Chapter 002 : Celestial Monarch Awakens
Late afternoon, the sun was hiding behind the clouds, in this cold weather a young man came out of the Imperial University's Library's building.
Holding a bag in his hand and carrying a backpack on his back, the young man stood at approximately 1.76 meters, wearing a full black outfit with a gray scarf. he walked as he hummed a tune in a low voice, suddenly the sound of a phone ringing came from his pocket.
Smoothly he took out the device, the screen showed the call to be from someone called 'Sera', raising the phone to his ear,
A feminine voice came from the other side, " Hey Al, Where are you now? ".
The young man, called by his nickname, replied " To the grand mansion! I was thinking on meeting Nick or doing something else. ".
The voice replied, " I was just with Nick on the phone, he said he is aboard right now, seems like he is on a private mission ?".
" Ohh...he is been going on a lot of missions lately, I heard it's because his position as the successor of the Duke title was finalized! " Al replied.
" Yeahh, he had it so easily, " Sera said, from her tone she seemed a bit jealous but not in a bad way.
" Tsk, a pot calling the kettle black! " Al replied with a snicker.
" Anyway, I'm going on a mission soon, so I thought I should give you the things you asked for last time, I've just received them, what do you say? " She said.
" Okay, let's meet at the abandoned mountain villa like always. ", Al said, ending the call he placed the phone back into his pocket.
with a pondering expression along the way, the young man walked through the parking lot, until he neared a certain car.
As he neared, the doors opened automatically, smoothly he got into the driver's seat, welcomed by a luxurious white leather interior, a sense of serenity filled the atmosphere, with the doors and windows closed no sound would enter, anyone would feel completely cut out from the world.
Such a feeling would have been terrifying for some, but for others, it might just be what they needed the most! silence.
The inky-blue luxury car with its special military grade left the parking lot and drove off outside the city on the highway, A few minutes into the drive, the young man's face twitched, " They will not leave me alone, won't they? "
a moment later a smile appeared on his face, " Well... I have not raced in a while so why not...? " the thought appeared in his mind and won't leave, the next moment the ink blue flying-spur that was moving through the highway slowed down, but the very next moment, an engine sound akin to the roar of a sealed demon resounded,
The car switched lines from the middle to the left and then...and then it shot like a rocket! a moment later three black SUV's started chasing it with all they got,
in one of the SUV's, a special communication device lit up then came the voice of a man speaking " Do chase, the young lord is heading towards the Mountian villa to meet his friends, just take the shortcut, we better scan the place anyway!, nothing will happen to the young lord with our captain watching over him. "
Another voice replied " Anyway why is that car so fast, I don't think they are supposed to go that fast ? " said someone
" Ohh about that, I heard it was a gift from the eldest to the young lord "
After losing the guards who were tailing him, Al stopped by a station to buy a few things, soon the car drove through the highway to outside the city into a mountainous area, speeding along the long empty roads, after a while the car drove off the highway and took few turns, diving through old abandoned roads,
Driving to the top of the mountain, Al parked his car near an old villa, since Sera wasn't there he thought of doing something while waiting. walking around the area, Al walked with an expression of deep thoughts on his face.
A while later Al heaved an exasperated sigh " There is no use of thinking it over and over again, I should ask someone's opinion! ".
Walking back to the car, Al took out his bag and used it as a cochin to rest his head, he rested on a giant rock on the edge of the mountain, from there you could see the city if you looked down, and the wonderful star-lit sky if you looked up!
looking at the dark sky littered with countless celestial bodies, Al spread his soul senses in his surroundings, later he pushed it upwards to the sky, suddenly a glint appeared in his eyes, and gradually the shine in his eyes transformed until they looked like a copy of the starry sky itself.
Al's senses of the outside world turned hazy as he drifted into a mysterious state.
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Floating within the darkness, with his senses muddled, after an unknown period of time, what seemed to be a glowing sphere started rising from the horizon to higher Altitudes, lighting the dark space.
The higher the sphere started rising the stronger it glowed and a new energy started revolving through his veins as a mysterious mist circled around him.
As Al's gaze at the glowing sphere focused, intense pain pierced through his head, as the sphere grew bigger to the point it reached an unimaginable size, covered by saintly white flames.
Tremendous amounts of soul energy erupted from the burning sphere, it was at that moment that Al realized that it was no sphere but rather a star, a moon-like celestial body.
followed by his realization another glowing sphere appeared in the distance accompanied by the mist surrounding Al's body increasing.
Another glowing sphere rose as it grew it glowed in a green light, silhouettes of massive trees could be vaguely seen from beyond the mist revolving around the celestial body,
A third, a forth, a fifth, a seventh, and a ninth sphere appeared, rose, and manifested as celestial bodies, manifesting a mysterious diagram of nine celestial bodies each overflowing with different energies yet displaying a seamless cycle.
Revolving the nine celestial bodies produced a terrifying aura and violent astral storms, eight of the nine celestial bodies dimmed and stopped moving as they descended to a lower altitude. leaving only the first celestial was left floating in the void like a supreme celestial covered with saintly white flames.
