There was the sound of something cracking, followed by a pained scream that rang through the room.Miss Riordan stood to the side as she watched Aiden undergo the reforging process. Even with her nerves as a healer, she flinched every time there was a crack.Aiden's reforging was as painful as you would expect. Every bike in his body was breaking, reforming into a hardened bone moments later.This had been going on for fifteen minutes and Aiden had broken every bone in his body at least twice. Throughout the whole process, Aiden could not manage to keep his screams back. Thankfully, he came to Miss Riordan when he felt the weirdness, getting Miss Riordan to isolate the space for his breakthrough.With no breaks in between, Aiden went a few hours in this agony, breaking every bone over and over again. He did this seven times for every bone before the reforging was completed.The bones that reformed were stronger and tougher making them even harder to break in the next round. This made
"Who do you think I am...?"Aiden stood tongue-tied for a few seconds. He did not know if knowledge of The Architect's Mould was something he should say, so he kept his mouth shut in the end."You just looked familiar... That's it...""Hmm... Okay... You have the following choices for getting through the first three levels, you may pick one..."In front of the old man were three prizes... One was a bottle, and in it was a liquid with a golden hue. Next to it was an artifact, a weapon that glimmered in the light... It was clear to anyone who saw it that this was no ordinary weapon.Aiden was tempted to choose this when he felt a shiver run through his body. This was unlike a shiver in a cold, rather, it carried with it a hint of excitement.When he laid eyes on the third prize, he found it to be a grey blob of mud, clay, or something... He could not make out what it was made of, from his initial impressions of it, but there was no mistake, this was exactly the thing that caused the sh
A hundred and fifty silver-streaked grey feral beasts with one Briwyn that had a light affinity was looking incredibly tough.However, he had gone through one of these configurations successfully, so it was not an asinine difficulty level.This... He proved by a successful demolishing of the beasts and as usual just a few seconds off the deadline.The third wave, two Briwyns, and a hundred silver-streaked grey feral beasts. The fourth wave, two Briwyns, and a hundred and fifty silver-streaked grey feral beasts.Beating these waves was half-complete when he managed to find the briwyn's affinity.After this fight, as Aiden went into the fifth level, and the skybox brightened, allowing him to show up once more on the projections, he noticed that the gold point had grown into the size of a small sphere.He tried interacting with it to see what it would do when he felt a shiver pass through his body.That shiver carried with it a lot of energy that Aiden started to fill like he would burst
The Briwyns had made no moves since the start of the round, they were content to just sit back and watch Aiden fall apart... However, Aiden had thrown a wrench into their plans.One after the other, they slowly came to life, one burst into flames and the other seemed to wear a snow-white coat of fur, as its surroundings began to freeze.Aiden's smile froze for a moment before it grew wider... 'let's get it, he thought in his heart as he dashed off to attack.The archer came to life, firing arrows one after the other... These arrows came piercing at Aiden, however, for this moment, he abandoned his crazy plan big catching arrows, instead, he let them pierce into the ground around him.With tight dives, and rolls into jumps, he tore through the gold-streaked feral beasts that came close, pulling out any of the arrows that he passed by.Suddenly he felt a chill on his neck, without the need for confirmation, he flicked the arrow to his back with such force that it pierced through the paw
Aiden walked toward the small pool in front of him... The pool was only a few meters wide but it had a bluish hue to it. Slowly Aiden stepped into the pool, he had only gone a few steps in and the water was up to his neck.Suddenly, the grey swirl in his eyes vanished... He looked around, surprised to see himself standing in neck-deep water... He had barely taken in half of the sight when he screamed.It was as if he had been stabbed but the speed at which Aiden ran out of the pool showed that this was not the case...Aiden took another look at the pool as well as his surroundings before he slowly stepped back into the pool.One step after the other, he waded through. At waist height, he still felt nothing but the moment the water was at neck height, all hell broke loose as Aiden screamed again.All the pores on his skin seemed to open up at once because the feeling was as if he had thousands of needles stabbing into his body.Five minutes...Ten minutes...Thirty minutes...Two hours
He closed his eyes... In the chaos that was space, he drifted through the thousands of pieces that floated around... Haphazardly.He had his eyes closed even as a piece headed straight for him... He made no move to dodge it... If this piece hit, he would be in for a world of pain.Ten meters...Six meters...Three meters...It was only when the piece was just a meter away that his body moved.He pushed off to the left as he twisted his body to escape the trajectory of the piece... It was the best move he could make, but he had taken off too late, the result... A painful graze across his upper arm.He groaned in pain as he struggled to find his balance... He had not gotten over that before he pushed off another rock to escape another hit.The sight quickly become one where he came closer and closer to getting hit before he managed an escape.He still had his eyes closed... It was pretty impressive to be doing this well with no sight but in Aiden's mind, there was a different thought t
"So you are saying a primordial rule book chose me... Why?"["I don't know what its criteria are, but in the last few hundred years, you are the first to clear all nine levels and provoke that big a reaction from the stele"]"Why did it engrave this fighting technique in my mind?"[” Okay, we have established that I don't know a lot about the stele. I just know what it is"]Aiden fell silent. He could see the engravings in his mind. They looked very ordinary except that they were carved into his mind, and he could feel it.The fighting technique was anything but simple. His initial impressions showed that it was a complex matrix he did not have the tools to figure out.Even worse he couldn't read it well enough to show Zarek.Zarek was in his mind, hitching a ride just as Darwyn had but the engravings were off-limits to him. He couldn't even get close.["Don't overthink it. You will be able to make sense of it when you are ready, or so I believe"]Aiden rolled his eyes. This was telli
Aiden stood before the doors that lead to The Royal Family's Dining Area.He waited as the butler announced his presence before the doors opened and he stepped into the hall.Immediately, he was blown away by the craftsmanship that went into designing the place. It was an overdressed room to be brutally honest but this was one dressing to be appreciated once you laid eyes on it.He soon collected his thoughts. He turned to look at the dining table. It was still a beautifully crafted one and the chairs were just as pretty with the chairs at both ends looking extra special, taller and nicer."Your Majesties, Your Highnesses", Aiden greeted everyone."It's great that you could make it. You can take your sit", King Robert said."I am grateful for the invitation", Aiden replied as he took the seat reserved for him.The seat was to the left of King Robert, in between Princess Diane and Prince Dante, directly opposite Prince Adrian who had Princess Caitlyn sitting to his right.This was the