Chapter 121 - Endeavor of the heart (1/2)

”System, do you have any idea just where I am right now?” Nightin asked within his mind, expecting to hear the usual voice, but reality ends up being a disappointment.

Left without a choice, Nightin could only continue his slow paced steps towards the resonating sound which was calling out to him.

”Dave, do you have the confidence to defeat him once he awakens his sword heart?” Glacier asked in a worried tone.

”Even if he manages to awaken the sword heart unique to himself, he still stands no change against Wave.” Dave replied politely as he caressed his friend who had been with him since young.

”Furthermore, the sword heart isn't that easy to locate. If one doesn't have a clear goal of what he wants, the person would end up being lost in his own consciousness.” Dave added on.

Glacier's body shook for a moment, his tiny stature flew around the air in random circles as he asked quickly ”Can you help him out?”

”I'm unable to, that is the reason why our dragon clan have so few Sages as well, it's just way too difficult and some have even perished in this process.”

”Young dragon lord, do you know just how much I've suffered just to step into the sage realm. Haven't you ever questioned why I suddenly vanished for a thousand years at my peak and returned with the same cultivation base?” Dave said as the blood within his body started to circulate passionately, what he just said had reminded him of his youth.

”Don't tell me that...” Glacier answered knowing the answer, expecting to hear more from Dave.

”That's right, I spent a thousand years trying to enter the Sage realm of claws and that was only the first of the four great stages.”

”Even right now, I'm only at the peak of the second stage and I can't find the path to the third stage at all, I'm totally lost in the thick forests.”

Dave explained as he tried to calm himself back down, he felt utterly useless for being unable to step into the third great stage of the Sage realm.

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”Can you hear me?” A voice broke the eerie silence which was lost along the flow od tune.

”Just who are you?” The voice of a man which sounded exactly the same as questioned back while answering indirectly.

If one didn't understand the situation, they might just treat this as a lunatic talking to himself as two different persons. But that wasn't the case, it was the silence asking Nightin the question in a language he hasn't learnt, he just knew it for some reason.

Nightin felt cold sweat dripping down his forehead and his breathing was ragged, he felt fearful. He actually lost not only the sense of time, but also himself, what would have happened if this dragged on for just a second more, just the thought of it makes him afraid.