in the forest. It was Grade 3 Flaming Liger.

Athan hid behind the tree and watched as Tiana started fighting.

She attacks the Flaming Liger first with her Waterball but the Flaming Liger easily dodge it, and then The Flaming Liger opened its mouth and threw a fireball towards Tiana.

Tiana didn't try to dodge and just used Water Sheild which easily solved the Fireball.

' I need to lure it close to me, otherwise, I won't be able to hit it as it will dodge my attacks. ' Tiana starting thinking about a strategy and didn't attack, But Liger threw two more fireballs which Tiana blocked with her water shield.

But Tiana's water shield was destroyed by the 4th Fireball and seeing this, The Flaming Liger dashed towards Tiana.

When the flaming Liger was 5 meters away from her, She threw a Lightning Ball and disrupted the movement of Liger it experienced paralysis, and immediately after that, Tiana use Water Bullets to kill the Flaming Liger, The Water Bullets spell has high penetrative power as those condensed drops of Water energy can turn into powerful Water-type attack with high speed and high penetrative power.

This attack is even more effective against This Flaming Liger because the Flaming Liger is a Fire attribute Beast which caused its defense to not stand a chance against those Water Bullets.

Tiana then arrived before the dead body of the Flaming Liger and pulled out its teeth before putting it away in a small pouch that is always hanging at her waist.

" Good job Tiana, That was clean. " Athan came out from behind the tree with a smile as he complimented.

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Just like this, Tiana hunted 4 more Grade 3 beasts easily, It's just the last beast she hunted, known as Redwood Vine Beast gave her a bit of trouble but it was nothing serious as it was just a little scratch on her right leg.

Her mood appeared to have changed as she smiled at Athan and asked, " Shall we go back now? "

Athan smiled faintly and said, " Of course not, I still don't know how powerful I am currently, especially my powers of Elemental Sorcerers, so I want to check them a bit here. "

Hearing his words, Tiana got shocked because all these times she thought that Athan was only Elemental Warrior.

But then She thought, ' He must have just recently started cultivating, So I doubt he is that strong as Elemental Sorcerer. '

Thinking about that, Tiana nodded to Athan as said, " Okay then, Let's check your strength as an elemental sorcerer, by the way, which Elemental Affinity you have? "

Athan first grabbed Tiana's hand and sped up towards the deeper in the jungle which scared Tiana and before she could say anything, Athan answered her question, " I have Fire and Thunder Affinities. "

" WHY ARE YOU GOING DEEPER? " Tiana shouted with fear because Athan was going deeper inside the Jungle.

" Don't worry, I can beat Grade 5 Beasts like they are toys as for Grade 6 beasts, although I haven't fought them before, they shouldn't be a match for me. "

Tiana almost fainted hearing what Athan said as she obviously could not believe what Athan said.

Of course, nobody would believe it if they heard of an 18-year-old boy having the same strength as an Elemental Archmage.

" Y-you stop right now..." Tiana said tremblingly but Athan just said, " What?? I can't hear anything. "

' Since you don't believe my words then I guess my Actions will make you believe, Also I want to see the power of liquified Elemental Energy. '

Athan now could sense his Energy Realm without going inside, and after a whole day of Automatic cultivation, Both Fire Crystal and Thunder Crystal only produced 1 drop each.

Tiana said a few more times to stop but Athan just ignored it and sped up as they finally encountered their first Grade 6 Beast after 5 minutes of speed flying.

The Grade 6 beast, Fire Scaled Green Winged Lion. This beast was a bit more than 5 meters tall and 3 meters long, It known for its tough fire scale and it could release a unique energy ball consist of Flame and wood elements which after the explosion, Produces toxic gas.

The Fire Scaled Green Winged Lion was sleeping and Athan actually had no intention of waking it up.

He looked at Tiana before signaling her to keep quiet and hid her behind a thick tree.

Afterward, Athan slowly came forward and stopped when he was 50 meters away from the beast.

He then controlled a drop of Fire Energy from his Energy Realm and brought it out, As soon as the drop of Fire energy came out, the surrounding temperature increased quite a lot, But it didn't wake up the lion because The Fire Scaled Green Winged Lion's Normal temperature was very high because of the Fire Scales that covered its body.

Athan could feel a tremendous amount of Fire energy inside that drop. He then imagines controlled the drop of fire energy to turn it into a Fire Ball but he could not control the expansion of energy from the drop of Fire energy as It becomes a Big 5 Meter Radius Fireball and it was getting even bigger but Athan then controlled it and gradually compressed the Fireball into a 2-meter radius Fireball.

Seeing this scene, Tiana was so shocked that she could not believe what was happening in front of her, even though she was seeing it.

She pinched her cheeks and felt pain before realizing that what she is seeing is true.

