I woke up feeling every bone in my body screaming in pain, but I got up despite the pain. Once I got up, I saw the same dark room that I was at for the second time if I recall. I started to look around for that light, but it didn't decide to come out yet. So, I started to walk around this empty dark abyss thinking maybe I'll see this source of light and after ten minutes it decided to show itself but this time it was brighter than before to the point, I had to cover my eyes fearing that I would go blind. But then that light got weaker to the point I could see what's the source of that light and it was just a small orb.
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At 2 am the hospital was almost quiet with only a couple of staffs in the main floor waiting for an emergency or if there was a patient that needs medical care. Astin fever took several healers to use their healing abilities and even a couple of low-grade healing and mana potions which in the end barely helped to lessen his fever for a bit till they find a way to take care of it to their surprise when Astin came to the hospital in the morning.
He was being carried by a sergeant saying that he needs immediate health care from a healer but when the healer used his healing ability. There wasn't any sign of Astin getting any better in fact the healer was horrified because Astin's body was sucking mana from the healer at a fast rate and when he tried to stop healing Astin he couldn't as he felt an invisible force not allowing him to stop.
Which in the end led to Astin's body started to suck his mana even faster than before. It took a lot of effort for the healer to stop that which led him to be low on mana. He then reported the accident to the manager who had a surprised expression on his face.
So, he assigned five healers to heal Astin and let the previous healer take the day off after what happened. But just like the last healer all five had a horrified look on their faces and almost ran out of mana when they stopped healing Astin.
The hospital called Sergeant Leon the one who brought him hear and told him about the situation that they were in. He then spoke to some of the higher ups who agreed on sending him to a better hospital and have a better care there.
Even though the hospital he was transported to had some of the elite healers it still took them a full day a lot of effort and healers in order to have Astin's fever under control. Some of the healers questioned if this was really just a fever and some was thought what would happen if a lot of people had the same fever as Astin's and from just the thought of it alone all the healers in the room started shivering
and now at Astin's room at 2 am stood six figures above Astin each wearing a cloak that hid their faces not to mention each one of them played the biggest part in the war between their race and the giants.
"Hello everyone, it has been a while since we all gathered together." said the one wearing a grey cloak.
"Indeed, it had been a long time." said the one wearing a yellow cloak.
"Let's not waste any more time. The boy is dying." said the one wearing a black cloak.
"Yes. The healers here barely gave him some time and if we don't do anything he will die in three hours." said the one wearing a green cloak.
"We made a promise with him if the necessity arises, and he can't handle the seal we are allowed to either remove it or take it away." said one the one wearing a dark purple cloak.
"Yes, we will be making a decision once he has only ten minutes left or if his condition gets any worse. So, in the mine time all we have to do is wait." said the one wearing a blue cloak.
"What do you mean wait. Doesn't the boy hold any value to you..... monarch of balance?" said the one wearing a grey cloak in anger.
"He's right monarch of balance. Doesn't the boy even remind you of her by one bit?" said the one wearing a green cloak.
"DON'T YOU DARE MENTION HER NAME!!!!" monarch of balance shouted, and his aura leaked a bit but the other five used their aura to hide his and their voices so no matter how loud one of them screams no one in the hospital would ever hear them
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I looked at the white orb for a while now and I was feeling a strong sense of joy and yearning after seeing it. I could even feel a couple tears dropping from my face I walked closer to it but hovered away and the more I tried to get closer to it the more I hovered away I grew anxious to the point I started running to it. I still couldn't believe what I was even doing running and trying to catch a weird flying white orb, but I wasn't able to think straight for some reason and kept trying to catch the orb.
I thought about increasing my agility stat but for some reason I couldn't access it.
"JAMES!!!" I shouted the name of the guy that could help me in this situation instead of juts calling him through my mind because of how I was desperate to catch the white orb, but even though I shouted James's name I couldn't hear him respond to my call.
"DAMMIT JAMES, I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW!!!"
I still didn't receive any answer and kept ruining behind it for what felt like hours and the hours turned to days until I lost count of time. My body turned fragile from all the running and not eating or drinking for days, my breathing started to get slower even my speed. But I couldn't allow myself to stop not yet at the very least I think If I catch this white orb, it will be very beneficial for me.
At this point I felt like I'm going to die at any point from tiredness, but I had to keep going or else I come around this chance.
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"Shit, his body is in need of mana." said the one wearing a green cloak.
"Already on it." said the one wearing a black cloak. He then started to provide a very small portion of his mana to Astin, and that amount was a hundred times smaller than a rice grain because any bigger than that and Astin's body will explode and just like that Astin.
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I kept running for another 30 minutes and this time I am a hundred percent sure that I would die from my exhaustion but then I felt a sense of refreshment like never before. The body which had lost almost all its muscles now went back to its prime stage and all the tiredness and sweat just washed away and I felt a new sense of power and now I knew that however I got this opportunity I most make use of it. Running at a speed that exceeded my prime speed I tried to catch up. Then I saw something even if it's for just a moment I felt a sense of panic from the white orb.
I could clearly see that I was easily catching up to that white orb it's just a matter of time.
With each passing second, I could feel that I am growing stronger in every aspect which made me increase my speed more and more till it was only a ten feet distance between me and the white orb.
"I lost you for years and now that I found you, you try to run away from me?" I said while sounding mad
"UNFORGIVABLE." I shouted and increased my speed even more
end of chapter 22