He was leaving finally, he was leaving Earth and going to finally realize the world around him, looking at his surroundings with emotions in his eyes, and memories couldn't help but pop up in his head. "Ijin, come on, why are you still staring at things that you have already seen countless times", Then his lips curved into a smile hearing the voice that spoke up, "you act like you're aren't going to miss it, but you're probably the one going to bawl and cry when we take-off".
Today was the day they were leaving and heading to the legion's headquarters, he met up with Damian and Ayo yesterday and they were basically bubbling with Joy when they got the news of their leaving, it made look up to Ijin more like an older brother than usual, Ijin could not help but just smile helplessly as they bombarded him with questions about the whole thing. Even he wasn't entirely sure about it, so answering them wasn't possible, he could only brush it off, "I would cry?!, heck that's the funniest thing I've ever heard, don't make me tear up", Ayo was originally a scoundrel, so he words were bound to sound like one, as he spoke he made a face that made it seem like he was really about to burst into tears. "Stop making a fuss and let's get going, stay close together" then Kasali showed up behind them with Maria walking past them as she looked up at the sky for a brief moment, it was Kasali that spoke, "brats, you three have to be ready, the legion isn't a place where you can dally along, it's where real warriors are born, the exercises I've had you go through will in multiplied dozens of times, you gotta be ready for it, there's a reason why the legion can reign as one of the supreme in the lower realm..", "Old man keeps on lecturing every single time, he didn't dare speak up but Ayo couldn't help but grumble silently, unfortunately Kasali was able to pick up on his words clearly. "Who are yo-" Kasali was just about to lash back at the boy when Maria cut him short, "alright that's enough, we're leaving now, so don't forget it…Rein, bring us up" she spoke to keep Kasali quiet and then suddenly spoke out like she was talking to herself, but a response was given as the group of boys noticed a semi-transparent ray of light appear around them and immediately after that their visions darkened. When they were able to receive light with their eyes again, they were standing on a silver platform that screamed sci-fi to them along with the interior of where they were standing, sadly the boys weren't focused on that as what they felt just now had their eyes displaced to the back of their heads… "awwww…" the sound of groaning was first heard from Ayo, who eventually slumped on the ground after trying to stand with wobbly legs "the f**k just happened right now, my head feels like it just went on a rollercoaster ride, aww…", in the end they were all able to get themselves together, "I think I'm gonna be sick", maybe not…
They seemed to be in somewhere like a hallway, they were able to see three different paths on their left, right and front views, the lights coming from hemi-spherical protrusions on the ceiling reflected on the walls that gave off a deep vibe with its deep black coloring, "hey boys", suddenly the heard they were immediately drawn to and when they looked to see who was talking, they got lost, although she was in what they recognized to be a one piece battle suit that wasn't too tight or big, it couldn't hide the fact that she was a movie to watch with round face and a perfectly proportioned jaw, pink lips that were slightly full and a body that couldn't be more curvy, and although her hair wasn't the silvery-white color like Ijin or deep black like Damian's, it seemed to have a special appeal with its red coloration that matched the blood-red color of her eyes. All in all, she was really a blockbuster and the males in the group seemed to agree with that, Ayo in particular had his mouth open for a while before he spoke up "wow", "the boy has a good eye at least", the one to mumble was Kasali and he immediately got jabbed in the side by a woman who looked to be in her late thirties, "you're still ogling women at your age, you should be ashamed", he ears went red at the comment "of course I'm not, I noticed he has good eyes, nothing wrong in that, is there Matilda?", "hmph" she stared at him for a while before looking away not bothering to say anything more. "Boys, this is my assistant Raven, she's going to be watching you at times when I'm not present alongside Kasali", Maria finally spoke up breaking the unexpected silence, at this point Ijin was able to become clear headed again and spoke up, "nice to meet you miss", stretching out a hand for a handshake which Raven held back with an amused look in her eyes, it wasn't odd for her that the boys reacted like that when seeing her, she got it a lot, but it was surprising that the boy shaking hands with her was able to clear his head much faster than usual especially since he hadn't synergized yet, so he didn't have much developments yet, maybe that's because he's their son. While these thoughts passed through her mind, Ijin almost looked his head again at the feel of her soft hands but held it in, "my name's Ijin, and these are Damian and Ayo", "of course I know that, a heir of the legion can't be unknown. 'A heir?, I'm not the only heir?', he heard what she said clearly so he didn't doubt his ears, he looked to his mother and seeing she had an expressionless face on, he decided to ask about it later instead. "Alright boys, your luggages are in the room you'll be staying in for the journey, Maria will take you there, so get some rest, we'll I'll be back in a while with some snacks to pass the time with". The room Mathilda opened for them was a that was reminiscent of an imperial queen's chamber, it was eighty-one square meter sized space, now the reason for the surprise wasn't because it was a rare standard but because it was within what Ijin asked Mathilda and she confirmed to be a spaceship. "Mathilda noticing their awe smiled slightly as she walked towards the kitchen and inwardly wondered why Ijin hadn't been exposed to all these things when this was a trivial room space over at the Legion headquarters, in fact, if it wasn't for the fact that Maria didn't want the boys bored and hence put them together, there were readily two equally sized bedroom that was set aside, but Maria felt it better for them to be in the same room and keep each other's company.
