He was awoken by a mouth watering aroma as he looked around. He was still in the grassland area, lying on the ground with his head resting on the body of a black human sized tiger with two tails which was also lying on the ground fast asleep while Adam roasted some Bullock meat on a makeshift campfire not too far away from him. He got up from the ground, while getting up, he noticed that his body had gotten slightly lighter. Alsvid looked up at the night sky as he seemed to have understood everything that happened.
Adam: "Huh, you finally woke up, I didn't think I hit you that hard anyway are you hungry?"
Alsvid could do nothing but nod as his stomach started growling as soon as the question was asked. It took a few minutes but Alsvid and Adam finished eating the roasted meat Adam made as Adam quickly got on with business.
Adam: "Your essence absorption went smoothly, now let's teach you how to control it. After that, I'll teach you all about apparitions and allow you to battle against five low grade crystalline monkeys I gathered a while back."
Adam directed Alsvid into a meditative position before he continued.
Adam: "Try to discover the hidden energy within you, control it, move it around, get used to the feeling and don't stop until it becomes as simple as breathing. Inform me when you have any problems. You have five minutes."
Time passed as Adam patient waited for Alsvid. Despite only giving him five minutes, Adam patiently waited for over an hour before Alsvid finally moved.
Alsvid: "I think I got the hang of it."
Adam: "Good enough, to test if you are speaking the truth, channel all your essence into your eyes for a special surprise."
Alsvid closed his eyes and focused for a few seconds before his eye lids flung open with a burst of power that was followed by a blue holographic message which appeared in front of him.
[Name: Alsvid Murion]
[Class: Sentinel]
[Special trait: Berserk]
[Apparition: Abyssal Domination]
Alsvid: "What is that?"
Adam: "That right there is a system that is supposed to give you basic information about yourself. Focus your mind on your trait and apparition for a basic description."
Alsvid did as instructed and two description came from two separate screens branching off the first one.
[Apex: This is the special trait belonging to the sentinel class. It allows its user to become superior in all aspects to any being closest to them.
Time limit - 5 minutes
Cooldown - 1 day]
[Abyssal Domination- This is an apparition that allows its user to access the depths of the Abyss allowing them to control darkness itself.]
The messages disappeared soon after with Alsvid returning his gaze to Adam.
Alsvid: "Soo, my apparition is called Abyssal Domination and my class the sentinel. What does that even mean?"
Adam: "Am pretty sure that the Apparitions are self explanatory by this point. For the class though, think of it as a special boost type upgrade that came with your transmigration."
Alsvid: "As unhelpful as that was, I am curious, what is your class?"
Adam: "You'll find out soon enough. Oh I almost forgot, while you were sleeping, I managed to acquire this."
Adam pulls out a bright glowing red origin core and hands it to Alsvid.
Adam: "A special gift just for you, an advanced grade origin core I got from a powerful spire. Open wide."
Alsvid: "No way, isn't there another way to get the essence without shoving that thing down my throat?"
Adam: "Well, since you can control essence now, there is a way, but it's very painful.
Alsvid: "Show me."
Adam: "It involves forcing the essence out of the core and into your body. But again, it's very painful."
Alsvid: "show me how."
Adam: "Are you sure you don't want me to knock you out again?"
Alsvid: "Of course not. Just show me how to drain it."
Adam: "Ok."
Adam: "First, inject your current essence into the core, you should feel it mixing with the essence of the core, then re-absorb the essence back into your body, this process will take some time so be a little patient, note that you can stop and continue the process whenever you wish."
Alsvid: "Ok, earlier you stated that it will be painful, why?"
Adam: "It's because you are forcing essence into your body that has already been registered to another being which was the spire I killed, your body's natural essence storage will be destroyed and a new one created to contain the new essence in its higher quantity."
Adam beckoned Alsvid back into his meditative pose. As Alsvid tried Adam's method he started sweating lightly which soon turned heavy and his breath became rapid but he still kept pushing.
Adam: 'That's a very high pain tolerance for someone his age, what happened to him back on earth?'
The core started to fade slowly and gradually as another hour of Adam waiting for Alsvid to break concentration passed before Alsvid finally finished. The core crumbled to dust as Alsvid opened his eyes which now held all the luster of the core for a few seconds before returning to normal.
Adam: "You did great for your first try, now, on to phase two. I would have taught you how to use your apparition but mine and yours are of different nature, so I can't really do much to help with that, however I do have some basic essence training exercises that will allow you to activate your apparition, from there, it's up to your natural instincts if you are going to be able to utilize the active apparition. Then when it's all over and you have the hang of it, you'll have your first official battle tomorrow morning. For now, practice more with your essence control, you need to be prepared for the challenge ahead."
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(Helpful information)
Special apparition: Lich Lord
This is an apparition that allows its user to summon an undead Lich of any type they know to aid in various tasks.
Default summon: Nether Lich