207 Switch (2/2)

These questions had been bothering Raven for a while, specially the ones pertaining to the cause why this divine artifact found its way here. He had no answers for now, but one day the truth shall be revealed for him.

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Once they were out of the Royal Palace, they went out their separate ways. For one, Raven decided to return to his cave dwelling under the pretense that he wanted to tidy up the place. Since they were Core Students now, they could no longer stay in this place.

When he came back, he didn't start cleaning up his stuff. He sat down and reviewed the contents of the [Book of Chaos]. This matter had been pushed due to some reasons but now that everything had settled down, the time is ripe to tackle this matter.

Once he was done, he took a deep breath in went outside. He glanced at the pond of water where he used most of his time recovering.

”This might be the last time that I will use you. We're going big this time, don't collapse on me now.”

As soon as he said this, he took out multiple things out of his spatial ring. Multiple vials of S-grade Body Restoration Fluid, A-grade Energy Gathering Pills, and a vial of Thousand Leaf Sap. All of these high quality products aren't even available to the market yet but he unhesitatingly took them all out and threw them onto the pond.

Under his watchful gaze, the efficacy of each products started scattering to the waters. The sheer amount of energy contained in this is enough for anyone to be frightened out of their wits. With different sources of energies on the water, there's bound to be conflict and it may cause it to go berserk. This is precisely the reason why Raven was keeping a close watch of it.

Whenever he felt an intense fluctuation of energies, he would immediately douse it with his energy to pacify it so that the energies in the waters would be harmonized. After keeping watch for about an hour, the pond emitted a brilliant light and it became completely still. Raven heaved a sigh of relief, now the preparations are complete he jumped on his birthday suit and walked on the surface of the water.

His steps didn't make any ripples in the water. As soon as he reached the middle of the pond, he sat down and went into a trance. The [Book of Chaos] appeared in his consciousness and released a golden light.

Raven's body visibly curbed under it's influence, blood dripped on the side of his mouth but he didn't care. His lips parted and chanted the mnemonics of the First Chapter.

Foreign energy howled and descended where he was. Raven could sense this and knew that foreign energy is nothing but a small plume, even so it carried a horrifying density that almost crushed his little body. The foreign energy showed itself. It was like a flickering candlelight, a small gust of wind might be enough to snuff it out but it carried on and cling desperately, unwilling to be extinguished.

But all of that was just a mere metaphor for it's appearance. Once this energy appeared, the still waters of the pond immediately turned chaotic. It caved in and trembled visibly but unable to had any sort of impact towards the small plume of energy.

The foreign energy slowly approached Raven's body. It's density was too astonishing that Raven felt like he was being crushed by an unknown force. Nevertheless, he knew that this a part of the process so he held on. The foreign energy went closer and closer until it finally crashed into Raven's body.

Raven felt like a star fell on him once the energy fused with his body. His chest caved in, even his organs were badly ruptured. His energy network was left in shambles and his strength bled out of his body and left him permanently. Even after all this, Raven was still in control.

It feels too painful and it wasn't stopping anytime soon. But Raven's will was firm, no matter how damaged his body was, his focus was entirely on the Book of Chaos. His badly mutilated body decayed in a speed visible to the naked eye but there are no traces of anxiety on his face.

At some point, Raven forgot everything. His surroundings, his identity, what he was doing, he couldn't recall anything. All he knew was that his mind arrived somewhere he doesn't know, and his consciousness is too hazy to pay attention anything.

Suddenly, the waters beneath him spurred into action. The waters ascended and formed a cyclone that encased Raven within. Its size got smaller and smaller until it transformed into a large circular cocoon, incubating Raven inside.