Awaken

Marissa touched the glass screen and badly wanted to save that woman. The woman was now covered in blood. It was unknown whether she was death or not. But right after she touched that glass screen, Marissa was so shocked. In this moment, she felt like her life was just an inch away to visit the Yellow Spring.

Buzzz!

Marissa was electrocuted. She was now trembling non-stop. Her brain stopped operating. Her vision was turning blurry. All she thought right now was, no, she couldn't even think at this moment.

Shua!

Putong!

Marissa fell down and now she was unconscious again. During the time she was unconscious, a mysterious force like an electric current were swarming in, and sipping into her body. The force was coming from the glass screen when she touched it unintentionally because she was so eager to save the pregnant woman.

A moment later, the electric-like force calmed down and Marissa's body looked like it was back to normal. However, was it really over? Not, yet! Not long after the mysterious force was died down, the more mysterious appeared. This time, it wasn't a force from the outside world like what was coming from the glass screen that was sipping into her body, but it was instead the opposite one. That force... was coming out of her body!

What's more, the force which came out of her body was even more intense and brutal. The electric force was like a bunch of starving snakes, coiling around, crackling like a burnt electric cabels, hissing like a snake, before they were swarming out and reached toward the many huge pieces of glass screen on the giant transparent labyrinth which couldn't be seen where was the ending, and...

Plack! Plack! Plack!

All the twirling and entangled electric currents were flying everywhere and stuck themselves at the giant pieces of glass. After they stuck themselves there, many sparks like firework or something that resembled a burst of flame sparks from welding machines were formed.

Hisss!

The interior of the glass labyrinth was now full of flames sparks. It looked like a beautiful spectacle of fireworks was held in that place. If one looked carefully at the situation, one would find that the many of the electric currents that were coming out of Marissa's body were currently sucking up the electric force which resided inside the glass screen. Marissa's electric force was like a group of starving little electric dragon who was eating on electric force.

One minute...

Two minute...

...

One hour...

Two hours...

Three hours...

It was unknown how long Marissa was unconscious, but her electric force now looked a little bigger and stronger than a few hours back then. However, it seemed like her group of little electric dragon did not feel satisfied yet, and they were still craving for more of the electric forces.

...

While Marissa was unconscious inside the mysterious glass labyrinth, something strange also happened in a certain range of an unknown mountain. As for whether the mountain range was still in the territory of Nusantara Continent or not, no one knows...

Inside an unknown cave, a grizzled old man with a dignified aura and strong presence was sitting in a meditative posture as he crossed his legs atop a big white stone. He wore a set of clean white robe and a white headband. He shut his eyes and held something like a prayer beads on his palm as he touched the small round black stones one by one with his fingertips.

At this moment...

Hm??

The old man suddenly opened his eyes. He looked to his right side and his pair of black pupils instantly dilated. He stood up shortly and observed the small lake that was situated on the east area of the cave, which was precisely on the right side of the old man when he was meditating.

The lake was rather big as it occupied almost all the area on the east side of the cave. Many of the stalactites and stalagmites were growing on the lake, creating a beautiful but mysterious artistic value. At this moment, it wasn't the group of stalactite that become the focus of that grizzled old man, neither it was the stalagmites which were growing vigorously on the bottom of the lake with their sharp tips pointing upward. Instead, it was the black water on the lake that the old man was staring at.

The black water right now was churned furiously like there was a big fire on it's bottom that made it boiled and stirred. Not only that, there were also crackling sounds coming out of the black water as many of electric currents resembled the flashing lightning and sparkling fireworks appeared to the surface. The electric currents were now coiling around together as they were tangling and dancing happily atop the lake.

Hisss!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was a sunny day where the magnificent golden sun was hanging in the space to send it's warm radiation to the earth. Nevertheless, amid the clear sky and soft clouds, a giant purple lightning suddenly appeared, flashed across the entire sky like a massive whip to ward off the evils. Followed after that was a loud boom echoing vigorously like the sound of a war drum in the bloody battlefield.

At this moment, the sound of the big thunder in the sky and the small thunder that resembled little electric dragon in the lake resonated together, forming a very strange phenomena.

The grizzled old man keep looking at the lake which possessed black water in it with a shocked expression. He was even more shock when a drop of blood suddenly soaring up from the black water and then condensed in the air. Right after that, the drop of blood emit a white light before a translucent red frame appeared in the air and showed a strange world. It was actually the 'World of Glass' in which currently Marissa was laying unconscious while a bunch of twirling electric currents that now looked like a group of little thunder were still busy sucking up the electric force in the surrounding.

When the image appeared, the old man widen his eyes even more. His eye balls were popping up like they could fall out at any moment because he was too shock!

"Awakaning... She, Little Miss..."

Suddenly...

Plop!

"Holy Lord... Sob sob sob... Huaaahahahaha." The old man was now crying and laughing at the same time. After a period of shock, the old man immediately realized what had happened.

