Arran fell into a deep and peaceful slumber. In his sleep, Arran dreamt about his parents.
Arran's dreamland was a place filled with purple clouds, much like the clouds that were constantly in the sky in the Etherium. But unlike those purple storm clouds, the clouds in Arran's dreamscape were not rumbling with charged lightning. everything was peaceful and quiet.
Standing on a cloud, Arran was surprised...
He could not understand what was going on and where he was.
Arran had a feeling that he was asleep and everything he saw here was just part of his dream. But no matter what Arran did, he could not wake up. This made him frustrated... but Arran did not panic.
Knowing that panicking would not solve anything, Arran calmly observed his surroundings.
Using his feet to step on the clouds, Arran felt like he was stepping on a ball of soft cotton. The experience was pretty novel.
At the same time, Arran tested all his powers and abilities,
Arran meeting his parents was the best thing he could ever hope to wish for. Ever since they disappeared on earth, Arran had been filled with endless worry, wondering if something bad had happened to them.Back when Arran thought his parents were just ordinary humans who at most would only be a bit odd since they were mercenaries, Arran had feared that perhaps one of their old enemies had come for his parents to exact revenge.He didn't know what to do or how he could find them, so Arran could only wait while hoping they would come back safely. It was only when he had been picked up by the Aeth that Arran had realized his parent's identities were not so simple.For the purpose of investigating Arran's background, Arran was aware that the Aeth had used their means to sneak into the earth to investigate who his parents were and where they had gone to upon their disappearance. But much to the disbelief of the Aeth and Arran himself, he found that there were no reco
The shocking news Arran learned caused him to retreat from his parents before he could even realize what he had done. It was as if Arran's ass had been set on fire with the way he shot out of his seat.After coming to a stop ten meters away from his parents, Arran was finally able to regain his senses, but he wasn't able to calm down at all.Right now, the only thing that was in Arran's head were the words his mother had just said to him."We are not your actual parents!""We are not your actual parents!""We are not your actual parents!"These words continued playing over and over again in a loop in Arran's head.Arran felt dizzy, and he lost his footing for a moment and stumbled unsteadily. Quickly catching himself and forcefully regaining his balance, Arran shook his head as he tried to remove the dizziness he was feeling.It took Arran a full five seconds to finally calm down, then he turned back to look at Azalea and Jerem
Arran was relieved to know that the people he called his parents were his actual biological parents. He didn't know how he would have taken it otherwise. But while Arran was dwelling on his feelings, he suddenly remembered his mother's exact words.Specifically, Arran focused on the words she said towards the end of her speech.'I carried you for four hundred years!!!'These were the words Arran focused on. He could distinctly remember her saying these exact same words.Immediately, Arran shockingly said to his mother, "Mom, you said that you actually carried me for four hundred years before you conceived me. That's not true, right?""It can't be. The longest pregnancy period for an Aeth is at most two years and even a Kingsman who has the longest birth time takes at most ten years before they are born. How could I stay in your womb for four hundred years before being born?Arran's words were really shocking enough, but this was the truth. A
Arran was in a daze... He kept on thinking of a single thought... that the terrifying cat outside whom his mother called Ladon was a pet. A pet! How insane was that... Just thinking about it alone was enough to make Arran doubt his life. Arran did not know exactly how powerful the Primordial Startreading Tabby, Ladon was. The only thing he was able to guess was that it was more powerful than any of the Shade Lords and Councilmen he had come across recently. The reason Arran thought so what because of the unfathomable aura given to him. Ladon's aura was much deeper and more intense than what he had felt from Shade Lord Scholler and Shade Lord Kremlin as well as Councilmen Homer and Floyd. Of course, granted, Shade Lord Scholler was only a projection with just a bit of the original's power, and Shade Lord Kremlin was being suppressed by Councilman Homer so they did not seem too powerful. But something just told Arran that the Pri
Arran felt like this day was one filled with endless surprises coming at him to bash him in the head. He had just been receiving one shocking news after the other.Forget the fact that his mother had a seemingly powerful pet lying outside. What he had just heard from his mother's own lips was even more shocking.Crown prince!These words denoted a person who was in line to inherit the throne of a kingdom. In a monarchy, the crown prince was usually the one with the most authority after the emperor and the prime minister and his status was the highest under the emperor and empress.This kind of person could be said to be the most envious son of heaven in the world and he enjoyed the envy and worship of all. Arran could not see himself associating with this kind of identity. But here he was... where exactly Arran was, he was still not sure... Arran's parents were right in front of him and they were telling him that he was the crown prince of the Aeth.<
From the time of the hegemon war until now, there have been countless generations of rulers who have ruled over the Aeth. Each of these rulers had ruled for long terms which can go from thousands of years to tens of thousands of years the only difference being that no matter how long these rulers had been on seats for every generation of new rulers would be crowned together and they will also abdicate the seats of authority together leaving it for new rulers to take over.From the time of the first rulers till now, there have been exactly 82 rulers who have held control of over the seven seats of authority. This cycle had been broken four hundred years ago when the 83rd ruler of the air seat of authority had crowned and had taken control over the air seat of authority after the disappearance of the previous ruler who was the 82nd ruler of the air seat of authority.This was only known to all the current rulers because each ruler was linked together. If a single ruler s
Ever since Arran found himself inside this strange place filled with purple clouds and met his parents, it had felt like more than thirty minutes had passed. But Arran could not be sure if that was really true or if his senses were just playing tricks on him.For a while now, Arran had been feeling that his perception of time inside this strange space was skewed. He could not tell if one minute spent in here was actually a minute outside of if it was called differently. Worst of all, Arran had no way to get out of here. He could only turn to his parents to help him out of here.As much as Arran wanted to spend more time here with his parents, he knew that it was not possible to do so. As it was now, Arran could already see his parent's bodies slowly fading and becoming transparent. He knew that he didn't have much longer to spend with them.Their time was almost up.Looking at his parents awkwardly, Arran was surprised by their reaction and what happened
Arran spent some time giving his parents an in-depth explanation of the reality dungeon he had awakened and made sure that they knew about how it worked as well as how it had contributed to raising Arran's current strength. When this was done, both of Arran's parents had pondering expressions on their faces. Arran's father even muttered softly, "So that's how it is... this is quite nifty, if you ask me. How I wish I had something like this myself growing up. It would have been very helpful to me when I was still growing up. At least it would have cut the time I needed to become stronger by more than half the original time. But now, this ability is mostly useless to me." Arran listened to his father's mumblings and looked at him weirdly. Hearing the kind of words Jeremiah spoke, Arran started to wonder exactly how strong his father was. For that matter, Arran was wondering how powerful his mother actually was. For her to be the 83rd ruler of th