Old Seven glanced at the map, then towards everyone seated. These people along with him were the pillars of planet Earth. If something were to happen to them, then the planet would be doomed. Humanity would be doomed.
He gently sighed as his condition stabilized.
"The situation of the planet keeps on deteriorating, we can not take action. On one hand we cannot send our finest cadets and officers as they are being eyed by those bloody external races. And we cannot move ourselves or this might escalate the scale of war. So I plan to develop a new squad with the current recruits under me as the commanding officers. They would be responsible for the situation on the ground while we can focus on the situation on the frontline."
The room turned silent as everybody looked at the map.
-Sigh-
One of the members sighed and questioned.
"What about this new recruit's talent?"
Old Seven looked at the person's shadow and answered.
"I doubt he has high talent, but his will is quite strong."
"That's a relief, due to the pact we cannot interfere or disclose any information about the Academy, so it would be not good if we sent a team down with a high power level."
An old female voice was heard.
"Damn those four. They are too cautious." Another old voice reverberated full of anger and irritation.
"There is no harm in being cautious. We do not want traitors or spies within the Academy. Frankly speaking, we are fighting a two sided war. One with our own race's members and one with the external races." Another calm and mature voice was heard.
"Alright that will be all. I still need time to recuperate. You guys should go now." Old Seven said.
The rest of the people spoke words of concern then they left.
On the other hand, Aria had his attention to the text on his pupils.
***
[Awaiting Activation]
***
'How do I Activate it? Will just thinking about it work?'
Just as he thought about it something happened.
The texts on his pupils dispersed into some incomprehensible characters that seemed more like runes. These runes then started to arrange themselves into a pattern and soon afterwards this pattern covered the black pupils of Aria.
Then suddenly the runes dissipated and emerged from between his brows as they took the form of a book.
'This!'
The book did not seem to be made of something solid but rather light, purple light. The cover of the book had certain characters on it .
आथेनएउम्
Aria moved his hands forward to touch the book. As soon as he did that the voice emerged in his mind once more.
***
[Welcome Host]
[Athenaeum has been successfully activated]
***
'What are you?'
He subconsciously asked and this time there was a definite answer to his question albeit short.
***
[Athenaeum guards the secrets to the Universe]
***
As he heard this a sense of familiarity surged within his mind. So he immediately proceeded with the next question.
'What is happening to me? Why are my memories so chaotic?'
Despite not expecting an answer, there was one.
***
[Host's soul has been reincarnated into the current world as it merged with Athenaeum]
[Due to Host's limited strength, the memories and systems abilities have been sealed]
[Detected a new training codex suitable for Host's cultivation]
[Scanning the database for relevant data]
[Target found: Scripture of Ancients]
[Able to merge the new codex with the Scripture]
[Would Host like to merge?]
***
Before he could comprehend anything, multiple other messages were being displayed on his retina.
'Will the memories return as long as my strength increases?'
***
[Affirmative Host]
[Would Host like to merge the codex with the Scripture?]
[The new cultivation Scripture has been determined to be the most effective method]
***
'Let's go then!'
He immediately agreed.
***
[Beginning merging process]
***
With this the book in front of him as the pages fluttered.
After it stopped certain texts started to appear on it. Aria focused his eyes on the text and he could read them.
***
[Scripture of Ancients]
[Grade: God]
[ An Ancient cultivation method developed by the oldest race in the Universe. After merging with an unknown codex known as 'Wheel of Chakra', its grade has advanced.]
[Would like to inherit the technique?]
***
Seeing this Aria frowned.
'What is this?'
This time there was no text, instead only the voice sounded within the mind.
[The Astral form of the Athenaeum. Only visible to the Host. It has been bound to your soul and acts as the gateway to the Athenaeum and Host's soul.]
'Hmm. This is better. Can you not display the texts? It's really bothersome.'
[Affirmative Host.]
'How do I inherit this technique?'
[Host just needs to think of it.]
After the reply, Aria thought of inheriting the cultivation method.
Suddenly, his mind was jolted as a huge influx of knowledge regarding the Scripture of Ancients appeared.
Trying his best and using every ounce of his concentration, he contemplated on the 'Scripture of Ancients'. At first it was a bit different, but after a few days of study he was able to understand it a bit. During these few days he traveled to and fro from the archives and the dining area. He even slept in the archives sometimes. It was what they say, certain habits were engraved on the soul. It seemed like the case.
Jasmine visited him quite a few times, he did ask her certain questions related to the Wheel of Chakra, mostly it was related to the structure of energy the Wheel of Chakra used, but she was not aware. Then he stopped asking her. Although it would consume time, there was nothing he could do. He asked Jasmine to display her Chakras but it did not manifest as the nodes like Old Seven, it was more like a small hair-like stream which moved from the bottom to the top.
'I think I have almost digested the knowledge regarding the technique. I should begin the cultivation.'
With this he began his new journey.