Chapter 29 – Rebirth (1/2)

Chapter 29 – Rebirth

*fizz*

The lightning thread completely disintegrated into thin air as soon as Calron drew it slightly.

“Huh?”

Calron dumbly stared at the bow in his hands. Besides the faint yellow glow, the bow was exactly the same as before, and all the essence it had just absorbed seemed to have vanished as well!

“What just happened?”

Calron was utterly perplexed. Hoping it was a fluke, he gathered a huge amount of essence again and willed it into the dark bow.

The yellow glow of the patterns brightened for a moment as the lightning thread formed once more. The string of lightning bolts appeared to be a bit thicker than before. Reaching to draw again, Calron pulled the essence string.

*fizz*

Although Calron could draw it slightly more this time, it still disintegrated after a few seconds.

“Hmm, it seems that this bow requires a huge amount of essence in order to use it.”

After realizing what the problem was, Calron softly sighed.

He knew that it was just wishful thinking to hope he could use a weapon that emitted such a profound baleful aura with merely his Spiritual stage strength.

Storing the metal bow back inside his body, Calron lay on top of his bed.

“Thunder’s Hand… this bow has some sort of connection with lightning and that mysterious locket. I wonder why my father had this locket in the first place…sigh, if my Teacher were here, he would be able to answer some of my questions. How long will he take to recover? I really miss him…”

With a wistful groan, Calron turned to his side and slowly closed his eyes.

Within his dreams, various images flickered, ranging from bloody wars to a large bird with lightning bolts.

………………

Feeling the sun’s rays boring through his eyes, Calron groggily stared outside the window.

He immediately tucked his head back inside his blanket and turned his body to the other side to escape from the sunlight.

Suddenly, he felt a massive weight on his legs. It was almost as if a baby elephant had just sat on them.

“FATTY! Get the hell off of my bed!”

Realizing that the baby elephant was actually Fatty, Calron furiously bellowed while kicking the chubby boy with his feet.

“Ouch! Big brother, no need to be so mean! That hurts, you know I already got kicked around yesterday because of you!”

Fatty mumbled as he rubbed his bottom, while Calron slowly got off the bed.

After a quick brush of his teeth and a hurried cleanup, Calron returned to find Fatty rolling around in his bed.

Shaking his head, Calron yelled.

“Fatty, let’s go!”

……………………….

After their breakfast at the gathering hall, Calron and Fatty left to go to the forest as they gave a quick goodbye to Gretha.

Looking at the two boys leaving together, Gretha gave out a low chuckle. The two youngsters were almost polar opposites of each other, both physically and in their personalities.

One was skinny and pale, while the other was chubby and energetic. Calron was a nice boy, but he rarely talked to others and seemed to have a mysterious atmosphere around him. On the other hand, Roran was a cheerful kid who was almost always goofing around or shoving food in his mouth.

Giving a final smile towards the young pair, Gretha went back to her work.

………………….

In a few minutes Calron and Fatty had finally reached the start of the forest, and the whole time, Fatty either gasped or exclaimed in wonder at the new sights in front of him.

“Master told me this was an Artifact that is a special treasure of the Red Boar School. He said the School Head let him use it as his home, so Master doesn’t have to interact with others.”

Calron explained while the two boys were walking towards Elias’ hut.

“But Master is so strong! Why does he need to hide from others?”