Rousing from his slumber, Thirio slowly opened his eyes to look at the bland white ceiling of his room. It consisted of a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and cultivation room.
'Pretty good treatment for students just out of school without much weight to most of our names.' he thought.
Shifting to a sitting position, he looked at the watch on his right wrist for a while before shaking his head.
Having digested the information about his evolution path and the Trinity the day before, a thoughtful expression covered his face for the briefest of moments before it vanished as if it was never there, turning his sight back to the watch-like device on his hand.
'Show my current funds and resources stored within the watch storage dimension.'
-7,500,000 rank 1 origin crystal-
-4 rank 2 Astral crystal-
'Astral energy is quite high amongst the ranking of energy, versatile and its purity is unmatched,' with a nod after confirming it with the information in his head he closed his eyes.
His view soon shifted to inside his body using the inner vision that all students were taught within their first year of school. His senses delveled into his body where a quick scan showed nine illusory spheres rotating around his heart that pulsed in tandem with his heart beat.
"Just like we learned in class, so that means I need to fill these spheres with energy to achieve my first evolution and bring my cultivation forward; though the knowledge I assimilated has a few differences with what was thought in class," opening his eyes a smile came to his lips.
Having ascertained everything he needed about his body's transformation, Thirio brought a finger to the middle of his forehead "Trinity," he whispered.
Yellow, blue, and orange flames ignited, floating from his forehead as they shifted about before him, assuming a new form as they intertwined. The shifting flames soon settled to reveal an orange and blue orb that shimmered in the light, ethereal flames of each respective color burned around each orb as they orbited a yellow flaming vortex between them.
Thirio watched in fascination as with every full orbital revolution of the orbs, the central vortex made one of its own, causing energy to be extracted from the void and his surroundings. This continued for a few minutes as it seemed to have completed some transformation before shooting back into Thirio's forehead in a beam of light.
A refreshing feeling washed over Thirio's body while new information regarding his Trinity was imprinted in his mind.
"Swallow," as the word left his lips Thirio felt the energy in his surroundings rushing into his body, with a thought the feeling was gone as soon as it came. Spending the next hour testing the ins and outs of his ability Thirio was satisfied with his discoveries.
Raising from the bed, Thirio went to the bathroom where he took a shower before heading to the cultivation room after getting dressed.
Ensuring the room was fully secured Thirio flicked his right hand with his watch that doubled as a storage device among other things. A light blue cube appeared bathing the room in starlight which gave off gentle energy fluctuations.
Drawing a small trace of energy into his body Thirio released a pleasurable hum as it flowed around his body, exerting his control over the energy with his refreshed comprehension of cultivation. The small trace soon settled into one of the many illusory orbs.
"To fill each orb, a hundred units of energy are needed though that isn't the set limit on how much each sphere can hold as there are tricks to get around it."
Seated below the floating cube, Thirio quickly visualized his internal condition, slowly planning his route of cultivation.
"Astral energy is five times as dense as ordinary origin energy at the same level which gives me a deeper reserve than most but, I doubt I'm the only one able to acquire stronger energy forms, so I'm gonna need more if I want an edge."
Thirio sat in contemplation as he went over all the positives and negatives of astral energy. Time flowed slowly as he created and scrapped ideas as they came to him when his eyes lit up with joy after going over one specific detail of astral energy again.
"Astral energy is one of the most encompassing and gentle energy types which makes it not all that ideal for fights except for its innate heaviness but what if I tried fusing it with other types of energy."
Slowly calming his excitement Thirio looked to the watch on his hand "Greed come out."
A few seconds passed in silence before the watch was covered in a yellow flame that gave off the distinct aura of the being that completed his blessing.
"Quite the interesting Trinity you manifested, I assume it was what gave me away," a sweet voice came from the flame.
"It did but that isn't the reason I called you out, how much for two rank 1 Dragon essence with just the aspect of physical strength."
Thirio got straight to the point as he was short on time and he already had a good idea of what the purpose of the flame was.
"Now isn't that an interesting idea you have brewing in there; with just the physical strength it is possible and it won't cost you too much as it will be quite degraded but, the type of dragon it is from will cause the price to increase. Have a look."
A screen popped into being before Thirio showing the list of items available to him. After going through the list he made his choice, settling for one five-elemental dragon essence and a beast dragon.
"One rank 1 from the five-elemental dragon and one from the beast dragon, totaling 2.5 million rank 1 origin crystals."
Having finished his purchase and payment a tear in space appeared beside Greed that spat out two cubes. One shone with five different colors as five dragons were visible within, while within the other cube rampaging beast could be seen beyond its red light. Both cubes gave off faint but majestic dragon roars as if declaring their presence.
"Same day delivery," Thirio joked looking at his ticket to greater strength before him with heated eyes.
"Now just a few more purchases."
-500,000 rank 1 origin crystals-
'So poor,' Thirio thought looking at his dwindled funds, a shift of his eyes showed his cultivation room that was bathed in a myriad of lights from the floating cubes all around him.
A yellow flame vortex appeared on his forehead, "Time to cultivate."
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Thirio stepped outside his shower with steam wafting off his body with a refreshed smile on his face from all the gain from his first cultivation session.
"We will be arriving at Agrios in two days," came a voice from over the comms.
Thirio climbed into bed, switching to his inner view to look at the five shining spheres now orbiting his heart along with the four empty ones.
*Sigh*
"I'm too poor," he lamented before going to sleep.
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Two days passed in the blink of an eye for the busy students on board the ship. Now gathered on the bridge they stood observing the planet within view.
The planet was mostly covered in green with small and large empty patches covering its right surface; the left side of the planet was what took the students' breath away as it was entirely covered with clouds that seemed to be constantly moving while never seeming to spill over from the half it covered; white, black, purple, emerald, and a clear see-through color, the clouds switched among these colors with seemly no order or meaning that the students could understand.
The strange sight that the planet presented dazzled them, while the urge to venture out and explore welled up within them.
"We will be sending you to the teleportation points that have been set up across the planet. You have no mission other than to reach your first evolution or increase your strength to a point we deem acceptable in 3 years.
I wish you a good harvest and a quick rise; send them off," the voice vanished with those final words.
A soldier gave a nod to another officer that was standing before a computer and with a push of a button, the students vanished in flashes of light.
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Releasing a burst of 'Will' from his body as the teleportation ended, enigmatic energy covered everything 20 meters around Thirio as a virtual image of a house and its surroundings were depicted in his mind.
"A safe house in the forest," he said, retracting the energy back into his body while checking around the house he found himself in.
'Now I get why all the teachers said to get Will essence early and not wait for its development.'
A few minutes later found Thirio sitting on a sofa with a black metallic card and a pile of documents he had just finished reading through that explained his current situation.
'So this card is the only access to this safe house while it's the key to activating the teleporter located here.'
"This will do, for now, let's explore and see if there's anything to hunt. I'll make a plan after getting used to my new strength and abilities."
With a course set, Thirio stored the card before heading out.