What Is It That You Seek?

Seeing Saksham stand just behind them, Shyam and Rahul were scared out of their wits. They didn't expect that he would suddenly come up behind them. They had accidentally cursed him and now they were pretty sure they will be buried six feet under the ground real soon. They had almost given up on living when they suddenly heard the hair-raising voice of Saksham, "Where's Rhytham?"

Coming back to their senses, they said, "He should be here really soon. He said that he would be back by 8:30."

Just as they said this, they heard the clicking of the lock suddenly the main door opened and they saw Rhytham entering the house. As Rhytham entered the house, he saw 4 people standing in the hall. Looking at the figure standing in the middle of the room, Rhytham hurriedly bowed, "Lord Asura, sorry I am a bit late."

Saksham nodded lightly and sat down on the couch beside him. He looked at Rhytham and Vipul and asked, "How has your practice been going?"

Both of them suddenly stood up straight and Rhytham reported back, "Lord, I can't accurately tell how strong I am right now, but I have started to strengthen my body with the power of vibration and I feel like I will be fine even if I took a bullet. And my control over vibration had been getting better every day. Right now, I can blast a metal plate with a thickness of 15 cms. This is not the pure power of vibration though. I am able to do this after I concentrate a lot of vibration on my fist as I punch the metal plate."

"If I directly apply my whole power on one small point, I can definitely explode an entire car. But at the same time, I still don't know if that is the limit to my powers, my lord. We lack the means to measure our true powers."

As Saksham heard this, he nodded gently. He had also thought of that problem. He himself didn't know where his current limit was. At this time, Rahul also chimed in, "My Lord, my powers have also grown a lot. From freezing a glass of water, now I am able to freeze an entire small lake. With the increase in control over my powers, I can now make objects with the ice."

As he said this, Vipul raised his hands, and suddenly, crystalline azure particles gathered from the surrounding air and gathered in his hands. In just a second, they gathered together and formed a snowman. Suddenly, the snowman deformed and turned into a snowball. Then, the snowball also deformed and turned into an icy spike. By the time the snowman had turned into an icy spike, Vipul had started to sweat from his forehead.

Rahul and Shyam were watching this with envy. This looked so cool! But they also felt happy for them because Vipul's power had grown a whole lot stronger than a few weeks ago. The stronger he is, the better for everyone. Both of them clenched their fists too. They had also thought about what powers they wanted to get. When they get the powers they want, they would surely be able to get strong too.

Saksham also looked at Vipul with's hands with curiosity. He had never seen an ice elemental Awakened personally. So all this was very novel for him. But when he saw Vipul had started to sweat profusely, he said, "Alright, enough."

As Saksham said this, Vipul immediately dissipated the ice spike and took a deep breath. While wiping his sweat from his forehead, he said, "My [Aura] reservoir in my body is almost empty, my lord. I had been practicing till half an hour ago. So right now, my [Aura] as well as my mental power is almost exhausted. Otherwise, I can create even bigger figures as well as change them as many times I want until my [Aura] runs out."

Saksham heard this and he was surprised. He hadn't told them about the [Aura] yet to them, then how did Vipul know about that term? Suddenly, when he thought till here, Saksham was once again shocked. He suddenly realized that he didn't seem to teach them techniques about how to absorb the [Aura] from their surroundings. He didn't need to absorb the [Aura] from the surroundings so he had taken it for granted and forgot that Rhytham and Vipul's power could only grow as they absorb more and more [Aura].

He looked at Vipul and asked, "How did you know how to absorb the [Aura] from the surroundings?"

Vipul was surprised to hear this question. He scratched his head and replied, "Lord…didn't you instill those things in our mind too as you gave the power?"

Saksham heard this and he was surprised. He hurriedly asked his system in his heart, "Hey, what's going on? When did I do that?"

"When they awakened their powers, all of this was instilled in their minds too."

Saksham heard this and asked. "All of this? What do you mean all of this?"

"Along with their powers, they also awakened the memories of past ancestors who went on the path of those powers. They instinctively understood what the [Aura] is and how to absorb it from their surroundings. And not just that, they were also given information about skills knowledge as well as how to control their powers, but most of them are still sealed at the deepest parts of their brains. When they get stronger, a respective skill will be awakened from their deep memories and they will be able to learn it in no time."

