"Do you know how worried I was," Sylvia said as she stomped her way to where Aldin was.
"It was not a big deal. I was able to beat it easily. It just took some time to deal with it, and I wanted to finish it off quickly, so I summoned my sceptre," Aldin said, explaining himself and hoping to escape his mother's wrath.
"You did, what a relief," Sylvia said changing her attitude 180 degrees.
"Yeah," Aldin said with a sigh of relief; he was not going to face a lecture or an ear pull, or so he thought.
"Did you learn how to use aura?" Sylvia asked excitedly.
"Yes, I can even attribute it to any of my elements," Aldin said full of joy as well.
"But what tier were you when you began fighting It?" Sylvia asked catching Aldin with his pants down.
"What?" Aldin asked shocked.
"What tier were you at?" Sylvia asked again.
'I am your mother, you will not be able to trick me that easily," Sylvia said looking at Aldin in the eyes.
"I was in the fourth tier, but I made some poison for it," Aldin said.
"Where is that poison then?" Sylvia asked waiting for Aldin to falter.
Aldin took the marble bottle from his clothes and showed it to his mother.
"Here it is, I mixed in the venom of several beasts, it was really effective but it may have backfired. When I poisoned the beast it was during its evolution and it came out stronger than I expected and it even had some mutations, this must be what the book said about poisons being used to make people stronger," Aldin said and went into a monologue.
Sylvia was about to chime in but Xander appeared next to him.
'When he does this it usually helps his development a lot,' Xander said to Sylvia in a whisper.
'What happened to them, it was never like this.'
Aldin Randell
"Here it is, I mixed in the venom of several beasts, it was really effective but it may have backfired. When I poisoned the beast it was during its evolution and it came out stronger, this must be what the book said about poisons being used to make people stronger," I said.
'If that is so then that means even I could do it, but then how much poison would I need to use to have that effect,' I said to myself, I began recalling all that I had read in the alchemy book, several poisons came to mind with their antidotes.
'All of those are easy to find but are they truly capable of raising my level in any way, they might leave me harmed when I use them,' I whispered to myself, I had slipped into a monologue.
The glow of the poison in my hand was enticing. I sealed the bottle tightly and adjusted it to fit it all perfectly.
"I'll be leaving for the woods then," I said having come up with an idea of what I was going to do.
My master and mother were looking at me as I said this.
"Be back soon then," my mother said with a gentle smile.
"After a little more chatting, me and the other two left for the woods.
"How big was the beast you battled, this core is huge," Min asked curiously.
"It was plenty big but I was forced to destroy its body, it had an annoying ability to regenerate and dealing with it was very hard," I said.
"Bummer," Min said.
"Yeah, it would have made great armour, it's body could handle will," I said truly saddened by the loss.
"How old are you by the way," Min asked.
"Thirteen," I said. He replied with a sigh.
"Could you teach Adam how to use will, i've tried everything but nothing worked? " Min asked.
"Sure, but I am going to be going for seclusion for some time, maybe after," I said.
"Wait you are going into seclusion, how long will that be for? Adam asked.
"Not long, I am just sorting out a few things, when we get back you can rest, i'll be done by the time you guys wake up," I said. When we got to the base the two got to sleep and I made a separate room and made a mat for myself.
I took out the poison jar using my control over it I poured it into my mouth that was wide open and sat cross-legged.
Min
'What happened, it was never like this,' I thought.
What I was witnessing was nothing like I had ever seen to expected, the last time I saw them together they would have spilt each other's guts out, but now they acted how they did when they were kids, the only new ones were Aldin and the man in red noble like robe who we had been within the woods.
I was snapped out of my thoughts when Aldin announced we would be heading back to the woods.
After a little more chatting, I and Adam left with Aldin for the woods.
"How big was the beast you battled, this core is huge?" I asked curiously.
"It was plenty big but I was forced to destroy its body, it had an annoying ability to regenerate and dealing with it was very hard," Aldin said.
"Bummer," Min said.
"Yeah, it would have made great armour, its body could handle will," I said truly saddened by the fact.
"How old are you by the way?" I asked.
"Thirteen," Aldin said.
'This kid is truly a monster, his talent is out of this world.' I thought letting out a sigh later on.
"Could you teach Adam how to use will, I've tried everything but nothing worked?" I asked.
"Sure, but I am going to be going for seclusion for some time, maybe after," Aldin said.
"Wait you are going into seclusion, how long will that be for?" Adam asked.
"Not long, I am just sorting out a few things, when we get back you can rest, I'll be done by the time you guys wake up," I said.
Adam and I went back to our room
"Was I wrong in what I saw over there, is that really him?" Adam asked, I knew exactly who he was talking about.
"Yes, it was," I answered.
Adam then went silent for some time.
"Then he sure has changed a lot," Adam said with a sad smile and got to bed.
'Poor kid, all that happened to him was not deserved, What was I saw stupid then, this kid should not have been harmed, he was innocent of any crimes,' i thought before i too got into bed.
Aldin Randell
I was cross-legged when the effects began ravaging me.y veins bulged, it was excruciatingly painful. I also began struggling to breathe, the poison was really strong.
I used radiance to take in mana from all around since I now had aura, and I was in desperate need of mana, I poured all my aura into it, and mana from all around came at me as I needed it.
I could also feel my body go back to its original form. I kept on working on keeping a calm mind as I drew in all the mana I could from all around.
I have no recollection of how long I was in there struggling but it felt like I had been in there for days.
As I stood up, my body felt different, I could move my body much more easily, and I could also feel my teeth sharper and pressing on my skin.
I had to know what was different and so I formed a metal mirror and then was when I was able to see my body much better.
I had gotten thinner.
"That is what I get for consuming poison," I said to myself.
The claws on my hands were in fact sharper, I also had fangs on my jaw.
'This time the changes are more significant,' I thought.
The most significant was the golden hair that I had.
Before I could continue, the white ring did its thing and turned me abc to my child-like composure. Now my hair was from its normal grey to a golden brown.
'I got out of the room and went to check on the two men who I found in bed fast asleep.
I floated past their sleeping bodies and headed to the tub and jumped in.
When i got in the pain I had been felling a few moments ago was like a distant memory as I relaxed in the bath tub. It was relaxing enough for me to start napping in there.
I was woken uop in the moring when the two men began to stir awake, as I opened my eyes I could not see anything at all around me, the whole room was filled with mist.
The bath tub was hot, otter than I had regualtted it to be, though the heat did not bother me, It was something shocking.
I checked the array but everything was alright which made it even more surprising. I left the tub and got dressed. I had no need for a nap since I had slept enough in the tub.
I walked over to the lab where the core was, I could still see the green flame