Chapter 403: Changed Scenery (1/2)
”[Orc] Young Master!” Seeing Aiden falling on his knees, Roas worriedly cried out and rushed to his side. His tall and muscular frame cast a wide shadow, towering over the kneeling and heavily heaving youth.
”[Orc] Young Master!” Roas exclaimed worriedly again as he leaned down. ”Are you alright?”
”[Goblin] What happened, Young Master? The world… changed!” A second later the ex-goblin chieftain, Glohn arrived at his left and leaned down.
”[Orc] I… I am fine, don't worry guys.” Aiden responded, the honest worry and concern he could see in his servant's gazes warmed his heart. Slowly, as he felt the strength return to his body, he pushed himself off from the ground, and with the help of the two giant 'babies', he stood back up.
”[Orc] What happened, Young Master? The area around Gupta… Look! It changed!”
Roas's words finally caused Aiden to relax and to even burst into a light-hearted chuckle, which earned a confused look from the dark-gray-toned giant.
”[Orc] That's just me experimenting with the power I mentioned to you all before. I told you that I can make changes to this world, as I am something like the assigned…” He thought about how best to phrase the term 'administrator', other than using that 'G' word.
In the end, he didn't need to, as Roas, Glohn and even Gob nodded with understanding.
”[Orc] Don't worry Young Master, we understand!”
”[Goblin] Yes, don't forget, we all have it!” Glohn added.
”[Goblin] We can feel your true thoughts through the mental link!” Gob was the one that finally made some sense, making Aiden to be reminded once again, that unless he deliberately acted on it and closed the link down, they would all share this magical or to be more exact, mysterious mental channel.
”[Orc] Ah, that's fine then.” Aiden nodded with understanding, the calm, gentle smile slowly returning and replacing his exasperated look as his stamina gradually returned. ”Sorry about this… It seems that using these… ehrm, powers, takes more out of me than I expected.” He explained, checking his inner energy reserves at the same time. Strangely, despite him feeling rather low on energy, his [Soul Power] haven't changed a bit, it was at top condition. According to the system's status screen, he was in top condition, yet he was feeling tired, rather spent even.
'What is going on? Why am I so… spent…' Noticing the state of his clothing, he frowned as he added. '…and so drenched in sweat?'
Although the question could be also remarked as a rhetorical one, Enya's mature voice rang in his mind not even a moment later.
'[It's because you have just awakened some of your previously dormant Primal Heritage. The divinity obviously is not something a mere mortal constitution could handle with ease, it took every fiber of your body working against it lest the divine light would destroy your body from the inside out.]'
Her words caused some worry to flash through Aiden's mind. Would he be risking his life every time he would want to exercise and train this new skill of his?
As usual, his worry was translated to Enya who came with her reassuring words almost instantly. Also, unlike before, her tone was, once again much more life-like, carrying a variety of emotions, but most important concern and… what seemed to be some sort of closeness, a warmth that made Aiden rather confused. It was similar he felt towards his family, Granny, Lily, and to even Master, Number 3: Familial Love…