Ahmed opened his eyes and stared at Eren in disbelief.
"I'm guessing you also received five chances?" He smiled.
"Ehh, no just four, I think it decreases with rank." He mused.
"Ohh, then it's probably the training facility, I've already used it for three hundred hours, it's surreal." Eren grinned.
"You should do the same, the awakening is dangerous, be prepared." He warned before vanishing into thin air.
'Was I talking to a ghost?' Ahmed shook his head lightly, 'no he must have entered his training facility, I should also dive in.' He smiled before also entering.
Ahmed stood inside a large training center, it had all sorts of varying equipment that he had never seen, he briefly surveyed the facility while noting down the which does the who.
After he was done he briefly planned his schedule, he had two hundred hours of practice, despite seeming to be a lot ot wasn't mearly a little bit over eight days. Compared to Eren who would be practicing for five hundred hours, that was around three weeks, his time wasn't all that much.
He begun with light exercise before moving to heavier things, after a hard workout he chugged down a green liquid which had spawned in front of him, it was a nutritious solution provided by the facility to better consolidate the efforts of training.
He then swiftly moved to the combat area where he faced of against the battle puppets, he was thoroughly pommelled to the ground without being able to land a single hit.
He paused on the combat and begin practicing the weapon art he had obtained, he diligently studied and practiced repeatedly throughout the week until his time was nearly up, when left with only eleven hours, Ahmed decisively went to sleep within the facility.
He entered a pod and sealed himself into slumber hoping to be refreshed when he woke up, the facility had the ability to numb the body of sleep entirely, this had helped Ahmed in maintaining his monotone schedule but even he knew rest was necessary.
So after a week of practice he slept for a full day, he woke up refreshed and lively before the facility could disappear.
'I wonder, am I restricted from taking these nutritional solutions?' he mused inwardly before he begun to load his bag with tons and tons of vials, he then took them out of the Facility and into a separate area highlighted as Storage.
He continued his smuggling spree for the remainder of the time, he even went as far as taking a few of the many combat suits within the facility and adding it to his storage.
Soon enough his time ran out and was ejected from the separate space, he appeared back in reality with an expectant smile, he touched his imprint and got a different reaction, he wasn't transported to any separate spaces but was able to see his storage space.
He grinned as he stared at the pile of vials in his storage, he could also see the combat suits as well along with the rewards he obtained from the white room.
"It time." Eren who stood beside him said quietly, they watched as the stairs closed banishing all those that had yet to reach the top, the mountain then rumbled shaking the kids off balance.
The rumbling stopped when two large Temple doors appeared before the kids.
{Before you lies the Temple Of Ten thousand Gods, should you enter the idols of Gods shall in your presence and your awakening shall begin.}
A voice spoke, unlike the one Ahmed encountered in the white room, this voice was carried some level of majesty.
{Before you begin I shall explain to you what awakening truly entails.}
The voice stated drawing the children's attention.
{Awakening is a rite of passage all those who wish to he ascenders must undergo.
To awaken you must firstly survived the awakening space while also accumulating resources, for the lucky even acquire legacies.
The resources to be gathered are necessary for you first years of cultivation, in that year all awakened will be independent and will receive no aid from whichever body that takes them in.
But that's their use outside the awakening realm, within it however the resources are useful for strengthening of your bodies, spirit, talents and the high blood that runs through your veins. }
"High blood?" A curious girl asked before the voice could continue.
{Yes, all denizens of Aria have high blood running through their veins no matter how thin high blood is still high blood.
{The Ancestors of Aria were powerful beings in the past but over the years the excellence that was carried within their blood has waned.
Use the resources you gather to increase your talents, bodies and spirit. Once outside of the awakening realm raising your potential is impossible and raising your talents will be daunting, so do try your best.}
"What are legacies?"
{Legacies are inheritances of Old, left behind but past powerhouses for the future generation, be careful with some legacies not all of them are good some are sinister.}
"Can we begin cultivating within the awakening space?"
{Well, Yes and No.
You may cultivate but your cultivation base won't carry over, your mana system will however be larger, sturdier and more refined.}
"What's a mana system?"
{You'll learn of that after awakening, its not necessarily important at your current stage.
Prepare yourselves, your awakening is about to begin, good luck.}
The voice declared as the Gates of the Temple opened up for them.
The kids curiously walked in as they let their eyes wander, they could see colossal statues of beings sculptured in gold.
"The Idols of the Olympian Gods!" One of the boys stared with starry eyes.
'Why call it the temple of Ten thousand Gods when only Olympian gods exist?' Ahmed couldn't help but question, a question that was shared but some of the kids nut remained unasked.
In front of the kids space collapsed and parted into swirling portal that expanded and swallowed them whole throwing them into the awakening space.