' But how...? '

Seeing the heat and power of Fireball, Even the Sleeping Lion was disturbed as it woke up but before it could roar, Athan Threw the Fireball towards the beast.

50 meters is a very short distance so The Fireball hit the Lion before it could do anything.

and...

*BOOM....*

Athan then dashed towards Tiana as he grabbed her hands and flew upward lest she gets hurt by aftershocks.

Both of them then looked down to see the results but they were left speechless as the Fire Scaled Green Winged Lion was blasted to pieces, few burnt lumps of meat and Bones were the only thing that left there.

Tiana was dazed seeing the devastation caused by that fireball and Athan was also equally shocked as he thought, ' so this is the power of Elemental Overlord? DAFAQ!!! That was just one drop, JUST ONE. '

Athan didn't know there is a huge qualitative difference between Gaseous Energy and Liquified energy, Suppose it take 5 KG gaseous energy to form 1 drop, And now, an Elemental Archmage creates a Fireball that cost 5 KG Gaseous energy and an Elemental Overlord creates a Fireball that cost 1 drop, and they both throws their fireball towards two different small hills with the same size, the result? [A/N: KG here is only used for analogy.]

Elemental Archmage's Fireball can level the hill but Elemental Overlord's Fireball can obliterate the hill completely.

Both can't be compared in the same dimension.

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Athan then looked at Tiana who was dazed as he nudged her hand that he was holding and asked with a smile, " How is it? I'm very powerful, right? "

Tiana looked at Athan as she blankly nodded but deeply she was so impressed that she could not think straightly, ' He is the same age as me!! wtf...'

Athan laughed seeing her reaction as he flew back in the direction of their home.

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Few minutes After Athan left, An old man with a white beard and white hair arrived looked at the remains of the Lion while floating before thinking, " Which supreme elder was bored enough to throw a Fireball here? They should all be in closed-door training to understand the mystery of elements. "

Shaking his head, the old man flew away.

Chapter 23 - Half-Assed Interface, A Way To Earn High-Grade Crystals

After arriving at home, Tiana fell asleep while still feeling shocked over what she experienced today.

And Athan...as per his plan, He fed his Psychic Energy to the black whirlpool before falling sleeping.

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Athan woke up after 5 hours and went to check his Psychic Realm as usual.

But as soon as he entered, He felt a connection with something powerful, He then saw that there was an unfamiliar energy present near the black whirlpool.

Athan neared the Energy that felt similar to the psychic energy, He thought to control the energy to take the shape of an eraser just like he did with his psychic energy to clean the grey impurity and results?

It exceeded his imagination...Psychic energy only took the solid form of Eraser without any color or visibility, Athan could feel the solidness but he could not make it colorful, BUT this energy...When Athan transformed it into the eraser, It literally turned into an Eraser, With colors, covers, brand name, The eraser turned into the exact thing he imagined.

Then he dissolve the eraser and felt the energy closely again and guessed, ' This might be the so-called Mystic Energy, So it means I can get the mystic energy if I feed my psychic energy to the black whirlpool, but it seems my Psychic Realm won't change into Mystic Realm, I'll still have to rely myself on that it seems, Anyway, It's better then nothing hahaha. '

Athan now could try to create a simple interface with this mystical energy but how?

' Anyway Let's try to make an interface in the blank state first. ' After deciding this, Athan imagined a simple interface and commanded the mystic energy to turn into what he imagined.

Indeed, It turned into a Slate with things written in it, but the stats did not have any values in them.

________________________________________________

<Athan Long:~ Elemental Overlord ( HALF ) >

<Stats>

Strength: ---

Constitution:---

Speed:---

Mind:---

[~Psychic Realm: Cleansed~]

-Psychic Energy: 64%/100%

[~Energy Realm: Fire, Lightning~]

-Fire Energy: 90%/100%

-Lightning Energy: 100%/100%]

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" I could gauge my Energies because I can clearly see them and know how much reserve I have left so I could display them in this interface but what about stats? " Athan hit the wall here, He did not know how to calculate his stats, like what numbers is his strength? Speed? etc...

After thinking hard about it, Athan still could not find the solution, " Never mind, I'll leave things at this, for now, I will later find a way to gauge the stats. "

" I also don't need any more mystic energy since it will not be a permanent solution, What I need to do now is to increase the reserve of my Fire Energy and Lightning Energy, Looks like it's time to get that big black crystal and sell it. " After deciding this, Athan thought about what should he do in the next month.

Athan thought for a while and decided, " For the next month, I will go outside of the Thunder-Fire Valley and try to see if I can get another element affinity while adventuring."

