Aether was my last chance. And the only place that had any kind of clue about it were the ruins. From the story of the elder, I understood a few things, and one of them was the fact that this tribe was deeply indebted to the Lone King, that saved them from oppression due to their ability to cast enchants on objects the Wrethers were a tribe that was quite seeked at the time. Therefore, some races took some radical measures for the tribe to work for them, including threatening slavery and many other things, and the one that liberated them was the Lone King. Some said it was a plot to make them work for him, but the elder said it wasn't the case, just like his title said he was lonely. Therefore, he saved them, and they promised to always watch over the land he secured for them. He built his home there, which is the ruins, and because of that, a few problems arose. The first one was the Guardians; they didn't call themselves guardians of the ruins for no reason; their goal was to protect the ruins from any trespassers. Entering the ruins meant making enemies out of them. I would probably have to fight them to even get near the ruins. Second, how was the information recorded? If it was with words, what language would it be in? There was no way to know since even the elder didn't go inside the ruins.
Before going into the ruins, I had to prepare, so I did something quite dangerous: Body Reconstruction. The technique is quite simple. First, you or someone else send an incredible amount of energy inside of your body. With that energy, he then tears apart every single muscle and breaks every single bone inside the body. That's the first step of the technique; Break. The second step is called Reconstruct. You then use a mineral to reconstruct every muscle and bone. If those two stages are accomplished, the technique is complete; however, this technique is a forbidden one. It requires an incredible amount of concentration and extremely accurate control of energy. But, the true reason why it was forbidden was that there was a third requirement which was to stay awake and conscious during the whole process. If you're doing the process alone, you really don't have a choice since a single moment of rest would mean death, and if someone else is doing it for you. While he's reconstructing, you need to stay awake and conscious because you need to watch over the process. While the other is completely focused on doing it you need to guide him so that everything goes to its rightful place. For me, I had my best friend do it for me; Banxus he was the most talented out of the whole tribe, and he was my first friend as well as my last, but that's a story for another time.
I reconstructed my body with mithril, the third strongest mineral in the human realm. With that, I was ready. While I wouldn't be able to defeat them, I would be able to tough it out, at least until I get into the ruins, and that's what I did when I got inside the ruins. There was no record, no books, nothing! that time, I thought, "Did I really go through all that for no reason? I EVEN BERAYED THOSE WHO ACCEPTED ME AND TRUSTED ME.....for what? Nothing.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I yelled in desperation
- Would you stop yelling?
I lifted my head up and just by looking into his eyes, I knew he was to Lone King
-You... Are you....The Lone King?
-Yeah or more like a part of his soul that he left in this realm. I'm him, but at the same time, I'm not. But that's not why you're here right?
I stand up, calm down, and I ask him.
- I would like for you to teach me how to wield Aether.
- I would love to but that's gonna be impossible.
When I heard those words, I exploded in rage.
-WHY!? YOU HAVE TO TEACH ME AETHER IS MY LAST CHANCE! I BETRAYED MY BEST FRIEND IN ORDER TO COME HERE!
-First, calm down. Before I tell you why would you mind telling me why do you want power so much? From what I can see, you used a technique from my time in order to make your body stronger so bad that the mineral is of low quality.
"Low quality? How is that possible? Mithril is the third hardest material in the world! Wait..... those stories the elder told me said that there were other realms where different races existed. Could it be that was true? So does that mean the Lone King fought even Gods, Demons, Angels, and Beast but how is that possible even with today's technology we still haven't been able to confirm the existence of those and where they reside the only proof is Prana users that wield powers that bring forth unusual phenomena?
- I have only one goal and that is to avenge my mother!
- I see that's what humans are like after all. The reason why you cannot learn Aether is because you already possess it. The balance that was created inside your body if you look at it carefully there is something separating those energies to touch and mix that is Aether.
Aether was the thing that kept me alive all this time while at the same time stopping me from achieving my potential. There was no other way since there only existed a total of five energies.
So I made a choice.
- Fine. if that s how it's gonna be then, I don't care anymore! I said with a smile full of madness
-What are you doing?
-WHAT I SOULDVE DONE SINCE THE BEGINNING!
I broke it. The balance in my body the energies then started colliding against each other pushing and pulling each other it was mayhem, and there was me, bleeding from everywhere; my body would burst at any moment. Now that I look back at it perhaps it was the best decision of my life because facing death kicked my survival instinct. You might wonder what could they have done at that moment. Something incredible! Something that is supposed to be impossible. At that moment, a few breaths away from my death instead of letting the energies run rampant inside my body, I lead them, I took control of them, and... I REDIRECTED THEM. MADE THEM RUN INTO EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF MY BODY AND A MIRACLE HAPPENED A NEW ENERGY WAS GIVEN BIRTH, AN ENERGY THAT ONLY I COULD WIELD, AN ENERGY THAT PERMITTED ME TO FINALLY STAND ON THE STARING LINE THE SIXTH AND MY OWN ENERGY: AURA.