" You share, you share everything. " the man spoke with firm eyes.
' I was flabbergasted. I didn't know what to think when I heard all these, but one thing was for sure, this, this was my one and only chance to save Amelia. I would be an idiot not to grab it. '
' I look into the man's firm eyes and spoke with resolution '
" What price do I have to pay in order to get your help? "
" Just take it as you own me a favor I will ask of your help in the future when you're powerful enough. " The man answered me with a slow and deep tone.
" Of course there a lot of things that I didn't tell you that you have to discover yourself about the three paths and this hidden world, moreover once you walk down this path both you and your loved one may lose your lives at any given moment, once you take this step there's no going back so what is your answer. " the man said as he looked deeply into my eyes like he could see right through my soul.
' There's no point thinking too much about or the dangers of the future. What ought to come will eventually come and I will face it right at that moment, but for now, what matters the most is Amelia. ' with that thought in mind he looked into the man's dark eyes and spoke with a voice filled with determination.
" Alright I agree to your condition, as long as I can, I will fulfill any request of yours in the future. "
' With that said the man smiled at me, which for some reason caused chills to run down my spine, and passed me a thin book '
" In here is the recipe that you need in order to become a mystic as well as the shared life ritual. " with that the man slowly got up and walked away without leaving anything behind not even his name.
' Of course, I didn't have time to care for him as my eyes were fixed onto the thin book that he passed onto me. '
' I hurried and picked it up as I began to read through it. '
' Mystic rank nine formula. Nine drops of blood of nine different kinds of animals, three petals of the night willow flower, three petals of the morning starflower, juice of an oak tree, and the heart of a newborn animal of your choice. '
' Place the ingredients into a bowl and chan the following incantation. After that use a pure silver needle and place it inside the bowl. One hour later the ingredients will disappear and only the silver needle will remain. Take the needle and once the clock hits midnight and the moons are full stab the needle to your heart and await for your metamorphosis to begin. '
' During metamorphosis, if you are unable to endure and lose control of your focus to stay awake then you will die. '
With that part read, Chris drew a deep breath of cold air and flipped through the pages to read the shared life ritual.
' Shared life ritual. It requires at least one of the two members to be a mystic. Fill a bowl with the combined blood of the mystic and the other party. Chant the following incarnation and then let the party with the disease to drink the combined blood. Whatever the situation the party who drank the blood is, her condition will be instantly cured and at the time she will also become a mystic with the same powers as the one she drank the blood from. Also if one party dies the other will die as well. Last but not least remember to share life, to share everything. '
' Having read the book I immediately got up and began to search for the materials required for the mystic metamorphosis. '
' It took me one week before I gathered all the materials from the black market and one more week before the moons got full so I could carry on with the ritual and achieve metamorphosis to become a rank nine mystic. '
' I stood inside my study and looked at the materials as I put them all into the bowl and chanted the incantation according to the book the weird man gave me. '
" Meta Oma osis My ci Sty... "
' As I chanted nothing weird happened at the beginning but after I finished the incantation I noticed that the study room was filled with an indescribable bone piercing cold. '
' I endure the coldness that shook my bones and waited for an hour to pass while writing on my diary. '
' After an hour I looked again into the bowl and noticed that all the ingredients have disappeared with only the silver needle remaining just like the book said. '
' I waited for another hour until the clock hits midnight before picking up the needle. '
' The moment I picked up the needle I felt all the hair in my body stand up straight and chills running around my body. '
' I took off my shirt and without a hint of hesitation, I stabbed the needle into my heart. '
' The moment the needle went through my heart, the bone piercing cold inside the room instantly vanished. But I couldn't perceive it since at the exact same moment an unimaginable pain spread from my heart to all over my body. '
' I gritted my teeth and endure and endured. As time passed minute by minute the pain grew even more and information started to flow into my mind. '
' I didn't have the ability to check on the information that appeared inside my head, as I barely could hold on any longer with the pain rushing through me, and slowly but steadily I started losing my consciousness bit by bit until I could no longer feel anything. '
" Sigh "
Having through the memories of the previous owner Chris couldn't help but sigh.
" I really admire your perseverance, but unfortunately you didn't get to see through it. " Chris said with emotions filling his tone.
" At the end, you passed out and I can be said to have merged with you. But don't worry we now are I, the same person so I promise to take care of Amelia and at the same time take revenge to those who made us suffer this calamity. " the moment Chris finished speaking, a cold light flashed in his resolute and fierce eyes.
Drawing a deep breath Chris shifted his gaze towards the diary on the desk. He picked it up and immediately tore it apart as the previous owner had done so to the earlier pages. The only reason he kept the diary was to vent all his stress that had gathered up, and the reason he tore the pages after he wrote on them was that he didn't want Amelia to find it later and read through his sufferings. As she would surely feel guilty and he didn't want to see her like that, all he wanted was to always see her bright smile.
After that Chris once again searched inside his head trying to find the corresponding information that he had obtained through the metamorphosis when he became a rank nine mystic.
It didn't take long for him to find what he was looking for.
According to the information, he obtained through the metamorphosis he was now a mystic and he had gained the ability to observe. This ability let him observe through almost everything, from all kinds of things and materials to people and the auras around them. Aura could be said to represent the emotions and appeared in the corresponding color around people. Of course for now Chris couldn't tell what color what emotions represented, he had to find that later through experiments.
Also except for this ability, his eyesight also improved and he could see anything clear at an area of ten meters around him. He could even see a mosquito nine meters away from him like it was right in front of him. Moreover, he seemed to also have developed a kind of night vision.
Although these abilities were weak right now he could master them slowly through practice in the future.
Once he mastered those abilities he could feel his instinct telling him that the road to rank eight mystic would also be revealed to him with the method of metamorphosis.
According to the information that appeared in his head the pain he previously suffered was called initial metamorphosis which allowed him to raise his level of existence. After mastering all his abilities he would achieve a complete metamorphosis of rank nine mystic. At that moment he would also have a special feeling that will let him know he had mastered all his abilities.
" Supervision within an area of ten meters, night vision, and the ability to see through almost everything. These few abilities if used correctly it could be proved to be quite useful. Alright, now that I became a mystic it's finally time to save Amelia. " Chris spoke with a tone filled with anticipation as he got up and made his way towards Amelia's room.