Apart from Arran, who stood up abruptly, every other Aeth in the venue had faces that belied the expression of shock and confusion. They were in dumbfounded silence at what they were seeing. Finally, after some time, when the shock had finally settled in, a murmur spread through the hall as the Aeth whispered amongst themselves. “What is that doing here?”“It’s shouldn’t be here... how did it get here?”“What are those seven treasures guys doing back home? How could they let this appear here?”Initially, the murmurs around the venue came in low and subdued undertones until gradually they turned into a full-on outcry of rage and fury. Suddenly, the Aeth had turned belligerent. “What is going on? What is all this uproar about?”While the Aeth burst into a fit of protest, the others at the venue did not know what was going on or what caused such a development. They were completely in the dark about why the Aeth was in such a rage. With a mix of confusion and anger, the secret auction
There are a lot of things people knew about natal weapons or thought they knew. From what the name implies, natal weapons are born with the individual and so, unlike other weapons that were created in a workshop, natal weapons have the ability to grow with their owners. This ability should not be taken very simply. It was more than just the weapon becoming stronger. Instead, as the weapon grows stronger, so too do the weapons wielded. In this case, it is not the wielder's strength that reflects on the natal weapon, but instead, the strength of the weapon is reflected back on the wielder.The implication of this is much more precious. It means that even if an individual does not have any talent for evolution and can not become stronger on their own, with a natal weapon, this will not be a problem at all. As long as one is born with a natal weapon, then it is guaranteed that they would be able to transcend and evolve into higher forms of life.On that note, the natal weapons of the Aet
“Now I know most of you are confused. This seemingly ordinary rock is not so ordinary at all. It is actually an embryo. Inside this embryo, a powerful weapon is being nurtured. This weapon is so powerful, all other divine weapons pale in comparison to it.”“That is all I can say about this embryo. For certain reasons, I cannot go into more detail about it. But let me say this. Previously, I said that only those who are fated can obtain this embryo. That is because it is only meant for a single individual... an individual who might be amongst you all.”“Now to my fellow Aeth kinsmen, please rest assured that concerning this matter, there is no foul play at hand. Admittedly, when we first discovered the embryo among the items to be auctioned, the others in my team were frankly surprised and disturbed, as all of you are. But after calling back home, we discovered that the embryo is one that has been left untouched for more than four hundred years. In all these years, it has remained unmo
Like the rest of the Aeth in the venue, Lynn was angry to see the natal weapon embryo appear in the auction. But when Sloan explained things, he started to think.This was the first time that the seven treasures bank lost a natal weapon embryo. It had never happened before... not in the long history since the establishment of the museum. In all these years, the bankers' family had been in charge for countless generations until the current one. In that case, the current head of the banker's family would have to take responsibility for this mishap.No matter how you looked at things, even if this natal weapon embryo was really impressive and had the power to bypass the restrictions in the museum and cross light years of space in search of its owner, the bankers would still have to bear responsibility for this mistake.In a way, this reflected poorly in the restrictions used in the first place. It could be said that they had not taken enough measures to prevent something like this from h
Complicated as she felt, Brianna was not selfish. She may not care for others as much as she cared for herself, but to her friends, Brianna was always honest with them. After pulling herself out of her complicated mood, Brianna finally spoke to Arran. “Aren’t you going to go over?” Brianna asked. Seeing as Arran did not respond, she continued, “It’s calling out to you, isn’t it?” Arran nodded. “Then what are you waiting for? Go over and claim what is yours. For it to have come all this way for you, it must have felt lonely without you. How much longer are you going to keep it waiting?” As if she had spoken the magic words, a light suddenly lit up in Arran's dazed eyes as he stared at the embryo on the stage. Then, with rapid but steady steps, Arran moved. Arran vaulted over the guest stand, jumping from above to the ground below. Landing strongly on his feet, Arran walked to the main stage. At the start, no one noticed Arran at all. Even when he jumped from the seats to t
With a loud bang, the embryo exploded as Arran stretched his hand forward, sending blinding rays of light that swallowed his figure, scaring a lot of the watching observers. In their shock, everybody quickly covered their eyes. Strangely enough, the light was not too glaring that you couldn’t stare into it. Most of those present here were strong enough not to be affected by the light, and they could stare directly into it. But try as they may, nobody could make out Arran's figure or see what was going on inside. It was like everything had transformed into a blank zone of whiteness.On the other hand, Arran was seeing something completely different from the others. From the moment he reached the embryo, Arran felt his surroundings change rapidly from the auction stage to a field of stars.The sudden change surprised Arran. Looking around, all he could see were bright twinkling stars moving around and shining soft rays of light down on him like a kaleidoscope. Sensing something, Arran
Arran’s case was certainly unique, that much he knew. But right now he didn’t know what to make of it... if it was good or would end up becoming a problem later on.While Arran was lost in thought, the stars continued their conversation.“Big sister, I’m happy that big brother had come to see us. But why is he just staring at us like that?”“Now that you mention it, you’re right. Big brother has just been staring at us all this time with a silly look on his face. Don’t tell me he is dumb?”“Oh no. After all this time, that big brother has been away. If he turns out to be dumb, what will the eldest brother say? Eldest brother was already not happy before, so he is still sleeping instead of coming out to greet big brother. If he finds out that big brother is dumb, he will throw a fit.”“Oh, what do we do now? We have to cure big brother before eldest brother wakes up!”“...”Nani?!For a moment there, Arran was speechless... he didn’t know what to say. It was one thing for him to be sur
Outside... When Arran opened his eyes in a daze, he was greeted by the silence of the auction venue. As he slowly recovered his senses, Arran quickly felt multiple pairs of eyes staring intently at him from above. He could also make out silent mumbles coming from the other guests. Arran was not in the mood to pay attention to any of this, so he ignored them. Instead, he focused on recalling all that had happened in the dreamscape, where he met the spirits of his natal weapon. Inside his dreamscape, time flowed differently, so Arran didn’t know exactly how much time had passed between the real world and his dreamscape. For Arran, it felt like hours had gone by while he was inside the dreamscape. During this time, he had learned a lot about his natal weapon and the various abilities it possessed. Most importantly, Arran had learned about the two spirits of his natal weapon. Their existence was unique as it was a never before seen occurrence. Arran vaguely felt that there was a hu