Good thing Arran was a genius and his physique made it easy to control all kinds of energies, so the first problem was resolved. Now Arran just had to fine-tune his control over his energy.This part also wasn’t a problem for Arran, since he already had prior experience in doing something like this.This experience stemmed from back when Arran was training his bloodline in the academy after returning from Fort Crawford.The conditions back then were quite similar to now. At the time, Arran had to perform a handstand with a large earthen stake on top of him. The weight of the stake was as heavy as two mountains... literally. And Arran had to bear the entire weight with his own body.Fortunately, Arran didn’t have to bear the entire weight on his body... not exactly anyway. Instead, by using a mystical method, the weight of the stake was transformed into powerful pressure that was applied directly to Arran’s bloodline for the process of refining. During this process, Arran also had to a

“How is he doing?” Eris asked in concern, her eyes trained on Arran as she refused to look away.It has been more than thirty minutes now since Arran started attempting to control the flow circulation of his essence energy and throughout this time his eyes had been shut tightly in concentration.Everybody else had fallen silent save for the slight buzz in the air that came from the pressure emitted by Eris’ father.Both Eris and Charmy had been wracked with worry as they watched Arran in silence. They understood what he was attempting and knew just how dangerous it was.They weren’t worried that Arran’s life would be in danger since Eris’ parents were present. Should anything go wrong, they would definitely save him in time.No, what they were worried about was that should Arran fail, he might become demoralized and it might lead to him not leaving a good impression on Eris’ family.The relationship between members of the royal family was close-knit but weird and somewhat dysfunctiona

Time is ephemeral... it exists only in fleeting moments! From the time of Arran’s first visit to Charmy’s and Eris’ families, five years had gone by. To some, these five years were like a long cycle of life where they got to experience a lot of things that served as enrichment to their growth. But to some, it was only a blink. In the unending depths of space that was void of almost all matter, there was a dead and barren dark star that stood alone in the vast, expansive void. On this star, a consciousness woke up after five long years of slumber. For the rest of the universe, five years had passed. But for the consciousness, it was like only an instant had passed between when it fell asleep and now that it was awake. Of course, this was only relative to the distance between various points in space. For a short moment since the consciousness woke up, its mind was muddled. But soon, it recovered its sanity shortly after. Who am I? Where am I? I am... my name... Kasack, that is m

The green-skinned mandrakes were a familiar opponent to Arran. They were a species of wild beasts with basic intelligence that grew in the wilds of Etherium.Most of the time, these beasts lived simple lives like every other beast, save for the limited use of simple tools that made for a primitive-level civilization. But at certain times, they would transform into a bunch of genocidal savages that wrought death and destruction wherever they went.This time was during the annual mating season when new offspring were conceived and later born.As a tradition and requirement for the birth of new offspring, female green-skinned mandrakes required a lot of fresh flesh and blood to provide energy to mate and nurture children. This led to the entire species hunting down any flesh and blood creature to satisfy their needs.This behavior is common in all mandrake races which were very common in the universe and not only the green-skinned subspecies. Because of their habit, the mandrake race is

“What the hell do you want, Galen?” Kellogg barked at Arran angrily.“Are you sure that’s the way to be talking to me?” Arran responded in kind, his tone dismissive.“Spit it out or get the hell out of my way. I don’t have time to deal with you now.” Kellogg said.Humph!“I doubt you would have the brains to even comprehend anything I say, so I’d rather not waste my breath. But I’ve still got to say this...”“Should you really be using your powers so recklessly like this?” Arran asked.“Look what you did to the forest! Everything is burnt up and is a hollow of its previous self. How do you think this will reflect on your evaluation?”As Arran spoke, he threw a condescending look at Kellogg while gesturing to the burnt-up trees in the forest.Still, Kellogg responded fiercely to Arran’s words.“Are you telling me how to do things, hmm Galen?”“I don’t see how it’s any of your business which way I decide to carry out my assignment. Besides, there’s nothing for me to worry about concerni