He then suddenly remembered Tiana, ' I think I should ask her if she wants to come with me. ' Athan then left his and room and arrived in front of the door of Tiana's room. '

He raised his hands and knocked but, the door actually pushed back a bit from that, " looks like she forgot to lock the door. "

Athan peeked inside the room only to see that Tiana was fast asleep, Looking at her Athan couldn't help but think, ' Damn, She is really a beauty. '

' I should get out of here, for now, I will ask her if she wants to come with me for adventuring after she wakes up. '

Athan then went outside, flew down from the island, and arrived at the Forest that was near the Inner Thunder-Fire Valley.

It didn't take him long to discover the underground pathway in which the Black Crystal was located.

He went inside and found the crystal but did spot that Ape, Athan then picked up the crystal and then flew towards the Town while thinking, ' I should buy a Spatial ring first because I will need it when going outside tomorrow. '

He arrived in the Town and some people pointed at him as he was flying with a big black crystal in his hand, some even showed greed but they can't do anything while in the town.

Athan just sped up and arrived at a Big Shop with the name Clear Sky Treasures.

Athan walked inside with the black crystals, As soon as he entered, A Staff saw Athan and the big crystal in his hand before he approached Athan and asked, " Please this way.." Saying this he led Athan to the 2nd floor.

It was pretty obvious that Athan was here to sell the big black crystal so he directly led Athan to the 2nd floor.

After Arriving on the 2nd floor, The Staff gave a professional smile to Athan and asked, " Sir, Do you only want to sell this crystal or also want to buy something? "

Athan put the big crystal on the table as he said, " Let's first see how much is this crystal worth. Then we'll discuss the thing I want to buy. "

" Sure, Sir. " Saying this the Staff picked up the Crystal and started examining it, After 2 minutes he said, " Sir, This Crystal is of Peak-Grade and the size is also big. "

After that, He asked Athan, " Which type of Elemental Crystals would you like as payment? If you want the payment in Fire or Thunder High-Grade Elemental Crystals then we can pay 20 of them, But for other elements besides Thunder and Fire, We can pay 15 high-Grade Crystals, Other elemental crystals we have are, Water, Earth, Air, and we also have Dark element high-Grade Crystals but if you want them then we can only pay 10 of them in exchange for this black crystal. "

Athan was surprised that they had Dark Element crystals, but before deciding that he ask, " Do you sell Spatial Rings ? "

The Staff gave a smile and nodded before saying, " Yes we also sell Spatial Rings but We only have 2 of them right now, one has a space of 10 cubic meters and another has space of 25 cubic meters, The price of 10 cubic meter ring is 30 High-Grade Fire or Thunder Elemental Crystals, If you have Water, Earth or Air Elemental Crystals then it will cost 24 High-Grade Crystals, If you have Light and Dark elements Crystals then it will cost only 16 high-Grade Crystals. "

Athan then stopped the man from voicing out the price of 25 cubic meter ring and just said, " Give me 10 Dark-Elemental Crystals. "

The Staff Smiled and said, " Sure sir " He then opened a drawer on the side and picked up 10 high-grade Dark element crystals before handing them over to the Athan.

After receiving them, Athan asked the staff, " Do you know a fast way to earn high-grade crystals? "

The Staff thought for a moment before replying, " The fast way to earn high-grade elemental crystals is to receive requests from Guild Halls or Join a faction and complete the missions posted by them. Another way is to Kill powerful Grade 5 and Grade 6 Beasts as their bones and skins can be used to make armours and other things, but..." at the end he hesitated did not speak because he thought that Athan might not be able to kill such powerful beasts.

" can you tell me more regarding guild halls? " Athan asked as he wanted to know more about guild halls.

" In the Guild Halls, People can put their requests and rewards, Which is jointly managed by Powerful Factions such as Thunder-Fire Valley, Sky Lark Pavilion, Thousand Seas Palace, Cloud Fantasy Palace, etc. There are various kinds of requests there such as escorting, hunting specific types of the beasts for its unique traits for example Poison sac of Three-Eyed Dark Frog, etc. "

Athan nodded hearing as he understood the working of Guild Halls.

He then asked, " Does your store have requests? "

The staff hesitated for a few seconds before nodding and said while resuming his smile, " Actually Yes, we have posted a request in the guildhall, The request is about bringing back a flood dragon alive, Alive as in it must not be too injured, From the information we got, A Flood Dragon was spotted recently at a big lake that is 140 KM away from here in the south. "

Athan was intrigued as he asked, " What is the Grade of that Flood Dragon? and what are the rewards? "

" That Flood Dragon is grade 6 and the reward..." The Staff hesitated once again for a few seconds before saying, " The reward is 100 high-grade thunder or Fire Elemental Crystals. "

Athan's eyes went wide hearing about the reward but he discerned something from the behaviour of this staff and bluffly asked, " isn't the reward a bit low? like you want that flood dragon alive without much injury, right? "

" This..." The staff hesitated a bit and lowered his voice before saying, " Indeed I also think the reward is a bit low, but the boss is not willing to increase the price, that's why nobody is accepting our request. "

Athan then smiled asked, " Where is your boss? I would like to discuss something with him, Don't worry, I have an Elder brother who is a very powerful Elemental Archmage, If I can talk to your boss about certain things, My brother might accept this request. "

The Staff was surprised hearing that and said, " Oh, Then wait a few minutes, The boss is on the 3rd floor, I will go relay what you said to him first. "

Saying this, He went upstairs.