When Saksham heard this, his mouth under the cape opened wide. He didn't know about any of this. No wonder it took 11EP for the awakening of powers for these people. At that time, he felt that it was a bit expensive, but now he thought that he had gotten a bargain. All of this knowledge that would be sealed inside their heads was priceless. With that, they don't have to take any detour in the process of growing stronger and they will also not be in a situation where they don't have different skills to use against enemies.

Saksham nodded and came back to reality. He faced Vipul and nodded, "Ah yeah. I forgot about it for a second. But nonetheless, you and Rhytham have done a good job. I am satisfied with the result of your 1 month of diligent training. An-"

Suddenly, Vipul interrupted Saksham and said hesitantly, "My Lord, forgive me for interrupting you in between, but I have got something important to tell. Just a few days ago, I suddenly felt an increase in the speed of absorbing [Aura] from the surroundings. And not just that, I also felt that I suddenly grew stronger all of a sudden. At first, I thought it was just a 'me' thing. I thought maybe it's my talent, but then I also felt that I could understand the skills in my head better and my control over my powers got stronger."

"As I was thinking about this issue, I realized that I was not the only one who felt the obvious change. Uncle Rhytham also felt this change. He is not the best at comprehending new stuff but he said that he was able to understand his powers and skills a lot better these days. Even the speed absorbing [Aura] has increased by a certain degree. And like me, his strength also grew all of a sudden one day."

Saksham heard this and his eyes were also opened wide in surprise. He knew that the sudden increase in their strength, as well as faster rate of absorption of [Aura], was definitely due to his passive skill, [Blessing of The Lord]. What he didn't expect was that their comprehensive powers would also grow along with them. Was that also counted as their strength? It should be, right? Or else it would grow along with their strength due to the effects of [Blessing Of the Lord].

While thinking of this, Saksham nodded gently to Vipul and said, "This is not a bad thing. It happened due to my powers growing. As long as you stay in my domain, you will witness an increase in your overall strength as well as the rate with which you absorb [Aura] from the surroundings. So, no need to worry and practice even harder."

As Vipul and Rhytham heard this, their eyes flashed with surprise and joy as well as a hint of awe. They were really surprised when they heard that it was due to the person standing in front of them. Now, they could understand their powers better and even get stronger really fast. But at the same time, they felt awe as they thought about the increase in their overall strength. This was almost…godly.

Taking in a deep breath, Vipul and Rhytham bowed and said, "We thank you Lord for this gift. We will sure practice harder and get strong."

Saksham nodded lightly and looked at Shyam and Rahul who were standing at the side like statues. He asked in his usual hoarse voice, "Have you guys thought about the powers you want?"

Shyam and Rahul heard this and suddenly nodded quickly as if chicks pecking on rice. Saksham saw this and raised his eyebrows. He looked at Shyam and asked, "What powers do you want?"

Shyam heard this and scratched the back of his head and answered, "My lord, since I have been a kid, I have not been very good at studies and understand complicated stuff. I have also not been very good at fighting," Shyam smiled awkwardly, "The only thing I am good at is maybe getting beaten up. In every fight I have been in, I have been slapped, punched, been trampled on, etc. But even after all that, I have stood back again and faced my opponents till they are tired of beating me."

When Rahul heard this, his nose suddenly became a bit sour. He suddenly remembered Shyam's back when he was getting beaten up by a bunch of big kids when they were small. At that time, those kids wanted to bully him, but Shyam took all the beatings for him and stood up again and again even when he was bleeding from his nose and got a bruise on his face. He would get punched on his face every time he stood up. Sometimes a foot to his gut and even punches.

He remembers Shyam's leg shaking like a drill, almost giving up on him, but he still stood up and faced the bullies until they suddenly realized that Shyam was a bit abnormal. When the bullies ran away, Shyam turned to him and smiled and said, "We are safe now." With that, Shyam fell down and was hospitalized for 2 days. But he still remembers that broken and bruised face that contained that confident smile. Just thinking about it made Rahul's eyes become slightly red.

"I know I am actually really dumb. In fact, I couldn't even think of any powers I want. But now, I know what are the powers I want, My lord." Shyam said with a determined look in his eyes.

Saksham calmly heard all this and slowly spoke, his voice heavy, falling straight into Shyam's heart like a hammer, "What is it that you seek?"