As soon as Charles left the room, Zeke lost his vision. Soon after that, he also lost his other senses. He seemed to have entered a state where his five senses are sealed but the body is still conscious.
Zeke's vision changed from pitch black to having a colorful ball in the middle. Zeke felt like it isn't his vision from his eyes but rather his vision inside his body. He was now looking at his own mana core.
His mana core isn't white but rather a myriad of colors. Red, Blue, Black, and many other colors were seen inside the ball-shaped mana. Zeke watched as his mana core slowly formed. He didn't know how but he could clearly see the different colored mana particles slowly attaching themselves to each other.
Outside, Charles ordered their maids to not go near Zeke's room. He then watched Zeke's room nearby along with Esteban, who looks puzzled as he didn't know why his master suddenly didn't want them near his son's room. Since Charles trusted Esteban, he spilled the truth to him. Esteban, like Charles, was slack-jawed, and he couldn't just believe what's happening to his master's son. He then asked Charles about the time when Zeke started his core formation and he was met with almost the same shock as earlier due to the early age his master's son started. He didn't know how a half a year old baby understood his father's instruction especially when it was about absorbing mana. Charles explained some things to Esteban such as the incident with Zeke back at the plaza. and how self-taught his kid is.
Minutes passed, and it was already near an hour since Zeke's phenomenon started. Catherine was also going back, and when she went in, Charles and Esteban quickly dragged him near Zeke's room and explained to her what was happening. Like both of them, Catherine also couldn't hide her shock.
In fact, even if Zeke started at an early age, he should've still not achieved this this early. By estimation, Zeke will form his mana core by the age of 6 or even 5. This is according to their estimation that Zeke will meditate at least an hour every day to 3 to 3 1/2 hours tops. To achieve this kind of speed, Zeke must've meditated at least 9 or even 10 hours, but they knew that it's impossible for him to do it since his soul isn't THAT strong. At most, Zeke could meditate for 3 hours continuously per day. Even though they're worried about Zeke's abnormal meditating hours, they were much more shocked that their son could even meditate that long. Is he that abnormal?
Their assumptions were far from it, but it was still valid considering they didn't know that Zeke absorbed the elemental particles instead of the pure mana particles. They knew absorbing colored particles are easier since it has affinities but they didn't think of it as they already ruled it out as impossible in the back of their mind. Zeke could only meditate for 5 hours to 6 hours tops but with the quantity of mana he absorbed much bigger than a session absorbing white mana particles, it was no wonder Zeke managed to form his core this early.
The trio continued chatting for a while before an earthquake was suddenly felt. The magnitude isn't that high, but it was enough for them to notice. Also, the earthquake seems to only strike their part of the palace as their surroundings are peaceful just like a normal morning.
The door to Zeke's room suddenly got pushed out, alerting the trio. Charles went first and looked inside Zeke's room, followed by Catherine and Esteban. There, they saw something they didn't think they'd see in their lifetimes, as it was just too absurd.
Zeke's body couldn't be seen as the position he was in was currently inside a ball of wind. The wind wasn't a transparent one so Zeke's form couldn't be seen. However, As the trio looked at the ball of air, they noticed to their surprise that there were also tiny bits of blaze as well as droplets of water. These droplets of water swirled along with the wind and occupied half of the ball, while flames occupied the other half. It seemed like the three elements merged and in harmony with Zeke's mana core as they orbited around Zeke. Not too long after, The floor underneath Zeke broke into pieces and small rocks suddenly rose and joined the three elements. The current scene inside Zeke's room was too messy that the trio took steps backward as they felt the terrifying amount of mana swirling around Zeke.
"W-what is this..."
Esteban couldn't make up the words to say as he was too dumbfounded by this sight.
"Hun, are you sure you didn't teach some sort of forbidden art to our son?! Why's this happening? You're the one assigned to his mana core, right? What the hell did you teach him?"
Charles scratched his head, indicating he too didn't know about it.
"I swear on my heart demon that I didn't teach Zeke anything out of the ordinary. I only taught him the absolute basics behind absorbing mana. Also, why do you think I'd teach my son some sort of forbidden art that might hurt him?"
"T-then... What's happening then?"
"I don't know too. Fire, Earth, Water, Wind... that's already the four elements. Just what the hell did Zeke do?"
"Is he a quadra-elemental then?!" Esteban shouted, a bit excited.
"Shush! Now's a crucial time. Let's get far away from here. The mana's surging and I don't want to get swept by the explosion."
"I agree on that, Charles. Let's get far away for a bit. Also, what should we tell the other three families about this?"
The trio went back to the living room a few meters away from Zeke's room.
Esteban's question got Charles thinking. After a few seconds, Charles looked like a bulb lit up in his head. He looked at his wife and showed a shrewd smile.
Catherine seems to know what the smile means, but she couldn't bring herself to join in her husband's shenanigans so she just focused on Zeke's room.
A few seconds later, a strong gale went out of Zeke's room and smashed towards the trio. Although they weren't hurt, they could clearly feel that the wind didn't only contain a force enough to push people, but it's also alternating in temperature, from slightly hot to slightly cold that it could cause discomfort to people hit by it. The gale kept surging out of the room and after a few seconds, a bang resounded.
The roof of Zeke's room suddenly blew up, the earth beneath him cracked and the walls got filled with deep scratches. Zeke's figure is in the center of it all with his eyes still closed.
Zeke didn't know what's happening outside and he was just so mesmerized by the process of his mana core. The mana particles, regardless of their color, attached to each other and all of it formed a big ball. The ball contained a myriad of colors, and Zeke felt amazed by how a thing could contain so many colors and still show each and every one of it vividly.
Suddenly, his vision went black and an interface appeared in his view.
——————————————————————
Progressive Quest "System Upgrade II" Complete!
Rewards:
10xp
System Upgrade (New Features available)
Access to quest "System Upgrade III"
Skill Tome
*Bonus Rewards for fulfilling certain conditions
——————————————————————