Chapter 24 - Beating

The Staff came back after a few minutes and told Athan to go upstairs with me.

Both of them arrived on the 3rd floor and Athan entered the Boss's Office while staff went back to work.

The boss looked like he was in his forties, He has an orange beard and hair, he did not look buffed physically.

Boss pointed Athan told him to sit down.

After Athan sat down on the chair, The boss said, " So what did you want to talk about regarding my request for bringing back the flood dragon alive? I'll tell you in advance that I will not increase rewards. "

Athan just smiled and asked, " How hurry are you in to get the flood dragon ? " He had his own plans on playing mind games with this boss such that he might be able to increase the reward.

The boss eye's change a bit but he coolly replied, " We are in no hurry to get the flood dragon. "

" I see. " Athan nodded and asked, " Do you have information on the whereabouts of another flood dragon? "

The boss hesitated a bit before saying, " No, we don't have information on the whereabouts of another flood dragon. "

Athan then grinned and offered his help, " Add a 50 cubic meter storage ring into the reward and I will bring the flood dragon here without much injuries in 1 day. "

The boss nearly blew his top hearing what Athan said but he calmed himself down and said coldly, " It seems we don't have much to discuss here, You may leave now guest. "

Athan nodded plainly and looked up before muttering, " Since you don't want it, then i guess I'll request my brother to capture it for me, I've been wanting a cool pet for a long time now, and this Flood dragon is a perfect choice. "

Hearing this boss's face changed and Athan just stood up and turned around before walking towards the door to leave the room.

" W-wait please guest, I think we can discuss our deal. " The boss lost his cool and said with a quivering voice.

Athan looked back at the boss with a confused face and asked, " But since you are not in a hurry, you can always find the whereabouts of another flood dragon right? I've actually really wanted a cool pet. "

Sweat appeared on the boss's face as he said hurriedly, " No-no, Actually, we are in a hurry and if no one appeared to take request in next 3 days I was going to increase the reward, but since you offered your help we can discuss the deal, its just we don't have a storage ring with 50 cubic meter space. "

Athan grinned like a cheeky brat and sat down on the chair before asking " If you don't mind, can you tell me why you want this flood dragon alive? "

The Boss thought for a moment and said after sighing, " Actually, My daughter fell into love with the son of the elder of Thousand Seas Palace, Bourne Teal while training there, Although both of them love each other, Bourne's mother who is also the elder of the Thousand Seas Palace is not too happy with their relationship but her son did not back down and finally she told her son that if they can prove their ability by coming to propose marriage in an exceptional Grade 6 beast and then give it to them as a gift in 30 days, She will let her son marry my daughter if in 20 days we can not fulfill this, then she will marry her son to the daughter of an elder in their Thousand Seas Palace. "

After that, the boss sighed again and said, " Exceptional Grade 6 beast means beast that can reach Grade 7, and the only one exceptional Grade 6 beast I heard recently is the flood dragon, It's already been 15 days now and only 5 days are left. "

' So that's the case. ' Athan nodded after hearing everything and said, " Alright, Why don't you tell me how much reward you were going to increase? "

The boss hesitated for a moment before answering, " 150 high-grade Fire or Thunder Crystal and another 20 high-Grade Crystal of their choice from Water, Earth, Wood, Dark, and Air. "

Athan nodded and offered, " How about this, Give me 20 high-Grade Crystals of Water, Earth, Wood, Dark, and Air and add in the 25-cubic meter storage ring, I don't need those high-grade Fire and Thunder crystals, what do you think? "

Athan also added once again, " If you accept this deal, I will bring you the flood dragon in one day. "

The boss fell into contemplation and after thinking for a few minutes, He gritted his teeth and said, " Alright, I accept this deal, please bring me the flood dragon alive without many injuries, if you injure it too much then I will have to spend another sum of money to heal the dragon by requesting help of a Light Attribute Elemental sorcerer. "

In his head he was still upset since he was blackmailed, ' I can only accept this deal since you said that you will take the flood dragon for yourself, so what can i do if not accept your OFFER. '

Athan nodded with a smile and said, " Good discussion boss, Now just prepare the rewards and wait for the good news. "

Saying this stood up and left the room with a grin on his face.

