If only

Even though Nightin's feet was stamped on the brown haired youth's chest, the youth merely laughed at all this as blood leaked from his mouth "Haha, even if you were to kill me right now, I would still keep silent about this whole matter!"

Nightin closed his eyes and stamped down harder before questioning again "So, are you willing to speak now? You should know that if treatment is delayed any further, your arm will end up being crippled."

The brown haired youth merely sighed as he said weakly "I Javier at the age of twelve stepped into the Martial Spirit realm and was crowned as the number one genius in my family. Yet fate pulled a cruel roulette on me as my family head, who is my uncle sent me to the slave traders without sparing a thought for my feelings."

"He did so just to ensure that the entire family would support his son with all the cultivation resources while lying to them, me being sent to a Demi-Rank sect was merely his conspiracy and yet my foolish family members fell for it, this included my dearest parents and brother."

"For six years I was a test subject, I had to endure thousands of poisons testings and beatings, I was given the minimal amount of water and food needed to sustain my body needs, I was nothing more but a tool for them to hold life and death slaughter arenas for the psychopathic rich!"

"There would always be more dead bodies piles up together whenever I open my eyes, many of them had lost hope in life and plunged into the darkness or the grim reaper, yet I actually held on to that last ray of light and chain, awaiting for someone to pull me back up."

"I was suffocating in the water and couldn't find a way out, that was until the day my young master broke into the slaughter arena and murdered all those slave traders, since it was an illegal gathering to begin with, everyone there was killed mercilessly with toxic acid beyond the average endurance of a human."

"From that day onwards, I made a vow to protect my young master with my life and even cultivated till I faint daily, yet my meridians were already damaged and even though the young master helped me to recover mostly, I was merely a star specked with unremovable dust and left in the corner!"

Hearing Javier releasing all his pent up rage at once made Nightin soften as he asked "If that so, then why do you still want to serve that young master of yours that much?"

"Because he treats me as his only brother and friend, others were shunning from him because of the way he handle cases, his character was direct and he would always pinpoint out even the slightest mistakes, this included the placing of utensils even during mealtimes. It may be irritating, but I view him the same way as he does towards me." Javier explained as he began to smile at a point of time.

"Then have you ever thought of it this way, what if your young master treats you as a friend instead of a mere servant? Shouldn't you actually take the initiative to make him realise that he isn't alone? That someone is still concerned about his wellbeing?"

Nightin questioned and even pressured on "You really think that the reason for your stagnant cultivation is because your young master isn't giving you any cultivation resources? It's because he knows that it wouldn't suffice and he probably has other plans for you in mind. The thing restricting you isn't your talent or damaged meridians, but your heart for cultivation."

"Open your heart up and embrace the dark past, grow strong enough to fight alongside the young master who you treat as your brother and rid the world of evil!"

Hearing Nightin's rally cry, Javier felt the gate which had been sealed shut loosening up and he quickly delved into his consciousness and began to make a breakthrough.

Ahead of him were three doors, the first was red which reminded him of the bloodshed and lives which he has taken to survive up till now, but he merely closed his eyes as his fist smashed through the gate without any hesitation.

With the first gate being broken, he gradually walked up to the second gate as Nightin protected him from outside, it would prove fatal if he was interrupted at this crucial point of time.

The second gate, it was purple in colour and reminded him of all the memories that he's too terrified of, the poisons which he had experienced till now may have given him the immunity to most poisons, but the pain he had to endure wasn't worth it at all.

Even so, I won't allow something like this to stop my path anymore! Javier cried out to himself as he dashed and smashed through the gate without any hesitation and landed before the third gate.

This... Javier felt fear when he stared at the pink coloured gate. It reminded him of the family which has deserted him foolishly and that treacherous uncle of his which feared him and even killed his parents, just because he's worried that they'll discover the truth and divulge it to the rest.

Sensing that Javier's cultivation aura was chaotic, Nightin quickly sent his voice into Javier's consciousness "Don't get distracted or clouded by the past, look ahead for whatever life has in stall for you from now on."

Nightin's words may be simple, but it actually gave Javier the inspiration and whatever he needed as the wall was broken through as well in one move.

Javier stopped there and waited for his consciousness to leave the mind world of gates, yet his body remained there without showing any signs of leaving which told him one thing, it meant that he hasn't finish this journey yet.

Dashing ahead to seek that last gate, what he found was a iridescent gate with an array of luminous colours, it gave off the feelings of courage, love and hate. Peace and impulse. Effort and endurance. It was a mixed palate of emotions and traits, yet Javier could sense the hidden meaning within it as the gate vanished of its own accord.

Boom Boom

Boom Boom

"Javier, you finally..."

Boom Boom

Before Nightin could even finish asking, Javier's aura rose quickly to the ninth gate of the Martial Emperor realm as he got up on his feet, cupped his hands and bowed towards Nightin "Thank you for helping me to awaken the nine elemental gates. It seems like another Overlord will be born in just a hundred years, my brother and I will join you on your conquest during that moment as we seek the path to immortality."

Before Nightin could even ask about the identity of the young master or who that woman was, Javier had already left as the blue ring lit up and was followed by a systematic message soon after.

Well, it seems like I wouldn't have the chance to know the answer anytime soon. Let's just hope that I don't end up making any unnecessary enemies.

"Congratulations to seeded candidate number one Nightin, please wait patiently as our guide Robin will arrive shortly."

After waiting for about five minutes, a man stepped into the scanning area and leaped off from his hawk. The man was wearing what seemed like golden glasses and even though his build was slim, once could vaguely sense the hidden muscular strength. He had golden hair which was combed back which revealed his shiny forehead and most importantly, he looked young with a quill pen in hand.

"Excuse me, are you guide Robin? May I know how to address you?" Nightin stepped up and asked politely with his right fist over his chest, a sign of respect and greeting in the Voyager Kingdom which Dark Fang had mentioned to him about during their conversations.

That Dark Fang actually told me this more detailedly that other information, did he already know what was going to happen?

"Oh, you can just call me Sir Robin." Robin replied patiently as he spins the simply made quill pen in his hand.