With a startled gasp, Zyrus woke up. His outstretched hand grabbing nothing but empty air.
"Haa haa." Realising where he was and what he saw was dream. He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed deeply.
'How much time had it been, since i saw a dream different than that one?' Zyrus thought, though he noticed another thing in the next moment.
His body, it...felt different, stronger and more robust than before.
He looked down, his eyes widening slightly. There, on his body wasn't even a single injury except the scar given by the Void Knight.
Shocked, he traced his hands over it and other parts of his body where serious injuries were like his side and nose.
They were fine...he was fine.
"Well, i will be damned. What happened while i was unconscious?" Muttering lightly, he looked around the dark hall.
Soon, he found Anaerah also laying in front of him.
"Hm, did she also had a trial or something?" He thought tilting his head slightly.
The answer to his question was given by a monotone voice that came into life.
[No, host. She is just tired mentally from her transmigration and visions.]
The system answered.
"Visions?" Zyrus questioned lightly.
[You can ask her, when she wakes up host. It better of she told you herself.]
"Hmm, okay." He shrugged lightly. Though recalling something, he frowned deeply as he spoke again.
"Hey, you shit of a system. Do you wanted to kill be or something? Who the heck, puts a normal teenager against that monster?"
Thinking about the Black Knight, he scowled as chills ran down his spine.
There was anger...very much anger was there however he knew that he couldn't do a shit to him, if they fought again.
He also knew that the Knight had been severely nerfed. After all, he had read what absolute atrocity that thing is.
[I am sorry host however it was very important. There was a severe fault with your mentality that couldn't be allowed for the Successor to ever have.
The challenge's that you know you will have to face are immense and they couldn't be handled with a weak mentality that's why it was necessary.
You could feel the change yourself... couldn't you?]
"..Tch" Zyrus couldn't help but click his tongue, in annoyance as the system was right.
He remembered how pathetic he acted since coming here, instead of thinking calmly and be cool minded he was being a dumbass.
If it wasn't for Anaerah who knows what would have happened to him. He glanced at her slightly watching her sleeping.
"Fine, you win. Just show me, my rewards. Also did she heale with her powers." He asked.
The system replied.
[No, she isn't strong enough to heal the amount of fatal injuries you had instead she had used one of your rewards to heal you.]
"Fair, i guess." Zyrus said lightly then excited he looked at the screen. It was time for rewards.
[Quest- Completed.
Rewards Granted-
1) The Nixtera Elixir- Grade- Divine
2) Random skill stone- Growth Type.
3) Divine Rank-Awakening Stone.
4) Unknown Egg.
5) Basic Combat Knowledge.
Key To The First Chamber Had Been Granted- Can be used in 89 days...]
Zyrus looked at the status, then without much dramatics. He focused on the rewards viewing their descriptions and effects.
1) The Nixtera Elixir- Grade- Divine
{Description- Created from the tears of a Royal Phoenix and nectar of World Tree. It is a blend that even the most immpecable alchemist could never make in their whole life}
{Effects.
1) It can heal or cleanse any wound, on the body no matter how drastic it was.
2) It could even heal a broken core or create another one.
3) Whenever used, it strengthens the soul of the user.}
Remaining- (4/5).]
"Holy..." Zyrus said stunted.
A divine grade elixir... it's something that was as close to extinct in the world and right now he had four of them.
Watching it's effects, Zyrus was even more stunned.
"It can heal cores and soul strengthing?. What the fuck?" He couldn't help it.
It was known in the whole Arcania, that once a person's core had been broken no matter what they couldn't ever heal it. Making them crippled for life.
Though there was only one exception to it. However now it had become two.
"So, she healed me with that Elixir, huh." He said clenching and unclenching his fist.
Then, leaving the skill stone and awakening stone for later. He focused on the description of the egg.
[Unknown Egg- ???
Description- It is an unknown egg found by the Apex, when he was on one of his journey's. It is a strange being that even Apex himself couldn't form a contract with.]
"How strange. A familiar even the Apex couldn't have." Zyrus said rubbing his chin while reading at the description.
Then, finally he looked at the last reward.
There wasn't a need for description for the last one, it's name itself already told enough. Summoning, it in his hands Zyrus looked at it.
It was golden coloured scroll, made from rough paper and binded with a red coloured ribbon.
It was a reward, that perhaps was most important right now. Zyrus didn't know a thing about fighting. That was shown in both fight. Thus, making it a urgent a need.
"Well, how helpful." He said as he opened the ribbon.
As soon as he, opened it. The scroll burned with a bright golden light, words and forms of different length and height flew straight into his head.
Zyrus winced slightly, as it created a strange itchy sensation in his head. In his head, different forms of fighting and basic sword play flowed like a movie in a theatre.
Soon it all finished, opening his eyes Zyrus calmly looked as the scroll turned into black ash and withered in the dark hall.
He was ready now. It was finally time.
"Let's do it." He said as he moved towards the middle of the hall.
It was time for the Lord's Awakening