' if 20 high-grade crystals are enough to refine my body and form the spinning crystal then i will have 4 more affinities, damn, that would be awesome. ' Containing his excitement, Athen left the big shop and started flying towards the location of the lake where that flood dragon resided.

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Athan flew continuously and asked the location once more when he encountered a town on the way, then it took him 2 hours to arrive at the lake.

Since it was still night, the flood dragon might be sleeping since the lake was very calm right now.

Athan looked at the interface and noticed that his Psychic Energy was also running low.

[~Psychic Realm: Cleansed~]

-Psychic Energy: 31%/100%

Athan then dived into the Lake and started searching for the flood dragon.

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After 30 minutes...

The calm lake appeared turbulent as A 50 meter long and 5 meters thick Snake with small wings and two horns on its head surfaced on the lake.

Athan also flew out and floated in the sky in the face-off against the flood dragon.

*Rawrrrrrrrrrrr...*

The Flood Dragon looked at Athan as it roared, ' Why this ant-like creature disturbed it when it was sleeping.? ' This is what the Flood Dragon must be thinking.

The Flood Dragon then opened its mouth and a big and thick jet of Water Cannon shot towards Athan at a very fast speed.

Athan looked at the incoming Attack and thought, ' Let's see if this Exceptional Grade 6 beast can hurt me or not. '

Then Athan just floated there without moving and let the attack hit him.

*BAMSPLASH*

After receiving the attack, Athan only felt like scratching his body and was not even pushed back.

Seeing the scene, Even Flood Dragon appeared confused and bewildered.

Athan just grinned and shot towards the flood dragon at a very fast speed before sitting on its head and grabbing both of the horns.

*Rawrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....*

The Flood Dragon Roared as it started to move upside down and tried to shook off Athan from its head.

" Looks like you will stay obedient unless you feel some pain. " Athan then just formed a fist with one hand and gave a solid punch on its head, while still grabbing a horn with his other hand.

The Flood dragon's eyes turned red as it went berserk, and started moving even more violently.

Seeing this, Athan was also getting annoyed and gave two more solid punches, on its head which directly knocked out the Flood Dragon.

He then grabbed the tail of the Flood Dragon and put it down outside of the lake.

Looking at the flood dragon that was knocked out by him, Athan thought, ' How long will it take to wake up? I can't just carry it with me and return while flying, bringing this beast along with me will consume even more energy, more importantly, I don't even have enough psychic energy to return alone.

[~Psychic Realm: Cleansed~]

-Psychic Energy: 8%/100%

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Athen decided to wake up this Flood Dragon.

He moved towards the head of the Flood Dragon and gave a few slaps.

Seeing that the Flood Dragon was not regaining its senses, Athan increased his power a bit and gave it a few more slaps.

After receiving the slaps, The Flood Dragon's eyes shot opened as it flapped its small wings flew up.

Seeing this Athan directly sped up and once again sat down on its head.

" Stop running and obediently follow my command, or I will really tear you into pieces. "

The Flood Dragon's eye clearly reflected fear as it stopped running, Seeing this Athan smiled and nodded, " Good. "

He forcefully branded his Psychic Energy in the consciousness of The Flood Dragon, before commanding the Flood Dragon to fly in the direction of the Thunder-Fire Valley.

The Flood Dragon did not resist as it was completely afraid of this human who knocked it out with few punches, it was glad that it was not killed.

Surviving is the most innate instinct of animals, and it was even more apparent on high-grade beasts.

Chapter 25 - Dark Affinity

The Flood dragon's speed was not as fast as Athan's speed, so when he finally returned to the Town, It was already 5 AM.

He could not let the Flood Dragon land on the ground, so Athan commanded it to float in the sky while he flew down towards the shop, Clear Sky Treasures.

Quite a few people were scared of seeing the Flood Dragon at first, but when they saw a human on it, They were relieved as that means that the Flood Dragon was under the control of a Powerhouse.

But when they saw Athan, they were very surprised.

" This...Who is he? He can't be powerful enough to tame this exceptional Grade 6 Flood Dragon. "

Many people nodded, agreeing with the person that just spoke.

" Must be some young master of Powerful Clan or his Parents must be a powerhouse in a Powerful Faction, they must have tamed the Flood Dragon for him. "

People continued to speak meanwhile, Athan already arrived at the entrance of the shop and entered before being led into the Office of the boss.

