The Rise of Ancients
[Currently being re-edited] Existing in the layered Universe was a vast Athenaeum consisting of eternal knowledge. Legends claimed that the Athenaeum even contained the secret to becoming a god and ascending above the Universal laws. The Ancients were the race that guarded the Athenaeum and the secrets it held. But as the Universe progressed, so did the greed of the civilizations residing within it. The Ancients were schemed and massacred. Just before the death of Aria, the last of the Ancient warriors, the vast Athenaeum fused with his soul and he was reincarnated into the body of a soldier on Planet Earth. Earth is facing its own difficulties both internally and externally. Follow Aria in his journey in the Layered Universe and beyond as he unravels the hidden mysteries of Planet Earth, Humans and what lay beyond. **** Join Discord Server for getting Coins! https://discord.gg/hKcyZq2D Follow the novel on twitter! https://twitter.com/Arya7427
The Last Forms of Sword Combat
With a wavering mind, he began to feel lonely and suffocated by the training regime. Atharva seemed to have sensed this but his duty as the teacher had been completed. It was now the student's task to study and gleam the light at the end of the darkness.
"Try to find what it is that you are missing…" One fine day, Atharva left those words along with the lunch and Aria began to ponder.
After lunch, he closed his eyes and his mind began to replay the moves from Atharva, comparing them with his own. He kept replaying them one after another until something clicked…
'That's it.' His eyes snapped open in realization as he remembered the words spoken by Atharva.
{This is an act of respect to end our opponents suffering, thus there cannot be any wavering resolve. Your heart should be firm and determined.}
'It seems I was missing resolve and determination. That warmth which I felt in that attack was a result of this…'