ARRRGGHHH!
With a pained scream of defiance a light burst from Rion's body that quickly split into two different colours one that was a silver white and the other one was golden yellow in colour.
The two light's that burst forth from Rion's body caused incredible and rapid changes to the surrounding forest and the Mana Beast's near him.
Everywhere that the silver white light touched had an ethereal glow to it making it look otherworldly and when the silver white light touched all the surrounding Mana Beast's they froze in place before they started to fight amongst themselves tearing each other apart.
Everywhere that the golden yellow light touched grew at an excelerated rate the only thing that didn't were the Mana Beast's when the golden light touched them they were immediately incinerated leaving nothing but ash behind.
Rion felt something changing within his body as he floated a few inches above the ground as his body kept emitting the two different coloured light's.
As the two light's continued to be released from Rion's body under it's effects the wounds on his body were healed at an astonishingly rapid rate.
As the injuries on his body were healing themselves markings began to appear on the back's of Rion's upper right arm and around the crown of his head.
The one on his upper right arm took the form of three golden yellow ring's and at the centre of the three golden yellow ring's was a star of the same colour that had six points, the other marking that appeared on his body took the shape of a circlet with a black ruin at the centre.
This scene continued for the next few minute's and all the while Rion's face kept changing between one of excruciating pain and soothing calmness and throughout the entire process Rion didn't utter a single sound.
After Rion's body was fully healed the two light's receeded back into Rion's body before he slowly floated back down to the ground.
Hah. Hah. Hah.
Rion's eye's shot open before he bolted upright as he looked around breathing erratically "W-what the hell!" Rion said with surprise when he saw the state of the forest around him.
Half of the forest was a mixture of otherworldly looking tree's and the remains of various Mana Beast's that lay in a pool of blood while the other half of the forest that wasn't burnt was teeming with an abundance of life.
Such a strange phenomenon wasn't uncommon when people awakened their core's but the degree of the phenomenon that Rion saw before him was unusual.
It took Rion a few minute's to calm himself down but when he did he noticed a strange energy in his body "This is... could this be... Mana?" Rion said with a puzzled expression.
Rion knew that the strange energy in his body was Mana because his mother had healed him with her own whenever he got hurt.
Rion was shocked at this discovery if he had Mana that could only mean one thing "I've actually managed to awaken my core!" Rion exclaimed still not able to believe that he had awoken his core.
Although Rion was excited and wanted to check what element's he had awakened but since he was still in the Vallen forest he quickly decided against it and went back the way he came.
Rion continued through the Vallen forest and despite the earlier cacophony of sound's that assaulted his ears from the many Mana Beast's earlier the forest was now dead silent which greatly worried Rion.
Mana Beast's weren't the only thing he was worried about he was also worried about his father and whether he had managed to escape but despite his worries he chose to take his time while heading in the direction of the barrier.
As he made his way towards the barrier one thought kept going through his mind 'I hope father and the other's are alright?' Rion thought to himself worriedly as he carefully but quickly made his way through the Vallen forest.
Part of the reason why Rion did this was so he didn't attract any attention from any Mana Beast's that may still be his vicinity and the other reason was so he could get use to the new sensation of Mana that was now coursing through his body.
He continued walking making sure to keep an eye on his surroundings for the next 20 minutes through the Vallen forest before he eventually reached the barrier.
Luckily for Rion he didn't end up encountering any Mana Beast's on his journey but when he managed to once again arrive at the barrier that surrounded the Vallen forest he saw the reason why. Before him was the bodies of Mana Beast's that covered the forest floor just by looking at them he could tell they must have numbered in the hundreds.
Rion's gaze moved from the Mana Beast's bodies that lay on the floor and looked at in the direction of the barrier where he could see three figure's fighting fiercely against what was left of the remaining Mana Beast's.
Rion squinted his eyes from where he stood hidden from sight at the edge of the forest to try and see who the three figure's were. His eye's widened with surprise when he saw that the three figures that were fighting against the Mana Beast's happened to be his father Nialan as well as Yutas and Zeldain.
Rion watched as his father and the other's sent out a combination of elemental attacks and physical attacks with their weapons.
Nialan slashed at an Inga Wolf who had it's claws wrapped in fire as it jumped through the air at him with a silver light around his sword which slashed it in two as he simultaneously burnt another one with a stream of greyish red flames.
Yutas slammed his hammer on the ground causing huge spikes to rise up from the ground and impale a group of Four-Armed Fire Apes as thorny vines lashed out from his arm at a Gale Hawk that tried to attack him instantly cutting it in half.
Zeldain who was now in his normal form used his Wind element and flitted about the area while using his Mind element to hold the Mana Beast's he encountered in place before he slashed them with his claws that were cloaked with a purplish-black light.
Rion was tempted to head over to where his father and the other's were fighting but he knew that despite him now having awakened his core he would just be an unnecessary distraction.
It didn't matter anyway because although the remaining Mana Beast's numbered at least two hundred Nialan, Yutas and Zeldain were dispatching the Mana Beast's that surrounded them with ease.
As Rion watched in awe as his father and the other's fought against the Mana Beast's he heard the rustling of leaves come from behind him followed by a growl.
Rustle. Rustle. GRRRRR!
Rion turned around to see an Inga Wolf emerging from the bushes looking at him with a predatory gaze.
Without giving Rion a chance to react the Inga Wolf jumped at him with it's maw wide open showing it's razor sharp teeth that were ready to devour him.
Rion raised his arm's in front of him to defend himself from the impending attack but to his surprise he felt his mana rushing from his core and flowing into his arm's before a golden yellow beams of light fired out of them hitting the Inga Wolf dead center of it's head.
Squelch! Thud!
Even though it was dead the body of the Inga Wolf carried on flying through the air from the momentum of it's earlier jump before it crashed to floor stopping only inches in front of Rion.
Once Rion saw that the Inga Wolf was dead that was when he noticed that their were no longer any sound's of battle and turned to see his father as well as Yutas and Zeldain who were covered in the blood of Mana Beast's all looking at him with amazement on their faces.
"Father I can expla-" Rion was about to explain what they had just saw but was interrupted by his father as he was quickly wrapped in an all encompassing hug "Thank god your safe I was so worried that something had happened to you" his father Nialan said Rion only retunring his hug after snapping out of his surprise.
They stayed like this for a few minute's before they broke apart "Now let's hurry up and get out of here before anything else bad happens" Nialan said as the four of them made their way towards the barrier which had now reverted to it's translucent state once more.
As the group exited the Vallen forest they were being watched by a handsome man with black hair from the shadows of the forest "How lucky can one child be he awakened his core and if that wasn't enough he even awakened two element's it looks like thing's will be more interesting from now on" the black haired man said as he watched Rion and the other's exit through the barrier.