Inside the office, Boss was shocked as he already saw the Flood Dragon floating above his shop from the window in his office, ' It's not even been half-day; furthermore, Why did his elder brother did not come with him? '

The Boss was filled with doubt when he saw the door of his office being opened, and he instantly put a smile on his face as he welcomed Athan, " Welcome Guest, I didn't think you would bring the Flood Dragon here this fast. It's good that I had some work to do and so did not head home to sleep after you left at night. "

Athan just smiled and sat down on the chair before saying, " Have you prepared the rewards? and you can take a look at this Flood Dragon, It doesn't even have superficial injuries. "

The Boss hurriedly pressed the bell and a person in staff uniform came shortly afterwards.

" Go and prepare 20 high-Grade crystals of Water, Earth, Wood, dark, and Air Elements and put them inside the 25 cubic meter ring we have, fast! "

After saying this, The boss smiled at Athan and said, " Please wait a bit, The reward will be here in a few minutes. By the way, your elder brother did not come with you? "

Athan shook his and said, " No, My elder brother can't be bothered to waste his time here, He went to do his things after he caught the Flood Dragon before letting me brand my Mark into its consciousness. "

The Boss was secretly astonished that despite being so young, Athan already opened his Psychic realm, ' Maybe he just opened his psychic realm recently and he must not have cleared must of the grey impurity. '

Soon a minute passed and the person with staff uniform appeared bringing with him a storage ring.

The boss signalled him to pass the ring to Athan.

Athan took then and checked its content using his psychic energy before wearing the ring on his finger.

He then looked at the boss and said, " Good, Let's go out then, I'll remove my brand while you mark your brand on the Flood Dragon. "

Both of them went outside and flew towards the Flood Dragon, he let the boss brand his mark first before he removed his.

The boss chuckled and smiled as he felt a burden lifting of his shoulder and thanked Athan.

" Alright, I'm in a hurry so I'll return to my place, I wish your daughter's marriage goes smoothly. " After saying this, He flew deeper into the Canyon towards the Floating Island of Thunder-Fire Valley.

Looking at the flying silhouette of Athan, Boss thought, ' This young man is not simple as he seems, It also doesn't look like he just cleared a bit of his Psychic Realm...'

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Meanwhile, it didn't take long for Athan to arrive at his home.

After going inside, He entered his bedroom and closed the door before pulling out 2 high-grade crystals of each element from the ring and put them near his side while he laid on his bed and fell asleep.

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Athan woke up after a bit earlier than 5 hours, He then checked inside his Psychic Realm and the black whirlpool was still absorbing essence energies from the crystals.

Seeing this Athan thought, ' I'll postpone the adventure plan until I finish absorbing essence from all crystals. '

He then got up before going towards Tiana's bedroom and knocked a few times, ' Since the door is locked now, she must be awake right now '

Tiana opened the door and asked, " What is it? "

" I'm planning to go for adventuring after a few days, and I'll likely be out for a month, I suggest you come with me as staying here alone might not be safe, although the final decision lies within you. " Pausing here for a bit Athan said, " You can think about it for a few days, when I'm ready to go out after a few days, I'll inform you "

After saying all this, Athan just returns to his bedroom.

Tiana was fell into a daze hearing what Athan said and thought, ' What should I do? '

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After arriving inside his bedroom, Athan pulled out all 110 crystals from the storage ring, the extra 10 crystal were High-Grade Darkness Crystals he got by selling The Big Black crystal.

After arranging them around him on the bed, He injected all of his Psychic energy inside the black whirlpool to increase its effects and fell asleep.

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Tiana was currently confusedly sitting in the hall while looking at the door of Athan's room as she thought.

' This is already 4th day night and he is still in the room, What is he doing exactly ? doesn't he need to eat? "

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Inside Athan's room...

Since his psychic energy increased in huge amount, The duration and effect of the black whirlpool also increased, in these four days, He only did one thing and that was to keep feeding the black whirlpool his Psychic Energy as soon as it was recovered, he recovery time now was 4 hours and 30 minutes.

But...

The black whirlpool did not release anything in return even tho it absorbed 100 high-grade elemental crystals, this is the same as what happened when he absorbed the essence from the black crystal.

Now only 8 High-Grade Crystals of Dark element were left.

He then once again fed his Psychic energy to the black whirlpool as it started absorbing energy from the high-grade Dark element Crystals.

After 4 hours and around 30 min, Athan woke up once again but as soon as he woke up he was overjoyed as he felt the state of his body.

The Black whirlpool was releasing Dark-colored energy into his body.

But then he similarity remembered the pain that he suffered before and cursed, ' SH!T..'

He stood up and hurriedly grabbed a cloth while he still could and stuffed it between his teeth.

After not even a minute, The Dark energy started raging inside the body.

Groaning muffledly, Athan was paralyzed on his bed.

The dark energy flooded in every corner of his body as immense pain was being felt by him.

The only good was that This also lasted for 10 minutes like The Black Crystal's Energy.

After the process was done, Athan cursed, " F**K this pain...but as long as I gain with pain, I don't mind..."

