Chapter 1119 - A family reunion (1/2)

As soon as Quinn laid his hands on the tablet, it began to shine in a bright blue colour, lighting up the place around them. The others were in shock about all the things happening. First the dragon, a beast that was known for its violent nature to kill anything in sight, had not attacked Quinn and now this.

The reason why they were so surprised was because even when Eno had touched the tablet to grant Shiro his abilities, nothing of the sort had occurred. Logan and the others had reunited with the other group in the jungle. They had a good view of things since the dragon wasn't blocking their vision. ​​

Logan looked at Eno for a possible explanation, but the look on the old man's face was genuine. For once, he was as clueless as everyone else.

Quinn continued to leave his hands on the tablet, as an energy he felt was connecting with him from the inside.

'This feeling… It was so disturbing at first, but now it helps me keep calm. But why does it feel so familiar? Is this how everyone feels when they touch the tablet?' Quinn wondered since he hadn't been there to witness Eno before. 'I guess nothing will happen though since I already have an ability.'

”This young one already has power, and he is unlike the man from before, so there is nothing he can gain from me here.” Quinn heard a voice that he was unable to recognise.

Turning his head around, Quinn was looking for where the voice had come from, but everyone was just looking at him, none of them had uttered so much as a single word. The voice echoed a bit, similar to when Jill would send him messages via the telepathy ability, so he tried to direct his thoughts at the tablet. 'Who are you?'

”You… you can hear me?” The voice asked in shock.

'Damn it, it's like speaking to Vincent all over again!' Quinn thought in mild annoyance. All those around him continued to watch him. It was clear to him that he was the only one able to perceive this voice.

”I don't know who this Vincent is, but you're the first one I'm able to converse with.” The voice replied, now curious why that was the case.

It seemed like just like with Vincent, that the voice had access to his thoughts while he was touching the tablet. Since Quinn had only been able to hear the voice after touching the tablet, he could only assume it was either the tablet itself or someone or something left inside it.

'Are you the tablet?' Quinn asked as it was the fastest way to find out, instead of racking his brain.

”Do you really think tablets can speak or were you just born like this?” The voice asked in derision. Listening to it for a bit it sounded as if it might belong to a middle aged man, not too old nor too young.

”No, the tablet is merely a tool. I don't know how much you know, but all the abilities that humans currently possess originally came from me. At one point I decided that my time was up, and my final gift to the world was this. My mortal body should have long since perished, but I never expected to still be somewhat conscious when I gave up everything to be placed inside of here.”

It was pretty hard for a person to believe, but Quinn had read the diaries of Arthur and heard Eno's explanation. All the abilities supposedly had come from this tablet, and now Quinn was hearing the voice inside confirm pretty much that to be the truth.

'Are you some type of god? How did you leave the world with so many abilities? Did you really come up with every ability, even the shadow ability I possess?' Quinn wondered.

For the first time the tablet seemed to pause before answering.

”Shadow ability? I'm afraid I did not possess such an ability, but someone I knew back in the past did. You must have received it from him somehow. As to your question, no I am not a god, although I managed to become far stronger than any of the gods during my time.” The man started to laugh.

This made him seem to be quite the arrogant person in Quinn's eyes. While it was interesting to talk with him, he really didn't know how much this person could help him. Perhaps it was time to think of a way to deal with the dragon. It might have stopped its attack because of the tablet, but there was no guarantee it wouldn't revert to a wild beast, once they were further away from it.

”Wait!” The tablet spoke out. ”While I have your attention I must tell you something very important! Leave that dragon be. That dragon, it came here on its own. Weak at first, but its energy slowly recovered. It must have been attracted to the energy of the tablet without realising it. However, now that he has mostly recovered, I've been able to communicate with it somewhat. Maybe because we are similar…”

”For now, the dragon has agreed to protect the stone tablet. You see if the tablet gets destroyed then that also means that all abilities will be lost. The way the system has been set up, the tablet will grant people a suitable ability. When the last person with that ability dies, then it gets sent back to the tablet. Then it will be passed on to a new person who is suitable for that power.”