Ashton was surprised after listening Eren's achievements. He didn't expect Eren to be such a great assassin.
In the world of Celestia Assassin is one of the most difficult path to advance, it is said that you can become a Sword master easily but you can become a Master class assassin is not guaranteed.
As you have always be inch-close to death. Even the most favorable mission does not guarantee the success rate of more than 50 percent. There are only about 50 or 60 Sovereign Rank Assassin and Transcended Rank Assassin can be counted on one's hand.
It can be said that Eren is a world class Assassin and strongest of them.
"Whoa, I didn't expect to be able to meet the world famous 'Nightblade' here and I didn't even know that you are from CrimsonHeart House."
"Well, for the thing you requested from me, I have to think about it. And I will ask Lord father about it, if he approved it then I will accept you as my shadow."
"Although I don't like slavery, because for me the idea of having your own life in someone else's hand is foolish. But refusing such a great shadow would be stupid."
Ashton said to Eren to which Eren replied respectfully.
"Yes! my prince!"
And after the Duke heard about this incident he was pleasantly surprised and proud of Ashton at the same time. And he rewarded him merrily.
*Present Time*
"Eren, check if someone is in the room."
Eren immediately spread his aura to sense anyone's presence, but he didn't find anything and he said to Ashton.
"My prince, there is no one here. And I don't think anybody would dare to infiltrate CrimsonHeart Mansion. Moreover Sir Duke always kept a keen eye on the movements of Sovereign Rank or higher. Prince-sama can sleep peacefully as I will be guarding here."
"Alright"
Ashton was going to sleep but he stopped and said to Eren.
"Eren, we are going to the 'Abandoned Temple of Sia', now"
"Prince-sama, are you sure?"
Eren hesitated for a moment because tomorrow is Ashton's Awakening ceremony and he didn't want any accident happen to Ashton.
Ashton was also not going there mindlessly. Ashton was hearing strange voices whenever he goes to sleep for a month, and it was always calling him but these strange voices didn't specify where. Now as he as going to sleep he heard this voice calling him to 'Abandoned Temple of Sia', which is located on the outskirts of Rubyheart City. Rubyheart City is the capital of CrimsonHeart Principality.
And Ashton wants to see if someone was plotting against him or something entirely different. But before going there he pickup two treasures from his vault, so that he can save himself from any mishaps. And those treasures are [Voidas Ring] and [Dragoon's Blessing].
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[Voidas Ring] :
Rank- SS
Type- Special
Function- 1.Teleport. Limited to 2 km
[cooldown: 3 minutes]
2. Teleport the user to a safe place
automatically. Limited to 20km
[cooldown: 15 days]
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[Dragoon's blessing]:
Rank- SS
Type- Defensive/special
Function - 1. Increase all stats of the user by 1 rank. Limited to Sovereign Rank.
[cooldown: 8 hours]
2. Protect upto 3 attacks of Transcended Rank.
[cooldown: 30 days]
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"Let's go, Eren"
"Yes, Prince-sama"
With the help of Eren's ability [Shadow Shift], Ashton & Eren reached at the 'Abandoned Temple of Sia' within a few seconds.
Ashton looked at the old and diplated building which was once the temple of the 'Goddess of Mother Nature Sia' and entered.
Ashton has left the job of finding anything dangerous to Eren. Because Eren is a Sovereign Rank assassin and compared to him Ashton has not even awakened.
Temple of Sia, was once a place where people would come to pray for good harvest of crops, to have good maternity, etc. it was also a place of awakening for common people as the temple would not take any money for awakening.
But it all changed 20 years ago when it was found that the high priest of the temple was affiliated with demons and was demonizing talented commoners and trafficking to the demon realm.
When this news reached to the Duke's ears he was furious. He killed all the accomplices of this tragedy within a day after investigation.
He then launched a war against the demon realm. The war was known as one of the most destructive war to ever happened in the history of Celestia. This war is now known as 'The Demon Annihilation'.
In this war the CrimsonHearts with the help of Goldenbird Empire & El' Fante Empire and some small kingdoms, as well as various races finally managed to defeat the demon realm.
At that time Ashton's father was at Realm God Rank and he killed 3 of the 7 Demon Kings alone.
After this event the world of Celestia once again came to know that Crimsonhearts are not to be provoked. And the war hero Duke Crimsonheart was known as the strongest individual on Celestia.
The demon realm was sealed permanently by the remaining Demon Kings with no one entering or coming out.
Now, as Ashton entered the main hall of the temple the first thing he saw was a statue of Sia the Godess of Mother Nature.
The Godess's statue was white in colour, made of unknown material, the godess was wearing a blindfold on her eyes, its hands clasped together as if praying, there was a crown on her head. The intersting thing was that the statue was still clean and was emitting a faint golden light.
Ashton approached the statue as this was the only noticable thing on the temple as everything else was broken and dusted.
"Prince-sama be careful"
"I know"
Eren reminded Ashton as he was also surprised with the unusual sight.
When Ashton stood in front of the statue he heard a voice in his head.
"ah! you are finally here~ I know you have a lot of questions but before I answer, can you please clean this place for me because it looks very dirty here?"
Ashton eyes narrowed but soon he sighed. Although he didn't like to listen others ordering him but he wants to hear the answers from that voice.
"Eren, clean this place for me"
"Yes, Prince-sama"
Eren didn't ask any questions and used his powers to clean the place and it got cleaned within 10 seconds.
Ashton sat down in front of the statue and took out a lamp from his dimension ring and lighted it, he joined his hands together for prayer. After sending his prayers to Godess Sia he stood up and asked the statue of Sia.
"Now, Goddess please answer my questions."
"Very well~"
A serene voice sounded from the statue as its faint golden light started to shine brighter and brighter.
After some time the blinding light started to take shape of a woman which is similar to the statue; its face was still unclear but anyone can guess that she has a very beautiful and enchanting face.
Ashton and Eren were surprised by this phenomenon as they didn't expect to saw the manifestation of the goddess in front of them.
You have to know that it's been 300 years when the last Oracle of a God was heard and no one has seen any god since then.
And what was that Oracle its still a mystery.
"now now don't be so flabbergasted, hehehe~"
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a/n: plot thickens :)