"Yawn." At the middle of the night, Arthur woke up feeling something heavy resting on his body. He cracked an opening in his eyes, only to see himself shrouded in the thick midnight darkness with his lights turned off. "Get off me, I can't sleep properly." Arthur groaned as he pushed the body on him to the side out of reflex. In the next second, the weight was lifted and all he heard was a light yelp followed by a loud thud. Stunned. He blinked twice, rubbed his eyes then after all that, he reached for his bedside lamp and switched it on. He got enough light to look around himself, then to the ground where a shadowy female figure lay on. "Huh?" Arthur blinked again. Suddenly, a thought hit him as he jumped off his bed from the other side then rushed to the intruder's aid. Helping the woman to her feet, it was revealed that the intruder was indeed Lilith. He guessed only Lilith would have sneaked into his room like that, since his mother had never done such in all the years the
“Knock Knock!” Celicia wiped her hands and turned towards the door, she was busy cleaning the house before setting off on her quest. The bucket of water and rag she was using to wipe the furniture was kept besides her. "You're back already? Did you forget something? You should always double—" Celicia's eyes narrowed down to slits, and she crossed her hands before her face. As soon as she did that, her aura exploded. “Boom!” The door was kicked into the living room, blasted out of the frame by some strange force. Her eyes narrows further as she glared at the door that crashed besides her, then at the newcomers. One was a young woman dressed in eccentric golden robes. She had a pair of daggers strapped to her waist and was giving off a malicious and vile aura — very much like that of a vixen that had cornered her prey. A rapier was strapped to her back, although it was still in it's sheathed. It seemed to be the weapon she learned to utilize for her second class — maybe some warr
"So the better your body accepts Qi, the better your chances of awakening? While the way you absorb Qi into your soul reserves will affect how you awaken?" Lilith and Arthur had broken into a sprint now, and were chatting seriously as they ran. Although, they started the second Arthur and Lilith both got hit by the overwhelming feeling of “something going bad somewhere…” in the middle of their walk. "Exactly, that's the reason why some find it effortless to awaken while some find it extremely strenuous and painful — it's just how your body is build, and how it is interacting with the Qi it absorbs." Lilith collapsed into deep thoughts. She'd tried all she could to force an awakening, but unlike most of other clan successors she'd been failing uncontrollably. She now understood it was all related to how her body was naturally cultivating Supreme Qi! "It's why I failed to awaken the first time using the Qi absorbed from battle excitement as a stimulant. Well, you all can't do that
Lilith paused, then after thinking for a while, a frown formed on her face. She did not expect things to turn out like this when she stepped into school, if she had predicted this — then, she would have not walked in! "Hey!" Lilith called Arthur before he walked too far away, then beaconed him to slow down. In the next second, she sighed before walking up to him. "Well, if we're going to beat the monster, where do we find it? Some hidden building, or is it going to jump us in an ambush attempt?" Lilith began to ramble as she and Arthur began to walk further, "How strong is it?" "Well, from the vibe it gave and since no domain was set up here, it should be nothing more than Level 10 which would be very good for the two of us." Arthur dropped his awkward smile, "Even more so, for me." Not only were monsters with domains over ten times more conversant with Qi than those without it — they were also stronger and faster than regular monster on their level once within their domain! "W
"Hmm? Someone leaked Arthur's existence to most of the underground guilds, and just two of you showed a keen interest in him?" Celicia clicked her tongue and stood up from the ground with a frown on her face. "He's my son you know, a fine boy I raised up alone in this cruel world. Although you were to weak to unlock my backstory, I can manage letting you go back and make a report to your boss." Celicia crouched down with a smile to stare at Layla dead in the eyes. "You should tell him that an advanced warlock already has him in her grasp, and wouldn't release him without a good fight." Celicia helped Layla up, then ushered her to the gates, "Take your friend, and get out." Until Layla was helped to the gates, she didn't seem to be conscious at all! She'd just spaced out from the shock, and froze in fear as her brain completely went off into dead boot without waking up completely. "I'll only count to ten…" Before Celicia even opened her mouth to speak, the prepared Layla disappe
Arthur and Lilith took the elevator down to reach the ground floor of the main building. After they had left, a badly beaten up Bran crawled after them and stood up to his feet swearing furiously. Soon, he staggered his way to his class while he kept his mind focused on what lie he would use in dodging his teachers attacks. Numerous thoughts came to him as he moved, and be welcomed them all with a smile. After the two had taken the spare books brought to them by Lililth's driver, Arthur and Lilith split ways for their differing classes. Only, Arthur approached the main building whilst Lilith branched. Lilith entered another building exclusively for mages and archers, and locked out to Arthur. Although they allowed other class students in once in a while, it was mostly for those two classes. Arthur sighed as he held the small bag and walked back into the main building, and back into the large elevator to the floor his class was on — the fifth floor which was just above that of
Arthur walked back to class and took his seat calmly without saying a word. The class was now bustling as the numerous students began to gist and chat as they waited for the next teacher. Arthur didn't draw again, he simply sat back to watch how the class went without paying much attention to what was actually going on. After a while, he shut his eyes and began to cultivate his Qi. "If I can manage raising my Qi and strengthening my body to a certain level before going home, I would try training with mother again." Arthur frowned as soon as the thought crossed his mind. —— "All done." Celicia tossed the pieces of metal into the trashcan, dusted her hands then turned back to face the door, "I'll call someone to fix the door soon, I can not leave it like this for long." Celicia shook her head, then went to grab her phone which she'd dropped on a bench she'd carried outside to sit on. After picking up the phone, she double taps to wake, then after clicking the dialer applicati
“Boom Boom Boom!” Arthur blocked the three blows with this right hand, and in the next second he countered the attack with a powerful kick delivered to the side of Jacob's stomach without hesitation. The attack blasted the boy to the side, forcing Jacob to stagger backwards until he managed to get himself stabilized, and after gaining enough strength in his legs he dashed forward with all his might. “Bang!” Arthur's leg connected with Jacob's fist, and the two were blown back by the powerful shockwave that was created from that attack. Although Arthur did spare Jacob anymore time to think. Arthur disappeared, then appeared right in front of the stunned Jacob. Before the stunned male braced himself, Arthur punched him in the face, then kneed him in the guts before giving him a headbutt. Jacob's eyes never lost focus even after the powerful headbutt, he clenched his fists then dragged his head which was falling back up to headbutt Arthur back. In that moment, he grabbed Art