He then checked his psychic realm and A Dark Crystal was floating beside the Black Metallic Crystal.

' Looks like I still need a bit of Water, Earth, Wood, and Air essence energy, but I can start forming Dark Elemental Energy Sea with the crystal I have. '

There was no Dark Element Training Chamber on this floating Island so Athan can only absorb the energy through Crystals.

Sitting crossed legged, Athan picked up two Dark element Crystals and started absorbing the Elemental Energy.

If someone saw Athan's speed of absorbing Dark Elemental Energy from the crystals, their jaws would hit the floor.

Because every time Athan's body is refined by the strange energy from the black whirlpool, He gains Affinity of the respective elemental energy and it is even higher grade than peak-grade affinity.

In only 30 minutes, He absorbed all energy inside the two high-grade Dark elemental Crystals.

A small Mass of Dark Gaseous Energy appeared in his Energy Realm after he finished absorbing the two high-grade crystals, and in a few seconds, The Dark Crystal also arrived and started spinning on top of the Dark Elemental Sea( even tho the so-called "sea" is even smaller than a bowl )

Seeing that The spinning Dark Crystal absorbed everything in 1 second, Athan continued to absorb the Elemental energy from the Dark Crystals.

Athan noticed that after he absorbed 14th Dark Elemental Crystal, His speed of absorbing Energy became slightly faster.

In around 12 hours, Athan had finished absorbing dark elemental energy from all high-Grade Dark crystals.

Now his reserve of Dark Elemental Energy was even higher than that of Fire and Lightning energy.

Athan currently had 8 drops of Fire energy and 9 drops of Lightning Energy, meanwhile, The drops of Dark energy he had numbered 24.

' But I don't know any Dark Element spell, Nevermind since I'm going adventuring, I'll create my own spells, it's not that hard anyway, I have good imagination and knowledge from Earth where I read many fantasy books on magic, I just need good control now which I get by practising. '

Athan then got up and stretched his body, " But first, Let's eat something. "

Chapter 26 - Forest Of Origin

Athan came out and saw that Tiana was sitting in the hall, seeing her he said, " Oh you're here, wait for a few min, I'm going to get something to eat. " Saying this he went outside without waiting for her response.

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Athan came back and both ate something, before Athan asked, " So what did you decide? Are you coming or not? '

Tiana looked at Athan and said as she had already thought about it in the last few days, " I am coming with you. "

" Great, Let's pack our clothes and depart right now. " saying this, He went into his room and started putting his clothes in the storage ring.

Tiana also went into her room and started packing her clothes in her bag.

After a while, she was done packing and arrived in the hall where Athan was already waiting, seeing that he had no bags with him, Tiana asked with confusion, " Where is your bag? "

Athan smiled and walked towards her before touching his hands on her bag.

" What are you doing? " Tiana was confused but then she saw that her bag suddenly disappeared, her eyes went wide seeing but then she noticed the ring on Athan's hands and understood.

" Oh so you bought a Storage ring, But they are very expensive, how did you get it? "

Athan said nonchalantly, " I accepted a request from Guild Hall and it was about capturing an Exceptional Grade 6 flood dragon alive, Which got me this storage ring and few other things as rewards. "

Tiana nodded hearing that as now she was not surprised by his feat, She had already accepted that Athan is very powerful. After all, she can't deny what she has seen with her own eyes, That Grade 6 Fire Scaled Green Winged Lion got blasted death with his one attack.

Athan then started walking towards the door as he said " Let's depart right now, First I'll capture a flying Magical beast so that I don't have to use my Psychic Energy. "

Tiana also followed Athan as both of them left the house and Athan then extended his hands towards Tiana which she grabbed.

He then asked Tiana, " Do you know where can we find Fire Eagles? "

" We can find them deeper in the Forest on the island, or The forest near Inner Thunder-Fire Vally. "

Athan thought for a moment and said, " Let's go to the forest near Inner Thunder-Fire Valley. "

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After 10 minutes, Both of them arrived at the forest near Inner Thunder-Fire valley.

" Go towards the place where there are high temperature and more fire energy, That's where the Fire Eagles can be found. "

Athan nodded his head hearing her words and changed direction after sensing more fire energy in a direction.

They flew for 5 minutes at a fast speed, and it didn't take long before they encountered A Fire Eagle.

But instead of stopping to capture it, Athan shook his head and continued.

Tiana was confused and asked, " Why didn't you capture it? "

" I want to capture a Grade 6 Fire Eagle, and that was a Grade 5 Fire Eagle. "

The higher the grade, The higher their Capabilities, Obviously Grade 6 Fire Eagle would fly much faster than a Grade 5 one, so Athan was intending to Capture a Grade 6 Fire Eagle.