Moving further down the hallway she moved straight down for and reached a place that housed the same device like the one she and the others had appeared on and moved to step under it as she muttered words to no one in particular "Command hallway". As she said it, the platform under her feet lit up for a second before dying out with Mathilda nowhere to be found.
And then she appeared on a similar platform in a hallway with silver walls, moving straight down she came the front of a silver door which was well embellished in size and for a second white net patterned beams of light moved over her whole figure before going off and then like a 'ghost' that they all seemed to be she moved through the giant silver door. Moving through the door, she came into a room that boasted several screens and a few chairs here and there that brought the scene of a command center from a Star wars movie to mind, within the room was Maria and Kasali looking through the ship and watching the boundless dark void within their sight, "Ahhh… I think I may have missed the sight of this a little, how nauseating, the Xinite glass used for the head of the ship has always been a good idea.", Kasali with a pleasant look on his was saying as Mathilda walked in, "Hm, that's right… the boys are in the room for them right Mathilda?" Maria agreed then spoke up as she felt Mathilda's presence, "yes, they should be getting comfortable right now. Why don't you have them go through the ceremony right now when there's nothing wrong?" Mathilda asked a slight perplexing look in her eyes, "I don't need to rush it, it's not a ceremony that will take a long time anyways, let have the have some more time to themselves". After Mathilda left the boys, the unruliest of the three ran to the big round bed in the center of the room and jumped on it, using his body to claim the satisfactory cushion bed Ayo spoke up "I could get used to this real quick, wait… I already am, having a friend like you is a blessing from my past life Ijin". Ijin rolled his eyes at the comment knowing fully well how much he liked to exaggerate things like this, while the wealth and lifestyle may not compare to the amount as a family of the legion that Ijin was briefed on recently, he knew Ayo and his family could easily afford the trivial things like a space like this and beds like this within their own mansion. "I choose the high bed on the left" for the first time in a while Damian spoke up, there were three places to sleep on in the room, there was the cushion bed in the center, the high bed on the left that was basically just a bed supported in the air with a sort of levitation technology that kept it floating in the air and a hammock type bed that was suspended from the ceiling of the room. "Guess I'll take the hammock then" he said after Damian claimed possession on the high bed. Then a silence prevailed in the room, it wasn't an awkward kind but the comfortable type, so Ijin walked to a corner in the room that caught his eyes, it was a cubic space cut into the wall that displayed books of various colors and sizes. Immediately interested he took one with a title "Elemental Cultivation. Although he had heard about the two paths of cultivation, namely the Elemental and Spiritual path, he had actually never been told anything about them yet, Kasali always told him to be patient and now that he could start cultivating at any time, since the opportunity to learn about the intricacies presented itself to him he naturally wouldn't pass it by. Opening it he began reading and pretty soon forgot about anything else, even when Ayo posed questions and joked around, he didn't realize it. It was until Damian came out and they determined the cause to be the book in his hand did they leave him be. Although intrigued none of them went to the bookshelf themselves to look through, Ayo usually had a hard time keeping focus when reading and Damian felt the need to train his punches and kicks some as he went over to the training dummy they always saw on Earth, this was of course of a higher quality. And so they passed the time doing their individual things and it was until when Mathilda came back with the snacks about more than an hour later that Ijin was able to finish his reading, he learned a lot, although not so much but the fundamentals he could finally say he knew more of. When the very people of the ascended Earth began to awaken, a divide was established, although all humans gained the ability to cultivate and affinity to wield the elements, not all of them possessed bloodlines. A bloodline was definitely a good need and a display of talent and strength as it had various uses, one being the ability to induce synergy between the human body and environment and hence open the body to further cultivation. It was said that those without bloodlines were able to awaken their affinities with the help of mnemonic chants, infact even those with bloodlines used mnemonic chants, the difference was when the moment of awakening arrived, what awakened was their bloodlines which would automatically lead to synergizing, those that awakened elemental affinities couldn't undergoes such effortless synergizing. So after synergizing, one became a red star warrior and for one that also awoke spiritual powers, a red star warlock. After the red star stage was the orange star, the yellow star, the green star, the blue star, the purple star, the violet star, the white star, the black star, the silver star and finally the golden star, it was all amazing to read for Ijin who took it all in.
After about an hour after they ate the snacks Mathilda brought and the boys were just lying on their respective beds, a knock came from the door after which it opened up with no delay. Not minding the immediate intrusion without waiting, Kasali said to them, "get down and out of your beds, it's time to your first little baby steps on the journey ahead of you", and then he left the room, waiting outside in the hallway while the boys inside exchanged looks of excitement with one another, they could barely guess what was about to happen.