Ethereal Celestial, at some point in time, the name of the first celestial body to rise, appeared naturally in Al's mind, accompanied by information about the celestial body.
" The Ethereal Celestial, Eldest of the Nine Celestials "muttered to himself.
The darkness disappeared, as Al opened his eyes and saw the immaculate view of the starry sky, as he was looking at the sky Al noticed a certain star that was much brighter than all others.
Weirdly enough Al felt a mysterious connection with that star as if he could control its movement making him fall in a deep thinking state.
A while later, Al sensed someone near him, turning his eyes to the side, a young woman stood near him, looking at the sky in a daze, a shocked look covering her face.
in a loud voice, Al yelled " RED HEAD!! ".
Spooked!, Jumping in fright she yelled " ARTHUR!, DAMN YOU TO OBLIVION !! " the red-haired girl or rather called Seraphina scowled in annoyance and anger as she jumped on the rock and sat down beside Al,
" I prefer being called Alaric, or Al for short, I don't use my first name often, "he said as he looked at her with a smile, sera's scrunched-up annoyed face was just a... masterpiece!
Putting on a fake expression of confusion on his face, Al looked at Seraphina as he asked in a sincere tone "Umm miss red head, are you feeling unwell in any way?, why do you have such an expression?, could it really be that you got scared by a small Nascent soul, nahhhh that is impossible!... ".
Not the slightest interested in listening to what Al had to say, Sera's cut in "The phenomena from earlier... it was you... right? ".
"What phenomena ?" Al was confused.
With shock on her face, Sera looked at Al " Awakening an innate physique at your age is unheard of ", unbeknown to Al his naturally black eyes turned permanently silvery Gray, exuding a silvery glow, a miniature version of the ethereal celestial revolved within.
"hey smartass, deactivate your bracelet for a moment " Sera suddenly said.
With a light smile, Al deactivated the bracelet-shaped artifact which is used to conceal his aura, the aura of the 8th-Order Nascent Soul swiped out causing winds to pick up in the top of the mountain, and faint white mist revolved around Al's body.
" Late stage Nascent soul! " Sera's tone was filled with shock.
" Only when activated, but still... my base cultivation rose from the 3rd to the 7th - Order Nascent Soul realm", a smug look was blasted all over Al's face.
With a tone full of sarcasm " Huh, you are still a small Nascent Soul, you still have a long way to reach my level, kid ".
Suddenly a wave of exhaustion struck Al's body and soul, the world darkened as he fell on the ground, passing out.
On the side Sera gazed at the blacked-out Al for a while " Duh, I thought it was strange enough he could talk after activating his physique for the first time, awakening a strong physique always takes massive amounts of energy ".
" Well, I think I can leave him here, hehe , anyway I get to meet lady Davina if I send him back, "she thought to herself, Seraphina waved her hand, a wave of spiritual energy carried Al taking him to the car.
Suddenly as if thinking of a certain something Sera looked at the outcold Al an evil smile spread in her face as her eyes squinted to crescent moon shapes.
A period of time later, a red sports car stopped in front of a massive gate carrying the emblem of the Aeon family, two guards standing by the gate bowed toward the car as the massive Gate opened slowly, " good evening Miss Seraphina, lady Davina is waiting for you in the main hall ".
Later the car stopped In front of a huge mansion, a young maid and an old man they were respectively Charlotte the personal maid of Al and Quinn Reedmen, the butler of the Aeons family and an old servant of Al's father.
The old man had a slightly hunched back and a stern wrinkly face. he seemed like a slightly strong wind might send him six feet under, on the other hand, Charlotte looked youthful and full with energy and vigour, while she tried putting on a stern expression but it just wouldn't fit.
Stepping out of the car Sera greeted the duo respectfully, retuning her greetings, the butler opened the door and carried the still blacked-out Al.
Walking through the corridor the old butler looked at Sera " You can keep moving to the main hall, I will go rest the young lord in his room".
"I will go with you" Sera replied while accompanying the old butler to Al's room.
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Moments later the room's door opened as a couple entered the room, by the side Seraphina's eyes were glowing as she looked at the woman who entered the room, a woman in her late twenties with a graceful demeanour holding a book in her hand, a worried look on her face, entering the room, softly she greeted Sera, then she went to check on Al.
Eyes shining with excitement, as In front of her were two beings who were simply the peak of this world, the man was Sebastien an absolute powerhouse and the Emperor of the Celestial Dao Empire, beside him and the most amazing - in her mind - the graceful woman, the empress of the Celestial Dao Empire, the most powerful woman in the Myriad Dao world, and Seraphina's idol. known as the Sun Empress Davina Celeste.
A while later, with a sigh of relief, " Thankfully Al, is merely exhausted " After Davina finished checking on her son's state she looked at Seraphina who at some point in time went beside Sebastien as the two started talking together, more precisely Sera kept asking unending questions while Sebastien kept answering everything perfectly in few words.