108 Isll Treat You 1 (1/2)

Dyon stood with Ri outside of the Acacia Academy inner world in a daze.

In the sky, he saw the fiery words that still burned, seemingly pulling him in. Dyon smiled to himself, 'interesting…'

Ri hit him on the shoulder, ”don't stare at it for too long, are you trying to burn your eyes out of their sockets? Even the elders couldn't stand to stay in the castle.”

Dyon chuckled, not explaining anything. She already hadn't believed him once today, what was the use in adding to that total?

But, out of curiosity, he wanted to hear what people thought of the words in the sky, ”hm, that definitely wasn't there last time. What happened?”

Ri looked up at the words in annoyance, ”that arrogant Zaltarish guy recently manifested his soul. So, I'm sure you understand his arrogance now.”

Dyon smiled, ”really? Does this sort of thing happen all the time?”

Dyon truly had no idea about what occurred during manifestations. In the books he had read from Acacia Academy, he was aware of the ranking system, and the tome, but he hadn't researched far enough to get a good understanding of how rare some of these things were. Essentially, despite knowing that there were 10 quadrants, Dyon had no gauge on how often each occurred.

Ri sighed, ”unfortunately, no… The castle's tome was destroyed, taking with it millennia of history. All that's left is those words.”

'Destroyed?' suddenly Dyon thought of the ancient tome that appeared before him, 'so that's what they think happened to it…'

Ri and Dyon began floating toward the direction of the orphan haven.

”what about your manifestation? What quadrant was yours in?” Dyon had been looking forward to seeing Ri's manifestation out of curiosity, but, she hadn't needed it to trample Ores. Despite the fact Ores thought Ri won with a sneak attack, Dyon was clear on the fact she never needed such a thing.

Ri smiled mysteriously, ”I haven't manifested my soul yet.”

Ri's words made Dyon's eyes sparkle with interest. Since she hadn't manifested her soul yet, wouldn't that mean that it was difficult to do? Meaning her manifestation, once it was released, would be quite powerful.

What Dyon didn't know was that this was a point of bitterness for Ri. She felt like she was still decades away from manifesting her soul. She worried that, much like her uncle the King, she'd spend centuries just to succeed.

She never told anyone this though… many of the major families hated the Acacia family. This animosity only increased with the disappearance of the king. If another genius on that level suddenly appeared, wouldn't she be asking for her own ruin? It was just yet another secret she'd have to keep.

”it'll probably only take you a few tries to succeed though. Considering your innate aurora,” Ri said.

Dyon nodded in acknowledgement, then he suddenly started.

Originally, he had taken it for granted that he had an innate aurora. But, with Ri's words, he realized just how important it was.

”you know, I'm quite good at alchemy… what percentage of awakened is your aurora at currently?”

Ri froze at Dyon's words. It dawned on her that Dyon's array alchemy had reached unprecedented levels. To the point where he could already match some of the best experts of their island. If he could awaken her aurora to a higher level, wouldn't she be able to manifest her soul that much faster?

With the destruction of the tome, no one would be able to understand or get a feeling for how powerful Ri's manifestation was if she did it within the cave her mother left her. With the purification path density within it, hardly anything would leak out at all.

But, Ri smiled bitterly, ”my aurora is awakened to 30%, but past that point, it gets exponentially more difficult. Even the guild leaders approach 40% at the most, and they've dumped all of their resources into it… which is actually part of the reason their services are so expensive…”

Dyon smiled. He was fully aware that he could use his pill condensation technique to create exactly what Ri was looking for. How could the Celestial Deer Sect not have many aurora awakening pills? It would be child's play to awaken Ri's aurora to even 60%, let alone 40.