Adrian is in his room preparing to set off to the Magic Tower for mana awakening. 5 years had passed in a blink of an eye. A lot of things happen, training the books he purchase, practicing music, visiting the royal twins once in a while and…
"Big brother, hurry up! Mary want to see big brother's magic. Let's go, let's go." Marylyn banging at the door.
"Hmm… Marylyn grows up. She is 6 years old now. So hyperactive. Luckily, she is my cute little sister." Adrian thought
"Alright, alright. Give me a second." Adrian responds
"Analyse"
[Name: Park Jae Sung] [Age: 10]
[LVL: unawaken]
[STR:50 (MAX)] [AGI: 50 (MAX)] [END: 50 (MAX)] [INT: 50 (MAX)] [Mana:100 (unawaken)]
"Sigh… Luckily, I bought the music book. I can learn a new hobby or else seeing the 'max' icon will really stops my heart." Adrian sighs.
"I'm done. Let's go Marylyn." Adrian went out the door seeing Marylyn wearing a pink frilly dress waiting for him. He holds her hand and walk to the carriage together. The whole family will go as well including Ralph.
There are 3 Magic Towers near the Twilight Kingdom. The one Adrian go to get his mana awaken is the one near the east boarder, around 2 days of journey by carriage while pulled by a wind stallion. It's fine even though it is summer, the carriage will be comfortable thanks to Seraph Stone.
Seraph stone are made alchemy. It is an ancient technique given by the gods to the humans. It can save a certain type of mana and use it to discharge it for easier daily life. For example, a light seraph stone can discharge the light mana out from the stone like a light bulb.
Now Adrian had to put alchemy in his 'must learn list'. With the help of 'Deconstruction' and 'Construction', he believe it will be easy to learn.
"And also, this thing… Grimoire of the Fallen. I hope it has some resonance or something if I bring it to the Magic Tower. Aria had done a detailed analysis, it found 2 unidentified energies. One is the same as the one when I die as Park Jae Sung and the other is a stronger unknown force. What the he** with this?" Adrian thought while looking at his hand holding a chained book.
"Big brother, you always bring that book with you. Play with Mary now." Marylyn pouts seeing Adrian not paying attention to her.
"Okay Mary. Let's play 'I spy'." Adrian snaps back seeing her sister pouting. He teaches her how to play 'I spy' until his mom, dad, and Ralph joined in.
2 days had passed of just playing 'I spy'…
"I spy with my adorable hazel eyes, a tall building." Marylyn still in the mood to play.
"The Magic Tower." Adrian, Amanda and Malcom look outside the carriage and saw a 60 m tall tower.
"We have arrived." Ralph announced and stop the carriage.
Adrian exits the carriage and examine the Magic Tower.
"Analyse"
[Name: Magic Tower]
[Type: God Artifact]
[Description: Gift of the 7 gods to the mortals that they cherished. Assist the mortals to awaken the mana within them.]
[Notice. The same energy signature present when 'Master's is dying' and from the 'Grimoire of the Fallen' detected.]
"7 gods? Aren't there only 6? That is no surprise that there are the same energy from the Magic Tower. The question is can it unlock the grimoire?" Adrian questions Aria.
[Responding. There are originally 7 gods in Etterra but 1 had disappear and forgotten. No records are available.]
[Responding. It is possible to unlock 'Grimoire of the Fallen' inside the Magic Tower.]
"Alright. I'll bring it with me inside." Adrian thought
Near the tower there are many commoners and some nobles with their children wanted to awaken their mana. None of them dare to make trouble in the presence of the Magic Tower. One just need to enter inside and be done with it. A simple process.
"Alright Adrian, just go inside. We will be waiting for you outside." Malcom doesn't stand in ceremony and instruct Adrian to just go inside.
"Good luck, my baby boy. See you in a bit." Amanda says her piece
"Come back quick, big brother." Marylyn waves
"Young master, are you sure you want to bring that book inside? Want me to hold on to it?" Ralph asked when he see Adrian holding a chained book.
"It's fine. I just want to do an experiment. So don't worry I be back quick." Adrian rejects politely.
Adrian waves to his family and get inside the tower while holding a chained book without any hesitation.
The moment he enter the tower, he feels a sudden dizziness makes him almost throw up but he hold it in.
When the dizziness ends, information on what to do flooded inside his head. He looked a round there is no one here. Incomparable to the people he saw entering this tower earlier.
This room is brightly lit but there is no seraph stone. The floor is made out of white marble that shines and shows any reflection.
The walls are covered with marks and runes. Adrian realise something when the wall runes and marks are reflected through the floor. He made a square with his hand and focus through it. Then, he saw it. Those are faces but with blurry features. The marks and runes don't make a clear distinction anyways.
He touch the walls that represents pictures and thanked the gods one by one while he is still holding the grimoire on the other hand.
He is not a religious guy in his past life but he is thankful to Etterra's gods bringing him here. In just 10 years, the memories are sweet in addition to Aria being with him.
Adrian approach to the centre on the room, there is a clear orb in a size of a human head. Placing his hands on the orb and saying the incantations as instructed.
The orb begins to glow and a wisp appears inside the orb flowing inside him through his hand. A few seconds later, the wisp flow back out of his hands. Adrian's body started feeling hot. His soul also felt like is shaking, as it is similar to what he felt during Aria's appearance years ago, but not as painful. On the contrary, it feels soothing.
The wisp inside the clear orb started to split into 10. When Adrian saw this, he is shocked. The wisp should tell one's affinity. If it split into 10 then does that mean Adrian has affinity to all elements?
Adrian shakes his head and keeps focusing. The process is long because mana needs to pass through the body thoroughly. So, this part is very crucial.
Adrian just stood there one hand on the orb and the other holding the 'Grimoire of the Fallen'. He did not realise that the runes on the walls are moving a bit. If one look through the reflection on the floor they will saw 6 most beautiful faces they never seen before.
After 20 minutes of focusing on opening his mana pores, the runes went back in to original like nothing ever happen. Adrian is sweating profusely. He heard that it is easy but that is not the case. Having knowledge of a special force officer in his past live made him realize the importance of studying the human body. Flowing mana to every inch and pores are taxing.
Adrian breathes in deeply. He can feel it, the mana. The mana is so dense around here. He could feel it, from the tip of his hair to the blood flowing under his soles.
Suddenly, the grimoire started to shake and there is a series of notifications came from Aria.