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As they entered the building, they were greeted by a hallway. The hallway was decorated with several things that one can normally see in a regular house. Still, despite the homey atmosphere, the group didn't let their guards down; only Arc felt relaxed. Despite his earlier experience of entering the building, it mysteriously calms him down, like when he enters his own house. He can't really explain why, but he really felt like he was home for some reason. 

Back when he didn't have the system, at the time he was working his life to death, the only place that calms him down was his home. 

It's the same feeling he got here, but it's much stronger, "was it because of Adam?" He said to himself. 

Unfortunately, Adam nor Nine gave him an answer. He shrugged as he didn't really expect a response. He was looking around looking for something or evidence that will link Adam to this place. He was looking for an answer and for the previous words Adams let behind. 

Eventually, they came upon what looks like a living room. It's a typical looking living room, not very different from a modern house. There's a big couch that can fit several people. The living room is very spacious. But at the center of the room, there's a stone pillar that looks like a stele, but what surprised Arc wasn't the stele but what was hanging from it. 

There's a picture of a couple or a portrait. It's a big portrait covering the whole middle part of the stele. 

Arc stopped walking when he saw it. That caught the attention of everyone in the group. 

They look at where Arc was looking, of course, they noticed the painting the moment they came into the living room, but since they didn't know who it was, they just ignored it. And besides, every time they discovered a ruin, there's bound to be places where paintings of some kind still exist. So they were not surprised when they saw the portrait in the center of the living room. 

"Boss you recognized them?" 

Arc nodded. Well, of course, he recognizes them, or to specific the man in the portrait is Adam. And next to him must be Eve. 

The portrait looks like a typical wedding picture. But he didn't expect to see a regular house that belongs to Adam. After all, Adam was an Emperor, the Emperor of the sovereign empire. He imagined as an Emperor, he should be living in a palace, not some freaking dome house. 

Well, he kind of expected this place to be related to Adam but not the way it turned out. He was expecting the place belongs to one of his relatives or even one of his sons but not to Adam and Eve personally. 

"Boss, who are they?" Asked Jem. 

He woke him up from his contemplation. "Oh, looks like this place was used to be the home of the maker of the sovereign tools." He pointed at the pictures "Thats Adam and … well Eve" 

They now look at the pictures differently when at first, they were interested in it because of Arc's sudden reaction when he saw it, now they look at it with respect and reverence. After all, that's the one who made the tools that created them. 

Especially Eve, she looks at it intently, especially to the one who shared her name. 

The woman in the picture has stunning long black hair, a perfect body, beautiful but kind face, and a delighted and content smile plastered on her face. And the man next to her was also very handsome, he also has long black hair but not the same as the woman next to him. He also has

a happy smile on his face. But Eve thinks her Boss looks much better. At least that's her honest opinion. 

They look at the portrait for several minutes, each thinking of other things, but they all share the same sentiments their Boss looks much better than Adam. Of course, Arc has no idea what they are thinking, as his imaginations are running wild. He began to imagine many scenarios, but ultimately, he can't confirm it, and the man in question is not answering. 

"Let's look around, I don't think there's any danger here, at least not for us," said Arc. 

Everyone regained their composure when they heard Arc's voice. 

"Boss, are you sure? If this is the house of the Emperor of the Sovereign Empire, it should be heavily protected." Said Ruby. 

Arc shakes his head, "it is if it were someone else but not for us," he can't really explain it. But the rest have complete trust in him, so they just nodded. Arc, however, didn't go exploring, he sat down on the couch in front of the portrait. 

The reason is the protector of the place is once again communicating with him, and unlike before, he didn't feel any pressure or anything. It's like his energy now can freely connect to it. 

And a few minutes later. 

Ding! Congratulations, you have found a sovereign tool Mansion type. 

The voice of Nine rang in his head. 

The notification comes exactly when his energy is linked with the energy of the building. Of course, he didn't own the place yet, he just discovered it, but this realization enlightened him. 

"So, in order to identify sovereign tools, I need to link with it using my energy, otherwise even if it's in front of me, I wouldn't know what it is. 

He stayed like that for a couple of minutes, and he discovered that linking with a sovereign tool can help him better control or even strengthen his ability to manipulate energy. 

For Arc, it was like a drug, he can't help himself, at first, his energy can only connect to a portion of it. But as time progressed, little by little, his control got better, and he discovered that the energy that he can use before was nothing compared to his overall energy reserve. It's like he has a dam full of water, but he is using straws to draw it out. But now he discovered that he could increase that output, if before he was using straws, now he is using a faucet although its still considered slow, but compared to before there's a huge difference.

And that's not all, as his energy output increases, his body also began to change little by little as energy seeps into his cells not like before, when he is using enhancement serum, which increases the strength of his muscles and bones, no the changes are in the cellular level he experienced this kind of upgrade when his ability completely awakened but compared to now the difference is huge. 

Everyone suddenly felt a change in the atmosphere, the first one to react is Eve as her connection to Arc is much deeper than the rest. Next was Biggs as he is closer to Arc, and soon everyone can feel it. 

They all rushed back to Arc. They can't do anything here anyway as the whole building is protected. They can't even lift a single book, much less take them. 

Ruby once tried to check one of the books in the bookshelves in the living room, but no matter how much she tried, she couldn't pull it out. 

Even Biggs, who has the greatest physical strength in their group, could not lift a single chess piece. 

In other words, they can explore but can't touch anything. 

When they reached Arc, they saw him sitting on the couch in a very relaxed fashion. 

In front of him are Eve and Biggs. Jem was about to call out when Eve stopped her. Although they can't feel any changes in Arc, they can feel the energy is spreading into the whole building, and it's slowly but steadily increasing. 

But when they look at Arc, he seems like he was having an afternoon nap. He even has a slight smile on his face. 

EDITOR: King of Mortals