"Little Miss, this old man could finally found you. This old man has been feeling very guilty that he couldn't find you anywhere. Although I'm still not sure where are you right now, but it's enough. I now know that you are still alive. I will look for you again after this. I will never be tired to look for you. Little Miss, you have actually awaken your bloodline, this old man is very happy for you. This old man promise, when he found you again later in the future, he would protect you and wouldn't put you in danger anymore. If something happened to you, sob sob sob... this old man would really not know what to do anymore."

The grizzled old man didn't look graceful and dignified anymore. His first impression that he gave off from before was now shattered into dust. He looked more like a spoiled child now, who was usually brawling on the floor if his or her toys were to be broken. He cried a lot but also smiled afterward. It was a happy crying. They were the tears of gratitude on his eyes.

...

Marissa woke up. She stood up groggily with her pair of claws as she held her chicken head with her wing, feeling a big headache consumed her entire person. Although prior to this she sometimes felt headache if she was too tired or having so many works or task to do, but she never felt as dizzy as of right now. However, this time the headache was too much! She felt like her head was going to split into two.

It's not after a few moments later that she finally felt the pain subsided. She looked around and found that she finally back into her room in the underground place at her little shop. After confirming that she was really back, she finally felt relieve. She took a long breath before jumping up and slamming down her chicken body onto the bed.

She thought again about what happened from beginning to the end. After mulling over the incident step by step with a clear head as well as talking for a while with Mr. Angel, she finally found out that the security system didn't immediately reacted when the culprit attacked her. It wasn't that the system was slow and weak, but the caster was really a professional villain. After Marissa thinking back again and confirming the reason with Mr. Angel, she found out the reason was because the culprit really didn't have a killing intent when she assaulted her. Even when the caster choked her, there was no such killing intent at all from that culprit. It was as if the caster didn't have an intention to kill, but his action told another way.

Marissa felt it was scary and amazing at the same time. Someone who wanted to kill actually could hid his killing intent so well, wait... that's not right! According to Mr. Angel, it wasn't because that person could hide his killing intent, it was because that person really didn't have it to begin with. It was like when we chop the cabbage or potatoes as we want to cook, or when we slice the vegetables in the kitchen. At that time when we chop or slice the vegetables, we didn't possess any killing intent at all because in our mind, it was a normal thing. That was a food, so chopping or slicing it with knife was a normal thing to do. Will there be a killing intent when we chop a vegetable?

After hearing the explanation of Mr. Angel, Marissa concluded that the person was very scary and dangerous! Such a psychopath person actually exist in this world! Not only exist, Marissa even become his victim. Such bad luck!

Furthermore, according to Mr. Angel, the system could identify that the original self of that person was actually an expert at the Monarch level. But he wasn't an ordinary monarch level, there was a possibility that he was an Emperor level expert who possessed a problem in his cultivation, resulting in his level to fall down to the level of Monarch. In addition, that person's problem could possibly be very big that he couldn't maintain the stability of his power. So, perhaps now, he was hiding somewhere to recuperate and couldn't get out in a short period of time. Nevertheless, he could still influence something or someone by creating an incarnation from manipulating the surrounding.

The man from before who was possessed by the culprit was someone who never consume the Blue Fire Pill that Marissa created, so he was easily to be taken over and got possessed.

Although the grade of the pill was still very low as it was only level 1, but according to Mr. Angel, the pill would still be effective in about a month. When there was an evil soul or some other things that wanted to possess the host who had consumed the pill, the soul of the host would fight back and the blue fire that Marissa infused to the pill would immediately in effect as it would burn the evil soul or the incarnations. It wouldn't be that easy to completely taken over the host with a Blue Fire Pill resided near the soul to protect it.

...

"Mr. Angel, will the system could prevent that person from attacking me, this shop, and the peoples as well as spirtual creatures inside if in the future that culprit was to come back?" Marissa asked worriedly.

[Of course]

[The system had record the culprit's aura, his type of energy, body temperature, special smell, and the other trait of that person]

[Although the system couldn't identify that person completely, but he won't be able to do anything in the future]

[The moment he was near the vicinity of the system, the system would immediately detect him]

"That's good." Marissa nodded and sighed in relief. After that, she suddenly remembered something as she asked Mr. Angel hurriedly. "Mr. Angel, previously, I feel like I was being transported into a strange world. There were many huge glass there, forming a giant glass labyrinth. There, I watch a very strange video record, like a movie. Does the system know about it? Could you please explain to me what had actually happened?"

The system was silent for a long time before it said it didn't know anything about what Marissa said. Hearing that, Marissa felt dissappointed. She thought she would be able to get the clues regarding the woman named Serre and what was her real identity. Now, she couldn't do anything except to wait for another opportunity to find more about it. Sometimes she felt like maybe it was just a dream, but after thinking carefully, she was sure that it wasn't a dream.

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Quizz:

Who might possibly be the grizzled old man inside the cave?

A. FL's father

B. FL's uncle

C. FL's saviour

D. FL's relatives

E. No one above are correct