After 5 more minutes of flying towards a certain direction, They finally encountered a Grade 6 Fire Eagle.

Seeing it, Athan hurridly hid Tiana after putting her down and sped up towards the Fire Eagle before sitting on its back.

*Screeeeeee.....*

The Fire Eagle already attacked once when Athan was flying towards it but Athan casually ignored it as it was a Fire Elemental attack that didn't even ruffle his hairs.

Athan then beat it senseless just like the Flood Dragon and then branded his Mark in it.

Athen then commanded the beast to land and picked up Tiana before flying away.

The Fire Eagle is indeed a very a good mount beast, It's speed is faster then Flood Dragon, and sitting is very comfortable on its wide back.

Its Wing and tail are always on Fire while its other parts are covered with soft feathers.

While flying on it, Athan asked, " Do you know any place where we can find treasures and also various kinds of the beast? "

Tiana thought for a moment before saying, " The one that I know is Forest of Origin, It's a very famous place where people of various factions and Rogue Practitioners go adventuring to find various kinds of natural treasures. The whole forest is so big that no one knows its exact size, After all the forest is also filled with danger with various kinds of powerful beasts. "

Athan's eyes shined hearing about such an interesting place, " Then we'll go there, Do you know its location? "

" I only know the general direction which is north. ", Answered Tiana as shook her head.

Athan smiled and said, " Its ok, General direction is enough, for now, We'll stop at some town in the north and ask about the location there. "

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After flying in the north for 6 hours, they finally came across a big town.

Athan commanded the Fire Eagle to float in the sky and protect Tiana if something happens, After that he said to Tiana, " I going down to ask the location of the forest of origin, So stay here for a few min, I'll return soon.

Tiana nodded.

Seeing that she has no problem staying on the Fire Eagle alone, Athan flew down inside the town.

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After 5 minutes, Athan returned.

" Let's go, I asked the location, and It is very far, We will reach there if we continuously fly for 14 hours. " Athan said to Tiana after sitting beside her and commanded the eagle to move forward.

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After 7 hours, They landed in a town to take a break and ate something before continuing their journey.

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After 6 hours, they started to see many people flying towards the forest, Some were flying on their own while some people had a flying mount just like them.

After an hour, they finally saw the periphery of the forest, People were entering on their mount or while flying.

Athan noticed a few things.

First, People were in either groups of 3, 5, or even 10.

People in groups of 3 or 5 had at least one Elemental Archmage.

He saw a group of 5 where 2 elder Elemental Archmage were leading 3 men around the age of Athan, they had similar clothes while two elder Elemental Archmages also had similar cloths, They were most likely from a Top Faction.

And he also saw a group of 10 people who were all Grade 5 entering the forest.

All this indicated that The Danger in the forest is not small.

Athan and Tiana also entered the forest.

Tiana started to get a bit scared and nervous because some people who saw them pointed at them as they shook their heads.

Noticing this, Athan looked at her and smiled, and spoke with assuredness, " Don't worry, Nothing will happen, We'll only stay in the periphery of the forest for now as I want to try a new method of casting spells so we will not encounter any powerful beasts. "

Tiana smiled a little and said, " That's good..." But then she panicked a bit and said, " Wait, that doesn't mean that I don't believe in your ability, I know you are very powerful and can kill Grade 6 beasts easily, Nobody here is a match for you and I also feel very safe when I'm with you, i-i....."

Suddenly Tiana's face turned red as she became aware of what she spoke in the end.

Athan grinned seeing that and teased, " Oh...You feel very safe when you're with me? " Then his face turned deadly serious and said to Tiana while looking at her, " Well, little girl, you feel that way is given since you saw my ability, It would be strange if you did not feel safe with me. "

Seeing the dead serious face of Athan and how he spoke, Tiana started laughing as he looked funny with that speech.

Suddenly Athan noticed a small commotion.

He saw that many people were flying in a certain direction at a very fast speed and seeing that, He also commanded the Fire eagle to follow them.

Tiana also noticed and said, " Looks like a treasure or something similar must have been discovered. "

Athan nodded as he also figured that.

It didn't take them long to reach a place where a lot of people were standing on the ground near a big pond, The pond was releasing Water Elemental Energy in dense amount.

There were also many people in the sky as they pointed at the lake with excitement.

Athan neared one of the group to hear their conversation, Along with refinement of body, His senses also became very sharp, so his hearing power was way above the average human.

That group consisted of 4 people, 1 elder, 2 men around in the mid-20s, and a girl who was around the age of Athan and Tiana.

Athan could hear the elder speaking with a doubt in his voice, " Last time I came here, This pond did not release even a tiny bit of Water Elemental Energy But now it's practically overflowing with dense Water Elemental Energy. "