Free Web NovelChapter 11: Ch 11: Awakening
The leaves of the Great Old One glowed faintly, still pumping out the results of its corruption.
And under their watchful glow, Enzo finally came in front of the ancient tree, whose age he suspected was too high to be included in legends and folk lores; even they had forgotten it.
Staggering to keep himself upright on his feet, Enzo stepped on the monstrous roots that seemingly creaked under his weight, as if not liking the intrusion. But not giving it any mind, he walked forward and dropped his palms on the thick and rotting barks of the tree.
The world seemed to change. Atleast from Enzo’s perspective.
He felt a soothing energy rushing from the Great Old One enter him. His feet which had been almost churned down to bones started replenishing, the whites of the bones sticking out now once again enclosed within muscles.
Within seconds, his feet were as new as it could get and even created a stark contrast from the uninjured skin of his body. Afterall, there was a big difference between a newly formed skin and a skin that was layered by a lot of old and dead cells.
His hands and knees, that had come in contact with the ground once, were next and healed up just as quickly.
[~Ding~]
[You have completed the objective. An Unique Mana Core shall be presented to you.]
[Nameless(Enzo Riccardo) is being analysed. Custom made Unique Mana Core being prepared...]
[Detected Nameless (Enzo Riccardo) has yet to gain an Aspect. Failed to generate an Unique Mana Core.]
[~Ding~]
[Checking for probability of Host gaining an Aspect in the future...]
[... Chances not zero...Analysing the nature of the probable Aspect.]
[Data found successfully! Initiating the formation of an Unique Mana Core...]
After a flash of different emotions passed through Enzo seeing the varying directions the Voice of the World took before finally being able to generate something, he felt a relief pass through him.
The next moment, the branches of the Great Old One shook and it bent downwards until the branches were practically touching Enzo’s scalp.
Although cautious, he was almost sure that the Voice of the World was responsible for this.
However, he didn’t get to think anything further as a warmth entered him. The feeling was quite pleasant and Enzo closed his eyes, surprised at being able to track the flow of this unknown energy inside him.
Through this new sense, he tracked the flow of the same energy from the roots as well; he was at that moment being surrounded by the very energy itself.
Breathing deeply, Enzo noticed all of the energy slowly but surely gathering at the right side of his chest, far away from where his heart was located.
It then converged there and formed a thin sphere, its size and shape the same as a squash ball.
Then with the rest of the energy that was still entering his body, the sphere started condensing. Its density kept on getting higher and higher, its thickness now filling the empty space inside the sphere.
Then when the sphere was completely filled with this unknown energy, it stopped entering his body any further. As if cut off from him.
But Enzo, unbothered, watched his new core rotating in a frenzy. A little while later, it stopped rotating and left behind was the thin sphere that Enzo had seen earlier. It was completely empty from inside.
But seeing it, Enzo realised how much appearances could be deceptive. He could already sense that this empty sphere was not the same fragile sphere that had formed at the beginning.
Rather, Enzo doubted even something incredibly sharp could even scratch this new core.
The rest of the energy that had filled the sphere had fused with the walls of the Mana Core and had made it this durable.
At that moment, another notification appeared.
[~Ding~]
[Successful creation of an Unique Mana Core: Sphere of the Eight Cardinals]
And with the announcement, a sheer pain erupted where his newly formed Mana Core was supposed to be. Enzo quickly turned his eyes inward to see what had turned wrong.
In just a glance, he realised the problem as well. The previously spherical mana core now had eight
pointy structures jutting out of it...just like the needles of a compass.
’Eight Cardinals...’
Four of them were larger than the others and pointed towards the four main geographic directions. The other four were placed slightly lower, appearing diminished in size when compared to the main needle like structures.
And just as one would guess, they were pointing to the four leftover directions: S-W, N-W, S-E and N-E.
As if waiting for that moment, the Voice explained.
[Sphere of the Eight Cardinals: An Unique Mana Core, exclusively constructed for the nameless(Enzo Riccardo).
Your Will appears boundless, your soul trapped by neither space or time. Changes - in this world or any other - mean nothing to you or your goal. Your power to adapt has the potential to cross the bridges of eternity.
Spread your influence in all directions for it is what you are destined for.] free𝑤ebnovel.com
[Your system is now live! Congratulations on your successful awakening. You are now eligible to check your stats.] fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Enzo breathed in and for the first time in both his lives, he felt another energy enter his lungs. It soon gathered inside the hollow sphere of his core.
Transparent vessels erupted out of the Sphere of the Eight Cardinals as they branched into mana veins and further, divided into secondary mana veins and took over all of his body, entangling with the blood vessels.
The next time Enzo breathed in the energy, it ciruclated inside these veins before ultimately filling the mana core.
’The volume of mana this core can contain is quite more than I had been expecting. Strangely, the eight cardinal ends remain hollow...so they don’t store mana, I see.’
"I have literally become a fucking compass." He chuckled dryly, noticing how the eight needles adjusted with every movement he made, no wonder positioning themselves to point towards the correct directions. He also noticed the pointy edge showing the north direction was slightly darker than the others.
The Voice of the World dinged again, this time informing him of something that made his eyes widen.
[The nameless(Enzo Riccardo) with the formation of his Unique Mana Core has become the ninth individual in the planet of Exodus to do so.]
[You have been granted a title: Ninth Aspirant.]
[You are now eligible to join the Aspirants.]
And just as that appeared, a second interface, this one quite different from the first one appeared. On its bluish translucent surface, the image of a digital lock was engraved.
The keylock shimmered faintly like the gentle stream of water currents. A text flowed at the head of the screen.
Please tap the screen below.
’What...no, who the hell are Aspirants?’
